DESIGNJET T790 and T1300 ePrinter
series
Using your printer
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Table of contents
1 Introduction ...................................................................................................................... 1
Safety precautions .................................................................................................................... 2
HP Start-Up Kit ......................................................................................................................... 2
Using this guide ....................................................................................................................... 2
Printer models .......................................................................................................................... 4
The printer’s main features ........................................................................................................ 4
The printer’s main components ................................................................................................... 6
The front panel ........................................................................................................................ 9
Printer software ...................................................................................................................... 10
Turn the printer on and off ....................................................................................................... 11
The printer’s internal prints ...................................................................................................... 12
2 Installing the software .................................................................................................... 13
Choose which connection method to use ................................................................................... 14
Connect the printer to your network .......................................................................................... 14
Connect a computer to the printer by network (Windows) ........................................................... 16
Connect a computer to the printer by USB cable (Windows) ........................................................ 16
Uninstall the printer software (Windows) ................................................................................... 18
Connect a computer to the printer by network (Mac OS) ............................................................. 18
Connect a computer to the printer by USB cable (Mac OS) ......................................................... 20
Uninstall the printer software (Mac OS) ..................................................................................... 21
3 Setting up the printer ...................................................................................................... 22
Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 23
Configure the printer’s Internet connection ................................................................................. 23
Configure firmware updates .................................................................................................... 23
Paper suitability options (T1300 series) ..................................................................................... 24
Turn nesting on and off (T1300 series) ...................................................................................... 25
Turn usage information on and off ............................................................................................ 26
Turn e-mail notifications on and off ........................................................................................... 26
Turn alerts on and off (Windows only) ...................................................................................... 26
Control access to the printer .................................................................................................... 27
Require account ID (T1300 series) ............................................................................................ 27
Set Windows driver preferences .............................................................................................. 28
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4 Personalizing the printer ................................................................................................. 29
Change the language of the front-panel display ......................................................................... 30
Access the HP Utility ............................................................................................................... 30
Access the Embedded Web Server ........................................................................................... 30
Change the language of the HP Utility ...................................................................................... 31
Change the language of the Embedded Web Server .................................................................. 31
Change the sleep mode setting ................................................................................................ 31
Turn the buzzer on and off ...................................................................................................... 31
Change the front-panel display brightness ................................................................................. 31
Change the units of measurement ............................................................................................. 32
Configure network settings ...................................................................................................... 32
Change the graphic language setting ....................................................................................... 33
5 Paper handling ............................................................................................................... 34
General advice ...................................................................................................................... 35
Load a roll onto the spindle ..................................................................................................... 36
Load a roll into the printer ....................................................................................................... 37
Unload a roll ......................................................................................................................... 40
Load a single sheet ................................................................................................................ 41
Unload a single sheet ............................................................................................................. 42
View information about the paper ............................................................................................ 43
Paper presets ......................................................................................................................... 43
Printing paper info ................................................................................................................. 44
Move the paper ..................................................................................................................... 44
Maintain paper ...................................................................................................................... 44
Change the drying time .......................................................................................................... 44
Turn the automatic cutter on and off ......................................................................................... 45
Feed and cut the paper ........................................................................................................... 45
6 Working with two rolls (T1300 series) ............................................................................ 47
The uses of a multiroll printer ................................................................................................... 47
How the printer allocates jobs to paper rolls .............................................................................. 47
7 Printing .......................................................................................................................... 49
Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 50
Print from a USB flash drive ..................................................................................................... 50
Print from a computer using HP Direct Print ................................................................................ 51
Print from a computer using the Embedded Web Server or HP Utility (T1300 series) ....................... 53
Print from a computer using a printer driver ............................................................................... 54
Advanced print settings ........................................................................................................... 54
8 Job queue management (T790 PS and T1300 series) ....................................................... 67
Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 68
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The job queue in the front panel (T790 PS and T1300 series) ...................................................... 68
The job queue in the Embedded Web Server or HP Utility (T1300 series) ...................................... 71
9 Color management ......................................................................................................... 75
Introduction ........................................................................................................................... 76
How colors are represented .................................................................................................... 76
A summary of the color management process ............................................................................ 76
Color calibration .................................................................................................................... 76
Color management from printer drivers ..................................................................................... 78
Color management from printer drivers (PostScript printers) ......................................................... 81
Color management from the Embedded Web Server (T1300 series) ............................................. 84
Color management from the front panel .................................................................................... 86
10 Practical printing examples .......................................................................................... 88
Print a draft for revision with the correct scale ............................................................................ 89
Print a project ........................................................................................................................ 91
Print a presentation ................................................................................................................ 97
Print and scale from Microsoft Office ...................................................................................... 104
11 Retrieving printer usage information .......................................................................... 111
Get printer accounting information ......................................................................................... 112
Check usage statistics ........................................................................................................... 112
Check usage statistics for a job .............................................................................................. 112
12 Handling ink cartridges and printheads ...................................................................... 114
About the ink cartridges ........................................................................................................ 115
Check the ink cartridges status ............................................................................................... 115
Remove an ink cartridge ....................................................................................................... 115
Insert an ink cartridge ........................................................................................................... 117
About the printheads ............................................................................................................ 118
Check the printhead status .................................................................................................... 118
Remove a printhead ............................................................................................................. 118
Insert a printhead ................................................................................................................. 121
13 Maintaining the printer ............................................................................................... 125
Check printer status .............................................................................................................. 126
Clean the exterior of the printer ............................................................................................. 126
Maintain the ink cartridges .................................................................................................... 126
Move or store the printer ....................................................................................................... 126
Update the firmware ............................................................................................................. 127
Update the software ............................................................................................................. 128
Printer maintenance kits ........................................................................................................ 128
Secure Disk Erase ................................................................................................................ 128
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14 Accessories ................................................................................................................. 130
How to order supplies and accessories ................................................................................... 131
Introduction to the accessories ............................................................................................... 136
15 Troubleshooting paper issues ..................................................................................... 140
The paper cannot be loaded successfully ................................................................................ 141
The paper type is not in the driver .......................................................................................... 143
The printer printed on the wrong paper type ............................................................................ 144
An “on hold for paper” message (T1300 series) ...................................................................... 144
The roll paper will not advance .............................................................................................. 146
The paper has jammed ......................................................................................................... 146
A strip stays on the output tray and generates jams .................................................................. 149
The printer displays out of paper when paper is available ......................................................... 150
Prints do not fall neatly into the basket .................................................................................... 150
The sheet stays in the printer when the print has been completed ............................................... 150
The paper is cut when the print has been completed ................................................................. 150
The cutter does not cut well ................................................................................................... 150
The roll is loose on the spindle ............................................................................................... 150
Recalibrate the paper advance .............................................................................................. 150
16 Troubleshooting print-quality issues ............................................................................ 153
General advice .................................................................................................................... 155
Print quality troubleshooting wizard ........................................................................................ 155
Horizontal lines across the image (banding) ............................................................................ 156
Lines are too thick, too thin or missing .................................................................................... 157
Lines appear stepped or jagged ............................................................................................ 157
Lines print double or in the wrong colors ................................................................................. 158
Lines are discontinuous ......................................................................................................... 158
Lines are blurred .................................................................................................................. 159
Line lengths are inaccurate .................................................................................................... 160
The whole image is blurry or grainy ....................................................................................... 160
The paper is not flat ............................................................................................................. 161
The print is scuffed or scratched ............................................................................................. 161
Ink marks on the paper ......................................................................................................... 161
Black ink comes off when you touch the print ........................................................................... 162
Edges of objects are stepped or not sharp ............................................................................... 163
Edges of objects are darker than expected .............................................................................. 163
Horizontal lines at the end of a cut sheet print ......................................................................... 163
Vertical lines of different colors .............................................................................................. 164
White spots on the print ........................................................................................................ 164
Colors are inaccurate ........................................................................................................... 164
Colors are fading ................................................................................................................. 165
The image is incomplete (clipped at the bottom) ....................................................................... 165
The image is clipped ............................................................................................................ 166
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Some objects are missing from the printed image ..................................................................... 167
A PDF file is clipped or objects are missing ............................................................................. 167
The Image Diagnostics Print ................................................................................................... 167
If you still have a problem ..................................................................................................... 170
17 Troubleshooting ink cartridge and printhead issues .................................................... 171
Cannot insert an ink cartridge ............................................................................................... 172
Ink cartridge status messages ................................................................................................. 172
Cannot insert a printhead ...................................................................................................... 172
The front-panel display recommends reseating or replacing a printhead ...................................... 172
Clean the printheads ............................................................................................................ 173
Clean the printhead drop detector .......................................................................................... 173
Align the printheads ............................................................................................................. 175
Printhead status messages ..................................................................................................... 177
18 Troubleshooting general printer issues ........................................................................ 179
The printer will not start ......................................................................................................... 180
The printer does not print ...................................................................................................... 180
The printer seems slow .......................................................................................................... 181
Communication failures between computer and printer ............................................................. 181
Cannot access the HP Utility .................................................................................................. 182
Cannot access the Embedded Web Server .............................................................................. 182
Internet communication failures .............................................................................................. 182
Automatic file system check ................................................................................................... 183
Alerts .................................................................................................................................. 183
19 Front-panel error messages ........................................................................................ 185
The system error log ............................................................................................................. 188
20 HP Customer Care ...................................................................................................... 189
Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 190
HP Professional Services ....................................................................................................... 190
HP Instant Support ................................................................................................................ 191
HP Proactive Support ............................................................................................................ 191
Customer Self Repair ............................................................................................................ 192
Contact HP Support .............................................................................................................. 192
21 Printer specifications ................................................................................................... 194
Functional specifications ....................................................................................................... 195
Physical specifications .......................................................................................................... 196
Memory specifications .......................................................................................................... 197
Power specifications ............................................................................................................. 197
Ecological specifications ....................................................................................................... 197
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Environmental specifications .................................................................................................. 197
Acoustic specifications .......................................................................................................... 197
Glossary ........................................................................................................................... 199
Index ............................................................................................................................... 202
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1 Introduction
Safety precautions
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HP Start-Up Kit
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Using this guide
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Printer models
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The printer’s main features
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The printer’s main components
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The front panel
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Printer software
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Introduction
Turn the printer on and off
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The printer’s internal prints
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Safety precautions
The following precautions ensure the proper use of the printer and prevent the printer from being
damaged. Follow these precautions at all times.
Use the power supply voltage specified on the label. Avoid overloading the printer's electrical
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outlet with multiple devices.
Ensure that the printer is well-grounded. Failure to ground the printer may result in electrical shock,
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fire and susceptibility to electromagnetic interference.
Do not disassemble or repair the printer yourself. Contact your local HP Service Representative for
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service, see
Use only the electrical cord supplied by HP with the printer. Do not damage, cut or repair the
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power cord. A damaged power cord can cause fire or electric shock. Replace a damaged power
cord with an HP-approved power cord.
Do not allow metal or liquids (except those used in HP Cleaning Kits) to touch the internal parts of
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the printer. Doing so may cause fire, electric shock or other serious hazards.
Turn off the printer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet in any of the following cases:
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When placing your hands inside the printer
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Contact HP Support on page 192.
If there is smoke or an unusual smell coming from the printer
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If the printer is making an unusual noise not heard during normal operation
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A piece of metal or a liquid (not part of cleaning and maintenance routines) touches internal
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parts of the printer
During a thunderstorm
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During a power failure
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HP Start-Up Kit
The HP Start-Up Kit is the DVD that comes with your printer; it contains the printer's software and
documentation.
Using this guide
This guide can be downloaded from the HP Knowledge Center (see Knowledge Center on page 190).
Introduction
This chapter provides a brief introduction to the printer and its documentation for new users.
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Use and maintenance
These chapters help you carry out normal printer procedures and include the following topics.
Installing the software on page 13
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Setting up the printer on page 22
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Personalizing the printer on page 29
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Paper handling on page 34
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Working with two rolls (T1300 series) on page 47
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Printing on page 49
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Job queue management (T790 PS and T1300 series) on page 67
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Color management on page 75
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Practical printing examples on page 88
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Retrieving printer usage information on page 111
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Handling ink cartridges and printheads on page 114
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Maintaining the printer on page 125
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Troubleshooting
These chapters help you solve problems that may occur while printing and include the following topics.
Troubleshooting paper issues on page 140
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Troubleshooting print-quality issues on page 153
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Troubleshooting ink cartridge and printhead issues on page 171
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Troubleshooting general printer issues on page 179
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Front-panel error messages on page 185
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Accessories, support and specifications
These chapters, Accessories on page 130, HP Customer Care on page 189 and Printer specifications
on page 194, contain reference information, including customer care, the printer specifications and
part numbers for paper types, ink supplies and accessories.
Glossary
The Glossary on page 199 contains definitions of printing and HP terms used in this documentation.
Index
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In addition to the table of contents, there is an alphabetical index to help you to find topics quickly.
Using this guide
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Warnings and Cautions
The following symbols are used in this manual to ensure the proper use of the printer and to prevent the
printer from being damaged. Follow the instructions marked with these symbols.
WARNING! Failure to follow the guidelines marked with this symbol could result in serious personal
injury or death.
CAUTION: Failure to follow the guidelines marked with this symbol could result in minor personal
injury or damage to the printer.
Printer models
This guide covers the following printer models, normally referring to them by their short names for
brevity.
Full name Short name
HP Designjet T790 ePrinter T790
HP Designjet T790 PostScript ePrinter T790 PS
HP Designjet T1300 ePrinter T1300
HP Designjet T1300 PostScript ePrinter T1300 PS
The printer’s main features
Your printer is a color inkjet printer designed for printing high-quality images on paper up to 610 mm
(24 in) or 1118 mm (44 in) wide. Some major features of the printer are shown below:
Print resolution of up to 2400 × 1200 optimized dpi, from a 1200 × 1200 dpi input, using the
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Best print-quality option, the Maximum Detail option and photo paper
The printer can be controlled from its front panel or from a remote computer using the Embedded
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Web Server or the HP Utility
Touch-sensitive front panel in color, with an intuitive graphical user interface
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Job previews in the front panel
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Job previews on remote computers (T1300 series only)
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Driverless printing: Files in common graphical formats can be printed directly without needing a
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printer driver. Just insert a USB flash drive or connect a laptop computer containing your files.
Paper flexibility and automatic easy load, see
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presets accessible from the front panel and the HP Utility
Paper handling on page 34, with information and
Handles cut-sheet and roll paper
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Six-ink system
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Accurate and consistent color reproduction with automatic color calibration
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Color emulations, see
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Printer emulation on page 79
Economode for printing economically
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The option to download and install firmware updates automatically from the Internet as soon as
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they become available
Two rolls loaded at once provide fast and easy switching between different rolls, or long runs of
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unattended printing (T1300 series only)
High productivity features such as job previewing and nesting using the HP Utility or the printer's
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Embedded Web Server (T1300 series only)
Introduction
Ink and paper usage information available from the Embedded Web Server, see
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Embedded Web Server on page 30
Access to the online HP Knowledge Center (see
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Knowledge Center on page 190)
Access the
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The printer’s main features
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The printer’s main components
The following front and rear views of the 1118mm (44 in) printer illustrate the main components. The
610 mm (24 in) printer (not shown) has the same components in a narrower body.
Front view
1. Ink cartridge
2. Ink cartridge slots
3. Blue lever
4. Window
5. Front panel
6. Printhead carriage
7. Printhead
8. Output tray
9. Paper alignment lines
10. Basket
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Rear view
HP Designjet T1300 series HP Designjet T790 series
1. Roll cover
2. Communication ports
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3. Power switch
4. Power socket
5. Spindle
6. Spindle stop
7. Paper roll
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The printer’s main components
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Communication ports
1. Hi-Speed USB device port, to connect a computer
2. Fast (T790) or Gigabit (T1300) Ethernet port, to connect to a network
3. Diagnostic LEDs, to be used by service engineers
4. Hi-Speed USB host port, intended for connecting an accessory
There is another Hi-Speed USB host port on the other side of the printer, beside the front panel,
intended for connecting a USB flash drive.
The wall spacers
If you place the printer with its back against a wall, lower the two wall spacers at the rear of the printer
to ensure that the rear of the printer is a minimum distance from the wall. Otherwise, you may
experience paper advance problems.
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The front panel
The front panel is located on the front right of the printer. It gives you complete control of your printer:
from the front panel, you can print, view information about the printer, change printer settings, perform
calibrations and tests, and so on. The front panel also displays alerts (warning and error messages)
when needed.
1. A Hi-Speed USB host port, intended for connecting a USB flash drive, which can provide files to
be printed. When a USB flash drive is inserted, a USB icon
home screen.
2. The front panel itself: a touch-sensitive screen with a graphical user interface.
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is displayed on the front panel's
3. The Power key, with which you can turn the printer on or off. The key is illuminated when the
printer is on. It flashes when the printer is in transition between on and off.
The front panel has a large central area to display dynamic information and icons. On the left and right
sides you can see up to six fixed icons at different times. Normally they are not all displayed at the
same time.
Left and right fixed icons
Press to return to the home screen.
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Press
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to view help about the current screen.
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Press
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Press
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to go to the previous item.
to go to the next item.
The front panel
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Press
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screen.
to go back to the previous screen. This does not discard any changes made in the current
Press
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Home screen dynamic icons
The following items are displayed only on the home screen.
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Press
as loading paper or replacing ink supplies. A smaller warning icon appears if there are actions
that need to be performed.
To the right of the above button is a message showing the printer status or the most important
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current alert. Press this message to see a list of all current alerts, with an icon indicating the
severity of each alert.
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Press
on page 49.
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Press
more USB flash drives are inserted.
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Press
on hold. See
to cancel the current process.
to view information about printer status, change printer settings, or initiate actions such
to print a file from a USB flash drive, or to print from a computer. See Printing
to view information about the USB flash drive(s). This icon appears only when one or
to view and manage the job queue. A smaller warning icon appears if there are jobs
Job queue management (T790 PS and T1300 series) on page 67.
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While a PostScript or PDF job is printing (PostScript printers only), the Adobe PDF icon
displayed; pressing it has no effect.
If the printer is left idle for some time, it goes into sleep mode and switches off the front-panel display.
To change the time that elapses before sleep mode, press
panel options > Sleep mode wait time. You can set a time between 1 and 240 minutes.
The printer wakes from sleep mode and switches on the front-panel display whenever there is some
external interaction with it.
Information about specific uses of the front panel can be found throughout this guide.
Printer software
The following software is provided with your printer:
The HP-GL/2 and HP RTL driver for Windows
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The PCL3GUI raster driver for Mac OS (non-PostScript printers)
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PostScript drivers for Windows, Mac OS and Linux (PostScript printers)
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The HP Instant Printing Utility gives you an easy way to print some specific file types without using
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an application or a printer driver
is
, then , then Setup > Front
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The Embedded Web Server and (alternatively) the HP Utility allow you to:
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Manage the printer from a remote computer
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View the status of the ink cartridges, the printheads and the paper
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Access the HP Knowledge Center, see
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Update the printer's firmware, see
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Perform calibrations and troubleshooting
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Submit print jobs (T1300 series only)
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Manage the job queue, see
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on page 67
View job accounting information (T1300 series only), see
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information on page 111
Change various printer settings
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Manage e-mail notifications
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Change permissions and security settings (T1300 series only)
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See
Access the Embedded Web Server on page 30 and Access the HP Utility on page 30.
HP ePrint & Share allows you to:
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Print documents on any HP Designjet printer to which you have a network connection, with a
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full print preview.
Knowledge Center on page 190
Introduction
Update the firmware on page 127
Job queue management (T790 PS and T1300 series)
Retrieving printer usage
Share files of any type with specific colleagues, without needing to send the files by email.
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Automatically and effortlessly add your printed and shared files (and files shared with you by
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others) to a personal Internet repository (library) that you can access wherever you are.
Easily print, share, download, tag, sort or delete files that are already in the library.
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See the HP Designjet ePrint & Share User's Guide.
NOTE: New versions of all printer software can be expected to appear from time to time. In some
cases, when you receive your printer there may already be later versions available on HP's website of
some of the software provided with it.
Turn the printer on and off
TIP: The printer can be left powered on without wasting energy. Leaving it on improves response time
and overall system reliability. When the printer has not been used for a certain period of time (the
default time is determined by Energy Star), it saves power by going into sleep mode. However, any
interaction with the printer's front-panel display, or sending a new job to print, returns it to active mode,
and it can resume printing immediately. To change the sleep mode time, see
setting on page 31.
NOTE: In sleep mode, the printer performs maintenance service to the printheads from time to time.
This avoids long preparation times after long idle periods. Therefore, it is strongly recommended to
leave the printer powered on or in sleep mode to avoid wasting ink and time.
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Turn the printer on and off
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If you wish to turn the printer on or off or reset the printer, the normal and recommended method is to
use the Power key on the front panel.
However, if you plan to store the printer for a long period or the Power key does not seem to work, you
are recommended to turn it off using the power switch at the rear.
To turn it back on, use the power switch at the rear.
When the printer is powered back on, it takes about three minutes to initialize and check and prepare
the printheads. Preparing the printheads takes about 75 seconds. However, if the printer has been off
for six weeks or more, preparing the printheads could take up to 45 minutes.
The printer’s internal prints
The internal prints give various kinds of information about your printer. They can be requested from the
front panel.
Before requesting any internal print, check that the printer and the paper are ready for printing.
The loaded paper should be at least A3 landscape—420 mm (16.53in) wide—otherwise the print
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may be clipped.
The front panel should be displaying the Ready message.
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To print any internal print, press
then select the internal print you want. The following internal prints are available.
Demo prints: show some of the capabilities of the printer
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Print drawing demo
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Print rendering demo
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Print GIS map
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Configuration: shows all the current front-panel display settings
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, then , then scroll down to Internal prints and press it,
Usage report: shows estimates of the total number of prints, number of prints by paper type,
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number of prints by print-quality option and total amount of ink used per color (the accuracy of
these estimates is not guaranteed) (T1300 series only)
HP-GL/2 palette: shows the color or grayscale definitions in the currently selected color palette
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Service information: provides information needed by service engineers
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PostScript font list: shows PostScript fonts available (PostScript printers only)
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2 Installing the software
Choose which connection method to use
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Connect the printer to your network
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Connect a computer to the printer by network (Windows)
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Connect a computer to the printer by USB cable (Windows)
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Uninstall the printer software (Windows)
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Connect a computer to the printer by network (Mac OS)
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Connect a computer to the printer by USB cable (Mac OS)
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Uninstall the printer software (Mac OS)
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Choose which connection method to use
The following methods can be used to connect your printer.
Connection type Speed Cable length Other factors
Software installation
Fast Ethernet (T790
series only)
Gigabit Ethernet (T1300
series only)
Jetdirect print server
(optional accessory)
Hi-Speed USB Very fast Short: 5 m (16 ft) A certified Hi-Speed USB cable is necessary
Fast; varies according to
network traffic
Very fast; varies
according to network
traffic
Moderate; varies
according to network
traffic
Long: 100 m (328 ft) Requires extra equipment (switches)
Long: 100 m (328 ft) Requires extra equipment (switches)
Long: 100 m (328 ft) Requires extra equipment (switches)
NOTE: The speed of any network connection depends on all components used in the network, which
can include network interface cards, routers, switches and cables. If any one of these components
cannot operate at high speed, you will have a low-speed connection. The speed of your network
connection can also be affected by the total amount of traffic from other devices on the network.
Connect the printer to your network
Provides additional features
See
http://www.hp.com/go/jetdirect/ for
more details
for reliable communication.
The printer is able to configure itself automatically for most networks, in a similar way to any computer
in the same network. The first time you connect it to a network, this process may take a few minutes.
Once the printer has a working network configuration, you can check its network address from the front
panel: press
, then .
Network configuration
For more details about the current network configuration, go to the front panel and press , then
, then Connectivity > Network connectivity > Fast/Gigabit Ethernet > Modify
configuration; or, for Jetdirect, Connectivity > Network connectivity > Jetdirect EIO >
Modify configuration. From here it is possible, though not normally necessary, to change the
settings manually; this can also be done remotely using the Embedded Web Server or the HP Utility.
TIP: You may find it helpful to print out the full printer network configuration on paper. This can be
done from the front panel: press
prints > Print connectivity config. If you do not print out the full network configuration, consider
making a note of the printer's IP address and network name.
If you accidentally misconfigure the printer’s network settings, you can restore the network settings to
their factory values from the front panel: press
connectivity > Fast/Gigabit Ethernet > Restore factory settings; or, for Jetdirect,
Connectivity > Network connectivity > Jetdirect EIO > Restore factory settings. Then you
, then , then Internal prints > Service information
, then , then Connectivity > Network
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must restart the printer. This automatically provides a working network configuration for most networks.
The printer’s other settings remain unchanged.
Using IPv6
Your printer supports almost all network connectivity features using IPv6, just as it does using IPv4. To
make full use of IPv6, you may need to connect your printer to an IPv6 network in which there are IPv6
routers and servers.
In most IPv6 networks, the printer will configure itself automatically as follows, and no user
configuration is necessary:
1. The printer assigns itself a link-local IPv6 address (which starts with “fe80::”).
2. The printer assigns itself stateless IPv6 addresses as indicated to it by any IPv6 routers on the
network.
3. If no stateless IPv6 addresses can be assigned, the printer will try to obtain IPv6 addresses using
DHCPv6. It will also do so if the routers instruct it to do so.
The stateless and DHCPv6 IPv6 addresses can be used to access the printer, and in most IPv6 networks
this will be appropriate.
The link-local IPv6 address works only in the local subnet. Although it is possible to access the printer
using this address, it is not recommended.
It is possible to assign a manual IPv6 address to the printer, using the front panel or the Embedded
Web Server. It is also possible to disable IPv6 completely in the printer. However, it is not possible to
disable IPv4 in the printer, and therefore it is not possible to configure the printer as IPv6-only.
NOTE: In typical IPv6 use, your printer will have multiple IPv6 addresses, although it has only one
IPv4 address.
TIP: You will generally find it easier to use IPv4 unless you have a specific need to use IPv6.
Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, and the new HP Printing and Imaging
devices will have IPv6 enabled by default. For further information on IPv6, see
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00840100/c00840100.pdf. This
document discusses how name resolution plays a fundamental role in Dual-Stack transition methods.
Using the name resolution algorithm in Windows Vista, the document goes through various network
environments and studies how the introduction of routable IPv6 addresses will affect network
applications. It also discusses DHCPv6, SLAAC and the impact to DNS, and makes some
recommendations.
Software installation
Using IPSec
Your printer supports IPSec.
However, successful IPSec configuration requires advanced network expertise, and is beyond the scope
of this document. For IPSec to work, the printer’s IPSec configuration must exactly match that of the
other devices in your network. Any discrepancy will prevent communication with your printer until the
configuration is corrected or IPSec is disabled. For more information on IPsec configuration, download
the file IPsec_Admin_Guide.pdf from
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Connect a computer to the printer by network (Windows)
The following instructions apply if you intend to print from software applications using a printer driver.
Printing on page 49 for alternative ways of printing.
See
Before you begin, check your equipment:
The printer should be set up and on.
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The Ethernet switch or router should be on and functioning correctly.
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The printer and the computer should be connected to the network (see
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network on page 14).
Now you can proceed to install the printer software and connect to your printer.
Printer software installation
1. Make a note of the printer's IP address from the front panel (see
Server on page 30).
2. Insert the HP Start-up Kit DVD into your computer. If the DVD does not start automatically, run the
setup.exe program in the root folder of the DVD.
3. Press the Software Installation button.
4. Press the Express Network Install button, and choose your printer from the list of networked
printers that appears, identifying it by its IP address if necessary. The printer drivers and the HP
Utility are installed.
If your computer fails to find any printers on the network, the Printer Not Found window is
displayed, which helps you to try to find your printer. If you have a firewall in operation; you may have
to disable it temporarily in order to find the printer. You also have the options of searching for the
printer by its hostname, IP address or MAC address.
In some cases, when the printer is not in the same sub-net as the computer, specifying the printer's IP
address may be the only successful option.
Connect the printer to your
Access the Embedded Web
Connect a computer to the printer by USB cable (Windows)
You can connect your printer directly to a computer without going through a network, by using the
printer's built-in Hi-Speed USB device port.
TIP: A USB connection may be faster than a network connection, but the cable is limited in length
and it is more difficult to share the printer.
NOTE: The use of non-certified USB cables can lead to connectivity problems. Only cables certified
by the USB Implementor's Forum (
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http://www.usb.org/) should be used with this printer.
Printer software installation
The following instructions apply if you intend to print from software applications using a printer driver.
See
Printing on page 49 for alternative ways of printing.
1. Do not connect the computer to the printer yet. You must first install the printer software
on the computer, as follows.
2. Insert the HP Start-up Kit DVD into your DVD drive. If the DVD does not start automatically, run the
setup.exe program in the root folder of the DVD.
3. Press the Software Installation button.
4. Press the Custom Install button.
5. In some cases, you may see a message warning you that the installer would need to communicate
through the firewall in order to search the network for printers. As you have no need to do this,
you can check the box Continue installation without searching the network.
6. If you see a list of networked printers, select Help me find my printer (including network,
USB or parallel connected printers).
7. Select USB Cable.
NOTE: You can connect your printer and complete the installation later if you prefer. To do so,
check the box marked I want to connect my printer after completing the setup
wizard.
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8. When prompted to do so, connect your computer to the printer with a certified USB cable. Ensure
that the printer is turned on.
9. The printer drivers and the HP Utility are installed.
TIP: If you would like to share the printer with other people connected to your network, press the
Printer Properties button in the Ready to Install window, set Printer Name to the name under
which the printer will be shared, then set Shared to Yes.
Printer sharing considerations
Any other users sharing your directly connected printer will be able to send print jobs, but will not
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be able to receive information from the printer—which affects alerts, status reports, paper
management, administration and troubleshooting.
Any other users sharing your directly connected printer will be unable to use the printer's own
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print preview facility, although the application's print preview will still be available. See
print on page 59.
TIP: The best way to share the printer over a network is to connect the printer not to any computer,
but to the network. See
Connect a computer to the printer by network (Windows) on page 16.
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Software installation
Uninstall the printer software (Windows)
1. Insert the HP Start-up Kit DVD into your DVD drive. If the DVD does not start automatically, run the
setup.exe program in the root folder of the DVD.
2. Press the Software Installation button.
3. Press the Modify Installation button, and follow the instructions on your screen to uninstall the
printer software.
Connect a computer to the printer by network (Mac OS)
You can connect your printer to a network under Mac OS X by using the following methods:
Bonjour
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TCP/IP
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NOTE: The printer does not support AppleTalk.
The following instructions apply if you intend to print from software applications using a printer driver.
Printing on page 49 for alternative ways of printing.
See
Before you begin, check your equipment:
The printer should be set up and on.
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The Ethernet switch or router should be on and functioning correctly.
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The printer and the computer should be connected to the network (see
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network on page 14).
Now you can proceed to install the printer software and connect to your printer.
Bonjour connection
1.
Go to the front panel and press
your printer.
2. Insert the HP Start-up Kit DVD into your DVD drive.
3. Open the DVD icon on your desktop.
4. Open the Mac OS X HP Designjet Installer.
5. Follow the instructions on your screen.
Connect the printer to your
, then , then . Note the mDNS service name of
6. The printer software is installed, including the printer driver and the HP Utility.
7. When the software has been installed, the HP Printer Setup Assistant starts automatically, to set up
a connection to your printer. Follow the instructions on your screen.
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8. When you reach the Select Printer screen, look for your printer's mDNS service name (which you
noted in step 1) in the Printer Name column.
If you find the right name, scroll sideways if necessary to see the Connection Type column,
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and check that it shows Bonjour. Then highlight that line. Otherwise, continue searching
further down the list.
If you cannot find your printer's name with a Bonjour connection type, check the box My
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printer is not in the list.
Click Continue.
9. Continue following the instructions on the screen. When you reach the Printer Queue Created
screen, click Quit to exit, or Create New Queue if you want to connect another printer to the
network.
10. When the HP Printer Setup Assistant has finished, you can remove the DVD from the DVD drive.
If the printer driver is already installed, the HP Printer Setup Assistant can be run at any time from the
DVD.
TCP/IP connection
1. Go to the front panel and make a note of the printer's URL (see Access the Embedded Web Server
on page 30).
2. Insert the HP Start-up Kit DVD into your DVD drive.
3. Open the DVD icon on your desktop.
4. Open the Mac OS X HP Designjet Installer.
5. Follow the instructions on your screen.
6. The printer software is installed, including the printer driver and the HP Utility.
7. When the software has been installed, the HP Printer Setup Assistant starts automatically, to set up
a connection to your printer. Follow the instructions on your screen.
8. When you reach the Select Printer screen, look for your printer's URL (which you noted in step 1)
in the Printer Name column.
If you find the right name, scroll sideways if necessary to see the Connection Type column,
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and check that it shows IP Printing. Then highlight that line. Otherwise, continue searching
further down the list.
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If you cannot find your printer's name with an IP Printing connection type, check the box
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My printer is not in the list.
Click Continue.
9. Continue following the instructions on the screen. When you reach the Printer Queue Created
screen, click Quit to exit, or Create New Queue if you want to connect another printer to the
network.
10. When the HP Printer Setup Assistant has finished, you can remove the DVD from the DVD drive.
If the printer driver is already installed, the HP Printer Setup Assistant can be run at any time from the
DVD.
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Connect a computer to the printer by USB cable (Mac OS)
You can connect your printer directly to a computer without going through a network, by using the
printer's built-in Hi-Speed USB device port.
Printer software installation
Software installation
The following instructions apply if you intend to print from software applications using a printer driver.
Printing on page 49 for alternative ways of printing.
See
1. Make sure the printer is either turned off, or disconnected from the computer.
2. Insert the HP Start-up Kit DVD into your DVD drive.
3. Open the DVD icon on your desktop.
4. Open the Mac OS X HP Designjet Installer.
5. Follow the instructions on your screen.
6. The printer software is installed, including the printer driver and the HP Utility.
7. Make sure that the printer is turned on and connected to the computer with a certified USB cable.
NOTE: The use of non-certified USB cables can lead to connectivity problems. Only cables
certified by the USB Implementor's Forum (
8. Shortly afterwards, a print queue is created automatically for your printer.
Sharing the printer
If your computer is connected to a network, you can make your directly connected printer available to
other computers on the same network.
http://www.usb.org/) should be used with this printer.
1. Double-click the System Preferences icon on the Dock menu bar on your desktop.
2. To enable printer sharing, go Sharing, select Printer Sharing, and then check the printer(s)
that you want to share.
3. Your printer now automatically appears in the list of shared printers displayed by any other
computer running Mac OS and connected to your local network.
Please bear in mind the following considerations.
Any other users wishing to share your printer must install the printer software on their own
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computers.
Anyone sharing your directly connected printer will be able to send print jobs, but will not be able
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to receive information from the printer—which affects alerts, status reports, paper management,
administration and troubleshooting.
You may find that sharing your directly connected printer with other users will slow down your
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computer unacceptably.
TIP: The best way to share the printer over a network is to connect the printer not to any computer,
but to the network. See
Connect a computer to the printer by network (Mac OS) on page 18.
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Uninstall the printer software (Mac OS)
1. Insert the HP Start-up Kit DVD into your DVD drive.
2. Open the DVD icon on your desktop.
3. Open the Mac OS X HP Designjet Uninstaller, and follow the instructions on your screen to
uninstall the printer software..
To delete the print queue, select the Print & Fax dialog from the system preferences. Select the name
of the printer and click the – button.
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3 Setting up the printer
Introduction
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Configure the printer’s Internet connection
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Configure firmware updates
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Paper suitability options (T1300 series)
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Turn nesting on and off (T1300 series)
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Administrator settings
Turn usage information on and off
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Turn e-mail notifications on and off
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Turn alerts on and off (Windows only)
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Control access to the printer
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Require account ID (T1300 series)
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Set Windows driver preferences
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Introduction
This chapter describes various printer settings that the printer administrator may wish to control as soon
as a new printer is assembled and ready for use.
Configure the printer’s Internet connection
You can configure the printer's Internet connection from the Embedded Web Server or from the front
panel.
NOTE: If an administrator password has been set, it will be required to change these settings.
In the Embedded Web Server: select Setup > Internet connection.
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Using the front panel: press
The following settings are available:
Enable Internet connection: The default value is Yes.
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Proxy > Enable proxy: Enable or disable a proxy server.
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Proxy > Address: Enter the proxy address, empty by default.
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Proxy > Primary port: Enter the proxy port number, zero by default.
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Proxy > Restore factory settings: Return to the initial default settings.
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If you have trouble with your Internet connection, see
, then , then Connectivity > Internet connectivity.
Configure firmware updates
The printer's various functions are controlled by software that resides in the printer, otherwise known as
firmware.
From time to time firmware updates will be available from Hewlett-Packard. These updates increase the
printer's functionality and enhance its features.
Internet communication failures on page 182.
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You can configure firmware updates from the Embedded Web Server or from the front panel.
NOTE: If an administrator password has been set, it will be required to change these settings.
In the Embedded Web Server: select Setup > Firmware update.
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Using the front panel: press
The following settings are available:
Check: By default, the printer will check automatically every week (or after the printer has been
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restarted seven times, whichever happens first) whether new firmware is available. If you select
Manually, the printer will not check.
Download: By default, the printer will automatically download new firmware whenever it
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becomes available. If you select Manually, it will not do this.
, then , then Updates > Firmware update.
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Firmware update information: Information about the firmware currently installed
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Firmware update history: A list of firmware versions that have been installed in the printer. It
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is usually possible to reinstall the version immediately before the version that is currently installed,
if you have some problem with the current version.
See also
Update the firmware on page 127.
Paper suitability options (T1300 series)
Paper mismatch action
If the paper currently loaded in the printer is not suitable for a particular job, the printer can either put
the job on hold until some suitable paper is loaded, or it can ignore the problem and print the job on
the unsuitable paper. There are several ways in which the loaded paper may be considered unsuitable:
The paper type is not as specified for the job
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The paper source (roll 1, roll 2 or sheet) is not as specified for the job
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Administrator settings
The paper size is smaller than specified for the job
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You can set the printer's behavior in such cases from the front panel.
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Press
> Print anyway if you want such jobs to print on whatever paper is loaded. This is the default
option when printing from a software application or from the Embedded Web Server; but it does
not work when printing from a USB flash drive, nor when copying.
, then , then Setup > Job management options > Paper mismatch action
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Press
> Put job on hold if you want such jobs to be put on hold. The printer will send an alert
whenever a job is put on hold.
When a job is put on hold for paper, it is kept in the printer queue until some suitable paper is loaded
(in which case, all jobs waiting for that paper type can be printed). Meanwhile, other jobs with
different requirements can continue printing.
, then , then Setup > Job management options > Paper mismatch action
Roll switching options
If two rolls are loaded, both of which are suitable for the job, the roll will be chosen according to your
preferences. These can be set from the front panel: press
preferences > Paper options > Roll switching options.
Minimize paper waste. If this option is chosen, the printer will choose the narrowest roll that
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meets all the criteria, to avoid wasting paper due to trimming. This is the default option.
Minimize roll changes. If this option is chosen, the printer will choose the roll that is currently
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active, to avoid wasting time with a roll switch.
Use roll with less paper. If this option is chosen, the printer will choose the roll that has the
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least paper.
, then , then Setup > Printing
NOTE: This option is effective only if you have enabled Printing paper info (see Printing
paper info on page 44). Otherwise, it has the same effect as Minimize paper waste.
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Turn nesting on and off (T1300 series)
Nesting means automatically printing images or document pages side by side on the paper when
feasible, rather than one after the other. This is done to avoid wasting paper. See
paper (T1300 series) on page 63.
Nest jobs to save roll
To turn nesting on or off, you must first make sure that the job queue is enabled (see
queue on page 70 or Turn off the job queue on page 74) and the start of printing is set to After
Processing (see
the queue on page 72). Then:
In the HP Utility for Windows: select Settings > Job Management > Nest.
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In the HP Utility for Mac OS: select Configuration > Printer Settings > Configure
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Printer Settings > Job Management > Nest.
In the Embedded Web Server: select Setup > Printer settings > Job management >
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Nest.
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Using the front panel: press
options > Enable nesting.
In each case, you will see the following options:
In order: pages are nested in the order in which they are sent to the printer. The nested pages
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are printed as soon as one of three conditions is met:
The next page will not fit on the same row as the other pages already nested.
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No page has been sent to the printer during the specified wait time.
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Select when to print a job in the queue on page 68 or Select when to print a job in
, then , then Setup > Job management > Nest
Turn off the job
The next page is incompatible with the pages already nested (see
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paper (T1300 series) on page 63).
Optimized order: pages are not necessarily nested in the order in which they are sent to the
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printer. When it receives an incompatible page, the printer holds it and waits for compatible
pages to complete the nest. The nested pages are printed as soon as one of three conditions is
met:
The next page will not fit on the same row as the other pages already nested.
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No page has been sent to the printer during the specified wait time.
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The incompatible-page queue is full. The printer can queue up to six incompatible pages
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while nesting compatible pages. If it receives a seventh incompatible page, the nest is printed
as it is.
Off: nesting is disabled. This is the default option.
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The nesting wait time can be set at the front panel: press
management > Nest options > Select wait time.
TIP: Optimized order uses the minimum amount of paper; however, it may take longer to print
because the printer waits for compatible pages to arrive.
, then , then Setup > Job
Nest jobs to save roll
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Turn usage information on and off
The printer can send usage information periodically by e-mail. You can request this in the following
ways:
In the HP Utility for Windows: select Settings > Accounting.
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In the HP Utility for Mac OS: select Configuration > Printer Settings > Configure
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Printer Settings > Accounting.
In the Embedded Web Server: select Setup > Printer settings > Accounting.
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In each case, you must set the following options:
Send accounting files: On (the default is Off)
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Send accounting files to: a valid e-mail address
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Send accounting files every: choose a number of days (1–60) or a number of prints (1–500)
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You must also ensure that the e-mail server has been configured. To configure the e-mail server using
Administrator settings
the Embedded Web Server, select Setup > E-mail server, and fill in the following fields:
SMTP server: the IP address of the outgoing mail server (SMTP) that will process all e-mail
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messages from the printer. If the mail server requires authentication, e-mail notifications will not
work.
Printer e-mail address: each e-mail message sent by the printer must include a return address,
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which does not need to be a real, functional E-mail address, but it should be unique, so that
recipients of the message can identify the printer that sent it.
Turn e-mail notifications on and off
In order to receive e-mail notifications from the printer, you must have configured the e-mail server (see
Turn usage information on and off on page 26).
You can turn specific e-mail notifications on or off by selecting Notifications from the Setup tab of
the Embedded Web Server.
Turn alerts on and off (Windows only)
Printer alerts warn you when there is a printer problem that you can correct by taking action, or when
one of your printing jobs changes its status. The alerts are displayed by the printer's front panel, by the
HP Utility, by the printer driver and by the Embedded Web Server.
You can tell the printer which kinds of alerts you would like to see (if any). To access the alert settings:
Select Alert Settings in the Device List page of the HP Utility for Windows.
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Select Alert Settings in any alert page displayed by the HP Utility for Windows.
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Right-click the system tray icon of the HP Utility for Windows, and select Alert Settings.
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You can change the settings in the following ways:
Turn all alerts on or off.
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Turn job status alerts on or off (T1300 series only).
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Turn on or off printer alerts for problems that stop the printer from printing.
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Turn on or off printer alerts for problems that do not stop the printer from printing.
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Turn on printer alerts in all circumstances, or only when you are trying to print to the printer
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affected by the problem.
Control access to the printer
From the front panel, you can press , then , then Setup > Security, to control access to the
printer in various ways.
USB drive: Enable or disable the use of a USB flash drive with the printer.
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Firmware upgrade from USB: Enable or disable printer firmware updates from a USB flash
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drive.
Direct print using HP ePrint & Share: Enable or disable Direct Print using HP ePrint &
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Share.
Enable Internet connection: Enable or disable the printer's Internet connection.
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Printer access control: Enable, disable or change the administrator password.
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If an administrator password has been set, it must be given in order to perform the following
operations.
Change the security settings (including the administrator password itself)
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Change the configuration of the Internet connection
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Change the Automatic Firmware Update configuration
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Enable or disable automatic downloading and/or installation of automatic firmware updates
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Restore an earlier firmware version
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NOTE: The administrator password can contain only characters that appear on the front panel's on-
screen keyboard. If you set a new password with the Embedded Web Server, it will reject characters
that do not appear in that limited character set.
Require account ID (T1300 series)
If you want to keep records of printer usage by different user accounts, you can set your printer to
require an account ID for each job.
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In the HP Utility for Windows: select Settings > Accounting > Require account ID.
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In the HP Utility for Mac OS: select Configuration > Printer Settings > Configure
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Printer Settings > Accounting > Require account ID.
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If this setting is turned on, the account ID field will be mandatory and jobs with no account ID will be
kept "on hold for accounting".
The account ID can be set in the printer driver when sending the job. If the job is set "on hold for
accounting" by the printer, you can introduce the account ID in the HP Utility by going to the Job
Center > Job Queue and clicking the job that is on hold. A window with a text box will be
displayed and you can enter the account ID into it.
Set Windows driver preferences
You can change some default settings in your printer driver according to your own preferences, for
instance to set color emulation or paper-saving options. To do this, press the Start button on your
computer's screen, then select Printers and Faxes. In the Printers and Faxes window, right-click on
your printer's icon, and select Printing Preferences. Any settings you change in the Printing
Preferences window will be saved as default values.
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4 Personalizing the printer
Change the language of the front-panel display
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Access the HP Utility
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Access the Embedded Web Server
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Change the language of the HP Utility
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Change the language of the Embedded Web Server
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Change the sleep mode setting
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Turn the buzzer on and off
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Change the front-panel display brightness
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Change the units of measurement
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Configure network settings
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Change the graphic language setting
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Change the language of the front-panel display
There are two possible ways to change the language of the front-panel menus and messages.
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If you can understand the current front-panel display language, press
> Front panel options > Select language.
If you cannot understand the current front-panel display language, start with the printer powered
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off. Press the Power key to turn it on. When you see icons appear on the front panel, press
then
Whichever method you used, the language selection menu should now appear on the front-panel
display. Press your preferred language.
. The front panel acknowledges this sequence by turning the icons on and off rapidly.
Access the HP Utility
The HP Utility enables you to manage your printer from a computer with a USB, TCP/IP or Jetdirect
connection.
Under Windows, start the HP Utility from your desktop shortcut or from Start > All Programs
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> Hewlett-Packard > HP Utility > HP Utility. This launches the HP Utility, showing the
printers installed on your computer.
Under Mac OS, launch the HP Utility from your dock shortcut or by selecting STARTUP_DISK >
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Library > Printers > hp > Utilities > HP Utility. This launches the HP Utility, showing the
printers installed on your computer.
, then , then Setup
and
Personal settings
When you select your printer in the left pane, everything that appears in the right pane is specific
to that printer.
If you have followed these instructions but failed to get through to the HP Utility, see
HP Utility on page 182.
Access the Embedded Web Server
The Embedded Web Server enables you to manage your printer remotely using an ordinary Web
browser running on any computer.
To access the Embedded Web Server directly, you must have a TCP/IP connection to your printer.
However, you can access the Embedded Web Server indirectly through the HP Utility, if you connect to
your printer with a USB connection.
The following browsers are known to be compatible with the Embedded Web Server:
Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP, and later
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Safari 2 for Mac OS X 10.5, and later
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Firefox 2.0 and later
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Google Chrome 1.0 and later
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Cannot access the
The Adobe Flash plugin version 7 or later is recommended for viewing job previews.
To access the Embedded Web Server on any computer, open your Web browser and give the IP
address of your printer.
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You can see your printer's IP address on the front panel by pressing and then .
If you have followed these instructions but failed to get through to the Embedded Web Server, see
Cannot access the Embedded Web Server on page 182.
Change the language of the HP Utility
The HP Utility can work in the following languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan (Windows
only), French, Italian, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean and Japanese.
Under Windows, select Tools > Set Language and select a language from the list.
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Under Mac OS, the language is changed as for any other application. In System
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Preferences, select International and re-launch the application.
Change the language of the Embedded Web Server
The Embedded Web Server can work in the following languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish,
Catalan, French, Italian, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean and
Japanese. It uses whichever language you have specified in your Web browser's options. If you have
specified a language that it cannot support, it works in English.
To change the language, you must change your Web browser's language setting. For example, in
Internet Explorer version 6, go to the Tools menu and select Internet Options, Languages. Then
ensure that the language you want is at the top of the list in the dialog box.
Change the sleep mode setting
If the printer is left switched on but unused for a certain period of time, it goes automatically into sleep
mode to save power. To change the time the printer waits before it goes into sleep mode, go to the
front panel and press
time. Select the wait time you want and then press OK; you can set the time from 1 to 240 minutes.
The default time is 30 minutes.
, then , then Setup > Front panel options > Sleep mode wait
Turn the buzzer on and off
To turn the printer's buzzer on or off, go to the front panel and press , then , then Setup >
Front panel options > Enable buzzer, and select on or off. By default, the buzzer is set to on.
Change the front-panel display brightness
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To change the brightness of the front-panel display, press , then , then Setup > Front panel
options > Select display brightness, and select a value you want. Press OK to set the value. The
default brightness is set to 50.
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Change the units of measurement
To change the units of measurement in the front-panel display, press , then , then Setup >
Front panel options > Select units, and select English or Metric. By default the units are set to
metric.
Configure network settings
You can view and configure the network settings from the Embedded Web Server, the HP Utility or the
front panel.
To do so with the Embedded Web Server, select the Setup tab, then Networking.
With the HP Utility under Windows, select the Settings tab, then Network Settings. Under Mac
OS, select Configuration > Network Settings.
The following settings are available.
IP Configuration method: Specify the way to set an IP address, selecting BOOTP, DHCP,
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Auto IP or Manual.
Host name: Specify the IP name of the printer. The name may contain up to 32 ASCII
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characters.
Personal settings
IP address: Specify the IP address of the printer. Duplicate IP addresses on a TCP/IP network
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will cause communication to fail.
TIP: Make sure that the combination of IP address, subnet mask and default gateway is valid. If
these three fields are inconsistent, you may not be able to connect to the printer at all until you fix
the problem from the front panel.
TIP: If you change the current IP address and click Apply, the browser loses the current
connection to the printer because it is pointing to the old address. To reconnect, browse to the
new IP address.
Subnet mask: Specify a subnet mask, which determines which bits specify the network and
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which bits uniquely specify the node within the network.
Default gateway: Specify the IP address of a router or computer that is used to connect to
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other networks or sub-networks. If none exist, use the IP address of the computer or the IP address
of the printer.
Domain name: Specify the name of the DNS domain in which the printer resides (for example,
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support.hp.com).
NOTE: The domain name does not include the host name: it is not the fully qualified domain
name, such as printer1.support.hp.com.
Idle timeout: Specify the time that an idle connection is allowed to remain open when a remote
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computer is waiting for the printer. The default value is 280 seconds. If set to zero, the timeout is
disabled and the connection is allowed to remain open indefinitely.
Default IP: Specify the IP address to use when the printer is unable to obtain an IP address from
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the network when powered on or when reconfigured to use BOOTP or DHCP.
Send DHCP requests: Specify whether DHCP requests are transmitted when a legacy default IP
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To configure the same network settings from the front panel, press , then , then Connectivity
> Network connectivity > Fast/Gigabit Ethernet > Modify configuration.
You have various other options available from the Connectivity > Network connectivity >
Advanced menu.
I/O timeout: Specify the time that an idle connection is allowed to remain open when the printer
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is waiting for a remote computer. The default value is 30 seconds. If set to zero, the timeout is
disabled and the connection is allowed to remain open indefinitely.
Allow SNMP: Specify whether SNMP is permitted.
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Embedded Web Server > Allow EWS: Specify whether the Embedded Web Server is
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enabled.
Web Services > HP Utility software: View the HP Utility software settings.
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Web Services > Color and paper management: View the color and paper management
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settings.
Restore factory settings: restore the initial default values of the network settings.
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Change the graphic language setting
You can change the graphic language setting from the HP Utility with the following steps.
1. Under Windows, select the Settings tab then Printer settings > Printing preferences.
Under Mac OS, select Configuration then Printer settings > Configure printer
settings > Printing preferences.
2. Select one of the following options.
Select Automatic to let the printer determine which type of file it is receiving. This is the
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default setting; it works for most software applications. You should not normally need to
change it.
Select HP-GL/2 only if you are sending a file of that type directly to the printer, without
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going through a printer driver.
Select PDF only if you are sending a file of that type directly to the printer, without going
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through a printer driver (PostScript printers only).
Select PostScript only if you are sending a file of that type directly to the printer, without
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going through a printer driver (PostScript printers only).
Select TIFF only if you are sending a file of that type directly to the printer, without going
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through a printer driver (PostScript printers only).
Select JPEG only if you are sending a file of that type directly to the printer, without going
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through a printer driver (PostScript printers only).
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You can change the graphic language setting from the front panel. Press
> Printing preferences > Graphics language. Select the desired option.
NOTE: If the graphic language is set from the HP Utility, it overrides the front panel setting.
Change the graphic language setting
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Load a roll onto the spindle
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Load a roll into the printer
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Load a single sheet
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Unload a single sheet
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View information about the paper
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Paper presets
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Move the paper
Maintain paper
Change the drying time
Turn the automatic cutter on and off
Feed and cut the paper
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General advice
CAUTION: Before starting a paper loading process, ensure you have enough room around the
printer, both in front and behind.
CAUTION: Make sure the printer wheels are locked (the brake lever is pressed down) to prevent the
printer from moving.
CAUTION: All paper must be 280 mm (11 in) or longer. A4 and letter paper cannot be loaded in
landscape orientation.
TIP: For photo paper wear cotton gloves to avoid transferring oils onto the paper.
CAUTION: Keep the basket closed throughout the loading process.
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Load a roll onto the spindle
1. Open the roll cover.
2. Remove the black end of the spindle from the printer, then the blue end.
CAUTION: Be sure to remove the black end first. Removing the blue end first could damage the
black end.
WARNING! Do not insert your fingers into the spindle supports during the removal process.
3. The spindle has a stop at each end to keep the roll in position. The blue stop can be removed to
mount a new roll; it slides along the spindle to hold rolls of different widths. Remove the blue
paper stop from the end of the spindle.
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4. If the roll is long; rest the spindle horizontally on a table and load the roll on the table.
TIP: You may need two people to handle a large roll.
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5. Slide the new roll onto the spindle. Make sure the paper type is oriented as shown. If it is not,
remove the roll, turn it 180 degrees and slide it back on to the spindle. There are labels on the
spindle showing the correct orientation.
NOTE: From the back of the printer, the blue stopper is inserted into the right-side holder.
Ensure both ends of the roll are as close to the spindle stops as possible.
6. Put the blue paper stop on to the open end of the spindle, and push it towards the end of the roll.
7. Ensure the blue paper stop is pushed in as far as it goes; until both ends are against the stoppers.
If you are a regular user of different paper types, you can change rolls more quickly if you preload rolls
of different paper types on different spindles. Extra spindles are available for purchase, see
on page 130.
Load a roll into the printer
To start this procedure, you must have a roll loaded on the spindle. See Load a roll onto the spindle
on page 36.
TIP: If you have a T1300 series printer, do not try to open both roll covers at once; this may cause
problems. Always close one cover before opening the other.
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NOTE: The first three steps below are optional: you can start with step 4. However, in this case the
printer will not keep track of the length of the roll, and will print no barcode on the roll when it is next
unloaded. So you are recommended to follow all the steps, starting with step 1, unless you have turned
off the Printing paper info option. See
1.
From the front panel, press
Printing paper info on page 44.
, then the roll icon, then Load.
Alternatively, press
If the roll you have selected is already loaded, you have to wait while it is automatically unloaded.
You should stand behind the printer when loading the lower roll (roll 2). You may stand behind or
in front of the printer when loading the upper roll (roll 1).
CAUTION: If your height is less than 1.6 m (5 ft 3 in), loading a roll while standing in front of
the printer may cause back pain or other physical problems.
2. In the T1300 series only, if you start to load roll 1 while roll 2 is already loaded, roll 2 is
withdrawn to the standby position, so that it can be printed on again without reloading whenever
required.
NOTE: If at any time you open a roll cover while that roll is in the standby position, the roll will
be automatically unloaded, and you will have to reload it the next time you want to print on it.
3. Open the roll cover, if it is not already open.
4. Rest the spindle's black end on the left side roll holder. Do not put the end completely into the roll
holder.
, then , then Paper > Paper load > Load roll 1 or Load roll 2.
5. Rest the blue end of the spindle on the right side roll holder.
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6. With both hands, push the spindle into both roll holders at the same time.
7. If the edge of the roll is not straight or torn (sometimes due to tape used to hold end of the roll),
pull the paper slightly and cut a straight edge.
8. Insert the edge of the paper into the printer.
WARNING! Do not push your fingers inside the printer's paper path.
TIP: When loading the upper roll, avoid inserting roll paper into the cut-sheet slot. If you do so,
the printer beeps and the front panel asks you to remove the paper.
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9. Roll the paper into the printer until you feel resistance and the paper flexes slightly. When the
printer detects the paper, it feeds it in automatically.
10. If the leading edge of the paper has a barcode, the printer reads and then cuts off the barcode;
you should remove and discard the cut strip of paper.
11. If the leading edge of the paper has no barcode, the front panel prompts you to select the paper
category and type.
TIP: If you have loaded a paper type whose name does not appear in the paper list, see The
paper type is not in the driver on page 143.
12. If the Printing paper info option is enabled, the front panel may ask you to specify the length
13. The printer checks the alignment and measures the width, then the front panel prompts you to
NOTE: If you have an unexpected issue at any stage of the paper loading process, see The paper
cannot be loaded successfully on page 141.
Unload a roll
Before unloading a roll, check whether there is paper on the roll or if the roll is out of paper, and follow
the appropriate procedure as described below.
Quick procedure with paper on the roll
If there is paper on the roll, just open the roll cover, and the roll is unloaded automatically.
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NOTE: When the roll is unloaded in this way, no barcode is printed on it, so the printer will not know
the length of the roll when it is next loaded. See
of the roll. See
close the roll cover.
If the roll is not correctly aligned, follow the instructions on the front-panel display.
Printing paper info on page 44.
Printing paper info on page 44.
NOTE: If you open the cover of roll 1 while a sheet is loaded, the sheet is also unloaded.
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Front panel procedure with paper on the roll
If there is paper on the roll, you can unload it from the front panel.
1.
Press
, then the roll icon, then Unload.
Alternatively, press
Unload roll 2.
2. You may need to open the roll cover.
, then , then Paper > Paper unload > Unload roll 1 or
Roll out of paper procedure
If the end of the paper is no longer attached to the core, use the following procedure.
1. If you have already started the unload process, press
procedure.
2. Lift the blue lever on the left. If the front panel displays a warning about the lever, ignore it.
3. Pull out the paper from the printer. Pull from wherever the paper is accessible; the back of the
printer is recommended. You may need to open the roll cover.
4. Lower the blue lever.
Load a single sheet
1. When using a T1300 series printer, ensure that the cover of roll 1 is closed. If it is opened while a
sheet is loaded, the sheet will be immediately unloaded.
on the front panel to cancel that
2.
At the front panel, press
Alternatively, press
3. If a roll is already loaded, you have to wait while it is automatically unloaded. In the T1300 series
only, the roll is not unloaded, but withdrawn to the standby position, so that it can be printed on
again without reloading as soon as the sheet paper has been unloaded.
NOTE: If at any time you open a roll cover while that roll is in the standby position, the roll will
be automatically unloaded, and you will have to reload it the next time you want to print on it
(T1300 series only).
4. Select your paper category and type.
TIP: If you have loaded a paper type whose name does not appear in the paper list, see The
paper type is not in the driver on page 143.
then the roll 1 icon, then Load > Load sheet.
, then , then Paper > Paper load > Load sheet.
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5. When prompted by the front panel, insert the sheet into the cut-sheet slot on the right side of the
printer.
Load your sheet aligned with the load line and insert until the paper will not continue; with thicker
sheets, you feel resistance.
6. Press the OK key on the front panel to feed the paper into the printer. Guide the sheet into the
7. The printer checks the alignment and measures the sheet.
8. If the length of the sheet is more than 600 mm (23 in), the front panel prompts you to check that
9. If the sheet is not correctly aligned, you may be asked to correct the alignment. Please follow the
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NOTE: If you have an unexpected problem at any stage of the paper loading process, see The paper
cannot be loaded successfully on page 141.
Unload a single sheet
To unload a single sheet after printing, you can simply pull the sheet free from the front of the printer.
WARNING! Do not push your fingers inside the printer's paper path.
printer; this is especially important with thicker papers.
NOTE: Depending on the length of the sheet, it feeds out the front of the printer.
the rear of the sheet is hanging backwards over the roll cover (and not forwards over the printer
window).
instructions on the front-panel display.
To unload a sheet without printing, go to the front panel and press
Unload > Unload sheet.
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then the roll 1 icon, then
Alternatively, press , then , then Paper > Paper unload > Unload sheet.
The sheet unloads out of the front of the printer; either catch it manually or allow it to fall into the
basket.
View information about the paper
To view the loaded paper information, press then the roll icon.
The following information is displayed on the front panel:
Paper type you have selected
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Roll or sheet status
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Width of the paper in millimeters (estimated)
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Length of the paper in millimeters (estimated)
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If no paper is loaded, the message Out of paper is displayed.
The same information is displayed in the HP Utility for Windows (Overview tab > Supplies Status
tab), the HP Utility for Mac OS (Information group > Printer Status > Supplies Details) and the
Embedded Web Server (upper-right corner).
Paper presets
Each supported paper type has its own characteristics. For optimum print quality, the printer changes
the way it prints on each different paper type. For example, some may need more ink and some may
require a longer drying time. So the printer must be given a description of the requirements of each
paper type. This description is called the paper preset. The paper preset contains the ICC profile, which
describes the color characteristics of the paper; it also contains information on other characteristics and
requirements of the paper that are not directly related to color. Existing paper presets for your printer
are already installed in the printer's software.
However, as it is inconvenient to scroll through a list of all paper types available, your printer only
contains paper presets for the most commonly used paper types. If you have a paper type for which
your printer has no preset, you cannot select that paper type in the front-panel display.
There are two ways to assign a preset for a new paper type.
Use an HP factory paper preset by selecting the closest category and type in the front panel or the
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HP Utility, see
NOTE: Colors may not be accurate. This method is not recommended for high-quality prints.
Download the correct paper preset from:
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http://www.hp.com/go/T1300/paperpresets/.
The paper type is not in the driver on page 143.
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NOTE: HP provides presets for HP paper types only. If you do not find the paper preset you
want on the Web, you may find that it has been added to the latest firmware for your printer. You
can check the firmware release notes for information, see
Update the firmware on page 127.
View information about the paper
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Printing paper info
Enable the Printing paper info option to record the printer’s estimate of the remaining roll length,
paper width and type. The information is a combination of barcode and text that is printed on the
leading edge of the roll when the paper is unloaded from the printer.
NOTE: The paper-length estimate is available only if the printer registered the amount of paper that
was on the roll when you loaded it. To provide this information to the printer, specify the roll length on
the front panel when loading the paper, or load a roll that has the paper-data barcode printed on it.
NOTE: The barcode and text are printed on the roll only when the loading and unloading processes
are started from the front panel's Paper menu.
NOTE: This option can be expected to work only with papers that are completely opaque. It may fail
with transparent or translucent papers.
To enable the Printing paper info option, go to the front panel and press , then , then
Setup > Printing preferences > Paper options > Enable printing paper info.
NOTE: Enabling this option slightly changes the paper loading and unloading procedures.
Move the paper
If the printer is idle (ready to print), you can move the paper forwards or backwards from the front
panel. You may want to do this in order to have more or less white space between the last print and
the next one.
To move the paper, press
Maintain paper
To maintain paper quality, follow the recommendations below.
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NOTE: Photo and coated paper requires careful handling, see The print is scuffed or scratched
on page 161.
, then , then Paper > Move paper.
Store rolls covered by another piece of paper or cloth
Store cut sheets covered and clean or brush them before loading them in the printer
Clean input and output platens
Always keep the window of your printer closed
Change the drying time
You may wish to change the drying time setting to suit special printing conditions such as multiple prints
where time is of higher importance or when you need to be sure ink is dry before handling.
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Press , then , then Setup > Print retrieval > Select drying time. You can select:
Extended, to set a longer than recommended time to ensure ink is completely dry
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Optimal, to set the default and recommended time for your selected paper (this is the default
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setting)
Reduced, to set a shorter than recommended time when quality is of lower importance
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None, to disable the drying time and remove your print as soon as it finishes printing
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CAUTION: If the ink is not dry when the print is removed it could leave ink in the output tray and
marks on the print.
NOTE: If you cancel the drying time during a print, the printer may not feed and cut the paper right
away due to the printhead maintenance, which runs in parallel. If the dry time is zero, the printer cuts
the paper and then performs the printhead maintenance. However, if the dry time is greater than zero,
the printer does not cut the paper until after the printhead maintenance has completed.
Turn the automatic cutter on and off
To turn the printer's paper cutter on or off:
From the HP Utility for Windows, select the Settings tab and change the Cutter option in
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Printer Settings > Advanced.
From the HP Utility for Mac OS, select Configuration > Printer Settings > Advanced and
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change the Cutter option.
From the Embedded Web Server, select the Setup tab, then Printer Settings > Advanced,
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and change the Cutter option.
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From the front panel, press
and change the cutter option.
The default setting is On.
NOTE: If the cutter is turned off, it will not cut the paper between jobs, but it will continue to cut the
paper on loading, unloading and switching between rolls.
TIP: To cut roll paper while the automatic cutter is disabled, see Feed and cut the paper
on page 45.
, then , then Setup > Print retrieval > Enable cutter
Feed and cut the paper
If you go to the front panel and press , then , then Paper > Form feed and cut, the printer
advances the paper and makes a straight cut across the front edge. There are several possible reasons
why you might want to do this.
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To trim the leading edge of the paper if it is damaged or not straight.
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To feed and cut the paper when the automatic cutter has been disabled.
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To cancel the waiting time and print the available pages immediately, if the printer is waiting to
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nest more pages (T1300 series only).
Turn the automatic cutter on and off
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NOTE: The printheads are serviced after each print, and the paper cannot be cut until the process
completes, so you may notice a delay.
CAUTION: Remove the cut piece from the output tray. If strips or short prints are left in the output tray
the printer could jam.
NOTE: Photo and coated paper requires careful handling, see The print is scuffed or scratched
on page 161.
TIP: To move the paper without cutting it, see Move the paper on page 44.
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The uses of a multiroll printer
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How the printer allocates jobs to paper rolls
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The uses of a multiroll printer
A multiroll printer can be useful in several different ways:
The printer can automatically switch between different paper types according to your needs.
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Two rolls
The printer can automatically switch between different paper widths according to your needs. This
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enables you to save paper by printing smaller images on narrower paper.
If you load two identical rolls into the printer, you can leave it printing unattended for a long time,
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because it can switch from one roll to the other automatically when the first is exhausted. See
Unattended printing/overnight printing (T1300 series) on page 65.
When working with multiple rolls, bear in mind that a protected roll is protected from use unless the
roll number or its paper type are specifically requested. See
on page 65.
The current status of both rolls is shown on the front panel if you press
NOTE: When you print from a USB flash drive or using HP Direct Print, multiroll printing is
considerably simplified: either you specify manually which roll you want to use, or you can select Save
paper, in which case the printer chooses the narrowest roll on which the print will fit. You cannot
specify the paper type.
Roll protection (T1300 series)
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How the printer allocates jobs to paper rolls
When you submit a print job from the Embedded Web Server or the printer driver, you can specify
(using the Paper type or Type is option) that you want it to be printed on a particular paper type;
you can even specify (using the Paper source, Source is or Paper Feed option) that you want it to
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Two rolls
be printed on a particular roll (1 or 2). The printer will try to satisfy these requirements, and it will also
look for a paper roll large enough to print the image without clipping.
If both rolls are suitable for the job, the roll will be chosen according to the roll switching policy.
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See
Roll switching options on page 24.
If just one of the rolls is suitable for the job, it will be printed on that roll.
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If neither roll is suitable for the job, it will be held in the job queue with the status “On hold for
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paper”, or printed on an unsuitable roll, depending on the paper mismatch action. See
mismatch action on page 24.
The printer driver for Windows will tell you which paper types and widths are currently loaded in the
printer, and on which rolls.
Here are some settings that may be used in typical situations.
NOTE: The Type is and Source is settings are in the printer driver and the Embedded Web Server;
the Roll switching policy is set in the front panel.
With different paper types loaded:
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Type is: select the paper type you require
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Source is: Automatically select / Predetermined
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Paper
Roll switching policy: doesn't matter
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With different paper widths loaded:
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Type is: Any
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Source is: Automatically select / Predetermined
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Roll switching policy: Minimize paper waste
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TIP: You can also save paper in some cases by rotating or nesting your images. See Use paper
economically on page 63.
With identical rolls loaded:
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Type is: Any
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Source is: Automatically select / Predetermined
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Roll switching policy: Minimize roll changes
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Introduction
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Print from a USB flash drive
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Print from a computer using HP Direct Print
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Print from a computer using the Embedded Web Server or HP Utility (T1300 series)
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Print from a computer using a printer driver
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Introduction
There are five different ways in which you can choose to print, depending on your circumstances and
preferences.
Printing
Print from a USB flash drive
Print a TIFF, JPEG, HP-GL/2, RTL, PDF or PostScript file directly from a USB flash drive. See
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from a USB flash drive on page 50.
Print a file that is already in the job queue. See
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Print a TIFF, JPEG, HP-GL/2, PDF, PPT or PPTX file directly from a computer connected to the
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printer by USB cable. See
Print a TIFF, JPEG, HP-GL/2, RTL, PDF or PostScript file directly from a computer connected to the
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printer, using the Embedded Web Server or the HP Utility. See
Embedded Web Server or HP Utility (T1300 series) on page 53.
Print any kind of file from a computer connected to the printer by network or USB cable, using a
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software application that can open the file, and a printer driver supplied with your printer. See
Print from a computer using a printer driver on page 54.
NOTE: To print PDF or PostScript files, a PostScript printer is required.
1. Insert a USB flash drive containing one or more TIFF, JPEG, HP-GL/2, RTL, PDF or PostScript files
into one of the printer's USB ports.
Print from a computer using HP Direct Print on page 51.
Reprint a job from the queue on page 69.
Print from a computer using the
Print
NOTE: To print PDF or PostScript files, a PostScript printer is required.
NOTE: The use of USB flash drives with your printer may be disabled by the administrator: see
Control access to the printer on page 27.
2.
At the front panel, go to the home screen and press
3.
Select the file to be printed. Files that can be printed are indicated with
printed are indicated with
4. The default print settings are displayed. If you want to change them, press Settings. The
following settings are available:
Size allows you to resize the print in two different ways: to a percentage of its original size,
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or to fit a particular paper size. The default is 100% (its original size).
Color allows you to choose color or grayscale printing.
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Print quality allows you to set the print quality to Best, Normal or Fast.
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Roll allows you to specify printing on roll 1 or roll 2, or you can choose Save paper,
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which automatically chooses the narrowest roll on which the print will fit.
. You can press folders to browse their contents.
.
; files that cannot be
Rotation allows you to rotate the print by any multiple of 90°, or you can choose
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Automatic, which rotates the print automatically if that will save paper.
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NOTE: If you change the settings in this way, the changed settings apply to the current job but
are not saved permanently. You can change the default settings by pressing
Print from USB preferences.
5.
To display a preview of the printed job on the front panel, press
When the preview is displayed, you can press it to zoom in on it. Press it again to zoom out.
6. When you are satisfied with the print settings, press Start.
7. If two rolls are loaded, you can choose to print on either roll, or you can let the printer choose
automatically.
NOTE: The printer will automatically rotate the image by 90° if it can save paper by doing so.
8. After printing, you can choose to print another file or go to the job queue. If you print another file
immediately without returning to the home screen, the temporary settings used for the previous file
are used again.
.
Print from a computer using HP Direct Print
, then , then
Printing
1.
At the front panel, go to the home screen and press
2. Connect the computer to the Hi-Speed USB device port at the rear of the printer.
3. The front panel asks whether you want to print from an application, or using HP Direct Print.
NOTE: If you always select the same response, you can avoid this question before starting this
procedure by pressing
print.
4. If you select HP Direct Print, the printer appears on your computer as an extra disk drive. (To print
from an application, see
, then , then Setup > Direct printing preferences > Direct
Print from a computer using a printer driver on page 54.)
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Printing
Under Windows XP, the HP Instant Printing utility is automatically started.
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Under later versions of Windows, you must start HP Instant Printing by opening the printer-as-
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disk-drive and then double-clicking the hpip.exe file that you will find inside it.
When you see the HP Instant Printing window as above, you can click Add files to select files to
be printed; adjust the print settings in the same window; and then click Print to print the selected
files.
HP Instant Printing allows you to print the following file formats:
TIFF
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JPEG
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HP-GL/2
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PDF (PostScript printers only)
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PPT (if you have Microsoft Office 2003 or later installed on the same computer)
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PPTX (if you have Microsoft Office 2007 or later installed on the same computer)
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NOTE: HP Instant Printing is designed to be simple, and it offers relatively few print settings. If
you need an explanation of these settings, please see the online help.
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Print from a computer using the Embedded Web Server or HP Utility (T1300 series)
You can print files in this way from any computer that can access the printer's Embedded Web Server.
Access the Embedded Web Server on page 30.
See
From the Embedded Web Server, select the Main tab and then Submit job. From the HP Utility,
select Job Center > Submit Job. You will see the window below.
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Press the Add files button to choose the files from your computer that you want to print. The files must
be in one of the following formats:
HP-GL/2
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RTL
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TIFF
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JPEG
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PDF (PostScript printers only)
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PostScript (PostScript printers only)
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NOTE: When you print to a file, the file should be in one of the above formats, but its name may
have an extension such as .plt or .prn.
If the files are not in one of these formats, they will not be printed successfully.
If the jobs have been generated with the appropriate settings (such as page size, rotation, resizing and
number of copies), you can just press the Print button and they will be sent to the printer.
If you need to specify printing settings, go to the Job settings section and select the options you need.
Each option has explanatory text on the right, so that you can understand the behavior of each setting.
Remember that, if you leave the setting as Default, the setting saved in the job will be used. If the job
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If you have chosen some non-default settings and expect to reuse the same group of settings in the
future, you can save them all under a single name from the Manage presets tab, and recall them
using that name later.
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Print from a computer using a printer driver
Printing
Advanced print settings
This is the traditional way of printing from a computer. The correct printer driver must be installed on
the computer (see
printer by network or USB cable.
If you connect by USB cable, the front panel will ask whether you want to print with a printer driver, or
with HP Direct Print.
When the printer driver has been installed and the computer is connected to the printer, you can print
from a software application by using the application's own Print command and selecting the correct
printer.
The rest of this chapter explains the various print settings that you can use when printing with a printer
driver, the Embedded Web Server or the HP Utility. These methods offer a relatively large number of
settings in order to satisfy all requirements.
TIP: In general you are recommended to use the default settings unless you know that they do not
meet your requirements.
TIP: If you intend to reuse a particular group of settings repeatedly, you can save those settings under
a name of your own choice and recall them later. A saved group of settings is known as a 'quick set' in
the Windows printer driver, and as a 'preset' in the Embedded Web Server.
Installing the software on page 13), and the computer must be connected to the
Select print quality
The printer has various print-quality options because best-quality printing requires some loss of speed,
while fast printing implies some reduction in print quality.
Therefore, the standard print-quality selector is a slider that allows you to choose between quality and
speed. With some paper types, you can choose a compromise position between the two.
Alternatively, you can select from the custom options: Best, Normal and Fast. If you select Fast, you
can also select Economode, which uses a lower rendering resolution and consumes less ink. It
therefore increases printing speed even further, but reduces print quality. Economode can be selected
only from the custom options (not from the slider).
There is also a supplementary custom option that may have an effect on print quality: Maximum
detail. See
NOTE: In the Windows driver dialog, the rendering resolution for your job is displayed in the Custom
Print Quality Options dialog box (select Custom options and then Settings). In the Mac OS Print
dialog, it is displayed in the Summary panel.
High-quality printing on page 61.
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You can select print-quality options in the following ways:
In the Windows driver dialog: go to the Paper/Quality tab and look at the Print Quality
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section. If you select Standard Options, you will see a simple slider with which you can select
speed or quality. If you select Custom Options, you will see the more specific options described
above.
In the Mac OS Print dialog (non-PostScript printers): go to the Paper/Quality panel
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and look at the Quality Options section. If you select Standard quality options, you will see a
simple slider with which you can select speed or quality. If you select Custom quality options,
you will see the more specific options described above.
In the Mac OS PostScript Print dialog (PostScript printers): go to the Paper/Quality
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panel and look at the Quality Options section. If you select Standard quality options, you will
see a simple slider with which you can select speed or quality. If you select Custom quality
options, you will see the more specific options described above.
On the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page (T1300 series): select Basic
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settings > Print quality. If you then select Standard options, you can choose between
Speed and Quality. If you select Custom options, you will see the more specific options
described above.
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Using the front panel: press
quality.
, then , then Setup > Printing preferences > Print
Printing
NOTE: If the print quality is set from your computer, it overrides the print-quality setting in the
front panel.
NOTE: You cannot change the print quality of pages that the printer is already receiving or has
already received (even if they have not started to print yet).
Select paper size
The paper size can be specified in the following ways.
NOTE: The paper size specified here should be the paper size in which the document was created. It
is possible to rescale the document to a different size for printing. See
In the Windows driver dialog: select the Paper/Quality tab, then select your paper size
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from the Document Size list.
In the Mac OS Page Setup dialog: select your printer from the Format for list, then select
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your paper size from the Paper Size list.
NOTE: If your application offers no Page Setup dialog, please use the Print dialog.
On the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page (T1300 series): select Advanced
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settings > Paper > Page size > Standard.
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Using the front panel: press
Paper options > Select paper size.
NOTE: If the paper size is set from your computer, it overrides the paper size setting in the front
panel.
, then , then Setup > Printing preferences >
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Custom paper sizes
If you want to choose a paper size that is not included in the list of standard paper sizes, there are
various different ways to specify it.
Use the Windows printer driver
1. Select the Paper/Quality tab.
2. Press the Custom button.
3. Enter the name and dimensions of your new paper size.
Printing
Use Windows forms
4. Press OK. The new paper size is automatically selected.
A custom paper size created in this way has the following characteristics:
The paper size is permanent. It will not disappear if the driver is closed or the computer is turned
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off.
The paper size is local to the printer queue. It will not be seen from other printer queues in the
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same computer.
In Domain server networks, the paper size is local to the computer. It will not be seen from other
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computers sharing the printer queue.
In Workgroup networks, the paper size will be shared among all the computers sharing the printer
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queue.
If the printer queue is deleted, the paper size is deleted with it.
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1. From the Start menu, or from the Control Panel, select Printers and Faxes.
2. From the File menu, select Server Properties.
3. In the Forms tab, check the Create a new form box.
4. Enter the name and dimensions of your new paper size. Leave the margins as 0.00.
5. Press the Save Form button.
6. Go to the printer driver, and select the Paper/Quality tab.
7. Select More… from the drop-down list of paper sizes.
8. Select your new paper size from the group of Custom sizes.
A custom paper size created in this way has the following characteristics:
The paper size is permanent. It will not disappear if the driver is closed or the computer is turned
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off.
Restricted users cannot create paper forms. The “manage documents” role in the Windows Active
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Directory is the minimum required.
The paper size is local to the computer. It will be seen in all the printer queues that have been
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created on the computer and that support paper of that size.
If a printer queue is shared, this paper size will appear in all the client computers.
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If a printer queue is shared from another computer, this paper size will not appear on the driver´s
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document size list. A Windows form in a shared queue needs to be created in the server.
If the printer queue is deleted, the paper size is not deleted.
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Use the Mac OS printer driver
1. Go to the Page Setup dialog.
NOTE: If your application offers no Page Setup dialog, please use the Print dialog.
2. Select Paper Size > Manage Custom Sizes.
Use the Embedded Web Server (T1300 series only)
1. Go to the Submit Job page.
2. Select Advanced settings > Paper > Page size > Custom.
Select margins options
By default, the printer leaves a 5 mm margin between the edges of your image and the edges of the
paper (increased to 17 mm at the foot of cut-sheet paper). However, you can change this behavior in
several ways.
In the Windows driver dialog: select the Paper/Quality tab and then the Margins/
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Layout button.
In the Mac OS Print dialog (non-PostScript printers): select the Margins/Layout
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panel.
In the Mac OS PostScript Print dialog (PostScript printers): select the Margins/
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Layout panel.
On the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page (T1300 series): select Advanced
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settings > Paper > Layout/Margins.
You will then see at least some of the following options.
NOTE: Under Mac OS, the available margins options depend on the paper size selected. For
instance, for borderless printing you must select a paper size name that includes the words “no
margins”.
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Standard. Your image will be printed on a page of the size you have selected, with a narrow
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margin between the edges of the image and the edges of the paper. The image should be small
enough to fit between the margins.
Oversize. Your image will be printed on a page slightly larger than the size you have selected. If
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you cut off the margins, you will be left with a page of the size you selected, with no margins
remaining between your image and the edges of the paper.
Clip Contents By Margins. Your image will be printed on a page of the size you have
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selected, with a narrow margin between the edges of the image and the edges of the paper. In
this case, if the image is the same size as the page, the printer assumes that the extreme edges of
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the image are either white or unimportant, and do not need to be printed. This may be useful
when your image already contains a border.
Borderless (T1300 series only). Your image will be printed on a page of the size you have
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selected, with no margins. The image is slightly enlarged to ensure that no margin is left between
the edges of the image and the edges of the paper. If you select Automatically by Printer,
this enlargement is done automatically. If you select Manually in Application, you must select
a custom page size slightly larger than the page on which you intend to print. See also
no margins (T1300 series) on page 61.
Print on loaded paper
Print with
Printing
Rescale a print
To print a job on whichever paper is loaded in the printer, select Any in the Paper Type option of your
printer driver.
In the Windows driver dialog: select the Paper/Quality tab, then select Any in the Paper
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Type drop-down list.
In the Mac OS Print dialog (non-PostScript printers): select the Paper/Quality panel,
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then select Any in the Paper Type drop-down list.
In the Mac OS PostScript Print dialog (PostScript printers): select the Paper/Quality
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panel, then select Any in the Paper Type drop-down list.
NOTE: Any is the default Paper Type selection.
You can send an image to the printer at a certain size but tell the printer to rescale it to a different size
(normally larger). This may be useful:
If your software does not support large formats
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If your file is too large for the printer's memory—in this case, you can reduce the paper size in
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your software and then scale it up again using the front-panel option
You can rescale an image in the following ways:
In the Windows driver dialog: go to the Features tab and look at the Resizing Options
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section.
The Print document on option adjusts the image size to the paper size you have selected.
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For example, if you have selected ISO A2 as the paper size and you print an A3-sized
image, it is enlarged to fit the A2 paper. If the ISO A4 paper size is selected, the printer
reduces a larger image to fit the A4 size.
The % of actual size option enlarges the printable area of the original paper size (the
◦
page minus the margins) by the percentage indicated, then adds the margins to create the
output paper size.
In the Mac OS Print dialog (non-PostScript printers): select the Paper Handling
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panel, then Scale to fit paper size, and select the paper size to which you want to scale the
image. If you want to increase the size of the image, make sure that the Scale down only box
is unchecked.
In the Mac OS Print dialog (PostScript printers): select the Finishing panel, then Print
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document on, and select the paper size to which you want to scale the image. For example, if
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you have selected ISO A2 as the paper size and you print an A3-sized image, it is enlarged to fit
the A2 paper. If the ISO A4 paper size is selected, the printer reduces a larger image to fit the A4
size.
On the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page (T1300 series): select Advanced
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settings > Resizing.
The Standard and Custom options adjust the image size to the standard or custom paper
◦
size you have selected. For example, if you have selected ISO A2 as the paper size and you
print an A4-size image, it is enlarged to fit the A2 paper. If the ISO A3 paper size is
selected, the printer reduces a larger image to fit the A3 size.
The % of actual size option enlarges the printable area of the original paper size (the
◦
page minus the margins) by the percentage indicated, then adds the margins to create the
output paper size.
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Using the front panel: press
Paper options > Resize.
If you are printing to a single sheet, you must ensure that the image can actually fit onto the sheet,
otherwise the image will be clipped.
, then , then Setup > Printing preferences >
Change the treatment of overlapping lines
Printing
NOTE: This topic applies only when printing an HP-GL/2 job.
The merge option controls the overlapping lines in an image. There are two settings:
Off: where the lines cross, only the color of the top line is printed. This is the default setting.
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On: where the lines cross, the colors of the two lines merge.
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To turn merge on, go to the front panel and press
preferences > HP-GL/2 options > Enable merge. You can set the merge option from your
software in some applications. Settings in your software override the front-panel settings.
Preview a print
Previewing a print on the screen allows you to check the layout of the print before printing, which may
help you to avoid wasting paper and ink on a bad print.
To preview a print under Windows, you have the following options:
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Use your application's print preview option.
◦
Check the Show preview before printing option, which you can find in the driver's
◦
Paper/Quality tab and Features tab. The preview may be provided in different ways,
depending on your printer and printer driver.
, then , then Setup > Printing
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To preview a print under Mac OS, you have the following options:
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Use your application's print preview option.
◦
Click the Preview button at the bottom of the Print dialog box. This is the basic print
◦
preview provided by Mac OS.
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If you are using the PostScript driver for the T1300 PS printer, check the Show print
◦
preview option, which you can find in the driver's Printing dialog, in the Finishing
panel. This preview is provided by the Embedded Web Server and will appear in a Web
browser window.
NOTE: This option does not work if the printer is connected by USB cable to a different
computer (printer sharing).
If you are using the PCL driver for the T790 or T1300 series, check the Show print
◦
preview option, which you can find in the driver's Printing dialog, in the Finishing
panel. This opens the HP Print Preview application, with more features, such as the ability to
change paper size, paper type and print quality, and to rotate the image.
Printing
Print a draft
NOTE: This option does not work if the printer is connected by USB cable to a different
computer (printer sharing).
To preview a print using the Embedded Web Server for the T1300 series, select Basic settings
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> Hold for preview.
You can specify fast draft-quality printing in the following ways:
In the Windows driver dialog: go to the Paper/Quality tab and look at the Print Quality
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section. Move the print-quality slider to the extreme left ('Speed').
In the Mac OS Print dialog (non-PostScript printers): go to the Paper/Quality panel
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and move the print-quality slider to the extreme left ('Speed').
In the Mac OS PostScript Print dialog (PostScript printers): go to the Paper/Quality
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panel and move the print-quality slider to the extreme left ('Speed').
On the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page (T1300 series): select Basic
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settings > Print quality > Standard options > Speed.
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Using the front panel: press
quality > Select quality level > Fast.
, then , then Setup > Printing preferences > Print
You can specify even faster draft-quality printing by using Economode, as follows. This is intended
mainly for documents containing only text and line drawings.
In the Windows driver dialog: go to the Paper/Quality tab and look at the Print Quality
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section. Select Custom Options, then set the quality level to Fast and check the Economode
box.
In the Mac OS Print dialog (non-PostScript printers): go to the Paper/Quality panel
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and set the quality options to Custom, then set quality to Fast and check the Economode box.
In the Mac OS PostScript Print dialog (PostScript printers): go to the Paper/Quality
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panel and set the quality options to Custom, then set quality to Fast and check the Economode
box.
On the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page (T1300 series): select Basic
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settings > Print quality > Custom. Set Quality level to Fast, and Economode to On.
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Using the front panel: press
quality > Enable economode.
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, then , then Setup > Printing preferences > Print
NOTE: If the print quality is set from your computer, it overrides the print-quality setting in the front
panel.
High-quality printing
You can specify high-quality printing in the following ways:
In the Windows driver dialog: go to the Paper/Quality tab and look at the Print Quality
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section. Move the print-quality slider to the extreme right ('Quality').
In the Mac OS Print dialog (non-PostScript printers): go to the Paper/Quality panel
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and move the print-quality slider to the extreme right ('Quality').
In the Mac OS PostScript Print dialog (PostScript printers): go to the Paper/Quality
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panel and move the print-quality slider to the extreme right ('Quality').
On the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page (T1300 series): select Basic
●
settings > Print quality > Standard options > Quality.
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Using the front panel: press
quality > Select quality level > Best.
NOTE: If the print quality is set from your computer, it overrides the print-quality setting in the front
panel.
Printing
, then , then Setup > Printing preferences > Print
If you have a high-resolution image
If your image has a resolution greater than the rendering resolution (which you can see in the Custom
Print Quality Options box under Windows), print sharpness may be improved by selecting the
Maximum Detail option. This option is available only if you are printing on glossy paper and you have
selected Best print quality.
In the driver dialog (Mac OS Print dialog): select Custom instead of Standard print-quality
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options, then check the Maximum Detail box.
On the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page (T1300 series): select Basic
●
settings > Print quality > Custom. Set Quality level to Best, and Maximum detail to
On.
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Using the front panel: press
quality > Enable maximum detail.
NOTE: The Maximum Detail option results in slower printing with photo papers, but it does not
increase the amount of ink used.
Print in gray shades
You can convert all colors in your image to shades of gray: see Printing in grayscale on page 80.
, then , then Setup > Printing preferences > Print
Print with no margins (T1300 series)
Printing with no margins (to the edges of the paper) is known as borderless printing. This can be done
only on rolls of glossy paper.
In order to be sure of leaving no margins, the printer prints slightly past the edges of the paper. Any ink
deposited outside the paper is absorbed by the sponge situated in the platen.
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Printing
You can request printing with no margins in the following ways:
In the Windows driver dialog: select the Paper/Quality tab and press the Margins/
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Layout button. Then select Borderless.
In the Mac OS Page Setup dialog (T1300): select a paper size name that includes the
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words “no margins”. Then, in the Print dialog, select Margins/Layout > Borderless.
NOTE: If your application offers no Page Setup dialog, please use the Print dialog.
In the Mac OS PostScript Page Setup dialog (T1300 PS): select a paper size name that
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includes the words “no margins”. Then, in the Print dialog, select Margins/Layout >
Borderless.
NOTE: If your application offers no Page Setup dialog, please use the Print dialog.
On the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page: select Advanced settings >
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Paper > Layout/Margins > Borderless.
When you select Borderless, you must also select one of the following Image Enlargement options:
Automatically by printer means that the printer automatically enlarges your image slightly
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(normally by a few millimeters in each direction) in order to print over the edges of the paper.
Manually in application means that you must enlarge the image yourself in your application,
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and select a custom paper size that is slightly larger than the actual paper size.
NOTE: If the first print job after loading paper is a borderless job, the printer may trim the leading
edge of the paper before printing.
At the end of a borderless print, the printer normally cuts the print slightly inside the image area to
ensure that the print is borderless. It then cuts the paper again so that no residual part of the image is
included in the next print. However, if the job is cancelled, or if there is white space at the bottom of
the image, only a single cut is made.
Print with crop lines (T1300 series)
Crop lines indicate where the paper should be cut to reduce it to your selected page size. You can print
crop lines with individual jobs in the following ways:
In the Windows driver dialog: select the Features tab, then Crop lines.
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In the Mac OS Print dialog: select the Finishing panel, then Crop lines.
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On the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page: select Advanced settings > Roll
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options > Enable crop lines > Yes.
Alternatively, you can choose to print crop lines with all jobs by default:
In the Embedded Web Server: select Setup > Printer settings > Job management >
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Use crop lines when printing > On.
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Using the front panel: press
Paper > Enable crop lines > On.
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, then , then Setup > Printing preferences >
To print crop lines with nested jobs (see Nest jobs to save roll paper (T1300 series) on page 63), you
must select a different option:
In the Embedded Web Server: select Setup > Printer settings > Job management >
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Use crop lines when nest is enabled > On.
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Using the front panel: press
options > Enable crop lines > On.
Use paper economically
Here are some recommendations for making economical use of paper:
If you are printing relatively small images or document pages, you can use nesting to print them
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side by side instead of one after another. See
on page 63.
You may be able to save some roll paper by using the following options:
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In the Windows driver dialog: select the Features tab and then Remove top/
◦
bottom blank areas and/or Rotate by 90 degrees or Autorotate.
In the Mac OS Print dialog (non-PostScript printers): select the Finishing panel,
◦
then Remove Top/Bottom Blank Areas.
, then , then Setup > Job management > Nest
Nest jobs to save roll paper (T1300 series)
Printing
In the Mac OS PostScript Print dialog (PostScript printers): select the Finishing
◦
panel, then Remove Top/Bottom Blank Areas and/or Rotate by 90 degrees.
On the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page (T1300 series): select
◦
Advanced settings > Roll options > Remove top/bottom blank areas and/or
Rotate.
If you check the print preview on your computer before printing, you can sometimes avoid wasting
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paper on prints containing obvious mistakes. See
Preview a print on page 59.
Nest jobs to save roll paper (T1300 series)
Nesting means automatically printing images or document pages side by side on the paper, rather than
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1. Direction of paper flow
2. Nesting off
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3. Nesting on
4. Paper saved by nesting
When does the printer try to nest pages?
When both of the following are true:
The printer is loaded with roll paper, not sheet paper.
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What pages can be nested?
Which pages qualify for nesting?
The printer's Nest option is turned on. See
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All pages can be nested, unless they are so large that two of them cannot fit side by side on the roll, or
unless there are too many of them to fit into the remaining length of the roll. A single group of nested
pages cannot be split between two rolls.
In order to be in the same nest, the individual pages must be compatible in all of the following ways:
All pages must have the same print quality setting (Economode, Fast, Normal or Best).
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The Maximum Detail setting must be the same on all pages.
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The Layout/Margins setting must be the same for all pages.
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The Mirror Image setting must be the same for all pages.
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The Rendering Intent must be the same for all pages.
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The Cutter setting must be the same for all pages.
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The color adjustment settings must be the same for all pages. See
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on page 79.
Turn nesting on and off (T1300 series) on page 25.
Color adjustment options
Pages must be all color, or all grayscale: not some in color and some in grayscale.
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All pages must be in one or other of the following two groups (the two groups cannot be mixed in
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the same nest):
HP-GL/2, RTL, TIFF, JPEG
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PostScript, PDF
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JPEG and TIFF pages with resolutions greater than 300 dpi may not nest with other pages in some
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cases.
How long does the printer wait for another file?
So that the printer can make the best nest possible, it waits after a file has been received to check
whether a subsequent page will nest with it or with pages already in the queue. This waiting period is
the nest wait time; the factory default nest wait time is 2 minutes. This means that the printer waits for
up to 2 minutes after the last file is received before printing the final nest. You can change this waiting
time from the printer's front panel: press
> Nest options > Select wait time. The available range is 1 to 99 minutes.
, then , then Setup > Job management options
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While the printer is waiting for nesting to time out, it displays the remaining time on the front panel.
Use ink economically
Here are some recommendations for making economical use of ink.
For draft prints, use plain paper and move the print-quality slider to the left end of the scale
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('Speed'). For further economy, select custom print quality options, then select Fast and
Economode.
Clean the printheads only when needed, and clean only those printheads that need cleaning.
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Cleaning the printheads can be useful, but it uses a small amount of ink.
Leave the printer permanently turned on so that it can maintain the printheads in good condition
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automatically. This regular printhead maintenance uses a small amount of ink. However, if it is not
done, the printer may need to use much more ink later to restore the health of the printheads.
Wide prints make more efficient use of ink than narrow prints, because printhead maintenance
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uses some ink, and its frequency is related to the number of passes made by the printheads.
Therefore, nesting jobs can save ink as well as saving paper (see
(T1300 series) on page 63).
Roll protection (T1300 series)
If you choose to protect a roll, jobs will be printed on it only if the job explicitly specifies the roll
number or the paper type loaded on the roll. This may be useful, for example, in the following cases.
To stop people from accidentally printing unimportant jobs on expensive paper.
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To avoid printing on a particular roll when printing from AutoCAD without interacting with the HP
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printer driver.
To protect a roll, go to the front panel and press
preferences > Paper options > Roll protection.
NOTE: If you protect a roll, then later unload the current roll and load a new one, the new roll
remains protected. You are protecting the roll number, not one specific roll of paper. That roll number
will remain protected until you cancel the protection.
TIP: If you print without specifying a roll number or paper type, you will not be able to print on any
protected roll.
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Nest jobs to save roll paper
, then , then Setup > Printing
Unattended printing/overnight printing (T1300 series)
The printer is well suited to long, unattended print jobs, having multiple rolls plus robust and consistent
image quality.
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Printing
Here are some recommendations to help you deal with a long queue of printing jobs.
If feasible, use brand-new long rolls of paper.
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If you want to print on partly-used rolls, you can check the paper type and the remaining length in
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the Embedded Web Server or in the front panel, to confirm that you have enough paper to print
all your jobs.
NOTE: Information on the remaining length is available only if you told the printer the length of
the roll when you loaded it, or if the printer read the length of the roll from the barcode printed on
it.
Load two rolls of paper suitable for your jobs. If the printer finishes one roll, it will automatically
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switch to the other.
Check that you have paper wide enough to print all of your jobs. Any jobs that are too wide may
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be put “on hold for paper” if the paper mismatch action is set to Put job on hold (see
mismatch action on page 24).
Check the ink levels remaining in your ink cartridges.
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When you have submitted your print jobs, you can use the Embedded Web Server from a remote
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location to monitor their status.
Drying time should be set to Optimal.
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Paper
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Press
, then , then Setup > Printing preferences > Paper options > Roll
switching options > Minimize roll changes or Use roll with less paper.
We recommend the following settings, depending on the paper type and what kind of prints you are
making.
Table 7-1 Recommended settings for unattended printing
Print type Print mode MaxDetail Drying time Paper types
Lines Normal Off Optimal Coated, Bond,
Heavyweight Coated,
Glossy
Lines and fills Normal On Optimal Coated, Bond,
Heavyweight Coated,
Glossy
Maps Best On Optimal Coated, Heavyweight
Coated, Glossy
Renderings,
photographs
Best On Optimal Coated, Heavyweight
Coated, Glossy
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8 Job queue management (T790 PS
and T1300 series)
Introduction
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The job queue in the front panel (T790 PS and T1300 series)
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Introduction
The job queue in the front panel (T790 PS and T1300 series)
Job queue page
Job queue
The job queue management options described in this chapter are available for the following printers.
T1300 series: all options in this chapter
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T790 PS: front panel options only
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T790: no job queue management
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To see the job queue on the front panel, press on the home screen.
The job queue page shows all jobs that are available in the job queue. It includes jobs that are being
received, parsed, rendered, printed and already printed.
Each line shows the name of the job and its status. For more information on a particular job, including
a preview of the job, press the line showing the job.
Jobs that cannot be completed for any reason appear at the top of the queue.
Job preview
The printer generates a JPEG file for each incoming job, which can be displayed as a preview of the
job. Job preview is available once the job is processed.
NOTE: Do not try to preview a job with more than 64 pages, which may cause software problems.
To preview a job, first press the name of the job in the job queue. The front panel displays a page of
information about the job. Then press
NOTE: Previews may be blocked by an administrator, in which case you will not be able to see
them.
When the preview is displayed, you can press it to zoom in on it. Press it again to zoom out.
You can also press
to preview the previous job, or to preview the next job.
to see the preview.
Select when to print a job in the queue
NOTE: The When To Start Printing options cannot be used with PostScript jobs.
You can select at what point you want to print a file you have in the queue. Press , then , then
Setup > Job management options > When to start printing.
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There are three options you can select:
When After Processing is selected, the printer waits until the whole page has been processed
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and then it starts to print. This is the slowest setting but ensures the best print quality in large or
complex prints.
When Immediately is selected, the printer prints the page as it is processed. This is the quickest
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setting, but the printer may stop halfway through a print to process data. This setting is not
recommended for complex images with dense color.
When Optimized is selected (this is the default setting), the printer calculates the best time to
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begin printing the page. It is usually the best compromise between the After Processing and
Immediately settings.
Prioritize a job in the queue
You can select a job in the queue and make it the next one to be printed. After selecting the job, press
Move to front.
If nesting is turned on (T1300 series only), the prioritized job may still be nested with others. If you
really want this job to be printed next, and not nested with others, first turn nesting off and then move it
to the front of the queue as described above.
In the following cases, the Move to front button is not displayed:
The job is already at the front of the queue.
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The job is on hold—in this case the Resume printing button is displayed instead.
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The job has finished—in this case the Reprint button is displayed instead.
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The job has some error condition.
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Pause a job in the queue
If you select the job in the queue that is currently printing, you will see a Pause button, which you can
press to pause printing. The Pause button then changes to a Resume button, which you can press to
resume printing.
Alternatively, you can press the Options button at the top right of the job queue screen, and then
press Pause printing.
Reprint a job from the queue
To reprint an already-printed job, select the job from the queue, then select Reprint.
When reprinting a print job, you cannot change the print settings, because the job has already been
rasterized.
Job queue
Delete a job from the queue
Under normal circumstances, there is no need to delete a job from the queue after printing it, as it will
just fall off the end of the queue as more files are sent. However, if you have sent a file in error, and
want to avoid printing it, you can simply select the job and then press Delete.
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In the same way, you can delete a job that has not been printed yet.
If the job is currently being printed (its status is printing), you can press Cancel and then Delete.
Delete all jobs
To delete all jobs in a queue, press the Options button at the top right of the job queue screen, and
then press Delete all jobs.
NOTE: If an administrator password has been set, it will be required.
Turn off the job queue
To turn off the job queue, press , then , then Setup > Job management options >
Enable queue > Off.
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The job queue in the Embedded Web Server or HP Utility (T1300 series)
The HP Utility provides a different way of accessing the Embedded Web Server's job management
facilities, but the facilities are exactly the same whether you use the Embedded Web Server or the HP
Utility.
To see the queue in the Embedded Web Server, select Job queue in the Main tab.
Job queue page
By default, access to the job queue is open to all users. An administrator can set a password so that
users are required to enter a password for:
Seeing job previews
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Canceling or deleting jobs
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The job queue page shows all jobs that are available in the print queue. The print queue includes jobs
that are being received, parsed, rendered, printed and already printed.
The Embedded Web Server displays the following information for each print job:
Preview: Click the icon to see the job preview. The job preview is available once the job is
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processed.
File name: Click the file name to see the properties of the job.
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Status: Gives the current job status.
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Pages: Number of pages in the job.
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Copies: Number of copies printed.
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Date: Date and time the printer received the job.
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User: The user's name.
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Jobs in the queue can be sorted by any of the information items (except Preview) by clicking on the title
of the corresponding column. You can perform the following operations on one or all jobs in the queue:
Cancel: Cancels the selected jobs. You are asked to confirm before the job is canceled. The job
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remains stored in the printer, but will not be printed unless you click Reprint.
Hold: Holds the select jobs until you click Continue to print.
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Continue: All selected jobs, which are on hold, continue printing.
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Reprint: Prints more copies of a job. Type the number of copies (default 1, maximum 99) and
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click Print.
Move to front: Sends all selected jobs to the top of the job queue.
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Delete: Deletes selected jobs from the job queue. You are asked to confirm before the job is
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deleted.
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NOTE: The Delete operation can be disabled by an administrator.
Refresh: Refreshes the page, ensuring the information is updated.
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NOTE: The job queue page does not automatically update.
Job preview
The printer generates a JPEG file for each incoming job, which can be displayed as a preview of the
job. Job preview is available once the job is processed.
NOTE: Do not try to preview a job with more than 64 pages, which may cause software problems.
To reach the preview page, click the magnifying glass icon, which appears in the Preview column on
the job queue page. The preview page shows the following job details along with a thumbnail preview
of the job:
File name: The file name of the job.
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Loaded paper: The type of paper loaded in the printer.
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Job dimensions: The dimensions of the job.
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Job queue
Select when to print a job in the queue
To see a larger preview of the job, click either the job thumbnail or the magnifying glass icon, which
appears on the right-hand side of the printer image.
NOTE: Browsers without the Adobe Flash plug-in show the job image as yellow shaded. Browsers
that have the Adobe Flash plug-in version 7 and above show an enhanced preview of the job image
inside the paper loaded in the printer.
NOTE: The When To Start Printing options cannot be used with PostScript jobs.
You can select at what point you want to print a file you have in the queue. Select the Setup tab, then
Printer settings > Start printing.
There are three options you can select:
When After Processing is selected, the printer waits until the whole page has been processed
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and then it starts to print. This is the slowest setting but ensures the best print quality in large or
complex prints.
When Immediately is selected, the printer prints the page as it is processed. This is the quickest
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setting, but the printer may stop halfway through a print to process data. This setting is not
recommended for complex images with dense color.
When Optimized is selected (this is the default setting), the printer calculates the best time to
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begin printing the page. It is usually the best compromise between the After Processing and
Immediately settings.
Prioritize a job in the queue
You can select any job in the queue and make it the next one to be printed. After selecting the job,
click Reprint.
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If nesting is turned on, the prioritized job may still be nested with others. If you really want this job to
be printed next, and not nested with others, first turn nesting off and then move it to the front of the
queue as described above.
Delete a job from the queue
Under normal circumstances, there is no need to delete a job from the queue after printing it, as it will
just fall off the end of the queue as more files are sent. However, if you have sent a file in error, and
want to avoid printing it, you can simply select the job and then select Delete.
In the same way, you can delete a job that has not been printed yet.
If the job is currently being printed (its status is printing), you can select Cancel and then Delete.
Reprint or copy a job in the queue
To reprint or make extra copies of any job in the queue, select the job in the Embedded Web Server
and click the Reprint icon, then specify the number of copies you want. The job will be moved to the
top of the queue. To make more than one print of a non-printed job in the queue from the front panel,
select the job and choose Copies, then specify the number of copies required. This overrides any value
set by your software.
NOTE: If Rotate was On when you sent the file, every copy will be rotated.
NOTE: You cannot use this method for PCL3GUI jobs. To reprint old jobs that are PCL3GUI, you may
be able to use your operating system's printer spooler, if you have already set the spooler to save old
jobs. This facility depends on your operating system.
NOTE: When reprinting a print job, you cannot change the print settings, because the job has
already been rasterized.
Job status messages
These are the possible job status messages, approximately in the order in which they may be seen:
Receiving: the printer is receiving the job from the computer
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Waiting to process: the job has been received by the printer and is waiting to be rendered (for
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jobs submitted through the Embedded Web Server only)
Processing: the printer is parsing and rendering the job
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Preparing to print: the printer is performing writing system checks before printing the job
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Waiting to print: the job is waiting for the print engine to become free to proceed with printing
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Waiting for nest: the printer is set up with Nesting=On and is waiting for other jobs in order to
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On hold: the job was sent with the on hold for preview option and is on hold
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NOTE: Do not send a job for preview with more than 64 pages, this may cause the driver
software to crash.
NOTE: If the printer hangs up while printing a job, and the queue facility is turned on, the
partially printed job will appear in the queue as on hold when the printer is next turned on.
When you resume the job, it will start printing at the page at which it was interrupted.
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On hold for paper: the job can't be printed because the right paper is not loaded in the
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printer. Load the required paper, see
the job
On hold for accounting: the job can't be printed because the printer requires all jobs to have
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an account ID: enter the account ID and then click Continue to resume the job
TIP: To set an account ID, see Require account ID (T1300 series) on page 27.
Printing
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Drying
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Cutting paper
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Ejecting page
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Canceling: the job is being canceled, but will remain in the printer job queue
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Deleting: the job is being deleted from the printer
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Printed
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Canceled: the job has been canceled by the printer
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Canceled by user
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Paper handling on page 34, and click Continue to resume
Empty job: the job does not contain anything to print
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Reactivate a job on hold
When the printer puts a job on hold you receive an alert, see Alerts on page 183, which explains why
the job is on hold. Follow the instructions on the screen to remove the hold and continue printing.
Turn off the job queue
To turn off the job queue, select the Setup tab, then Printer settings > Job management >
Queue and select Off.
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9 Color management
Introduction
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How colors are represented
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A summary of the color management process
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Color calibration
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Color management from printer drivers
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Color management from printer drivers (PostScript printers)
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Color management from the Embedded Web Server (T1300 series)
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Color management
Introduction
Your printer has been engineered with advanced hardware and software features to ensure predictable
and dependable results.
Color calibration for consistent colors.
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One gray and two black inks provide neutral grays on all paper types.
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The Photo Black ink provides pure blacks when printing on photo papers.
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Color emulation of other HP Designjet printers.
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How colors are represented
All devices that display color use a color model to represent color in numerical terms. Most monitors
use the RGB (Red-Green-Blue) color model, while most printers use the CMYK (Cyan-Magenta-YellowblacK) color model.
An image can be converted from one color model to another, but in general the conversion is not
perfect. Your printer uses the RGB color model: the same color model that is used by your monitor.
This simplifies but does not completely solve the problem of matching colors. Each device represents
colors a little differently from another device, even if they use the same color model. However, software
can adjust the colors in an image according to the characteristics of the particular device, using a color
profile of the device, in order to achieve correct colors.
A summary of the color management process
To get the accurate and consistent colors that you want, you should follow these steps for each paper
type that you use.
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1. Color-calibrate the paper type, for consistent colors. Calibration should be repeated every now
and then (see
immediately before a particularly important print job for which color consistency is vital.
2. When printing, select the correct color preset for the paper type you are using.
Color calibration
Color calibration enables your printer to produce consistent colors with the particular printheads, inks
and paper type that you are using, and under your particular environmental conditions. After color
calibration, you can expect to get similar prints from any two different printers situated in different
geographical locations.
Some paper types cannot be calibrated. For all other paper types, calibration should be done in any of
the following circumstances:
Whenever a printhead is replaced
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Color calibration on page 76). In addition, you may wish to calibrate
Whenever a new paper type is introduced that has not yet been calibrated with the current set of
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Whenever the environmental conditions (temperature and humidity) change significantly
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You can check the color calibration status of the currently loaded paper at any time by pressing
and then on the front panel. The status may be one of the following:
Recommended: the paper has not been calibrated.
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NOTE: Whenever you update the printer's firmware, the color calibration status of all papers is
reset to Recommended.
Obsolete: the paper has been calibrated, but the calibration is now out of date because a
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printhead has been replaced, and should be repeated.
Done: the paper has been calibrated, and the calibration is up to date.
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Disabled: this paper cannot be calibrated.
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NOTE: Color calibration cannot be performed on plain paper, nor on any kind of transparent
material.
You can also check the color calibration status by using the HP Utility.
You can start color calibration in the following ways:
From the HP Utility for Windows: select Color Center > Calibrate paper, and choose the
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paper to be calibrated.
From the HP Utility for Mac OS: select Paper Preset Management from the HP Color Center
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group, choose the paper to be calibrated, press the
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From the front panel: press
color.
The calibration process is fully automatic and can be performed unattended after you have loaded
paper of the type you wish to calibrate—which should be A4 or any larger size. If you have more than
one roll loaded, the printer will ask which roll you want to use for the calibration.
The process takes about 3–5 minutes and consists of the following steps.
1. A calibration chart is printed, which contains patches of each ink used in your printer.
, then , then Image quality maintenance > Calibrate
button and select Calibrate Paper.
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2. The chart is allowed to dry for a period of time that depends on the paper type, so that the colors
have time to stabilize.
3. The chart is scanned and measured.
4. From the measurements, the printer calculates the necessary correction factors to apply for
consistent color printing on that paper type. It also calculates the maximum amount of each ink
that can be applied to the paper.
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Color management options
The aim of color management is to reproduce colors as accurately as possible on all devices: so that,
when you print an image, you see very similar colors as when you view the same image on your
monitor.
There are two basic approaches to color management for your printer:
Application-Managed Colors: in this case your application program must convert the colors
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of your image to the color space of your printer and paper type, using the ICC profile embedded
in the image and the ICC profile of your printer and paper type.
Printer-Managed Colors: in this case your application program sends your image to the
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printer without any color conversion, and the printer converts the colors to its own color space. The
details of this process depend on the graphics language that you are using.
PostScript (PostScript printers): the PostScript interpreter module performs the color
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conversion using the profiles stored in the printer and any additional profiles sent with the
PostScript job. This kind of color management is done when you are using the PostScript
driver and you specify printer color management or when you send a PostScript, PDF, TIFF or
JPEG file directly to the printer through the Embedded Web Server. In either case you have to
select the profiles to use as default (in case the job doesn't specify any) and the rendering
intent to apply.
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Color management
You are recommended to consult the Knowledge Center (see Knowledge Center on page 190) to see
how to use the color management options of your particular application.
To choose between Application-Managed Colors and Printer-Managed Colors:
In the Windows driver dialog: select the Color tab.
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In the Mac OS Print dialog: select the Color Options panel.
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Non-PostScript (PCL, RTL, HP-GL/2): the color management is done using a set of
stored color tables. ICC profiles are not used. This method is somewhat less versatile than the
alternatives, but is a little simpler and faster, and can produce good results with standard HP
paper types. This kind of color management is done when you are using a non-PostScript
driver and you specify printer color management, or when you send a PCL, RTL or HP-GL/2
file directly to the printer through the Embedded Web Server.
NOTE: There are only two color spaces that the printer can convert to its own color space
using the stored color tables: Adobe RGB and sRGB if you are using Windows, Adobe RGB
and ColorSync if you are using Mac OS.
ColorSync is the Mac OS built-in Color Management System; so, when you select ColorSync,
color management is performed by Mac OS, and it is done based on the ICC profiles of the
specified paper type. ColorSync is available with the PCL3GUI driver only.
ColorSync can be selected from the Color Matching panel.
In some applications: you can make this choice in the application.
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Printer emulation
If you want to print a particular job and to see approximately the same colors that you would get from
printing the same job on a different HP Designjet printer, you can use the emulation mode provided by
your printer.
NOTE: This option is available only when printing an HP-GL/2, PostScript or PDF job. It will work
correctly only when printing on plain, coated or heavyweight coated paper.
In the Windows HP-GL/2 or PostScript driver dialog: select the Color tab, then Printer
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Managed Colors, then select Printer Emulation from the Source Profile list. You can then
select from the Emulated Printer list.
In the Mac OS Print dialog (non-PostScript printers): select the Color Options panel,
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then Color Management > Printer, then select Printer Emulation from the Source Profile
list.
In the Mac OS Print dialog (PostScript printers): select the Color Options panel, then
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select from the Printer Emulation list.
Color adjustment options
The aim of color management is to print accurate colors. If you perform color management correctly,
then you should be able to print accurate colors with no need of any manual color adjustments.
However, manual adjustments may be useful in the following situations:
If your color management is not working correctly for some reason
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If you want colors that are subjectively pleasing rather than accurate
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The printer driver provides different adjustment facilities depending on whether you are printing in color
or in grayscale. If you are printing in pure black and white, there are no color adjustment options.
Printing in color
You can adjust the colors of your print in similar ways under Windows and Mac OS:
In the Windows driver dialog: select the Color tab, ensure that the Advanced color
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adjustments box is checked, then press the Settings button beside it.
In the Mac OS Print dialog (non-PostScript printers): select the Color Options panel,
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select Color from the Mode list, then press the Adjust button.
In the Mac OS PostScript Print dialog (PostScript printers): select the Color Options
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panel, select Color from the Mode list, then press the Adjust button.
Under either operating system, you will then be able to make adjustments using a lightness slider and
three color sliders.
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The lightness slider simply makes the whole print lighter or darker.
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The color sliders can be used to fade or emphasize each of the primary colors in the print. The
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primary colors may be red, green and blue; or cyan, magenta and yellow; depending on the
color model used in the image.
The Reset button restores each slider to its default central position.
Printing in grayscale
You can convert all colors in your image to shades of gray in the following ways:
In your application program: many programs provide this option.
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In the Windows driver dialog: go to the Color tab and look at the Color Options section.
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Select Print in Grayscale. You can also select Print in pure black and white if you want
only black and white, without gray shades.
In the Mac OS Print dialog (non-PostScript printers): go to the Color Options panel
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and select Grayscale from the Mode drop-down list. You can also select Pure Black and
White if you want only black and white, without gray shades.
In the Mac OS PostScript Print dialog (PostScript printers): go to the Color Options
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panel and select Grayscale from the Mode drop-down list. You can also select Pure Black
and White if you want only black and white, without gray shades.
On the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page (T1300 series): select Color, then
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set Color/Grayscale to Print In Grayscale. You can also select Pure Black and White if
you want only black and white, without gray shades.
You can adjust the gray balance of your print in similar ways under Windows and Mac OS:
In the Windows driver dialog: select the Color tab, ensure that the Advanced color
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adjustments box is checked, then press the Settings button beside it.
In the Mac OS Print dialog (non-PostScript printers): select the Color Options panel,
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select Grayscale from the Mode list, then press the Adjust button.
In the Mac OS PostScript Print dialog (PostScript printers): select the Color Options
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panel, select Grayscale from the Mode list, then press the Adjust button.
Under either operating system, you will then be able to make adjustments using separate controls for
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The lightness slider simply makes the whole print lighter or darker. This slider is available in the
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same window as the other grayscale controls.
The zone definition sliders can be used to define what you mean by highlight, midtone and
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shadow.
The other controls for highlight, midtone and shadow can be used to adjust the gray balance of
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highlights, midtones and shadows respectively.
The Reset button restores each control to its default setting.
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This facility is available when printing with the PostScript driver.
HP Professional PANTONE Emulation
When you use a named PANTONE color in an image, your application will normally send to the
printer a CMYK or RGB approximation to that color. But the application does not take the printer or the
paper type into account, it merely produces a generic approximation of the PANTONE color, which
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HP Professional PANTONE Emulation can do a much better job by taking into account the
characteristics of the printer and the paper type. The results look as similar to the original PANTONE
colors as is possible on a given printer using a given paper type. This technology is designed to
produce emulations similar to those set up manually by prepress professionals.
To use HP Professional PANTONE Emulation, all you have to do is to turn it on. In fact, it is normally on
by default.
In the Windows PostScript driver dialog: go to the Color tab and select HP
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Professional PANTONE Emulation.
In the Mac OS PostScript Print dialog: go to the Color Options panel and select HP
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Professional PANTONE Emulation.
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You can also use the Embedded Web Server to print a swatch book showing emulations of PANTONE
colors as made by your printer, together with a measure of the color difference (ΔE) between each
emulation and the original PANTONE spot color. So HP Professional PANTONE Emulation not only
provides the closest match that can be achieved on your printer; it also gives clear information on how
close the emulation is to the original spot color. See
on page 85.
Color emulation
Your printer can emulate the color behavior of other devices: RGB devices such as monitors, and
CMYK devices such as presses and printers.
You can set color emulation in the following ways:
In the Windows PostScript driver dialog: select the Color tab, and Printer Managed
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Colors.
In the Mac OS Print dialog: select the Color Options panel, then select Printer from the
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Color Management list.
For a good emulation, the printer needs a specification of the colors these devices can reproduce. The
standard way of encapsulating such information is in ICC profiles. As part of the solution, we provide
the most common standards for the different devices.
Printing PANTONE swatch books (T1300 PS)
The options are as follows.
CMYK color emulation
A traditional workflow defines color in the CMYK space. For best results, the colors must be adjusted to
the printer, because different printers will produce different colors from the same CMYK data. If the
image file you are printing was not created specifically for your printer, it will require some
readjustment, which can be done using one of the following options provided with your printer.
None (Native): no emulation. The printer will use its default internal conversion from CMYK to
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RGB, without following any color standard. This does not imply that results will be bad
ISO Coated 2-ECI is based on the characterization dataset FOGRA39L.txt, applicable to the
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following reference printing conditions according to the international standard ISO
12647-2:2004/Amd 1: commercial and specialty offset, paper type 1 and 2, gloss or matt
coated paper, positive plates, tone value increase curves A (CMY) and B (K), white backing.
Coated GRACoL 2006-ISO12647 provides GRACoL proofing and printing on Grade 1
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coated paper, ISO 12647-2 Paper type 1.
PSO Uncoated ISO12647-ECI is based on the characterization data set FOGRA47L.txt,
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applicable to the following reference printing condition according to the international standards
ISO 12647- 2:2004 and ISO 12647-2:2004/Amd 1:2007: commercial and specialty offset,
paper type 4, uncoated white paper, positive plates, tone value increase curves C (CMY) and D
(K), white backing.
PSO LWC Improved-ECI is based on the characterization data set FOGRA45L.txt, applicable
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to the following reference printing condition according to the international standards ISO
12647-2:2004 and ISO 12647-2:2004/Amd 1:2007: commercial and specialty offset,
improved LWC paper (light weight coating), positive plates, tone value increase curves B (CMY)
and C (K), white backing.
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Web Coated SWOP 2006 Grade 3 provides SWOP® proofing and printing on U.S. Grade
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3 coated publication paper.
Web Coated SWOP 2006 Grade 5 provides SWOP® proofing and printing on U.S. Grade
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5 coated publication paper.
U.S. Sheetfed Coated 2 uses specifications designed to produce quality separations using U.S.
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inks under the following printing conditions: 350% total area of ink coverage, negative plate,
bright white offset stock.
U.S. Sheetfed Uncoated 2 uses specifications designed to produce quality separations using
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U.S. inks under the following printing conditions: 260% total area of ink coverage, negative plate,
uncoated white offset stock.
U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) 2 uses specifications designed to produce quality separations
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using U.S. inks under the following printing conditions: 300% total area of ink coverage, negative
plate, coated publication-grade stock.
U.S. Web Uncoated 2 uses specifications designed to produce quality separations using U.S.
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inks under the following printing conditions: 260% total area of ink coverage, negative plate,
uncoated white offset stock.
Euroscale Uncoated 2 uses specifications designed to produce quality separations using
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Euroscale inks under the following printing conditions: 260% total area of ink coverage, positive
plate, uncoated white offset stock.
Japan Web Coated (Ad) uses specifications developed by the Japan Magazine Publisher
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Association for digital proofing of images in the Japanese magazine/advertising market.
Japan Color 2001 Coated uses the Japan Color 2001 specification for type 3 (coated) paper.
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It is designed to produce quality separations using 350% total ink coverage, positive film and
coated paper.
Japan Color 2001 Uncoated uses the Japan Color 2001 specification for type 4 (uncoated)
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paper. It is designed to produce quality separations using 310% total ink coverage, positive film
and uncoated paper.
Japan Color 2002 Newspaper uses the Japan Color 2002 for Newspapers specification. It
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is designed to produce quality separations using 240% total ink coverage, positive film and
standard newsprint paper.
Japan Color 2003 WebCoated is for type 3 coated paper. It is designed to produce quality
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separations for standard ISO printing using 320% total ink coverage, positive film, and coated
paper on heat-set web offset presses.
JMPA: Japanese standard for offset press.
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Toyo is designed to produce quality separations for Toyo printing presses.
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DIC is designed to produce quality separations for Dainippon Ink Company printing presses.
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NOTE: These options have no effect if the application is defining its own CMYK space, known as
calibrated CMYK or CIEBasedDEFG in PostScript terminology.
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RGB color emulation
Your printer is provided with the following color profiles:
None (Native): no emulation, for use when the color conversion is done by the application or
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operating system, and therefore the data arrive at the printer already color-managed.
sRGB IEC61966-2.1 emulates the characteristics of the average PC monitor. This standard
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space is endorsed by many hardware and software manufacturers, and is becoming the default
color space for many scanners, printers and software applications.
ColorMatch RGB emulates the native color space of Radius Pressview monitors. This space
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provides a smaller gamut alternative to Adobe RGB (1998) for print production work.
Apple RGB emulates the characteristics of the average Apple monitor, and is used by a variety
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of desktop publishing applications. Use this space for files that you plan to display on Apple
monitors, or for working with old desktop publishing files.
Adobe RGB (1998) provides a fairly large gamut of RGB colors. Use this space if you need to
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do print production work with a broad range of colors.
Color management from the Embedded Web Server (T1300 series)
Submit Job options
When you send jobs to the printer using the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page, you have
the following color management options.
If you leave an option set to Default, the setting saved in the job will be used. If the job contains no
setting, the front-panel setting in the printer will be used.
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Color/Grayscale: you can choose to print in color, in shades of gray or in pure black and
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white.
Default RGB source profile: you can choose from a selection of RGB source profiles
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recognized by the printer.
Printer emulation: you can choose to emulate a different HP Designjet printer. Default: Off (no
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printer emulation).
T1300 PS options (with PostScript or PDF jobs)
Default CMYK source profile: you can choose from a selection of CMYK source profiles
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recognized by the printer. Default: US Coated SWOP v2.
Rendering intent: you can select the rendering intent.
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Black point compensation: you can turn black point compensation on or off.
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HP Professional PANTONE Emulation: you can turn HP Professional PANTONE Emulation
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Rendering intent
Rendering intent is one of the settings used when doing a color transformation. As you probably know,
some of the colors you want to print may not be reproducible by the printer. The rendering intent allows
you to select one of four different ways of handling these so-called out-of-gamut colors.
Saturation (graphics): best used for presentation graphics, charts or images made up of
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bright, saturated colors.
Perceptual (images): best used for photographs or images in which colors blend together. It
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tries to preserve the overall color appearance.
Relative colorimetric (proofing): best used when you want to match a particular color. This
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method is mainly used for proofing. It guarantees that, if a color can be printed accurately, it will
be printed accurately. The other methods will probably provide a more pleasing range of colors
but do not guarantee that any particular color will be printed accurately. It maps the white of the
input space to the white of the paper on which you are printing.
Absolute colorimetric (proofing): the same as relative colorimetric, but without mapping the
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white. This rendering is also used mainly for proofing, where the goal is to simulate the output of
one printer (including its white point).
Perform black point compensation
The black point compensation option controls whether to adjust for differences in black points when
converting colors between color spaces. When this option is selected, the full dynamic range of the
source space is mapped into the full dynamic range of the destination space. It can be very useful in
preserving shadows when the black point of the source space is darker than that of the destination
space. This option is allowed only when the Relative colorimetric rendering intent is selected (see
Rendering intent on page 85).
Printing PANTONE swatch books (T1300 PS)
You can use the Embedded Web Server or the HP Utility to print a swatch book showing emulations of
PANTONE colors as made by your printer, together with a measure of the color difference (ΔE)
between each emulation and the original PANTONE spot color.
To print a swatch book, select the Embedded Web Server's Main tab, then HP Professional
PANTONE Emulation. Select the PANTONE stock to emulate, and one or more strips of PANTONE
colors that you want to print. You can select color strips from more than one PANTONE stock. When
you have selected all the colors you want, press the Next button. The next window displays your
selection; you can press Print to print that selection, or Back to change the selection.
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Color management from the front panel
You can color-calibrate the loaded paper type from the front panel by pressing , then , then
Image quality maintenance > Calibrate color. See
Color calibration on page 76.
The other color options in the front panel can all be found by pressing
Printing preferences > Color options.
NOTE: These front panel settings can all be overridden by the printer driver or (with the T1300
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T1300 PS options (with PostScript or PDF jobs)
series) Embedded Web Server job submission settings.
Color/Grayscale: you can choose to print in color or in shades of gray. Default: Print in
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color.
Select RGB source profile: you can choose from a selection of RGB source profiles recognized
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by the printer. Default: sRGB (HP).
Emulate printer: you can choose to emulate a different HP Designjet printer. Default: Off (no
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printer emulation).
TIP: If you have old HP-GL/2 or PostScript files made for a different HP Designjet printer, you
can send them to the printer and use the front panel to turn on the appropriate emulation mode.
Select CMYK source profile: you can choose from a selection of CMYK source profiles
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recognized by the printer. Default: US Coated SWOP v2.
, then , then Setup >
Select rendering intent: you can select the rendering intent. Default: Perceptual.
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Black point compensation: you can turn black point compensation on or off. Default: On.
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HP Professional PANTONE Emulation: you can turn HP Professional PANTONE Emulation
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on or off. Default: On.
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10 Practical printing examples
Print a draft for revision with the correct scale
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Print a project
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Print a presentation
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Print and scale from Microsoft Office
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Print a draft for revision with the correct scale
This section demonstrates how to print a draft for revision with the correct scale from Adobe Acrobat.
Using Adobe Acrobat
1. In the Acrobat window, bring the mouse cursor to the bottom left corner of the document pane to
check the plot size.
2. Select File > Print and ensure that Page Scaling is set to None.
NOTE: The page size will not be automatically selected according to the drawing size.
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3. Press the Properties button and then select the Paper/Quality tab.
4. Choose whatever Document Size and Print Quality you want to use. If you want to define a
new custom paper size, press the Custom button.
5. Select the Features tab, and then Autorotate.
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6. Click OK, and check that the print preview in the Print dialog box seems correct.
Print a project
This section demonstrates how to print a project from AutoCAD and the Embedded Web Server.
Using AutoCAD
1. The AutoCAD window can show a model or layout. Normally a layout is printed rather than the
model.
2. Click the Plot icon at the top of the window.
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3. The Plot window opens.
4. You can see further options by pressing the circular button in the lower right corner of the window.
NOTE: The Quality option here does not refer to the final print quality but to the quality of
AutoCAD viewport objects that are sent for printing.
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