HP DesignJet 510ps 1067 mm User Manual

IntroductionThis User’s Reference Guide  explains how to use your HP Designjet 510 or 510ps printer. The contents of this 
guide are valid for both the HP Designjet 510 and the HP Designjet 510ps except where otherwise indicated.
This chapter contains the following topics:
• Introducing the documentation
Introduces your printer’s documentation.
• Introducing your printerContains a brief overview of the printer. It contains information about the printer’s features and what is 
included with the printer.
•...

Introducing the documentationYou have the following resources to help you in using your printer.•The  Assembly and Set-up Poster  comes with your printer and shows step-by-step information on how to 
prepare your printer for use.
•This  User’s Reference Guide  explains the details of using your printer. For more day-to-day guidance you 
can refer to the  Pocket Guide.
•The  Pocket Guide  gives information that you are most likely to need for printer operation on a daily basis, 
such as loading paper or...

Introducing your printer
•Your printer’s main features
A general overview of the major features of your printer.
• HP ink suppliesA description of the HP ink supplies required for your printer.
• Print resolutionSpecifications of the print resolution for your printer.
• PaperA description of the different types of paper available for your printer.
• User interfaceA description of the printer’s user interface.
• MemoryDetails of internal memory and memory options available with your printer.
•...

Your printer’s main featuresThe HP Designjet 510 printer is designed for individuals or small work-groups in architecture, engineering and 
construction (AEC), and mechanical CAD design.
The HP Designjet 510ps printer is designed for individuals or small work-groups in advertising agencies, in-house 
graphic departments that specialize in packaging, point-of-sale material and events, as well as other graphics 
applications.
For the complete printing solution, HP also offers a wide range of paper...

•Unattendedness:  The printer includes a modular ink delivery system, with up to 69-cc cartridge capacity, and 
long-life printheads which last, on average, through ten black ink cartridges and six color ink cartridges, 
depending on use. This modular system allows you to replace individual ink supplies separately, as needed, 
and also provides automatic alignment and cutting and stacking of finished prints in the paper bin, enabling 
continuous and unattended printing. In addition, the printer includes...

HP ink suppliesHP ink supplies for your printer contain two components: printheads and ink cartridges. The printer uses the 
following HP ink supplies:
• Black ink cartridges are HP No 82 supplies.
• Cyan, magenta and yellow cartridges are HP No 82 supplies. They are available in 28 and 69 ml sizes.
• All printheads are HP No 11 supplies.
Each 600-dpi thermal inkjet printhead applies thousands of ink droplets onto the paper. The printer automatically 
refills the printhead as it prints, enabling...

Print resolutionYour printer provides two different print modes that change the print resolutions of each of the print quality modes. 
These different print modes are optimized for: Line Drawings/Text or Images.
You can then choose between three levels of print quality for each of the print modes: Best, Normal or Fast, from 
your software or from the printers front panel.
With the Best mode selected, you have an additional selection available to provide maximum detail for your 
printed image by...

PaperYou can print on roll or sheet paper up to 42 in (1066.8 mm) wide with the A0+/E+ size printer and up to 24 in 
(609.6 mm) with the D/A1 size printer.
For a list of the supported paper types, see Physical characteristics of paper types
.
 

User interfaceThe printer’s front panel includes an easy-to-use interface with a display, giving you access to a comprehensive 
set of printer functions.
See Navigating the menu system
 for a short tutorial to teach you how to navigate through the menus and for a 
description of internal prints.
 

MemoryThe printer comes with 160 MB of internal Random Access Memory (RAM). Additional memory can be added to 
the HP-GL/2
 Accessory card that came with the printer. You can add 256 MB (part number CH654A) of memory 
for large-file processing and improved printing.