HP DesignJet Z6100 60 User Manual

NOTE:Any other users that want to share your printe r must install the printer software on their
own computers.
Any other users that share your directly connecte d printer can send print jobs, but cannot receive
information from the printer. This affects printer  alerts, printer status reports, paper management,
printer administration, and troubleshooting.
Mac OS V10.2 users have to select the  Show printers connected to other computers
option in the Print Center in order to see shared printers.
Sharing...

3Basic setup options
● Printer setup options
● Embedded Web Server setup options
● HP Easy Printer Care (Windows) or HP Printer Utility (Mac OS) setup options
20 Chapter  3   Basic setup options
Basic setup options
 

Printer setup options
Turn the printer on and off
TIP:Turn the printer on with the hard  power switch on the back of the printer or by pressing the
Power button on the front panel.  You can leave the printer on without wasting energy. Leaving it
on improves response time and ov erall system reliability. When the printer has not been used for
a certain period of time, it saves power by going  into sleep mode. Any interaction with the printer
returns it to active mode, and it  can resume printing...

Restart the printer
In some circumstances you may be advised to restart the printer. Please proceed as follows:
1. Press the Power
 button on the front panel to turn the printer off. Wait a few moments, and then press
the  Power button again. This should restart the printe r. If it does not, continue with step 2.
2 . Use the 
Reset button on the front panel. You will need a no n-conductive implement with a narrow tip
to press the Reset  button. This normally has the same effect  as pressing the Power...

Request e-mail notification of specific error conditions
1. In the Embedded Web Server, go to the E-mail server page on the  Setup tab and ensure that the
following fields are correctly filled in:
● SMTP server . This is the IP address of the outgoing  mail server (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol
[SMTP]) that processes all e-mail messages from the printer. If the mail server requires
authentication, e-mail notifications will not work.
● Printer e-mail address . Each e-mail message that the printer sends...

The following browsers are known to be compatible with the Embedded Web Server:
●Internet Explorer 5.5 or later for Windows
● Safari 1, 2, 3 or later for Mac OS X
● Netscape Navigator 6.01 or later
● Mozilla 1.5 or later
● Mozilla Firefox 1.0 or later
To use the Embedded Web Server on any computer, open your Web browser and type the printer address.
The printer address appears on the status screen  on the printers front panel (192.168.1.1 in this
example):
If you follow these instructions but fail to...

To change the language, change your Web browsers language setting. For example, in Internet Explorer
version 6, go to the  Tools menu and select  Internet Options,  Languages. Make sure that the
language you want is at the top of the list in the dialog box.
To complete the change, close  and reopen your Web browser.
HP Easy Printer Care (Windows) or HP Printer Utility
(Mac OS) setup options
Use the HP Easy Printer Care (Windows) or HP Printe r Utility (Mac OS) to manage your printer from a
computer that...

4Handle the paper
● Overview
● Load a roll onto the spindle
● Load a roll into the printer
● Unload a roll from the printer
● Use the take-up reel
● View information about the paper
● Perform paper advance calibration
● Download paper profiles
● Use non-HP paper
● Cancel the drying time
● Change the drying time
● Printing paper info
● Store the paper
● Order paper
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Handle the paper
 

Overview
Paper is only a subset of the portfolio of printing media the printer can handle. You can also print on a
wide variety of films, textiles and fabrics, self -adhesive materials, and banner and sign materials.
Throughout this guide, however, these me dia are generally referred to as paper.
NOTE:Because the front panel has limited spac e, the names of the HP paper might be
abbreviated and might not appear in the front panel exactly as they are shown on the packaging
label.
NOTE: Because the...

●Make sure that the appropriate print-quality setting 
(Best, Normal, Normal-Fast, or Fast) is selected.
You can set the print quality in the driver, in the  Embedded Web Server, or on the front panel. Driver
or Embedded Web Server settings override front pa nel settings. The combination of paper type and
print-quality settings tells the prin ter how to place the ink on the paper—for example, the ink density
and halftoning method. See 
Select print quality on page 80 .
● Although the ink systems that are...