HP DesignJet Z2100 24 User Manual

5Printing
●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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Preview a print
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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 an old 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.
Alternatively, you can select from the custom options: Best, Normal, and Fast. There are also two
supplementary custom options that may have an effect on print quality: Maximum detail and More
passes. See...

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.
●From the Start menu, select Printers and Faxes, then from the File menu select...

NOTEShortcuts 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.
TipCheck at least the settings that you can see in the Printing Shortcuts tab: the document
size, orientation, etc.
The...

You can rescale an image in the following ways:
●In the Windows driver dialog: select the Effects tab, then Resizing options.
●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 A4-size image,
it is enlarged to fit the A2 paper. If the ISO A3 paper size is selected, the printer reduces a
larger image to fit the A3 size.
●The % of normal size option enlarges the printable area of the original...

●Check the Show preview before printing option, which you can find in the drivers Printing
Shortcuts tab, Paper/Quality tab, and Features tab. The preview is shown before printing;
you can check the print settings and the layout of the image, and then click Print to proceed
with printing or Cancel to cancel the job.
●To preview a print under Mac OS, you have three options:
●Use your applications print preview option.
●Click the Preview button at the bottom of the Print dialog box. This is the basic print...

●Click the PDF button at the bottom of the Print dialog box, then click HP Print Preview. This
provides a preview with more features, such as the ability to change paper size, paper type,
and print quality, and to rotate the image. See below:
NOTEHP Print Preview is not available if you are using Adobe InDesign, Adobe
Illustrator, Adobe Reader, or Apple Aperture.
Print a draft
You can specify fast draft-quality printing in the following ways:
●In the Windows driver dialog: go to the Paper/Quality tab and...

High-quality printing
You can specify high-quality printing in the following ways:
●In the Windows driver dialog: go to the Paper/Quality tab and look at the Print Quality section.
Move the print-quality slider to the extreme right (Quality).
●In the Mac OS Print dialog: go to the Paper Type/Quality panel and select Paper, then move
the print-quality slider to the extreme right (Quality).
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Using the front panel: select the Setup menu icon 
, then Printing preferences > Print
quality > Select quality...

Print in gray shades
You can convert all colors in your image to shades of gray in the following ways:
●In your application program: many programs provide this option.
●In the Windows driver dialog: go to the Color tab and look at the Color Options section.
Select Print In Grayscale.
●In the Mac OS Print dialog: go to the Paper Type/Quality panel and select Color, then select
Print In Grayscale.
If you select Print In Grayscale when using glossy paper, you must also choose between Gray and
Black inks...

Select the Job Queue menu icon , then select the job from the queue, then select Reprint.
NOTEIf you do not have the HP-GL/2 Upgrade, you will not see the Job Queue menu icon
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To reprint old jobs that are not HP-GL/2, you may be able to use your operating systems printer spooler,
if you have already told the spooler to save old jobs. This facility depends on your operating system.
Use paper economically
Here are some recommendations for making economical use of paper:
●If you are printing relatively...