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User’s Guide

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User’s Guide

HP DesignJet 3500CP/ 3000CP Printer

Finding Information

Finding Informa tion

This User’s Guide contains:

A comprehensive explanation of all the printer’s features and specific information d irectly ass ociated with the HP DesignJet CP I nk System (Imaging ink)

Specific infor mation directly associated with the HP DesignJet CP Ink System UV (UV Pigmented ink)

Information on using the Take up reel.

The Assembly Instructions contain:

Step by step instructions for unpacking the printer and installing the Legs and the Take Up Reel. It also contains dis-assemble instructions and repacking instructions.

The Setup Guide contains:

Detailed information on setting up your printer for the first time, including: – initial installation of the ink system components – loading media – connecting your printer to a computer or network – setting up your printer software

The Quick Reference Guide contains :

Information that you are most likely to need at the printer on a day–by–day basis, such as how to navigate through the front-panel menu, load media, and replace ink systems.

CD-Rom

When this symbol is displayed it indicates that there is video footag e available which gives you more information on the subject. Refer to the CD “Installing and using HP DesignJet Printers” or “A User’s Introduction” (in English only) which was supplied with your printer.

Find i ng Inform a t ion

Where to find the most commonly needed information

To find ho w to … Go to …

Instal l the printer ÁThe Setup Guide . Connect the printer ÁThe Setup Guide. Choose media ÁPage 3-2, Choosing Media in this guide. Load media ÁPage 3-13, Loading Roll Me dia in this guide or the quick

reference guide. Load th e Take Up Reel ÁPage 3- 2 0 , Take Up Reel loading or the quick reference guide Replace ink system components ÁPage 4- 11, Removing and Replacing Ink Systems in this guide. See the printer’s current configuration ÁPage 8-5, Viewing the Curr ent Configuration of the Front-

Panel Setti ngs. Turning on the Take up reel Á8-12, Turning on the Take Up Reel Make selections in the front-panel menu ÁPage 2-14, Navigating the Menu System. Clear a media jam ÁPage 11-44, Clearing a Media Jam Solve image qua lity problems ÁPage 11-5, Solving Image-Quality Problems Interpret a front-panel message ÁChapter 12, Front-Panel Messages. Order accessorie s ÁPage 13-18, Ordering Accessories

To find any other information

Go to the index at th e back of this m anual.

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Table of Contents

Welcome 1-1

A Five-Minute Guide To Your Printer 1-2

Your Printer’s Main Features 1-2 Take Up Reel 1-4 Connections 1-7 Memory 1-7

Software Applications and Drivers 1-8 Front View of Printer 1-9 Rear View of printer 1-10

Using the Front Panel 2-1

The Front Panel 2-2 Standby Mode 2-6 Printing the Current Con figuration 2-7 Entering the Menu System 2-8 Printing the Menus 2-9 Printing Other Internal Prints 2 -12 Navigating the Menu System 2-14 Menu Graphics Used in This Manual 2-15 Navigation Examples 2-16

Selecting the Full Menu Mode 2-16

Changing th e C olor Calibration Setting in the Image Quality Menu 2 -18

Changing the Merge Setting in HP-GL/2 Settings 2-21

Changing Margins 2-24

Changing the Drying Time 2-26 Other Types of Front-Panel Display Information 2-28

Working with Media 3-1

Choosing Media 3-2

Some Important Points about Media Types 3-3

Supported Media Types 3-4 Using the I nk System UV Outside 3-5

Laminating the Media after Printing 3-5

Applying the Overlaminate to a Finished Print 3-5

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Installing the Final Print 3-6

Media Types 3-8

HP Commercial Names of Media Types 3-8 Physical Characteristics of Media Types 3-9

Combinations of Media Type and Print Quality 3-10 Using Coated Paper and Heavy Coated Paper with Productivity Mode 3-11 Handling Your Media 3-12 Loading Roll Media 3-13 Take Up Reel loading 3-20 Unloading Media from the Take Up Reel 3-27 Removing a Roll from the Printer 3-31 Installing a New Roll into the Printer 3-33 Changing the Core Tube on the Take Up Reel 3-36 Loading sheet media 3-40 Unloading Sheet Media 3-43

Compensating for Badly Cut Media 3-44

Adjusting S ke w Tolerance 3 -44 Drying Tim e (Take Up Reel =off) 3-45 Drying time (Take Up Reel =on) 3-46

Working with Ink Systems 4-1

About the Ink System 4-2

The HP DesignJet CP Ink Systems 4-2

Main Features of the HP DesignJet CP Ink System 4-2

What is an Ink System? 4- 3

How to Identify the HP DesignJet CP Ink System UV Components 4-4

Identifying th e Ink System in the Printer 4 -4

When Does th e Ink System Refill the Printheads? 4-5

Obtaining Optimum R efill Performa nce using non-HP media. 4-6

Refilling the Printheads from th e Front Panel 4-8

How big a print can I make without a refill? 4-8 Monitoring the Ink Level 4-9

When should I Replace an Ink System? 4-10 Removing and Replacing Ink Systems 4-11

Working with multiple Ink Systems 4-12

Handle Ink Systems with Care 4-12

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Replace the Ink System 4-13 After replacing the Ink System 4-23 Removing and Storing Partially Used Ink Systems 4-24

Handle the Ink Systems with Care 4-24 Storing t he Ink S ystem in the HP DesignJet CP Ink S ystem S torage Containe r 4-25 Removing the Ink System from the HP DesignJet CP Ink System Storage

Container 4-29

Controlling the Page Format 5-1

Page Format 5-2

Do You Need to Adjust the Page Size in the F ron t Panel? 5-4 Adjusting the Page Size in the Front Panel 5-5 Page Size and Clipped Images 5-7 Page Size and Nesting (Roll Media Only) 5-7

Page Size and Accuracy 5-8

Page Size Using 3M™ Changeable Opaque Imaging Media 8522CP 5-10 Selecting the Ink Emulation Mode 5-11 Adjusting Margins for Roll an d Sheet Media 5-12

Margins and Automatic Cutting 5-14

Print Margins Using 3M™ Changeable Opaque Imaging Media 8522CP 5-14 Rotating an Image 5-15

Rotating an Image from the Front Panel 5-15

What is Rotated? 5-16

How Does R otate Interact with Your Sof tware? 5-17 Printing a Mirror Image 5-19 Changing the Scale of a Printed Image 5-20

Controlling the Overall appearance of a Print 6-1

Ways of Controlling the Print’s Appearance 6-2 Changing Pen Widths and Colors Using the Internal Palettes 6-3

To Select a Pale tte 6-4

Viewing Current Config. Settings 6-5

Viewing t he Colors Av ailable Fo r a Palette 6-6

To Change the P alette Settings 6-7 Changing the Treatment of Overlapping Lines

(Merge) 6-9 Printing Color Images in Monochrome 6-10

Switching between Color and Monochrome 6-11

Printing S pe ed s an d Print Quality 6-12

Print mode settings 6-14 Changing the print mode 6-16

Managing Your Prints 7-1

Managing Pages Currently being Printed or Drying 7-2

Cancelling a Page 7-2 Cutting a Page before Drying is Complete (Roll Media Only) 7-3 Paus ing whil e Printi ng a Series of Pages 7-4

Managing Pages not yet Printed (the Queue) 7-5

What is th e Queue? 7- 5 Starting to Print a File that is Waitin g for a Time-out 7 -7 Identifying a Job in the Queue 7-8 Viewing the Size of a Page in the Queue (Non-Postscript) 7-8 Prioritizin g a Job in th e Queue 7- 9 Deleting a Job from the Queue 7-9 Making Copies of a Job in the Queue 7-10

Avoiding Media Waste by Nesting Pages 7-11

When Does the Printer Try to Nest Pages? 7-13 Which Pages Qualify for Nesting? 7-13 Which Pages Cannot be Rotated? 7-13 Turning Nesting On or Off and Choosing the Nesting Method 7-14 What Happens to Nesting if You Turn Queueing Off? 7-14 How Long does the Printer Wait for Another File? 7-15

Getting the Best from Nesting (Nesting and Margins) 7-16 Nesting and the Rotate Feature 7-16

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Reconfiguring Your Printer 8-1

Viewing the Current Overall Configuration of the Printer 8-2 Viewing the Current Configuration of the Front-Panel Settings 8-5 To Change the Front-Panel Settings 8-5 Recalibrating the P rin ter for Acc uracy 8-6

When to Re calibrate the Printer 8-6

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To Recalibrate t he Printer 8-6

To Restore the Factory’s Calibration 8-7 Changing the Graphics Language 8-8

To Change the Graphics Language Setting 8-8

Graphics Language and Networks 8-9 Changing the Interface Settings 8-10 To Change the I/O Time-out Setting 8-10

Upgrading Your Printer with More Memory 8-11 Turning on the Take Up R eel 8-12 Improving Throughput in the HP DesignJet 3500CP printer 8-14

Controlling Image Quality 9-1

Selecting the Ink Emulation Mode 9-2 Calibrating the Color O utput 9-3

Comparing Color Output between Imaging and UV Ink Sysytems 9-3 Performing a Image Quality Test 9-4 Servicing th e Printheads 9-5

Aligning Printheads 9-5

Refilling Printheads 9-5

Checking Printheads 9-6

Media Test Print 9-8

How to perform the Media Test Print 9-9

Changing the Print Mode when Media is Already Loaded 9-11

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Maintaining Your Printer 10-1

Cleaning the Printer 10-2

Cleaning the Printer Exterior and Inside the Doors 10-2 Lens Maintenance 10-3

Replacing the Lens Cover 10-4

What to Do Next 10-5 Normal Prin ter Use 10-6 Storing and Moving Your Printer 10-7

Selecting Transport Mode 10-7

Removing the Printheads 10-8

Removing the Printhead Cleaners 10-9

Removing the Ink Cartridges 10-11

Switching off and Disconnecting the Printer 10-13

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Troubleshooting 11-1

A Note About Troubleshooting 11-2 Where to Find Help in Solvin g Problems 11-3 Finding the Source of Your Problem 11-4 Solving Im age-Quality Problems 11-5

How to Proceed with the Image Quality Print Diagnosis 11-5 If the Color is Not as Expected 11-6 Some General Information About the Image Quality Test 11-7 Identifying the Printhead Components 11-7 How to Use the Imag e Quality P rint 11-8 Printing th e Image Quality Print 11-8 Analyzing the Image Quality Test Results 11-10 Solving the Problems 11-11 No Printing Defects Found in the Image Qu ality Print 11-22 Color Consistency problems 11-23 Configuration 11-24 Media 1 1 -24 Where to Find Additional Information 11-26 If There are Slightly Warped Lines 11-26 If There are Blurred Lines (Ink “Bleeds” from Lines) 11-26 If there is a horizontal line 2 inches (5.5 cms) from the start of your image. 11-26 There are Smears and/or Scratching on Your Printed Media. 11-27

Solving Media-Handling Problems 11-28

The Front Panel Keeps Indicating that Media Is Misaligned or Incorrectly Positioned 11-28 Prints Do No t Feed Out Prop erly From the Printer 11-28 The Automatic Cutter d oe s not Cut Imme d iately after a Print has Finished 11-28 The Automatic Cutter does no t Work 11-29

The Cutter is Jammed 11-30 A Sheet is Ejected when You Switch On the Print er 11-30

Solving Ink System Problems 11-31

Missing Ink System 11-31 Ink System Error 11-31 Summary of Ink System Defect Messages 11-32 If the Replace Ink System Key does not Work 11-34 If Brand New Printheads have Problems 11-34 If there is a Failure after Refilling Printheads 11-34 Printhead Alignment Er rors 11-35

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Printhead C he cks 11-37

Using the Replace Ink System Key 11-37

Checking Ink Systems 11-38

If You Have Problems Reseating a Printhead 11-41

Cleaning Electrical Contacts 11-42 Clearin g a Medi a J am 11-44 Solving Communication Problems 11-45

If there is a Problem Communicating between Your Computer and the Printer 11-

45 Solving Problems with Image Position or Content 11-46

If the Print is C ompletely Blank 11-46

If the Outpu t Contains Only a Partial Print 11-46

If the Image is Clipped 11-47

If a Long-Axis Print Is Clipped 11-47

If the Entire Image is in One Q uadrant of th e Correct Printing Area 11-48

If the Image Is Unexpectedly Rotated 11-48

If the Print Is a Mirror Image of Your Drawing 11-48

If the Print Is Inaccurate 11-48

If the Print is Distorted or Unintelligible 11-49

If One Image Overlays Another on the Same Sheet 11-49

If Pen Setting s Seem to have No Effect 11- 49

If the Pr inte r Produc es a Blac k a nd Whi te Pr int Whe n You Expe cte d a Col or P rint

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If the Printer has Printed a Differ ent Print than the One You were Expec ting 11-50 Solving Front-Panel Problems 11-51

If the Replace In k System Key Does Not Work 11-51

If None of the Front-Panel Keys Work 11-51

If Pa ge Format/Rotate does not Work 11-5 1

If a Display Message will not Clear 11-51

If a “System Error” Message Is Displayed 11-52

If an “Out Of Memory/D ata Was Lost” Message Is Displayed 11-52 Take Up Reel problems 11-53 Solving Miscellaneous Problems 11-54

If the Printer does n ot Print 11-54

If the Printer Seems Too Slow 11-54

If the Printer Waits Too Long to Print a Ne st 11-55

If the Bail (Blac k Metal Bar) does not L ower All the Way 11-55

The Media c o ming from th e Printer is Fed B ack into the Prin ter causing a Media

Jam. 11-55

Getti ng He lp 11-56

What to Do Before You Call 11-56

Front-Panel Messages 12-1

Message Explanations and Actions 12-2

STATUS Messages 12-16

Reference 13-1

Printer Spe cif ications 13-2 Interface Specifications 13-1 0 Interface Cables 13-11 Regulatory Notices 13-12

To O b tain a Material Saf ety Data Sheet (MSDS) 13-12 Sound 13-12 Electro-M ag n etic Compatibility (EMC) 1 3-12

VCCI Class A and class B (Japan) 13-15 Declaration of Conformity 13-16 Declaration of Conformity 13-17 Ordering Accessories 13-18

HP-GL/2 and HP R TL Programming Information 13-21

How to Order Supplies and Accessories 13-21

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Your Printer’s Main Features

Your printer is an inkjet printer designed for printing high-quality, large-format color or monochrome images. Some major features of the printer are:

■ Large capacity ink system

■ True 600 dpi print resolution.

■ Take Up Reel to enable long unattended prints.

■ Able to print onto media up to 54 inches (137 cms) wide.

■ A choic e of HP media designed to provide the best image quality with your

printer.

■ An easy-to-use front-panel interface with a two-line display, giving you access to a comprehensive set of printer functions.

3500CP Only ■ B uilt-in Adobe PostScript Level 3 Raster Image Processor.

■ Automat ic color calib ration to imp rove color consistency between jobs .

■ Ink emulation allowing the printer to print jobs intended for devices using

standard pre-press color gamuts.

■ PostScript queueing and nesting to reduce media waste.

■ Large and very-complex PostScript file printing.

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The HP DesignJet CP Ink Systems

There are two HP DesignJet CP Ink Systems designed together with your HP DesignJet 3500CP or 3000CP printer.

Both Ink Systems include three-components; printhead, printhead cleaner and ink cartridge to p rovide large-capacity in k, unattended p rinting, ease-of-use, reliability and low-cost. Plus both Ink Syste ms of fe r t rue 600 dpi and new advanced dith er in g algorithms f or exceptional image qua lity prints.

Each 600-dpi the rma l inkje t pri nthe ad appl i e s ink dropl e ts onto t he medi a a nd has a reservoir whic h holds enough i nk for severa l print s. The pri nter automa tica lly refi lls the printhe ad fr om the ink ca rtridge whenever the ink vol ume in the prin th ead reservoir becomes low.

The printer uses the prin th ead cleaners to clean and maintain the printheads, to ensure best possible image quality, and to seal the printheads when not in use ensuring the long life.

You can change Ink Systems a s e asy as 1— 2—3 with the modul a r d esign. I f yo u do change one ink set for another, HP offer an Ink System Storage Container to store partially us ed printheads and printhead cleaners.

Main Features of the HP DesignJet CP Ink System

The HP DesignJet CP Ink System is the ink system that you received with your HP DesignJet CP printer. It is also referred to as Imaging ink. I t is d esigned to deliver clear, sharp, brilliant images with p re cise perform an ce every time .

Main Features of the HP DesignJet CP Ink System UV

The HP DesignJet CP Ink UV can be purc ha sed se par ate ly from your local HewlettPackard dealer. It is als o referred to as UV Pigmented ink. The HP DesignJet CP Ink UV prints bright, colorful, outdoor lightfast signs and posters with a HP Outdoor Durability Warranty.

The HP DesignJet CP Ink UV is designed to work together with the HP DesignJet CP printers to create clear prints that are lightfast and durable with lamination, even outdoor in direct sunlight, for up to one year, guaranteed.

The UV Pigmented inks provide resistance to ultra violet light. Protecting your prints from fad ing and enhancing the durability of signs and poster s .

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Take Up Reel

The Take Up Reel consists of the left and right hand assemblies, sensor assembly, spindle assembly, core tube and a media weight. As the media is fed out of the printer ( 1) it travels down the front of the printer, around the Media Weight (2) and then onto the Core Tube (3). The Core Tube turns, reeling in th e p rinted media.

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Color Calibration

Automatic color calibration improves color consistency between prints. The printer prints a test target image an d measures the image color with a sensor to generate a color calibration value that is applied to the PostScript imaging process.

Ink emulation

Ink emulation lets your printer accept CYMK PostScript files that use printing industry st andard color gamuts, enabl ing t he pr i nt er t o e mul a te c omme rc ial printing presses for proofing.

PostScri pt queu ei ng and nesting

PostScript queuei ng enables file s to be reprinted quic kly. PostScript nesting reduces media waste by storing jobs and then positioning them to use the maximum width of the media roll, reducing your printing costs.

Large/C om pl e x Po stScript file pri ntin g

The printer uses a built-in hard disk drive as extended memory for PostScript rendering, enabling the printer to process almost any PostScript file you want to print.

Multiple copies of prints

The built-in hard disk driv e allows enhan ced print ma n ag ement, enabling the printer to print multiple copies of an image without re-rendering and nesting of prints.

Print Resolution

Print resolution can be set to true 600 dots per inch (Photo mode) or 300 dots per inch (Productivity or Economy mode). You can choose between the three levels of print mode- Phot o, Productivi ty or Ec onomy - eith er from you r softwar e or from the printer’s front panel.

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Media

You can print on roll media or sheet media up to 54 inches wide (1370mm). HP rolls of media come in 24inches (609.mm), 36 inches (914.mm), 42 inches (1066mm) and the largest size 54 inches (1370mm).

The following media types are supported for HP DesignJet CP Ink (imaging ink) which is high image quality for indoor use:

■ Coated paper

■ Heavyweight coated paper

■ High-gloss photo paper

■ Semi-gloss photo paper

■ I maging film-Backlit

■ Opaque vinyl

For detailed information on Hewlett-Packard media, see pages 3-4 of this manual and the Media Guid e for the HP DesignJet CP Printers provided with your printer.

The following media types are supported for HP DesignJet CP Ink UV (UVPigmented Ink)

■ HP Heavyweight Coated paper

■ Opaque Vinyl

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User Interface

The printer’s front panel includes an easy-to-use interface with a two-line display, giving you access to a comprehensive set of printer functions and to a number of useful internal prints. See Chap ter 2, Using the Front Panel, for a short tutorial to teach you how to navigate through the menus and a description of internal prints.

Standby Mode

The printer has a standby mode where, after 15 minutes of inactivity, the printer goes into a sleep mode (low-po wer us age mode) . The print er “wakes up” whenev er you press the Standby button on the printer or there is any I/O activity such as receipt of a file. See page1-9, Front View of Printer, for the switch location and page 2-6, Standby Mode, for more information about this function.

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Connections

3500CP Only The 3500CP printer comes with an HP JetDirect network interface card, for LAN

connections, as w ell as a pa ra lle l in terface for a direct connecti on t o you r c omput er. See the Setup Guide for information on connecting your printer to a computer or network.

3000CP Only Your printer comes with a Modular IO (MIO) which can be used to connect a

networking card.

Memory

3500CP Only The 3500CP printer comes with 32 MB of memory plus 4 MB of internal printing

memory. You can this expand memory up to a maximum of 68 MB by adding 4MB, 8-MB, 16-MB or 32-MB memory SIMMS. In addition to this memory, the printer has an internal hard disk drive used as extended memory for PostScript rendering and print management.

For part numbers see page 13-20, Memory Modules

3000CP Only Your printer comes with 8 MB of memory plus 4 MB of internal printing memory.

You can expand this memory up to a maximum of 68 MB by adding 4-MB, 8-MB, 16-MB or 32-MB memory SIMMS.

For part numbers see page 13-20, Memory Modules

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Software Applications and Drivers

To make sure that your printer prints exactly what you were expecting - in terms of size, position, orientation , co lor and quality - us e the correct d river for the combination of your application software and your printer, and make sure that it is configured correctly.

Many software applications include their own drivers. A set of Software Application Notes is provided with this printer for the most popular applications. If you find your own application in these notes, use the information they contain as a guide to configuring the software for your printer.

Three types of drivers are supplied with the 3500CP printer:

■ HP DesignJet PostScript® drivers for Macintosh® (QuickDraw™)

■ HP DesignJet PostScript® drivers for Microsoft® Windows™ applications

■ AutoCAD Drivers for DOS and Windows

Two types of drivers are supplied with the 3000CP printer:

■ HP-GL/2 Windows Drivers

■ AutoCAD Drivers for DOS and Windows

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Some printer funct ions beha ve diff erently wh en the pri nter re ceives a Post Script file as opposed to file s formatted in other pr in ter languages (HP- GL/2 or RTL). Throughout this manual, references to “PostScript files” mean files sent to the printer using the HP DesignJet PostScript driver supplied with the printer and installed by you on your Macintosh or PC.

If you don't know whether your application sends PostScript files consult your software documentation.

It is strongly recommended that you install and use the AutoCad drivers to print from AutoCAD. More CAD-orientated functionality is provided with these drivers, they are also faster t han HP-GL/2 or PostScript® Windows™ drivers.

Front View of Printer

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Printheads (inside) Front Panel Display

Front Panel Standb y Switch

Ink Cartridges

(inside)

Roll Cover

42'' / 1067mm

+ 36''/915mm

= + 50''/1270mm + 54''/1372mm

Printhe ad C leaners

12'' / 305mm

(inside) Media Lever

Media Button

Media-Entry Slot

Take Up Reel

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Rear View of printer

Parallel Interface

Pocket for Quick Reference Guide and Media Knife

Network Interface

Handle s fo r lif ti ng durin g as se m b ly of the printer

Slots for upgrades

Powe r Sw itch

Socket for power cord

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Using the Front Panel

The Front Panel 2-2 Standby Mode 2-6 Printing the Current Configuration 2-7 Entering the Menu System 2-8

Printing the Menus 2-9 Printing Other Internal Prints 2-12 Navigating the Menu System 2-14 Menu Graphics Used in This Manual 2-15 Navigation Examples 2-16 Other Types of Front-Panel Display Information 2-28

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The Front Panel

The front panel of the printer is made up of four functional areas as shown below:

Display Section

Form Feed

and CutCancel

Replace

Ink System

Enter

Pause

Color Mono

Print Mode KeysAction Keys

Receiving

Print Current Configuration (Press both Keys)

Photo Productivity Economy

Print Mode

Status Lights

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The Front Panel

Display Section The display section of the front panel consists of the two-line display and the four

display keys to its right (Previous, ↑, ↓ and Enter).

Enter

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P AGE FORMAT

Mirroring

Menu Title Menu Op tio n

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STATUS

Aligni n g pr in th e ad s

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– These messages may concern printer status, required actions or errors.

■ You use the display keys to navigate the menu system and select menu options. You also use the display keys to respond to messages. see chapter 12, Front- Panel Messages, for detailed descriptions for error and status messages.

Later sections of this chapter give detaile d i nst ruc tion s for usi ng t he d isp lay ke ys to navigate the menu system and select menu options, as well as other uses of the display keys.

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Action Keys The action keys let you:

■ cancel the cu rr ent printer o p eration (Cancel).

■ advance and cut media (Form Feed and Cut).

■ replace ink system components (Replace Ink System).

■ pause the printer (Pause).

Form Feed

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Action Keys

Replace

Ink System Pause

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See chapter 7, Managing Your Prints, for information on the use of these keys.

Print Mode Keys Use the print m ode keys to selec t whether to print in color or monochrome (black

and grayscale) and to select the print quality you want. See chapter 6, Controlling the Overall appearance of a Print, for information on the use of these keys.

Photo

Color Mono

Print Mode keys

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Using the Front Pane l

The Front Panel

Status Lights The status lights provide status information about the current configuration and

state of the printer. These lights are described later in this manual

Receiving

Photo

Pause

Color Mono

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Status Lights

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NOTE In most cases, settings in your application software or printer driver override

any settings you make on the front panel of the printer.

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Using the Front Panel Standby Mode

Standby Mode

The printer has a standby mode where, after a period of inactivity, the printer goes into a sleep mode (low-power usage mode). This is indicated by the front panel display and status indicators turning off. The indicator light on the Standby switch is on when the printer is in standby mode. The printer “wakes up” whenever you press the Standby switch on the printer or there is any I/O activity such as receipt of a file.

Standb y sw itch

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You can manually place the printer in standby mode by pressing the Standby switch when th e printer is in normal operating mo de. When you manually put the printer in standby mode, it will not “wake up” until you press the switch again.

■ Use the Standby switch to turn th e printer off and on, rather than the Power

switch on the back of the pri nt er.

■ Use the Power Switch only when you need to isolate the printer from the power

source, such as, when you are disconnecting or connecting cables, or upgrading memory.

NOTE T o re-initialize the printer, press and hold the Standby switch for three or more

seconds.

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