HP Designjet T790 1118 mm User Manual

Introduction
There are five different ways in which you can choose to print, depending on your circumstances and
preferences.
●Print a TIFF, JPEG, HP-GL/2, RTL, PDF or PostScript file directly from a USB flash drive. See 
Print
from a USB flash drive on page 53.
●Print a file that is already in the job queue. See 
Reprint a job from the queue on page 79.
●Print a TIFF, JPEG, HP-GL/2, RTL, PDF or PostScript file directly from a computer connected to the
printer, using the Embedded Web Server or the HP...

NOTE:If you change the settings in this way, the changed settings apply to the current job but
are not saved permanently. You can change the default settings by pressing 
, then , then
Print from USB preferences.
5.
To display a preview of the printed job on the front panel, press .
When the preview is displayed, you can press it to zoom in on it. Press it again to zoom out.
6.When you are satisfied with the print settings, press Start.
7.If two rolls are loaded, you can choose to print on either roll,...

●PDF (PostScript printers only)
●PostScript (PostScript printers only)
NOTE:When you print to a file, the file should be in one of the above formats, but its name may
have an extension such as .plt or .prn.
If the files are not in one of these formats, they will not be printed successfully.
If the jobs have been generated with the appropriate settings (such as page size, rotation, resizing and
number of copies), you can just press the Print button and they will be sent to the printer.
If you need to...

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 62.
NOTE:In the Windows driver dialog, the rendering resolution for your job is displayed in the Custom
Print Quality Options dialog box (select Custom options and then Settings). In the Mac OS Print
dialog, it is...

●On the Embedded Web Servers Submit Job page (T1300 series): select Advanced
settings > Paper > Page size > Standard.
●
Using the front panel: press 
, then , then Setup > Printing preferences >
Paper options > Select paper size.
NOTE:If the paper size is set from your computer, it overrides the paper size setting in the front
panel.
Custom paper sizes
If you want to choose a paper size that is not included in the list of standard paper sizes, there are
various different ways to specify it.
Use the...

A custom paper size created in this way has the following characteristics:
●The paper size is permanent. It will not disappear if the driver is closed or the computer is turned
off.
●Restricted users cannot create paper forms. The “manage documents” role in the Windows Active
Directory is the minimum required.
●The paper size is local to the computer. It will be seen in all the printer queues that have been
created on the computer and that support paper of that size.
●If a printer queue is shared, this...

NOTE:Under Mac OS, the available margins options depend on the paper size selected. 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...

You can rescale an image in the following ways:
●In the Windows driver dialog: go to the Features tab and look at the Resizing Options
section.
◦The Print document on option adjusts the image size to the paper size you have selected.
For example, if you have selected ISO A2 as the paper size and you print an A3-sized
image, it is enlarged to fit the A2 paper. If the ISO A4 paper size is selected, the printer
reduces a larger image to fit the A4 size.
◦The % of actual size option enlarges the printable...

Preview a print
Previewing a print on the screen allows you to check the layout of the print before printing, which may
help you to avoid wasting paper and ink on a bad print.
●To preview a print under Windows, you have the following options:
◦Use your applications print preview option.
◦Check the Show preview before printing option (for the T1300 series only), which you
can find in the drivers Paper/Quality tab and Features tab. The preview may be
provided in different ways, depending on your printer...

You can specify even faster draft-quality printing by using Economode, as follows. This is intended
mainly for documents containing only text and line drawings.
●In the Windows driver dialog: go to the Paper/Quality tab and look at the Print Quality
section. Select Custom Options, then set the quality level to Fast and check the Economode
box.
●In the Mac OS Print dialog (non-PostScript printers): go to the Paper/Quality panel
and set the quality options to Custom, then set quality to Fast and check the...