postscript files
non-postscript files
page size and clipped images
page size and nesting
adjustments to the page size
you do not normally need to adjust the page size through the front-panel, because the page size you have selected in your hp driver overrides the page size selected in the printer. however, some of the circumstances in which you may want to change the default setting are when the driver you are using does not over-ride the front-panel settings:
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· when you are using the ps scale→fit to page feature. see scaling the image.
· when you are not using one of the hp drivers supplied with your printer; for example, if you are sending a postscript file from a unix application.
· when you want to save paper by printing only the inked area of your print, plus the margins. in this case set page format / size to inked area.
· depending on the driver you are using, you may not need to change the page size in the front-panel. the default size setting (software) in the page format menu causes the printer to look for the page size information in the print file: if it is there, the printer uses it.
however, some of the circumstances in which you may want to change the default setting are:
· if you want to print the inked area only, but the driver you are using does not specify "inked area".
in this case, set the size setting in the page format menu to inked area.
if you can select inked area from your driver, any selection you have made in the front-panel menu will be overridden by the settings in the driver.
· when the prints you are creating need to be of a specific standard (for example, iso or ansi), but the actual size within that standard is not important. for example, your page size may need to conform to a standard iso page size, but it does not matter whether the final page size is iso a4 or iso a3.
in this case, set page format / size to iso -] best... or ansi -] best... etc. the printer uses the smallest standard size into which the inked area will fit.
postscript files
unless you are using the front-panel ps scale→fit to page option (see scaling the image), the front-panel page-size settings have no effect on postscript files that already contain page-size information, which includes all postscript files sent using one of the hp designjet postscript drivers supplied with this printer.
if you are using the front-panel ps scale→fit to page option, then the printer uses the page size set in the printer's front-panel as follows:
· if the page size is set to a discrete size, it uses the specified page size.
· if the page size is set to software, the printer calculates the page width as the width of the loaded paper, and the page length as 1.5 times the width of the loaded paper.
· if the page size is set to inked area, the printer calculates the page width as the width of the loaded paper and the page length as the height of the inked area plus the top and bottom margins of the page.
· if the page size is set to a "best'" option, the printer calculates the page length as 1.5 times the page width.
non-postscript files
the size option lets you select the page size of your print. the options are described in the following table. if
you need to adjust the page size from the front-panel, do so before sending the file from your computer. the printer determines the size of a print at the time it is received from your application. settings will be overridden by your driver or application.
a. the printer chooses the smallest page size from the corresponding discrete options that will hold the inked area of the print. for example, if best iso a is selected and the inked area of the print is between a3 and a4,the printer chooses a3 as the page size.
page size and clipped images
if you specify in your software a page size that is larger than the paper size loaded in the printer, the printer will still print what it can, but may clip your image. if you are using the jet browser the preview will tell you that the image is clipped.
page size and nesting
roll paper only
nesting means placing two or more pages side-by-side on a roll to save paper. there are certain cases when your prints can not be nested. for a complete explanation of nesting, see nesting pages.
if you have nesting switched on, the printer will use the page size to determine which pages are nested and whether the pages can be automatically rotated when nesting. see automatic rotation only with hp-gl/2 files, for information about which pages can be automatically rotated.