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... 29 Manage Prints (continued) Making Copies of a Job in the Queue 30 Avoiding Paper Waste by Nesting Pages 31 Replace Ink Cartridges and Printheads 33 Replacing Ink Cartridges 35 Replacing Printheads 38 Load a Sheet of Paper 47 Unloading a Sheet of Paper 54 Load a Roll of Paper 55 Installing a New Roll on the...
... 29 Manage Prints (continued) Making Copies of a Job in the Queue 30 Avoiding Paper Waste by Nesting Pages 31 Replace Ink Cartridges and Printheads 33 Replacing Ink Cartridges 35 Replacing Printheads 38 Load a Sheet of Paper 47 Unloading a Sheet of Paper 54 Load a Roll of Paper 55 Installing a New Roll on the...
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... → Graphic language→ Automatic [HP Designjet 800 series printers only] → Page format→ Size→ Automatic → PS settings→ Encoding→ → Print quality→ Automatic Best → Advanced options→ Best quality settings → PS settings→ Encoding→ Binary → Color settings→ Color/Monochrome→ True Black → Front...
... → Graphic language→ Automatic [HP Designjet 800 series printers only] → Page format→ Size→ Automatic → PS settings→ Encoding→ → Print quality→ Automatic Best → Advanced options→ Best quality settings → PS settings→ Encoding→ Binary → Color settings→ Color/Monochrome→ True Black → Front...
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...; Color/Monochrome→ Grayscale → Help → Graphic Language→ HP-GL/2 [HP Designjet 800 series printers only] → HP-GL/2 settings → I/O setup→ Card ID→ HW address (depends on card) → I/O setup → I/O setup→ I/O timeout → Image quality 15 (Troubleshooting) → Advanced options→ Optimize for→ Images → Information (ink cartridges, printheads...
...; Color/Monochrome→ Grayscale → Help → Graphic Language→ HP-GL/2 [HP Designjet 800 series printers only] → HP-GL/2 settings → I/O setup→ Card ID→ HW address (depends on card) → I/O setup → I/O setup→ I/O timeout → Image quality 15 (Troubleshooting) → Advanced options→ Optimize for→ Images → Information (ink cartridges, printheads...
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...setup→ Card ID→ IP address (depends on card) → Page format→ Size→ ISO sizes → Graphic Language [HP Designjet 800 series printers only] → Front Panel→ Language (national) → Load roll 58 → Load sheet 47 → Page format→ Size...→ JIS sizes Job management Queue/copies→ Job name (and number of copies) [printers with formatter card only] → → Drying time→ → Log (printheads, errors) Manual 17 Select paper ( Media) type Alphabetical List of Front-Panel Menus 11
...setup→ Card ID→ IP address (depends on card) → Page format→ Size→ ISO sizes → Graphic Language [HP Designjet 800 series printers only] → Front Panel→ Language (national) → Load roll 58 → Load sheet 47 → Page format→ Size...→ JIS sizes Job management Queue/copies→ Job name (and number of copies) [printers with formatter card only] → → Drying time→ → Log (printheads, errors) Manual 17 Select paper ( Media) type Alphabetical List of Front-Panel Menus 11
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...8594; HP-GL/2 settings→ Define palette→...→ Pen width, color → Color settings→ Rendering intent→ Perceptual → Graphic Language→ PostScript [HP Designjet 800ps printers only] → Queue/copies→ # Jobname→ 25 Print cancel [HP Designjet 800 series printers only] ... Page format→ Size→ Printed area - see Inked area → Printer information → Information→ Printheads → → PS settings→ (PostScript) Printheads (align, 38 replace) PS scale Alphabetical List of Front-Panel Menus 13
...8594; HP-GL/2 settings→ Define palette→...→ Pen width, color → Color settings→ Rendering intent→ Perceptual → Graphic Language→ PostScript [HP Designjet 800ps printers only] → Queue/copies→ # Jobname→ 25 Print cancel [HP Designjet 800 series printers only] ... Page format→ Size→ Printed area - see Inked area → Printer information → Information→ Printheads → → PS settings→ (PostScript) Printheads (align, 38 replace) PS scale Alphabetical List of Front-Panel Menus 13
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... images (Troubleshooting) → Queue 27 (on/off) [HP Designjet 800 series printers only] → Queue/ 27 copies [HP Designjet 800 series printers only] → Advanced options→ Fast quality settings→Reduced speed [HP Designjet 800 series printers only] → Color settings→ Rendering intent → Replace ink 38 cartridges → Replace 38 printheads → Queue/copies→ Reprints/ 30 # Jobname...
... images (Troubleshooting) → Queue 27 (on/off) [HP Designjet 800 series printers only] → Queue/ 27 copies [HP Designjet 800 series printers only] → Advanced options→ Fast quality settings→Reduced speed [HP Designjet 800 series printers only] → Color settings→ Rendering intent → Replace ink 38 cartridges → Replace 38 printheads → Queue/copies→ Reprints/ 30 # Jobname...
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... the four colored inks that place minute droplets of ink onto the paper. An Ink Cartridge The printheads are the components that are used for printing. They are special nonprinting components required only before installing the printer. A Printhead Note: Setup printheads are located ...under the main window at the top of the printer. Ink Cartridges: Your printer uses HP No. 10 Black and HP No. 82 Cyan, Magenta and Yellow Printheads: Your printer uses HP No. 11 Black, Cyan, Magenta...
... the four colored inks that place minute droplets of ink onto the paper. An Ink Cartridge The printheads are the components that are used for printing. They are special nonprinting components required only before installing the printer. A Printhead Note: Setup printheads are located ...under the main window at the top of the printer. Ink Cartridges: Your printer uses HP No. 10 Black and HP No. 82 Cyan, Magenta and Yellow Printheads: Your printer uses HP No. 11 Black, Cyan, Magenta...
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If you find problems with which you need replacing so often, only when problems of Printheads and Ink Cartridges 34 Ink Cartridges and Printheads Location of image quality occur. Printheads should not need to change ink cartridges depends on page 16 in The Problem Is...Image Quality in this Pocket Guide. The frequency with the image quality, follow the procedure on the workload of your HP Designjet printer.
If you find problems with which you need replacing so often, only when problems of Printheads and Ink Cartridges 34 Ink Cartridges and Printheads Location of image quality occur. Printheads should not need to change ink cartridges depends on page 16 in The Problem Is...Image Quality in this Pocket Guide. The frequency with the image quality, follow the procedure on the workload of your HP Designjet printer.
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... may show up to the Cyan (•), Black (•), Magenta (•) and Yellow (•) cartridges. Flashing exclamation mark; replace ink cartridges and printheads Replacing Ink Cartridges If the printer detects that an ink cartridge needs replacing, you will see a message with four icons (explained below), referring from left to right to 1/8 full...
... may show up to the Cyan (•), Black (•), Magenta (•) and Yellow (•) cartridges. Flashing exclamation mark; replace ink cartridges and printheads Replacing Ink Cartridges If the printer detects that an ink cartridge needs replacing, you will see a message with four icons (explained below), referring from left to right to 1/8 full...
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... printer. 4 When all cartridges have been successfully installed the icons will see the front-panel message "HP ink cartridges successfully installed" Replacing Ink Cartridges 37 You will stop flashing; Colored labels on the ink cartridges must correspond with the same colored labels... on the front panel (or await the time-out). 5 Finally close the ink cartridge cover. replace ink cartridges and printheads...
... printer. 4 When all cartridges have been successfully installed the icons will see the front-panel message "HP ink cartridges successfully installed" Replacing Ink Cartridges 37 You will stop flashing; Colored labels on the ink cartridges must correspond with the same colored labels... on the front panel (or await the time-out). 5 Finally close the ink cartridge cover. replace ink cartridges and printheads...
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...page 16 on the reverse of this example, three of the printheads are faulty, the front panel shows three or four flashing question marks. 2 Select Information and press Enter. 3 Select Printheads and press Enter. If the printer is unable to the Cyan (•), Black (•), Magenta ...(•) and Yellow (•) printheads. You can then call up the information about any of the printheads by four icons, referring from the main front...
...page 16 on the reverse of this example, three of the printheads are faulty, the front panel shows three or four flashing question marks. 2 Select Information and press Enter. 3 Select Printheads and press Enter. If the printer is unable to the Cyan (•), Black (•), Magenta ...(•) and Yellow (•) printheads. You can then call up the information about any of the printheads by four icons, referring from the main front...
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Replacing Printheads 39 Then open the window and locate the carriage assembly. 2 Select Replace Printheads and press Enter. replace ink cartridges and printheads Follow these Steps to Replace Printheads 1 From the main front-panel menu, select Ink System ( ) and press Enter. 3 Wait for the front panel to display "Open window to replace printheads".
Replacing Printheads 39 Then open the window and locate the carriage assembly. 2 Select Replace Printheads and press Enter. replace ink cartridges and printheads Follow these Steps to Replace Printheads 1 From the main front-panel menu, select Ink System ( ) and press Enter. 3 Wait for the front panel to display "Open window to replace printheads".
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this latch up out of the way during the next steps. 5 Lift up the printhead cover; You may need to hold this will give you access to the printheads. 40 Replacing Printheads 4 Release the latch on the printhead cover.
this latch up out of the way during the next steps. 5 Lift up the printhead cover; You may need to hold this will give you access to the printheads. 40 Replacing Printheads 4 Release the latch on the printhead cover.
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Replacing Printheads 41 replace ink cartridges and printheads 6 To remove a printhead, lift up the blue handle. 7 With controlled force, pull the blue handle upwards until the printhead is released from the carriage assembly.
Replacing Printheads 41 replace ink cartridges and printheads 6 To remove a printhead, lift up the blue handle. 7 With controlled force, pull the blue handle upwards until the printhead is released from the carriage assembly.
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8 Remove the tape from the new printheads. 9 Insert a new printhead, ensuring that the colored label on the printhead corresponds to that on the printhead slot. 42 Replacing Printheads
8 Remove the tape from the new printheads. 9 Insert a new printhead, ensuring that the colored label on the printhead corresponds to that on the printhead slot. 42 Replacing Printheads
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replace ink cartridges and printheads 10 When you have replaced all printheads that need replacing, pull the printhead cover down over the printheads. 11 Close the latch on the printhead cover by catching the hook over the latch and moving the handle towards the back. Replacing Printheads 43
replace ink cartridges and printheads 10 When you have replaced all printheads that need replacing, pull the printhead cover down over the printheads. 11 Close the latch on the printhead cover by catching the hook over the latch and moving the handle towards the back. Replacing Printheads 43
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...printheads, the printer checks that they are all functioning correctly; Then the printhead alignment procedure starts, see the front-panel message "HP No. 11 printheads successfully installed". You can start the procedure yourself, for normal use) or Special (which takes about 44 Replacing Printheads Aligning Printheads The printhead... paper jam, as follows: 1 From the main front-panel menu, select Ink System ( ) and press Enter. 2 Select Align Printheads and press Enter. 12 Finally close the window. this may take several minutes to perform. You will take about 4½ minutes, ...
...printheads, the printer checks that they are all functioning correctly; Then the printhead alignment procedure starts, see the front-panel message "HP No. 11 printheads successfully installed". You can start the procedure yourself, for normal use) or Special (which takes about 44 Replacing Printheads Aligning Printheads The printhead... paper jam, as follows: 1 From the main front-panel menu, select Ink System ( ) and press Enter. 2 Select Align Printheads and press Enter. 12 Finally close the window. this may take several minutes to perform. You will take about 4½ minutes, ...
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... cartridges and printheads 11 minutes and can discover what paper the ink system is optimized. Standard alignment requires paper of the paper); the printer will tell you if you use the Color Calibration routine to ensure that occur with the paper. Color Calibration Color calibration is ...types are made. When new printheads have been installed, we recommend you load the wrong type. Replacing Printheads 45 Special alignment requires paper of at least A4/ Letter-size, loaded in landscape mode. Among those supported are: Bright White Inkjet Paper, Coated Paper, Heavy Coated...
... cartridges and printheads 11 minutes and can discover what paper the ink system is optimized. Standard alignment requires paper of the paper); the printer will tell you if you use the Color Calibration routine to ensure that occur with the paper. Color Calibration Color calibration is ...types are made. When new printheads have been installed, we recommend you load the wrong type. Replacing Printheads 45 Special alignment requires paper of at least A4/ Letter-size, loaded in landscape mode. Among those supported are: Bright White Inkjet Paper, Coated Paper, Heavy Coated...
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3 Choose Status and press Enter. You will see something like the following: 5 The printer will print and use a small calibration pattern to ensure an optimal match between the paper and the ink. 4 If the paper loaded is not as shown, choose Calibrate paper. 46 Replacing Printheads
3 Choose Status and press Enter. You will see something like the following: 5 The printer will print and use a small calibration pattern to ensure an optimal match between the paper and the ink. 4 If the paper loaded is not as shown, choose Calibrate paper. 46 Replacing Printheads
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The other information about HP Designjet printers, associated software and support on the HP Web site at: www.hp.com/go/designjet See the on-line User's Reference Guide, which is Jammed 3 No Output or Very Slow Output 7 Unexpected Output 11 Image Quality 15... this Pocket Guide contains information about using your HP Designjet 500 or 800 Series printer. Paper is on the Using Your Printer CD, for further information about how to: • Navigate the Front Panel (page 4) • Manage Prints (page 25) • Replace Ink Cartridges and Printheads (page 33) • Load/Unload Sheet Media...
The other information about HP Designjet printers, associated software and support on the HP Web site at: www.hp.com/go/designjet See the on-line User's Reference Guide, which is Jammed 3 No Output or Very Slow Output 7 Unexpected Output 11 Image Quality 15... this Pocket Guide contains information about using your HP Designjet 500 or 800 Series printer. Paper is on the Using Your Printer CD, for further information about how to: • Navigate the Front Panel (page 4) • Manage Prints (page 25) • Replace Ink Cartridges and Printheads (page 33) • Load/Unload Sheet Media...