HP DesignJet 800ps A1 User Manual

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Page Size and Nesting (Roll Paper Only)Nesting
 means placing two or more pages side-by-side on a roll to save paper. There are cer tain cases when your
prints can not be nested. For a complete explanation of nesting, see page 
Nesting Pages
.
If you have queueing
 and nesting switched on, the printer will use the page size...

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Image AppearanceThese topics explain how you can control the overall appearance of your prints. 
Front Panel Image Options
 
explains how to change the HP-GL/2 color palettes.
Printing Images in Grayscale
describes how to print color images in grayscale
.
Print Speeds and Print Quality
 
lists typical printing times by...

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Front Panel Image OptionsThese topics deal with the ways you can control the overall appearance of your prints from the front panel in terms of:
Pen Widths and Colors in the Internal Palettes
Changing the Treatment of Overlapping Lines (Merge)
Some front-panel selections affect the next file you send from your computer, not...

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Pen Widths and Colors in the Internal PalettesThe “pens” discussed throughout these topics are the conceptual pens in a software palette
, rather than the printer’s
physical printheads.
The printer has three pen palettes:
Fa c t o r y
Palette A
Palette B.
The factory palette cannot be changed. You can, however, change the...

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To Select a PaletteTo select a palette through the front-panel menu, go to the Define Palette selection under HP-GL/2 Settings and choose
the palette you want. See Set-up Menu
.
The following table describes the palette choices.
Palet te
Comments
Software The printer looks to your software for pen settings and ignores all...

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Change the Palette SettingsYou cannot change the Factory palette, but you can define Palettes A and B to be whatever you choose. The defaults
are Palette, width: 
 
How to define Palette A
Item
Available Options
Defaults
Palettes Factory, A, B. Factory
Pens 0 through 15.
Widths  (mm) 0.13, 0.18, 0.25, 0.35, 0.50, 0.65, 0.70,...

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How to define Palette AThe following steps explain how to define Palette A.
Repeat this procedure to define each of the other pens.
NOTE:
The palette you have just defined will take effect only when you select it to be the
current palette, as explained on To Select a Palette. Instructions
Select (using the   keys) Then Press:...

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Changing the Treatment of Overlapping Lines (Merge)The Merge setting controls the overlapping lines in an image. There are two settings, Off and On. The following
illustration shows the effect of each setting.
You can set the merge setting from your software in some applications. Settings in your software override the front-...

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Printing Images in GrayscaleThere are times when you may want to print a color image in grayscale because it is faster. Examples of this are:
You want a draft where color is not important, for example to check that the image is not going to be clipped,
You want a version for photocopying in black and white.
When you choose...

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Print Speeds and Print QualityThe following table lists some 
Typical Printing Times (line drawings @ 20-25
ºC and 30-60% relative humidity).
Typical Printing Times
Pap er
Color/Grayscale
Quality
ANSI-D size
ANSI-E size
Time (in secs)
Time (in secs)
Bright White Color Best  235 440
Normal 120 225
Draft 45 85
Grayscale Best 135...