HP Scitex FB700 User Manual

Position and eject options
The sheet-fed printing option Position/Eject, on the Printer Options menu, enables you to control
how images are positioned and whether the automatic sheet eject feature is enabled. By selecting
Auto Eject Off, you can save media by combining print jobs that are smaller than the sheet size onto
the same sheet, instead of on separate sheets. In this mode, you can print the jobs one after the
other, or “nest” them across the width of the media in rows. Position/Eject is available...

Printing tips
CAUTION:Synthetic media commonly used for inkjet printing can build up a static charge,
especially in environments with low relative humidity. This charge can pose an electrostatic discharge
(ESD) hazard to persons, the printer, and other equipment. It can be safely discharged by draping a
grounded chain or tinsel over the top of the media, or by wiping the media with a solution of 90%
isopropyl alcohol and allowing it to dry for five minutes before printing. A relative humidity of
40%-60%...

5 Use white ink
Introduction
With the white ink option available from HP, you can replace the light magenta and light cyan inks
with white ink, resulting in four colors of ink plus white ink. This enables you to print with white ink
using various techniques.
Printing with white ink may require special preparation of the image to be printed or special setup in
the RIP. Refer to the documentation provided with the application software and RIP for step-by-step
procedures.
White ink option overview
White ink...

White ink maintenance 
●HP White Ink Homogenizer — white inks used in wide-format printing have pigments that have a
tendency to settle over time. The printers white ink option incorporates a vibrating homogenizer
base that keeps the white ink pigments in suspension without operator intervention.
●Printhead — the automatic printhead servicing (purging and wiping) must be supplemented with
manual printhead cleaning, to enable optimal print quality.
●Shelf life — the white ink has a maximum shelf life of...

6 Use the control panel
Overview
The touch-screen control panel shows you the printer’s current status, and enables you to interact
with the printer, respond to an error condition, and configure options.
The control panel is organized into pages of related functions. To switch between the pages, press
the corresponding icon at the bottom of the screen (the Activity Tray, see 
Figure 6-1 Home page
on page 29).
The control panel provides various forms of online user assistance: online help, interactive...

4 Ink levels — shows the current ink level for each color.
5 Printer status — indicates whether the printer is ready to print, and lists any error messages.
●Media — name of the currently configured media.
●UV Lamps — when printing, lamp intensity levels are displayed. Icons show the lamp status: black=off, yellow=on,
blinking=warming up.
6 Jobs — displays the Stored Jobs feature. See 
Stored jobs on page 23 for details.
7 Sleep/Wake mode — Sleep unloads the media, powers down the UV lamps, ionizer bar,...

The messages are dismissed by correcting the condition, or by pressing the applicable button on the
Detail screen.
Figure 6-2  Home page with Attention message and View Attentions button
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Printing page
Figure 6-3  Printing page





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To switch to the Printing page, press the Printing icon in the Activity Tray at the bottom of the screen.
1 Status messages
●Stored Jobs status — current mode (print and save, print only, save only), number of stored jobs, number of locked
jobs. See 
Stored jobs on page 23 for details.
●UV Lamps
2 Jobs — displays the Stored Jobs feature. See 
Stored jobs on page 23 for details.
3 Options — displays the Printer Options menu. See 
Printing Options menu on page 32 for details.
4 Calibrate — displays the...

Choose Minimal for fastest throughput, Maximal for greatest precision and skew detection
when printing edge-to-edge.
●Measure media (roll-fed) — for roll-fed media, you can choose various levels of precision for
finding the left (user end), and right (service end) edges of the media.
◦When loading — locates the left and right edges only when loading a roll of media.
◦Before each copy — locates the left and right edges of the media before each print. This
enables the printer to compensate for any...

Media page
Figure 6-4  Media page





	

To switch to the Media page, press the Media icon in the Activity Tray at the bottom of the screen.
1 Media information — media name, size, print area, printable length
2 Media Wizard — displays the Media Wizard. See 
Configure media on page 9 for details.
3 Settings — enbles you to adjust media handing and printing settings.
4 Configure — configures the printer for a media type. See 
Configure media on page 9 for instructions.
5 Eject Sheet buttons (when...