pages printing or drying
cancelling the drying time
managing the queue
nesting pages
pages printing or drying
the terms job and page used here mean rtl and hp-gl/2 jobs are single page jobs, however a single postscript job may have more than one page. where we talk about the print paper, the term "page" means a single output page.
cancelling a page
1. press cancel on the front-panel.
the printer advances the paper as though the print were finished. a multi-page job or a big file may take longer to stop printing than other files.
cancelling the drying time
press the cancel or enter key on the front-panel.
use with caution when performing this procedure as an image which has had insufficient time to dry can cause image quality problems.
managing the queue
the information included here only applies if you are using hp drivers.
jobs and pages
when you look at the queue either from webaccess or from the front-panel, the queue is made up of individual "jobs". the jobs in a queue must not be confused with pages in the queue.
what is the queue?
your printer can store pages in a queue at the same time as printing the current page. it stores them page by page. if you send only a single-page, you can regard these as files.
the length of the queue depends mainly on the jobs that you have in the queue, however as an approximation you can fit about 30 jobs in a0/e-size in max. quality. the queue stores processed output pages, not the input jobs. remember that file size and memory usage are not the same thing, as explained on file size and memory usage.
the "start printing" options
the start printing options do not apply for postscript jobs.
you can select at what point you want to print the file you have in the printers queue. go to internal rip settings/start printing. there are three options you can select:
after processing
when this is selected the printer waits until the whole file has been processed and then it starts to print. this is the slowest setting but you can achieve the best image quality.
immediately
this selection prints the file as it is processed. this is the quickest setting, however the printer may stop halfway through a print to process data. this setting is not recommended for complex images with dense color.
optimized (default)
this setting calculates the best time to begin printing the file. it is the best mix between the after processing and immediately settings.
starting to print a file that is waiting for a time-out
if all is in order (paper loaded, all ink components installed, and no file errors), there are still reasons why a file you have sent from your computer may not start printing when expected:
· the print file may lack a proper file terminator and the printer is therefore waiting for the specified i/o time-out period before assuming it is complete. see i/o time-out setting.
· nesting may be on and the printer is waiting for the specified nest wait time-out period before calculating the appropriate nests. in this case, the printer display shows the remaining time for the nesting time-out. see how long does the printer wait for another file?
· you may have "wait for preview" selected in you hp designjet driver. this is a function you can use to check if the pre-view image is the one you want.
you can check the pre-view in the webaccess tool, then select "start print".
identifying a job in the queue
in queueing & nesting, you can scroll through the pages in the queue.
each has an identifier, comprising:
[position in queue]: [image name]
position in queue
the job currently being printed is in position 0. the next job to be printed is in position 1, the one after in position 2, etc.
the previous job printed is in position -1, the one before that in position -2, etc.
you can also check the queue in hp designjet webaccess where you will find more detailed information.
viewing the size of a page in the queue
to view the size of any page in the queue, select it and choose statistics.
prioritizing a job in the queue
to make any job in the queue the next one to be printed, select it and choose move to top.
if nesting is turned on (see what is nesting?) the prioritized job may still be nested with others. if you really want this job to be printed next and on its own on the roll, then first turn nesting off and then use move to top to move it the top of the queue.
deleting a job from the queue
under normal circumstances, there is no need to delete a job from the queue after printing it, as it will just "fall off the end" of the queue as more files are sent. however, if you have sent a file in error and want to avoid any chance of it being reprinted, you can simply delete it, by selecting it and choosing delete.
to remove a job that has not yet been printed, simply identify it by its position in the queue (see position in queue) and delete it, by choosing delete.
if the job is currently being printed (its queue position is 0), and you want both to cancel the job and to delete it, first press the cancel key and then delete it from the queue.
making copies of a job in the queue
in all cases, the job must be still in the queue.
having selected the job and chosen copies, use the scrolling keys to specify the number of copies required, and press enter. the number you enter is the actual number of pages to be printed; for example, choosing 2 for a page not yet printed means you will get the one original and one copy.
the maximum is 99.
the setting you specify in this option overrides any value set by your software.
note that, if rotate see rotating an image was on when you sent the file, every copy will be rotated.
nesting pages
what is nesting?
nesting means placing pages side-by-side on the paper (rather than one after the other), to avoid wasting paper.
refer to which pages qualify for nesting?
automatic rotation only with hp-gl/2 files
rotate an image with nesting on?
the printer may automatically rotate a page in nesting. it may do this even with a single page.
since nesting may automatically rotate pages, the rotate setting in the page format menu is ignored while nesting is on.
which pages cannot be rotated?
apart from obvious physical limitations on the roll, any hp-gl/2 page containing raster data will not be rotated.
when does the printer try to nest pages?
when all the following are true:
· the printer is loaded with roll paper not sheet paper.
· in the front-panel menus, nest is on.
which pages qualify for nesting?
in order to be in the same nest, the individual pages must be compatible on the following criteria:
selecting nesting on overrides the "start printing" options setting.
· color or grayscale. either all are color or all are grayscale. grayscale may include a color page rendered in grayscales see printing images in grayscale.
· all pages must have the same print quality setting (max. quality, productivity, max. speed).
· for hp-gl/2 margin sizes must be the same for all pages (normal, extended).
· all pages must be hp-gl/2 or postscript but not a mixture of the two.
· equal mirror setting.
· the render intent must be the same (hp-gl/2 only). postscript can be mixed.
· color space must be the same (hp-gl/2 only).
postscript can be mixed.
· the cutter setting must be the same.
· the enhanced resolution must be the same.
how long does the printer wait for another file?
so that the printer can make the best nest possible, it waits after a file has been received to check if a subsequent page will nest with it or with pages already in the queue. this waiting period is the nest wait time factory default nest wait time is two minutes. this means that the printer waits for up to two minutes after the last file is received before printing the final nest.
you can change this waiting time using the front-panel menu. the available range is 1 to 99 minutes.
while the printer is waiting for nesting to time out, it displays the remaining time in the front-panel display.
you can print the nest (cancel the nest wait) by pressing the cancel key.