adjusting margins
reduced margins
rotating an image
printing a mirror image
scaling the image
page description
the page description has four main areas, these are described below:
page size
page size can be specified from the frontpanel or in the software, it may be called "page size", "media size", "paper size", etc., options can include, iso a3, ansi letter, custom and more. if your software does not define the page size in the print file, the front-panel setting is used. otherwise, the software setting overrides the front-panel setting.
there is one exception to the above. if the frontpanel setting is inked area and you are sending a file, the front-panel setting is used. see inked area.
margins
for a roll of paper the "normal" setting for side margins is 7mm and the "extended" setting is 15mm. see adjusting margins.
printing area
printing area is the page size minus the margins. for a table showing the printing areas for standard paper sizes. see printable area.
inked area
inked area is the smallest rectangle that contains the entire image.
adjusting margins
the default settings for margins are set to ensure the maximum printable area on your paper. the two side margins are 7.0 mm. the margin settings for the trailing edges of the paper change, depending whether you are using roll or sheet paper, as shown in the illustrations below. it is important when working with images which demand a lot of ink that you use the correct paper with the correct margins, in this case use the normal margins.
when you send continuous run print jobs to the printer you can use reduced margins (leading and trailing edges) to save media.
reduced margins
reduced margins allow you to save media when you send continuous run print jobs to an hp designjet 5000 series printer with a take up reel (tur) installed and loaded with roll media.
the distance of the reduced margins between the trailing and leading edges of consecutive prints in a continuos print jobs depends on which margin setting has been selected in the page setup menu. two options are available, normal or extended (see adjusting margins). with normal margins set the distance is 7 mm (0.28in) and with extended margins set is 15 mm (0.59in).
using reduced margins does not change the two side margins.
to use reduced margins with roll media loaded on the tur, select the reduced margins option from the device setup menu.
the reduced margins option is only available from the device setup menu if the tur is installed and it is loaded with roll media.
using reduced margins with:
· normal margins set: x = 7 mm (0.28in)
· extended margins set: x = 15 mm (0.59in)
rotating an image
rotating a job using the hp postscript driver supplied with the 5000ps
by default the jobs generated by any of the postscript drivers provided with the 5000ps are printed in portrait, even if the image viewed in your application is in landscape orientation. in order to save paper you need to rotate the job through the postscript driver interface.
rotating a job is controlled by a setting in the postscript driver, it can be enabled or disabled. when you enable the rotation feature both the page and the image are rotated 90 degrees counterclockwise.
note that the hp driver will over-ride the setting in the front-panel.
consult the postscript driver documentation to find out where you set the rotation feature.
page size and the rotation
note that when you rotate a job the page size is enlarged to avoid clipping, because the trailing and leading margins are not the same size as the side margins.
when rotating, the amount of media used is enlarged to ensure that the drawing is not clipped.
rotating a job using a third party postscript driver
if you are using a third party postscript driver, you can rotate the image using the rotate setting in the frontpanel (page format/rotate). for more information consult the documentation of the third party driver.
what on the page is rotated?
if the page size is specified in either the front-panel or the application that the image was made in, then the page and the image are rotated, as shown below.
however if the page size is unspecified, the page is not rotated, only the image.
to set the rotation in the front-panel select page format/rotate.
possibility of clipped images with rotated images
with either roll or sheet paper, if you rotate an image to landscape whose original orientation was portrait, the paper may not be wide enough for the image, and it may be clipped. for example, rotating a portrait d/a1 size image on d/a1-size paper by 90 degrees will probably result in a clipped image. if you are using the jet browser, the preview screen will confirm this with a warning triangle.
printing a mirror image
if you are using clear imaging paper, sometimes called backlit, you may want to print a mirror image of your print, so that when the paper is lit from behind it is in the correct orientation. this can be done from the frontpanel, without changing the image in your software.
scaling the image
5000ps
with a postscript file, you can enlarge your printed image from the printer's front-panel by using the ps scale option, accessed from the internal rip settings menu. the ps scale feature is useful:
· if your software does not support large formats.
· if your file is too large for the printer's memory, and you reduce the page size in your software and then scale it up again using the front-panel option.
to scale your ansi a postscript file to:
5000ps
to scale your iso a4 postscript file to:
5000ps
the "fit to page" setting adjusts the image size to the page size selected for your printer. for example, if you have selected iso a2 as the page size and you print an a4-size image, it will be enlarged to fit the a2 page. if iso a3 page size is selected, the printer would reduce a larger image to fit the a3 size. if you are printing to cut sheet media, you must ensure that the image can actually fit onto the page, otherwise clipping will occur.