HP Designjet T1200 HD User Manual

TIP:A USB connection may be faster than a network connection, but the cable is limited in length
and it is more difficult to share the printer.
NOTE:The use of non-certified USB cables can lead to connectivity problems. Only cables certified
by the USB Implementors Forum (
http://www.usb.org/) should be used with this printer.
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...

Connect to a network (Mac OS)
You can connect your printer to a network under Mac OS X by using the following methods:
●Bonjour/Rendezvous
●TCP/IP
NOTE:The printer does not support AppleTalk.
Before you begin, check your equipment:
●The printer should be set up and on.
●The Ethernet hub or router should be on and functioning correctly.
●All computers on the network should be on and connected to the network.
●The printer should be connected to the network.
Now you can proceed to install the printer...

4.Open the Mac OS X HP Designjet Installer.
5.Follow the instructions on your screen.
6.The printer software is installed, including the printer driver and the HP Utility.
7.When the software has been installed, the HP Printer Setup Assistant starts automatically, to set
up a connection to your printer. Follow the instructions on your screen.
8.When you reach the Select Printer screen, look for your printers mDNS service name (which
you noted in step 1) in the Printer Name column.
●If you find the right...

TCP/IP connection
1.Go to your printers front panel and make a note of the printers URL (see Access the Embedded
Web Server on page 27).
2.Insert the HP Start-Up Kit CD into your CD drive.
3.Open the CD icon on your desktop.
4.Open the Mac OS X HP Designjet Installer.
5.Follow the instructions on your screen.
6.The printer software is installed, including the printer driver and the HP Utility.
7.When the software has been installed, the HP Printer Setup Assistant starts automatically, to set
up a...

9.Continue following the instructions on the screen. When you reach the Printer Queue Created
screen, click Quit to exit, or Create New Queue if you want to connect another printer to the
network.
10.When the HP Printer Setup Assistant has finished, you can remove the CD from the CD drive.
If the printer driver is already installed, the HP Printer Setup Assistant can be run at any time from the
CD.
Connect directly to a computer (Mac OS)
You can connect your printer directly to a computer without going...

NOTE:The use of non-certified USB cables can lead to connectivity problems. Only cables
certified by the USB Implementors Forum (
http://www.usb.org/) should be used with this printer.
8.Shortly afterwards, a print queue is created automatically for your printer.
Sharing the printer
If your computer is connected to a network, you can make your directly connected printer available to
other computers on the same network.
1.Double-click the System Preferences icon on the Dock menu bar on your desktop....

2.Open the CD icon on your desktop.
3.Open the Mac OS X HP Designjet Uninstaller, and follow the instructions on your screen to
uninstall the printer software..
To delete the print queue:
●Under Mac OS X 10.4 there are two alternative 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 – button.
◦From the Print Setup utility, select the name of the printer and click the Delete icon.
●Under Mac OS...

3 Setting up the printer
●Introduction
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Paper suitability options (T1200 series only)
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Turn nesting on and off (T1200 series only)
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Turn usage information on and off
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Turn alerts on and off
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Control access to the printer
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Require account ID (T1200 series only)
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Set Windows driver preferences
20 Chapter 3   Setting up the printer ENWW
Administrator settings
 

Introduction
This chapter describes various printer settings that the printer administrator may wish to control as
soon as a new printer is assembled and ready for use.
Paper suitability options (T1200 series only)
Paper mismatch action
If the paper currently loaded in the printer is not suitable for a particular job, the printer can either put
the job on hold until some suitable paper is loaded, or it can ignore the problem and print the job on
the unsuitable paper. There are several ways in which the...

Turn nesting on and off (T1200 series only)
Nesting means automatically printing images or document pages side by side on the paper when
feasible, rather than one after the other. This is done to avoid wasting paper. See 
Nest jobs to save
roll paper (T1200 series only) on page 60.
To turn nesting on or off, you must first make sure that the job queue is enabled (see 
Turn off the job
queue (T770 HD and T1200 series only) on page 105) and the start of printing is set to After
Processing (see 
Select when...