Printing Specifications Product: HP Designjet 4500 Printer Series Assembly Instructions Part number: Q1272-90061 EN TEXT PAGES Page Count Paper Type Ink Coverage COVER PAGES Page Count Paper Type Ink Coverage Finish 26 (13 front and 13 back) HP standard 50# book (69 to 80g/m2) recycled offset or equivalent 4-color process (CMYK) 4/4 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A FINISH Page Trim Size A3 Bindery Staple top left corner Folding Instruction None: but poster is normally placed in a protectiveclear bag.
HP Designjet 4500 Printer series Assembly Instructions HP Designjet 4500 with Scanner. If you have bought the HP Designjet 4500 with a scanner, you can reduce the overall setup time by assembling the scanner first and then switching it on. The scanner will take one hour to warm up when started for the first time. ©2005 Hewlett-Packard Company. Inkjet Commercial Divison Avenida Graells 501 08174 Sant Cugat del Vallès, Barcelona Spain All rights reserved.
4 5 6 7 Preliminary unpacking Outside Europe Preliminary unpacking The shapes on the boxes identify the contents. Mark on box Europe Contents of box Printer body Stand and bin assembly Consumables box, including… Maintenance Kit (please keep this safe) Spare box (used on page I and J of these setup instructions) Roll module Scanner body (mfp only) Scanner stand (mfp only) Remove all the upper four plastic handles from both sides of the box (two each side).
12 13 14 15 Remove the first tray containing the parts for the bin. Remove the second tray from the stand and bin assembly box. This tray contains the stand legs. When you are unpacking the stand assembly, you will see that there is anti-slip material around two of the wheels on the feet. DO NOT REMOVE this material yet. Remove the two packing pieces. 16 17 18 19 One hole Two holes Right Left From the second tray, remove the two boxes marked with L and R. Place them on the floor as shown.
20 21 22 23 Identify the left leg (A) and the right leg (B) as shown above. Remove the two leg covers from the left leg. Lower the left leg onto the left side of the cross-brace. The left leg will fit only on the left side of the cross-brace. Fix the left leg to the cross-brace using four screws on the inner side of the leg. Fix the left leg to the cross-brace using two screws on the outer side of the leg. 24 25 26 27 Lower the right leg onto the right side of the cross-brace.
28 29 30 31 Position a foot on the left leg. There are pins to help you to position the foot correctly. Do not remove the anti-slip material from the wheel. Fix the left foot using four screws. Position a foot on the right leg. There are pins to help you to position the foot correctly. Do not remove the anti-slip material from the wheel. Fix the right foot using four screws. E 32 33 34 35 Left leg Turn the stand assembly into an upright position as shown above.
36 37 38 39 Locate the pin into the left leg. Remove the blue plug on the right leg. Locate the pin into the right leg. Remove the top yellow plug on the left leg. F 40 41 42 43 Locate the pin into the interior of the left leg. Remove the top yellow plug on the right leg. Locate the pin into the interior of the right leg. You now need to identify the left and right of the printer. This information is shown on the foam end packs. Also identify the rear of the printer.
44 45 Do not reinsert these screws after removal! 46 47 Left leg. Right leg. 1m (3ft) Front 3m (9ft) Rear Pull open the protective plastic from the base of the printer. Please ensure that there is a three-meter space clear of obstructions to the rear of the printer and one meter at the front of the printer. Remove the two desiccant bags from the printer. Using the screwdriver supplied, remove the two screws that hold Drawer 1 in place.
52 53 54 55 Open the box containing the roll module, then remove the two foam supports. Remove the roll module from the packaging box. Remove the roll module from the plastic bag. Remove the remaining two yellow plugs from the left and right legs. It is important to remember the positions of these holes. 56 57 58 59 Before the roll module is moved into its final position, please note that the roll module should sit on the pins that were located on the stand legs earlier.
60 61 62 63 Look at the front of the roll module and check that it comes close to the legs of the stand Fix the roll module to the right leg of the stand. Fix the roll module to the left leg of the stand. Fix the roll module to the right leg of the stand using two additional screws. I 64 65 66 67 Fix the roll module to the left leg of the stand using two collar-headed screws. Place the spare and consumables boxes against the rear of the printer box.
68 69 70 71 Remove the pallet before trying to lift the printer into an upright position. Using four people and the hand holds on the rear of the printer body, carefully lift the printer into an upright position. Rotate the printer into an upright position. The anti-slip material should stop the printer from sliding forwards. Remove the two foam end packs and the plastic covering the printer.
76 77 78 79 Open the printer window. Then remove the two window inserts and the ink tube packing material. Remove the protective covering from the printer window and the front panel screen. Open the printhead cleaner door and remove the carriage packing material. Then close the cleaner door. Install the Quick Reference Guide holder. Angle the holder at the top (1), then position the two hooks and clip the lower part (2) to the rear of the printer. 80 Beware, you must remove this plastic screw.
84 85 86 87 If the power light on the front panel remains off, press the Power key to switch on the printer. Plug the power cable into the rear of the printer, then plug the other end into the AC power outlet. Turn the power switch at the rear of the printer to the on position. Note: This printer is Energy Star compliant and can be left switched on without wasting energy. Leaving it on improves response time and overall system reliability. Wait until you see this message (~10 minutes).
92 93 94 95 To release the ink cartridge drawer, gently pull the blue handle down. Slide the ink cartridge drawer out. Place the ink cartridge onto the ink cartridge drawer. Note that there are marks on the drawer showing the correct location. Position the ink cartridge at the rear of the drawer as indicated. 96 97 98 99 Push the ink cartridge drawer back into the printer until it locks into position. Following the same instructions, install the other three ink cartridges.
100 101 102 103 Open the printer window. Remove the packing tape that is holding down the printhead carriage latch. Pull up and release the latch on top of the carriage assembly. Lift up the cover. This will give you access to the setup printheads. N 104 105 106 107 Before removing the setup printheads, look at the window on top of each one and check that the printhead contains ink. To remove a setup printhead, lift up the blue handle.
108 109 110 111 Remove the blue protective cap and the clear protective tape from the printhead. Lower all the printheads vertically into their correct positions. Seat the printheads slowly and carefully. Make sure the printheads are correctly seated. When all the printheads are installed, the front panel prompts, “Close printhead cover and window”. 112 113 114 115 Close the carriage assembly cover. Make sure the latch engages correctly. Close the printer window.
116 117 118 119 Wait until you see this front panel message. Press the printhead cleaner door, which is on the right side of the printer. Open the printhead cleaner door. Please wait while the printer checks the printheads (~1 minute). 120 121 122 123 Insert the printhead cleaner into the slot of the correct color. Push the printhead cleaner in and down until it clicks into place. Insert the other seven printhead cleaners into the correct slots. Close the printhead cleaner door.
124 125 126 127 Wait until you see this front panel message. Press the Select (¸) key To load the paper roll from Drawer 1 into the printer. From the front panel, highlight the Paper icon and press the Select (¸) key. From the front panel, highlight ‘Paper load’ and press the Select (¸) key. The front panel displays the above. Highlight ‘Load roll 1’ and press the Select (¸) key. 128 129 130 131 The front panel displays the above.
132 133 134 135 Remove the blue-colored stop from the left end of the spindle. Keep the spindle horizontal. Slide the roll of paper that came with your printer onto the spindle. Make sure the paper is oriented exactly as shown. Push the black right-hand stop onto the roll. Make sure it is correctly seated. Put the blue-colored stop onto the spindle. R 136 137 138 139 Push the blue left-hand stop onto the roll. Make sure it is correctly seated.
140 141 142 143 Feed the paper onto the platen of Drawer 1. Align the paper with the middle blue line on the right side of the platen. Stop feeding the paper when the printer beeps. Lower the blue lever for Drawer 1. Push in Drawer 1. 144 145 146 147 Using the stops, carefully wind the excess paper back on to the spindle. Select the roll length if known. To load the roll paper from Drawer 2: from the front panel, highlight the Paper icon and press the Select (¸) key.
148 149 150 151 The front panel displays the above. Highlight ‘Load roll 2’ and press the Select (¸) key. The front panel displays the above. Highlight the paper type you have loaded and press the Select (¸) key. Using two hands, pull out Drawer 2. Remove the spindle from Drawer 2. 152 T 153 154 155 With the blue stop on the left, lower the spindle into Drawer 2. Lift the blue lever on Drawer 2. This is located on the right-hand side of the printer and under Drawer 1.
156 157 158 159 Stop feeding the paper when the printer beeps. Lower the blue lever for Drawer 2. Using two hands, push in Drawer 2. Using the stops, carefully wind the excess paper back on to the spindle. 160 161 162 163 PC, Macintosh or workstation Printer Pass the LAN cable through the hook at the rear of the printer. The roll module provides an extra socket to connect an optional accessory. Caution: do not attempt to use this socket for any other purpose.
164 Lay one end frame on the floor. Hold one cross frame vertically with the angled part located at the top of the end frame. The cross frame must be fixed on to the inside of the shortest leg of the end frame. 165 166 167 Fix the cross frame to the end frame using two screws. Turn the bin assembly into a horizontal position. Attach the short leg of the second end frame to the cross frame using two screws. Attach the second cross frame to the bin assembly using four screws.
Setting up and connecting your printer Mac OS 1. Driver installation OS X 1. Connect the cable from your computer or network to the printer. 2. Insert the Drivers and Documentation CD into your CD drive, open the CD icon on your screen, and look for this icon: • ‘OS X HP DJ 4500ps Install’ 3. Double-click the icon to launch the installer, and then follow the instructions on your screen. 4.
Setting up and connecting your printer Windows Network connection Windows Direct connection Windows A network connection is the best way to share your printer with your team. A direct connection using FireWire (IEEE 1394) or USB may be faster than a network connection, but the cable is limited in length and it is more difficult to share the printer. Please note that a USB connection requires an optional accessory card. 1. Make sure that the printer and the computer are both connected to the network.
Setting up and connecting your printer Embedded Web Server Embedded Web Server Windows and Mac OS 1. Open a Web browser on any computer with an Internet connection, and enter the IP address of your printer (available only if you have a network connection to the printer). 2. Check that the Embedded Web Server opens and you can see information about your printer similar to that shown below.
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