HP Designjet T7100 User Manual

							Choose which connection method to use
The following methods can be used to connect your printer.
Connection type Speed Cable lengthOther factors
Gigabit Ethernet Very fast; varies according to
network traffic Long: 100 m (328 ft) Requires extra equipment
(switches).
Jetdirect print server (optional
accessory) Moderate; varies according
to network trafficLong: 100 m (328 ft) Requires extra equipment
(switches).
Useful for wireless or
AppleTalk connection, and
for Novell printing.
USB 2.0 (optional accessory) Very fast Short: 5 m (16 ft) 
NOTE:The speed of any network connection depends on  all components used in the network, which
may include network interface card s, hubs, routers, switches and cables. If any one of these
components is not capable of  high-speed operation, you will  find that you have a low-speed
connection. The speed of your netw ork connection can also be affected by the total amount of traffic
from other devices on the network.
NOTE: There are various possible ways  of connecting the printer to a network, but only one of them
can be active at a time; with the exception of the Je tdirect print server, which can be active at the same
time as one other network connection.
Connect to a network (Windows)
Once the network cable is connected and the printe r is powered up, it automatically obtains an IP
address. You need to perform the following st eps to configure the printer in the network:
1. Go to your printers front panel an d select the Connectivity menu icon 
, then Gigabit
Ethernet  or Jetdirect EIO, then  View configuration .
2. Note the IP address
 of your printer.
3. Insert the 
HP Start-Up Kit  DVD into your computer. If th e DVD does not autorun, run the
setup.exe  program in the root folder of the DVD.
4. Press the  Software Installation  button.
5. Press the  Express Network Install button.
6. The configuration program will look for printers co
nnected to your network. When the search has
finished, a list of printers will be  displayed. Identify your printer by  its IP address and select it from
the list.
If your printer does not appear in the list, select  Help me find my network printer and click
Next . In the next screen, give the  IP address of your printer.
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							Connect directly to a computer (Windows)
You can connect your printer directly to a computer without going through a network, by using the
printers USB 2.0 socket.
1. Do not connect the comput er to the printer yet. You must first install the printer driver
software on the computer, as follows.
2. Insert the 
HP Start-Up Kit  DVD into your DVD drive. If th e DVD does not autorun, run the
setup.exe  program in the root folder of the DVD.
3. Press the  Software Installation  button.
4. Press the  Custom Install  button.
5. Follow the instructions on your screen to set up 
the printer. The following notes will help you to
understand the screens and make appropriate choices.
● You may see a message warning that the inst
aller will have to communicate through the
Windows Firewall to search for printers on th e network. As you intend to set up a direct
connection, select  Continue installation with out searching the network  and click
Next .
● When asked how the printer is connected, choose  USB cable.
● When prompted to do so, conne
ct your computer to the printer, using a USB cable. Ensure
that the printer is switched on.
Uninstall the printer driver (Windows)
1. Insert the 
HP Start-Up Kit  DVD into your DVD drive. If th e DVD does not autorun, run the
setup.exe  program in the root folder of the DVD.
2. Press the  Software Installation  button.
3. Press the  Modify Installation  button, and follow the instructions on your screen to uninstall the
printer driver.
Connect to a network (Mac OS)
You can connect your pr inter to a network under Mac OS by using the following methods:
● Bonjour
● TCP/IP
NOTE:
The printer does not support AppleTalk.
Before you begin, check your equipment:
●The printer should be set up and on.
● The Ethernet hub or router should
 be on and functioning correctly.
● All computers on the network should 
be on and connected to the network.
● The printer should be connected to the network.
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							Now you can proceed to install the printer software and connect your printer.
Bonjour connection
1.
Go to your printers front panel an d select the Connectivity menu icon , then Gigabit
Ethernet  or Jetdirect EIO, then  View configuration . Note the mDNS service name of your
printer.
2. Insert the 
HP Start-up Kit  DVD into your DVD drive.
3. Open the DVD icon on your desktop.
4.
Open the  Mac OS X HP Designjet Installer  icon.
5. Follow the instructions on your screen. You are recommended to use the  Easy Install option.
6. The printer software is installed, includ
ing the printer driver and the HP Utility.
7. When the software has been instal
led, the HP Printer Setup Assistant starts au tomatically, to set up
a connection to your prin ter. Follow the instructions on your screen.
8. When you reach the Select Printe
r screen, look for your printers mDNS service name (which you
noted in step 
1 ) in the Printer Name column.
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							●If you find the right printer 
name, scroll sideways to see th e Connection Type column, and
check that it shows  Bonjour. Then highlight that line. Otherw ise, continue searching further
down the list.
● If you cannot find your printer name with a  Bonjour connection type, check the box  My
printer is not in the list .
Click  Continue.
9. Continue following the instructions on the scre
en. When you reach the Printer Queue Created
screen, click  Quit to exit, or  Create New Queue  if you want to connect another printer to the
network.
10. When the HP Printer Setup Assistant has finish
ed, you can remove the DVD from the DVD drive.
If the printer driver is already installed, the HP Pr inter Setup Assistant can be run at any time from the
DVD.
TCP/IP connection
1. Go to your printers front panel an d select the Connectivity menu icon , then Gigabit
Ethernet  or Jetdirect EIO, then  View configuration .
2. Note the URL of your printer.
3. Insert the 
HP Start-up Kit  DVD into your DVD drive.
4. Open the DVD icon on your desktop.
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							5.Open the  Mac OS X HP Designjet Installer  icon.
6. Follow the instructions on your screen. You are recommended to use the  Easy Install option.
7. The printer software is installed, includ
ing the printer driver and the HP Utility.
8. When the software has been instal
led, the HP Printer Setup Assistant starts au tomatically, to set up
a connection to your prin ter. Follow the instructions on your screen.
9. When you reach the Select Printe
r screen, look for your printers URL (which you noted in step 
1)
in the Printer Name column.
● If you find the right printer 
name, scroll sideways to see th e Connection Type column, and
check that it shows  IP Printing. Then highlight that line. Ot herwise, continue searching
further down the list.
● If you cannot find your printer name with an  IP Printing connection type, check the box  My
printer is not in the list .
Click  Continue.
10. Continue following the instructions on the scre
en. When you reach the Printer Queue Created
screen, click  Quit to exit, or  Create New Queue  if you want to connect another printer to the
network.
11. When the HP Printer Setup Assistant has finish
ed, you can remove the DVD from the DVD drive.
If the printer driver is already installed, the HP Pr inter Setup Assistant can be run at any time from the
DVD.
Connect directly to a computer (Mac OS)
You can connect your printer directly to a comput er without going through a network, by using the
printers built-in USB 2.0 socket.
1. Make sure the printer is either turned 
off or disconnected from the computer.
2. Insert the 
HP Start-up Kit  DVD into your DVD drive.
3. Open the DVD icon on your desktop.
4.
Open the  Mac OS X HP Designjet Installer  icon.
5. Follow the instructions on your screen. You are recommended to use the  Easy Install option.
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							6.The printer software is installed, includ
ing the printer driver and the HP Utility.
7. When the software has been instal
led, the HP Printer Setup Assistant starts au tomatically, to set up
a connection to  your printer.
8. Make sure that the printer is turned on and conne
cted to the computer with a certified USB cable.
NOTE:The use of non-certified USB cables can le ad to connectivity problems. Only cables
certified by the USB Implementors Forum (
http://www.usb.org/ ) should be used with this printer.
9.In the HP Printer Setup Assistant, click  Continue.
10. In the list of printers that appears, select the 
entry that uses the connection type USB, and click
Continue .
11. The following screen displays info
rmation about your printers installation, where the name of the
printer can be modified. Make any ch anges you wish to make, and click Continue.
12. Your printer is now connected. In th e Printer Queue Created screen, click  Quit to exit, or  Create
New Queue  if you want to connect another printer.
13. When the HP Printer Setup Assistant has finish
ed, you can remove the DVD from the DVD drive.
If the printer driver is already installed, the HP Pr inter Setup Assistant can be run at any time from the
DVD.
Sharing the printer
If your computer is connected to a network, you ca n make your directly connected printer available to
other computers on the same network.
1. Double-click the System Preferences icon 
on the Dock menu bar on your desktop.
2. Go to  Sharing , select Printer Sharing , and then check the printer(s) that you want to share.
3. Your printer now automatically appears in the li
st of shared printers displayed by any other
computer running Mac OS and co nnected to your local network.
Any other people wishing to share your printer must install the printer software on their own computers.
Anyone sharing your printer will be able to send pr int jobs, but will not be able to receive information
from the printer—which affects printer alerts, printer status reports, paper management, printer
administration and troubleshooting.
You may find that sharing your directly connect ed printer with other users will slow down your
computer unacceptably.
TIP: The best way to share the printer over a network is to connect the printer not to any computer,
but to the network. See 
Connect to a network (Mac OS) on page 14.
Uninstall the printer software (Mac OS)
1. Insert the 
HP Start-up Kit  DVD into your DVD drive.
2. Open the DVD icon on your desktop.
3. Open the  Mac OS X HP Designjet Uninstaller , and follow the instructions on your screen to
uninstall the printer software.
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							To delete the print queue:
1.From the system preferences, select the  Print & Fax dialog.
2. Select the name of the printer and click the  – button.
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							3 Personalize the printer
●Change the language of the front-panel display
●
Access the HP Utility
●
Access the Embedded Web Server
●
Change the language of the HP Utility
●
Change the language of the Embedded Web Server
●
Change the sleep mode setting
●
Turn the buzzer on and off
●
Change the front-panel display contrast
●
Change the units of measurement
●
Configure network settings
●
Change the graphic language setting
●
Paper suitability options
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							Change the language of the front-panel display
There are two possible ways to change the language of the front-panel menus and messages.
●
If you can understand the curr ent front-panel display language , select the Setup menu icon 
,
then  Front panel options  > Select language.
● If you cannot understand the current front-panel 
display language, start with the printer powered
off. At the front panel, press the  OK key and hold it down. While holding the  OK key down, press
the  Power key and hold it down. Continue  to hold down both keys until the green light on the right
side of the front-panel display st arts flashing, and then release bo th keys. You can expect a delay
of about one second. If the green  light starts flashing without any delay, you may need to start
again.
Whichever method you used, the language select ion menu should now appear on the front-panel
display. Highlight your pr eferred language with the  Up and Down keys, then press the  OK key.
When you have selected your preferred language, turn off the printer with the  Power key and then turn
it on again. The front panel will appear in the selected language.
Access the HP Utility
The HP Utility enables you to manage your printer from a computer with a USB, TCP/IP or Jetdirect
connection.
● Under Windows,  start the HP Utility from your desktop shortcut or from  Start > All Programs
>  Hewlett-Packard  > HP Utility > HP Utility. This launches the HP Utility, showing the
printers installed on your computer.
● Under Mac OS, launch the HP Utility from your dock shortcut or by selecting  STARTUP_DISK >
Library >  Printers > hp  > Utilities  > HP Utility. This launches the HP Utility, showing the
printers installed on your computer.
When you select your printer in th e left pane, everything that appears in the right pane is specific
to that printer.
If you have followe d these instructions but failed to get through to the HP Utility, see 
Cannot access the
HP Utility on page 175.
Access the Embedded Web Server
The Embedded Web Server enables  you to manage your printer remotely using an ordinary Web
browser running on any computer.
To access the Embedded Web Server directly, you  must have a TCP/IP connection to your printer.
However, you can access the Embedded Web Server in directly through the HP Utility, if you connect to
your printer with a USB connection.
The following browsers are known to be co mpatible with the Embedded Web Server:
● Internet Explorer 6 and later, for Windows
● Safari 2 and later, for Mac OS X
● Firefox 1.5 and later
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							To access the Embedded Web Server on any computer, open your Web browser and give the IP
address of your printer.
You can find your printers IP address by selecting the Connectivity menu icon 
, then Gigabit
Ethernet  or Jetdirect EIO , then View configuration .
If you have followed these instru ctions but failed to get through to the Embedded Web Server, see
Cannot access the Embedded Web Server on page 172.
Change the language of the HP Utility
The HP Utility can work in the following language s: English, Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan (Windows
only), French, Italian, German, Russian, Simplified  Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean and Japanese.
● Under Windows,  select Tools > Set Language  and select a language from the list.
● Under Mac OS, the language is changed as for any other application. In  System
Preferences, select International and re-launch the application.
Change the language of  the Embedded Web Server
The Embedded Web Server can work  in the following languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish,
Catalan, French, Italian, German, Russian, Simpli fied Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean and
Japanese. It uses whichever language you have spec ified in your Web browsers options. If you have
specified a language that it cannot support, it works in English.
To change the language, you must change your  Web browsers language setting. For example, in
Internet Explorer version 6, go to the  Tools menu and select Internet Options, Languages . Then
ensure that the language you want is at  the top of the list in the dialog box.
Change the sleep mode setting
If the printer is left switched on but unused for a ce rtain period of time, it goes automatically into sleep
mode to save power. To change the time the printe r waits before it goes into sleep mode, go to the
front panel and select the Setup menu icon 
, then  Front panel options  > Sleep mode wait
time . Highlight the wait time you want and then press the  OK key. You can set the time from 1 to 240
minutes. The default  time is 30 minutes.
Turn the buzzer on and off
To turn the printers buzzer on or off, go to  the front panel and select the Setup menu icon , then
Front panel options  > Enable buzzer , and highlight on or off and press the  OK key. By default,
the buzzer is set to on.
Change the front-panel display contrast
To change the contrast of the front-pane l display, select the Setup menu icon , then Front panel
options  > Select display contrast , and enter a value using the  Up or Down key. Press the  OK key
to set the value. The defaul t contrast is set to 50.
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