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.
9.The printer icon is automatically added to the list of available printers.
NOTEUnder Mac OS X 10.2 only, the new printer appears as a Generic printer. To correct
this, first delete the Generic printer icon. Then click the Add button, select USB from the
popup menu in the Add Printer dialog, select the name of your printer, and click the Add button.
Sharing the printer
NOTEPrinter sharing between users is supported under Mac OS X 10.2.x and later.
If your computer is connected to a network, you can make your directly-connected printer available to
other computers on the same network.
1.Double-click the System Preferences icon in the Dock menu bar on your desktop.
2.Enable printer sharing by going to Sharing > Services > Printer Sharing.
3.From the client computer, the printer will now be displayed in the list of available printers in the
Printer Setup Utility.
Connect directly to a computer (Mac OS 9) [4000]
NOTEThis topic applies to the HP Designjet 4000 Printer series only.
You can connect your printer directly to a computer without going through a network, by using the
optional USB 2.0 socket.
1.Make sure the printer is powered off.
2.Insert the Drivers and Documentation CD into your CD drive.
3.In Finder, navigate to the CD.
4.Double-click on OS 9 HP DJ 4000ps Install to launch the installer.
5.The installer takes you through various steps until you reach the main install dialog box. We
recommend that you choose the Easy install option.
6.Click the Install button.
7.The printer driver installs and a status bar is displayed.
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							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 have selected the correct PPD file, click the Create button to save the desktop printer.
Sharing the printer
If you have Mac OS 9.1 or later, and your computer is connected to a network through TCP/IP, you
can make your directly-connected printer available to other computers on the same network.
1.In the Apple menu, go to Control Panels > USB Printer Sharing.
2.Click the Start button.
3.Click the My Printers tab. The printer will be displayed. Check the box next to the printer name
to enable sharing.
4.To connect to the printer from another Macintosh, first install the printer driver software: insert
the Drivers and Documentation CD and follow the instructions on the screen.
5.In the Apple menu, go to Control Panels > USB Sharing.
6.Click the Network Printers tab. You will see a list of shared printers.
7.If your printer is in the list, click the Use checkbox next to the printers name.
If your printer is not in the list, click the Add button, open the neighborhood where the printer is
shared, and choose the printer.
8.Run the Desktop Printer Utility in the HP Designjet 4000ps folder.
9.Choose the AdobePS driver and the USB connection.
10.Click the Change button in the USB Printer Selection section to select the printer.
11.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.
12.Once you have selected the correct PPD file, click the Create button to save the desktop printer.
Uninstall the printer driver (Mac OS 9) [4000]
NOTEThis topic applies to the HP Designjet 4000 Printer series only.
1.Insert the Drivers and Documentation CD into your CD drive.
2.In Finder, navigate to the CD.
3.Double-click on OS 9 HP DJ 4000ps Install to launch the installer.
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							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 to use the Power
key on the front panel.
When you switch off the printer this way, the printheads are automatically stored with the printhead
cleaners, which prevents them from drying out.
However, if you plan to leave the printer switched off for a long period of time, you are recommended
to switch it off using the Power key, and then also switch off the power switch at the rear.
To switch it back on later, use the power switch at the rear, and then the Power key.
When the printer is switched on, it will take some time to initialize itself. This time is about three
minutes for the HP Designjet 4000 series, and about three and a half minutes for the Designjet 4500
series.
Restart
In some circumstances you may be advised to restart the printer. Please proceed as follows:
1.Press the Power key on the front panel to switch the printer off, wait a few moments, then press
the Power key again. This should cause the printer to restart; if not, continue with step 2.
2.Use the Reset key on the front panel. You will need an implement with a narrow tip to operate
the Reset key. This normally has the same effect as step 1 above, but may work if step 1 does
not.
3.If neither of the above steps seem to have any effect, you should switch off the printer using the
power switch at the rear of the printer.
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							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 
icon, then Printer configuration > Front panel options > Select language.
●If you cannot understand the current front panel language, start with the printer powered off. At
the front panel, press the Select key and hold it down. While holding the Select key down, press
the Power key and hold it down. Continue to hold down both keys until the green light on the left
side of the front panel starts flashing, then release both keys. You can expect a delay of about
one second. If the green light starts flashing without any delay, you may need to start again.
Whichever method you used, the language selection menu should now appear on the front panel.
Highlight your preferred language, then press the Select key.
Access the Embedded Web Server
The Embedded Web Server enables you to manage your printer and your printing jobs remotely
using an ordinary Web browser running on any computer.
NOTEIn order to use the Embedded Web Server, you must have a TCP/IP connection to
your printer. If you have an AppleTalk, Novell, or USB connection to your printer, you will not
be able to use the Embedded Web Server.
The following browsers are known to be compatible with the Embedded Web Server:
●Internet Explorer 5.5 or later, for Windows.
●Internet Explorer 5.2.1 or later, for Mac OS 9.
●Internet Explorer 5.1 or later, for Mac OS X.
●Netscape Navigator 6.01 or later.
●Mozilla 1.5 or later.
●Safari.
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							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 Printer
Access Utility icon on your desktop, then select your printer.
If you have followed these instructions but failed to get through to the Embedded Web Server, see 
I
cannot access the Embedded Web Server from my browser.
Using IP over FireWire with Mac OS X 10.3 and later
If you are using Mac OS X 10.3 or a later version, and have a FireWire connection to your printer, it
is possible to set up an IP address for the printer in order to use the Embedded Web Server. To do
this:
1.Open System Preferences and click Network.
2.Choose Network Port Configurations from the Show popup menu.
3.If you see no FireWire port configuration in the list, click New, then choose FireWire from the
Port popup menu. You can give the new port configuration a name, such as FireWire.
4.Drag the port configuration to the top of the Port Configuration list. This ensures that the port is
assigned an IP address.
5.Click Apply Now.
If you dont drag the FireWire port configuration to the top of the Port Configuration list, you need to
choose Manually (or DHCP with manual address) from the Configure IPv4 popup menu, and then
enter an IP address. See 
http://www.apple.com/ for more detail or updated information on activating
IP over FireWire.
When the printer is connected through FireWire, we recommend adding the printer using the
FireWire modules in order to take full advantage of FireWire printing, and to use the IP over FireWire
only to visit the printer’s Embedded Web Server.
If you connect your printer through FireWire and the printer is also connected to the network through
Fast Ethernet or Gigabit Ethernet, the printer’s IP over FireWire will not be available and you will not
be able to access the Embedded Web Server from the Printer Dialog. However, you will be able to
print through FireWire.
Also in the case of printer sharing over FireWire, remote users will not be able to access the
Embedded Web Server from the Printer Dialog, although they will be able to print.
Change the language of the Embedded Web Server
The Embedded Web Server can work in the following languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish,
Catalan, French, Italian, German, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. It
will choose whichever language you have specified in your Web browsers options. If you have
specified a language that it cannot support, it will work in English.
To change the language, you must change your Web browsers language setting. For example, in
Internet Explorer version 6, go to the Tools menu and select Internet Options, Languages. Then
ensure that the language you want is at the top of the list in the dialog box.
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							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 queue (cancel, delete)
●View previews of print jobs
●Delete stored jobs
●Clear accounting information
●Update the printers firmware
NOTEIf you forget the password, see I cannot access the Embedded Web Server from my
browser.
Request E-mail notification of specific error conditions
1.In the Embedded Web Server, go to the E-mail server page, which you can find in the Settings
tab, and ensure that the following fields are correctly filled in:
●SMTP server: the IP address of the outgoing mail server (SMTP) that will process all E-
mail messages from the printer. If the mail server requires authentication, E-mail
notifications will not work.
●Printer E-mail address: each E-mail message sent by the printer must include a return
address, which does not need to be a real, functional E-mail address, but it should be
unique, so that recipients of the message can identify the printer that sent it.
2.Go to the Notification page, which is also in the Settings tab.
3.Click New to request new notifications (or Edit to edit notifications that have already been set
up). Then fill in the E-mail addresses to which notifications should be sent, and select the
incidents that should result in notification messages. Initially the most commonly-specified
incidents are shown; to see all the possibilities, click Show all alerts.
Set the date and time
The printers date and time settings are mainly useful in job accounting (see Request accounting
data by E-mail). These settings can be changed using the Embedded Web Server or the printers
front panel.
●In the Embedded Web Server, go to the Settings tab and select Configuration, then Date &
Time.
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At the front panel, select the 
 icon, then Printer configuration > Date and time options >
Set date or Set time or Set time zone.
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							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 the 
 icon, then Printer configuration > Sleep mode wait time.
Highlight the wait time you want, then press the Select key.
Turn off the buzzer
To turn the printers buzzer on or off, go to the front panel and select the  icon, then Printer
configuration > Front panel options > Enable buzzer.
Change the front panel contrast
To change the contrast of the front panel display, select the  icon, then Printer configuration >
Front panel options > Select display contrast, and choose a value using the Up or Down key.
Press the Select key to set the value you have chosen.
Change the units of measurement
To change the units of measurement displayed in the front panel, select the  icon, then Printer
configuration > Select units, and select English or Metric.
The units of measurement can also be changed in the Embedded Web Server.
Adjust for altitude
Your printer will work better if you tell it roughly at what altitude it is. To set the altitude, go to the front
panel and select the 
 icon, then Printer configuration > Select altitude, and select a range.
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