HP Designjet Z6200 1524 mm Photo User Manual

							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 X 10.4 Print dialog:  go to the Image Quality  panel. 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 th e more specific options described
above.
● In the Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 Print dialog:  go to the Paper/Quality panel and look at
the Quality Options section. If you select  Standard quality options, you  will see a simple slider
with which you can select spee d or quality. If you select Custom quality options, you will see the
more specific options described above.
● 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 spec ific 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 co mputer, that overrides the print-quality setting
in the front panel.
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).
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 slid er to the extreme left (Speed).
● In the Mac OS X 10.4 Print dialog:  go to the Image Quality  panel and move the print-
quality slider to the extreme left (Speed).
● In the Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 Print dialog:  go to the Paper/Quality panel and move
the print-quality slider to  the extreme left (Speed).
● On the Embedded Web Servers Submit Job page:  select Basic settings > Print
quality  > Standard options  > Speed.
You can specify even faster draft-quality printing  by using Economode, as follows. This is intended
mainly for documents containing  only text and line drawings.
● In the Windows driver dialog:  go to the Paper/Quality  tab and look at the Print Quality
section. Select  Custom Options , then set the quality level to  Fast and check the  Economode
box.
● In the Mac OS X 10.4 Print dialog:  go to the Image Quality  panel and set the quality
options to  Custom, then set quality to  Fast and check the  Economode box.
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							●In the Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 Print dialog:  go to the Paper/Quality panel and set the
quality options to  Custom, then set quality to  Fast and check the  Economode box.
● On the Embedded Web Servers Submit Job page:  select Basic settings > Print
quality  > Custom . Set Quality level  to Fast , and Economode  to On.
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 X 10.4 Print dialog:  go to the Image Quality panel and move the print-
quality slider to the extreme right (Quality).
● In the Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 Print dialog:  go to the Paper/Quality panel and move
the print-quality slider to the extreme right (Quality).
● On the Embedded Web Servers Submit Job page:  select Basic settings > Print
quality  > Standard options  > Quality.
Printing is bidirectional by default (the printheads  print when travelling in both directions across the
paper), but you can choose  Unidirectional printing for a further small improvement in quality at the
expense of speed. This option is not available if you have chosen  Fast print quality.
If you have a high -resolution image
If your image has a resolution grea ter than the rendering resolution (which you can see in the drivers
Paper/Quality  tab under Windows), print sharpness may be improved by selecting the  Max.
resolution  option. This option is available only if  you are printing on glossy paper and you have
selected  Best print quality.
● In the driver dialog (Mac OS Print dialog):  select custom instead of standard print-quality
options, then check the  Max. resolution box.
● On the Embedded Web Servers Submit Job page:  select Basic settings > Print
quality  > Custom . Set Quality level  to Best , and  Max. resolution  to Yes .
NOTE: The Max. resolution  option results in slower printing with photo papers, but it does not
increase the amount of ink used.
Select paper size
The paper size can be specif ied in the following ways.
NOTE:The paper size specified here sh ould 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 86.
●
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.
NOTE: If your application offers no  Page Setup dialog, please use the  Print dialog.
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							●On the Embedded Web Servers Submit Job page:  select Advanced settings >
Paper  > Page size  > Standard .
● Using the front panel:  select the Setup menu icon 
, then Printing preferences  >
Paper options  > Select paper size .
NOTE:If you have set the paper size from your co mputer, that overrides the paper size setting
in the front panel.
NOTE: If you have disabled skew checking, the pa per length is estimated as four times the
width.
TIP: If your document is 330 × 483 mm (13 × 19 in), 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 no t 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. In the PostScript driver, to see your new cu stom size in the list of custom sizes, you need
to exit the printer properties,  then reenter them (and use the  More button if necessary).
NOTE: The driver will not allow you to create a paper size whose width exceeds its length.
◦
From the  Start menu, select  Printers, 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.
NOTE:Such forms are not available when using a  shared printer that is connected to a
different computer.
● In the Mac OS Page Setup dialog:  select Paper Size  > Manage Custom Sizes .
NOTE:If your application offers no  Page Setup dialog, please use the  Print dialog.
●
On the Embedded Web Servers Submit Job page:  select Advanced settings >
Paper  > Page size  > Custom .
Select margins options
By default, the printer leaves a 5 mm (0.2 in) mar gin between the edges of your image and the edges
of the 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.
TIP:In the Windows PostScript driver, make sure  you have made the right choice from the
Document size  list. You should select a no margins  document size if you intend to use the
Oversize , Clip Contents By Margins  or Borderless options.
●
In the Mac OS X 10.4 Print dialog:  select the Finishing  panel and then  Layout.
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							●In the Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 Print dialog:  select the Margins/Layout  panel.
● On the Embedded Web Servers Submit Job page:  select Advanced settings >
Paper  > Layout/Margins .
You will then see at least some of the following options.
NOTE: Under Mac OS, the available margins options depe nd on the paper size selected in the Page
Setup dialog. For instance, for borde rless 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 ed ges of the paper. The image should be small
enough to fit between the margins.
● Oversize . Your image will be printed on a page slight ly 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.
Print on loaded paper
To print a job on whichever paper  is loaded in the printer, select Any in the Paper Type option of your
printer driver.
● In the Windows driver dialog:  select the Paper/Quality  tab, then select Any in the Paper
Type drop-down list.
● In the Mac OS X 10.4 Print dialog:  select the Image Quality  panel, then select  Any in
the Paper Type drop-down list.
● In the Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 Print dialog:  select the Paper/Quality  panel, then select
Any  in the Paper Type drop-down list.
NOTE: Any is the default Paper Type selection.
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 formats.
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							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 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 minus the margins) by the percentage indi cated, then adds the margins to create the
output paper size.
● In the Mac OS Print dialog:  select the Finishing  panel, then  Print document on to adjust
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 A3-sized image, it  is enlarged to fit the A2 paper. If the ISO A4
paper size is selected, th e printer reduces a larger image to fit the A4 size.
● 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 minus the margins) by the percentage indi cated, then adds the margins to create the
output paper size.
● Using the front panel:  select the Setup menu icon 
, then Printing preferences  >
Paper options  > Resize.
If you are printing to a single sheet, you must en sure 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 chec k the layout of the print before printing, which may
help you to avoid wasting paper and ink on a bad print.
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							NOTE:If you load sheet paper with skew checking di sabled, 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 the following options:
◦ Use your applications 
print preview option.
◦ Check the  Show preview before printing  option, which you can find in the drivers
Paper/Quality  tab and Features  tab. The preview may be pr ovided in different ways,
depending on your prin ter and printer driver.
● 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 di alog box. This is the basic print
preview provided by Mac OS.
◦ Check the  Show print preview  option, which you can find in the drivers  Printing
dialog, in the  Finishing panel.
● To preview a print using the  Embedded Web Server, select  Basic settings > Hold for
preview .
Print 16-bit color images
In a 16-bit RGB image, each of the three primary co lors is encoded by a 16-bit value, so that each
pixel takes up 48 bits.
If you print your 16-bit color images through a printe r driver, they will be reduced to 8-bit colors before
they reach the printer.
In order to send a 16-bit color image to the printer, yo u must save it as a 16-bit color TIFF or JPEG file,
then send the file directly to the prin ter without using a printer driver (see 
Using the Embedded Web
Server to print files on page 81). In this case, color management  is done on the 16-bit color image,
and is therefore done more accurately. The image is  still reduced to 8-bit colors for final printing.
TIP:Some applications refuse to sa ve a 16-bit color image in JPEG  format; others automatically
reduce it to 8-bit colors. A TIFF file generally  gives a higher-quality result, and is recommended.
Change the treatment of overlapping lines
NOTE:This topic applies only when  printing an HP-GL/2 job.
The merge option controls the overlapping  lines in an image. There are two settings:
● Off: where the lines cross, only the color of the 
top line is printed. This is the default setting.
● On: where the lines cross, the colors of the two lines merge.
To turn merge on, go to the front pa nel and select the Setup menu icon 
, then Printing
preferences  > HP-GL/2 options  > Enable merge. You can set the merg e option from your
software in some applications. Settings in yo ur software override the front-panel settings.
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							Print 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 indivi dual jobs in the following ways:
● In the Windows driver dialog:  select the Features tab, then  Enable crop lines.
● In the Mac OS Print dialog:  go to the Finishing  panel and select Enable crop lines .
● On the Embedded Web Servers Submit Job page:  select Advanced settings > Roll
options  > Enable crop lines .
● Using the front panel:  select the Setup menu icon 
, then Printing preferences  >
Paper options  > Enable crop lines  > On.
To print crop lines with nested jobs (see 
Nest jobs to save paper on page 92 ), you must select a
different option:
● In the Embedded Web Server:  select Job management > Use crop lines when nest
is enabled  > On.
● Using the front panel:  select the Setup menu icon 
, then Job management  > Nest
options  > Enable crop lines  > On.
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:
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							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:  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
options  > 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: If you rotate an image to landscape whose or iginal 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 wi dth of the paper. If you are using the Embedded
Web Server, the preview screen will co nfirm this with a warning triangle.
Autorotate
The Autorotate  option automatically rota tes jobs by 90 degrees if doing so will save paper.
Autorotation allows yo u to defer the decision of ro tating a page until printing time. This may be useful if
you routinely work with different ro ll sizes and want to ensure that plots will not get clipped or waste
unnecessary paper width if and when roll conditions change.
To enable autorotation:
● In the Windows driver dialog:  select the Features tab, then  Autorotate .
● In the Mac OS Print dialog:  go to the Finishing  panel and select Autorotate .
● On the Embedded Web Servers Submit Job page:  select Advanced settings > Roll
options  > Autorotate .
● In the front panel:  select the Setup menu icon 
, then Job management  > Autorotate .
NOTE:If autorotation is set from your computer,  it overrides the setting in the front panel.
NOTE:If autorotation  is enabled, the  Rotate option is ignored.
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							NOTE:The autorotate decision requ ires known page dimensions. Th erefore, the job must have
When to Start Printing set to  After Processing (see 
Select when to print a job in the queue
on page 114) and cannot have variable dime nsions, which happens when Fit to roll or Remove
top/bottom blank areas  is used.
TIP:Once the job is rendered and ready for repr ints, autorotation may take a few minutes,
depending on job dimensions and resolution. To spee d up autorotated reprints, send the job to render
when the roll configuration meets your planned scen ario, and leave last-minute autorotation only to
correct unexpected changes in roll conditions.  This applies to TIFF/JPEG/PS/PDF jobs only.
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 X 10.4 Print dialog:  go to the Color Options  panel and select Print In
Grayscale .
● In the Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 Print dialog:  go to the Color Options panel and select
Grayscale  from the Mode drop-down list.
● On the Embedded Web Servers Submit Job page:  select Color > Color/Grayscale  >
Print in grayscale .
Use paper economically
Here are some recommendations for  making economical use of paper:
● If you are printing relatively small images or 
document pages, you can use nesting to print them
side by side instead of  one after another. See 
Nest jobs to save paper on page 92.
● If you are printing multipage documents with rela
tively small pages, you can print up to 16 of
them on one sheet of paper. Use the Pages per sheet  option in the Features tab (Windows
driver) or the  Layout panel (Mac OS driver).
● You may be able to save some roll 
paper by using the following options:
◦ In the Windows driver dialog:  select the Features tab and then  Remove Top/
Bottom Blank Areas  and/or Rotate by 90 degrees  or Autorotate .
◦ In the Mac OS Print dialog: select the  Finishing panel, then  Remove Top/Bottom
Blank Areas  and/or Rotate by 90 degrees  or Autorotate .
◦ On the Embedded Web Servers Submit Job page:  select Advanced settings  >
Roll options  > Remove top/bottom blank areas  and/or Rotate.
● If you check the print preview on your computer before printing, you can sometimes avoid wasting
paper on prints containi
ng obvious mistakes. See 
Preview a print on page 87.
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							Nest jobs to save paper
Nesting means automatically printing images or document pages side by side on the paper, rather than
one after the other. This is done to avoid wasting paper.
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 
Nest is On  in the front panels Job Management me nu and the Embedded Web Servers Job
Management page.
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 re maining length of the roll. A single group of nested
pages cannot be split between two rolls.
Which pages qualify for nesting?
In order to be in the same nest, the individual page s must be compatible in all of the following ways:
● All pages must have the same print quality setting (Economode,  Fast, Normal  or Best).
● The Max. resolution  and Unidirectional  setting must be the same on all pages.
● The Margins  setting must be the same for all pages.
● The Mirror Image  setting must be the same for all pages.
● The Cutter  setting must be the same for all pages.
● The color adjustment settings must be the same for all pages. See 
Color-adjustment options
on page 105
.
● Pages must be all color, or all grayscale:
 not some in color and some in grayscale.
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