HP Designjet T1200 User Manual

●In the Mac OS X 10.4 PostScript Print dialog (PostScript printers): select the Finishing
panel and then Layout.
●On the Embedded Web Servers Submit Job page (T1200 series): select Advanced
settings > Paper > Layout/Margins.
You will then see at least some of the following options.
NOTE:Under Mac OS, the available margins options depend on the paper size selected. For
instance, for borderless printing you must select a paper size name that includes the words “no
margins”.
●Standard. Your image will be...

You can see a list of available shortcuts; select the one that matches the kind of job you want to print.
The driver options are now adjusted to suit your job. You can either print immediately, or examine the
settings to check that you agree with them. If you like, you can select a shortcut and then change
some of its settings manually.
TIP:Check at least the settings that you can see in the Printing Shortcuts tab: the document size,
orientation, etc.
The Factory Defaults shortcut contains the printers...

Rescale a print
You can send an image to the printer at a certain size but tell the printer to rescale it to a different size
(normally larger). This may be useful:
●If your software does not support large formats
●If your file is too large for the printers memory—in this case, you can reduce the paper size in
your software and then scale it up again using the front-panel option
You can rescale an image in the following ways:
●In the Windows driver dialog: go to the Features tab and look at the Resizing...

To turn merge on, go to the front panel and select the Setup menu icon , then Printing
preferences > HP-GL/2 options > Enable merge. You can set the merge option from your software
in some applications. Settings in your software override the front-panel settings.
Preview a print
Previewing a print on the screen allows you to check the layout of the print before printing, which may
help you to avoid wasting paper and ink on a bad print.
●To preview a print under Windows, you have the following options:...

●On the Embedded Web Servers Submit Job page (T1200 series): select Basic settings >
Print quality > Standard options > Speed.
●
Using the front panel: select the Setup menu icon 
, then Printing preferences > Print
quality > Select quality level > Fast.
You can specify even faster draft-quality printing by using Economode, as follows. This is intended
mainly for documents containing only text and line drawings.
●In the Windows driver dialog: go to the Paper/Quality tab and look at the Print Quality...

If you have a high-resolution image
If your image has a resolution greater than the rendering resolution (which you can see in the Custom
Print Quality Options box under Windows), print sharpness may be improved by selecting the
Maximum Detail option. This option is available only if you are printing on glossy paper and you have
selected Best print quality.
●In the driver dialog (Mac OS Print dialog): select Custom instead of Standard print-quality
options, then check the Maximum Detail box.
●On the...

You can request printing with no margins in the following ways:
●In the Windows driver dialog: select the Paper/Quality tab and press the Margins/Layout
button. Then select Borderless.
●In the Mac OS Page Setup dialog (T1200): select a paper size name that includes the words
“no margins”. Then, in the Print dialog, select Margins/Layout > Borderless.
NOTE:If your application offers no Page Setup dialog, please use the Print dialog.
●In the Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 PostScript Page Setup dialog (T1200 PS):...

To print crop lines with nested jobs (see Nest jobs to save roll paper (T1200 series only)
on page 60), you must select a different option:
●In the Embedded Web Server: select Setup > Printer settings > Job management > Use
crop lines when nest is enabled > On.
●
Using the front panel: select the Setup menu icon 
, then Job management > Nest
options > Enable crop lines > On.
Reprint last printed job
You can reprint the last job printed from the front panel. Select the Job management menu icon ,
then...

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 both of the following are true:
●The printer is loaded with roll paper, not sheet paper.
●The printers Nest option is not turned off. See 
Turn nesting on and off (T1200 series only)
on page 22.
What 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...

●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, RTL
◦PostScript, PDF, TIFF, JPEG
●JPEG and TIFF 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...