HP DesignJet 4500 User Manual

Manual connection with USB
1.Connect the USB cable between your printer and the computer.
2.Power on the printer.
3.Open the Printer Setup Utility and choose Add Printer from the Printers menu (or Add from the
Utilities list in earlier versions of Mac OS X).
4.In Mac OS 10.4 or later, click More Printers at the bottom of the Printer Browser.
5.Select USB.
6.A message may appear saying that new drivers have been detected; click OK to load them.
7.Select your printer from the list.
8.Click the Add button....

8.Click Restart to restart the computer.
9.Connect the USB cable between your printer and the computer.
10.Power on the printer.
11.Run the Desktop Printer Utility in the HP Designjet 4000ps folder.
12.Choose the AdobePS driver and the USB connection.
13.Click the Change button in the USB Printer Selection section to select the printer.
14.Click the Auto Setup button to set up the printer automatically. You can click the Change button
to select the PostScript Printer Description (PPD) file.
15.Once you...

4.The installer takes you through various steps until you reach the main install dialog box. You
have two options:
●Easy install
●Uninstall driver
Choose Uninstall driver.
5.The printer driver uninstalls and a status bar is displayed. Quit the installer when the
uninstallation is complete.
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●Switch on and off
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Restart
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Change the language of the front panel
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Access the Embedded Web Server
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Change the language of the Embedded Web Server
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Password-protect the Embedded Web Server
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Request E-mail notification of specific error conditions
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Set the date and time
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Change the sleep mode setting
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Turn off the buzzer
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Change the front panel contrast
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Change the units of measurement
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Adjust for altitude
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Switch on and off
HintThe printer is Energy Star compliant and can be left switched 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 (30 minutes by default), it will save power by
going into sleep mode. However, any interaction with the printer will return it to active mode,
and it can resume printing immediately.
If you wish to switch the printer on or off, the normal and recommended method is...

4.Remove the power cord from the power socket.
5.Wait for 10 seconds.
6.Insert the power cord into the power socket and switch on the printer using the power switch.
7.Check that the Power light on the front panel comes on. If it does not, use the Power key to
switch the printer on.
Change the language of the front panel
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 language, go to the front panel and select the...

There are several ways to access the Embedded Web Server:
●On any computer, open your Web browser and give the address of your printer. You can find
out the address of your printer (starting with http:) from the front panel, by highlighting the 
icon.
●Select Status of my printer or Manage my printers queue from the Services tab of your
Windows printer driver, or from the Services panel of your Mac OS printer driver.
●On a computer running Windows with your printer software installed, double-click the...

To complete the change, you must close and reopen your Web browser.
Password-protect the Embedded Web Server
1.In the Embedded Web Server, go to the Security page, which you can find in the Settings tab.
2.Enter a password of your own choice in the New password field.
3.Enter it again in the Confirm password field to guard against misspelling.
4.Click Set password.
Now no-one will be able to perform the following actions with the Embedded Web Server without
giving the password:
●Manage print jobs in the...

If you are using the HP Designjet 4000 Printer series, and you find that these options are not
available, please download the latest firmware revision (see 
Update my printers firmware). Date and
time setting will be available from Spring 2006.
Change the sleep mode setting
If the printer is left switched on but unused for a certain period of time, it will go 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 select...