HP Designjet T1300 PostScript 1118 mm User Manual

3 Setting up the printer
●Introduction
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Set up your Web-connected printer
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Web Services manual configuration
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Paper suitability options (T1300 series)
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Turn nesting on and off (T1300 series)
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Turn usage information on and off
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Turn e-mail notifications on and off
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Turn alerts on and off (Windows only)
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Control access to the printer
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Require account ID (T1300 series)
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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.
Set up your Web-connected printer
Your printer can connect to the Internet to benefit from various Web Services (see also Web Services
on page 11):
●Automatic firmware updates
●Use HP Designjet ePrint & Share from the front panel
●Use HP ePrint to print by email
To set up your printer for Web Services, please follow these steps, explained...

Web Services manual configuration
The Connectivity Wizard (see Set up your Web-connected printer on page 24) is normally sufficient for
Web Services configuration, but there are also facilities for manual configuration if you wish to use
them.
Configure the printer’s Internet connection
You can configure the printers Internet connection from the Embedded Web Server or from the front
panel.
NOTE:If an administrator password has been set, it will be required to change these settings. Thus,
the...

●Firmware update information: Information about the firmware currently installed
●Firmware update history: A list of firmware versions that have been installed in the printer. It
is usually possible to reinstall the version immediately before the version that is currently installed,
if you have some problem with the current version.
Set remote printing preferences
At the front panel, press , then , then Setup > Printing preferences to define the default
properties of jobs sent to your printer from remote...

You can set the printers behavior in such cases from the front panel.
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Press 
, then , then Setup > 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 when printing from a software application or from the Embedded Web Server; but
it does not work when printing from a USB flash drive, nor when copying.
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Press 
, then , then Setup > Job management options > Paper mismatch
action > Put job on hold if you want...

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 (T1300 series) on page 65).
●Optimized order: pages are not...

You must also ensure that the e-mail server has been configured. To configure the e-mail server using
the Embedded Web Server, select Setup > E-mail server, and fill in the following fields:
●SMTP server: the IP address of the outgoing mail server (SMTP) that will process all e-mail
messages from the printer. If the mail server requires authentication, e-mail notifications will not
work.
●Printer e-mail address: each e-mail message sent by the printer must include a return address,
which does not need to...

Control access to the printer
Front-panel security settings
From the front panel, you can press , then , then Setup > Security, to control some of the
features of the printer.
●USB drive: Enable or disable the use of a USB flash drive.
●Firmware upgrade from USB: Enable or disable firmware updates from a USB flash drive.
●Direct print using HP Designjet ePrint & Share: Enable or disable using HP Designjet
ePrint & Share with a computer connected directly to the printer.
●Enable Internet connection:...

NOTE:For more information, see the Embedded Web Servers online help.
Disable your HP ePrint Center connection
You can disable the connection to the HP ePrint Center if required for security. At the front panel, press
, then , then Connectivity > HP ePrint Center > HP ePrint Center settings > HP
ePrint Center connectivity and select Disable.
Disable just puts the remote printing function on hold. If you want to resume using it, you just need to
re-enable it in the same menu. No more setup steps are...

4 Personalizing the printer
●Change the language of the front-panel display
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Access the HP Utility
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Access the Embedded Web Server
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Change the language of the HP Utility
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Change the language of the Embedded Web Server
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Change the sleep mode setting
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Turn the buzzer on and off
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Change the front-panel display brightness
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Change the units of measurement
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Configure network settings
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Change the graphic language setting
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Manage ePrinter security
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Change your printer’s email address
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