Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product 510 HP (Hewlett-Packard)
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Introducti on This User’s Ref erence Guide ex plai ns how to use your HP Design jet 510 or 510ps printe r . The cont ent s of this guid e are valid f or both t he HP Design jet 510 an d the HP Desi gnjet 51 0ps except wh ere othe rwise i ndicate d.
Introducing t he document ation Y ou have the follo wing re sources to help you in using your printe r . •T h e Assemb ly and Set -up Poster comes with your printe r and shows st ep-by- step inf ormation on how to prep are y our print er for us e. •T h i s User ’s Reference Guide expla ins th e deta ils of usi ng your printe r .
Introducing y our printer • Y our pri nter ’ s main feat ures A gene ral over view of the majo r featur es of your printer . • HP ink supplies A de scripti on of t he H P ink s upplies requ ired fo r your printer. • Prin t resolu tion S pecific ations of the pri nt resol ution fo r your pri nter .
Y our printer’ s main featur es The HP Des ignjet 510 print er is desi gned for individ uals or smal l work-g roups in ar chitect ure, engin eering and constr uction (AEC) , and mechanic al CAD desi gn.
• Unat tended ness: The pri nter inc ludes a modu lar ink deliver y syste m, with up t o 69-cc cartri dge capac ity , and long- life pr inthead s which la st, on aver age, th rough ten black i nk cartri dges and six colo r ink cartr idges, depen ding on u se.
HP ink supplies HP ink su pplies f or your pri nter cont ain two compo nent s: print heads and i nk cartridge s. The print er uses t he follo wing HP ink s upplies: • Black in k cartrid ges are HP N o 82 supplie s. • Cyan, magent a and yello w cartr idges ar e HP No 82 supp lies.
Print resolut ion Y our pr inter provide s two di ff erent p rint mo des that change t he prin t resol utions o f each of the prin t quality mode s. These di fferent pr int mode s are opti mized for : Line Dra wings/ T ext or Images.
Paper Y ou can pri nt on rol l or sheet p aper up to 42 in ( 1066.8 mm) wi de with the A0+/E+ s ize prin ter and up to 24 in (609.6 mm) w ith the D/A1 siz e prin ter . For a li st of the suppo rted paper t ypes, see Physi cal charact eristic s of p aper typ es .
User interface The pri nter’s front p anel includes an easy- to-use interface with a di splay , giving you ac cess to a comprehen sive set of pr inter functio ns. See Nav igating the menu system f or a shor t tutoria l to teach you how to na vigate t hrough t he menus and f or a descri ption of int ernal print s.
Memo ry The pri nter come s with 160 MB of inte rnal Rand om Access Memory (RA M). Addi tional memory can be added to the HP-GL/2 Accessor y card tha t came with t he printer . Y ou can add 256 MB (p art nu mber CH654A) of memory for la rge-f ile proc essing and impro ved print ing.
Drivers Alway s use the r ight dr iver (c onfigur ed correc t ly) for the com bination of you r ap plic ation so ftware and y our printer to ensu re that your printer prin ts exa ctly what you w ere exp ecting i n term s of: si ze, posi tion, o rientat ion, co lor and qualit y .
Front v iew of pr inter Power switch/ indic ator Printh ead Ink cart ridge Front panel.
Printe r conn ection s Y our pri nter can be con nected direct ly to your compu ter via the t raditio nal parall el inter face or throu gh the Unive rsal S erial B us ( USB ) port.
Paper an d ink Y our pri nter can use a va riety of p apers. The reco mmended p apers are desi gned for use w ith your pr inter and your pr inter’s ink system to gi ve you the bes t results . This c hapter conta ins the fo llowing topi cs: • Pape r choice explains h ow to choo se the corr ect pa per typ e.
Paper c hoice • Choosi ng pape r Y our pri nter suppor ts se veral types of p aper . Choosin g the be st pape r type fo r your nee ds is an essen t ial step in ensuring goo d print qualit y . These to pics hel p you to s elect t he best p aper for your p articular printin g tas k.
Choos ing paper For best printing results, use only gen uine He wlett-Pack ard papers, who se reliabi lity an d performan ce have b een develop ed and t horoughl y tested.
Paper type s The fol lowing topics address t he vario us types of pape r availa ble, the ir p articu lar use and how to obtai n infor mation ab out them. • Physica l character istic s of pape r types Det ails t he phys ical charac teristics of each of the s upport ed pa per types.
Physi cal charac teristics of p aper typ es The fol lowing t able li sts the physi cal chara cteristi cs and se lection numbers of supported H P Premium Pr inting Mate rial. Always pri nt on the im age side wi th the spe cial coat ing; th e image si de faces ou twards on r oll pro ducts from Hewlett -Packa rd.
HP Universal B ond Paper 21 lb. (80 g/m² ) – 150 ft (45.7 m) Plain Paper Q1396A Q1397A Q1398A HP Fluorescent Y ellow Coloured Paper 100 g/m² – 150 f t (45.
HP Universal High-glos s Photo Pa per 190 g/m² – 100 f t (30.5 m) High-Gloss Photo Q1426A (aejn) Q1427A (aejn) HP Universal S emi-gloss Photo Paper 190 g/m² – 100 f t (30.
HP Matte Polypropylene 130 g/m² – 75 f t (22.9 m) Matte Film Q1903A (aen) Q1904A (aen) HP Banners with T yvek® 140 g/m² – 50 f t (15.2 m) Heavy Coated Paper C6798A (ajn) HP Outdoor Paper 145 g/m² – 100 f t (30.5 m) Heavy Coated Paper Q1730A (en) HP Blue Back Outdoor Billboard P aper 140 g/m² – 100 f t (30.
Addition al inform ation a bout paper type s The fol lowing HP Premium Printi ng Mater ial can be us ed to perf orm the pri nthead al ignment , see Print head alignme nt .
Comb ination s of p aper typ e and prin t qualit y selection Use the followin g tables, gi ven by app licati on, to gui de you when choosing yo ur pap er and sel ecting t he print qualit y settin g ( Fast , Normal , Bes t ).
CAD drawings —mono The fol lowing t able li sts the reco mmended prin t quality sett ings for spe cific usa ge with typical p aper . Supported p aper types—mono Usage T ypical paper select ion Rec.
CAD drawin gs and GIS — color ( lines and l ow densit y) The fol lowing t able li sts the reco mmended prin t quality sett ings for spe cific usa ge with typical p aper .
CAD render ing, GIS and ima ges — color an d CAD (high ink dens ity) The fol lowing t able li sts the reco mmended prin t quality sett ings for spe cific usa ge with typical p aper .
Handlin g your p ap er T ake th e foll owing precau tions whe n hand ling paper: • Handl e film a nd glossy paper by the ed ges or wea r cott on glove s.
Obtaining roll or shee t p aper i nformati on If rol l or shee t pap er is loa ded, the t ype of p aper is displ ayed when you sele ct the Pape r menu on the f ront p anel. If the re is no p aper loa ded, the front-p anel displa y shows t he follo wing mess age and you wil l need to load rol l or sheet p aper .
Print times fo r a selected prin t quality The fol lowing tabl e list s some ty pical pr inting t imes for D/A1 size p aper . T y pical printing times Print quality Time (in seconds ) Mono lines on Bo.
Print able area The f ollowi ng topic s detail the prin tabl e area s for e ach of the dif feren t p aper s ize syst ems: • ANSI pape r The Am erican Nat ional S t andards Insti tute impe rial p aper si zing syst em. • Arch itectu ral paper The Archite ctural pap er sizing system.
ANSI paper The fol lowing tabl e list s the pri ntab le area for the ANSI p aper s ize system. The lef t and ri ght margin s are 0.2 in (5 mm) and the leadi ng and tr ailing ed ge marg ins are 0.
Arch itect ural p aper The fol lowing tabl e list s the pri ntab le area for the Architec tural p aper s ize syst em. The lef t and right m argins are 0.
ISO paper The fol lowing tabl e list s the pri ntab le area for the IS O pape r size sys tem. The lef t and right m argins are 0.2 in (5 mm) and the lea ding and t raili ng edge marg ins are 0.
Roll p aper The fol lowing procedure s are des cribed i n deta il, wi th animat ions whe re appro priate: • Inst alling a new roll on the pr inter • Loading roll p aper • Unload ing roll paper .
Inst alling a new roll on the print er The gra phical sequence sh ows how to in stall a new roll of p aper on the pri nter . CAUTION: Make sure the prin ter whee ls are lock ed (the brake le ver on ea ch wheel is pr essed D own) to preve nt the printer from moving.
Loading r oll p aper The gra phical sequence sh ows how to lo ad a new roll of p aper on the pri nter . NOTE: Y ou mu st hav e installed a new roll of p aper on th e prin ter befo re you can loa d it. The fr ont-pa nel menu it ems are: Select (using th e keys) Then pres s: 1.
Unloading ro ll p aper The gra phical sequence sh ows how to unl oad a rol l of pa per from the prin ter ..
Removing roll p aper from the printer The gra phical sequence sh ows how to r emove a rol l of pa per fro m the printe r . NOTE: Y ou mu st hav e unloaded the ro ll of paper from t he printer b efore you can remov e it.
Removing ro ll p aper fr om the spind le The gra phical sequence sh ows how to r emove a rol l of pa per from the ro ll spindle . NOTE: Y ou mu st hav e re moved the ro ll of paper from th e pri nter before you ca n remo ve it fro m the spindl e.
Cutter replacemen t The gra phical sequence shows the comp lete p roced ure fo r the re place ment of the paper cu tter in your print er . Prerequisites Befor e attempti ng to replace th e cutter you must cont act your lo cal HP Cu stomer Care center to: • Ord er the replac emen t cutt er .
Shee t p ap er • Whi ch side up? Expl ains how to identi fy which side of the sheet sh ould be printe d on. • Whic h edge firs t? Expl ains which ed ge of the sheet sho uld be lo aded firs t (short edge or lo ng edge). • Loading sheet p aper Det ails t he shee t loadin g proc edure.
Which s ide up ? The pr inte r prints on the s ide of the pape r that f aces up. It m ay be impo rtant to lo ad the shee t with t he cor rect side facing up. S ee the ta ble below . Print side fo r p aper types Pape r type Mat te o r gl os sy HP Bright White Inkjet Pa per (Bond) Both s ides are t he same.
Which e dge f irst? Y ou can lo ad sheet p aper i n either por trai t or lands cape ori enta tion. Unl ess you are us ing th e Rotat e option , always load the she et in t he same ori enta tion as you have spec ified in your sof tware .
Loading sh eet p aper The gra phical sequence sh ows how to lo ad a new sheet of p aper on the prin ter . Import ant • If you hav e a roll of pa per loade d on the pri nter you must first unload it fro m the printe r . • Mak e su re the correct side of th e sheet is f acing up wh en you load i t .
Unloading she et p aper The gra phical sequence sh ows how to unl oad a sheet of pap er from the printer . Import ant • T o gi ve t he ink tim e to d ry the pr inter ho lds th e paper for some time.
Ink syst em These to pics cover the var ious ele ments of the i nk system. • What ar e HP ink sup plies? Detail s the elem ents of the HP ink s upplie s. • Compo nent id entifi cation Shows yo u where to fi nd the var ious ele ments of the i nk syste m.
What are HP ink suppl ies? For each of the fou r ink colo rs used in t he print er , ther e are two sep arate compon ents , the pri nthead an d the ink car tridge . These comp onent s are call ed the HP ink supplies and are coded with a H ewlett-P ackard sel ection numbe r to help you r eorder th e correct replac ement.
Component identification The f ollowi ng il lustra tion w ill help you identify the co mponents o f the HP i nk suppli es. The Hewl ett-Pack ard selection number on t he ink cart ridge s and print heads make s it easy for you to fin d the corre ct HP ink s upplies f or your printer .
Ink supply gu idelines For opt imum resu lts fr om your print er and th e ink system , always fol low the se guidel ines when hand ling HP ink suppli es: • Alway s inst all the i nk cartr idges and printhe ads befor e the expi ry date, which is on the pa ckaging.
Precautions Handl e HP ink suppl ies with care. In par ticul ar , the p rinthe ad, which is a high- precis ion dev ice, must b e handled careful ly . CAUTION: Do n ot touch , wipe o r attemp t to clean the pri nthead nozzle s . This can da mage the printhe ad.
Color calibrat ion Y ou can cali brate t he ink syste m for the speci fic paper loaded in yo ur prin ter . Doin g this ensu res the pri nted outp ut matche s the colors of the ori ginal image as c losely as po ssible. The print er store s the calib ration dat a for each type of p aper you ha ve cali brated it for since it was power ed up.
Drying t ime The fol lowin g topics deta il the dr ying ti me funct ion and ho w to use it to e nsure you ob tain the highest qualit y print unde r all cond itions. • Dryin g time sett ings Descri bes how to set th e requir ed dryin g times fr om the front p anel.
Drying ti me settin gs With so me pa per types an d environment al conditi ons the in k needs time to dr y befor e the p aper is un loaded. The print er has thre e settings which yo u can choose throu gh the front panel . See Naviga tion exam ple for more help.
T ypical d rying times The fo llow ing table show s th e typi cal dr ying time s fo r Hewl ett-Pac kard t este d paper at app roxim atel y 25°C with 50% rela tive humi dity .
Dryi ng proced ure The dryi ng proce dure opera tes as foll ows: 1. The pri nted imag e emerges f rom benea th the pr inter win dow and a vacuum hol ds it on the pla ten of th e print er . 2. The fr ont pa nel displ ays: 3. Y ou can pres s the Cance l or the F orm Feed & Cut key to cance l the dryi ng time an d release the pap er .
Ink cartr idges • Ink c artridge error s Detail s the error mes sages th at could be display ed on the fr ont panel for the ink cartridg es. • Ink cart ridge leve ls Detail s the info rmatio n about lev els that can be displ ayed on the front pane l for the ink ca rtridge s.
Ink cartrid ge errors The fr ont pa nel can disp lay the fo llowing error messages f or the in k cartrid ges: The pri nter wil l also disp lay the Ink car tridge l evels .
Ink cartrid ge levels The fr ont pa nel will t ell you when you r ink supp ly is l ow , very lo w or empt y . This means th at you know t he curr ent status o f yo ur HP ink s uppli es at all t imes .
Ink cartrid ge informati on Use the follow ing procedu r e to d isplay th e ink cart ridge in format ion scre en on the fron t panel. The fr ont-pa nel menu it ems are: The fr ont pa nel displ ays the.
Ink cartrid ge replacement The gra phical sequence sh ows how to repl ace an ink cartrid ge. W ARNING: Make sure the p rinter wheel s are locked (the brake leve r is pr essed down) to prevent the p rinter from mo ving. CAUTION: Remove an ink cartri dge only i f you are r eplaci ng it.
Print heads • Prin thead er rors Det ails the dif ferent error mess ages that could be displayed on the fro nt pan el for the pr inthe ads. • Prin thead inform ation Shows yo u how to displ ay the current st atus of the pr inthea ds on the fron t panel displ ay .
Printhead err ors The fr ont pa nel can disp lay the fo llowing error messages f or the pr inthea ds: NOTE: An u nknow n error is display ed when one of the pri ntheads is ca using a p roble m but th e syst em cann ot detect w hich one it i s. Refer to Unknown pri nthead error to solve th is probl em.
Printhead inf ormation Use the follow ing procedu r e to d isplay th e printh eads in formatio n screen on the fr ont p anel. The fr ont pa nel menu sel ections ar e: The fr ont pa nel displ ays the f.
Printhead rep lacement The gra phical sequence sh ows how to r eplace a pr inthea d in the printer . The fr ont-pa nel menu sel ections are: Once you have repla ced the pr inthead , if you hav e paper load ed, the pr inter prompts you to st art the Printhea d alignme nt proc edure.
Printhead align ment Y ou should ha ve one of the foll owing types of paper loaded bef ore attemp ting to align t he print heads: H P Bright White I nkjet Pa per (Bond), HP C oated Pa per , HP He avyweig ht Coated P aper , HP H igh-Glo ss Photo Pape r , HP Satin Pos ter Pap er or Pl ain Pa per .
Solutions These t opics guide you throug h the di ff erent p rocedure s requir ed to t rouble shoot an d find t he solut ions to various prob lems you co uld encou nter w hile using your printer.
Solvin g problem s • T o find the meani ng of front-p anel mess ages, see Mes sage descrip tions . • If you know the proble m is related t o a cert ain t ask, firs t check the re levant se ction in thi s manual, for st ep-by- step pr ocedure s. Use thi s manual’ s index or t able of content s to find the se ction.
Finding th e source of your problem 1. Look at th e front -panel display for mess ages. See Messa ge descri ptions for a full e xplanat ion of fr ont-p anel messages. 2. T es t the print er . – Swit ch the printe r off on t he fr ont of the pr inter .
Print quality problems Y our print er pro vides a fu ll trou bleshoot ing uti lity to ens ure you can alwa ys quickly overcome a ny image pr oblems you e ncounter . Y ou should u se this ut ility whenever you (an d not t he prin ter) percei ve a pro blem with print qual ity .
Configurat ion correctio n Before attemp ting t he pr int quali ty dia gnost ic proc edure s contai ned in this sec tion, y ou sh ould fi rst che ck that the print er is co rrectly configu red to pr int wha t you want . Many pr oblems co ncerned with pr int qu ality ca n be solve d by corre cting th e way the pri nter is configur ed.
T roub leshooting p rocedure Wor king th rough the T roubles hooting proced ure shoul d always be your fir st acti on when you encount er print qualit y proble ms. Refe r to the T rouble shootin g flowch art for a descri ption of t he sequ ence of proce sses used to complet e troubl eshoo ting pr ocedure.
Diagnos tic Prin t A interp retation Diagnost ic Prin t A cont ains seve ral blocks of color and a block of thin bla ck broken lines ( the lin es are actu ally ver y much clo ser than t hose repre sented here). 1. Examin e the brok en lines i n Diagnos tic Print A carefu lly a nd indicate whether there are p roblems with them.
Diagnos tic Prin t B interp retation 1. For ea ch colo r in the pa ttern in Diagnostic Prin t B , yo u are as ked about the quality —look for missing lines.
T rou bleshoo ting flow chart The fol lowing diagram sh ows the flow of the tr oubles hooting proced ure. Printer che cks wheth er Print head Alig nmen t is re quired Print er rec ommen ds Printhead a.
Advance calibrat ion It is imp ortant t hat the p aper lo aded for this cali brati on is exac tly that used for normal prin ting, bo th in quality ( for examp le, gloss y paper ) and in wid th (for examp le, A0 or 3 6 in). Eit her roll or sheet p aper ca n be used.
Advance ca libration val ues The pri nter stor es the adva nce calibrati on valu es of the la st two different types of pape r used for th e cali brat ion. When you pr int, th e printe r tries to match the pape r you hav e selecte d to the sto red valu es.
St epped lines When you look at t he image you ha ve print ed there are ‘stepped lines’ in the bo rders of ar rows an d diago nal lines. The lines should b e stra ight w ith no step ping. The fol lowing is an example of what you mig ht see if yo u have prob lems with st epped lin es.
Incomplete lin es When you look at t he image you ha ve print ed there are: • Mis sing or faint line s. • Print ed ch aracte rs with missin g parts. The fol lowing is an example of what yo u might s ee if you hav e problem s with in complete lines.
Color alignm ent When you look at t he image you ha ve print ed: See the T rouble shootin g procedu re for instru ctions on h ow to s olve this p roblem .
Horizont al banding When you look at t he image you ha ve print ed there are ligh t or dark li nes on the image, these are p articular ly highli ghted in hig h density i nk areas. This pro blem is know n as bandin g. IMPOR T ANT Banding can o ccur to a certain de gree in Fa st a nd Normal mode when printing high densit y prints.
Color accurac y These ar e the are as you should revie w when troub leshooting a color accu racy probl em: Paper Ensur e that the paper loaded is g enuin e HP paper and that the correct pa per type is selecte d on the fr ont pa nel and in the driv er .
Color cons istency pro blems • Some p aper may di scolor or ch ange wit h age. Check t hat your p aper is fresh and has been st ored corr ectly . • If the envir onment al condi tions y ou are prin ting in change ra pidly , you may see changes in t he colo r consis tency .
Color accur acy co nfigur ation The conf igurat ions of th e print er defines how ink is applied to each type of paper . Us e the infor mation i n the follo w ing t able to configure your print er and sof tware for best c olor accur acy.
Addit ional col or accura cy information The mean s of accuratel y managin g the col ors pri nted by y our pri nter var y with the sof tware applicat ion and driver being used . Ref er to th e foll owing docum entatio n: • On-lin e docume ntat ion in th e drivers shi pped with your pr inter .
Ink supply problems Most o f the proble ms that you could encou nter when worki ng with HP ink suppli es can be solved wi th guidan ce from t he fr ont panel. The o nly ex cept ion to this i s the Unknow n pr inthead erro r . A fu ll list of f ront m essag es is suppli ed in Message descri ptions .
Unknown prin thead er ror An unk nown printh ead error o ccurs when the on e of t he pr inthead s is causi ng a probl em but the sys tem cannot detect w hich one it is.
Paper pr oblems • Pape r Detail s the gene ral rules to follow to avoid paper pro blems . • Clea ring a paper ja m Descri bes how t o clear a pa per jam. • Ink marks on the p aper Det ails t he way to solve ink mark problems: w arped li nes, blurre d lines, m arks or sc ratc hes on gl ossy p aper .
Paper Alwa ys mak e sure that y ou are usin g the approp riat e paper f or your image and that i t is c onsiste nt wi th you r sof t ware applicat ion. T o ensure co lor accuracy an d print-qual ity perfo rmance of the prin ter , use only pa per types that ha ve been ce rtified for yo ur printe r .
Clearing a p aper jam If the front pan el dis play s this messa ge: There is probabl y pape r jamme d in the pr inter . Pa per jams can have variou s causes: • The p aper is too thic k or to o thin for the pri nter , or i s otherwise no t suppor ted.
Removi ng jamme d p aper 1. Open th e window . 2. Swit ch the pri nter of f at the fro nt. 3. If neces sary , careful ly move the pr inthe ad carri age out of the way—if possible all th e way to th e enclo sed area on the lef t or the rig ht. Which way you are able to move it depe nds on wher e the p aper is j ammed.
1 1. Press the Form Feed an d Cut key on th e front pan el to eject any small pi eces of p aper that are st ill in th e pape r path. 12. Reload th e paper as normal (see Loadi ng ro ll p aper or Loading sh eet pa per ). If you are using rol l paper yo u may n eed to trim the e dge first, to ensure that it i s st raight.
Ink marks on the p aper • W arped lines • Blurr ed lines (ink “ bleeds” from li nes) • Marks or scratche s on glossy p aper af ter print ing • Smears or scratc hing on your pri nted p aper.
W a rped lin es • The p aper it self may be warpe d. This ca n happen if it has be en used or no t been store d in the correct enviro nmental con ditions.
Smears o r scratchi ng on your pr inted paper This pr oblem can ap pear on pap er-based coated pap er if a lot of ink is pri nted quic kly . The p aper cannot abs orb the ink qu ickly enough and be comes distorte d.
Paper load ing problems The fr ont pa nel keep s indica ting that pa per is mis aligned or inco rrectly positi oned. Roll paper • The rol l pape r may be load ed the wron g w ay . The pa per shoul d load over the rol l towards you, see Loadin g roll p aper .
Paper out put proble ms Prints fall on the floor after being c ut • Make sure the p aper bi n is open. • Do not l et more th an twenty pr int s accumula te in the bin. • Make sure roll paper is loaded co rrectly . If th e pa per is loa ded incor rectly , the nat ural curl of the p aper may cause it to miss the bi n and fall to the floor .
Imag e error • Imag e is incomp lete Det ails the actions t o take when the pr int is: blank, p artial, or has suf fered clipping . • Prin ted ima ge incorre ct Expl ains why the i mage is: - I n .
Image is incomplete • Output co ntai ns only a p artial print • Image i s clipped • Long-a xis p rint is cli pped Output contains only a partial print • Did you p ress Cancel or Form Feed an d.
Image i s clippe d • This normal ly indica tes a dis crepanc y betwee n the actu al print ing area on the loade d paper and the printin g area as un dersto od by your sof tware. Fo r genera l advice on printi ng areas an d page si ze, see P rintabl e area .
Printed image in correct • Image i s in one port ion of the p rinti ng are a • Prin t is di storte d or un intel ligible • One image ove r lay s another on the same she et.
Image i s in one portio n of th e printi ng area • Is the p age size config ured in the sof tware too smal l? • Are you sure that your sof tware doesn’ t believe the image t o be in one qua dran.
Other sour ces of inform ation If you don’ t find the so lution to th e prob lem he re, ot her so urces of hel p are: • The docume ntat ion suppl ied wit h the drive r that you are using to ma nage the out put fr om your sof tware appl icatio n to t he p rinte r .
Other prob lems • Communi cation prob lems Descri bes ty pical probl ems you could enc ounter w ith commu nications betw een your computer and the print er . • Print er does no t print Det ails c ommon causes f or the pr inter failin g to prin t. • Printer seems too slow List s the rea sons why prin ting may sl ow down.
Communicatio n problems Sympt oms are: • The front -pa nel displ ay does not show P rocess ing when you are sending a print t o the pri nter . • Y our comput er displa ys an error messag e when you are trying to pr int. • Y our comput er or pri nter “han gs” (st ays idle) while co mmunication is t aking place.
Print er do es not print • Y ou may hav e a power pro blem. If the re is no act ivity at all fro m the prin ter , an d the powe r on indic ator in the power sw itch on t he front of the pri nter is off, ch eck that the power cable is connected correct ly and that the re is power av ailable at the s ocket.
Printer seems t oo slow • Did you sp ecify Bes t pr int qual ity leve l on the fr ont p anel? Best qua lity mode prin ts t ake long er to print. • Di d you spec ify the right paper ty pe when loadin g the paper ? For details of front-pan el paper ty pes, se e Paper types .
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What to do be fore you call 1. Review t he troub leshoot ing sugges tions in this sect ion: – In the relevant driver do cumentatio n supplied wit h this printe r (for use r s send ing PostSc ript fi les or th ose usin g Microsof t Windows) . – If you ha ve ins talled third party software dri vers and R IPs refer to that user doc umen tation.
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Front p anel The pri nter’s front p anel is a user- friendly inter face th at gives you access to a comp rehensi ve set of pri nter functi ons. There is also infor mation o n your ink consu mable items whic h is contin ually upd ated.
The fr ont p anel The pan el on the fro nt of y our pr inter is the p rincipa l way o f chan ging the be havio r of th e pr inter , apart from any sof t ware driven con trols that may be pr ovided t hrough t he applica tion in us e.
Navigation keys The disp lay sect ion of th e front p anel consist s of an LCD disp lay and the followin g five navigati on keys, pr ovided to navig ate through th e menus disp layed on the scree n: • The Up and Down keys let you scrol l throu gh the vari ous items in a menu list .
Display screen The disp lay scree n of the front p anel shows the mai n menu (the wo rds displ ayed may var y). NOTE: Y ou can always rea ch the mai n menu by pressing the Menu key . After a s hort tim e-out , the dis play will al ways rev ert to t he main menu with t he J ob Ma nagem ent menu activ e.
Action keys The Can cel key ca ncels the cu rrent p rinte r operati on (pri ntin g or pr eparing f or pr inting ). It w ill also canc el the curre nt menu selectio n and retu rn to the main menu if a menu option is high ligh ted. The Form Feed and C ut key causes a she et to be eject ed or the rol l to be advanced and cut.
Menu st ructur e The fr ont pa nel displ ay area scree n shows the four cla sses of menu op tions ava ilable r eprese nted with sp ecific icons. Click on th e icon to di splay its menu structur e.
Paper m enu Pa p e r I n ked a r e a Aut o m a ti c Si z e Pag e F orm a t ANS I B es t A NS I A … E IS O B es t I S O … A 0 JI S B es t J I S … B 1 ARC H B es t ARC H … E 1 Ov e rsi z e O v e.
Ink menu Ink Color calibration Information Printheads Ink Cartridges Troubleshooting Align Printheads Replace Printheads Replace Ink Cartridges Color settings Color Grayscale True Black Color/monochrome Cyan Printhead Magenta Printhead Black Printhead Yellow Printhead Status Reset Calibrate Paper Standard (4.
Job Managem ent menu The HP-GL /2 Accesso ry Card provi des a Reprint menu ..
Set-up m enu Help Print quality Printer Information Model number, Serial number, Service ID, Firmware rev, Accessory rev, Paper used, Ink used (c, m, y, k), Scan axis usage, Paper axis usage, Service station usage, Spittoon usage, Pinch-lift usage, Cutter usage, Ink usage.
Set-up m enu (con tinued) Items always shown Buzzer Contrast Front Panel Altitude Language English, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Japenese, Portuguese, Korean, Chinese, Taiwanese, … Log Printhea.
Navig ating t h e men u syst em From th e top level of the menu system, you can navig ate through t he menus usin g the display keys. Any menu item followed by a grea ter-t han symb ol (>), indicate s that a furth er lev el of men u items is av ailable.
Navigation examp le This s ection pro vides a typica l example of how to nav igate th rough th e menus to confi gure a spec ific pr int opti on. How to se t the in k-dryin g time to t wo mi nutes The .
3. Use the Up and Down keys to highligh t the Drying time menu opti on. The di splay s hows the Drying time opti on highli ghted. 4. Press the Enter key to enter the Drying time menu. The di splay s hows the Drying time menu to allow you to select the type o f drying tim e you re quir e.
7. Press the Up key once to s elect two minutes. The di splay sho ws the Manual drying time se tting menu with two minutes sele cted. 8. Press the Enter key to set the drying time to two minutes. If the fron t-panel buzzer is set ON, ther e will be a s hort ‘beep’ t o confirm th e change.
Message descriptions This is a list of th e error messages in the fr ont-p anel display . If an ac tion is nee ded, it is shown in italic s in t he Explan ation and a ction column.
Error Select Replace Printheads The printer has detected that one or more of the printheads is missing or has an error , as indicated by flashing crosses. The four icons refer from left to right to the Cyan ( • ), Blac k ( • ), Magenta ( • ) and Y ellow ( • ) printheads.
Ink cartridge replacement required The printer has detected that one or more of the ink cartridges is missing or has an error , as indicated by flashing crosses. The four icons refer from left to right to the Cyan ( • ), Blac k ( • ), Magenta ( • ) and Y ellow ( • ) cartridges.
Open window and check printhead cover is properly closed Y ou have replaced one or more printheads and the printer ’s check has found that the printhead cover is not securely closed. Open the window and check the printhead cover . The procedure is described in the Printhead replacement procedure.
Paper advance calibration is recommended. Press ENTER to calibrate Y ou are r ecommended to perform the Advance calibration rou tine, to ensure the optimum print quality . Press the Enter key to create the calibration pattern. See Advance calibration .
Paper not present. Load paper to print calibration pattern The paper axis cal ibration routine has been triggered with out having paper loaded. Load paper; see Adv ance calibration for details of the routine.
Paper too small to print the pattern The paper loaded is not big enough to c ontain the p aper axis calibration pattern. Load a roll or sheet that is at least 65 cm (25 in) long and 50 cm (20 in) wide.
Possibly a paper jam 1. Open window 2. Switch power of f 3. Clear paper p ath 4. Switch power on 5. Align printheads There may be paper jammed in the printer . (The printer has detected that a motor is blocked and the likely cause is a paper jam; however , it may be due to some other cause.
Printheads not aligned Paper type not valid to align printheads Press ENTER to continue Y ou have replaced one or more printheads but the printer has detected that you do not have the right type of paper loaded for the alignment process. Press the Ente r key to load the correct type of paper , or the Cancel key to stop the load process.
Problem found during calibration A general problem was found during the Adv ance calibration routine. Respond to any other messages that appear on the front panel, indicating ink or paper pr oblems , and then retry the Advance calibration routine. Problems detected in INK CAR TRIDG ES.
Right edge of sheet too far from load line Press ENTER to retry Press CANCEL to abort During the loading of a sheet of paper , the printer has detected that the paper is too far to the lef t; it should be aligned close to the blue line painted on the right s ide of the platen.
Sheet too long Please check it is not a rol l Press ENTER to retry Press CANCEL to abort Y ou have requested the printer to load a sheet of paper , but the sheet appears to be too long. Check that the paper is not a roll. Either : P ress the Ente r key to try to load the sheet again; Or : Press the Cancel key to stop the process.
Unknown ink cartridges. Press ENTER to continue. The ink cartridges are not recognized by the printer as HP- approved, and there is at least one that is new . Press the Enter ke y . Unknown paper format Reload paper The format (roll or sheet) of the paper loaded in the print er is unknown.
Front-p anel messages (continued) Message Explanation and Action W arning! Machine calibrations need to be performed. Refer to guide for i nstruct ions. The color calibrations for the paper that is loaded hav e been lost. Follow the procedure described in Advance calibration .
Printe r option s The pri nter has many optio ns that you can use to ensu re that the imag e you print has th e look an d appeara nce you want . Y ou can sele ct printer settin gs either from th e front panel or from the pr inter driver . In mos t cases the driver setti ngs overr ide the f ront pa nel settings.
Page f ormat • Page descri ption explain s how to make sure the yo u obtain the print s from yo ur printe r in t he format you want. • Rot ating an image d etails on how to ro tate the image . • Print ing a mi rror imag e expla ins how to prin t a mirror image of you r print .
Page descriptio n This s ection ex plains ho w to make sur e that the pr inter produces your print in the p age format you w ant. Page size Margins Prin ting area Ink ed ar ea Dire cti on of p aper leaving the print er Leadin g edge T raili ng edge 17 mm (0.
Page s ize Page siz e can be specifi ed from the f ront p anel or in the sof tware , where it may be called “Pag e Size”, “M edia Size” , “Paper Size”, etc.
Rot ating an image These to pics detail all asp ects of job rot ation: • Job rotati on (HP-GL /2) • Page size a nd rota tion • What is rotated? Job rotation (HP-GL/2) If the softw are in t he drive r does not specify th e rot ation set ting, it can be s pecifie d in the fr ont p anel ( Paper > Page For mat > Rotat e ).
What is rotated? With r oll pa per , bot h the image and the page or ient ation ar e rota ted. Noti ce that th e narrow marg ins are always at th e left and r ight sid es, regar dless of the orie ntat ion. Th e page si ze is adj usted to maint ain the pr inting area, pr eventi ng clippi ng.
Printing a mir ror image If you are usi ng clear imagin g pap er , some times cal led ‘backlit ’, you may want to prin t a mir ror image of your print , so tha t when the p aper is lit f rom behin d it is in th e correct orien tation. This can b e done fro m the fro nt pan el, with out cha nging t he imag e in your software .
Settin g p age size from the front p anel • Adju sting th e page si ze from t he front p anel Det ails how and why you wou ld adjust the page size f rom the f ront p anel. • Page size Descri bes th e various m ethods of c ontrol ling t he p age size.
Adjusting th e p age size from t he front p anel Y ou do not nor mally nee d to adjus t the page size thro ugh the fron t panel, bec ause the pa ge size you ha ve select ed in y our HP dri ver over rides the p age size selected in the p rinte r .
Page size The Pag e Size opt ion let s you select the p age size of your print . The op tions ar e descr ibed in t he foll owing tab le. If you nee d to adjust th e page size from the fr ont pa nel, do so be fore sen ding the f ile from you r compu ter .
Page size and clip ped images If you spe cify in you r sof tware a pa ge size that is larg er than the p aper size loa ded in the pr inter , the printer w ill still print what it can, bu t may clip yo ur image.
Imag e appear ance These to pics explain how you can contr ol the ov erall ap pearanc e of your pr int s. • Front pa nel i mage opt ions expl ains h ow to chang e the HP-GL /2 co lor palet tes. • Print ing image s in graysc ale descri bes how to pri nt color images in grayscale .
Front p anel image op tions These to pics deal with the ways you can contr ol the over all appe arance of your print s from the front panel in terms o f: • Pen wid ths and color s in th e inte rnal .
Pen w id ths an d co lors in t he interna l p alette s The “pe ns” discu ssed thro ughout t hese to pics are the co nceptual pens in a sof tware palette , rather than the print er ’s ph ysical pr inthea ds. The pri nter has three pen p alettes: •F a c t o r y • Palet te A • Palet te B The fact ory p alette cannot be cha nged.
T o sel ect a p alette T o select a p alett e throug h the front -pa nel menu, go to the De fine Pal ette selecti on under HP-GL /2 Sett ings and choos e the pa lette yo u want. See Set-up me nu . The fol lowing t able des cribes the p alette choices.
Change the palette se ttings Y ou canno t change t he Factory p alette, bu t you can def ine Pale ttes A and B to be what ever you ch oose. The defa ult s are Pale tte, wid th: How t o defi ne Pal ette A Item Available opt ions Defaults Palett es Facto ry , A, B .
How to de fine Pale tte A The fol lowing steps e xplain how to defi ne Palette A. Repeat this pro cedure t o define ea ch of the ot her pens . NOTE: The p alette you h ave just define d will t ake effe ct only whe n you se lect it to be the cu rrent palette, as explain ed in T o s elect a palette .
Chang ing the t reatme nt of over lappi ng lin es (merge ) The Merg e settin g controls t he overlappin g lines in an image. There are t wo setti ngs, Of f and On. The follo wing illust rati on shows the ef fect of eac h setting. Y ou can set th e merge set ting fr om your sof tware in some a pplicat ions.
Printing imag es in grayscale There are times when you may want to print a co lor image in g r aysca le because it is fast er . Exampl es of this ar e: • Y ou want a dr af t where col or is no t import ant, for exa mple to c heck that the image is not goi ng to be cli pped.
Print spee ds and print quality The fol lowing tabl e list s some ty pical pr inting t imes (li ne draw ings @ 20-2 5ºC and 30-60 % rela tive humi dity).
Heavy Coate d Paper Colo r B est 49 0 980 Norma l 120 2 25 Draft 85 160 Grayscal e Best 435 870 Norma l 135 2 50 Draft 45 80 Glos sy Paper Col or Best 630 1200 Norma l 435 8 30 Draf t 325 62 0 Graysca.
Print quality Y ou can set th e overal l print quality from the fr ont pa nel ( Set-U p > Print Quali ty ). In gener al choose : • Fast f or maximum pro ducti vity . Ideal fo r checking prints, whe n print quali ty is not ver y import ant. Y ou can increa se print speed furt her with t he Fast quali ty setting s .
Advanced opti ons Y our pri nter prov ides sever al advance d optimizatio n and quality enhancemen t featur es to all ow you to obt ain the print ed resul ts you req uire.
Impr oving li ne qua lity an d gra phics d etails The Set-up menu Opti miz e for opti on allow s you to s elect th e correct mod e for the type of job you are printi ng.
Best qu ality setting s If you hav e selec ted the Be st optio n as the Pr int qual ity set ting for your print s ession but r equir e an e ven higher resolu tion for your print j ob, you wi ll need to change the Best qu ality set ting.
Fast qu alit y setting s If you ha ve selecte d the Fast option a s the Print quali ty setti ng for yo ur pri nt session , you can in crease the pri nting speed fur ther by selecting t he increased spee d mode. Thi s can be done f rom the fro nt pan el only , becaus e it is not a vailabl e as an optio n in the printe r driver .
Print m anagement These to pics describe t he best meth ods of ma naging th e work th at the prin ter is do ing. • Cancel ling a p age that is pri nting Shows yo u how to can cel a pag e that is cu rrently bei ng printed . • Cancel ling the drying ti me Shows yo u how releas e a page from th e print er before the dryin g time has fi nished.
Cancelling a p age that is pr inting Use the follow ing procedu r e to ca ncel a p age that i s curren tly bein g printe d. 1. Press the Cancel k ey on th e fr ont pane l. The pri nter adv ances the p aper as thoug h the pri nt were fi nished. A multi-p age job or a big f ile may t ake longer to stop printing than ot her fil es.
Cancelling t he drying time CAUTION: Use cau tion when pe rforming thi s procedu re as an imag e that has had ins uffic ient time to dry could b e damaged. Use the follow ing procedu r e to ca ncel the dr ying ti me for a job that is wai t ing for the en d of dryin g time.
Printer c onfigurati o n These to pics explain how to chan ge the conf iguratio n of your printer . • Printe r informa tion • Fron t panel setup • Altitu de se tting • Graphic s lan guage a nd.
Printer i nforma tion Y our pri nter provi des an info rmation displ ay on the fr ont pa nel that shows the cu rrent configur ation of th e system. Y ou can also pr int out this inf ormati on direc tly on your printe r . Selec t Set- up > Pri nter inform ation to view the info rmatio n.
Front p anel setup Y ou can con figure th e following p arameter s for the front p anel: • Menu and messa ge lan guage • Alert buzzer • Screen contrast.
Menu a nd messag e lang uage The fol lowing languages can be used for al l menus and me ssages sh own on the fr ont p anel of you r printer : • Eng lish •G e r m a n • S pan ish • Cat alan •F r e n c h •I t a l i a n • Japane se • Portugu ese • Korea n • Simpli fied Ch inese • T raditio nal Chinese T o change the l anguage: 1.
Alert buzzer Y our pri nter is equipped wit h an alert buzze r that i s used to warn you when : • A t ask ha s complete d. • An error has been detecte d. • Y ou change a p arame ter from t he front p anel. T o enable or d isabl e the buzzer: 1. Select the Front P anel > Buzzer o ption from the S et-up menu.
Screen c ontrast Y ou can ad just the sc reen cont rast of th e front p anel to best su it the amb ient lig hting con ditions at your locati on. The co ntrast can be v aried fro m 0% to 100% in 5% inc remen ts. The def ault se tting is 50% an d is sui table for m ost situat ions.
Altitude settin g Y our pr inter cont ains a va cuum p ump whic h is used to hold the pape r onto the plate n. The a ltitu de of yo ur loca tion af fect s the effi ciency o f this pum p, so you need to specif y the alti tude to en sure tha t the pump op erates co rrectly .
Graphics lang uage and ne tworks For sy stem admi nistra tors If you ar e using th e print er with a net work spool er , consider having your system admi nistr ator modi fy the spo oler to inse rt the PJL la nguage-switc hing comma nds automa tically at the beginn ing and end of each fil e.
Setting up the I/O car d Network With a network inter face ( such as th e HP Jetdi rect Pr int Serve r), refer t o your n etwork i nterface docu ment ation f or advic e on any fro nt-pane l conf igurati on. Th e fron t-panel menu i s I/O S etup > Card Set- up.
Controlling the cutter With r oll p aper load ed, when any print j ob you h ave sent to the pr inter complete s, the roll is auto matically cut and the pri nt job fa lls into the p aper bi n. There may be a delay be fore th e roll is cut due to th e drying time you have progr ammed or th e printer has automat ically select ed.
Upgrading yo ur printer Syste m sof tware “Syst em softw are” is th e name given to the t ype of so ftwar e that run s the functions i n your printer . Syste m sof tware download ing From ti me to time there will be system soft ware upgr ades avai lable from Hewl ett-Pac kard.
Color setting s Y our pri nter can em ulate the co lor behavio r of of fset printi ng presses , allowin g you to use you r pr inter for color proof ing. T o get accur ate color s for you r proof, select the color emul ation mo de that matche s your off set prin ting sta ndards from th e Ink menu Co lor sett ings opt ion.
Logs Y our pr inter keep s a p rinthead l og and an erro r log . Thes e logs are normal ly used by servi ce engi neers. Printhea d log The pr inthead log conta ins a list of the las t fi ve prin theads o f each col or with inf ormati on about the usag e of each print head.
Other This c hapter provides miscella neous procedur es and info rmatio n that may be requi red to ens ure your pr inter remain s in a ful ly oper ation al cond ition at all ti mes.
Care of the prin ter This s ection co ntai ns informat ion on g eneral m aintena nce of the pr inter . • Cleani ng the printer Instr uctions for cleanin g the exterior of your pri nter . • S torin g and moving yo ur prin ter Instr uctions on how to move and st ore your printer .
Cleaning the p rinter W ARNING: T o avoi d an ele ctric shock, make sure that th e prin ter is swi tched OF F and disco nnected fro m the main s supply befo re you cl ean i t. Do not let wate r get insi de the p rinte r . CAUTION: Do not use abras ive clea ners on the pr inte r .
St oring and m oving your printer If you need to mo ve your prin ter or st ore it for an extended period of time, you need to pr epar e it pr operly to avoid poss ible dam age to it.
Inst alling ex p ans ion card s The fol lowing options ar e availa ble for your pri nter: • Network car d insta l latio n.
Network card inst allation HP Jet direc t netwo rk card inst allati on 1. Befo re ins tall ing a car d, swit ch of f the printe r and unpl ug it fr om the mains electr icity sup ply . 2. Careful ly remove the plast ic cover from the left -hand r ear of the pri nter by unclip ping it.
3. Remove t he cove r compl etely . Insi de the compar tment t here are tw o slot s for a LAN card or an Acce ssory card. If you us e an HP-GL/ 2 card, th e LAN card should be in the right- hand slo t (nearer th e bac k of the prin ter), the ac cessory card on the l eft.
6. Insert the LA N cable i nto the LAN car d. It is simply pushed int o place and cl icks when locked . 7. Careful ly repla ce the plasti c cover by clippin g it back int o plac e. • Put the t wo hinge cli ps on the side th at has the edge cabl e-hole into their slots.
S pecific ations • Functi onal sp ecifica tions • Memory spe cificat ions • Print er powe r specif icatio ns • Ecol ogical spe cifica t ions • Envir onment al spec ificat ions • Aco ustic .
Functional specifications HP De signjet 510 a nd 510p s funct ional specifi cations Functi onal sp ecificat ions HP ink supp lies Four c olors: cyan , magen ta, yellow and black. Print heads: 600 dpi, 36 kHz ( cyan, ma gent a, yellow). 36 kHz ( black).
HP su pport ed p aper type s a HP Brigh t White In kjet Pap er (Bond) HP V ellum HP Natural T racing Paper HP Coate d Paper HP Heavyw eight Co ated Paper HP Matte Fil m HP High-Gl oss Photo P aper HP .
Resolution Print m ode Line drawi ng/text Ima ge Fas t Render 300× 300dpi 150 ×150 dpi Half tone 600×300 d pi 600×30 0 dp i Normal Render 600×600 d pi 300×300 d pi Half tone 600×600 d pi 600×3.
Marg ins Roll an d sheet (no rmal) Roll (sma ll) Side ma rgins 5 mm Leading ed ge margin 17 mm Trailing e dge ma rgin 17 mm All ma rgins 5 mm Graphi cs langua ges supp orted HP-GL/2 HP- RT L CALRAST ER Accur acy 0.2% of the spe cified vector length at 23º (73ºF ), 50-60 % relative humid ity , on HP specia l polyest er fil m.
Physical specifications Physi cal specif ication s Ty p e Wei gh t Wi dt h Depth Heig ht D/A1 s ize pri nter 38. 5 kg 85 l b 1253 mm 49 i n 470 mm 19 i n 349 m m 14 in A0+/E+ size print er 45 k g 99 l.
Memory speci fications Memo ry spec ificati ons Intern al RAM 160 M B Can be upg raded to : 416 MB.
Printer power speci fications Prin ter power spec ificati ons Source 100– 240 V AC ± 10% aut o-rangi ng Frequen cy 50/60 Hz Current 3 A maximum Consumpt ion 150 W maxi mum.
Ecological specificat ions Ecolog ical s pecific ations Energ y eff iciency T o det ermine the E NERGY ST AR® qualifi cation sta tus of this product , see h ttp:/ /www .hp. com/go/energ ystar/ . ENERGY ST AR and th e ENERGY ST AR tra demark are r egister ed U.
Environment al specificatio ns NOTE: At alt itudes great er then 3000 m, the prin ter may hav e operation al problems. Envir onment al spe cific ations Operat ing rang es Printing: 15 ° C to 3 5 ° C (5 9 ° F to 95 ° F) RH 20% to 70%. Optima l pr int qual ity for HP glossy p aper: 15 ° C to 30 ° C (59 ° F to 86 ° F) RH 20% to 80%.
Acoustic specifica tions Acou stic spe cificati ons Operat ing sound pr essure 54 dB (from a one -meter bysta nder positio n) Idle sou nd pressur e < 30 dB (A) (from a one- meter bystan der positi on) Operat ing sound po w er 6. 5 Bels (A ) Idle sou nd power < 4.
Connection sp ecifications • Cable sp ecifica tion • Recommen ded cabl es.
Cabl e spec ificatio n The conne ctor on the print er is a 36- pin femal e connect or . Most ex isting p arallel ca bles suppo rt IEEE-1284 comp atibl e communica tion, bu t for use with th is print e.
Recomm ended cab les The fol lowing cable is re commended f or optimum perf ormance and electr omagnet ic comp atibility: Recomm ended cab le Interfac e type (c omputer) HP part number Cable le ngth Co nnector type a t comput er end o f cabl e IEEE c ompatible /Centronics Interfa ce (All) C2951A 3.
Orderi ng ac cessor ies Y ou can orde r suppli es and acc essorie s in any of th e follow ing way s: • Call yo ur local authoriz ed HP deale r . • Cont act your local H P Sales and Su pport of fice. • Refer to the Hewlet t-Packard Support / Serv ices boo klet tha t was suppl ied with yo ur printer .
Hardware Item HP part number Memory mo dule 256 MB CH654A The memor y expansion modul e is: SODIMM PC2 700 333 MHz 256 MB DDR CL = 2 .5 Jet direct EIO net work ca rds HP Jetdi rect 620 n Fast Et hernet a a.
Consumable it ems T o achieve th e best perform ance from your pri nter , we r ecommend th at you use onl y genuine Hewl ett-Pa ckard acces sories an d supplie s, whose rel iability and p erformance hav e been thor oughly t ested to g ive troubl e-free perfo rmance.
Glossary Te r m M e a n i n g ANSI p aper An Am erican stand ard pa per size ; e.g. D, E. Archit ectu ral pa per The Arch itectur al p aper sizing system. applicat ion The sof tware you use t o create your drawi ngs. Centroni cs A standar d for the p arallel in terface be tween computer an d device.
graphic s langu age A prog ramming language t elling a p rint dev ice how to output grap hic data. grayscal e Shade s of g ray to represent color s. high-gl oss photo A gloss y , op aque photogr aphic p aper . HP-GL/2 One of He wlett- Packard ’s stan dard graph ics language s for plot ters an d prin ters.
nesti ng Placi ng two or mor e page s side-by -side on roll p aper to avoid wast e. nozzle s L ocated un derneath the pri nthead. The noz zles dire ct the ink onto the p age . palet te A set of logi cal pens de fined by co lor and width . PJL Printer Job Lang uage.
rend ering inte nt Rende ring in tent is a con cept define d by ICC S pec ICC.1:199 8-09, “Fil e Format for Color Profiles”. From t he specif ication: “ Renderi ng intent specifi es the styl e of repro duction to be use d during the eval uation of this pr ofile in a sequen ce of profil es.
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Index A acousti c specifi catio ns ☞ action key s ☞ adjusti ng page size ☞ non-Po stSc ript files ☞ adjusti ng the page size in the front panel ☞ adva nced cali brati on ☞ alignin g printh.
E ecologi cal spe cificat ions ☞ Enter k ey ☞ enviro nmental s pecific ations ☞ F Fast ☞ finding t he source o f a probl em ☞ Form Feed & Cut key ☞ front pan el acti on keys ☞ disp l.
cartridge rep lac ement ☞ stat istics ☞ dryi ng tim e ☞ automatic ☞ manual ☞ none ☞ printhead alignment ☞ rep lac ement ☞ stat istics ☞ inke d area ☞ inst allin g roll pape r ☞ i.
navigat ion ke ys ☞ network interface changi ng setting s ☞ network s and graphi cs languag e ☞ non-Pos tScript file s adju sting pag e size ☞ Normal ☞ O obtainin g roll p aper inform ation .
which edge first ☞ which side up ☞ Paper m enu ☞ paper pr oblems blurred li nes ☞ clear ing j am ☞ genera l rules ☞ ink bl eeds ☞ loading roll pap er ☞ sheetl pa per ☞ marks o r scra.
ink su pply after repla cement of p rinthead ☞ inserting t he ink c artridge ☞ inserting t he printh ead ☞ prin t qua lity ☞ solutions ☞ solvin g ☞ stepped lines ☞ troubl eshooting ☞ R.
typical pr inting t imes ☞ U Univer sal Se rial Bu s ☞ unloa ding roll pape r ☞ sheet pa per ☞ Up key ☞ upgradi ng system s oftware ☞ USB ☞ user inter face ☞ User’s Ref erence Gu ide.
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