HP Designjet 4520 HD User Manual

Connect directly to a computer (Windows)
You can connect your printer directly to a computer without going through a network, by using the
printers built-in FireWire (IEEE 1394) socket or the optional USB 2.0 socket.
1.Do not connect the computer to the printer yet. You must first install the printer driver software
on the computer, as follows.
2.Insert the HP Start-Up Kit CD into your CD drive. If the CD does not autorun, run the
AUTORUN.EXE program in the root folder of the CD.
3.Click the Custom...

5.When the printer driver has been installed, the HP Printer Setup Assistant will start automatically,
to set up a connection to your printer. Follow the instructions on your screen.
6.When the HP Printer Setup Assistant has finished, you can remove the CD from the CD drive.
The HP Printer Setup Assistant can be run separately from the CD, if the printer driver is already
installed.
NOTE:If the HP Printer Setup Assistant does not detect your printer or if you prefer not to set up the
connection manually,...

3.Open the Mac OS X HP Designjet Installer icon.
4.Select Uninstall, and follow the instructions on your screen to uninstall the printer software.
To delete the print queue:
●Under Mac OS X 10.5: from the system preferences, select the Print & Fax dialog. Select the name
of the printer and click the – button.
●Under Mac OS X 10.4 there are two ways of deleting the print queue:
◦from the system preferences, select the Printing pane of the Print & Fax dialog. Select the
name of the printer and click the –...

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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
TIP:The 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 (5 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...

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.
●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...

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...

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...

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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