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							5.In the Print dialog box, check the Use HP Instant Printing box. You can select your printer and
paper size here, or in the next window.
6.Ensure that the printer and paper size are correct, then click OK. The paper size is automatically
preselected.
7.Back in the Choose print settings box, click Next.
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							8.Save or start the batch print job.
Using HP Instant Printing
●Make sure Use HP Instant Printing has been selected. To print, click the Print icon in the
toolbar or select File > Print. Choose your preferred printing settings and click OK.
●Alternatively, Use HP Instant Printing can be launched directly from its own toolbar icon. In this
case, it starts immediately, using the settings you defined previously.
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							Using AutoCAD
1.The AutoCAD window can show a model or layout. Normally a layout is printed rather than the
model.
2.Click the Plot icon at the top of the window.
3.The Plot window opens.
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							4.You can see further options by pressing the circular button in the lower right corner of the
window.
NOTE:The Quality option here does not refer to the final print quality but to the quality of
AutoCAD viewport objects that are sent for printing.
5.Press the Properties button.
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							6.Select the Device and Document Settings tab, and press the Custom Properties button.
7.In the Paper/Quality tab, check the Show preview before printing box, and select the paper
type that you intend to use.
NOTE:If you select neither the paper source nor the paper type, the printer will not print on
any protected roll (see 
Roll protection (T1200 series only) on page 62).
8.Select the print quality (your own choice between speed and quality of printing).
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							9.If you intend to print on roll paper, you must decide where the printer should cut the paper. Press
the Margins/Layout button and select Clip contents by margins.
10.Select the Features tab, then select the Autorotate option. If you have a T1200 series printer,
select the Crop lines option also. Autorotation can help to avoid wasting paper, and the crop
lines will show you where to cut the paper after printing.
11.Press the OK button and save your configuration changes to a PC3 file.
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							12.When you have pressed the OK button in the Plot window, the printer will construct a print
preview (T1200 series only).
Using the Embedded Web Server to submit files (T1200 series only)
From the HP Utility or the Embedded Web Server, select Job Center > Submit Job. With some Web
browsers, you will see the window below; with other Web browsers, the mechanism for adding files is
slightly different.
Press the Add files button (or Choose File, Add another file) to choose the files from your
computer that you want to print. The files must be in one of the following formats:
●PDF (T1200 PS only)
●PostScript (T1200 PS only)
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							●TIFF (T1200 PS only)
●JPEG (T1200 PS only)
●HP-GL/2
●RTL
NOTE:When you print to a file, the file should be in one of the above formats, but its name may
have an extension such as .plt or .prn.
If the files are not in one of these formats, they will not be printed successfully.
If the jobs have been generated with the appropriate settings (such as page size, rotation, resizing
and number of copies), you can just press the Print button and the project will be sent to the printer.
If you need to specify printing settings, go to the Job settings section and select the options you
need. Each option has explanatory text on the right, so that you can understand the behavior of each
setting. Remember that, if you leave the setting as Default, the setting saved in the job will be used. If
the job contains no setting, the setting in the printer will be used.
Using printer emulation
Printer emulation can be requested by selecting Advanced settings > Color > Color management
> Printer emulation.
You can select Off (no printer emulation) or the name of the printer model that you want to emulate.
This setting will apply to jobs that do not contain any printer emulation setting saved in the job.
Using clip contents by margins
You can select this margins option from Advanced settings > Paper > Layout/Margins > Print with
margins > Layout > Clip contents by margins.
Use this option when the contents to be printed have white borders and a size equal to that of the
paper you have selected. The printer will use the white border for its margins and you will get a page
of size equal to that which is selected in the driver.
Print a presentation
This section demonstrates how to print a presentation from AutoCAD and from Photoshop.
Using AutoCAD
1.Open the AutoCAD file and select a layout.
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							2.Click the Plot icon at the top of the window.
3.Ensure that the correct printer is selected, then press the Properties button.
4.Select the Device and Document Settings tab, and press the Custom Properties button.
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							5.In the Paper/Quality tab, check the Show preview before printing box, and select the paper
type that you intend to use.
NOTE:If you select neither the paper source nor the paper type, the printer will not print on
any protected roll (see 
Roll protection (T1200 series only) on page 62).
6.Select the print quality (your own choice between speed and quality of printing).
7.If you intend to print on roll paper, you must decide where the printer should cut the paper. Press
the Margins/Layout button and select Clip contents by margins.
8.If you are using photo or glossy paper, you can select Borderless printing (T1200 series only).
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