HP DesignJet Z6100 PS A0 User Manual

							6Print options
● Select print quality
● Select page size
● Adjust margins and layout options
● Resize a print
● Print crop lines
● Rotate an image
● Print a mirror image
● Select image orientation
● Remove the top and bottom blank areas
● Enter an account ID
● Select color emulation mode
● Change the treatment of overlapping lines
● Print with shortcuts
● Hold for preview
● Configure for high-quality printing
● Print in grayscale
● Print a draft
● Manage print jobs
● Request the printers internal prints
● Use paper economically
● Use ink economically
● Change the graphic language setting
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							Select print quality
The printer has various print-quality options. The best quality printing requires some loss of speed, while
maximum-speed printing can cause so me reduction in print quality. The printer has four different print-
quality options.
NOTE: If you have set the print quality in the printe r driver or through the Embedded Web Server,
that setting overrides a print-quality  setting established on the front panel.
NOTE:You cannot change the print quality of pages th at the printer is already receiving or has
already received (even if they  have not started to print yet).
Use the Embedded Web Server
To specify the print quality through the Embedded Web Server, go to the  Submit Job p a g e  o n  t h e  Main
tab. In the  Job Settings  tree, select Basic settings  and then select one of the settings from the  Print
quality drop-down menu:  Fast, Normal-Fast , Normal , or Best .
NOTE: Be aware that when you submit more th an one job at a time by clicking the Add files
button in the Embedded Web Server, all of the jobs  that you submit will adopt the settings of the
final job that you submit. However, none of the jobs in the print queue are affected.
Use a driver
You can specify the print quality in the following ways:
● In the Windows HP-GL/2 or Postscript driver, go to the  Paper/Quality tab and look at the Print
Quality section. If you select  Standard Options, you can use the slider to select some compromise
between speed and quality. If you select  Custom Options, you can choose Fast, Normal-
Fast , Normal  or Best .
● In the Mac OS  Print dialog box, go to the  Image Quality panel. If you select  Standard quality
options, you can use the slider  to select some compromise between speed and quality. If you
select  Custom  quality options, you will see th e specific print-quality options.
NOTE:In the Windows driver dialog box, the rendering resolution for your job appears in
the  Custom Print Quality Options dialog box. In the Mac OS Print dialog box, it appears in
the  Summary  panel.
Use the front panel
On the front panel, select the  icon, and then select  Printing preferences  > Select quality
level .
Select page size
Select the page size through the  Embedded Web Server, in a driver, or  on the front panel. The size that
you select should be the page size in which the document was created. You can resize the document for
printing. See 
Resize a print on page 83.
NOTE: If you set the page size from your computer, that setting override s the page size setting
on the front panel.
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							Custom page sizes
Custom page sizes can be defined in a driver or through the Embedded Web Server. The two types of
custom page sizes are differentia ted by how they were created, and therefore, which users have
accessibility to them.
● Custom papers: custom papers are custom page size s that have been defined in a driver and that
reside on the users hard drive. Therefore, cust om papers are not available to other users in the
network.
● Printer forms: printer forms are custom page si
zes that have been defined through the Embedded
Web Server and are visible to all network users wh o share that print queue. Users require at least
Print operator network permiss ions to create printer forms.
Use the Embedded Web Server
To select the page size through  the Embedded Web Server, go to the  Submit Job page on the  Main
tab. In the  Job Settings  tree, select Advanced settings  > Paper  > Page size and then select
Standard  or Custom  page size.
● Standard: use the drop-d own menus to set the Size and  Orientation .
● Custom: use the free-text fields to specify a  Width and Length , and use the  Page size drop-down
menu to define the units of measurement.
NOTE: Be aware that when you submit more th an one job at a time by clicking the Add files
button in the Embedded Web Server, all of the jobs  that you submit will adopt the settings of the
final job that you submit. However, none of  the jobs in the print queue are affected.
Use a driver
Select the page size in the following ways:
●
In the Windows HP-GL/2 or Po stScript driver, click the Paper/Quality tab, and then select
Document Size .
● In the Mac OS Page driver dialog, select  Page Setup from the File menu, select your printer in
the  Format for popup menu, and then select  Paper size.
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							To define a custom paper size that does not appear in the list of paper sizes:
●In the Windows and PostScript drivers, use one of two different methods:
●
In the driver dialog, select  Custom from the  Document size  drop-down menu on the  Paper/
Quality  tab. Type a name for the custom size and click  Save. Then specify the paper
dimensions and click  OK to save your custom paper size.
NOTE: The custom paper size you define is no t available for selection in the list of
custom sizes until you have exited and open ed the Printing Preferences/Properties again.
Then, you can select  More from the  Document size drop-down menu and find the
custom paper size in the list.
● On the  Start menu, select  Printers and Faxes , and then from the File menu select  Server
Properties . On the Forms tab, click the  Create a new form check box, specify the name
and dimensions of the new form, and then click  Save Form.
● In Mac OS X V10.4, select  Paper Size > Manage Custom Sizes  in the Page Setup  dialog
box.
● In Mac OS X V10.2 or V10.3, select  Settings > Custom Paper Size  in the Page Setup  dialog
box.
Use the front panel
On the front panel, select the  icon, and then select  Printing preferences  > Paper options >
Select paper size .
Adjust margins and layout options
The printer margins determine the area between the  edges of your image and the edges of the paper.
For information about the exact sizes (in millim eters) of the available margin settings, see 
Table 17-4
Margins on page 190.
Depending on the method that you use to adjust the ma rgins, at least some of the following layout options
are available.
● Standard . Your image is printed on a page of the size  that 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 is printed on a page slightly larg er than the size that you have selected. If
you cut off the margins, the remaining page is th e size you selected, with no margins between your
image and the edges of the paper.
● Clip Contents By Margins . Use this setting when the conten ts have white borders and a size
equal to that of the pape r that you have selected in the driver . The printer uses the white border for
its margins and you get a page size that is  equal to what was selected in the driver.
See the Usage and Preview sections of the  Paper/Quality tab for tips about deciding which margins
and layout option be st suit your needs.
NOTE:If margins are set in the printer driver or  through the Embedded Web Server, they override
the margins that are set on the front panel.
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							Use the Embedded Web Server
To set the margins through the Embedded Web Server, go to the  Submit Job page on the  Main tab.
In the  Job Settings  tree, select Advanced settings > Paper  > Layout/Margins. Then use the
Select margins  drop-down menu to set th e margins. Select from: Default, Small , Normal and
Extended .
NOTE:Be aware that when you submit more th an one job at a time by clicking the Add files
button in the Embedded Web Server, all of the jobs  that you submit will adopt the settings of the
final job that you submit. However, none of  the jobs in the print queue are affected.
Use a driver
Specify the margins in the following ways:
●
In the Windows HP-GL/2  Normal margins and  Standard layout are selected by default. To
change the margins and la yout options, click the Paper/Quality tab and click the  Layout button.
● In the Windows PostScript driver, Normal  margins and Standard layout are selected by default.
To change the margins, click the  Paper/Quality tab, select More from the  Document size  drop-
down menu, and then select the desired page si ze and the margins at the same time. Click the
Layout  button to change the layout options.
● In the Mac OS driver, select  Page Setup from the File menu, select your printer in the in the  Format
for  popup menu, and then select  Paper size. You select the page size and the margins at the same
time.
NOTE: In the Windows PostScript driver, you have  the option of selecting a paper size with no
margins. The No margins  option should only be selected in conjunction with the  Oversized
and  Clip contents by margins  layout settings.
NOTE:In Mac OS driver, the available margins op tions depend on the paper size that you
selected in the  Page Setup dialog box.
You have the option of selecting a paper size with no margins. To select the  No margins option,
click the  Printing  dialog, select the  Finishing panel, and then click the  Layout tab. The  No
margins  option should only be selected in conjunction with the  Oversized and Clip contents
by margins layout settings.
Use the front panel
On the front panel, select the  icon, and then select  Printing preferences >  Margins > Select
margins .
Resize a print
You can send an image to the printer at a certain size bu t tell the printer to resize it (normally larger). This
can be useful in the follow situations:
● If your software does not support large formats
● If your file is too large for the printers memory. 
In this case, you can reduce the page size in your
software and then scale it up ag ain by using the front-panel option
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							Use the Embedded Web Server
To rescale a print through the Embedded Web Server, go to the Submit Job page on the  Main tab.
On the  Job Settings tree, select  Advanced settings > Resizing. In the Resizing  drop-down menu,
select  Standard , % of actual size, or  Custom.
● If you select  Standard, select a size and orientation from the drop-down menus.
● If you select  % of actual size , enter a percentage in the free-text field.
● If you select  Custom, type a size in the free-text field, and then set the units and specify on the drop-
down menu whether the size defines the width or length.
NOTE: Be aware that when you submit more th an one job at a time by clicking the Add files
button in the Embedded Web Server, all of the jobs  that you submit will adopt the settings of the
final job that you submit. However, none of the jobs in the print queue are affected.
Use a driver
Rescale a print in the following ways:
● In the Windows HP-GL/2 or PostScript driver, click the  Features tab, and then select  Resizing
options
● The Print document on  option adjusts the image size to the paper size that you selected.
For example, if you select ISO A2 as the pape r 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 paper size (the page
minus the margins) by the percen tage indicated, and then adds the margins to create the output
paper size
● In the Mac OS  Print dialog, select the  Finishing panel and then select  Print document on. The
image size is adjusted to the paper size that you selected.
For example, if you select ISO A3 as the paper si ze and you print an A4-size image, the image will
be enlarged to fit the A2 paper. If you select ISO A3 as the paper size and the image is larger than
A3, the printer reduces th e image to fit the paper.
Use the front panel
On the front panel, select the  icon, and then select Printing preferences  > Paper options >
Resize.
Print crop lines
Crop lines are lines that are printed onto the paper during a print job to indicate where the paper should
be cut to achieve a specific paper size. Crop lines ca n be printed for individual jobs or for multiple jobs
that are printed with the nesting feature.
For information about how to print crop lines for mult iple jobs that are printed with the nesting feature,
see 
Nest with crop lines on page 100 .
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							Use the Embedded Web Server
To enable crop lines through the Embedded Web Server, go to the Submit Job page on the Main  tab.
In the  Job Settings  tree, select Advanced settings > Roll options  and then select a setting from
the  Enable crop lines drop-down menu.
NOTE: Be aware that when you submit more th an one job at a time by clicking the Add files
button in the Embedded Web Server, all of the jobs  that you submit will adopt the settings of the
final job that you submit. However, none of  the jobs in the print queue are affected.
Use a driver
●
In the Windows driver, go to the  Features tab and in the  Roll Options section, select the Enable
Crop lines  checkbox
● In the Mac OS  Print dialog box, go to the  Finishing panel and select the  Crop lines check box.
Use the front panel
On the front panel, select the  icon, and then select  Printing preferences >  Paper options >
Enable crop lines.
Rotate an image
By default, images are printed with the shorter sides parallel  to the leading edge of the paper, like this:
You can rotate your images by 90° in order to save paper, like this:
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							When you rotate an image, you are actually rotating the page on the roll; the image maintains its same
orientation on the page. Rotate the image through the Embedded Web Server, in a driver, or on the front
panel. For more information  about image orientation, see 
Select image orientation on page 87.
NOTE:If rotation is set in the prin ter driver or through the Embedded Web Server, it overrides
the front-panel setting.
NOTE: When you rotate  a job, the page length might be increased to avoid clipping, because
the top and bottom margins are usually  larger than the side margins.
CAUTION:If you rotate an image, the paper might  not be wide enough for the image. For
example, rotating a portrait D/A1-size image on  D/A1-size paper by 90° will probably make the
image exceed the width of the paper. If you are using the Embedded Web Server, the preview
screen confirms this with a warning triangle . The job reverts to a “hold for paper.” See 
Understand
job status on page 97.
Use the Embedded Web Server
To rotate an image through the Embedded Web Server, go to the  Submit Job page on the  Main tab.
In the  Job Settings  tree, select Advanced settings  > Roll options  and then select one of the settings
from the  Rotate drop-down menu.
NOTE: Be aware that when you submit more th an one job at a time by clicking the Add files
button in the Embedded Web Server, all of the jobs  that you submit will adopt the settings of the
final job that you submit. However, none of the jobs in the print queue are affected.
Use a driver
You can rotate an image in the following ways:
● In the Windows HP-GL/2 or PostScript driver, select the  Features tab, and then select in the Roll
Options section, select  Rotate by 90 degrees .
● In the Mac OS  Print dialog box, select the  Finishing panel and  Rotate by 90 degrees .
Use the front panel
On the front panel, select the  icon, and then select Printing preferences  > Paper options >
Rotate .
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							Autorotate
The Windows HP-GL/2 printer driver provides an Autorotate option, that automatically rotates oversized
portrait images by 90° in order to save paper. Click the  Features tab and in the Roll Options section,
select  Autorotate . Then select the width of the loaded roll on the  Roll width drop-down menu.
Print a mirror image
If you are using clear imaging paper, sometimes called  backlit, you might want to print a mirror image
of your image, so that when the paper is lit from  behind, the image appears in the correct orientation.
Use one of the following methods to  do this without changing the image in your software program.
Use the Embedded Web Server
To print a mirror image through the Embedded Web Server, go to the  Submit Job page on the  Main
tab. In the  Job Settings  tree, select Advanced settings  > Transformations and then select one of
the settings from the  Mirror image drop-down menu.
NOTE:Be aware that when you submit more th an one job at a time by clicking the Add files
button in the Embedded Web Server, all of the jobs  that you submit will adopt the settings of the
final job that you submit. However, none of  the jobs in the print queue are affected.
Select image orientation
When you set the image orientation, select either  portrait or landscape orientation. Changing between
portrait and landscape changes the orientation of th e image on the page, but does not rotate the page
on the roll. Change the orientation through the Embedd ed Web Server or in a driver. For more information
about rotating an image, see 
Rotate an image on page 85 .
NOTE: Be aware that when you submit more th an one job at a time by clicking the Add files
button in the Embedded Web Server, all of the jobs  that you submit will adopt the settings of the
final job that you submit. However, none of  the jobs in the print queue are affected.
Use the Embedded Web Server
To select the image orientation through the Embedded Web Server, go to the  Submit Job page on
the  Main  tab. In the  Job Settings  tree, select Advanced settings  > Orientation  and then select
Portrait  or Landscape .
Use a driver
●
In the Windows driver, go to the  Paper/Quality tab and then select  Portrait or Landscape .
● In the Mac OS, go to the  Page Setup dialog box, and then select  Portrait or Landscape .
Remove the top and bottom blank areas
In addition to the page margins set for the job, the printer allows 5 millimeters  of blank space between
each print. To remove these top and bottom blank areas, select the  Remove top/bottom blank
areas  feature.
NOTE: Be aware that when you submit more th an one job at a time by clicking the Add files
button in the Embedded Web Server, all of the jobs  that you submit will adopt the settings of the
final job that you submit. However, none of  the jobs in the print queue are affected.
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							Use the Embedded Web Server
To remove top and bottom blank areas through the Embedded Web Server, go to the Submit Job page
on the  Main tab. In the  Job Settings  tree, select Advanced settings  > Roll options and then
select  Remove top/bottom blank areas .
Use a driver
●
In the Windows driver, go to the  Features tab and select  Remove top/bottom blank
areas .
● In the Mac OS  Print dialog box, go to the  Finishing panel and select  Remove top/bottom
blank areas .
Enter an account ID
Use this feature to assign an account ID to a prin t job for accounting purposes. The account ID appears
in the printer-generated accounting reports. To track of job-accounting  information, set your printer to
require an account ID for each job that is submitte d. This setting makes the account ID field mandatory
and jobs that have no account ID revert  to a on hold for accounting status.
NOTE:Be aware that when you submit more th an one job at a time by clicking the Add files
button in the Embedded Web Server, all of the jobs  that you submit will adopt the settings of the
final job that you submit. However, none of the jobs in the print queue are affected.
Use the Embedded Web Server
To enable the Account ID feature, go to the  Submit Job page on the  Main tab. In the  Job Settings
tree, select Advanced settings  > Roll options  and then select  Account ID.
Use a driver
●
In the Windows driver, go to the  Features tab and type an  Account ID in the Account ID field.
● In the Mac OS  Print dialog box, go to the  Accounting panel and type an Account ID  in the
Account ID field.
Select color emulation mode
Select color emulation modes through the Embedded We b Server, in a driver or on the front panel. For
more information about application-manage d colors and printer-managed colors, see 
Color-management
options on page 114.
Use the Embedded Web Server
To select a color emulation mode through the Embedded Web Server, go to the  Submit Job page on
the  Main  tab. In the  Job Settings  tree, select Advanced settings  > Color  and then select one of the
settings from the  Color Management  drop-down menu. If you select the  Printer emulation setting,
you can then select the printer series you that want to emulate from the drop-down menu.
NOTE: Be aware that when you submit more th an one job at a time by clicking the Add files
button in the Embedded Web Server, all of the jobs  that you submit will adopt the settings of the
final job that you submit. However, none of the jobs in the print queue are affected.
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