HP DesignJet T1700 Printer Series - User Guide
Table Of Contents
- Introduction
- Welcome to your printer
- Printer models
- Safety precautions
- Main components
- Turn the printer on and off
- Front panel
- HP Utility
- HP Print Preview
- Embedded Web Server
- Demo prints
- Configure your printer
- Connect the printer to your network
- Install your printer under Windows
- Uninstall the printer software under Windows
- Install your printer under Mac OS X
- Uninstall the printer software under Mac OS X
- Set up printer services
- Control access to the printer
- Require account ID
- Drivers
- Set Windows driver preferences
- Change the graphic language setting
- Mobile printing
- Accessibility
- Other sources of information
- 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
- Sensitive-paper mode (T1700dr only)
- View information about the paper
- Paper presets
- Printing paper info
- Move the paper
- Maintain paper
- Change the drying time
- Turn the automatic cutter on and off
- Feed and cut the paper
- Working with two rolls (T1700dr only)
- Networking
- Printing
- Introduction
- Print from a USB flash drive
- Print from a computer using a printer driver
- Advanced print settings
- Select print quality
- Select paper size
- Select margin options
- Print on loaded paper
- Rescale a print
- Change the treatment of overlapping lines
- Preview a print
- Print a draft
- High-quality printing
- Print in gray shades
- Print with crop lines
- Use paper economically
- Nest jobs to save roll paper
- Use ink economically
- Protect a paper type
- Unattended printing/overnight printing
- Mobile printing
- Job queue management
- Color management
- Practical printing examples
- Retrieving printer usage information
- Handling ink cartridges and printheads
- Maintaining the printer
- Accessories
- Troubleshooting paper issues
- Paper cannot be loaded successfully
- Paper type is not in the driver
- Printer printed on the wrong paper type
- Automatic cut not available
- On hold for paper
- Which criteria are used to decide on which roll a job will be printed?
- When is a job put on hold for paper?
- If I load a new roll of paper, will jobs that were on hold for paper be automatically printed?
- I don’t like jobs being put on hold for paper. Can I prevent it?
- My job is exactly as wide as the roll of paper that is loaded on the printer, but is put on hold for ...
- Roll paper will not advance
- Paper has jammed
- A strip stays on the output tray and generates jams
- Printer displays out of paper when paper is available
- Prints do not fall neatly into the basket
- Sheet stays in the printer when the print has been completed
- Paper is cut when the print has been completed
- Cutter does not cut well
- Roll is loose on the spindle
- Recalibrate the paper advance
- Troubleshooting print-quality issues
- General advice
- Horizontal lines across the image (banding)
- Whole image is blurry or grainy
- Paper is not flat
- Print is scuffed or scratched
- Ink marks on the paper
- Black horizontal lines on yellow background
- Black ink comes off when you touch the print
- Edges of objects are stepped or not sharp
- Edges of objects are darker than expected
- Horizontal lines at the end of a cut sheet print
- Vertical lines of different colors
- White spots on the print
- Colors are inaccurate
- Colors are fading
- Image is incomplete (clipped at the bottom)
- 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
- Line lengths are inaccurate
- Image Diagnostics Print
- If you still have a problem
- Troubleshooting ink cartridge and printhead issues
- Troubleshooting general printer issues
- Front-panel error messages
- HP Customer Care
- Printer specifications
- Glossary
- Index
Print and scale from Microsoft Oice .................................................................................................................................. 98
10 Retrieving printer usage information ............................................................................................................................................. 102
Get printer accounting information .................................................................................................................................. 102
Check usage statistics ......................................................................................................................................................... 102
Check usage statistics for a job ......................................................................................................................................... 105
Check cost assignment ....................................................................................................................................................... 107
11 Handling ink cartridges and printheads ......................................................................................................................................... 108
About the ink cartridges ..................................................................................................................................................... 109
Check the ink cartridges status ......................................................................................................................................... 109
Remove an ink cartridge ..................................................................................................................................................... 109
Insert an ink cartridge ......................................................................................................................................................... 110
About the printheads .......................................................................................................................................................... 112
Check the printhead status ................................................................................................................................................ 112
Remove a printhead ............................................................................................................................................................ 113
Insert a printhead ................................................................................................................................................................ 115
Safe mode ............................................................................................................................................................................. 118
12 Maintaining the printer ..................................................................................................................................................................... 119
Check printer status ............................................................................................................................................................ 120
Clean the exterior of the printer ........................................................................................................................................ 120
Maintain the ink cartridges ................................................................................................................................................. 120
Move or store the printer .................................................................................................................................................... 120
Update the rmware ........................................................................................................................................................... 121
Update the software ........................................................................................................................................................... 122
Printer maintenance kits .................................................................................................................................................... 122
Secure File Erase .................................................................................................................................................................. 123
Disk Wipe ............................................................................................................................................................................... 123
13 Accessories ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 124
How to order supplies and accessories ............................................................................................................................ 125
Introduction to the accessories ......................................................................................................................................... 129
Disposal instructions ........................................................................................................................................................... 129
14 Troubleshooting paper issues ......................................................................................................................................................... 130
Paper cannot be loaded successfully ............................................................................................................................... 131
Paper type is not in the driver ............................................................................................................................................ 132
Printer printed on the wrong paper type ......................................................................................................................... 133
Automatic cut not available ................................................................................................................................................ 133
On hold for paper ................................................................................................................................................................. 134
Roll paper will not advance ................................................................................................................................................ 135
Paper has jammed .............................................................................................................................................................. 135
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