HP Designjet T7100 User Manual

							Printing PANTONE swatch books
You can use the Embedded Web Server to print a swatch book showing emulations of PANTONE
colors as made by your printer, together with a measure of the color difference (ΔE) between each
emulation and the original PANTONE spot color.
To print a swatch book, sele ct the Embedded Web Servers  Main tab, then HP Professional
PANTONE Emulation . Select the PANTONE stock to emulate, and one or more strips of PANTONE
colors that you want to print.  You can select color strips from  more than one PANTONE stock. When
you have selected all the  colors you want, press the  Next button. The next wi ndow displays your
selection; you can press  Print to print that selection, or  Back to change the selection.
Color management from the front panel
You can color-calibrate the loaded paper type from  the front panel by selecting the Image Quality
Maintenance menu icon 
, then  Calibrate color . See Color calibration on page 94.
The other color options in the front panel can a ll be found by selecting the Setup menu icon 
, then
Printing preferences  > Color options .
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							NOTE:These front panel settings can all be overridden by the printer driver or Embedded Web
Server job submission settings.
● Color/Grayscale : you can choose to print in color or in shades of gray. Default:  Print in
color .
● Select RGB source profile: you can choose from a selection of RGB source profiles recognized
by the printer. Default: sRGB (HP) .
● Emulate printer : you can choose to emulate a differe nt HP Designjet printer. Default: Off (no
printer emulation).
TIP: If you have old HP-GL/2 or PostScript files ma de for a different HP Designjet printer, you
can send them to the printer and use the front pa nel to turn on the appropriate emulation mode.
PostScript or PDF jobs only
●Select CMYK source profile : you can choose from a selection of CMYK source profiles
recognized by the printer. Default:  Europe ISO Coated FOGRA27 .
● Select rendering intent : you can select the rendering intent. Default: Perceptual.
● Black point compensation : you can turn black point compen sation on or off. Default: On.
● HP Professional PANTONE Emulation : you can turn HP Professional PANTONE Emulation
on or off. Default:  On.
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							10 Job queue management
●Embedded Web Server job queue page
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Job preview
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Turn off the job queue
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Select when to print a job in the queue
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Identify a job in the queue
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Prioritize a job in the queue
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Delete a job from the queue
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Reprint or copy a job in the queue
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Job status messages
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							Embedded Web Server job queue page
You can manage your printers job queue from the HP Utility, see Access the HP Utility on page 21, or
the printers Embedded Web Server, see 
Access the Embedded Web Server on page 21 .
The job queue page shows all jobs that are available in the printer job queue. It  includes jobs that are
being received, parsed, rendered, printed and already printed.
The following information is displayed for each job:
● Preview:  Click the icon to see the job preview. Th e job preview is available once the job is
processed.
● File name:  Click the file name to se e the properties of the job.
● Status: Gives the current job status.
● Pages:  Number of pages in the job.
● Copies:  Number of copies printed.
● Date:  Date and time the printer received the job.
● User:  The users name.
Jobs in the queue can be sorted by any of the inform ation items (except Preview) by clicking on the title
of the corresponding column. You can perform the following operations on one or all jobs in the queue:
● Cancel:  Cancels the selected jobs. You are asked to  confirm before the job is canceled. The job
remains stored in the printer, but  it is not printed unless you click Reprint .
● Hold:  Holds the selected jobs until you click  Continue to print.
● Continue:  All selected jobs, which are on hold, continue printing.
● Reprint:  Prints more copies of a job. Type the numb er of copies (default 1, maximum 99) and
click  Print .
● Move to front:  Sends all selected jobs to the top of the job queue.
● Delete:  Deletes selected jobs from the job queue.  You are asked to confirm before the job is
deleted.
● Refresh: Refreshes the page, ensuring the information is updated.
NOTE: The job queue page does  not automatically update.
Job preview
The printer samples all incoming jobs and generates a  JPEG file that can be served as a preview of the
job. This preview is avai lable for all kinds of jobs supported by the printer.
TIP:Do not send a job for preview with more than 64 pages.
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							Job preview is available once the job is processed. To access  the preview page, click the magnifying
glass icon, which appears in the Preview column on  the job queue page. The preview page shows the
following job details along with  a thumbnail preview of the job:
● File name:  The file name of the job.
● Loaded paper:  The type of paper loaded in the printer.
● Job dimensions:  The dimensions of the job.
To see a larger preview of the job, click either th e job thumbnail or the magnifying glass icon, which
appears on the right hand side of the printer image.
NOTE: Browsers without the Macromedia plug-in show  the job image as yellow shaded. Browsers
that have the Macromedia flash plug-in version 7  and above shows an enhanced preview of the job
image inside the paper loaded in the printer.
Turn off the job queue
You can turn off the queue from the Embedded Web Server, select  Setup tab > Printer settings  >
Job management  > Queue  and select  Off; or from the front panel:  select the Setup menu icon
, then Job management options  > Enable queue > On/Off .
Select when to print a job in the queue
NOTE: The When To Start Printing options cannot be used with PostScript jobs.
You can select at what point you want to print a  file you have in the queue. From the Embedded Web
Server, select  Setup tab > Printer settings  > Start printing ; or, from the front panel, select the
Setup menu icon 
, then  Job management options  > When to start printing.
There are three options you can select:
● When  After Processing is selected, the printer waits until the whole page has been processed
and then it starts to print. This is the slowest  setting but ensures the best print quality in large or
complex prints.
● When  Immediately  is selected, the printer prints the page as  it is processed. This is the quickest
setting, but the printer may stop halfway throug h a print to process data. This setting is not
recommended for complex im ages with dense color.
● When  Optimized  is selected (this is the default setting),  the printer calculates the best time to
begin printing the page. It is usua lly the best compromise between the  After Processing and
Immediately  settings.
Identify a job in the queue
The best way to look at the queue  is in the Embedded Web Server (Main tab > Job queue), where
you can manage the queue and get full information  on every job (by clicking the name of the file).
However, you can also manage the queue from the  front panel. To do so, select the Job Queue menu
icon 
, then  Job queue , where you can see a list of the jobs in the queue.
Each has an identifier, comprising:
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The job currently being printed has a pointing hand icon, jobs already printed have a check mark,
canceled jobs have crosses, processing jobs ha ve a clock and jobs on hold have a warning.
Prioritize a job in the queue
To make any job in the queue the next one to be printed, select it and choose Reprint (in the
Embedded Web Server) or  Move to front (in the front panel).
If nesting is turned on, the prioritized job may still be  nested with others. If you really want this job to
be printed next, and on its own on the roll, first turn nesting off and then move it to the front of the
queue as described above.
Delete a job from the queue
Under normal circumstances, there is  no need to delete a job from the queue after printing it, as it is
removed from the queue as more file s are sent. However, if you have sent a file in error, and want to
avoid any chance of it being reprinted, you can  simply delete it, by selecting it and choosing Delete
(in the Embedded Web Server or in the front panel).
In the same way, you ca n delete a job that has not been printed yet.
If the job is currently being printed (Status =  printing in the Embedded Web Server, or it is the first job
in the queue in the front panel), and you want both  to cancel the job and to delete it, first click the
Cancel icon in the Embedded  Web Server, or press the Cancel  key on the front panel, and then delete
it from the queue.
Reprint or copy a job in the queue
To reprint or make extra  copies of any job in the queue, select the job in the Embedded Web Server
and click the  Reprint icon, then specify the number of copies  you want. The job is moved to the top of
the queue. To make more than one print of a non-pr inted job in the queue from the front panel, select
the job and choose  Copies, then specify the number of copies required and press the  Select key. This
overrides any value set by your software.
NOTE: If Rotate  was On when you sent the file, every copy is rotated.
You can reprint an already-prin ted job from the front panel. Select the Job Queue menu icon , then
select the job from the queue, then select  Reprint.
Job status messages
These are the possible job status  messages, approximately in the or der in which they may be seen:
● Receiving : the printer is receiving the job from the computer
● Waiting to process : the job has been received by the prin ter and is waiting to be rendered (for
jobs submitted through the Embedded Web Server only)
● Processing : the printer is parsing and rendering the job
● Rotating : the job is already rendered, but it is bein g rotated (autorotate is on) to save paper.
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							●Preparing to print : the printer is performing writing sy stem checks before printing the job
● Waiting to print : the job is waiting for the print engine to become free to proceed with printing
● Waiting for nest : the printer is set up with nesting on  and is waiting for other jobs in order to
complete the nest and  proceed with printing
● On hold : the job was sent with the  on hold for preview option and is on hold
TIP:Do not send a job for previe w with more than 64 pages.
NOTE:If the printer hangs up while printing a jo b, and the queue facility is turned on, the
partially printed job appears in the queue as  on hold when the printer is next turned on. When
you resume the job, it starts printi ng at the page it was interrupted.
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On hold for paper : the job cant be printed because pape r is not loaded in the printer. Load
the required paper, see 
Handle the paper on page 26, and click  Continue to resume the job
● On hold for accounting : the job cant be printed because the printer requires all jobs to have
an account ID: enter the account ID and then click  Continue to resume the job
● Printing
● Drying
● Cutting paper
● Ejecting page
● Canceling : the job is being canceled, but  remains in the printer job queue
● Deleting : the job is being deleted from the printer
● Printed
● Canceled: the job has been canceled by the printer
● Canceled by user
● Empty job : the job does not contain anything to print
Remove a hold
When the printer puts a job on hold you receive an alert, see Printer alerts on page 175, which
explains why the job is on hold. Follow the instructions on the screen to remove the hold and continue
printing.
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							11 Retrieve printer usage information
●Get printer accounting information
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Check printer usage statistics
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Check ink and paper usage for a job
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							Get printer accounting information
There are various different ways of getting accounting information from your printer.
●View printer usage statistics for the 
whole lifetime of the printer, see 
Check printer usage statistics
on page 111.
● View ink and paper usage for ea
ch of your recent jobs by using the HP Utility, see 
Check ink and
paper usage for a job on page 111. If the HP Utility is not available, see Access the HP Utility
on page 21.
● Use a third-party application to request printer st
atus, printer usage or job accounting data from
the printer through the Internet.  The printer provides data in XML to the application whenever
requested. HP provides a Soft ware Development Kit to facili tate the development of such
applications.
Check printer usage statistics
There are two ways to check yo ur printers usage statistics.
NOTE:The accuracy of the usage st atistics is not guaranteed.
Printer statistics with the HP Utility
1.Access the HP 
Utility, see Access the HP Utility on page 21.
2. Under Windows, go to the  Overview tab and click on the Printer usage  link.
Under Mac OS, select  Information > Printer Usage and click on the  Lookup button.
Printer statistics with  the Embedded Web Server
1.Access the Embedded Web Server, see Access the Embedded Web Server on page 21
.
2. Go to the  Main tab.
3. Select History >  Usage.
Check ink and paper usage for a job
There are two ways to check ink and paper usage for a job.
NOTE:The accuracy of the usage st atistics is not guaranteed.
Ink and paper statistics with the HP Utility
1.Access the HP 
Utility, see Access the HP Utility on page 21.
2. Select Job center  to view information regard ing the most recent jobs.
3. Under Windows, click on the  Accounting link.
Under Mac OS, select  Job Accounting and click on the Look Up button.
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							Ink and paper statistics with the Embedded Web Server
1.Access the Embedded Web Server, see Access the Embedded Web Server on page 21
.
2. Go to the  Main tab.
3. Select History >  Accounting.
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