Page 3 - Table of contents
Table of contents 1 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................................... 1 The front panel ......................................................................................................
Page 7 - The front panel
1 Introduction The front panel The printer has a control panel at the front left, known as the front panel. The front panel has two lights (LEDs), three keys to control printing operations, and a display screento provide information. Front-panel lights There are two front-panel lights: Power and Att...
Page 8 - Front-panel display screen; Windows printer software
Front-panel keys There are three front-panel keys: Power , Cancel and OK . ● The Power key is the bottom key on the front panel. It turns the mains power on and off. NOTE: The Power key is a 'soft' switch, and the printer still has electrical power available to it, even when switched off. To isolate...
Page 9 - Mac OS printer software
● HP Designjet 111 Tray: Paper source (Automatically select (default)/Tray1/Front manual feed/Rear manual feed) ● HP Designjet 111 Roll: Paper source (Roll (default)/Front manual feed/Rear manual feed) ● Quick sets ● Scale to fit/Scale to % (ZoomSmart) ● Color options (Print in Grayscale, Monochrome...
Page 10 - The roll feed; The HP Jetdirect print server
The roll feed The roll feed is supplied with the HP Designjet 111 Roll printer. It allows the printer to print on a roll ofpaper up to 610 mm (24 in) wide. It includes an automatic cutter. The roll is loaded from the rear of the printer and must be fed into the rear feed slot. Once a print job to a ...
Page 12 - Connection and software installation; Install the Windows printer driver
2 Connection and software installation Install the Windows printer driver 1. Insert the HP Designjet 111 Software and Documentation CD into your CD drive. 2. If the CD does not autorun, run the setup.exe program in the root directory of the CD. 3. Follow the instructions on the screen. Connect using...
Page 13 - Automatic IP address configuration
Network connection methods The HP Jetdirect print server allows you to connect the printer to a network. See The HP Jetdirect print server on page 4 and your HP Jetdirect documentation. There are two ways of using it to connect the printer to a network. ● Client-server configuration. In this method ...
Page 14 - Manual IP address configuration
10. Choose Specify printer by address . 11. Enter the printer's IP address in the applicable text box and click Next . 12. Wait until the configuration program analyzes the printer and the network. The program detectsthe network settings and suggests the settings to be applied for the printer's conf...
Page 15 - Share the printer; Install the Mac OS printer driver
Share the printer In order to be able to perform a client installation, the printer must be shared in the computer that willact as a print server. 1. Select Start > Settings > Printers . 2. Right-click the printer you want to share and select Properties . 3. Go to the Sharing tab. 4. Select Sh...
Page 16 - Connect to a network using Bonjour (Mac OS)
5. In the list of printers that appears, select the entry that uses the connection type USB, and click Continue . 6. The following screen displays information about your printer's installation, where the name of theprinter can be modified. Make any changes you wish to make, and click Continue . 7. Y...
Page 18 - Change the IP address of the HP Jetdirect print server
You may find that sharing your directly connected printer with other users will slow down yourcomputer unacceptably. TIP: The best way to share the printer over a network is to connect the printer not to any computer, but to the network. Change the IP address of the HP Jetdirect print server You may...
Page 19 - Get the current network configuration information
Mac OS If you are using a Jetdirect card that already has an IP address, skip to step 13 . If you are using a Jetdirect card that has an IP address of 192.0.0.192, begin at step 1. 1. Connect the Jetdirect card and computer to the same physical LAN. Print a configuration pagefrom Jetdirect to verify...
Page 20 - Change the network parameters
Change the network parameters Once the Jetdirect card has a valid IP address, changing the rest of the network parameters (or the IPaddress itself, if necessary) is very easy. You need only connect to the HP Jetdirect card's embeddedWeb server and configure the information in the Networking tab of t...
Page 21 - Paper handling; Cut-sheet paper loading; Load paper from the input tray
3 Paper handling Cut-sheet paper loading Cut sheets of paper can be loaded into the printer in the following ways. ● The front path takes single sheets of paper up to D+ size (610 × 914 mm); use this slot for paperthat needs special care in handling. You can also use this slot to print on the back o...
Page 23 - Load paper into the front path
5. Slide the paper into the tray under the tray cover, ensuring that it touches the sides of the tray onthe right and on the printer side. 6. Push in the small tab on the right of the tray so that it fits snugly against the paper. Move thelarger tab on the left of the tray so that it too fits snugly...
Page 25 - Load paper into the rear path; Unload a sheet of paper
Load paper into the rear path 1. Place the paper in the rear feed, to the left as seen from the rear, with the side upwards that is tobe printed on. Align the paper with the left mark on the rear feed. Make sure that the sheet issquare-on to the printer, and not skewed. 2. Push the paper as far as i...
Page 26 - Load a roll of paper
Load a roll of paper If you have the HP Designjet 111 Roll printer, you can load rolls of paper. See The roll feed on page 4 . 1. Load a roll of the required paper onto the spindle. Ensure that the roll is the right way round andthat the blue stop on the spindle is pushed in against the paper. 2. In...
Page 27 - Unload a roll of paper
8. When printing on roll paper, ensure that the paper source in the printer driver is set to Roll (also see the note about Auto Select / Automatic below). You must also select the page size. 9. Rewind any excess paper so that the paper is rolled tightly onto the spindle. NOTE: Only one source of pap...
Page 28 - Printing; Select print quality
4 Printing Select print quality The printer has various print-quality options because best-quality printing causes some loss of speed,while fast printing causes some reduction in print quality. Therefore, you can select from the print-quality options Fast , Normal and Best . You can also select whet...
Page 29 - Custom paper sizes; Printer minimum margins
Custom paper sizes To choose a non-standard paper size not shown in the list of paper sizes: ● Under Windows, there are two different ways: ◦ In the driver dialog, click the Custom button in the Paper/Quality tab. In the Custom Paper Sizes dialog box, select a name for your custom paper size: you ca...
Page 31 - Use ink economically
Use ink economically Here are some recommendations for making economical use of ink. ● For draft prints, use plain paper and select Fast print quality. ● Clean the printheads only when needed, and clean only those printheads that need cleaning.Cleaning the printheads can be useful, but it uses a sma...
Page 32 - Ink-system maintenance; Replace ink cartridges
5 Ink-system maintenance Replace ink cartridges 1. Open the front hinged flap at the right of the printer. 2. Gripping it by its shorter top edges, lift the ink cartridge vertically up and out of the printer. 3. Lower the new ink cartridge into its slot until it clicks into place and is quite secure...
Page 33 - Replace printheads
4. Repeat the preceding two steps for each ink cartridge that you wish to replace. 5. Close the outer flap. Replace printheads NOTE: After a printhead is replaced, the printer will automatically realign the printheads. 1. Open the front hinged flap at the right of the printer. 2. Open the second (ba...
Page 36 - Supplies and accessories; Supported paper types
6 Supplies and accessories Supported paper types The following paper types are currently provided for use with your printer. NOTE: This list is likely to change over the course of time. For the latest information, see http://www.hp.com/go/111/accessories/ . NOTE: Paper types that HP does not support...
Page 38 - Supported paper sizes; Order ink cartridges and printheads
Table 6-2 Sheet paper (continued) Paper type g/m² Length Width Part numbers HP Coated Paper 90 610 mm (24 in) 457 mm (18 in) Q1961A (AEJN) 914 mm (36 in) 610 mm (24 in) Q1962A (AEN) HP Photographic Paper HP Premium Plus Gloss PhotoPaper 280 483 mm (19 in) 330 mm (13 in) Q5486A 610 mm (24 in) 457 mm ...
Page 39 - Order accessories
Color Ink cartridge Printhead Black CH565A, HP 82, 69 ml C4810A, HP 11 Magenta C4837AN, HP 11, 28 ml C4812A, HP 11 Cyan C4836AN, HP 11, 28 ml C4811A, HP 11 Order accessories The following accessories are available for use with your printer. ● External I/O print server (J4169A) ● Printer stand (Q1246...
Page 40 - HP Designjet System Maintenance
7 HP Designjet System Maintenance The HP Designjet System Maintenance utility provides several facilities that may help to solve printerproblems. To start HP Designjet System Maintenance under Windows, double-click the HP Designjet SystemMaintenance icon on your desktop. Alternatively, you can follo...
Page 41 - Installation issues; The printer is not found; The printer driver is out of date; The Jetdirect print server doesn’t seem to be working; The printer won’t start, and the front panel displays a
8 Installation issues The printer is not found If your printer is connected to a network, but your computer cannot find the printer on the network,repeat the configuration process from the beginning: see Configure a direct network connection (Windows) on page 7 , Connect to a network using Bonjour (...
Page 42 - The print quality is not what you expect; Starwheel marks are visible on the paper
9 Print-quality issues The print quality is not what you expect 1. Check the print-quality setting that you selected for this print job in the printer software. While the Draft setting prints faster and uses less ink, it may cause text to appear faded or colors to appear dull. Try Normal or Best pri...
Page 43 - Text or graphics are truncated; Parts of the image are missing or misplaced; The printer seems to disregard the print settings
3. New printheads are shipped with a protective tape that covers the nozzles. Make sure that theprotective tape covering each printhead is removed. 4. Check that the printer is selected as the current or default printer. Text or graphics are truncated 1. The print preview from your HP Designjet soft...
Page 44 - All ink cartridge icons in the front panel are flashing; One ink cartridge icon in the front panel is flashing; All printhead icons in the front panel are flashing
10 Ink-system issues All ink cartridge icons in the front panel are flashing 1. Remove all the ink cartridges. See Replace ink cartridges on page 26 . 2. Return them one by one to their normal locations, making sure that each is firmly seated in theproper position. 3. If the corresponding icon stops...
Page 45 - 1 General printer issues; Paper is jammed in the printer
11 General printer issues Paper is jammed in the printer To clear a paper jam, first try pressing the OK key (upper right key on the printer's front panel). If this does not solve the problem, follow the appropriate instructions below according to whether theprinter was printing on a sheet or a roll...
Page 47 - Avoid paper jams; The printer's yellow light is flashing
7. Before reloading the paper roll, you must trim the leading edge of the roll such that this edge isperfectly straight and at right angles to the sides of the roll. Otherwise, the printer will reject theroll when you attempt to reload it. 8. After clearing a paper jam, you need to clean the printhe...
Page 48 - The input tray won’t fit
Both the Paper Status and the Paper Jam icons are flashing; the paper hasstalled. See Paper is jammed in the printer on page 39 . Both the Roll and the Paper Jam icons are flashing; the roll must be unloadedmanually. See Unload a roll of paper on page 21 . One or more of the Printhead Status icons a...
Page 49 - The printer won’t take paper from the tray; HP Gloss Paper pages stick together
When you insert the tray, you should hear a click as the latches are pushed back; when you removethe tray, the latches click as they move forward. The printer won’t take paper from the tray 1. Remove the tray from the printer. 2. Make sure that you have not put too many sheets in the tray. The tray ...
Page 50 - 2 HP Customer Care; Knowledge Center
12 HP Customer Care Introduction HP Customer Care offers award-winning support to ensure you get the most from your HP Designjet,providing comprehensive, proven support expertise and new technologies to give you unique end-to-end support. Services include setup and installation, troubleshooting tool...
Page 51 - Contact HP Support; Telephone number
Contact HP Support HP Support is available to you by telephone. What to do before you call: ● Review the troubleshooting suggestions in this guide. ● Review the relevant driver documentation. ● If you have installed third-party software drivers and RIPs, see their documentation. ● If you call one of...
Page 53 - Index
Index A accessories 33 B black and white 24 C connection Mac OS, Bonjour 10Mac OS, TCP/IP 11Mac OS, USB 9network methods 7Windows, client-server 8Windows, direct network 7Windows, parallel 6Windows, USB 6 control panel 1Customer Care 44cutter 4 D driver Mac OS 3Mac OS, install 9update 35Windows 2Win...