HP Designjet T1200 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 drive. If the CD does not start automatically, run the
autorun.exe program in the root folder of the CD.
3.Press the Custom Install button.
4.In some cases, you may see a message warning you that the installer would need to
communicate through the firewall in order to search the network for printers. As you have no
need to do this, you can check the box Continue installation without searching the network.
5.If you see a list of networked printers, select Help me find my printer (including network, USB
or parallel connected printers).
6.Select USB Cable.
NOTE:You can connect your printer and complete the installation later if you prefer. To do so,
check the box marked I want to connect my printer after completing the setup wizard.
7.When prompted to do so, connect your computer to the printer with a certified USB cable.
Ensure that the printer is turned on.
8.The printer drivers and the HP Utility are installed.
TIP:If you would like to share the printer with other people connected to your network, press the
Printer Properties button in the Ready to Install window, set Printer Name to the name under which
the printer will be shared, then set Shared to Yes.
Printer sharing considerations
●The HP Utility must be installed on a computer before it can be used from that computer.
●Any other users sharing your directly connected printer will be able to send print jobs, but will not
be able to receive information from the printer—which affects printer alerts, printer status
reports, paper management, printer administration and troubleshooting.
●Any other users sharing your directly connected printer will be unable to use the printers own
print preview facility, although the applications print preview will still be available. See 
Preview a
print on page 56.
TIP:The best way to share the printer over a network is to connect the printer not to any computer,
but to the network. See 
Connect to a network (Windows) on page 12.
Uninstall the printer software (Windows)
1.Insert the HP Start-Up Kit CD into your CD drive. If the CD does not start automatically, run the
autorun.exe program in the root folder of the CD.
2.Press the Modify Installation button, and follow the instructions on your screen to uninstall the
printer software.
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							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 software and connect your printer.
Bonjour/Rendezvous connection
1.
Go to your printers front panel and select the Connectivity menu icon , then Fast Ethernet
or Gigabit Ethernet > View configuration. Note the mDNS service name of your printer.
2.Insert the HP Start-Up Kit CD into your CD drive.
3.Open the CD icon on your desktop.
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							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 printer name, scroll sideways if necessary to see the Connection Type
column, and check that it shows Bonjour/Rendezvous. Then highlight that line. Otherwise,
continue searching further down the list.
●If you cannot find your printer name with a Bonjour/Rendezvous connection type, check
the box My printer is not in the list.
Click Continue.
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.
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							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 connection to your printer. Follow the instructions on your screen.
8.When you reach the Select Printer screen, look for your printers URL (which you noted in step
1) in the Printer Name column.
●If you find the right printer name, scroll sideways if necessary to see the Connection Type
column, and check that it shows IP Printing. Then highlight that line. Otherwise, continue
searching further down the list.
●If you cannot find your printer name with an IP Printing connection type, check the box My
printer is not in the list.
Click Continue.
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							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 through a network, by using the
printers built-in USB 2.0 port.
1.Make sure the printer is either turned off, or disconnected from the computer.
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.Make sure that the printer is turned on and connected to the computer with a certified USB
cable.
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							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.Under Mac OS X 10.4, enable printer sharing by going to Sharing > Services > Printer
Sharing.
Under later versions of Mac OS X, go to Sharing, select Printer Sharing, and then check the
printer(s) that you want to share.
3.Your printer now automatically appears in the list of shared printers displayed by any other
computer running Mac OS and connected to your local network.
Please bear in mind the following considerations.
●Any other users wishing to share your printer must install the printer software on their own
computers.
●Anyone sharing your directly connected printer will be able to send print jobs, but will not be able
to receive information from the printer—which affects printer alerts, printer status reports, paper
management, printer administration and troubleshooting.
●The PCL3 (raster) driver can drive a shared printer between different versions of Mac OS, but
the PostScript driver does not support printer sharing between Mac OS X 10.4 and Mac OS X
10.5 or 10.6. It does support printer sharing between Mac OS X 10.5 and 10.6.
●You may find that sharing your directly connected printer with other users will slow down your
computer unacceptably.
TIP:The best way to share the printer over a network is to connect the printer not to any computer,
but to the network. See 
Connect to a network (Mac OS) on page 14.
Uninstall the printer software (Mac OS)
1.Insert the HP Start-Up Kit CD into your CD drive.
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							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 X 10.5 or 10.6: from the system preferences, select the Print & Fax dialog.
Select the name of the printer and click the – button.
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							3 Setting up the printer
●Introduction
●
Paper suitability options (T1200 series only)
●
Turn nesting on and off (T1200 series only)
●
Turn usage information on and off
●
Turn alerts on and off
●
Control access to the printer
●
Require account ID (T1200 series only)
●
Set Windows driver preferences
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							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 loaded paper may be considered
unsuitable:
●The paper type is not as specified for the job
●The paper source (roll 1, roll 2 or sheet) is not as specified for the job
●The paper size is smaller than specified for the job
You can set the printers behavior in such cases from the front panel.
●
Select the Setup menu icon 
, then Job management options > Paper mismatch action >
Print anyway if you want such jobs to print on whatever paper is loaded. This is the default
option.
●
Select the Setup menu icon 
, then Job management options > Paper mismatch action >
Put job on hold if you want such jobs to be put on hold. The printer will send an alert whenever
a job is put on hold.
When a job is put on hold for paper, it is kept in the printer queue until some suitable paper is loaded
(in which case, all jobs waiting for that paper type can be printed). Meanwhile, other jobs with different
requirements can continue printing.
Roll switching options
If two rolls are loaded, both of which are suitable for the job, the roll will be chosen according to your
preferences. These can be set from the front panel: select the Setup menu icon 
, then Printing
preferences > Paper options > Roll switching options. There are three available options:
●Minimize paper waste. If this option is chosen, the printer will choose the narrowest roll that
meets all the criteria, to avoid wasting paper due to trimming. This is the default option.
●Minimize roll changes. If this option is chosen, the printer will choose the roll that is currently
active, to avoid wasting time with a roll switch. To change the active roll, select the Paper menu
icon 
, then Select active roll.
●Use roll with less paper. If this option is chosen, the printer will choose the roll that has the
least paper.
NOTE:This option is effective only if you have enabled Printing paper info (see Printing
paper info on page 43). Otherwise, it has the same effect as Minimize paper waste.
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							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 to print a job in the queue (T770 HD and T1200 series only)
on page 105). Then:
●In the HP Utility for Windows: select Settings > Job Management > Nest.
●In the HP Utility for Mac OS: select Configuration > Printer Settings > Configure Printer
Settings > Job Management > Nest.
●In the Embedded Web Server: select Setup > Printer settings > Job management > Nest.
●
Using the front panel: select the Setup menu icon 
, then Job management > Nest
options > Enable nesting.
In each case, you will see the following options:
●In order: pages are nested in the order in which they are sent to the printer. The nested pages
are printed as soon as one of three conditions is met:
◦The next page will not fit on the same row as the other pages already nested.
◦No page has been sent to the printer during the specified wait time.
◦The next page is incompatible with the pages already nested (see 
Nest jobs to save roll
paper (T1200 series only) on page 60).
●Optimized order: pages are not necessarily nested in the order in which they are sent to the
printer. When it receives an incompatible page, the printer holds it and waits for compatible
pages to complete the nest. The nested pages are printed as soon as one of three conditions is
met:
◦The next page will not fit on the same row as the other pages already nested.
◦No page has been sent to the printer during the specified wait time.
◦The incompatible-page queue is full. The printer can queue up to six incompatible pages
while nesting compatible pages. If it receives a seventh incompatible page, the nest is
printed as it is.
●Off: nesting is disabled. This is the default option.
The nesting wait time can be set at the front panel: Setup menu icon 
, Job management > Nest
options > Select wait time.
TIP:Optimized order uses the minimum amount of paper; however, it may take longer to print
because the printer waits for compatible pages to arrive.
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