HP DesignJet T1700 Printer Series - User Guide

Use ink economically
Here are some recommendations for making economical use of ink:
● For draft prints, use plain paper and move the print-quality slider to the left end of the scale ('Speed'). For
further economy, select custom print quality options, then select Fast and Economode.
● Clean the printheads only when needed, and clean only those printheads that need cleaning. Cleaning the
printheads can be useful, but it uses a small amount of ink.
● Leave the printer permanently turned on so that it can maintain the printheads in good condition
automatically. This regular printhead maintenance uses a small amount of ink. However, if it is not done,
the printer may need to use much more ink later to restore the health of the printheads.
● Wide prints make more eicient use of ink than narrow prints, because printhead maintenance uses some
ink, and its frequency is related to the number of passes made by the printheads. Therefore, nesting jobs
can save ink as well as saving paper (see Nest jobs to save roll paper on page 60).
Protect a paper type
You can protect selected paper types to avoid printing on them unintentionally. A protected paper type will be
printed on only when the paper type is explicitly specied in the job.
To protect a paper type, tap , then Job management > Roll policies > Protected paper types, then select
the category of paper you want to protect.
When a paper type is protected, the icon appears before the paper name.
To print on a protected paper category, just select the paper type explicitly when submitting the job from a
printer driver or other job submission software.
NOTE: If a protected paper type is not explicitly selected, and no other paper types are available, an out-of-
paper message will appear.
Unattended printing/overnight printing
The printer is well suited to long, unattended print jobs, having multiple rolls plus robust and consistent image
quality.
Here are some recommendations to help you deal with a long queue of printing jobs.
● If feasible, use brand-new long rolls of paper.
● If you want to print on partly-used rolls, you can check the paper type and the remaining length in the
Embedded Web Server or in the front panel, to conrm that you have enough paper to print all your jobs.
NOTE: Information on the remaining length is available only if you told the printer the length of the roll
when you loaded it, or if the printer read the length of the roll from the barcode printed on it.
● If you have a T1700dr printer, load two rolls of paper suitable for your jobs. If the printer nishes one roll, it
will automatically switch to the other.
● HP recommends the use of papers approved for your printer. See Accessories on page 124.
● Check that you have paper wide enough to print all of your jobs. Any jobs that are too wide may be put on
hold for paper if the paper mismatch action is set to Put job on hold (see Solve paper mismatch
on page 71).
● Check the ink levels remaining in your ink cartridges.
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