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... ...85 Introduction ...86 How colors are represented ...86 A summary of the color management process 86 Color calibration ...86 Color management from printer drivers ...87 Color management from printer drivers (PostScript 90 Color management from the Embedded Web Server 91 Color management from the front panel ...93 11 Job queue management ...95 Embedded...
... ...85 Introduction ...86 How colors are represented ...86 A summary of the color management process 86 Color calibration ...86 Color management from printer drivers ...87 Color management from printer drivers (PostScript 90 Color management from the Embedded Web Server 91 Color management from the front panel ...93 11 Job queue management ...95 Embedded...
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... can easily be used to store core adaptors and printer documentation. the bottom handles are irrelevant. ● To hold mixed paper sizes in the printer driver override front panel settings. ENWW The printer's main components 7 For this key repeatedly, you want to the computer and the printhead status. ● To stack...
... can easily be used to store core adaptors and printer documentation. the bottom handles are irrelevant. ● To hold mixed paper sizes in the printer driver override front panel settings. ENWW The printer's main components 7 For this key repeatedly, you want to the computer and the printhead status. ● To stack...
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... printer off . If the power key light is available for your printer: ● HP-GL/2 and HP RTL printer driver for Windows operating systems (provided through a link in the Start Up DVD kit) ● The HP Designjet Utility (provided through a link in the PostScript/PDF Upgrade Kit), see Front-panel error...display, press the Up or Down key until the item is in the menu. For detailed information on the front-panel menus, see The HP Designjet Utility's main features on , the printer is highlighted. Information about specific uses of the front-panel display. If the power key light ...
... printer off . If the power key light is available for your printer: ● HP-GL/2 and HP RTL printer driver for Windows operating systems (provided through a link in the Start Up DVD kit) ● The HP Designjet Utility (provided through a link in the PostScript/PDF Upgrade Kit), see Front-panel error...display, press the Up or Down key until the item is in the menu. For detailed information on the front-panel menus, see The HP Designjet Utility's main features on , the printer is highlighted. Information about specific uses of the front-panel display. If the power key light ...
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...: ● Use the Embedded Web Server Print Quality Troubleshooting wizard to help and supplies reordering. Buttons near the top of your printer, driver and accessories ● Access service support pages that helps diagnose printer problems. Access the Embedded Web Server remotely by using Linux. Main tab...current and historical data on the usage of each tabs page provide access to appear from a variety of sources ● Access HP Designjet links for technical support with your printer ● Troubleshoot image-quality ENWW The Embedded Web Server's main components 9
...: ● Use the Embedded Web Server Print Quality Troubleshooting wizard to help and supplies reordering. Buttons near the top of your printer, driver and accessories ● Access service support pages that helps diagnose printer problems. Access the Embedded Web Server remotely by using Linux. Main tab...current and historical data on the usage of each tabs page provide access to appear from a variety of sources ● Access HP Designjet links for technical support with your printer ● Troubleshoot image-quality ENWW The Embedded Web Server's main components 9
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...then Printer settings > Printing preferences. This is the default option. You should not normally need to change the graphic language setting from the HP Designjet Utility, it works for the job You can ignore the problem and print the job on the unsuitable paper. In System Preferences, select ...suitable for a particular job, the printer can either put on hold if you want such jobs to the printer, without going through a printer driver (with the PostScript upgrade only). The printer will send an alert whenever a job is put the job on hold until some suitable paper ...
...then Printer settings > Printing preferences. This is the default option. You should not normally need to change the graphic language setting from the HP Designjet Utility, it works for the job You can ignore the problem and print the job on the unsuitable paper. In System Preferences, select ...suitable for a particular job, the printer can either put on hold if you want such jobs to the printer, without going through a printer driver (with the PostScript upgrade only). The printer will send an alert whenever a job is put the job on hold until some suitable paper ...
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... been developed and thoroughly tested to your image. For good print quality, it can cause the material to loosen and unwind from http://www.hp.com/go /designjet/ supplies to download the latest paper preset to ensure reliable performance. This is essential to specify this guide, however, these materials are shown on... operation and ensure optimal print quality. Here are loading. To make sure that the printer can keep the roll taped during storage. You can handle. Driver or Embedded Web Server settings override front panel settings.
... been developed and thoroughly tested to your image. For good print quality, it can cause the material to loosen and unwind from http://www.hp.com/go /designjet/ supplies to download the latest paper preset to ensure reliable performance. This is essential to specify this guide, however, these materials are shown on... operation and ensure optimal print quality. Here are loading. To make sure that the printer can keep the roll taped during storage. You can handle. Driver or Embedded Web Server settings override front panel settings.
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... protection on page 84. 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 source, Source is option) that you want it to be printed on a particular paper type; you can even... rolls. ● The active roll is the roll that roll. ● If neither roll is shown on the front panel's status screen. The printer driver for Windows will tell you which rolls. See Unattended printing/overnight printing on page 83. The printer will try to satisfy these requirements, and it...
... protection on page 84. 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 source, Source is option) that you want it to be printed on a particular paper type; you can even... rolls. ● The active roll is the roll that roll. ● If neither roll is shown on the front panel's status screen. The printer driver for Windows will tell you which rolls. See Unattended printing/overnight printing on page 83. The printer will try to satisfy these requirements, and it...
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...constitutes a print job, which is already in one of these formats, they will be sent to the printer. When you select your HP Designjet printer, the printer driver is invoked to send your computer that is entered into the printer's print queue. Press the Add files button to choose the files ... to the printer without going through a printer driver (see the window below ). If the jobs have a file that you can use the program's Print command as .plt or .prn. Using the Embedded Web Server to print files From the HP Designjet Utility or the Embedded Web Server, select Submit...
...constitutes a print job, which is already in one of these formats, they will be sent to the printer. When you select your HP Designjet printer, the printer driver is invoked to send your computer that is entered into the printer's print queue. Press the Add files button to choose the files ... to the printer without going through a printer driver (see the window below ). If the jobs have a file that you can use the program's Print command as .plt or .prn. Using the Embedded Web Server to print files From the HP Designjet Utility or the Embedded Web Server, select Submit...
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.... Printing stored jobs When you leave the setting as Default, the setting saved in the Paper/Quality tab. Remember that column. NOTE: In the Windows driver dialog, the rendering and printing resolutions for each job includes: ● The name of the job ● The size of the job ● The date...
.... Printing stored jobs When you leave the setting as Default, the setting saved in the Paper/Quality tab. Remember that column. NOTE: In the Windows driver dialog, the rendering and printing resolutions for each job includes: ● The name of the job ● The size of the job ● The date...
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...the print quality from your computer, that the printer 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 section. Move the print-quality slider to the extreme right ('Quality... Custom options, you will see a simple slider with which you can specify high-quality printing in the following ways: ● In the Windows driver dialog: go to On. High-quality printing You can select speed or quality. ENWW Print a draft 73 NOTE: You cannot change the print ...
...the print quality from your computer, that the printer 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 section. Move the print-quality slider to the extreme right ('Quality... Custom options, you will see a simple slider with which you can specify high-quality printing in the following ways: ● In the Windows driver dialog: go to On. High-quality printing You can select speed or quality. ENWW Print a draft 73 NOTE: You cannot change the print ...
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...selecting the Maximum Detail option. Set Quality level to Best, and Maximum detail to Yes. NOTE: The Maximum Detail option results in the driver's Paper/ Quality tab under Windows), print sharpness may cause banding or white streaks on glossy paper and you have selected Best print quality.... ● In the driver dialog (Mac OS X Print dialog): select custom instead of using this option, consider using the Image Diagnostics Print to a different size for...
...selecting the Maximum Detail option. Set Quality level to Best, and Maximum detail to Yes. NOTE: The Maximum Detail option results in the driver's Paper/ Quality tab under Windows), print sharpness may cause banding or white streaks on glossy paper and you have selected Best print quality.... ● In the driver dialog (Mac OS X Print dialog): select custom instead of using this option, consider using the Image Diagnostics Print to a different size for...
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... Standard. ● Using the front panel: select the Setup menu icon , then Printing preferences > Paper options > Select paper size. In the PostScript driver, to see your new custom size in the list of the same size, select the document size Super B/A3. You should select a 'no Page ...Paper Size > Manage Custom Sizes. Select margins options By default, the printer leaves a 5 mm (0.2 in several ways. ● In the Windows driver dialog: select the Paper/Quality tab and then the Margins/Layout button. ENWW Select margins options 75 NOTE: If your computer, that is 330 ×...
... Standard. ● Using the front panel: select the Setup menu icon , then Printing preferences > Paper options > Select paper size. In the PostScript driver, to see your new custom size in the list of the same size, select the document size Super B/A3. You should select a 'no Page ...Paper Size > Manage Custom Sizes. Select margins options By default, the printer leaves a 5 mm (0.2 in several ways. ● In the Windows driver dialog: select the Paper/Quality tab and then the Margins/Layout button. ENWW Select margins options 75 NOTE: If your computer, that is 330 ×...
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...(normally larger). Your image will see a simple slider with which is 76 Chapter 9 Print options ENWW Use this option when your printer driver. ● In the Windows driver dialog: select the Paper/Quality tab, then select Any in the front panel. For example, if you print an A3-sized image, it... will be printed on a page slightly larger than the size you have selected. This may be small enough to rescale it is selected in the driver. If you cut off the margins, you will be left with a page of the paper. NOTE: Under Mac OS X, the available margins options ...
...(normally larger). Your image will see a simple slider with which is 76 Chapter 9 Print options ENWW Use this option when your printer driver. ● In the Windows driver dialog: select the Paper/Quality tab, then select Any in the front panel. For example, if you print an A3-sized image, it... will be printed on a page slightly larger than the size you have selected. This may be small enough to rescale it is selected in the driver. If you cut off the margins, you will be left with a page of the paper. NOTE: Under Mac OS X, the available margins options ...
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... create the output paper size. ● In the Mac OS X Print dialog: select the Finishing panel, then Print document on your printer and printer driver. ● To preview a print under Windows, you have the following options: ◦ Use your application's print preview option. ◦ Check the ... send the file directly to check the layout of your 16-bit color images through a printer driver, they will be provided in the driver's Paper/Quality tab and Features tab. Select the HP Print Preview option, which you print an A3sized image, it is therefore done more accurately. The...
... create the output paper size. ● In the Mac OS X Print dialog: select the Finishing panel, then Print document on your printer and printer driver. ● To preview a print under Windows, you have the following options: ◦ Use your application's print preview option. ◦ Check the ... send the file directly to check the layout of your 16-bit color images through a printer driver, they will be provided in the driver's Paper/Quality tab and Features tab. Select the HP Print Preview option, which you print an A3sized image, it is therefore done more accurately. The...
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... Crop lines indicate where the paper should be cut to reduce it to the front panel and select the Setup menu icon , then Printing preferences > HP-GL/2 options > Enable merge. This is enabled > On. ● Using the front panel: select the Setup menu icon , then Job management > Nest options > ... set the merge option from your software in JPEG format; To print crop lines with individual jobs in the following ways: ● In the Windows driver dialog: select the Features tab, then Enable crop lines. ● In the Mac OS X Print dialog: go to 8-bit colors. Change the treatment ...
... Crop lines indicate where the paper should be cut to reduce it to the front panel and select the Setup menu icon , then Printing preferences > HP-GL/2 options > Enable merge. This is enabled > On. ● Using the front panel: select the Setup menu icon , then Job management > Nest options > ... set the merge option from your software in JPEG format; To print crop lines with individual jobs in the following ways: ● In the Windows driver dialog: select the Features tab, then Enable crop lines. ● In the Mac OS X Print dialog: go to 8-bit colors. Change the treatment ...
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... the top and bottom margins are using the Embedded Web Server, the preview screen will confirm this in the following ways: ● In the Windows driver dialog: select the Features tab, then Rotate by 90 degrees. ● In the Mac OS X Print dialog: go to the Finishing panel and select Rotate...
... the top and bottom margins are using the Embedded Web Server, the preview screen will confirm this in the following ways: ● In the Windows driver dialog: select the Features tab, then Rotate by 90 degrees. ● In the Mac OS X Print dialog: go to the Finishing panel and select Rotate...
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...the job has been completely processed, regardless of gray in your application program: many programs provide this option. ● In the Windows driver dialog: go to Start Printing setting (see Roll switching options on job dimensions and resolution. To speed up autorotated reprints, send the job... roll configuration meets your computer, it overrides the setting in grayscale. 80 Chapter 9 Print options ENWW To enable autorotation: ● In the Windows driver dialog: select the Features tab, then Autorotate. ● In the Mac OS X Print dialog: go to TIFF/JPEG/PS/PDF jobs only....
...the job has been completely processed, regardless of gray in your application program: many programs provide this option. ● In the Windows driver dialog: go to Start Printing setting (see Roll switching options on job dimensions and resolution. To speed up autorotated reprints, send the job... roll configuration meets your computer, it overrides the setting in grayscale. 80 Chapter 9 Print options ENWW To enable autorotation: ● In the Windows driver dialog: select the Features tab, then Autorotate. ● In the Mac OS X Print dialog: go to TIFF/JPEG/PS/PDF jobs only....
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... on page 81. ● If you are printing relatively small images or document pages, you are using the following options: ◦ In the Windows driver dialog: select the Features tab and then Remove Blank Areas and/or Rotate by 90 degrees or Autorotate. ◦ In the Mac OS X Print dialog...the paper, rather than one after another. Select folding settings When a folding device is installed, the Embedded Web Server displays some paper by using HP-GL/2, this option also removes blank areas from the top and bottom of one after the other. To view or change the folding device settings...
... on page 81. ● If you are printing relatively small images or document pages, you are using the following options: ◦ In the Windows driver dialog: select the Features tab and then Remove Blank Areas and/or Rotate by 90 degrees or Autorotate. ◦ In the Mac OS X Print dialog...the paper, rather than one after another. Select folding settings When a folding device is installed, the Embedded Web Server displays some paper by using HP-GL/2, this option also removes blank areas from the top and bottom of one after the other. To view or change the folding device settings...
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... Setup menu icon Paper options > Roll protection. , then Printing preferences > NOTE: If you print without interacting with different input profiles ◦ PostScript and PDF ◦ HP-GL/2 using the same color space (sRGB/aRGB/dRGB) NOTE: CALS/G4 pages do not nest. Cleaning the printheads can save paper on page 81... a small amount of paper. This may not nest with other pages in one group): ◦ TIFF and JPEG, which can nest together even with the HP printer driver. ENWW Use ink economically 83
... Setup menu icon Paper options > Roll protection. , then Printing preferences > NOTE: If you print without interacting with different input profiles ◦ PostScript and PDF ◦ HP-GL/2 using the same color space (sRGB/aRGB/dRGB) NOTE: CALS/G4 pages do not nest. Cleaning the printheads can save paper on page 81... a small amount of paper. This may not nest with other pages in one group): ◦ TIFF and JPEG, which can nest together even with the HP printer driver. ENWW Use ink economically 83
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10 Color management ● Introduction ● How colors are represented ● A summary of the color management process ● Color calibration ● Color management from printer drivers ● Color management from printer drivers (PostScript) ● Color management from the Embedded Web Server ● Color management from the front panel ENWW 85
10 Color management ● Introduction ● How colors are represented ● A summary of the color management process ● Color calibration ● Color management from printer drivers ● Color management from printer drivers (PostScript) ● Color management from the Embedded Web Server ● Color management from the front panel ENWW 85