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 printed on a page of the size you have selected, with a narrow
margin between the edges of the image and the edges of the paper. The image should be small
enough to fit between the margins.
●Oversize. Your image will be printed on a page slightly larger than the size you have selected. If
you cut off the margins, you will be left with a page of the size you selected, with no margins
remaining between your image and the edges of the paper.
●Clip Contents By Margins. Your image will be printed on a page of the size you have selected,
with a narrow margin between the edges of the image and the edges of the paper. In this case, if
the image is the same size as the page, the printer assumes that the extreme edges of the
image are either white or unimportant, and do not need to be printed. This may be useful when
your image already contains a border.
●Borderless. Your image will be printed on a page of the size you have selected, with no
margins. The image is slightly enlarged to ensure that no margin is left between the edges of the
image and the edges of the paper. If you select Automatically by Printer, this enlargement is
done automatically. If you select Manually in Application, you must select a custom page size
slightly larger than the page on which you intend to print. See also 
Print with no margins (T1200
series only) on page 58.
Print with shortcuts
The printer driver provides many options that can be set to different values when printing a particular
job. A printing shortcut stores the values of all these options that are appropriate for a particular kind
of job, so that you can set them all with a single click. Some settings (such as paper size, paper
source and orientation) may be overridden by the values provided by your application.
To use a shortcut, select the Printing Shortcuts tab in the Windows driver dialog.
NOTE:Shortcuts are available only under Windows.
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							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 default settings. When you click on it, it sets all
options to their default values.
Printing shortcuts can be customized to your particular needs. To create your own shortcut:
1.Select the shortcut that comes closest to satisfying your requirements.
2.Change any value in the Printing Shortcuts tab and/or other tabs.
3.Save the new printing shortcut.
If you decide later that you no longer want a shortcut, you can delete it.
Print on loaded paper
To print a job on whichever paper is loaded in the printer, select Any in the Paper Type option of your
printer driver.
●In the Windows driver dialog: select the Paper/Quality tab, then select Any in the Paper Type
drop-down list.
●In the Mac OS Print dialog (T770, T1200): select the Paper/Quality panel, then select Any in
the Paper Type drop-down list.
●In the Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 PostScript Print dialog (PostScript printers): select the Paper/
Quality panel, then select Any in the Paper Type drop-down list.
●In the Mac OS X 10.4 PostScript Print dialog (PostScript printers): select the Image Quality
panel, then select Any in the Paper Type drop-down list.
NOTE:Any is the default Paper Type selection.
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							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 Options section.
◦The Print document on option adjusts the image size to the paper size you have selected.
For example, if you have selected ISO A2 as the paper size and you print an A3-sized
image, it is enlarged to fit the A2 paper. If the ISO A4 paper size is selected, the printer
reduces a larger image to fit the A4 size.
◦The % of actual size option enlarges the printable area of the original paper size (the page
minus the margins) by the percentage indicated, then adds the margins to create the output
paper size.
●In the Mac OS Print dialog (T770, T1200): select the Paper Handling panel, then Scale to fit
paper size, and select the paper size to which you want to scale the image. If you want to
increase the size of the image, make sure that the Scale down only box is unchecked.
●In the Mac OS Print dialog (PostScript printers): select the Finishing panel, then Print
document on, and select the paper size to which you want to scale the image. For example, if
you have selected ISO A2 as the paper size and you print an A3-sized image, it is enlarged to fit
the A2 paper. If the ISO A4 paper size is selected, the printer reduces a larger image to fit the
A4 size.
●On the Embedded Web Servers Submit Job page (T1200 series): select Advanced
settings > Resizing.
◦The Standard and Custom options adjust the image size to the standard or custom paper
size you have selected. For example, if you have selected ISO A2 as the paper size and
you print an A4-size image, it is enlarged to fit the A2 paper. If the ISO A3 paper size is
selected, the printer reduces a larger image to fit the A3 size.
◦The % of actual size option enlarges the printable area of the original paper size (the page
minus the margins) by the percentage indicated, then adds the margins to create the output
paper size.
●
Using the front panel: select the Setup menu icon 
, then Printing preferences > Paper
options > Resize.
If you are printing to a single sheet, you must ensure that the image can actually fit onto the sheet,
otherwise the image will be clipped.
Change the treatment of overlapping lines
NOTE:This topic applies only when printing an HP-GL/2 job.
The merge option controls the overlapping lines in an image. There are two settings:
●Off: where the lines cross, only the color of the top line is printed. This is the default setting.
●On: where the lines cross, the colors of the two lines merge.
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							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:
◦Use your applications print preview option.
◦Check the Show preview before printing option, which you can find in the drivers
Printing Shortcuts tab, Paper/Quality tab and Features tab. The preview may be
provided in different ways, depending on your printer and printer driver.
●To preview a print under Mac OS, you have the following options:
◦Use your applications print preview option.
◦Click the Preview button at the bottom of the Print dialog box. This is the basic print
preview provided by Mac OS.
◦If you are using the PostScript driver for the T1200 PS printer, check the Show print
preview option, which you can find in the drivers Printing dialog, in the Finishing panel.
This preview is provided by the Embedded Web Server and will appear in a Web browser
window.
◦If you are using the PCL driver, click the PDF button at the bottom of the Print dialog box,
then click HP Print Preview. This provides a preview with more features, such as the ability
to change paper size, paper type and print quality, and to rotate the image.
NOTE:HP Print Preview may not be available if you are using Adobe InDesign, Adobe
Illustrator, Adobe Reader or Apple Aperture. It is available with Adobe InDesign CS4 and
Adobe Illustrator CS4.
●To preview a print using the Embedded Web Server, select Basic settings > Hold for preview.
This preview is available from the T770 HD printer and the T1200 printer series.
Print a draft
You can specify fast draft-quality printing in the following ways:
●In the Windows driver dialog: go to the Paper/Quality tab and look at the Print Quality
section. Move the print-quality slider to the extreme left (Speed).
●In the Mac OS Print dialog (T770, T1200): go to the Paper/Quality panel and move the print-
quality slider to the extreme left (Speed).
●In the Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 PostScript Print dialog (PostScript printers): go to the Paper/
Quality panel and move the print-quality slider to the extreme left (Speed).
●In the Mac OS X 10.4 PostScript Print dialog (PostScript printers): go to the Image Quality
panel and move the print-quality slider to the extreme left (Speed).
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							●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
section. Select Custom Options, then set the quality level to Fast and check the Economode
box.
●In the Mac OS Print dialog (T770, T1200): go to the Paper/Quality panel and set the quality
options to Custom, then set quality to Fast and check the Economode box.
●In the Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 PostScript Print dialog (PostScript printers): go to the Paper/
Quality panel and set the quality options to Custom, then set quality to Fast and check the
Economode box.
●In the Mac OS X 10.4 PostScript Print dialog (PostScript printers): go to the Image Quality
panel and set the quality options to Custom, then set quality to Fast and check the Economode
box.
●On the Embedded Web Servers Submit Job page (T1200 series): select Basic settings >
Print quality > Custom. Set Quality level to Fast, and Economode to On.
●
Using the front panel: select the Setup menu icon 
, then Printing preferences > Print
quality > Enable economode.
NOTE:If the print quality is set from your computer, it overrides the print-quality setting in the front
panel.
High-quality printing
You can specify high-quality printing in the following ways:
●In the Windows driver dialog: go to the Paper/Quality tab and look at the Print Quality
section. Move the print-quality slider to the extreme right (Quality).
●In the Mac OS Print dialog (T770, T1200): go to the Paper/Quality panel and move the print-
quality slider to the extreme right (Quality).
●In the Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 PostScript Print dialog (PostScript printers): go to the Paper/
Quality panel and move the print-quality slider to the extreme right (Quality).
●In the Mac OS X 10.4 PostScript Print dialog (PostScript printers): go to the Image Quality
panel and move the print-quality slider to the extreme right (Quality).
●On the Embedded Web Servers Submit Job page (T1200 series): select Basic settings >
Print quality > Standard options > Quality.
●
Using the front panel: select the Setup menu icon 
, then Printing preferences > Print
quality > Select quality level > Best.
NOTE:If the print quality is set from your computer, it overrides the print-quality setting in the front
panel.
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							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 Embedded Web Servers Submit Job page (T1200 series): select Basic settings >
Print quality > Custom. Set Quality level to Best, and Maximum detail to On.
●
Using the front panel: select the Setup menu icon 
, then Printing preferences > Print
quality > Enable maximum detail.
NOTE:The Maximum Detail option results in slower printing with photo papers, but it does not
increase the amount of ink used.
Print in gray shades
You can convert all colors in your image to shades of gray in the following ways:
●In your application program: many programs provide this option.
●In the Windows driver dialog: go to the Color tab and look at the Color Options section. Select
Print in Grayscale. You can also select Print in pure black and white if you want only black
and white, without gray shades.
●In the Mac OS Print dialog (T770, T1200): go to the Color Options panel and select
Grayscale from the Mode drop-down list. You can also select Pure Black and White if you
want only black and white, without gray shades.
●In the Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 PostScript Print dialog (PostScript printers): go to the Color
Options panel and select Grayscale from the Mode drop-down list. You can also select Pure
Black and White if you want only black and white, without gray shades.
●In the Mac OS X 10.4 PostScript Print dialog (PostScript printers): go to the Color Options
panel and select Print In Grayscale. You can also select Print in Pure Black and White if you
want only black and white, without gray shades.
●On the Embedded Web Servers Submit Job page (T1200 series): select Color, then set
Color/Grayscale to Print In Grayscale. You can also select Pure Black and White if you want
only black and white, without gray shades.
Print with no margins (T1200 series only)
Printing with no margins (to the edges of the paper) is known as borderless printing. This can be done
only on rolls of glossy paper.
In order to be sure of leaving no margins, the printer prints slightly past the edges of the paper. Any
ink deposited outside the paper is absorbed by the sponge situated in the platen.
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							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): 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 10.4 PostScript Page Setup dialog (T1200 PS): select a paper size name
that includes the words “no margins”. Then, in the Print dialog, select Finishing > Layout >
Borderless.
NOTE:If your application offers no Page Setup dialog, please use the Print dialog.
●On the Embedded Web Servers Submit Job page: select Advanced settings > Paper >
Layout/Margins > Borderless.
When you select Borderless, you must also select one of the following Image Enlargement options:
●Automatically by printer means that the printer automatically enlarges your image slightly
(normally by a few millimeters in each direction) in order to print over the edges of the paper.
●Manually in application means that you must enlarge the image yourself in your application,
and select a custom paper size that is slightly larger than the actual paper size.
NOTE:If the first print job after loading paper is a borderless job, the printer may trim the leading
edge of the paper before printing.
At the end of a borderless print, the printer normally cuts the print slightly inside the image area to
ensure that the print is borderless. It then cuts the paper again so that no residual part of the image is
included in the next print. However, if the job is cancelled, or if there is white space at the bottom of
the image, only a single cut is made.
Print with crop lines (T1200 series only)
Crop lines indicate where the paper should be cut to reduce it to your selected page size. You can
print crop lines with individual jobs in the following ways:
●In the Windows driver dialog: select the Features tab, then Crop lines.
●In the Mac OS Print dialog: select the Finishing panel, then Crop lines.
●On the Embedded Web Servers Submit Job page: select Advanced settings > Roll
options > Enable crop lines > Yes.
Alternatively, you can choose to print crop lines with all jobs by default:
●In the Embedded Web Server: select Setup > Printer settings > Job management > Use
crop lines when printing > On.
●
Using the front panel: select the Setup menu icon 
, then Printing preferences > Paper >
Enable crop lines > On.
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							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 Reprint last job.
NOTE:You cannot use this method for PCL3 jobs. To reprint old jobs that are PCL3, you may be
able to use your operating systems printer spooler, if you have already set the spooler to save old
jobs. This facility depends on your operating system.
Use paper economically
Here are some recommendations for making economical use of paper:
●If you are printing relatively small images or document pages, you can use nesting to print them
side by side instead of one after another. See 
Nest jobs to save roll paper (T1200 series only)
on page 60.
●You may be able to save some roll paper by using the following options:
◦In the Windows driver dialog: select the Features tab and then Remove top/bottom
blank areas and/or Rotate by 90 degrees.
◦In the Mac OS Print dialog (T770, T1200): select the Finishing panel, then Remove Top/
Bottom Blank Areas.
◦In the Mac OS PostScript Print dialog (PostScript printers): select the Finishing panel,
then Remove Top/Bottom Blank Areas and/or Rotate by 90 degrees.
◦On the Embedded Web Servers Submit Job page (T1200 series): select Advanced
settings > Roll options > Remove top/bottom blank areas and/or Rotate.
●If you check the print preview on your computer before printing, you can sometimes avoid
wasting paper on prints containing obvious mistakes. See 
Preview a print on page 56.
Nest jobs to save roll paper (T1200 series only)
Nesting means automatically printing images or document pages side by side on the paper, rather
than one after the other. This is done to avoid wasting paper.
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							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 remaining length of the roll. A single group of
nested pages cannot be split between two rolls.
Which pages qualify for nesting?
In order to be in the same nest, the individual pages must be compatible in all of the following ways:
●All pages must have the same print quality setting (Economode, Fast, Normal or Best).
●The Maximum Detail setting must be the same on all pages.
●The Layout/Margins setting must be the same for all pages.
●The Mirror Image setting must be the same for all pages.
●The Rendering Intent must be the same for all pages.
●The Cutter setting must be the same for all pages.
●The color adjustment settings must be the same for all pages. See 
Color adjustment options
on page 69.
●Pages must be all color, or all grayscale: not some in color and some in grayscale.
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							●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 period is
the nest wait time; the factory default nest wait time is two minutes. This means that the printer waits
for up to two minutes after the last file is received before printing the final nest. You can change this
waiting time from the printers front panel: select the Setup menu icon 
, then Job management
options > Nest options > Select wait time. The available range is 1 to 99 minutes.
While the printer is waiting for nesting to time out, it displays the remaining time on the front panel.
You can print the nest (cancel the nest wait) by pressing the Form feed and cut key.
Use ink economically
Here are some recommendations for making economical use of ink.
●For draft prints, use plain paper and move the print-quality slider to the left end of the scale
(Speed). For further economy, select custom print quality options, then select Fast and
Economode.
●Clean the printheads only when needed, and clean only those printheads that need cleaning.
Cleaning the printheads can be useful, but it uses a small amount of ink.
●Leave the printer permanently turned on so that it can maintain the printheads in good condition
automatically. This regular printhead maintenance uses a small amount of ink. However, if it is
not done, the printer may need to use much more ink later to restore the health of the
printheads.
●Wide prints make more efficient use of ink than narrow prints, because printhead maintenance
uses some ink, and its frequency is related to the number of passes made by the printheads.
Therefore, nesting jobs can save ink as well as saving paper (see 
Nest jobs to save roll paper
(T1200 series only) on page 60).
Roll protection (T1200 series only)
If you choose to protect a roll, jobs will be printed on it only if the job explicitly specifies the roll
number or the paper type loaded on the roll. This may be useful, for example, in the following cases.
●To stop people from accidentally printing unimportant jobs on expensive paper.
●To avoid printing on a particular roll when printing from AutoCAD without interacting with the HP
printer driver.
To protect a roll, go to the front panel and select the Setup menu icon 
, then Printing
preferences > Paper options > Roll protection.
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