HP DesignJet 5000 Pocket Guide
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More Information…
You can find more about the following topics in the User’s
Reference Guide, which is on the Using Your Printer CD:
n Media Types and Characteristics
n Animations on Loading Media & Installing Ink Supplies
n More about solving problems
n Page Formatting
n Printer Configuration and Maintenance
n Functional Specifications
n A Glossary of terms and a comprehensive Index
There is als o more information available from the
following sources:
n The HP Designjet WebAccess tool, for informat ion about
your printer status, technical suppor t, on-line
documentation etc.
n HP Designjet Online: www.hp.com/go/designjet. For latest
product information including on-line documentation.
n The Setup Instructions which came with your printer
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1 - Use The Front panel
Use the Front-Panel 1
Functional Areas, 2
Print Mode Selection, 8
Internal Prints, 10
Print the Configuration, 10
Menu Print, 11
Other Internal Prints, 12
Front-Panel Menus, 14
Setup Menu - Interna l RIP Setti ng s, 18
Setup Menu - I/O Setup, 16
Setup Menu - Utilities, 17
USE THE FRONT PANEL
Setup Menu - Internal RIP Settings, 18
Setup Menu - Nesting, 19
Setup Menu - HP-GL/2 Setting, 20
Setup Menu - Page Format, 21
Consumable Menu - Media Menu, 23
Consumable Menu - Ink Cartridge Menu, 24
Consumable Menu - Printhead Menu, 25
Navigation, 26
Entering Setup Menu, 27
Navigation Examples, 28
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2 - Use The Front panel Functional Areas
Functional Areas
The front-panel of the printer is made up of the following
functional areas:
Status
Lights
(green)
Action Keys
A message display screen
Navigation Keys
Action keys and associated Status Lights, on the left
Standby key and status light.
On/Off Power LED
(red when in
standby)
Standby Push-key
Message
Display
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The Navigation Keys
The right side of the front-panel is the where the navigation
keys are located. The navigation keys are Top, B ac k , ↑, ↓ and
Enter.
You use these keys to navigate through the menu system and
to select menu icons and menus, see Front-Panel Menus, on
page 14. You can als o use the navigation keys to respond to
messages see page 5, in section Front-Panel Messages on
the reverse of this guide, for detailed descriptions for errors
and status messages.
USE THE FRONT PANEL
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Display Screens
The display in the front-panel displays a variety of information.
When one of the four menus i s highlight the front-panel
displays the following information:
Printer setup menu
The Setup Menu icon loo ks like this
If the Printer Setup menu is selected,
there is brief and overall description
on the status of the consumable. If
there is no media loaded, then there i s a message describing
the first step to loading media.
If you press Enter now, you will go to the Setup Menu. See
Front-Panel Menus, on page 14
Media Menu
The Media Menu icon looks like this
If the Media menu is selected, and
there is media loaded, the frontpanel displays information on the
media you have loaded.
If you press Enter now, you will go
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5 - Use The Front panel Functional Areas
to the Media Menu, see Consumable Menu - Media Menu, on
page 23
Ink Car tridge Ic on
The Ink Cartridge Menu icon looks like this:
If the Ink Cartridge menu is selected,
the status of each of the ink
cartridges is shown. If there is a
problem with one or more of the ink
cartridges, the front-panel will display
an action message or a error code,
see page 5, in section Front-Panel Messages on the reverse
of this guide for more details.
If you press Enter now, you will go to the Ink Cartridge Menu,
USE THE FRONT PANEL
see Consu mable Menu - Ink Cartridge Menu, on page 24.
Printhead icon
The Print head Menu icon looks like this
If the Printhead menu is selected, the front-panel displays the
status of each of the printheads. If there is a problem with one
or more of the printheads, the front-panel will display an action
message or a error code see page 5, in section Front-Panel
Messages on the reverse of this guide for more details.
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6 - Use The Front panel Functional Areas
If you press Enter now, you will go
to the Printhead Menu, see
Consumable Menu - Printhead
Menu, on page 25.
Menus
To configure the printer use the
menus to se lect and change the
settings. Use the up and down
keys to navigate and press the
Enter key to select the options.
Procedure information
The front-panel display can help
you through the various
procedures you have to perform,
loading media for example:
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7 - Use The Front panel Functional Areas
Action Keys
The action portion of the front-panel consists of:
Cancel
Load/Unload Media
Print Quality Mode
The action keys let you:
Stop pr inting and media loading while they are in progress,
cancel dry time, cancel nest waiting. (CANCEL key) see
Cancelling a Page, on page 141.
Load and unload media (LOAD/UNLOAD key) see Loading
the New Ro ll of Media, o n page 42.
Select the print mode (Max Quality, Productivity and Max.
USE THE FRONT PANEL
Speed). A green light ind icates the setting you have
selected. See Print Mode Selection, on page 8
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8 - Use The Front panel Functional Areas
Print Mode Selection
Choose Max. Quality to get the highest possible image
quality with Glossy media.
Choose Max. Speed for maxi mum productivity. Ideal for
checking prints, when image quality is not the most
important.
Choose Productivity to get a good combin ation of prin t
You can print images in different settings to see which gives
the best combination of throughput and quality for your
application. The resolution at which your print will be printed is
summarized in the table below.
quality and product ivity.
NOTE: Printing in Max. Quality mode with enhanced resolution
setting to ON is available with Glossy media only.
Print quality setting Default Resoluti on Resolution with Enhanced resoluti on setting to ON
Max. Speed 300 x 300 600 x 600
Productivity 300 x 300 600x 600
Max. Quality 600 x 600 1200 x 600
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9 - Use The Front panel Functional Areas
Status Lights
The green status lights
indicates what setting is
currently active in the frontpanel.
NOTE: In most cases,
settings in your application
software or prin ter driver will
override the settings you
make on the front-panel of
the printer.
USE THE FRONT PANEL
Standby key
The printer has a standby
mode where, after a period
of inactivity, the printer goes
into a sleep mode (lowpower usage mode). This is
indicated by the front-pane l
display and status indicators
turning off. The indicator
light on the front-panel is on
when the printer is in
standby mode. The printer “wakes up” whenev er you press the
Standby key on the printer or there is any I/O activity, such as
receipt of a file.
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10 - Use The Front panel Internal Prints
Internal Prints
Print the Configuration
To request a “Current Configuration Print” from the front-panel:
1. Make sure that media is loaded, either roll media or sheet.
2. Press the TOP key to
select the main menu on
the front-panel.
3. Make sure that the frontpanel displays the Ready
message.
4. Pres s t he ↑ and ↓ keys on
the front-panel
simultaneously to print
the Current Configuration
Print.
5. The front-panel displays
the message Receiving
while the file is being
processed, and then
Printing as the printer
starts printing.
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11 - Use The Front panel Internal Prints
Menu Print
You can see the complete menu structure available on the
printer by printing the Front Panel Menu print or see page
Front-Panel Menus, on page 14. Use it to help you to navigate
the menus.
NOTE: The Menu print is printed in the size specified in the
Page F ormat → Size settings in the front-panel. However if sheet
media is loaded, it will automatica lly shrink to fit. Make su re this
setting specifies the size you want before printing.
1. Make sure that media is loaded.
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2. Make sure the front-panel
displays the printer setup menu
icon. If it does press the Top key
front-panel to select it. Press the
Enter key.
3. The front-panel will now disp lay
the printer setup options:
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4. Press ↓ key until “Demos” is
selected. Pre ss the Enter key.
5. Press ↓ or ↑ key until “Menu” is
displayed. Press the Enter key.
6. The front-panel will now display
the message “Receiving” while
the file is being processed, and
then the printe r star ts pri nting
the Front-Panel Menus print.
Other Internal Prints
There are several internal prints available in the pr inter. The
prints are listed below:
Configuration Print
The Configuration print shows the current settings for all the
printer’s features.
Printer Usage Informa tion print
The Printer Usage Information print shows the status of the
printer’s usage counters. This information includes the total
number of prints, number of prints per print mode, and total
amount of ink used per color. The counts in this report are
estimates.
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13 - Use The Front panel Internal Prints
Print Quality Image
The Print Quality Print can be used to help diagnose whether
the printer has image quality problems, and if problems exist,
help determine the cause of image quality problems see page
31, in section Image Quality on the reverse of this guide.
Service Configura tion
The Service Configuration print provides information needed
for the service engineer, such as the internal current
configuration, operating conditions (temperature and
humidity), ink levels, and other statistics about p rinter usage.
HP-GL/2 Palette
The HP-GL/2 Palette print shows the color or grayscale
USE THE FRONT PANEL
definitions in the currently-selected color palette. See the
‘Using Your Printer CD’.
Demo Prints
These are prints showing the capabilities of the printer.
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14 - Use The Front panel Front-Panel Menus
Front-Panel Men u s
Key:
1. The items in yellow shaded boxes always appear on the
Front Panel.
2. The items in the white boxes appear in the front-panel
only when the Utilities - >Menu mode is set to Full. Full
is the default.
3. The items in the blue boxes appear in the front-panel only
when the TUR is installed and loaded with media.
4. The items in the green boxes appear in the front-panel
only when the TUR is installed and NOT loaded with
media or when the TUR is not installed.
5. The items marked with (@) requi re PostScript drivers.
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15 - Use The Front panel Front-Panel Menus
Setup Menu - Device Setup
Device Setup
TUR Installed NO,YES
Cutter
Reduced Margins
Lang
Drying Time
On, Off
On, Off
HP-GL/2
PostScript@, Automatic
Automatic, None
Manual
255 .. 2, 1 min
USE THE FRONT PANEL
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16 - Use The Front panel Front-Panel Menus
Setup Menu - I/O Setup
I/O setup
No I/O card found
Card ID
Card ID
Card Setup
Card Setup
I/O timeout
Configuration
Advanced
0.5 min .. 30 min
Reset Card
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17 - Use The Front panel Front-Panel Menus
Setup Menu - Utilities
Utilities
No
(Continue)
, Yes
Replace Ink System
Track Media Length
Usage
Menu Mode
Calibrations
Reset Web Svr Passwd
Test Prints
Statistics
Default Menu
Display Contrast
Clean Platen
Lens Maintenance
Yes, No
Print usage, View usage
Short, Full
Printhead alignment,
Color Calibration
Accuracy
HP-GL/2 config
Service config.
Usage report
Print Quality
Ram present, Service ID
Hard Disk, Code Rev.
PS Code Rev, PS Font code
Up, Down
Automatic clean On, Off
Clean now …
(Replace)
Restore factory
Recalibrate
Automatic, Manual
Create Pattern
Measure Pattern
USE THE FRONT PANEL
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18 - Use The Front panel Front-Panel Menus
Setup Menu - In ternal RIP Settings
Internal RIP Settings
Start printing
Ink Emulation
Color calibration,
Black Replacem.,
Enhanced
PS scale
@
@
Optimized, Immediately
After processing
RGB@
CMYK
Off,On
100% .. 419%, Fit to page
@
@
Native sRGB
Apple RGB
Adobe RGB
Colot Match RGB
Native, EuroScale,
SWOP, TOYO,
@
@
@
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19 - Use The Front panel Front-Panel Menus
Setup Menu - Nesting
Nesting
Queue mgmt
Nest Off
# ....
In Order
Copies
Statistics width, Length
Move to top,
Delete Page
99 .. 2, 1 min
99 .. 1,0
USE THE FRONT PANEL
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20 - Use The Front panel Front-Panel Menus
Setup Menu - HP-GL/2 Setting
HPGL/2 settings
Palette
Define Palette
Merge
Software, Factory, Palette A, B
Palette A, Palette B
Factory
On/Off
Pen no. 0 … 15
Pen no. 0 … 15
Width
Width
0.13 ... 12.0mm
255 .. 1, 0
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21 - Use The Front panel Front-Panel Menus
Setup Menu - Page Format
Page Format
Size Inked Area, Software
Extrawide
Oversize
Arch
JIS
ANSI
ISO
1.0X1.4m
42inX59in 44X62in
1.2X1.7m 52X73in
54X76 60X100in
Over A2, Over A1
Best ARCH, ARCH A.. E1
Best JIS B, JIS B4..B1
Best ANSI, ANSI A ..E
Best ISO A, ISO A4 .. A0
Rotate
Margins
Nest Spacing
Mirroring
0 .. 270
Normal, Extended
Automatic
Manual
On, Off
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30 .. 5, 0 mm
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22 - Use The Front panel Front-Panel Menus
Setup Menu - Demos
Demos
Palette
Menu
Samples
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23 - Use The Front panel Front-Panel Menus
Consumable Menu - Media Menu
Roll/Sheet Info.
Media Selection
Delete Media
Move Media
Vendor Name
Type of Media
Width
Printable Area
Profile Revision
HW Coated (Econ)
HW Coated
*HW Coated (Econ)
*HW Coated
*Coated Paper
*Photo Imaging Gloss
*Colorfast Vinyl
*Paper Semi-Gloss
*Poster Paper
*Studio Canvas
and more.......
Coated Paper
Photo Imaging Gloss
Colorfast Vinyl
Paper Semi-Gloss
Poster Paper
Studio Canvas
and more.......
TUR Loaded=
Form Feed & Cut
Yes, No
Yes, No
USE THE FRONT PANEL
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24 - Use The Front panel Front-Panel Menus
Consumable Menu - Ink Cartridge Menu
Light Cyan cart Info
Light Magenta cart Info
Yellow cart. Info
Cyan cart Info
Magenta cart Info
Black cart Info
Replace Ink Cartridge
HP No. 81 Ink Cartridge
Ink Level
Capacity
Part Number
Manufacture Date
Yes, No
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25 - Use The Front panel Front-Panel Menus
Consumable Menu - Printhead Menu
Printhead Info
Recover Printheads
Replace Printheads
Light Cyan Info
Light Magenta Info
Yellow Info
Cyan Info
Magenta Info
Black Info
All Printheads
Cyan
Magenta
Yellow
Black
Light C
Light M
Yes, No
USE THE FRONT PANEL
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Navigation
Using the Navigation Keys
Once in the first-level menu, you can navigate the menu
system using the display keys.
Press the Top key to go back to the top (1st) level. This will
bring you to the setup menu icon See Entering Setup Menu,
on page 27
Press the Back ke y to display the previous menu level, without
changing any menu selections
Press ↑ to scroll up, or ↓ to scroll down though the menus.
Press the Enter key to:
a Select a menu and move to the next menu level, when in
the menu system
b Change the printer’s configuration to the highlighted menu
item indicated with a
√ symbol.
The … characters in a menu box
indicate that another level of menu
is available.
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Entering Setup Menu
1. Make sure the front-panel
displays the printer Setup
Menu Icon. If it does not,
press the Top key.
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2. Press the Enter key to
enter the printer setup
menu. The front-panel will
now display the printer
setup menus:
To see how to change from the
full menu to th e short menu,
see Navigation Examples, on
Note: If the short menu is
selected, the I/O set up men u
will not be available .
page 28.
3. Now you are in the printer
setup menus you can
change the settings of your pri nter.
4. To exit the menu system, press t he Top key.
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Navigation Examples
Changing Menu Mode
The front-panel displays two types of menu. One is the short
menu. This menu only contai ns the settings for everyday use
of the printer. The other menu is the full menu mode which
contains all of the menus.
1. Make sure the front-panel
displays the printer Setup
Menu Icon. If it does not,
press the Top key. Then
Press the Enter key.
2. The front-panel will now
display the printer setup
options:
3. Press the
“Utilities” is selected.
Press Enter key.
↓ key until
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