HP Click Printing Software User Guide
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Table of contents 1 Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................................................... 1 Who is it for? .............................................................................................................................................................................. 1 Getting started ............................................................................
Appendix A Shortcut keys ......................................................................................................................................................................... 22 Menus ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 22 Panels ..................................................................................................................
1 Introduction Who is it for? HP Click is an easy-to-use job-submittal tool designed for people with low-volume printing needs, who want to print reliably. Ideal for a broad range of graphics and technical applications including posters, roll-up banners, info-graphic presentations, maps, and CAD documents. Getting started ENWW 1. Install the application. See Installation on page 5. 2. Start the application. You will see a very simple window. 3.
2 4. The application automatically detects any supported printers connected to your local network. It automatically selects language, units of measurement, and a selection of page sizes according to your operating system settings. (However, you can change all these things manually, and add printers manually if necessary.) 5. Select a printer at the top left of the window. You can also change print settings here.
6. ENWW Take any compatible file that you want to print, and drop it on the application window—or click the cross in the center of the window to browse for your file. A thumbnail image of each page is displayed in the window.
7. Double-click the thumbnail to see a print preview. 8. When you are ready to print, click the Print button. By default, all pages are printed. See Job preparation on page 14 for more detailed information about print job settings.
2 Installation Requirements Microsoft Windows 7 or later (64-bit only) ● Intel Core i3 2.4 GHz with four virtual cores/threads, or equivalent or better processor ● 4 GB of RAM, or more ● 3.5 GB of free space on hard disk, or more, plus 100 MB for each additional printer ● Screen resolution of 1280 × 1024 pixels, or more, tuned or calibrated to sRGB for optimal performance ● Ethernet network, IPv4, 100 Mb/s or faster Mac OS X 10.10 or later ● Intel Core i5 1.
6 ● HP DesignJet T230 printer (24 in) ● HP DesignJet T250 printer (24 in) ● HP DesignJet T520 printer (24 and 36 in) ● HP DesignJet T525 printer (24 and 36 in) ● HP DesignJet T530 printer (24 and 36 in) ● HP DesignJet T630 printer (24 and 36 in) ● HP DesignJet T650 printer (24 and 36 in) ● HP DesignJet T730 printer (36 in) ● HP DesignJet T790 printer (24 and 44 in, with and without PostScript) ● HP DesignJet T795 printer (44 in) ● HP DesignJet T830 MFP (24 and 36 in) ● HP DesignJet T
● HP DesignJet Z5200 printer (44 in, with and without PostScript) ● HP DesignJet Z5400 printer (44 in, with and without PostScript) ● HP DesignJet Z5600 PostScript printer ● HP DesignJet Z6200 printer (42 and 60 in, with and without PostScript) ● HP DesignJet Z6600 printer (60 in, with and without PostScript) ● HP DesignJet Z6610 printer (60 in, with and without PostScript) ● HP DesignJet Z6800 printer (60 in, with and without PostScript) ● HP DesignJet Z6810 printer (42 and 60 in, with and w
Supported file formats HP Click can print the following file formats: ● JPEG ● HP-GL/2 ● PDF ● TIFF ● DWF (Windows only) Supported languages HP Click can operate in English, Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan, French, Dutch, Italian, German, Polish, Russian, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Korean, or Japanese. Updates HP Click is updated automatically to incorporate bug and security fixes, add new features or performance enhancements.
3 Licensing For further information on how to install a USB license and to get the trial license, go to http://www.hp.com/go/ hpclick/howtoinstall. USB dongle license available Check the HP PageWide XL Dongle Accessory Installation Guide for HP Click, and make sure the USB dongle license is correctly installed in the printer. HP Click tells you if the license is not installed, with a message in the Preferences > Printers panel menu.
Trial license available A trial license enables you to try the software free, for 60 days. Open your web browser and enter the printer’s IP address. Once in the printer’s Embedded Web Server, click the Setup tab, then Firmware update. Follow the instructions to upload the trial license you just downloaded. HP Click shows how much trial license time remains in the Printers panel menu.
4 Preferences The application preferences allow you to change the HP Click configuration, which is initially set automatically. To access the preferences, click the icon in the title bar, then click Preferences to change the general preferences, or Printers to change the list of printers. General preferences The general preferences apply to all printers. ENWW ● Language and units: You can change the language of the text and the units of measurement displayed by the application.
● – Preview visible: If you check the box, the preview is visible from the start. Otherwise, it is displayed when you double-click the page thumbnail. – Thumbnail information visible: If you check the box, extra information is displayed under each thumbnail. Accessibility: You can choose to increase the character size of the text and/or use shortcuts. Printer preferences The printer preferences allow you to edit the list of printers displayed by the application.
Help menu To display the help menu, click the ENWW icon in the title bar. ● The Product improvement program collects anonymized data on how you use the application, to help HP in designing future versions. ● The Application tour gives you an introduction to the application. ● The User guide gives you more detailed information about the application. ● The Get Help option gives you direct access to the HP support team and allows you to submit questions.
5 Job preparation Settings The print settings dialog is displayed when you click the printer icon near the top left of the window. ● PRINTER: Select the printer you want to use from the list of connected printers. To connect another printer, see Printer preferences on page 12.
● Gloss enhancer: This setting is available only for the HP DesignJet Z9+ Printer series, if gloss enhancer is installed, and if the loaded paper supports gloss enhancer. To use gloss enhancer ink and achieve superior gloss uniformity, you need to install a separate kit available for the whole Z9+ series. ● ALIGNMENT: Select where content should be aligned on the roll/sheet. ● NESTING: Turn nesting on or off (default: off), and select the gap between pages. See Nesting on page 18.
● Page selected: By default, every page of your file is selected for printing. If you do not want to print the selected page, click at the top left of the thumbnail to turn off printing for that page. To see the following options, first click at the bottom right of the thumbnail: 1. Page size: Click (on the page size or at the bottom left of the thumbnail) to select a different standard or custom page size. 2. Copies: Click 3.
If your page is too large for the loaded paper, a yellow overlay in the preview indicates the part that will be clipped (not printed). Preview actions ENWW ● To zoom in, click the icon. ● To zoom out, click the ● To rotate the page, click the ● You can also hold down the Ctrl key and use the mouse wheel to zoom. See Shortcut keys on page 22. ● To go to the next page, click >. ● To go to the previous page, click <.
6 Nesting Nesting enables you to save paper and time by printing two or more pages closely aligned on the paper, if the paper is wide enough. NOTE: The application may automatically change the order of the pages and/or rotate pages in order to save paper. If you want to rotate or align a page manually, make sure nesting is disabled. You can turn nesting on and off for each printer using the icon in the settings, and you can also choose the gap (the distance) between nested pages. See Settings on page 14.
7 Printing When printing is possible, the Print button is enabled. If it is disabled, you must ensure that the printer is connected and ready for printing, or use a different printer that is ready for printing. When you click the Print button, all pages loaded into the application are printed, except those pages that you have unchecked; see Page options on page 15. By default, pages are printed at the original size specified in the file, unless you have used the resizing options.
8 HP Applications Center You can print posters from the HP Applications Center through HP Click. If you want to design something yourself and print it immediately, go to the HP Applications Center. Once your design is finished, select HP Click as your printing software and click the Send to print button. Your ready-to-print file will be generated and automatically loaded into HP Click. You can always find your designs in the My Work section of the HP Applications Center.
9 Troubleshooting Situation Suggested action HP Click does not start, or fails while starting. Ensure that you are using a 64-bit operating system. Uninstall and reinstall HP Click. During the discovery process, a printer is not detected nor added. Sometimes, depending on the topology of the network, the discovery process is unable to detect a printer. Add the printer manually by IP address or hostname. NOTE: Only HP printers can be connected to this application.
A Shortcut keys Menus Function Windows Mac OS Skip to content Alt+0 ⌥0 Help menu Alt+H ⌘ Shift / User guide F1 ⌘/ Preferences menu Alt+P --- General preferences Ctrl+K ⌘, Printer preferences Shift+Ctrl+K ⌥⌘, Minimize application Windows+↓ ⌘M Restore down Windows+↓ --- Maximize application Windows+↑ --- Close application Alt+F4 ⌘Q Hide application --- ⌘H Hide others --- ⌥⌘H Open or add files Ctrl+O ⌘O Print job Ctrl+P ⌘P Function Windows Mac OS Printer panel
Dialogs Function Windows Mac OS Confirm dialog (primary) Enter or Spacebar Enter or Spacebar Cancel dialog (secondary) Esc Esc Dismiss notification Esc Esc Close modal or popover Esc Esc Function Windows Mac OS Select all Ctrl+A ⌘A Delete page or selection Del Del Select multiple contiguous thumbnails Shift+click Shift click Select multiple non-contiguous thumbnails Ctrl+click ⌘ click Navigate thumbnails arrow keys arrow keys Navigate selecting Shift+arrow keys Shift arrow
Preview 24 Function Windows Mac OS Select hand tool (pan) H H Select zoom tool Z Z Enable mousewheel Ctrl ⌘ (old Mac mouse) Temporary inverse zoom Alt Alt Zoom out Ctrl+− ⌘− Zoom in Ctrl++ ⌘+ Zoom all Ctrl+0 ⌘0 Scroll vertical Mousewheel Mousewheel (old Mac) Scroll horizontal Shift+Mousewheel Shift Mousewheel Select zoom area Mousedown and drag area Mousedown and drag area Scroll roll up ↑ ↑ Scroll roll down ↓ ↓ Scroll roll right → → Scroll roll left ← ← Append
Index C character size 11 F file formats, supported 8 G getting started 1 T trial license 10 troubleshooting 21 U units of measurement 11 updates, automatic 8 H help 13 HP Applications Center 20 I installation 5 J job preparation 14 L language 11 languages, supported licensing 9 N nesting 8 18 P page options 15 preferences general 11 printer 12 preview 16 printers, supported printing 19 5 R requirements 5 rotate page 17 S settings 14 shortcut keys ENWW 22 Index 25
