HP Designjet T7100 User Manual

12 Practical printing examples
●Overview
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Print a draft for revision with the correct scale
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Print a project
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Print a presentation
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Print and scale from Microsoft Office
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Overview
The following step-by-step instructions for printing jobs that use specific software are similar to those at
the HP Knowledge Center on the Web. Consult the Knowledge Center at 
http://www.hp.com/go/
T7100/knowledgecenter/  or http://www.hp.com/go/T7100mono/knowledgecenter/  for the most up-
to-date information and for additional printing examples, including RIP scenarios.
Print a draft for revision with the correct scale
This section demonstrates how to print a draft for revision with the...

3.Press the  Properties  button and then select the  Paper/Quality tab.
4.Choose whatever  Document Size and Print Quality you want to use. If you want to define a
new custom paper  size, press the Custom button.
5.Press the  Margins/Layout  button and select a layout option.
If the job is 10 mm smaller in both dimensions than the page size you have chosen, select
Standard margins . See 
Select margins options on page 83.
If the job is the same size as the page you have chosen, but has at least 5 mm of...

6.Select the  Features tab, and then Autorotate .
7.Click  OK, and check that the print preview in the Print dialog box seems correct.
Print a project
This section demonstrates how to print a projec t from Autodesk Design Review, AutoCAD and the
printers Embedded Web Server.
Using Autodesk Design Review
Autodesk Design Review offers the  Use HP Instant Printing option. This needs to be enabled once,
after which it is taken as the default  printing option until it is disabled.
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Enabling HP Instant Printing from Autodesk Design Review
1.Start Autodesk Design Review and select  File > Print.
Alternatively, click the Pr int icon on the toolbar.
2.In the Print  dialog box, check the  Use HP Instant Printing  box. You can select your printer
and paper size here, or in the next window.
3. Ensure that the printer and pape r size are correct, then click OK to start printing.
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Enabling HP Instant Printing from the Batch Print Wizard
1.Make sure you have installed the Batch Print Wi
zard. Start Autodesk Design Review and select
File  > Batch Print Wizard .
2.In the Welcome  box, click Next.
3.Select the DWF files to print, then click  Next.
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4.Use the  Shift key if you want to select multip le files to configure. Then click Print Setup, and the
printing configuration will be applied  to all the files you have selected..
5.In the Print  dialog box, check the  Use HP Instant Printing  box. You can select your printer
and paper size here, or in the next window.
6. Ensure that the printer and pape r size are correct, then click OK. The paper size is automatically
preselected.
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7.Back in the  Choose print settings  box, click Next.
8.Save or start the batch print job.
Using HP Instant Printing
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Make sure Use HP Instant Printing  has been selected. To print, click the Print icon in the
toolbar or select File  > Print. Choose your preferred pr inting settings and click OK.
● Alternatively, Use HP Instant Printing can be laun
ched directly from its own toolbar icon. In this
case, it starts immediately, using  the settings you defined previously.
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Using AutoCAD
1.The AutoCAD window can show a model or layout. 
Normally a layout is printed rather than the
model.
2. Click the Plot icon at the top of the window.
3.The Plot window opens.
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4.You can see further options by pressing the circular button in the lower right corner of the window.
NOTE:
The Quality option here does not refer to  the final print quality but to the quality of
AutoCAD viewport objects that are sent for printing.
5. Press the  Properties  button.
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