HP DesignJet Z3100 44 User Manual

●On the Embedded Web Servers Submit Job page: select Advanced settings >
Resizing.
●The Standard and Custom options adjust the image size to the standard or custom 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 area of the original paper size (the page...

●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 the following options:
●Use your applications print preview option.
●Click the Preview button at the bottom of the Print dialog box. This is the...

●If you are using the PCL driver, 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:
NOTE:HP Print Preview is not available if you are using Adobe InDesign, Adobe
Illustrator, Adobe Reader, or Apple Aperture.
●To preview a print using the Embedded Web Server, select Basic settings > Hold for
preview.
Print a draft...

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 (PostScript driver): go to the Image Quality panel and move
the print-quality slider to the extreme right (Quality).
●In the Mac OS Print dialog (PCL driver): go to the Paper Type/Quality panel and
select Paper, then move the...

TIP:Instead of using this option, consider using the Image Diagnostics Print to identify the
printhead or printheads that are causing the problem, and then clean or replace them. See 
The
Image Diagnostics Print on page 172.
If you are printing on photo paper
If you are printing on photo paper, you have the option of using the gloss enhancer, which improves
overall gloss quality and eliminates bronzing. There are three settings:
●Off: the gloss enhancer is not used.
●Economode: the gloss enhancer is used...

●In the Mac OS Print dialog (PCL driver): go to the Paper Type/Quality panel and
select Color, then select Print In Grayscale.
●On the Embedded Web Servers Submit Job page: select Color > Color/Grayscale
> Full set of inks grayscale.
See also 
Print a black-and-white photo for an exhibition (Photoshop, PS driver) on page 84.
Print with no margins
Printing with no margins (to the edges of the paper) is known as borderless printing. This can be done
only on rolls of glossy paper.
In order to be sure of...

You may wish to rotate your images by 90 degrees in order to save paper, like this:
You can do this in the following ways:
●In the Windows driver dialog: select the Features tab, then Rotate by 90 degrees.
●In the Mac OS Print dialog (PostScript driver): go to the Finishing panel and select Rotate
by 90 degrees.
●On the Embedded Web Servers Submit Job page: select Advanced settings > Roll
options > Rotate.
●
In the front panel: select the Setup menu icon 
, then Printing preferences > Paper >
Rotate....

Autorotate
With some printer drivers, you can also select the Autorotate option, which will automatically rotate by
90 degrees any oversized portrait images in order to save paper.
Print with crop lines
Crop lines indicate where the paper should be cut to reduce it to your selected page size. You can print
crop lines automatically with individual jobs in the following ways:
●On the Embedded Web Servers Submit Job page: select Advanced settings > Roll
options > Enable crop lines.
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Using the front panel:...

1.Direction of paper flow
2.Nesting off
3.Nesting on
4.Paper saved by nesting
When does the printer try to nest pages?
When both of the following are true:
●The printer is loaded with roll paper, not sheet paper.
●In the front panels Job Management menu or the Embedded Web Servers Job Management
page, Nest is On.
What pages can be nested?
All pages can be nested, unless they are so large that two of them cannot fit side by side on the roll, or
unless there are too many of them to fit into the remaining...

●All pages must be in one or other of the following two groups (the two groups cannot be mixed in
the same nest):
●HP-GL/2, RTL, CALS/G4
●PostScript, PDF, TIFF, JPEG
●JPEG, TIFF, and CALS/G4 pages with resolutions greater than 300 dpi may not nest with other pages
in some cases.
How long does the printer wait for another file?
So that the printer can make the best nest possible, it waits after a file has been received to check whether
a subsequent page will nest with it or with pages already in the...