User manual HP DESIGNJET 500

[. . . ] Introduction Media & Ink Solutions Front Panel Printer Options Front View of Printer Other Index Printer Connections Using this Guide Introducing Your HP DesignJet 500 Printer Introduction This User's Reference Guide explains how to use your D/A1 size or A0+/E+ size HP DesignJet 500 Printer. The Introduction Tab contains these topics: · Using this Guide Contains information on how to use this guide. There is an explanation of when you should use it and what each of the navigation buttons do when you click on them. Introducing Your HP DesignJet 500 Printer Contains a brief overview of the printer. [. . . ] From the front-panel menu you can increase the I/O Timeout setting to a longer period and then send the print again. You can install an optional HP-GL/2 Accessory Card and extra memory in your printer, see Memory. There may be a communications problem between your computer and the printer. Check to make sure that your software settings are correct for your current page size (for example, long-axis prints). · · · · Image Error Introduction Solving Problems Media & Ink Image Quality Problems Solutions Ink Supply Problems Front Panel Media Problems Printer Options Other Other Problems Index Getting Help Image is Clipped · · · This normally indicates a discrepancy between the actual printing area on the loaded media and the printing area as understood by your software. For general advice on printing areas and page size, see Printable Area. Check the actual printing area for the media size you have loaded (printing area = media size ­ margins). Check what your software understands to be the printing area (which it may call "printable area" or "imagable area"). For example, some software applications assume standard printing areas that are larger than those used in this printer. You may have asked to rotate the page from portrait to landscape on media that is not wide enough, for example a D/A1-size page rotated on a D/A1-size roll. There may not be sufficient memory. · · · · · · Long-Axis Print Is Clipped Image Error Introduction Solving Problems Media & Ink Image Quality Problems Solutions Ink Supply Problems Front Panel Media Problems Printer Options Other Other Problems Index Getting Help Printed Image Incorrect · · · Image is in One Portion of the Printing Area Print is Distorted or Unintelligible One Image Overlays Another on the Same Sheet Image Error Introduction Solving Problems Media & Ink Image Quality Problems Solutions Ink Supply Problems Front Panel Media Problems Printer Options Other Other Problems Index Getting Help Image is in One Portion of the Printing Area · · · · Is the page size configured in the software too small?Are you sure that your software doesn't believe the image to be in one quadrant of the page?Otherwise, this indicates an incompatibility between the software and the printer: Is your software configured for this printer?For advice specific to your software, see the documentation supplied with the driver. For an explanation of image rotation, see Rotating an Image. Image is Unexpectedly Rotated · · Image Error Introduction Solving Problems Media & Ink Image Quality Problems Solutions Ink Supply Problems Front Panel Media Problems Printer Options Other Other Problems Index Getting Help Print is Distorted or Unintelligible · · · The interface cable between your computer and the printer could be faulty. If you have connected your computer to the parallel port on the printer, make sure you are using a genuine HP parallel interface cable. Depending on the software, drivers and RIPs you are using with your printer, there will be different solutions to solving this problem. From the front-panel menu decrease the setting and print again. One Image Overlays Another on the Same Sheet · Image Error Introduction Solving Problems Media & Ink Image Quality Problems Solutions Ink Supply Problems Front Panel Media Problems Printer Options Other Other Problems Index Getting Help Other Sources of Information If you don't find the solution to the problem here, other sources of help are: · The documentation supplied with the driver that you are using to manage the output from your software application to the printer. Image Error Introduction Solving Problems Media & Ink Image Quality Problems Solutions Ink Supply Problems Front Panel Media Problems Printer Options Image Error Other Index Getting Help Other Problems · Communication Problems Describes typical problems you could encounter with communications between your computer and the printer. Printer Does not Print Details common causes for the printer failing to print. Printer Seems Too Slow Lists the reasons why printing may slow down. · · Other Problems Introduction Solving Problems Media & Ink Image Quality Problems Solutions Ink Supply Problems Front Panel Media Problems Printer Options Image Error Other Index Getting Help Communication Problems Symptoms are: · · · · The front-panel display does not show Processing when you are sending a print to the printer. Your computer or printer "hangs" (stays idle) while communication is taking place. However, note that large prints can take a correspondingly long time to print. Your printed output shows random or inexplicable errors (misplaced lines, partial graphics etc. ) How to solve the problem: · · · · · Have you selected the correct printer in your software? [. . . ] A value or condition that is assumed if no other value or condition is specified. Dots per inch, a measure of print resolution. For More Terms, click on the Next Page Icon CMYK Coated paper default device dpi Care of the Printer Installing Expansion Cards Ordering Accessories Glossary Introduction Media & Ink Solutions Front Panel Specifications Printer Options Other Index Term drivers front panel front panel menus graphics language grayscale high-gloss photo HP-GL/2 I/O Input/ output IEEE-1284 Meaning Software that controls the communication between a computer and a device. A programming language telling a print device how to output graphic data. One of Hewlett-Packard's standard graphics languages for plotters and printers. [. . . ]