HP Designjet Z6100 Printer series
Short turnaround times
Let this exceptionally fast printer handle peak workloads,
last-minute requests, or real-time changes.
• Print at extremely high speeds. HP Double Swath
technology and the first-ever HP Optical Media
Advance Sensor give you a wide print swath and
extremely accurate printing for great results at
exceptionally high speeds.
• Benefit from unattended printing. High volume,
unattended printing—even overnight—is easy,
thanks to Original HP jumbo-length rolls up
to 574 ft. long.
• Skip the interruptions. High-capacity 775 ml
Original HP 91 Ink Cartridges with HP Vivera
pigment inks mean even fewer stops and starts
in your printing.
Outstanding image quality
Achieve vivid color and exceptional fade resistance
with Original HP Vivera pigment inks.
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• Discover vivid color. Eight Original HP Vivera
pigment inks deliver a wide color gamut with
true neutral grays for outstanding image quality
and detail.
• Get lasting quality. Interior display prints produced
with Original HP Vivera pigment inks resist fading in
or near a window for more than one year unlaminated,
more than three years laminated and more than
200 years away from direct sun.
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• Choose the media you need. Attain outstanding
quality on a wide variety of Original HP media
types including photo, matte, banner, fine-art, and
technical and graphic media and films.
• Produce prints fast without sacrificing quality. HP’s
innovative printhead design delivers accurate, small
drop sizes, enabling high-quality, high-speed printing.
• Print using the HP Designjet system for best results.
HP printers, HP Vivera pigment inks and Original HP
media are developed together as a system to deliver
optimal print quality and reliability.
Breakthrough color accuracy
Get consistent results print to print and printer to printer
with HP’s advanced closed-loop color calibration.
• Count on consistent colors. HP DreamColor
Technologies provide you reliable, accurate colors
every time you print regardless of fluctuating
environmental conditions.
• Easily add new media types and get accurate
color. The built-in spectrophotometer provides
breakthrough color accuracy and lets you create
ICC profiles in just 20 minutes for accurate profiling
and precision printer calibration.
• Create the best results every time. HP’s Advanced
Profiling Solution allows you to accurately calibrate
and profile colors. The HP Color Center provides
step-by-step instructions for adding new media,
calibrating and optimizing color output.
Easy-to-use job management tools
Increase your efficiency with more options.
• Track your supplies costs. Accounting features track
ink and media use to help you monitor costs on a
print-by-print basis.
• Change what you need, minus the hassle. Easily
adapt in real time by resetting job priorities, reprinting
stored jobs, and previewing before printing.
• Store jobs as long as you want. The 40 GB hard
disk adds security and convenience, allowing you
to keep submitted jobs on your printer.
From posters to photos, maps to fine art,
the HP Designjet Z6100 Printer series
delivers exceptional print speeds with
outstanding image quality and durability.
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Plus, with an embedded spectrophotometer
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and Original HP Vivera pigment inks,
you’ll get accurate, fade-resistant color
every time you print.
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Display-permanence rating for interior displays away from direct sunlight by HP Image Permanence Lab and by Wilhelm Imaging Research, Inc. on a range of HP media.
Water resistance and interior in-window display ratings by HP Image Permanence Lab on a range of HP media. For details: www.hp.com/go/supplies/printpermanence.
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With i1 Color Technology from GretagMacbeth.
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Printer series at a glance
HP Designjet Z6100 Printer:
• Choose from 42- or 60-inch models
• 256 MB RAM (42-inch), 512 MB RAM (60-inch)
• 40 GB hard disk
• Direct file submission of HP-RTL, HP-GL/2, CALS G4,
TIFF and JPEG files
HP Designjet Z6100ps Printer:
• Choose from 42- or 60-inch models
• Embedded Adobe
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PostScript 3 RIP
• 256 MB RAM (42-inch), 512 MB RAM (60-inch)
and 40 GB hard disk
• Direct file submission of HP-RTL, HP-GL/2, CALS G4,
TIFF, JPEG, PostScript, EPS and PDF files
Options:
• HP Designjet 42-inch Scanner
• 256 MB upgrade (available on 42-inch model)
• HP Advanced Profiler Solution
• Additional spindles for easy media swapping
• User maintenance kit
• Dual-mode take-up reel (standard on 60-inch;
optional on 42-inch models)
• Media bin (standard on 42-inch; optional on
60-inch models)
• USB or HP JetDirect network solutions
HP Designjet Z6100 Printer series
1. Roll feed accommodates
media rolls up to 575 ft
2. High-capacity 775 ml Original
HP 91 Ink Cartridges with HP
Vivera pigment ink supplies
3. Eight Original HP printheads
(two sets of four printheads)
4. Easy-to-reach, intuitive
front panel
5. Media stand and bin collect
drawings as they print
(standard on 42-inch printer)
6. Ethernet connection ensures
easy workgroup integration
7. EIO slot accommodates an
array of HP JetDirect options
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Printer shown is a 42-inch model
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HP System
HP Vivera pigment ink
Work with millions of color combinations across
a wide color gamut and wide range of media.
The Original HP Vivera pigment inks include the
HP three-black ink set that produces a broad range
of blacks, subtle transitions, true gray neutrality,
and rich black density. Exclusive Original HP Vivera
pigment ink formulations are delivered by HP 91
Printheads that are designed to achieve precise,
accurate placement of smaller drops at high speed.
Each printhead prints two colors of ink with 1,056
nozzles per color. Working together, these components
produce a range of vibrant colors, smooth neutral
gray transitions, crisp text, and fine line accuracy
for a wide color gamut, incredible detail, and
photo-image quality.
HP Media
Choose from more than 50 Original HP large-format
media substrates for a broad range of applications,
including bond, coated, photo and proofing papers;
technical and graphic papers and films; and backlit,
self-adhesive, banner and sign, fabric/textile and
fine arts printing materials. Original HP media is
designed together with HP Vivera pigment inks to
produce consistently outstanding image quality that
you can count on—from photo-quality images to
high-quality posters and banners to crisp line drawings.
HP Services
Want to ensure your printer is always available and
productive? Check out HP Care Pack Services for
installation and multi-year on-site services. Experts
are available with technical phone, web and on-site
services to make sure you get the most efficient use of
your printer. Competitively priced, flexible packages
let you select service levels, hours of coverage and
response times that meet your needs.
HP technology leadership
Outstanding speed
HP Double Swath technology provides breakthrough
speed and performance. The HP Designjet Z6100
Printer series includes two sets of four HP Vivera
pigment ink printheads, creating a wide print swath—
up to 1.8 inches—and a high firing frequency to deliver
prints with amazing speed.
The first-ever HP Optical Media Advance Sensor
allows you to print at top speeds and still get great
output results. This breakthrough technology improves
paper-advance control and accuracy, so the printer
can print at higher speeds across multiple environmental
conditions without impairing image quality.
Amazing color
The HP embedded spectrophotometer, with i1 Color
Technology from GretagMacbeth, is mounted on
the printer carriage for accurate printer calibration
measurements that deliver print-to-print and printer-toprinter color consistency. It revolutionizes professional
color workflows by systematically creating media profiles,
allowing users to automatically generate custom CMYK
ICC profiles for their preferred media. Also, with the
optional HP Advanced Profiling Solution, you can edit
and modify existing profiles and create RGB profiles.
HP DreamColor Technologies make it easy for you
to produce accurate, predictable and consistent
color across different printers, presses and media.
The HP Designjet Z6100 Printer series comes
equipped with HP DreamColor Technologies: HP
Professional PANTONE
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emulation, HP’s closed-loop
color calibration and automatic ICC profiling with
the HP embedded spectrophotometer and software.
The result? The HP Designjet Z6100 Printer series,
plus HP media and HP 91 Vivera pigment inks,
produce vivid and accurate color prints—print to
print and printer to printer.
High productivity
The HP Easy Printer Care Tool lets you easily
navigate through color-management, printing and
job-management workflows, and the HP Color Center
provides easy-to-use, step-by-step instructions on how
to add new media and calibrate the printer. Plus, the
HP Designjet Z6100ps printer’s accounting tool allows
you to easily track supplies use by job, while the job
submitter tool lets you submit your HP-RTL, HP-GL/2,
CALS G4, PostScript, PDF, TIFF, EPS and JPEG files
directly to the printer.
HP Optical Media Advance Sensor HP Embedded SpectrophotometerHP Vivera Pigment Inks HP Media HP Printhead
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Print speed
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Fast 720 ft2/hr (66.9 m2/hr), 42 sec/page on D/A1 (on coated paper)
252 ft2/hr (23.4 m2/hr), 2.1 min/page on D/A1 (on glossy paper)
Best 147 ft
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/hr (13.7 m2/hr), 3.3 min/page on D/A1 (on coated paper)
98 ft2/hr (9.1 m2/hr), 5 min/page on D/A1 (on glossy paper)
Maximum print speed 1134 f t2/hr (105.4 m2/hr), 35 sec/page on D/A1 (on plain paper)
Print resolution maximum 2400 x 1200 optimized dpi
Memory 42-inch models: 256 MB standard memory,
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40 GB hard disk
60-inch models: 512 MB standard memory, 40 GB hard disk
Media
Handling Roll feed
Types Bond and coated paper (bond, bright white bond, coated, heavyweight coated, super heavyweight
matte, colored); technical paper (natural tracing, translucent, vellum); film (clear, matte, polyester white
matte); photographic paper (gloss, semi-gloss, satin, RC matte); proofing paper (high-gloss, semi-gloss,
matte); backlit; self-adhesive (indoor paper, polypropylene, vinyl); banner and sign (display film, banner,
polypropylene, scrim, Tyvek, outdoor paper, billboard paper blue back); fabric (flag fabric, polyester, silk
satin); fine art printing material (satin canvas, matte canvas, canvas paper, aquarella, watercolor, smooth,
textured, litho-realistic)
Weight Up to 430 g/m2depending on media type
Size 42-inch models: 24- to 42-inch rolls
60-inch models: 24- to 60-inch rolls
Thickness Up to 22 mil
Maximum roll length 575 ft/175 m
Printing
Margins 0.2 x 0.2 x 0.2 x 0.2 inch/5 x 5 x 5 x 5 mm
Technology HP Thermal Inkjet
Ink cartridge colors(8) Cyan, magenta, matte black, photo black, yellow, light cyan, light gray, light magenta
Ink types Original HP Vivera pigment inks
Ink drop 4 pl (light cyan, light magenta, light gray, photo black), 6 pl (cyan, magenta, yellow, matte black)
Ink cartridge size 775 ml Original HP ink cartridges; HP 3-ink Cartridge Multipacks also available
Nozzles 2 colors per printhead, 1056 nozzles per color, 16,896 total nozzles
Minimum line width 0.003 in./0.067 mm
Line accuracy +/- 0.1%
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Maximum print length 575 ft/175 m (OS and application dependent)
Connectivity
Interfaces (standard) One EIO slot, Gigabit Ethernet
Interfaces (optional) HP Designjet high-speed USB 2.0 card, compatible HP JetDirect LAN cards
Print languages (standard) HP Designjet Z6100 Printer: HP-GL/2, HP-RTL, TIFF, JPEG, CALS G4; HP Designjet Z6100ps Printer: Adobe
PostScript Level 3, Adobe PDF 1.6, HP-GL/2, HP-RTL,TIFF, JPEG, CALS G4
Drivers (included) HP Designjet Z6100 Printer: HP-GL/2, HP-RTL Windows drivers, ADI driver for AutoCAD R14, support for
AutoCAD 200x, support for Citrix MetaFrame environments; HP Designjet Z6100ps Printer: HP-GL/2,
HP-RTL Windows drivers, PS Windows drivers, ADI driver for AutoCAD R14, support for AutoCAD 200x,
support for Citrix MetaFrame environments, PS driver for Mac OS X v 10.2.8, 10.3, 10.4
Environmental ranges
Operating temperature 41 to 104° F/5 to 40° C
Recommended operating
temperature 59 to 95° F/15 to 35° C
Storage temperature -13 to 131° F/-25 to 55° C
Operating humidity 20 to 80% RH
Acoustic
Sound pressure, active 51 dB(A)
Sound pressure, standby 38 dB(A)
Sound power, active 6.8 B(A)
Power consumption
Maximum 350 watts
Powe rs ave 21 wa tts
Off 0.4 watts
Power requirements Input voltage: 100 to 127 VAC (+/- 10%), 4 amp; 220 to 240 VAC (+/- 10%),
2 amp; 50/60 Hz (+/- 3 Hz); voltage autorange
Certification
Safety United States and Canada (CSA certified), EU (LVD and EN60950-1–compliant), Russia (GOST),
Singapore (PSB), China (CCC), Argentina (IRAM), Mexico (NYCE)
Electromagnetic Compliant with Class A requirements, including USA (FCC rules), Canada (DoC), EU (EMC Directive),
Australia (ACA), New Zealand (MoC), China (CCC), Japan (VCCI), Korea (MIC), Taiwan (BSMI)
Environmental ENERGY STAR
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qualified models; see: http://www.hp.com/go/energystar, EU WEEE,
and RoHS Directives
Warranty One-year limited hardware warranty; 8-hour, 5 days a week phone support
Service and support
Care packs 42-inch model 60-inch model
HP 3-Year Next Day Onsite Service H5504E UG731A
HP 4-Year Next Day Onsite Service H3615E UG732E
HP 5-Year Next Day Onsite Service H3616E UG733E
HP 1-Year Post-Warranty Next Day Onsite Service H4607PA/PE UG738PE/PA
HP Installation with Network Configuration Service H4518E H4518E
HP Color Expert Service 1-Year/1 case UF315E UF315E
HP Color Expert Service 1-Year/5 cases UF037E UF037E
For more information, visit our website at www.hp.com/go/designjetZ6100
Recommended system requirements
Macintosh Mac OS X v 10.2.8, 10.3, 10.4: 1 GHz PowerPC G4,
256 MB, 512 MB available hard disk space
Windows Microsoft Windows 2000, XP Home, XP Professional:
Pentium IV, 3 GHz, 1 GB RAM, 2 GB available hard disk
Dimensions (w x d x h)
Printer with stand 42-inch models
77.5 x 27.5 x 53 in./1970 x 700 x 1350 mm
60-inch models
97 x 27.5 x 53 in./2450 x 700 x 1350 mm
Shipping 42-inch models
89 x 29.5 x 47.9 in./2260 x 750 x 1216 mm
60-inch models
107.3 x 29.5 x 53.6 in./2725 x 750 x 1361 mm
Weight
Printer with stand 42-inch models: 192 lb/87 kg
60-inch models: 242.5 lb /110 kg
Shipping 42-inch models: 429.9 lb/195 kg
60-inch models: 564.4 lb/256 kg
What’s in the box
42-inch models: Printer, Original HP 91 Printheads (4 x 2 colors each), Original HP 91
Ink Cartridges (8 x 775 ml), Original HP Maintenance Cartridge, Original HP Media
roll, stand and basket (42 in.), maintenance kit, spindle, three-inch spindle adaptor kit,
quick reference guide, setup poster, startup DVD, customer service guide, power cord
60-inch models: Printer, Original HP 91 Printheads (4 x 2 colors each), Original HP 91
Ink Cartridges (8 x 775 ml), Original HP Maintenance Cartridge, Original HP Media
roll, stand (60 in.), take-up reel (60 in.), maintenance kit, spindle, three-inch spindle
adaptor kit, quick reference guide, setup poster, startup DVD, customer service guide,
power cord
HP Designjet Z6100 42-inch Take-Up Reel—What’s in the box
Spindle (42-in.), tubes, deflector, sensor module, right module, left module, hardware kit
Package dimensions 55.1 x 25.6 x 8.8 in./1400 x 650 x 224 mm
Package weight 27.8 lb/12.6 kg
HP Designjet Z6100 60-inch Media Bin—What’s in the box
Basket (60-inch), hardware kit, setup poster
Package dimensions 69.5 x 5.3 x 7.5 in./1766 x 135 x 190 mm
Package weight 8.8 lb/4 kg
HP Designjet Z6100 User Maintenance Kit—What’s in the box
Plate cleaning kit, carriage interconnect wiper kit, printhead carriage lubrication kit,
roller lubrication kit, maintenance absorber
Package dimensions 10.8 x 10.8 x 2 in./275 x 275 x 50 mm
Package weight 1.3 lb/570 g
Ordering information
Product
Q6651A HP Designjet Z6100 42-inch Printer
Q6652A HP Designjet Z6100 60-inch Printer
Q6653A HP Designjet Z6100ps 42-inch Printer
Q6654AHP Designjet Z6100ps 60-inch Printer
Accessories
Q1277A HP Designjet 42-inch Scanner
Q5673A HP Designjet 256 MB Memory Upgrade
Q5680AHP Designjet High Speed USB 2.0 Card
Q6695A HP Advanced Profiling Solution International
Q6701A HP Advanced Profiling Solution Asia Pacific
Q6706A HP Designjet Z6100 42-inch Take-Up Reel
Q6707A HP Designjet Z6100 42-inch Spindle
Q6708A HP Designjet Z6100 60-inch Spindle
Q6714A HP Designjet Z6100 60-inch Media Bin
Q6715A HP Designjet Z6100 User Maintenance Kit
J7997G HP Jetdirect 630n IPv6 Gigabit Print Server
J7961G HP Jetdirect 635n IPv6/IPsec Print Server
Printheads (4)
C9460A HP 91 Matte Black and Cyan Printhead
C9461A HP 91 Magenta and Yellow Printhead
C9462A HP 91 Light Magenta and Light Cyan Printhead
C9463A HP 91 Photo Black and Light Gray Printhead
C9518A HP 91 Maintenance Cartridge
Single ink cartridges (8)
C9464A HP 91 775-ml Matte Black Ink Cartridge
C9465A HP 91 775-ml Photo Black Ink Cartridge
C9466A HP 91 775-ml Light Gray Ink Cartridge
C9467A HP 91 775-ml Cyan Ink Cartridge
C9468A HP 91 775-ml Magenta Ink Cartridge
C9469A HP 91 775-ml Yellow Ink Cartridge
C9470A HP 91 775-ml Light Cyan Ink Cartridge
C9471A HP 91 775-ml Light Magenta Ink Cartridge
Ink cartridge multipacks (8)
C9480A HP 91 775-ml 3-ink Matte Black Cartridges Multipack
C9481A HP 91 775-ml 3-ink Photo Black Cartridges Multipack
C9482A HP 91 775-ml 3-ink Light Gray Cartridges Multipack
C9483A HP 91 775-ml 3-ink Cyan Cartridges Multipack
C9484A HP 91 775-ml 3-ink Magenta Cartridges Multipack
C9485A HP 91 775-ml 3-ink Yellow Cartridges Multipack
C9486A HP 91 775-ml 3-ink Light Cyan Cartridges Multipack
C9487A HP 91 775-ml 3-ink Light Magenta Cartridges Multipack
Media supplies
Q8757A HP Universal Instant-dry Semi-gloss Photo Paper 60 in. x 200 ft/1524 mm x 61 m
Q8756A HP Universal Instant-dry Gloss Photo Paper 60 in. x 200 ft/1524 mm x 61 m
Q8755A HP Universal Instant-dry Semi-gloss Photo Paper 42 in. x 200 ft/1067 mm x 61 m
Q8754A HP Universal Instant-dry Gloss Photo Paper 42 in. x 200 ft/1067 mm x 61 m
Q1956A HP Heavyweight Coated Paper 42 in. x 225 ft/1067 mm x 67.5 m
Q8751A HP Universal Inkjet Bond Paper 36 in. x 574 ft/914 mm x 175 m
More HP media offerings available at www.hp.com/go/designjet/supplies
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Mechanical printing time. Measured on a 60-in model.
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Expandable to 512 MB through a 256 MB Designjet-qualified DIMM
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± 0.1% of the specified vector length or ± 0.1 mm (whichever greater)
© 2007 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
HP Designjet Z6100 Printer series
Technical specifications
4AA1-1440ENUC, April 2007
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