HP DesignJet 510 1067 mm User Manual
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Printer optionsThe printer has many options that you can use to ensure that the image you print has the look and appearance you want. You can select printer settings either from the front panel or from the printer driver. In most cases the driver settings override the front panel settings. This chapter contains the following topics:• Page format deals with the formatting of the image and how to use the settings to obtain the formatting that you want. It also explains how to control the orientation of the image on the paper. • Setting page size from the front panel explains how to set the page size from the front panel. • Image appearance describes how to control the overall appearance of your prints. • Print management describes how to manage your printing efficiently. • Printer configuration details how to set specific configuration parameters of your printer.
Page format •Page description explains how to make sure the you obtain the prints from your printer in the format you want. • Rotating an image details on how to rotate the image. • Printing a mirror image explains how to print a mirror image of your print.
Page descriptionThis section explains how to make sure that the printer produces your print in the page format you want. Page size Margins Printing area Inked area Direction of paper leaving the printer Leading edge Trailing edge 17 mm (0.7 in) 5 mm (0.2 in) 5 mm (0.2 in) 17 mm (0.7 in)
Page size Page size can be specified from the front panel or in the software, where it may be called “Page Size”, “Media Size”, “Paper Size”, etc., and where the options include, for example, ISO A3, ANSI Letter, Custom. If your software does not define the page size in the print file, the front-panel setting is used. Otherwise, the software setting overrides the front-panel setting. Margins The margins are set to ensure the maximum printable area on your paper. The two side margins are 5.0 mm. The margin settings for the leading and trailing edges are 17 mm. However, if you are using roll paper and you select small margins, the margins are 5 mm on all four sides. Printing area The printing area is the page size minus the margins. For a table showing the printing areas for standard paper sizes, see Printable area . Inked area inked area is the smallest rectangle that contains the entire image.
Rotating an imageThese topics detail all aspects of job rotation:• Job rotation (HP-GL/2) •Page size and rotation•What is rotated? Job rotation (HP-GL/2) If the software in the driver does not specify the rotation setting, it can be specified in the front panel (Paper > Page Format > Rotate ). Page size and rotation Note that, when you rotate a job, the page size is enlarged to avoid clipping, because the trailing and leading margins are not the same size as the side margins.
What is rotated? With roll paper, both the image and the page orientation are rotated. Notice that the narrow margins are always at the left and right sides, regardless of the orientation. The page size is adjusted to maintain the printing area, preventing clipping. With sheet paper, the image is rotated, but the page orientation specified in your software is retained. (You should always load sheet paper in the orientation you have specified in the software.) 0º 90 º A A 0º 90º A A
Printing a mirror imageIf you are using clear imaging paper, sometimes called ‘backlit’, you may want to print a mirror image of your print, so that when the paper is lit from behind it is in the correct orientation. This can be done from the front panel, without changing the image in your software. Mirror OffMirror On
Setting page size from the front panel •Adjusting the page size from the front panel Details how and why you would adjust the page size from the front panel. • Page size Describes the various methods of controlling the page size. • Page size and clipped images Explains what happens if you choose a larger page size than the current paper loaded in your printer.
Adjusting the page size from the front panelYou do not normally need to adjust the page size through the front panel, because the page size you have selected in your HP driver overrides the page size selected in the printer. However, some of the circumstances in which you may want to change the default setting are: • When you want to save paper by printing only the inked area of your print, plus the margins. In this case set Page Format > Size > Inked area. Depending on the driver you are using, you may not need to change the page size in the front panel. The default Size setting ( Software) in the Page Format menu causes the printer to look for the page size information in the print file: if it is there, the printer uses it. However, some of the circumstances in which you may want to change the default setting are: • If you want to print the inked area only, but the driver you are using does not specify “ Inked area ”. In this case, set the Size setting in the Page Format menu to Inked area. If you can select Inked area from your driver, any selection you have made in the front-panel menu will be overridden by the settings in the driver. • When the prints you are creating need to be of a specific standard (for example, ISO or ANSI), but the actual size within that standard is not important. For example, your page size may need to conform to a standard ISO page size, but it does not matter whether the final page size is ISO A4 or ISO A3. In this case, set Page Format > Size to ISO > Best... or ANSI > Best... etc. The printer uses the smallest standard size into which the inked area will fit.
Page sizeThe Page Size option lets you select the page size of your print. The options are described in the following table. If you need to adjust the page size from the front panel, do so before sending the file from your computer. The printer determines the size of a print at the time it is received from your application. NOTE: Settings will be overridden by your driver or application. Page format Available sizes Inked Area The printed page size is the Inked area plus margins. The printer looks to the print you have sent for a page size instruction. If it is present the printer uses this. If not, the printed page size is the inked area plus margins. Automatic ISO Best a ISO A, ISO A0/A1/A2/A3/A4 a. The printer chooses the smallest page size from the corresponding discrete options that will hold the inked area of the print. For example, if Best ISO A is selected and the inked area of the print is between A3 and A4,the printer chooses A3 as the page size. The printed page size is exactly the size you specify. The largest discrete page size you can specify is E/A0 ANSI Besta ANSI, ANSI E/D/C/B/A JIS Best a JIS B, JIS B1/B2/B3/B4 ARCH Besta ARCH, ARCH E1/E/D/C/B/A Oversize Over A1/A2 Extra 100 cm x 140 cm, 42 in x 59 in