HP Designjet Z3200ps Photo Printer Series - User Guide [English]

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Table Of Contents

Introduction
- Safety precautions
- HP Start-Up Kit
- Your printer's documentation
- Using this guide
- The printer's main features
- The printer's main components
  - Front view
  - Rear view
- The front panel
- Printer software
- The printer's internal prints
Installing the software
- Choose which connection method to use
- Connect to a network (Windows)
- Connect directly to a computer (Windows)
  - Printer sharing considerations
- Uninstall the printer software (Windows)
- Connect to a network (Mac OS)
  - Bonjour/Rendezvous connection
  - TCP/IP connection
- Connect directly to a computer (Mac OS)
  - Sharing the printer
- Uninstall the printer software (Mac OS)
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
  - Easy loading procedure
  - Paper menu procedure
- Unload a roll
- Load a single sheet
  - Easy loading procedure
  - Paper menu procedure
- Unload a single sheet
  - Unload paper key procedure
  - Paper menu procedure
- 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
  - Using the Embedded Web Server to print files
  - Printing stored jobs
- Select print quality
- Select paper size
  - Custom paper sizes
- 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
  - Autorotate
- 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
  - HP Embedded Spectrophotometer
- A summary of the color management process
- Color calibration
- Color profiling
- Color management options
  - Color management example with Photoshop
  - Synchronized color management with Photoshop
- Perform black point compensation
- Set the rendering intent
- Color emulation
  - CMYK color emulation
  - RGB color emulation
- HP Professional PANTONE Emulation
- Color adjustment options
  - Printing in color
  - Printing in grayscale
- Color management scenarios
Job queue management
- Embedded Web Server job queue page
- Job preview
- Turn off the job queue
- Select when to print a job in the queue
- Identify a job in the queue
- Prioritize a job in the queue
- Delete a job from the queue
- Reprint or copy a job in the queue
- Job status messages
  - Remove a hold
Retrieving printer usage information
- Get printer accounting information
- Check printer usage statistics
  - Printer statistics with the HP Printer Utility
  - Printer statistics with the Embedded Web Server
- Check ink and paper usage for a job
  - Ink and paper statistics with the HP Printer Utility
  - Printer statistics with the Embedded Web Server
- Cost accounting
- Request accounting data by E-mail
Handling ink cartridges and printheads
- About the ink cartridges
- Check ink cartridge status
  - Ink menu procedure
  - HP Printer Utility procedures
- Remove an ink cartridge
- Insert an ink cartridge
- About the printheads
- Check printhead status
- Remove a printhead
- Insert a printhead
Maintaining the printer
- Check printer status
- Clean the exterior of the printer
- Replace the cutter
- Maintain the ink cartridges
- Move or store the printer
- Update the firmware
- Update the software
- Change the battery
- Printer maintenance kits
- Secure Disk Erase
Accessories
- How to order supplies and accessories
- Introduction to the accessories
  - Stand
Troubleshooting paper issues
- The paper cannot be loaded successfully
- The paper type is not in the driver
  - Black ink is easily removed when touched
  - After printing, the paper has wrinkles or there is too much ink
- 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
  - Recalibrating the paper advance procedure
  - Return to default calibration
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
  - Horizontal smears on the front of coated paper
  - Ink marks on the back of 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
  - Color accuracy using EPS or PDF images in page layout applications
- 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
  - Corrective action
- If you still have a problem
Troubleshooting ink cartridge and printhead issues
- Cannot insert an ink cartridge
- Ink cartridge status messages
- Cannot insert a printhead
- The front-panel display recommends reseating or replacing a printhead
- Clean the printheads
- Clean the printhead drop detector
- Align the printheads
- Printhead status messages
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
- Introduction
- HP Professional Graphics Services
- HP Proactive Support
- Contact HP Support
  - Telephone number
Printer specifications
- Functional specifications
- Physical specifications
- Memory specifications
- Power specifications
- Ecological specifications
- Environmental specifications
- Acoustic specifications
Glossary
Index

5Printing

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Create a print job

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Select print quality

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Select paper size

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Select margins options

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Print with shortcuts

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Rescale a print

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Preview a print

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Print a draft

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High-quality printing

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Print 16-bit color images

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Print in gray shades

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Print with no margins

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Rotate an image

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Print with crop lines

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Print on sheet paper

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Use paper economically

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Nest jobs to save roll paper

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Use ink economically

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