HP Designjet 4520 HD User Manual

							If you do not find the media profile you want on the Web, you may find that it has been added to the
latest firmware for your printer. You can check the firmware release notes for information. See 
Update
my printers firmware on page 116.
Use non-HP paper
HPs own paper types have been fully tested with the printer and can be expected to give the best print
quality.
However, you can print on paper from any manufacturer. In that case, you should select (in the front
panel) the HP paper type that is most similar to the paper you will be using. If in doubt, try several different
HP paper type settings, and choose the one that provides you with the best print quality. If results are
not entirely satisfactory with any paper type setting, see 
General advice on page 150.
Cancel the drying time
Press the Form Feed and Cut key (1) on the front panel.
CAUTION:A print that has had insufficient time to dry can suffer from quality problems.
Change the drying time
You may wish to change the drying time setting to suit special printing conditions.
Select the 
 icon, then Select drying time. You can select Extended, Optimal, Reduced or None.
See 
Drying time on page 201.
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●Submit a job with the Embedded Web Server
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Save a job
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Print a saved job
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Cancel a job
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Manage the print queue
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Nest jobs to save roll paper
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Unattended printing/overnight printing
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							Submit a job with the Embedded Web Server
1.Access the Embedded Web Server (see Access the Embedded Web Server on page 17).
2.Go to the Submit job page.
3.Select Add files and browse your computer to select the file to print.
NOTE:Submitting a job to be printed via the Embedded Web Server does not require you to have
the printer driver nor the files native application installed on your computer.
4.If you want to submit more than one file, select the Add files button again and select the file(s) you
want. You can change the order of multiple files by using the Move Up and Move Down buttons.
5.If you want to change the order in which the files are submitted, use the buttons on the right side
of the screen to move the file up or down in priority.
6.If you are printing multiple copies of a document, by default all copies of page 1 will be printed,
then all copies of page 2, and so on. Check the box called Collate under the Control Settings if
you want one copy of the whole document to be printed, then the next copy of the whole document,
and so on.
NOTE:When Collate is used, each copy of the document is sent to the printer as a separate job.
7.Set the rest of the job options.
If you leave an option set to Default, the setting saved in the job will be used. If the job contains
no setting for that option, the setting in the printer will be used. The setting in the printer can be
changed from the front panel, or in some cases from the Device Setup page in the Embedded Web
Server.
8.Click the Print button at the top of the screen once you have selected all your settings.
Save a job
If you intend to reprint a job later with some changes to the job settings (such as size or quality), you
can store the job inside your printer so that you will not need to resubmit it later.
NOTE:If you want to reprint a job without changes, you can do that from the print queue without
needing to save the job.
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							You can save a job only while submitting it for printing:
1.Access the Embedded Web Server (see 
Access the Embedded Web Server on page 17).
2.Go to the Submit job page.
3.Browse your computer and select the file to print.
4.If you want to submit more than one file, click the Add another file button to add another file. All
files submitted together will have the same job settings.
NOTE:If you are using Windows and Internet Explorer, you can click the Add files button and
select multiple files at once.
5.In the job options, check the Store job in printer option.
6.Set the rest of the job options.
7.Click the Print button.
Print a saved job
1.Access the Embedded Web Server (see Access the Embedded Web Server on page 17).
2.Go to the Stored jobs page.
3.Select the job or jobs that you want to print, using the check box beside each job name.
4.Click the Print button to print the job with the original settings, or Advanced Print to change the
settings.
Cancel a job
A job can be canceled from the front panel by pressing the Cancel key, or from the Embedded Web
Server by selecting the job and clicking the Cancel icon.
The printer advances the paper as though the print were finished.
NOTE:A multi-page job or a big file may take longer to stop printing than other files.
Manage the print queue
Your printer can store pages in a queue while it is printing the current page. The queue may contain
pages from more than one job.
NOTE:This information applies only if you are using one of the drivers that came with your printer or
the Embedded Web Server to submit printing jobs.
Turning on and off the queue
You can turn off the queue from the Web server (Settings tab > Device setup > Queue), or from the
front panel: select the 
 icon and then Job management options > Enable queue. Use the front
panel to select On or Off.
The When To Start Printing options
NOTE:The When To Start Printing options cannot be used with PostScript jobs.
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							You can select at what point you want to print a file you have in the queue. From the Web server, select
the Settings tab > Device setup > When to start printing; or, from the front panel, select the 
 icon
and then Job management options > When to start printing.
There are three options you can select:
●When After Processing is selected, the printer waits until the whole page has been processed
and then it starts to print. This is the slowest setting but offers the best print quality.
●When Immediately is selected, the printer prints the page as it is processed. This is the quickest
setting, but the printer may stop halfway through a print to process data. This setting is not
recommended for complex images with dense color.
●When Optimized is selected (this is the default setting), the printer calculates the best time to begin
printing the page. It is usually the best compromise between the After Processing and
Immediately settings.
Identifying a job in the queue
The best way to look at the queue is in the Embedded Web Server (Information > Job queue) where
you can manage the queue and get full information on every job (by clicking the name of the file).
However, you can also manage the queue from the front panel. To do so, select the 
 icon and
then Job queue, where you can see a list of the jobs in the queue.
Each has an identifier, comprising:
: 
The job currently being printed is in position 0. The next job to be printed is in position 1, the previous
job already printed is in position -1.
Prioritizing a job in the queue
When using the Embedded Web Server, to make any job in the print queue the next one to be printed,
select it and choose Reprint or if using the front panel select the option: Move to front.
If nesting is turned on, the prioritized job may still be nested with others. If you really want this job to be
printed next, and on its own on the roll, first turn nesting off and then move it to the front of the queue
as described above.
Deleting a job from the queue
Under normal circumstances, there is no need to delete a job from the queue after printing it, as it will
just fall off the end of the queue as more files are sent. However, if you have sent a file in error, and
want to avoid any chance of it being reprinted, you can simply delete it, by selecting it and choosing
Delete (in the Embedded Web Server or in the front panel).
In the same way, you can delete a job that has not been printed yet.
If the job is currently being printed (Status = printing in the Web server, or its queue position is 0 in the
front panel), and you want both to cancel the job and to delete it, first click the Cancel icon in the Web
server, or press the Cancel key on the front panel, and then delete it from the queue.
Making copies of a job in the queue
To make extra copies of any job in the queue, select the job in the Embedded Web Server and click
the Reprint icon, then specify the number of copies you want. The job will be moved to the top of the
queue.
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							You can also do this from the front panel: select the job and choose Copies, then specify the number
of copies required and press the Select key. This overrides any value set by your software.
NOTE:If Rotate was On when you sent the file, every copy will be rotated.
If the job has already been printed, use Move to front to move it to the top of the queue.
Understanding job status
These are the possible job status messages, approximately in the order in which they may be seen:
●receiving: the printer is receiving the job from the computer
●waiting to process: the job has been received by the printer and is waiting to be rendered (for
jobs submitted through the Embedded Web Server only)
●processing: the printer is parsing and rendering the job
●preparing to print: the printer is performing writing system checks before printing the job
●waiting to print: the job is waiting for the print engine to become free to proceed with printing
●waiting for nest: the printer is set up with Nesting=On and is waiting for other jobs in order to
complete the nest and proceed with printing
●on hold: the job was sent with the on hold for preview option and is on hold
NOTE:If the printer hangs up while printing a job, and the queue facility is turned on, the partially
printed job will appear in the queue as on hold when the printer is next turned on. When you resume
the job, it will start printing at the page at which it was interrupted.
●on hold for paper: the job cant be printed because the paper it needs is not loaded in the printer
(see 
An “on hold for paper” message [4520] on page 178): load the required paper and then
click Continue to resume the job
●on hold for accounting: the job cant be printed because the printer requires all jobs to have an
account ID: enter the account ID and then click Continue to resume the job
●printing
●drying
●cutting paper
●ejecting page
●canceling: the job is being canceled, but will remain in the printer job queue
●deleting: the job is being deleted from the printer
●printed
●canceled: the job has been canceled by the printer
●canceled by user
●empty job: the job does not contain anything to print
Nest jobs to save roll paper
Nesting means placing pages side by side on the paper, rather than one after the other. This is done to
avoid wasting paper.
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							1.Direction of paper flow
2.Nesting off
3.Nesting on
4.Paper saved by nesting
When does the printer try to nest pages?
When the following are true:
●The printer is loaded with roll paper, not sheet paper.
●In the front panels Job Management menu or the Embedded Web Servers Device Setup page,
Nest is On.
●The queue must be set to On.
Which pages can be nested?
All pages can be nested, unless they are so large that two of them cannot fit side by side on the roll, or
unless there are too many of them to fit into the remaining length of the roll. A single group of nested
pages cannot be split between two rolls.
Which pages qualify for nesting?
In order to be in the same nest, the individual pages must be compatible in all of the following ways:
●All pages must have the same print quality setting (Fast, Normal or Best).
●Pages must be all Optimized for Drawings/Text or all Optimized for Images.
●The Maximum Detail setting must be the same on all pages.
●The Margins setting must be the same for all pages (Extended or Normal).
●The Mirror setting must be the same for all pages.
●The Rendering Intent must be the same for all pages.
●The Cutter setting must be the same for all pages.
●The color adjustment settings must be the same for all pages. These are known as Advanced Color
Settings in the Windows driver, and CMYK Settings in the Mac OS driver.
●Pages must be all color, or all grayscale: not some in color and some in grayscale.
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							●All pages must be in one or other of the following two groups (the two groups cannot be mixed in
the same nest):
◦HP-GL/2 and HP RTL, CALS G4
◦PostScript, PDF, TIFF, JPEG
●JPEG, TIFF and CALS G4 pages with resolutions greater than 300 dpi may not nest with other
pages in some cases.
How long does the printer wait for another file?
So that the printer can make the best nest possible, it waits after a file has been received to check
whether a subsequent page will nest with it or with pages already in the queue. This waiting period is
the nest wait time; the factory default nest wait time is two minutes. This means that the printer waits
for up to two minutes after the last file is received before printing the final nest. You can change this
waiting time from the printers front panel: select the 
icon, then Job management options > Nest
options > Select wait time. The available range is 1 to 99 minutes.
While the printer is waiting for nesting to time out, it displays the remaining time on the front panel. You
can print the nest (cancel the nest wait) by pressing the Cancel key.
Unattended printing/overnight printing
The HP Designjet 4520 Printer series, with multiple rolls and optional stacker, plus robust and consistent
image quality, is perfect for long unattended printing jobs.
Here are some recommendations to help you deal with a long queue of printing jobs.
●If feasible, use brand-new long rolls of paper.
●If you want to print on partly-used rolls, you can check the paper type and the remaining length in
the Embedded Web Server or in the front panel, to confirm that you have enough paper to print all
your jobs.
NOTE:Information on the remaining length is available only if you told the printer the length of
the roll when you loaded it.
●Check that you have paper wide enough to print all of your jobs (any jobs that are too wide will be
put “on hold for paper”).
●Check the ink levels remaining in your ink cartridges.
●The standard bin is recommended only for less than 30 separate prints. The stacker can handle
up to 200 prints.
●When you have submitted your print jobs, you can use the Embedded Web Server from a remote
location to monitor their status.
●Drop detection should be set to Intensive.
●Drying time should be set to Optimal.
●We recommend the following settings, depending on the paper type and what kind of prints you
are making.
●Select the 
 icon, then Paper handling options > Roll switching options> Minimize roll
changes .
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							Table 5-1  Recommended settings for unattended printing
Print typePrint modeMaxDetailOptimized forDrying timePaper types
LinesNormalOffLinesOptimalCoated, Bond,
Heavyweight
Coated, Glossy
Lines and fillsNormalOnLinesOptimalCoated, Bond,
Heavyweight
Coated, Glossy
MapsBestOnImagesOptimalCoated,
Heavyweight
Coated, Glossy
Renderings,
photographsBest On Images Optimal Coated,
Heavyweight
Coated, Glossy
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