HP DesignJet T610 A1 User Manual

							6.The printer checks the alignment and measures the sheet.
NOTE:Depending on the length of the sheet, it feeds out the front of the printer.
7.If the paper has been loaded successfully, the front panel displays the Ready message and the
printer ready to print. If the paper is not straight, follow the instructions on the front-panel display.
NOTE:When correctly loaded, the sheet is in the back of the printer.
NOTE:If you have an unexpected problem at any stage of the paper loading process, see The paper
cannot be loaded successfully on page 114.
Paper menu procedure
As an alternative you can use the paper menu to start the paper loading process
1.Perform step one of the easy loading procedure.
2.
Press the Menu key to return to the main menu and select the Paper menu icon 
.
3.Select Paper load.
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							4.Select Load sheet.
CAUTION:If you select roll, the sheet will not load.
5.Select your paper category and type.
TIP:If you have loaded a paper type whose name does not appear in the paper list, see The
paper type is not in the driver on page 116.
6.Continue with step two of the easy loading procedure, skipping steps four and five.
Unload a single sheet
To unload a single sheet after printing, you can simply pull the sheet free from the front of the printer.
To unload a sheet without printing, use the Unload paper key 
 or the paper menu procedure.
Unload paper key procedure
1.
Press the Unload paper key 
 on the front panel.
2.The sheet unloads out the front of the printer, either catch it manually or allow it to fall in the basket.
Paper menu procedure
You can also unload a sheet from the paper menu.
1.
Press the Menu key to return to the main menu and select the Paper menu icon 
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							2.Select Unload paper. The sheet unloads out of the front of the printer, either catch it manually or
allow it to fall in the basket.
View information about the paper
To view the loaded paper information, press the View loaded paper key  on the front panel.
You can also select the Paper menu icon 
 and then View loaded paper.
The following information is displayed on the front panel:
●Roll or sheet status
●Paper type you have selected
●Width of the paper in millimeters (estimated)
●Length of the sheet in millimeters (estimated)
●Color calibration status
●Paper advance calibration status
If no paper is loaded, the message Out of paper is displayed.
The same information is displayed in HP Easy Printer Care on the Supplies page.
NOTE:Photo and coated paper requires careful handling, see The print is scuffed or scratched
on page 131.
Paper profiles
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 “media” or “paper” profile. The paper profile 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 profiles
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 profiles for the most commonly used paper types. If you have a paper type for which
your printer has no profile, you cannot select that paper type in the front-panel display.
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							There are two ways to assign a profile for a new paper type.
●Use a HP factory paper profile by selecting the closest category and type in the front panel, HP
Easy Printer Care (Windows), or HP Printer Utility (Mac OS), see 
The paper type is not in the
driver on page 116.
NOTE:Colors may not be accurate. This method is not recommended for high-quality prints.
●Download the correct paper profile from: http://www.hp.com/go/designjet/downloads
NOTE:HP only provides profiles for HP paper types. If you do not find the paper profile 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 104.
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
Windows driver. Select the Paper/Quality tab, then select Any in the Paper Type drop-down list.
NOTE:Any is the driver default.
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 and cut sheet tray
●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 131.
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
●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.
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							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 
.
Turn the automatic cutter on and off
To turn the printers paper cutter on or off:
●From the front panel, press the Menu key to return to the main menu, select the Setup menu icon
, then Print retrieval > Enable cutter and change the cutter option.
NOTE:When cutting between jobs is disabled the paper can still be cut while it is loaded. To completely
disable the cutter, use the color center, under HP Easy Printer Care (Windows) or HP Printer Utility (Mac
OS), and customize your paper to make it uncuttable.
NOTE:To cut rolled paper while the automatic cutter is disabled, see Feed and cut the paper
on page 45.
Feed and cut the paper
To feed and cut the paper when the automatic cutter has been disabled, press the Form feed and cut
key 
 on the front panel. The paper advances and the printer makes a straight cut on the front edge.
NOTE:The printer may not cut the paper directly after pressing the Form feed and cut key , as
each time a print is printed the printheads are serviced and the paper cannot be cut until the process
completes.
Remove the cut piece from the output tray.
CAUTION: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 131.
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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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Rescale a print
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Change the treatment of overlapping lines
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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
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Reprint last printed job
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Use paper economically
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Use ink economically
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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 52.
NOTE:In the Windows driver dialog, the rendering resolution for your job is displayed in the Custom
Print Quality Options dialog box. 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: go to the Paper Type/Quality panel and select Paper. 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.
●
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.
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 50.
●In the Windows driver dialog: select the Paper/Quality tab, then Document Size.
●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.
●
Using the front panel: select the Setup menu icon 
, then Printing preferences > Paper >
Select paper size.
NOTE:If the paper size is set from your computer, it overrides the paper size setting in the front
panel.
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							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, select Custom from the paper size list in the Paper/Quality tab, then
specify the paper dimensions, 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).
◦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 X 10.4: select Paper Size > Manage Custom Sizes in the Page Setup dialog.
●Under Mac OS X 10.2 or 10.3: select Settings > Custom Paper Size from the Page Setup dialog.
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: select the Paper Type/Quality panel and then Layout.
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 in the Page
Setup dialog. 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 on page 53.
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
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							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.
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.
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
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