HP DesignJet 4500 User Manual

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●Color emulation modes
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Connecting the printer
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The printers rear lights
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The printers internal prints
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Preventive maintenance
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Color emulation modes
Your printer can emulate the color behavior of other devices: RGB devices such as monitors, and
CMYK devices such as presses and printers. See 
Select the color emulation mode.
If you have problems making your printer emulate another HP Designjet printer, see
Color matching
between different HP Designjets.
For a good emulation, the printer needs a specification of the colors these devices can reproduce.
The standard way of encapsulating such information is in ICC profiles. As part...

●Photoshop 5 Default CMYK
●Other HP Designjet printers can be emulated
In the front panel and the Embedded Web Server, some further options are available:
●Japan Color 2001 Coated uses the Japan Color 2001 specification for type 3 (coated) paper. It
is designed to produce quality separations using 350% total ink coverage, positive film, and
coated paper
●Japan Color 2001 Uncoated uses the Japan Color 2001 specification for type 4 (uncoated)
paper. It is designed to produce quality separations using 310%...

To find the sockets for these interfaces on your printer, see Connect the printer (4000 series) or
Connect and switch on the printer (4500 series).
To set up your operating system to use the printer, see one of the following:
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Connect to a network (Windows)
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Connect to a network (Mac OS X)
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Connect to a network (Mac OS 9) [4000]
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Connect directly to a computer (Windows)
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Connect directly to a computer (Mac OS X)
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Connect directly to a computer (Mac OS 9) [4000]
The printers rear lights
At the rear...

The following internal prints are available:
●Demo: shows some of the capabilities of the printer.
●Menu map: shows details of all the front panel menus.
●Configuration: shows all the current front panel settings.
●Usage report: shows estimates of the total number of prints, number of prints by paper type,
number of prints by print quality option, and total amount of ink used per color. The accuracy of
these estimates is not guaranteed.
●HP-GL/2 palette: shows the color or grayscale definitions in the...

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●Ink cartridges
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Printheads
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Printhead cleaners
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Ink system tips
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Ink cartridges
The printers four ink cartridges provide yellow, magenta, black, and cyan ink to the printheads. The
color cartridges supplied with the printer have a capacity of 225 cm³, and the black cartridge has a
capacity of 400 cm³. It is also possible to buy and use color cartridges with a capacity of 400 cm³ and
black cartridges with a capacity of 775 cm³.
NOTEThe 225 cm³ and 400 cm³ cartridges are physically the same size: only the internal
capacity varies. The 775 cm³ black cartridge is longer....

You are recommended to replace the empty cartridge with a new HP cartridge: see Remove an ink
cartridge and Insert an ink cartridge.
Although it is possible to use refilled or non-HP ink cartridges, either choice has several serious
disadvantages:
●There is some risk of damaging the printer. In this case the printer warranty will not be valid for
any printer repairs that are related to the cartridge, nor for any problems due to ink
contamination.
●You will invalidate the warranty of all printheads of the...

To maintain optimum print quality, the printheads are automatically tested at regular intervals, and
automatically serviced if necessary. This takes a little time and will occasionally delay printing.
When a printhead eventually needs to be replaced, the front panel will tell you so.
CAUTIONWhenever you buy a new printhead, you get a new printhead cleaner with it.
When you replace a printhead, always replace the printhead cleaner at the same time.
Leaving the old printhead cleaner in the printer will...