Instruction/ maintenance manual of the product DesignJet 500ps HP
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Table of Contents WELCOM E ...................................................................................................................................... 1 SYST EM REQUIREM ENT S MACINTOSH ......................................................
P RINTING D IRECTLY FROM AN A PPLICA TION ................................................................................... 15 P RINTING FROM A C LIENT ON YOUR N ET WORK ...............................................................................
1 We l co m e W elcome to the User G uide f or the HP D esignJet 5 00PS R IP Soft ware. W e recom mend that you r ead and u nderstand t his doc ument, and if neces sary print it for f uture refer ence. To print th is docum ent fr om Adobe Acr obat Read er, select File>Pri nt from the menu bar .
2 S ystem Requirement Windows The f ollowing tab le lists the m inimum and recomm ended system setup to r un the RIP Software. System requirem ents var y accordin g to the s ize of the files to be scan ned and printed, t he output d evice use d, and other var iables.
3 Macintosh I nstallation This section des cribes the kind of s ystem s etup you need to run the RI P Sof tware and how to ins tall the RI P soft ware. W hen you are re ady to be gin using t he RIP Software, follo w the steps in ap propriate s ection , this will enabl e you to install t he RIP Soft ware properl y.
4 5. Locate and open the ‘Extens ions’ fold er. Drag the spooler file into t he Tras h. The Spoo ler file is nam ed accordin g to your printer, and app ears as ‘Am_<pr i nter na m e>’, depend ing on which pr in ter you insta ll ed.
5 5. Select P PD’s. PPD ’s can be f ound on your HP DesignJ et 500PS instal lation CD. 6. Click Next . The Se lect Port Windo w displa ys. 7. Select your Port. The Get Shared Inf orm ation windo w displa ys. 8. Select Not Shared if sof tware is save on your local dr ive.
6 Installi ng Ado be PS Dr iver 5.1 1. After r eading the License agr eem ent, click Yes to accep t. The Ado bePS Postsc ript printer driver s etup wind ow displa ys. 2. Click Next . The Ins tall Setup Progr am dis plays. 3. Click Next . T he Install Printer W indow dis pla ys.
7 3. Click Next . The Ad d Setup wi ndow displ ays. 4. Click Finish. Uninstal ling the RI P Soft ware from a W indows System 1. Exit the RIP Soft ware and all pro gram s. 2. From the Start Menu, Select Settin gs and th en click on the Control Panel . 3.
8 § Copies—the num ber of copies to be pri nted. § Media—the media on which the job will be pri nted. § File Type—the f ile t ype of the se lected job. Note : For W indows to quit th e RIP Software program , right click on the ic on, and the n select Ex it from the menu that appears .
9 To Us e a TCP/IP Por t 1. From the S etup m enu select Setup Pr operties. 2. From the G eneral T ab selec t TCP/IP as your por t. The Comm unicatio n win dow di splay s. Note: The I P address can be f ound in th e control p anel of your HP D esignJet 500PS print er .
10 Note : If the cab file dr iv er12.c a b was not ins ta ll ed duri ng your initi al ins ta ll at ion of W indows 98 the s ystem will re quest that you inser t your W indows 98 I nstallatio n CD. This file m ay be found in the W IN98 direct ory folder .
11 To sele ct the USB Po rt 1. Open the H P DesignJe t 500PS s oftware. 2. From the S etup m enu, select Setup Pr operties. 3. Select th e General tab.
12 Save As The Sav e As comm and allows you to sa ve an image into diff erent file f orm ats. Once a job has been printed, you m ay want to sa ve the RI Ped file so t hat you can repri nt it witho ut havin g to RIP the f ile aga in. Saving a file as Native f orm at, with a .
13 Ab o rt Although a job can not be paus ed durin g the RIP pr ocess, th e job ca n be aborted. After abor ting a job, all RI P’ed inf orm ation is lost a nd the process m ust start again. To Abor t a Print J ob 1. Click on the job you would lik e to abor t.
14 Setup Menu A setup c onsists of a devic e and it ’s assoc iated proper ties. It ems in the S etup m enu apply to t he select ed setup. S elect a s etup b y clicking on the setup icon in the setup area of the m ain window.
15 To Add a J ob 1. From the F ile m enu select Ad d J ob . 2. Select th e job you would lik e to add th en click on Open . 3. To send a j ob to the pr inter, se lect the j ob from the Print M onitor’s que ue and the n choose Pr int from the File m enu.
16 Most appl ications have Page setup an d Print Comm and options within the F ile Me nu. Make s ure you sel ect the cor rect prin ter setup th at you ha ve insta lled. P lease consul t your DTP a pplicat ion f or m ore details on t he print c omm and.
17 Setup Properties The Setu p Propert ies windo w can be ac cessed f rom within the RIP Sof tware Ser ver and are settings used to process j obs that do not have properties of their o wn assoc iated with them. Setup Proper ties conta in the def aults of the RI P soft ware and pr inter proper ty settings .
18 Setup Name The s etup name disp la ys the name of your print er. Med ia Name Displa ys the nam e of the m edia type. W idth/Height Accepts dir ect entr y of the j ob’s widt h or height. W hen one aspect is altered the other is automatic ally update d to k eep the job pr oportiona lly correc t.
19 Note - To enab le ECP m ode you m ay need to tur n off the “Use standar d LPT driver c heckbox in the com munic ations tab of the Setu p Propert ies inside of applicat ion.
20 The Setup Properties Print Tab Med ia This option allo ws the user to select the media type outp ut will b e printed on . ICC prof iles will autom aticall y update to t he correct pr ofile. Print Mode This option allo ws you to s elect the print qual ity spe ed for out put.
21 Fast CAD Use this set ting f or draft c opies or when spe ed is m ore impor tant than prin t qualit y, printin g with this option is the fastes t for CA D printing. Resolution You ma y choose b etween m axim um and normal r esolution pr ovide d that the pr int m ode supports it .
22 device t o which th e elem ents were sep arated, as t he CMYK input prof ile. If you do not hav e the prof ile, tr y similar pr ofiles or profiles for c ommon ink sets ( such as CMYK S W OP) . RGB ICC input prof ile The RG B ICC input pr ofile d efines the RG B sourc e for al l of your RG B files .
23 shifted c loser to th e gam ut's saturation extent. T his render ing in tent m ay also be us ed to boos t colors within a photogr aphic im age. Absolute Co lorim etric This intent is sim ilar to Relat ive Colorim etric, but has a d iff erent white point val ue.
24 Job Properties Job Pro perties can b e acces sed from within the R IP Sof tware and are sett ings associated with a par ticular j ob. The J ob Prop erties com e fr om either the Pr inting Propert ies set in c lient, or the Setup Properti es set in RI P Soft ware Server .
25 Fit to Media Increases or decre ases the jo b proporti onally to f it the m aximum of the output device. W idth/Height Accepts dir ect entr y of the j ob’s widt h or height. W hen one aspect is altered the other is autom atically upda ted to k eep the job proportion ally corr ect.
26 Job Properties Print Tab For m ore inform ation on Pr int Tab optio ns, ref er to the Pr int Tab s ection in Setup Propert ies secti on of this manual. The Color Tab For m ore inform ation on Col or Tab opt ions, ref er to the Co lor Tab s ection in t he Setu p Propert ies secti on of this manual.
27 Advanced Pri nti ng Pr ocedures (Windows) If y o ur pro gram is not listed, r efer to a sec tion on a similar program . CorelDRAW 8 1. From the HP DesignJet 500PS Pr int Mon itor click Setup>S etup Proper ties. T hen click the Print ta b. 2. Make s ure the Perf orm Color Correction check box has a c heck in it .
28 10. Choose a p aper size from the ‘ Paper’ f ield or se lect a Custom page f or a cust om page si ze. 11. If you choos e a cust om page si ze, you m ay enter the c ustom size b y clicking t he Custom button and ent ering th e width and height. 12.
29 16. Click the P aper butt on. From the Size m enu, se lect your paper si ze. Select Custom for a c ustom size. Enter the width and he ight of the custom paper si ze in the n ew Custom Paper Si ze dialog. Your pap er size s hould m atch your job size.
30 Advanced Printing Procedures ( Macintosh) If y o ur pro gram is not listed, r efer to a sec tion on a similar program . Illustrator 7.0 ColorS ync 2.x and Kodak Digital Sc ience m ust be ins talled when using I llustr ator to create CM YK files. 1.
31 1. From the HP DesignJ et 500PS Pr int Mon itor clic k Printer >Setup Pr operties . Then click the Prin t Tab. 2. Make s ure the Perf orm Color Correction check box has a chec k in it , correct output profiles and render ing int ent are set. 3. Click OK to close Set up Prop erties.
32 10. Click OK for Adobe Page Sett ing dia log. 11. Go to File >Print. S elect your printer in the ‘Pr inter’ f ield and s elect th e page you want to print, a nd the num ber of copies. 12. Select Adob e Photos hop fr om the pop-u p menu an d set the ‘Encoding ’ selecti on to Binar y.
33 Quark XPres s 4.04 1. In order to print suc cessf ully to Q uarkX Press, y ou will need a special X Tension . The name of the XT ension is ‘Pr intRGB’. T his file is ava ilable o n your Ins tallation CD, in the Quar k Files folder . I nstall th e file to t he ‘Quar k X Press:XT ensions’ f older, b efore starting Q uark XPress .
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