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							NOTE:The printer may not cut the paper immediately, as the printheads are serviced after each print
and the paper cannot be cut until that process is complete.
When the paper has been cut, remove the cut piece from the output tray.
TIP:If strips or short prints are left in the output tray the printer could jam.
TIP:Photo and coated paper requires careful handling, see The print is scuffed or scratched
on page 124.
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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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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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Rotate an image
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Print with crop lines
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Print on sheet paper
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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 three
supplementary custom options that may have an effect on print quality: Maximum detail, More
passes and Gloss enhancer. See 
High-quality printing on page 47.
NOTE:In the Windows driver dialog, the rendering and printing resolutions for your job are displayed
in the Paper/Quality tab. In the Mac OS Print dialog, they are displayed in the Summary panel.
You can select print-quality options in the following ways:
●In the Windows driver dialog: go to the Paper/Quality tab and look at the Print Quality section.
If you select Standard Options, you will see a simple slider with which you can select speed or
quality. If you select Custom Options, you will see the more specific options described above.
●In the Mac OS Print dialog: go to the Paper Type/Quality panel and select Paper. If you
select Standard quality options, you will see a simple slider with which you can select speed or
quality. If you select Custom quality options, you will see the more specific options described
above.
NOTE:You cannot change the print quality of pages that the printer is already receiving or has already
received (even if they have not started to print yet).
Select paper size
The paper size can be specified in the following ways.
NOTE:The paper size specified here should be the paper size in which the document was created.
It is possible to rescale the document to a different size for printing. See 
Rescale a print on page 45.
●In the Windows driver dialog: select the Paper/Quality tab, then select your paper size from the
Document Size list.
●In the Mac OS Page Setup dialog: select your printer in the Format for popup menu, then Paper
Size.
TIP:If your document is 13 × 19 in (33 × 48.3 cm), designed to fit on sheet paper of the same size,
select the document size Super B/A3.
Custom paper sizes
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, press the Custom button in the Paper/Quality tab, then specify the name
and the dimensions of your new paper size, then click Save to save your new paper size.
NOTE:The driver will not allow you to create a paper size whose width exceeds its length.
◦From the Start menu, select Printers and Faxes, then from the File menu select Server
Properties. In the Forms tab, check the Create a new form box, specify the name and
dimensions of the new form, then click Save Form.
●In the Mac OS Page Setup dialog, select Paper Size > Manage Custom Sizes.
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							Select margins options
By default, the printer leaves a 5 mm margin between the edges of your image and the edges of the
paper (17 mm at the foot of a sheet of paper). However, you can change this behavior in several ways.
●In the Windows driver dialog: select the Paper/Quality tab and then the Margins/Layout button.
●In the Mac OS Print dialog: select the Paper Type/Quality panel and then Layout.
You will then see at least some of the following options.
NOTE:Under Mac OS, the available margins options depend on the paper size selected in the Page
Setup dialog. 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 selected. If
you cut off the margins, you will be left with a page of the size you selected, with no margins
remaining between your image and the edges of the paper.
●Clip Contents By Margins. Use this option when your image has white borders and a size equal
to that of the paper you have selected. The printer will use the white border for its margins and you
will get a page of size equal to that which is selected in the driver.
●Borderless. Your image will be printed on a page of the size you have selected, with no margins.
The image is slightly enlarged to ensure that no margin is left between the edges of the image and
the edges of the paper. If you select Automatically by Printer, this enlargement is done
automatically. If you select Manually in Application, you should ensure that the image size in your
application is slightly larger than the paper size. See also 
Print with no margins on page 49.
Print with shortcuts
The printer driver provides many options that can be set to different values when printing a particular
job. A printing shortcut stores the values of all these options that are appropriate for a particular kind of
job, so that you can set them all with a single click. Some settings (such as paper size, paper source
and orientation) may be overridden by the values provided by your application.
To use a shortcut, select the Printing Shortcuts tab in the Windows driver dialog.
NOTE:Shortcuts are available only under Windows.
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							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.
TIP:Check at least the settings that you can see in the Printing Shortcuts tab: the document size,
orientation, etc.
The Factory Defaults shortcut contains the printers default settings. When you click it, it sets all options
to their default values.
Printing shortcuts can be customized to your particular needs. To create your own shortcut:
1.Select the shortcut that comes closest to satisfying your requirements.
2.Change any value in the Printing Shortcuts tab and/or other tabs.
3.Save the new printing shortcut.
If you decide later that you no longer want a shortcut, you can delete it.
Rescale a print
You can send an image to the printer at a certain size but tell the printer to rescale it to a different size
(normally larger). This may be useful if your software does not support large prints.
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 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 actual size option enlarges the printable area of the original paper size (the page
minus the margins) by the percentage indicated, then adds the margins to create the output
paper size.
●In the Mac OS Print dialog: select the Paper Handling panel, then Scale to fit paper size, and
select the paper size to which you want to scale the image. If you want to increase the size of the
image, make sure that the Scale down only box is unchecked.
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							If you are printing to a single sheet, you must ensure that the image can actually fit onto the sheet,
otherwise the image will be clipped.
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.
NOTE:If you load sheet paper without a skew check, the printer does not measure the length of the
sheet, so the print preview will not be a reliable guide to the final printout.
●To preview a print under Windows, you have two options:
◦Use your applications print preview option.
◦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 preview
provided by Mac OS.
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							◦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.
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 look at the Print Quality section.
Move the print-quality slider to the extreme left (Speed).
●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 left (Speed).
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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							If you have a high-resolution image
If your image has a resolution greater than the rendering resolution (which you can see in the drivers
Paper/Quality tab under Windows), print sharpness may be improved by selecting the Maximum
Detail option.
●In the driver dialog (Mac OS Print dialog): select custom instead of standard print-quality options,
then check the Maximum Detail box.
NOTE:The Maximum Detail option results in slower printing with photo papers, but it does not
increase the amount of ink used.
If you have printhead problems
If your printheads have an excessive number of clogged nozzles (which may cause banding or white
streaks on your prints), print quality can be improved by selecting the More Passes option.
●In the driver dialog (Mac OS Print dialog): select custom instead of standard print-quality options,
then check the More Passes box.
NOTE:The More Passes option results in slower printing, but it does not increase the amount of ink
used.
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 133.
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 reduces or eliminates bronzing. There are three settings:
●Off: the gloss enhancer is not used.
●Economode: the gloss enhancer is used in inked areas of the image, but not in ink-free (white)
areas.
●Whole page: the gloss enhancer is used over the whole area of the defined page, including ink-
free areas.
If the print quality slider is set to Quality, the Gloss enhancer option is automatically set to Whole
page. To change this setting:
●In the driver dialog (Mac OS Print dialog): select custom instead of standard print-quality options,
then the Gloss enhancer option.
When Gloss enhancer is set to Whole page, you can further reduce bronzing, if necessary, by
increasing the amount of gloss enhancer used. This can be done from the HP Printer Utility: select
Color Center > Paper preset management > Change printing properties. The Gloss enhancer
amount can be adjusted to use more or less gloss enhancer. Using more gloss enhancer will reduce
bronzing and make the gloss more even across the page; however, it may cause blurriness or
graininess.
If you are printing on satin photo paper
If you are printing on satin photo paper, consider using HP Professional Satin Photo Paper, which can
offer:
●A wider color gamut
●Better black optical density
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							●Better PANTONE coverage
●A smoother surface
●Greater robustness
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.
See also 
Print a black-and-white photo for an exhibition (Photoshop, Mac OS) on page 70.
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 or satin paper.
In order to be sure of leaving no margins, the printer prints slightly past the edges of the paper. Any ink
deposited outside the paper is absorbed by the sponge situated in the platen.
NOTE:If you wish to print with no margins, you must ensure that your image will fill the page. If your
image is smaller than the page, it will not be automatically stretched.
You can request printing with no margins in the following ways:
●In the Windows driver dialog: select the Paper/Quality tab and press the Margins/Layout
button. Then select Borderless.
●In the Mac OS Page Setup dialog: select a paper size name that includes the words “no margins”.
Then, in the Print dialog, select Paper Type/Quality > Layout > Borderless.
When you select Borderless, you must also select one of the following Image Enlargement options:
●Automatically by Printer means that the printer automatically enlarges your image slightly
(normally by a few millimeters in each direction) in order to print over the edges of the paper.
●Manually in Application means that you must enlarge the image yourself in your application to a
size slightly larger than the actual paper size.
NOTE:If the first print job after loading paper is a borderless job, the printer may trim the leading edge
of the paper before printing.
At the end of a borderless print, the printer normally cuts the print slightly inside the image area to ensure
that the print is borderless. It then cuts the paper again so that no residual part of the image is included
in the next print. However, if the job is cancelled, or if there is white space at the bottom of the image,
only a single cut is made.
Reprint an old job
You can reprint the last job from the front panel: select the Job Management menu icon , then
Reprint last job.
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							In addition, you may be able to use your operating systems printer spooler to reprint old jobs, if you
have already told the spooler to save old jobs. This facility depends on your operating system.
Rotate an image
By default, images are printed with their shorter sides parallel to the leading edge of the paper, like this:
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: select the HP Print Preview and then Rotate by 90 degrees.
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In the front panel: select the Setup menu icon 
, then Printing preferences > Paper >
Rotate.
NOTE:If rotation is set from your computer, it overrides the setting in the front panel.
NOTE:When you rotate a job, the page length may be increased to avoid clipping, because the top
and bottom margins are usually larger than the side margins.
NOTE:With either rolls or sheets, if you rotate an image to landscape whose original orientation was
portrait, the paper may not be wide enough for the image. For example, rotating a portrait D/A1-size
image on D/A1-size paper by 90 degrees will probably exceed the width of the paper. If you are using
the Embedded Web Server, the preview screen will confirm this with a warning triangle.
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