HP Designjet Z3200ps Photo Printer Series - User Guide [English]
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Installing the software
- Personalizing the printer
- Turn the printer on and off
- Change the language of the front-panel display
- Access the HP Printer Utility
- Access the Embedded Web Server
- Change the language of the HP Printer Utility
- Change the language of the Embedded Web Server
- Password-protect the Embedded Web Server
- Set the date and time
- Change the sleep mode setting
- Turn the buzzer on and off
- Change the front-panel display contrast
- Change the units of measurement
- Configure network settings
- Change the graphic language setting
- Paper handling
- General advice
- Load a roll onto the spindle
- Load a roll into the printer
- Unload a roll
- Load a single sheet
- Unload a single sheet
- View information about the paper
- Paper presets
- Print on loaded paper
- Move the paper
- Maintain the paper
- Change the drying time
- Turn the automatic cutter on and off
- Feed and cut the paper
- Printing
- Create a print job
- Select print quality
- Select paper size
- Select margins options
- Print with shortcuts
- Rescale a print
- Preview a print
- Print a draft
- High-quality printing
- Print 16-bit color images
- Print in gray shades
- Print with no margins
- Rotate an image
- Print with crop lines
- Print on sheet paper
- Use paper economically
- Nest jobs to save roll paper
- Use ink economically
- Color management
- What is color?
- The problem: color in the computer world
- The solution: color management
- Color and your printer
- A summary of the color management process
- Color calibration
- Color profiling
- Color management options
- Perform black point compensation
- Set the rendering intent
- Color emulation
- HP Professional PANTONE Emulation
- Color adjustment options
- Color management scenarios
- Print a color photo for an exhibition (Photoshop, PS driver)
- Print a color photo for an exhibition (Photoshop, PCL3 driver)
- Print a black-and-white photo for an exhibition (Photoshop, PS driver)
- Print a black-and-white photo for an exhibition (Photoshop, PCL3 driver)
- Print a digital album (Aperture, PS driver)
- Print a digital album (Aperture, PCL3 driver)
- Proof the output on the monitor (InDesign, PS driver)
- Proof the output on the printer (QuarkXPress, PS driver)
- Job queue management
- Retrieving printer usage information
- Handling ink cartridges and printheads
- Maintaining the printer
- Accessories
- Troubleshooting paper issues
- The paper cannot be loaded successfully
- The paper type is not in the driver
- The paper has jammed
- Prints do not fall neatly into the basket
- The sheet stays in the printer when the print has been completed
- The paper is cut when the print has been completed
- The cutter does not cut well
- The roll is loose on the spindle
- A strip stays on the output tray and generates jams
- Recalibrate the paper advance
- Troubleshooting print-quality issues
- General advice
- Print quality troubleshooting wizard
- Horizontal lines across the image (banding)
- The whole image is blurry or grainy
- The paper is not flat
- The print is scuffed or scratched
- Ink marks on the paper
- Vertical dotted or dashed lines on the print
- Vertical continuous lines on the print
- Black ink comes off when you touch the print
- Edges of objects are stepped or not sharp
- Edges of objects are darker than expected
- Bronzing
- Horizontal lines at the end of a cut sheet print
- Vertical lines of different colors
- White spots on the print
- Colors are inaccurate
- The image is incomplete (clipped at the bottom)
- The image is clipped
- Some objects are missing from the printed image
- Lines are too thick, too thin or missing
- Lines appear stepped or jagged
- Lines print double or in the wrong colors
- Lines are discontinuous
- Lines are blurred
- The Image Diagnostics Print
- If you still have a problem
- Troubleshooting ink cartridge and printhead issues
- Troubleshooting general printer issues
- The printer does not print
- The printer seems slow
- Communication failures between computer and printer
- Cannot access the HP Printer Utility
- Some Color Center options are unavailable
- Cannot access the Embedded Web Server
- Automatic file system check
- No output when printing from Microsoft Visio 2003
- Unavailable driver features when printing from QuarkXPress
- Printer alerts
- Front-panel error messages
- HP Customer Care
- Printer specifications
- Glossary
- Index
Get printer accounting information
There are various different ways of getting accounting information from your printer.
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View printer usage statistics for the whole lifetime of the printer, see
Check printer usage
statistics on page 110.
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View ink and paper usage for each of your recent jobs by using the HP Printer Utility or the front
panel, see
Check ink and paper usage for a job on page 110. If the HP Printer Utility is not available,
see
Access the HP Printer Utility on page 20.
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Request accounting data by E-mail. The printer sends data in XML at regular intervals to a specified
E-mail address; the data may be interpreted and summarized by a third-party application, or
displayed as an Excel spreadsheet. See
Request accounting data by E-mail on page 111.
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Use a third-party application to request printer status, printer usage or job accounting data from
the printer through the Internet. The printer provides data in XML to the application whenever
requested. HP provides a Software Development Kit to facilitate the development of such
applications.
Check printer usage statistics
There are two ways to check your printer's usage statistics.
NOTE: The accuracy of the usage statistics is not guaranteed.
Printer statistics with the HP Printer Utility
1. Start the HP Printer Utility, see Access the HP Printer Utility on page 20.
2. Go to the Usage window to view the total printer usage.
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Under Windows, go to the Overview tab and click Printer usage.
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Under Mac OS, select Information > Printer Usage and click the Start button.
Printer statistics with the Embedded Web Server
1. Access the Embedded Web Server, see Access the Embedded Web Server on page 20.
2. Go to the Main tab and select Usage
Check ink and paper usage for a job
There are two ways to check ink and paper usage for a job.
NOTE: The accuracy of the usage statistics is not guaranteed.
Ink and paper statistics with the HP Printer Utility
1. Start the HP Printer Utility, see Access the HP Printer Utility on page 20.
2. Go to the Accounting window to view information regarding the most recent jobs.
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Under Windows, go to the Job Accounting tab.
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Under Mac OS, select Information > Job Accounting and click the Look Up button.
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