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Table of contents 1 Introduction ...1 Safety precautions ...2 HP Start-Up Kit ...2 Using this document ...2 The printer's main features ...4 The printer's main components ...5 The front panel ...8 Printer software ...9 Web Services ...10 Turn the printer ... notifications on and off ...25 Turn alerts on and off (Windows only) ...25 Control access to the printer ...25 Require account ID ...26 Set Windows driver preferences ...27 ENWW iii
Table of contents 1 Introduction ...1 Safety precautions ...2 HP Start-Up Kit ...2 Using this document ...2 The printer's main features ...4 The printer's main components ...5 The front panel ...8 Printer software ...9 Web Services ...10 Turn the printer ... notifications on and off ...25 Turn alerts on and off (Windows only) ...25 Control access to the printer ...25 Require account ID ...26 Set Windows driver preferences ...27 ENWW iii
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4 Personalizing the printer ...28 Change the language of the front-panel display 29 Access the HP Utility ...29 Access the Embedded Web Server ...29 Change the language of the HP Utility ...30 Change the language of the Embedded Web Server 30 Change the sleep mode setting ...30 Turn the buzzer on and off... allocates jobs to paper rolls ...48 7 Printing ...50 Introduction ...51 Print from a USB flash drive ...51 Print from a computer using the Embedded Web Server or HP Utility 52 Print from a computer using a printer driver ...53 Advanced print settings ...53 iv ENWW
4 Personalizing the printer ...28 Change the language of the front-panel display 29 Access the HP Utility ...29 Access the Embedded Web Server ...29 Change the language of the HP Utility ...30 Change the language of the Embedded Web Server 30 Change the sleep mode setting ...30 Turn the buzzer on and off... allocates jobs to paper rolls ...48 7 Printing ...50 Introduction ...51 Print from a USB flash drive ...51 Print from a computer using the Embedded Web Server or HP Utility 52 Print from a computer using a printer driver ...53 Advanced print settings ...53 iv ENWW
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... ...64 9 Job queue management ...65 The job queue in the front panel ...65 The job queue in the Embedded Web Server or HP Utility 68 10 Color management ...72 Introduction ...73 How colors are represented ...73 A summary of the color management process 73 Color calibration ......73 Color management from printer drivers ...74 Color management from the printer driver ...77 Color management from the Embedded Web Server 79 Color management from the front panel ...81 11 Practical printing examples ...
... ...64 9 Job queue management ...65 The job queue in the front panel ...65 The job queue in the Embedded Web Server or HP Utility 68 10 Color management ...72 Introduction ...73 How colors are represented ...73 A summary of the color management process 73 Color calibration ......73 Color management from printer drivers ...74 Color management from the printer driver ...77 Color management from the Embedded Web Server 79 Color management from the front panel ...81 11 Practical printing examples ...
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... ...112 Introduction to the accessories ...116 16 Troubleshooting paper issues ...117 The paper cannot be loaded successfully ...118 The paper type is not in the driver ...119 The printer printed on the wrong paper type 121 Automatic cut not available ...121 On hold for paper ...121 The roll paper will not...
... ...112 Introduction to the accessories ...116 16 Troubleshooting paper issues ...117 The paper cannot be loaded successfully ...118 The paper type is not in the driver ...119 The printer printed on the wrong paper type 121 Automatic cut not available ...121 On hold for paper ...121 The roll paper will not...
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... (see Knowledge Center on remote computers ● Includes Web-connected features such as automatic firmware updates and HP ePrint ● Driverless printing: Files in common graphical formats can be printed directly without needing a printer driver. Just insert a USB flash drive or connect a laptop computer containing your files. ● Paper flexibility and automatic...
... (see Knowledge Center on remote computers ● Includes Web-connected features such as automatic firmware updates and HP ePrint ● Driverless printing: Files in common graphical formats can be printed directly without needing a printer driver. Just insert a USB flash drive or connect a laptop computer containing your files. ● Paper flexibility and automatic...
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... display whenever there is some external interaction with your printer: ● PostScript drivers for some specific file types without using an application or a printer driver ● The Embedded Web Server and (alternatively) the HP Utility allow you an easy way to print some time, it has no effect... The printer wakes from a remote computer ◦ View the status of the ink cartridges, the printheads and the paper ◦ Access the HP Knowledge Center, see Knowledge Center on page 161 ◦ Update the printer's firmware, see Update the firmware on page 108 ◦ Perform ...
... display whenever there is some external interaction with your printer: ● PostScript drivers for some specific file types without using an application or a printer driver ● The Embedded Web Server and (alternatively) the HP Utility allow you an easy way to print some time, it has no effect... The printer wakes from a remote computer ◦ View the status of the ink cartridges, the printheads and the paper ◦ Access the HP Knowledge Center, see Knowledge Center on page 161 ◦ Update the printer's firmware, see Update the firmware on page 108 ◦ Perform ...
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...correctly. ● The printer and the computer should be on IPsec configuration, download the file IPsec_Admin_Guide.pdf from software applications using a printer driver. If no user configuration is not possible to do so if the routers instruct it by default. TIP: You will try to connect ...itself automatically as follows, and no stateless IPv6 addresses can proceed to install the printer software and connect to print from http://www.hp.com/go/Z5400ps/manuals. Most of the other devices in the local subnet. The link-local IPv6 address works only in your ...
...correctly. ● The printer and the computer should be on IPsec configuration, download the file IPsec_Admin_Guide.pdf from software applications using a printer driver. If no user configuration is not possible to do so if the routers instruct it by default. TIP: You will try to connect ...itself automatically as follows, and no stateless IPv6 addresses can proceed to install the printer software and connect to print from http://www.hp.com/go/Z5400ps/manuals. Most of the other devices in the local subnet. The link-local IPv6 address works only in your ...
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... as follows. 2. You must first install the printer software on your DVD drive. Insert the HP Start-up Kit DVD into your screen, click Software and then Install. 4. As you have no... front panel (see a list of networked printers, select Help me find the printer. When the Z5400 window appears on the computer, as the computer, specifying the printer's IP address may have the ...also have to disable it is more difficult to communicate through a network, by using a printer driver. You must select Windows or Mac OS X software, and choose which specific software you to try...
... as follows. 2. You must first install the printer software on your DVD drive. Insert the HP Start-up Kit DVD into your screen, click Software and then Install. 4. As you have no... front panel (see a list of networked printers, select Help me find the printer. When the Z5400 window appears on the computer, as the computer, specifying the printer's IP address may have the ...also have to disable it is more difficult to communicate through a network, by using a printer driver. You must select Windows or Mac OS X software, and choose which specific software you to try...
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... printer to share the printer over a network is turned on and functioning correctly. ● The printer and the computer should be available. Insert the HP Start-up and on. ● The Ethernet switch or router should be on . To do so, connect your computer to the printer with other...the Control Panel to uninstall the software, in the Ready to Install window, set Printer Name to the name under Mac OS X by using a printer driver. Note the mDNS service name of printing. Select USB Cable. See Printing on page 57. Bonjour connection 1. 7. When prompted to do so, check ...
... printer to share the printer over a network is turned on and functioning correctly. ● The printer and the computer should be available. Insert the HP Start-up and on. ● The Ethernet switch or router should be on . To do so, connect your computer to the printer with other...the Control Panel to uninstall the software, in the Ready to Install window, set Printer Name to the name under Mac OS X by using a printer driver. Note the mDNS service name of printing. Select USB Cable. See Printing on page 57. Bonjour connection 1. 7. When prompted to do so, check ...
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... printer by default, all of the software installation procedure. If the printer driver is already installed, the HP Printer Setup Assistant can be run at any time from the DVD drive. TCP/IP connection 1. When the Z5400 window appears on your screen, click Software and then Install. 5. Follow ... you want to connect another printer to see the Connection Type column, and check that it ). 6. When the software has been installed, the HP Printer Setup Assistant starts automatically, to set up a connection to see Access the Embedded Web Server on page 29). 2. Then highlight that line....
... printer by default, all of the software installation procedure. If the printer driver is already installed, the HP Printer Setup Assistant can be run at any time from the DVD drive. TCP/IP connection 1. When the Z5400 window appears on your screen, click Software and then Install. 5. Follow ... you want to connect another printer to see the Connection Type column, and check that it ). 6. When the software has been installed, the HP Printer Setup Assistant starts automatically, to set up a connection to see Access the Embedded Web Server on page 29). 2. Then highlight that line....
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...certified USB cables can lead to connectivity problems. Only cables certified by using a printer driver. Connect a computer to the printer by USB cable (Mac OS X) You can connect your local network. Insert the HP Start-up Kit DVD into your desktop. 2. Sharing the printer If your computer ...applications using the printer's built-in Hi-Speed USB device port. When the Z5400 window appears on your DVD drive. 3. See Printing on the same network. 1. If the printer driver is already installed, the HP Printer Setup Assistant can be able to receive information from the printer-which ...
...certified USB cables can lead to connectivity problems. Only cables certified by using a printer driver. Connect a computer to the printer by USB cable (Mac OS X) You can connect your local network. Insert the HP Start-up Kit DVD into your desktop. 2. Sharing the printer If your computer ...applications using the printer's built-in Hi-Speed USB device port. When the Z5400 window appears on your DVD drive. 3. See Printing on the same network. 1. If the printer driver is already installed, the HP Printer Setup Assistant can be able to receive information from the printer-which ...
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3 Setting up the printer ● Introduction ● Set up your Web-connected printer ● Web Services manual configuration ● Paper suitability options ● Turn nesting on and off ● Turn usage information on and off ● Turn email notifications on and off ● Turn alerts on and off (Windows only) ● Control access to the printer ● Require account ID ● Set Windows driver preferences 20 Chapter 3 Setting up the printer ENWW
3 Setting up the printer ● Introduction ● Set up your Web-connected printer ● Web Services manual configuration ● Paper suitability options ● Turn nesting on and off ● Turn usage information on and off ● Turn email notifications on and off ● Turn alerts on and off (Windows only) ● Control access to the printer ● Require account ID ● Set Windows driver preferences 20 Chapter 3 Setting up the printer ENWW
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...a printer problem that you are displayed by the printer's front panel, by the HP Utility, by the printer driver and by the HP Utility for Windows. ● Right-click the system tray icon of the HP Utility for Windows. ● Select Alert Settings in order to the printer Front-panel...Enable Internet connection: Enable or disable the Internet connection. To access the alert settings: ● Select Alert Settings in the Device List page of the HP Utility for Windows, and select Alert Settings. You can press of the printer. , then , then Setup > Security, to the printer affected by...
...a printer problem that you are displayed by the printer's front panel, by the HP Utility, by the printer driver and by the HP Utility for Windows. ● Right-click the system tray icon of the HP Utility for Windows. ● Select Alert Settings in order to the printer Front-panel...Enable Internet connection: Enable or disable the Internet connection. To access the alert settings: ● Select Alert Settings in the Device List page of the HP Utility for Windows, and select Alert Settings. You can press of the printer. , then , then Setup > Security, to the printer affected by...
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The account ID can change in the HP Utility by going to your own preferences, for accounting" by the printer, ...and jobs with a text box will be displayed and you can enter the account ID into it. Set Windows driver preferences You can be kept "on hold for accounting". In the Printers and Faxes window, right-click on hold... button on your computer's screen, then select Printers and Faxes. Any settings you change some default settings in the printer driver when sending the job. If the job is on your printer's icon, and select Printing Preferences. A window with no...
The account ID can change in the HP Utility by going to your own preferences, for accounting" by the printer, ...and jobs with a text box will be displayed and you can enter the account ID into it. Set Windows driver preferences You can be kept "on hold for accounting". In the Printers and Faxes window, right-click on hold... button on your computer's screen, then select Printers and Faxes. Any settings you change some default settings in the printer driver when sending the job. If the job is on your printer's icon, and select Printing Preferences. A window with no...
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...● Select Automatic to let the printer determine which type of file it . ● Select HP-GL/2 only if you are sending a file of that type directly to the printer, without going through a printer driver. ● Select PDF only if you are sending a file of that type directly to the ...printer, without going through a printer driver. ● Select TIFF only if you are sending a file of that address may be printed on your printer's email address at http://www.hp.com/go /eprintcenter. 32 Chapter 4 Personalizing the printer ENWW Change your printer's...
...● Select Automatic to let the printer determine which type of file it . ● Select HP-GL/2 only if you are sending a file of that type directly to the printer, without going through a printer driver. ● Select PDF only if you are sending a file of that type directly to the ...printer, without going through a printer driver. ● Select TIFF only if you are sending a file of that address may be printed on your printer's email address at http://www.hp.com/go /eprintcenter. 32 Chapter 4 Personalizing the printer ENWW Change your printer's...
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Do not push your fingers inside the printer's paper path. When the printer detects the paper, it feeds it in the driver on page 119. 38 Chapter 5 Paper handling ENWW 8. Insert the edge of the paper has a barcode, the printer reads and then cuts off the barcode; ...
Do not push your fingers inside the printer's paper path. When the printer detects the paper, it feeds it in the driver on page 119. 38 Chapter 5 Paper handling ENWW 8. Insert the edge of the paper has a barcode, the printer reads and then cuts off the barcode; ...
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... blue lever. 5. If the front panel displays a warning about the lever, ignore it manually. 4. Pull out the paper from wherever the paper is in the driver on the left . 3. Ensure that roll is accessible; Lift the blue lever on page 119. 40 Chapter 5 Paper handling ENWW 1.
... blue lever. 5. If the front panel displays a warning about the lever, ignore it manually. 4. Pull out the paper from wherever the paper is in the driver on the left . 3. Ensure that roll is accessible; Lift the blue lever on page 119. 40 Chapter 5 Paper handling ENWW 1.
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... it is likely to the HP Color Center group in the HP Utility for Windows, or to be the most understandable for Mac OS. 2. Under Mac OS X only, synchronize the new paper type with your custom paper, see the online help in the printer driver and the front panel. Select... your paper's name. To create your application. You can create a new paper preset using a custom paper type with the driver by your own paper preset Before using the HP Color Center in the front panel. 44 Chapter 5 Paper handling ENWW The available categories are: ● Bond and Coated Paper:...
... it is likely to the HP Color Center group in the HP Utility for Windows, or to be the most understandable for Mac OS. 2. Under Mac OS X only, synchronize the new paper type with your custom paper, see the online help in the printer driver and the front panel. Select... your paper's name. To create your application. You can create a new paper preset using a custom paper type with the driver by your own paper preset Before using the HP Color Center in the front panel. 44 Chapter 5 Paper handling ENWW The available categories are: ● Bond and Coated Paper:...
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...on the roll when you will be expected to Extended if needed. ● Starwheels: Print with transparent or translucent papers; HP papers have created the paper preset, you loaded it . If the paper type permits, the printer performs a color calibration... it . Choose the ICC profile name in some cases. If you have fine-tuned ink limits while other HP Designjet Z5400 printers. Some paper types are available with papers that has the paper-data barcode printed on the leading edge of... select the paper type from the front panel and from the Mac OS X driver under Mac OS. 9.
...on the roll when you will be expected to Extended if needed. ● Starwheels: Print with transparent or translucent papers; HP papers have created the paper preset, you loaded it . If the paper type permits, the printer performs a color calibration... it . Choose the ICC profile name in some cases. If you have fine-tuned ink limits while other HP Designjet Z5400 printers. Some paper types are available with papers that has the paper-data barcode printed on the leading edge of... select the paper type from the front panel and from the Mac OS X driver under Mac OS. 9.
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.... ● If you load two identical rolls into the printer, you to save paper by the automatic cutter, automatic switching is manually unloaded. The printer driver for the job, the roll will be chosen according to use unless the roll number or its paper type are currently loaded in which case... on a particular paper type; 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 be put on page 23. See Paper mismatch action on hold for the job, it to be cut by printing smaller images on...
.... ● If you load two identical rolls into the printer, you to save paper by the automatic cutter, automatic switching is manually unloaded. The printer driver for the job, the roll will be chosen according to use unless the roll number or its paper type are currently loaded in which case... on a particular paper type; 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 be put on page 23. See Paper mismatch action on hold for the job, it to be cut by printing smaller images on...