HP DesignJet 500 User Manual
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Introduction
The User’s Reference Guide
This section explains how to use this guide.
Introduction To Your Printer
This section explains some of the functionality of
the printer and its features.
Printer with Take-Up Reel
A front view of the HP Designjet 5000PS.
Printer with Bin Assembly
A front view of the HP Designjet 5000.
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The User’s Reference Guide
Overview
This is a general overview on how to use this User’s
Reference Guide and its structure.
The “Tabs”
An explanation of the tabs found at the top of each
page.
The “Buttons”
An explanation of what the navigation buttons do along
the side of the page.
Animation
Explains how to start the animations included in this
User’s Reference Guide.
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Overview
This Us er’s Reference Guide explains in detail how to
use the HP Designjet 5000PS and the HP Designjet
5000 Printers.
This guide is designed as a detailed reference guide to
your printer. For more day-to-day guidance you can
refer to the Pocket Guide. This can be found at the back
of the printer.
How to Navigate
The “Tabs”
There are seven “Tabs” at the top of this guide. Each
tab contains information for the printer. The first page of
every tab wi ll explain what information you can expect
to find and where to obt ain related information.
The “Sections”
Underneath the tabs are sections. The sections here,
for example, are: The User’s Reference Guide,
Introduction To Your Printer , Printer with Take
Up Reel and Printer w ith Bin Assembly.
The “Buttons”
To Navigate around the User’s Reference Guide use
the buttons on either side of the screen.
The Home button
This button will take you back to
the main menu.
Back Button
Click on this button and it will take
you to the previous screen page.
Forwa rd Button
Click on this button and it will take
you to the next screen page.
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Print Button
Click on this button and it will take
you to the print option.
Quit Button
Click on this button and it will take
you out of this application.
Return Button
Click on this button and it will
return you back to where you
were before.
Animation
When it is possible, an animation will actually show you
how to perform the procedures. Click on this button to
start the animation, you can also click in the screen to
start the animation.
Related Topics:
The Setup Instruction s contain:
Step-by-step information on how to prepare your printer
for use.
The Pocket Guide contains:
Information that you are most likely to need for printer
operation on a day-by-day basis, such as loading paper
or replacing ink supplies.
Web Page
Also you can visit us on our web page:
www.hp.com/go/de signjet
Throughout this User’s Reference Guide
any information that is only relevant to a
particular model of printer is shown in a
box like this.
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Introduction To Your Printer
Your Printer’s Main Features
Overview of the printers features and benefits.
The HP No. 81 and HP No. 83 Supplies
An explanation of the HP No. 81 and HP No. 83
Supplies which can be installed in your printer.
Print Resolution
This is an overview of what print resolution you can
expect to attain from your printer.
User Interface
An overview of what interface you have with the printer.
Media
This is a list of the media that your printer is designed to
use.
HP Designjet WebAccess
An overview of the WebAccess too l that you have with
your printer.
Connections
The connections you have with your printer.
Memory
This section tel ls you what memor y you have already
installed in the printer.
Applicatio ns and Drivers
This section tel ls you whic h ap plica tions are s upp or te d
by your printer. Also, which drivers come with your
printer.
Switching Your Printer On and Off
Switch of your printer using the power switch located at
the back of the printer.
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Your Printer’s Main Features
Your printer is a color inkjet printer designed for printing high-quality, maps and images. Some major f eatures of
the printer are shown below:
Your HP Designjet Printer is able to attain
2
Production speeds of 569ft
/hour using Coated
Media with the Max. Speed setting.
Ultimate Photo Quality using six inks and HP Color
Layering Technology.
Unattended printing using big 680cc ink cartridges.
High productivity features such as Queueing and
Nesting, Job Previewing using the HP Designjet
WebAccess web server.
Exact ink and media usage information available via
the HP Designjet WebAccess web server.
Great Media and Ink flexibility for any Indoor and
Outdoor application.
HP No. 81 Dye Based Ink for indoor use.
HP No. 83 UV Ink for outdoor use.
Accurate and consi stent col or repro duction features:
– Automatic Pantone Calibration™,
– Press emulations,
– ICC profiles for Macintosh and Windows,
– RGB Calibration a nd more.
– Automatic Closed Loop Color calibration.
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The HP No. 81 and HP No. 83 Supplies
The HP No. 81 and HP No. 83 supplies are designed to
work together with your HP Designjet 5000PS or 5000
printer. The type of supplies you receive with your
printer depends on the type of ink system you
specified; normal dye based ink or pigment-based UV
ink. The components of the normal dye based ink are
called the HP No. 81 Supplies and the component of
the pigment-based UV ink are called the HP No. 83 UV
Ink Supplies.
HP No. 81 Ink Supplies (Dye based)
The HP No. 81 Ink Supplies also referred to as Imaging
Ink, they are designed to deliver sharp brilliant images
with ultimate image quality performance.
HP No. 83 Ink Supplies (UV)
The HP No. 83 ink supplies also referred to as UV
Pigmented Inks, they are designed to deliver bright and
colorful outdoor light fast signs and posters that are
resistant to ultra violet light.
The Components
Both ink systems consist of three
components: printheads with their printhead
cleaners and the ink cartridges. The printer
uses six of each.
Each 600-dpi thermal inkjet printhead applies
thousands of ink droplets onto the pap er. The printer
automatically refills the printhead as it prints, enabling
continuous uninterrupted printing. The ink is supplied
to each printhead from a separate large capacity ink
cartridge. The colors are Light Cyan, Light M agenta,
Yellow, Cyan, Magenta and Black.
The printer uses printhead cleaners to clean and
maintain the printheads, to ensure best possible image
quality, and to seal the printheads when they are not in
use to ensure long life.
Printhead life is warranted to 700ml of ink consumed.
However, on average the anticipated life expectancy of
the printheads is two or t hree times this. This is
provided that the printhead is used under normal
operating conditions (using HP ink cartridges only) and
its “install before date” has not lapsed. However results
vary depending on the print mode setting you use.
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Print Resolution
You can choose between three levels of print mode:
Max. Quality, Pro ductivity or Max. Speed from your
software or from the printer's front-panel.
Print r e solution for Max. Quality print mode is 600 x
600 dots per inch, or 1200 x 600 dots per inch on
Glossy media if you use the Enhanced resolu tion
setting.
Print resolution for Productivity print mode and Max.
Speed print mode is 300 x 300 dots per inch, or 600 x
600 dots per inch if you use the Enhanced resolution
setting.
Use Max. Speed to get draft copies of your prints at
maximum throughput. Productivity is optimized so
that you get great image quality with the quickest
throughput. Select Max. Quality if you want to get the
best quality for images and renderings.
User Interface
The Front-Panel
The printer's front-panel includes an easy-to-use
interface with a display, giving you access to a
comprehensive set of printer functions and to a number
of useful internal prints. See Navigation
tutorial to teach you how to navigate through the menus
and a description of internal prints.
, for a short
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Media
The following paper types are supported for your
printer and the HP No. 81/HP No. 83 Ink Supplies:
HP Coated Paper
HP Heavyweight Coated Paper
HP Banners with Tyvek™
Photo Imaging Gloss
Photo Imaging Satin
HP Paper Based Semi-Gloss
HP Studio Canvas
HP Colorfast Adhesive Vinyl
Colorlucent Backlit UV
HP Satin Poster Paper
For detailed information on Hewlett-Packard Media,
see Physical Characteristics of Media Types
.
HP Designjet WebAccess
WebAccess reports in detail on the status and history
of your printer , and in some cases allows you to change
the printer status.
To Use WebAccess
Start your Web browser and give the address of your
printer, as follows:
http://<address>/
where <address> is the IP address of the printer. You
can find out the IP address of the printer from the frontpanel, as follows:
1. From the Printer setup options, select IO setu p.
2. From IO setup, select Card ID.
3. Under Card ID, find the li ne starting with IP=. The
remainder of that line is the IP address of the printer.
As an alternative to the IP address, you may give the
DNS name of the printer. However, you will not be able
to find the DNS name in the front-panel; ask your
network administrator if you would like to use it.
Each status display is static: it does not automatically
update itself as time goes by. To update it,
click on the Update icon. The following
facilities are provided by the menu on the left
side of the HP Designjet WebAccess
window.
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Pending shows a list of jobs waiting to be printed or
currently being printed.
Stored shows a list of jobs already printed.
Accounting shows a list of jobs already printed, with
statistics.
Supplies shows the status of the ink cartridges,
printheads, cleaners, and paper.
Usage shows statistics about the printer.
Configuration details the printer's configuration.
User password enables you to change your
HP Designjet WebAccess password. The password
can be us ed to restrict job management permissions
and change the number of logged jobs for accounting.
If a password is set, you will be asked to enter it when
you try to access the ‘User password’ page. Once you
have reached this page, you are allowed to change the
password.
If you forget your password, use the ‘Reset WebAccess
password’ on the printer's front-panel to reset it.
About the printer shows a page that contains the
printer's Pocket Guide in PDF format. In the Pending
and Stored windows, additional facilities are provided
by icons nea r the top of the wi ndow.
5000PS
If you request a Preview from a Pending or Stored
window, the same icons are displayed in the
preview window that were displayed in the parent
window.
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Connections
Your printer comes with the HP JetDirect 610N10/100 Base-TX Print Server for network connections, as well as
a parallel interface for a direct connection to your computer. It is highly recommended that you use a network
connection, this will enable you to obtain much quicker data transfer speeds. See the Setup Instructions for
information on connecting your printer to a computer or network.
Switching Your Printer On and Off
When you are not using your printer for any length of time switch Off the printer using the power switch at the
back of the printer.
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Memory
The following table shows the memory size and hard disk size for the different models of HP Designjet 5000
printers.
Printer Type Size Memory (DRAM)
Hard Disk
HP Designjet 5000
HP Designjet
5000PS
42 inch / 1. 07m
128 Mbyte
a
5 Gb Hard Disk
HP Designjet 5000
HP Designjet
60 inch / 1. 52m
192 Mbyte 20 Gb Hard Disk
5000PS
a.You can expand this memory by installing additional 64-MB or 128 MB. For part
numbers see Hardware
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Applications and Drivers
To ma ke sure that your printer prints exactl y what you
were expecting—in terms of size, position, orientati on,
color and quality—use the correct driver for the
combination of your application software and your
printer, and make sure that it is configured correctly.
5000PS
Your printer comes supplied with:
PostScript® drivers for Macintosh®
PostScript® drivers for Microsoft®
Windows™ 9x/NT 4.0/2000
HP Designjet HPGL/2 Raster driver for
Windows
HP developed drivers for AUTOCAD.
Some printer functions behave differently when the
printer receives a PostScript file as opposed to files
formatted in other printer languages (HP-GL/2 or RTL).
Throughout this manual, references to “PostScript files”
mean files sent to the printer using the HP Designj et
PostScript driver supplied with the printer and installed
by you on your Macintosh or Windows PC.
If AutoCAD drivers are available for the specific
AutoCAD release you are using, it is strongly
recommend ed that you install them to print from
AutoCAD.
5000
Your prin ter comes supplied with:
HP Designjet HPGL/2 Raster driver
for Windows
HP developed drivers for AUTOCAD.
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Rear View
Pocket Guide
Power Switch
Network
Communication
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The HP Designjet 5000PS Printer and HP Designje t
5000 Printer use a variety of media. The recommended
media is engineered for use with your printer and your
printer’s ink system to give you the best results.
The Media & Ink tab contains seven sections:
Media
Choosing the correct media type for your needs is
an essential step in ensuri ng good image quality.
This sectio n explains how to choose the correct
media type from the list of HP Supported Types of
Media.
Roll Media
This section explains how to load and unload a roll
of media.
Sheet Medi a
This section explains how to load and unload a
sheet of media.
The Ink System
This section gives you an overview of the printer’s
ink system.
The Ink Cartridge
This section shows you how to replace an ink
cartridge.
The Printhead
This section shows you how to replace a
printhe ad. When ever you remove a printhead and
replace it with a new printhead, you must also
replace the corresponding printhead cleaner.
The Printhead Cleaner
This section shows you how to replace a printhead
cleaner.
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Choosing Media
Your printer supports several types of media. Choosing
the correct media type for your needs is an essential
step in ensuring good image quality.
Physical Characteristics of Media Types
Each m edia has its own physical characteristics.
Shown in this section are the HP Supported Types of
Media with their charac teri stic s.
Print Speeds and Print Mode Selection
Some typical printing times with a selection of HP
supported types of media.
Printable A rea
The figures for all the printable areas for selected
media.
Media Profile Downloading
From time to time new media types will become
available and the printer will not have their media
profiles. You must obtain the profiles and add them to
the printer’s software.
Roll/Sheet Media Information
To obtain information about your roll or sheet of media
you have loaded in the printer, follow the procedure
which is detailed in this section.
Drying Time Settings
The drying time settings are described in this section.
Drying Times with HP Tested Media
Some se lected types of media with their drying times.
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Your printer supports several types of media. Choosing
the correct media type for your needs is an essential
step in ensuring good image quality. For best printing
results, use only genuine Hewlett-Packard media,
whose reliability and performance have been
developed and thoroughly tested . All HP printing
components (printer, ink system, and media) have
been designed to work together to give trouble-free
performance and optimal image quality.
For information on Hewlett-Packard media, see
Physical Characteristics of Media Types
.
Some Important Points about Media Types
This printer supports many types of media.
However, the quality of some images may be
reduced if you do not use the correct media for your
image. See Print Speeds and Print Mode Selection
Whenever you load a roll or a sheet, the printer's
front-panel display prompts you to specify the media
type you are loading. It is absolutely
essential to specify this correctly for good
image quality. The table on Physical
Characteristics of Media Types, gives you
all the information you need. If media is
already loaded and you are unsure which
media type was specified, go to the roll /sheet menu
icon and press Enter, see Roll/Sheet Media
Information.
Make sure the appropriate print-quality setting (Max.
Quality, Productivity or Max.Speed) is selec ted. You
can set the print quali ty either from your software or
from the printer's front panel. Software driver
settings overr ide any print-quality settings made on
the front panel. The combination of media type and
print-quality settings tells the printer how to place the
ink on the media—for example, the ink density, half
toning method, and number of passes of the
printheads. For more details, see the table on Print
Speeds and Print Mode Selection.
Some media is designed to be printed on both sides.
Further information is available via the Technical
.
Support section of your printer’s WebAccess tool.
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Physical Characteristics of Media Type s
The following table lists the physical characteristics of the supported HP Premium Printing Materials.
NOTE: Always print on the image side which has the special c oating; the image side always faces outward on roll
products from HP.
NOTE: From time to time new media types will become available and the printer will not have their media profiles.
You must obtai n th e profi les and add th em to the p r inter ’s software usi ng th e System M ain tena nc e App lic ati on.
Refer to Media Profile Downloading
.
Displayed on
the Front-panel
Grammage/
Thickness
Coated Paper 26lb.
(98g/m
HW Coated
(Economy) &
35lb
(130g/m
HW Coated
Paper
Photo Imaging
Gloss
Photo Imaging
Satin
7 mil
(178g/m
7 mil
(178g/m
Ink
System
Length Available
Widths in
Inches
Available
Widths in
Millimeters
Dye 150ft (45m) 24, 36, 42, 54 610, 914, 1067,
2
)
1372
300ft (91m) 36 914
Dye & UV 100ft (30m) 24, 36, 42, 54,
2
)
60,
610, 914, 1067,
1372, 1524
Dye 100ft (30m) 36, 42, 60, 914, 1067, 1524
2
)
Dye 100ft (30m) 36, 42, 60 914, 1067, 1524
2
)
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Displayed on
the Front-panel
Paper SemiGloss (see note
Grammage/
Thickness
6 mil
(160g/m
2
)
below)
Banners with
Tyvek™
Colorlucent
Backlit UV
10 mil (140g/
2
)
m
6 mil (200g/
2
m
Studio Canvas 20 mil (368g/
2
m
)
Colorfast Vinyl 6 mil (328g/
2
)
m
1
Poster Paper
5.5 mil (162g/
2
m
)
1. Excellent for two-sided printing
Ink
System
Length Available
Widths in
Inches
Available
Widths in
Millimeters
Dye 100ft (30m) 24, 36, 42, 54 610, 914, 1067,
1372
UV 50ft (15m) 24, 36, 54 610, 914, 1372
UV 100ft (30m) 36, 54, 60
Dye & UV 35ft (10m) 36, 54 914, 1372
Dye & UV 40ft (12m) 36, 54 914, 1372
Dye 100ft (30m) 36 914
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The print times shown below are for the HP Designjet 5000PS 60 inch/1.57m Printer.
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Print Mode Coated Paper Heavyweight Coated
Paper Economy
Max. Speed
Productivity
Max. Quality
2
569 ft
52.86 m
2
100 ft
9.29 m
2
/hour
76 ft
7.06 m
/hour
2
/hour
/hour
2
/hour
2
/hour
2
288 ft
26.76 m
2
100 ft
9.29 m
2
/hour
76 ft
7.06 m
/hour
2
/hour
/hour
2
/hour
2
/hour
NOTE: The Max. Speed that can be attained on Glossy
media and some other types of media could be
determined by the amount of drying time required.
NOTE: From time to time new media types will become
available and the printer will not have their media
profiles. You must obtain the profiles and add them to
the printer’s software using the System
Maintenance Application. Refer to Media
Profile Downloading.
Heavyweight
Glossy Media
Coated Paper
2
288 ft
26.76 m
2
/hour
76 ft
7.06 m
2
/hour
60 ft
2
5.57m
/hour
2
/hour
2
/hour
/hour
100 ft
9.29 m
2
76 ft
7.06 m
2
60 ft
5.57m
2
/hour
2
/hour
/hour
2
/hour
/hour
2
/hour
Heavyweight Coated Paper
In the front panel there are two types of Heavyweight
Coated Paper.
Heavyweight Coated Paper Economy is optimized
for efficiency in terms of speed and ink usage.
Heavyweight Coated Paper is optimized for the best
image quality.
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Printable area =
Printing Area (Width x Height) by Orientation of Image
media size minus
normal margins
Media Size landscape
(inches)
ANSI
media
ISO
media
C
D
E
A2
A1
A0
21.46 x 15.36
33.46 x 20.36
43.46 x 32.36
22.86 x 14.86
32.56 x 21.76
46.26 x 31.46
portrait
(inches)
16.46 x 20.36
21.46 x 32.36
33.46 x 42.36
15.96 x 21.76
22.86 x 31.46
32.56 x 45.16
landscape
(mm)
545 x 390
845 x 517
1100 x 821
580 x 377
827 x 552
1175 x 799
portrait (mm)
241 x 517
545 x 821
850 x 517
405 x 553
580 x 799
827 x 1147
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Roll/Sheet Media Information
The information supplied in this screen is:
Manufacturer’s name
Type of media that you have selected
Total width of the roll of media in millimeters
Maximum pri ntable area that the media has to
print on.
The media profile revision
For detailed inst ructions on how to load a roll of
media see Installing Roll Media into the Printer
Click on this icon to run the animation
sequenc e.
A printable version
so that you can take the key illustrations to the
printer, if it is remote from your computer.
of the sequence is also available
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Each supported media has it own characteristics; refer
to Physical Characteristics of Media Types
. For
optimum image quality the printer changes the way it
prints onto each different media. Some may need more
ink and some may require a longer drying time for
example. So the printer must be given a description of
how each media should be printed upon. This
description is called th e “Media Profile”. Existing media
profiles for your printer’s media are already installed in
the printers’ software.
However, from time to time new media types will
become availa ble and the printer will not have their
media profiles. You must obtain the profiles and add
them to the printer.
Using Hewlett-Packard provided media profiles for your
media assures optimal col or reproduction from your
printer. These profiles can be obtained from
http://www.hp.com/go/designjet
.
Click on the CD icon for drivers and select “Printing
Material”. This will le ad y ou t o th e dri v er s and
profiles for your particular printer. Follow the
on-screen instructions.
In addition to the HP range there are other
manufacturers of media that HP recommend for use
with your printer. The media profiles for these can also
be downloaded from the Internet or CD- ROM.
Open System Maintenance Application
When you have the media profile(s) downloaded to
your PC or Apple Macintosh, open the HP a pplication:
“System Maintenance Application”.
Select the media profile download option and follow the
on-screen comm and s.
This program takes the media profile which you
previously downloade d from the web page and insta lls
it onto the printer’s software. The System Maintenance
Applicatio n is supplied on a CD-ROM which is
delivered with your printer.
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With some media types and environmental conditions
the ink needs some time to dry before the media is
unloaded. If you experience ink drying problems with
your printed image, try changing the drying time to
Automatic.see Changing the Drying Time
for an
animation to show you how to change setting in the
front panel.
None ( Default)
With this setting, when the printer has finished pri nting
an image the media will be released from the printer. It
is the quick est settings, but you must handle the printed
image with care, the image may not necessar ily be
ready for use.
Manual
In some cases with this setting the drying time may not
be sufficient, the ink may not be dry, so c are is needed
when handling the media. This setting is changeable by
you through the front panel. See Changing the Dr yi ng
Time
Automatic
The printer automatically determines the appropriate
drying time, based on the type of media you have
selected and the current temperature and humidity. If
there is any drying time, a “drying time to go”
countdown will be displayed on the front panel.
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Drying Times with HP Tested Media
Below is a table showing the typical drying times to handle the media for some selected HP tested media at
approximatel y 23
°C with 50% relative humidity.
HP Tested Media type Drying Time in minutes
Max. Image
Quality
Productivity/
Max. Speed
HP Photo Imaging Gloss 4 2
HP Paper-Based Semi-Gloss 6 5
HP Studio Canvas 9 5
HP Heavyweight Coated 1 1
HP Colorfast Adhesive Vinyl 1 1
HP Poster Paper 1 1
HP Colorlu cent Backl it UV 40 9
HP DuraImaging UV 1 1
HP Banners with TYV EK ® 11
3M® Changeable Opaque Imaging Media 5 4
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Use this table to guide you when choosing your media
and selecting the print quality setting (Max Speed,
Productivity, Max. Quality). As a guide remember:
Use Max.Speed to get draft copies of your prints at
maximum throughput.
Product Name Application Media Description
HP Photo Imaging Gloss
HP Photo Imaging Satin
Photographic images and
graphics, high-end, point-of-
purchase & retail signs, trade
Front Panel Name:
HP Photo Imaging Gloss
HP Photo Imaging Satin
show exhibits, indoor promotional
and display, industrial design
illustrations, MCAD renderings,
Maps & GIS display.
HP Studio Canvas
Photographic reproductions, fine
art repr oduct ions, heavy duty
Front Panel Name:
indoor signs, banners.
HP Studio Canvas
HP Banners with Tyvek™
Durable in door and outdoor
banners, trade-show graphic s,
Front Panel Name:
Banners with Tyvek
window displays, murals,
backdrops and theatrical sets
Productivity is optimized so that you get the
excellent quality with the fastest throughput.
Select Max. Quality if you want to get the best
quality for images and render ings.
Exceptional
lightfastness w ith dye
inks, maximum color
gamut, brillian t images
with sharp lines
Accurate color matching,
excellent lightfastness,
dense, black and color
images.
Light-fast, waterresistant, no lamination
required, grommitable,
you can sew with it and
its drapable.
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HP Colorfast Adhesive Vinyl
Front Panel Name:
HP Colorfast Vinyl
HP Coated Paper
Front-Panel Name:
HP Coated Paper
Promotional signs, low-cost
indoor posters, short term, indoor
signs.
Proofs, layouts, low-cost indoor
posters, short-term, indoor signs,
color line drawings, color maps.
Accurate color matching,
dense, black images,
accurate spot colors , low
cost per copy.
Accurate color matching,
low cost per copy,
dense, black images,
accurate spot colors,
fine lines.
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HP Paper Based Semi-Gloss
Front-Panel Name:
HP Paper Based Semi-Gloss
HP Satin Poster Paper
Front-Panel Name:
HP Poster Paper
HP Heavyweight Coated Paper
Front-Panel Name:
HP HW Coated Paper
Photographic presentations,
point-of-purchase signs, dro p-in
signs, ceiling-hanging banners.
Indoor short-term point-ofpurchase displays, ceilinghanging banners.
Proofs, layouts, low-cost indoor
posters, short term, indoor signs,
color line drawings, color maps.
Low-cost alternative to
photo paper , economical
photo quality
High-volume print
production, low-cost
poster paper for frequent
print replacement,
laminateable for longerterm sign.
Heavier paper, accurate
color matching, low cost
per copy, dense, black
images, accurate spot
colors, low cost per
copy, fine lines.
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