HP Designjet T1200 User Manual

							Paper presets
Each supported paper type has its own characteristics. For optimum print-quality, the printer changes
the way it prints on each different paper type. For example, some may need more ink and some may
require a longer drying time. So the printer must be given a description of the requirements of each
paper type. This description is called the “paper” preset. The paper preset contains the ICC profile,
which describes the color characteristics of the paper; it also contains information on other
characteristics and requirements of the paper that are not directly related to color. Existing paper
presets for your printer are already installed in the printers software.
However, as it is inconvenient to scroll through a list of all paper types available, your printer only
contains paper presets for the most commonly used paper types. If you have a paper type for which
your printer has no preset, you cannot select that paper type in the front-panel display.
There are two ways to assign a preset for a new paper type.
●Use an HP factory paper preset by selecting the closest category and type in the front panel or
the HP Utility, see 
The paper type is not in the driver on page 137.
NOTE:Colors may not be accurate. This method is not recommended for high-quality prints.
●Download the correct paper preset from: http://www.hp.com/go/T770/paperpresets/ or
http://www.hp.com/go/T1200/paperpresets/.
NOTE:HP provides presets for HP paper types only. If you do not find the paper preset you
want on the Web, you may find that it has been added to the latest firmware for your printer. You
can check the firmware release notes for information, see 
Update the firmware on page 125.
Printing paper info
Enable the Printing paper info option to record the printer’s estimate of the remaining roll length,
paper width and type. The information is a combination of barcode and text that is printed on the
leading edge of the roll when the paper is unloaded from the printer.
NOTE:The paper-length estimate is available only if the printer registered the amount of paper that
was on the roll when you loaded it. To provide this information to the printer, specify the roll length on
the front panel when loading the paper, or load a roll that has the paper-data barcode printed on it.
NOTE:The barcode and text are printed on the roll only when the loading and unloading processes
are started from the front panels Paper menu.
NOTE:This option can be expected to work only with papers that are completely opaque. It may fail
with transparent or translucent papers.
To enable the Printing paper info option, go to the front panel and select the Setup menu icon ,
then select Printing preferences > Paper options > Enable printing paper info.
NOTE:Enabling this option slightly changes the paper loading and unloading procedures.
Move the paper
If the printer is idle (ready to print), you can move the paper forwards or backwards from the front
panel. You may want to do this in order to have more or less white space between the last print and
the next one.
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							To move the paper, select the Paper menu icon  and then Move paper.
You can move the paper forwards by pressing the Up key on the front panel, or backwards by
pressing the Down key. When the paper is positioned as you want it, press the OK key.
Maintain paper
To maintain paper quality, follow the recommendations below.
●Store rolls covered by another piece of paper or cloth
●Store cut sheets covered and clean or brush them before loading them in the printer
●Clean input and output platens
●Always keep the window of your printer closed
NOTE:Photo and coated paper requires careful handling, see The print is scuffed or scratched
on page 154.
Change the drying time
You may wish to change the drying time setting to suit special printing conditions such as multiple
prints where time is of higher importance or when you need to be sure ink is dry before handling.
Select the Setup menu icon 
, then Print retrieval > Select drying time. You can select:
●Extended, to set a longer than recommended time to ensure ink is completely dry
●Optimal, to set the default and recommended time for your selected paper (this is the default
setting)
●Reduced, to set a shorter than recommended time when quality is of lower importance
●None, to disable the drying time and remove your print as soon as it finishes printing
CAUTION:If the ink is not dry when the print is removed it could leave ink in the output tray and
marks on the print.
NOTE:If you cancel the drying time during a print, the printer may not feed and cut the paper right
away due to the printhead maintenance, which runs in parallel. If the dry time is zero, the printer cuts
the paper and then performs the printhead maintenance. However, if the dry time is greater than zero,
the printer does not cut the paper until after the printhead maintenance has completed, even if you
press the Form feed and cut key 
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							Turn the automatic cutter on and off
To turn the printers paper cutter on or off:
●From the HP Utility for Windows, select the Settings tab and change the Cutter option in
Printer Settings > Advanced.
●From the HP Utility for Mac OS, select Configuration > Printer Settings > Advanced and
change the Cutter option.
●From the Embedded Web Server, select the Setup tab, then Printer Settings > Advanced, and
change the Cutter option.
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From the front panel, select the Setup menu icon 
, then Print retrieval > Enable cutter and
change the cutter option.
The default setting is On.
NOTE:If the cutter is turned off, it will not cut the paper between jobs, but it will continue to cut the
paper on loading, unloading and switching between rolls.
TIP:To cut roll paper while the automatic cutter is disabled, see Feed and cut the paper
on page 45.
Feed and cut the paper
If you press the Form feed and cut key  on the front panel, the printer advances the paper and
makes a straight cut across the front edge. There are several possible reasons why you might want to
do this.
●To trim the leading edge of the paper if it is damaged or not straight.
●To feed and cut the paper when the automatic cutter has been disabled.
●To cancel the waiting time and print the available pages immediagely, if the printer is waiting to
nest more pages (T1200 series only).
NOTE:The printheads are serviced after each print, and the paper cannot be cut until the process
completes, so you may notice a delay.
CAUTION:Remove the cut piece from the output tray. If strips or short prints are left in the output
tray the printer could jam.
NOTE:Photo and coated paper requires careful handling, see The print is scuffed or scratched
on page 154.
TIP:To move the paper without cutting it, see Move the paper on page 43.
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							6 Working with two rolls (T1200 series
only)
●The uses of a multiroll printer
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How the printer allocates jobs to paper rolls
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							The uses of a multiroll printer
A multiroll printer can be useful in several different ways:
●The printer can automatically switch between different paper types according to your needs.
●The printer can automatically switch between different paper widths according to your needs.
This enables you to save paper by printing smaller images on narrower paper.
●If you load two identical rolls into the printer, you can leave it printing unattended for a long time,
because it can switch from one roll to the other automatically when the first is exhausted. See
Unattended printing/overnight printing (T1200 series only) on page 63.
There are two concepts to help you when working with multiple rolls.
●The active roll is the roll that is currently loaded and will be printed on by default unless the
printer has some reason to switch rolls. To change the active roll, select the Paper menu icon
, then Select active roll.
●A protected roll is protected from use unless the roll number or its paper type are specifically
requested. See 
Roll protection (T1200 series only) on page 62.
The current status of both rolls is shown on the front panels status screen.
How the printer allocates jobs to paper rolls
When you submit a print job from the Embedded Web Server or the printer driver, you can specify
(using the Paper type or Type is option) that you want it to be printed on a particular paper type; you
can even specify (using the Paper source, Source is or Paper Feed option) that you want it to be
printed on a particular roll (1 or 2). The printer will try to satisfy these requirements, and it will also
look for a paper roll large enough to print the image without clipping.
●If both rolls are suitable for the job, the roll will be chosen according to the roll switching policy.
See 
Roll switching options on page 21.
●If just one of the rolls is suitable for the job, it will be printed on that roll.
●If neither roll is suitable for the job, it will be held in the job queue with the status “On hold for
paper”, or printed on an unsuitable roll, depending on the paper mismatch action. See 
Paper
mismatch action on page 21.
The printer driver for Windows will tell you which paper types and widths are currently loaded in the
printer, and on which rolls.
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							Here are some settings that might be used in typical situations:
●With different paper types loaded:
◦Type is: select the paper type you require
◦Source is: Automatically select / Predetermined
◦Roll switching policy: doesnt matter
●With different paper widths loaded:
◦Type is: Any
◦Source is: Automatically select / Predetermined
◦Roll switching policy: Minimize paper waste
TIP:You can also save paper in some cases by rotating or nesting your images. See Use
paper economically on page 60.
●With identical rolls loaded:
◦Type is: Any
◦Source is: Automatically select / Predetermined
◦Roll switching policy: Minimize roll changes
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							7Printing
●Create a print job
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Select print quality
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Select paper size
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Select margins options
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Print with shortcuts
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Print on loaded paper
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Rescale a print
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Change the treatment of overlapping lines
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Preview a print
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Print a draft
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High-quality printing
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Print in gray shades
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Print with no margins (T1200 series only)
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Print with crop lines (T1200 series only)
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Reprint last printed job
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Use paper economically
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Nest jobs to save roll paper (T1200 series only)
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Use ink economically
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Roll protection (T1200 series only)
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Unattended printing/overnight printing (T1200 series only)
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							Create a print job
In order to print something, you must send it to the printer. This constitutes a print job, which is
entered into the printers print queue. There are two main ways of sending a print job to the printer:
●To print directly from a program, use the programs Print command as usual. When you select
your printer, the printer driver is invoked to send your job to the printer.
●If you have a file that is already in a supported graphical format, you can use the Embedded
Web Server to send it directly to the printer without going through a printer driver (see below).
Using the Embedded Web Server to print files (T1200 series only)
From the HP Utility, select Job Center > Submit Job. From the Embedded Web Server, select the
Main tab and then Submit job. You will see the window below.
Press the Add files button 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)
●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 they 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.
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							Select print quality
The printer has various print-quality options because best-quality printing requires some loss of
speed, while fast printing implies some reduction in print quality.
Therefore, the standard print-quality selector is a slider that allows you to choose between quality and
speed. With some paper types, you can choose a compromise position between the two.
Alternatively, you can select from the custom options: Best, Normal and Fast. If you select Fast, you
can also select Economode, which uses a lower rendering resolution and consumes less ink. It
therefore increases printing speed even further, but reduces print quality. Economode can be
selected only from the custom options (not from the slider).
There is also a supplementary custom option that may have an effect on print quality: Maximum
detail. See 
High-quality printing on page 57.
NOTE:In the Windows driver dialog, the rendering resolution for your job is displayed in the Custom
Print Quality Options dialog box (select Custom options and then Settings). In the Mac OS Print
dialog, it is displayed in the Summary panel.
You can select print-quality options in the following ways:
●In the Windows driver dialog: go to the Paper/Quality tab and look at the Print Quality
section. If you select Standard Options, you will see a simple slider with which you can select
speed or quality. If you select Custom Options, you will see the more specific options described
above.
●In the Mac OS Print dialog (T770, T1200): go to the Paper/Quality panel and look at the
Quality Options section. If you select Standard quality options, you will see a simple slider with
which you can select speed or quality. If you select Custom quality options, you will see the
more specific options described above.
●In the Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 PostScript Print dialog (PostScript printers): go to the Paper/
Quality panel and look at the Quality Options section. If you select Standard quality options,
you will see a simple slider with which you can select speed or quality. If you select Custom
quality options, you will see the more specific options described above.
●In the Mac OS X 10.4 PostScript Print dialog (PostScript printers): go to the Image Quality
panel. If you select Standard quality options, you will see a simple slider with which you can
select speed or quality. If you select Custom quality options, you will see the more specific
options described above.
●On the Embedded Web Servers Submit Job page (T1200 series): select Basic settings >
Print quality. If you then select Standard options, you can choose between Speed and
Quality. If you select Custom options, you will see the more specific options described above.
●
Using the front panel: select the Setup menu icon 
, then Printing preferences > Print
quality.
NOTE:If the print quality is set from your computer, it overrides the print-quality setting in the
front panel.
NOTE:You cannot change the print quality of pages that the printer is already receiving or has
already received (even if they have not started to print yet).
Select paper size
The paper size can be specified in the following ways.
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							NOTE:The paper size specified here should be the paper size in which the document was created.
It is possible to rescale the document to a different size for printing. See 
Rescale a print
on page 55.
●In the Windows driver dialog: select the Paper/Quality tab, then select your paper size from
the Document Size list.
●In the Mac OS Page Setup dialog: select your printer from the Format for list, then select your
paper size from the Paper Size list.
NOTE:If your application offers no Page Setup dialog, please use the Print dialog.
●On the Embedded Web Servers Submit Job page (T1200 series): select Advanced
settings > Paper > Page size > Standard.
●
Using the front panel: select the Setup menu icon 
, then Printing preferences > Paper
options > Select paper size.
NOTE:If the paper size is set from your computer, it overrides the paper size setting in the
front panel.
Custom paper sizes
To choose a non-standard paper size not shown in the list of paper sizes:
●Under Windows, there are two different ways:
◦In the driver dialog, click the Custom button in the Paper/Quality tab, then specify the
name and the dimensions of your new paper size, then click Save to save your new paper
size. To see your new custom size in the list of custom sizes, you need to exit the printer
properties, then reenter them (and use the More button if necessary).
NOTE:The driver will not allow you to create a paper size whose width exceeds its
length.
◦From the Start menu, select Printers and Faxes, then from the File menu select Server
Properties. In the Forms tab, check the Create a new form box, specify the name and
dimensions of the new form, then click Save Form.
●Under Mac OS: select Paper Size > Manage Custom Sizes in the Page Setup dialog.
NOTE:If your application offers no Page Setup dialog, please use the Print dialog.
●On the Embedded Web Servers Submit Job page (T1200 series): select Advanced
settings > Paper > Page size > Custom.
Select margins options
By default, the printer leaves a 5 mm margin between the edges of your image and the edges of the
paper (increased to 17 mm at the foot of cut-sheet paper). However, you can change this behavior in
several ways.
●In the Windows driver dialog: select the Paper/Quality tab and then the Margins/Layout
button.
●In the Mac OS Print dialog (T770, T1200): select the Margins/Layout panel.
●In the Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 PostScript Print dialog (PostScript printers): select the
Margins/Layout panel.
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