HP Designjet Z3200ps 44 in User Manual
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6.If you wish, use the Change Printing Properties button to change the following properties: ●Paper Thickness: This is relevant to carriage height or platen gap. You should choose High if your paper weighs over 250 g/m² or if it does not have a plastic coating. ●Dry Time: The recommendation is to use Automatic by default and move to Extended if needed. ●Starwheels: Print with the starwheels up or down. ●Cutter: Enable or disable the cutter. ●Global Ink Limit: Initially it can be left as it is and...
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For more information on the processes available in the Color Center, see A summary of the color management process on page 68. Now that you have created the paper preset, you will be able to select the paper type from the front panel and from the driver under the Custom paper category. The ICC profile for the new paper type will be ready to use by your application. You can export the new paper preset to your computer and use it on other HP Designjet Z3200 series printers. In the Color Center, select...
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NOTE:Photo and coated paper requires careful handling, see The print is scuffed or scratched on page 154. Change the drying time You may wish to change the drying time setting to suit special printing conditions such as multiple prints where time is of higher importance or when you need to be sure ink is dry before handling. NOTE:Most paper types require no drying time. Select the Setup menu icon , then Print retrieval> Select drying time. You can select: ●Extended, to set a longer than recommended time...
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Alternatively, you can use the Up and Down keys to remove more or less of the paper (minimum 2 inches). Open the window to see where the cut will be made, indicated by a scissors label at the side of the carriage. The window can remain open while you are moving the paper. When you have finished moving the paper, close the window and press the OK key. 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...
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5Printing ●Create a print job ● Select print quality ● Select paper size ● Select margins options ● Print with shortcuts ● Rescale a print ● Preview a print ● Print a draft ● High-quality printing ● Print 16-bit color images ● Print in gray shades ● Print with no margins ● Rotate an image ● Print with crop lines ● Print on sheet paper ● Use paper economically ● Nest jobs to save roll paper ● Use ink economically ENWW45 Printing
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Create a print job In order to print something, you must send it to the printer. This constitutes a print job, which is entered into the printers print queue. There are two main ways of sending a print job to the printer: ●To print directly from a program, use the programs Print command as usual. When you select your HP Designjet printer, the printer driver is invoked to send your job to the printer. ●If you have a file that is already in a supported graphical format, you can use the Embedded Web Server...
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Printing stored jobs When you print a file with the Embedded Web Server, you can mark the job to be stored permanently in the printer. If you select Stored jobs in printer in the Main tab of the Embedded Web Server, you will see a list of the stored jobs. The information displayed for each job includes: ●The name of the job ●The size of the job ●The date and time when the job was received by the printer ●The name given by the person who submitted the job You can click on the title of any column to sort...
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●On the Embedded Web Servers Submit Job page: select Basic settings > Print quality. If you then select Standard options, you can choose between Speed and Quality. If you select Custom options, you will see the more specific options described above. ● Using the front panel: select the Setup menu icon , then Printing preferences > Print quality. NOTE:If you have set the print quality from your computer, that overrides the print-quality setting in the front panel. NOTE:You cannot change the print quality...
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Custom Page Size from the paper size list, then specify the paper dimensions, then click OK to save the new dimensions of the PostScript Custom Page Size, which appears in the list of custom sizes available in the Paper/Quality tab. Your new page size is saved until you exit your current application, after which the PostScript Custom Page Size remains in the list but reverts to its default dimensions. ●In the Mac OS Page Setup dialog: select Paper Size > Manage Custom Sizes. ●On the Embedded Web Servers...
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To use a shortcut, select the Printing Shortcuts tab in the Windows driver dialog. NOTE:Shortcuts 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. TIP:Check at least the settings that...