HP 750C Plus - Manual

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 2 – This page black only; W A R N I N G
  • Page 3 – User’s Guide
  • Page 4 – ii
  • Page 5 – Finding Information
  • Page 6 – Where To Find the Most Commonly Needed Information; go to the index
  • Page 7 – Fast Track; Contents
  • Page 8 – Working with Media and Cartridges
  • Page 10 – Managing Your Plots
  • Page 12 – Troubleshooting; Incorrectly
  • Page 15 – xiii; An Introduction To Your Plotter’s Main Features; disposable print cartridge; Welcome
  • Page 17 – xv; User Interface; Two types of HP drivers are supplied with your plotter:
  • Page 18 – Memory and Upgrades
  • Page 19 – xvii; Front View
  • Page 20 – xviii; Rear View
  • Page 21 – Setting Up Your Plotter
  • Page 22 – If You Meet All the Following Requirements:; Setting Up the Plotter
  • Page 24 – Task; Check that you have all the items required.; Set Up Checklist
  • Page 25 – Power cord; Task 1: Check That You Have All the Items Required
  • Page 27 – Setting Up The Plotter
  • Page 28 – C A U T I O N
  • Page 29 – on; Task 3: Switch On and (Optional) Change the Language From English
  • Page 30 – STATUS / Initializing; English; Enter; LANGUAGE; Enter
  • Page 31 – IMPORTANT; To load roll media, start with step 1 below.; To Load a Roll; Roll cover
  • Page 33 – Media path
  • Page 35 – Sheet load
  • Page 36 – SELECT MEDIA; Opaque bond; Coated paper
  • Page 38 – To Load a Sheet; or; Make sure the media lever is down and the roll cover is closed.
  • Page 39 – Ready
  • Page 41 – Keep new and used print cartridge(s) out of the reach of children.
  • Page 42 – Yellow; , then remove the cartridge and insert it again. Do so
  • Page 45 – prints the; Palette Demo; prints a menu tree of the entire front-panel menu structure.
  • Page 46 – The; Receiving; Are the lines clean and complete?; Best
  • Page 47 – If You Are Connecting the Plotter Directly to a Network; Slot for Network Interface Card; Task 7: Connect the Plotter to Your Computer
  • Page 48 – If You Are Connecting the Plotter Directly to Your Computer; Decide whether to use the parallel or serial interface.; Switch OFF the plotter and then the computer.; Port for parallel; Switch ON the computer and then the plotter.
  • Page 49 – Task 8: (Serial Interface Users Only) Configure the Interface
  • Page 50 – To Change the Plotter’s Serial Interface Settings
  • Page 52 – Get to the routine for defining a new serial configuration.
  • Page 54 – Switch to the new configuration.; CONFIG; Press Enter; STATUS; Press
  • Page 55 – Basic Terminology; Application softwar; Task 9: Set Up Your Software
  • Page 56 – Typical Checklist of Tasks to Set Up Your Software; Identify which driver you need.; CONFIG / Add a Plotter; Configure the driver.
  • Page 58 – Other Applications; Preference Device; HP DesignJet
  • Page 59 – Task 10: Print a Test Plot
  • Page 60 – Extra Tips for UNIX Users; You can connect the plotter to your workstation in one of two ways:; Recommendations; Extra Tips For UNIX Users
  • Page 61 – Print Spooler Configuration Examples; djet
  • Page 63 – is the same as
  • Page 66 – The Front Panel
  • Page 67 – Print the; Current Configuration; plot, by pressing the; Keep the plot for later reference.; Press these two; Previous; and; Display keys
  • Page 68 – The display can show two lines of text and is used for displaying:; Messages, for example; Menu title
  • Page 69 – Check that media is loaded. See page 3-10 for loading information.; Description of the Menus Plot; Printing the Menus Plot
  • Page 70 – With a STATUS screen displayed, for instance:; Either the SHORT MENUS screen:; or the FULL MENUS screen:; Only menus shaded yellow in Front; Learning How To Use the Front-Panel Display; Entering the Menu System
  • Page 71 – Navigating the Menu System
  • Page 73 – Menu Graphics Used in this Manual; The graphics look similar to this, but further levels may be shown:; Represents pressing Enter
  • Page 74 – Other Types of Screens; or for changing the language:; Other Types of Screen
  • Page 75 – Example 1: Changing Margins; MARGINS; Examples
  • Page 76 – Example 2: Changing the Drying Time
  • Page 77 – Drying time
  • Page 80 – Five Important Points about Media Types; Utilities / Statistics; in the front panel, as; Choosing Media
  • Page 81 – Supported Media Types; Also Known As
  • Page 82 – Physical Characteristics of Media Types; Media Type on the
  • Page 83 – Cost and Color Support of Media Types
  • Page 84 – Combinations of Media Type and Print Quality; Print Quality; appears, then you are using a RIP. If the message
  • Page 85 – Typical Media Type Choices by Application; Application
  • Page 87 – Caring For Your Media
  • Page 88 – To Change a Roll; Raise the media lever to release the media.; Raise the lever; Lower the media lever.; Loading Media
  • Page 89 – Pull out the media stop and the spindle and set it aside.
  • Page 90 – Remove the new roll from its wrapping.; Endcap removed
  • Page 91 – The media should wind up from behind the roll.
  • Page 96 – have specified in your software.; Media Type
  • Page 98 – ” message is displayed.
  • Page 99 – Compensating for Badly Cut Media; Skew tolerance; helps you compensate for the shape of some poorly cut media.; To Adjust Skew Tolerance; Maximum Acceptable Skew of Loaded Sheet; Off
  • Page 100 – Drying Time; Unloading Media
  • Page 101 – To Adjust Drying Time; Result; in
  • Page 102 – To Unload a Sheet After Plotting; Gently pull the sheet out from the plotter.
  • Page 103 – To Remove an Unused Sheet
  • Page 104 – Note that your HP DesignJet 700 contains only one black cartridge.; A considerable portion of ink has been used.
  • Page 105 – Four important points:; print quality may not be as good as if all cartridges were
  • Page 106 – To Replace a Cartridge; If you are responding to a; media; Press the; Access Cartridge(s) key and wait for the cartridge carriage to; come to a complete stop next to the front panel.
  • Page 107 – When the carriage stops, open the window.
  • Page 108 – If the front-panel display says
  • Page 109 – Controlling the Page Format; Page Size, Margins and Other Controls
  • Page 110 – and you are; When using the AutoCAD driver the “User Size” is the plotting area.; Page Size
  • Page 111 – Do You Need to Adjust the Page Size in the Front Panel?; Inked area; to; to
  • Page 112 – To Adjust the Page Size from the Front Panel; Comments
  • Page 113 – Page Size and Clipped Plots; A2 media in the plotter
  • Page 114 – Smaller Margins; Leading edge; Margins and Automatic Cutting; When; Margins; is set to; Form Feed; begins, the plotter cuts again to give this plot the narrow margin.
  • Page 115 – Rotating a Drawing from the Front Panel; Your Drawing can only be rotated from the Page; Queueing; Nesting; the file contains no raster data.; Rotate; To Rotate a Plot from the Front Panel; Rotating a Plot
  • Page 116 – Exactly What Is Rotated?; The Rotate; Feature and Clipped Plots; a portrait; Controlling the page format; Rotating a plot
  • Page 117 – How Does; Interact with Your Software?; in the front panel to 90,; in the front panel to 90, there will be no rotation.
  • Page 118 – Mirror off; Plotting a Mirror Image
  • Page 119 – Controlling a Plot’s Overall Appearance
  • Page 120 – Ways to Control the Plots’ Appearance; Ways To Control the Plot’s Appearance
  • Page 121 – To See the Current Palette Settings; Make sure either a roll or a sheet of media is loaded.; Color; Current Configuration Plot
  • Page 122 – To See the Colors Available for a Palette; Make sure that the front-panel Color/Mono switch is set to; To print the Palette Demo, go to the; Demos; menu and choose; Palette; In the
  • Page 123 – To Change the Palette Settings; Item
  • Page 124 – To Change the Selection of the Current Palette; Software
  • Page 125 – Merge; Changing the Treatment of Overlapping Lines (Merge Feature)
  • Page 126 – The feature is called; Lightness; and affects both grayscales and colors.; Dark; The effect is exaggerated in these drawings.; Changing the Overall Lightness/Darkness of a Plot
  • Page 127 – Because you want a version for photocopying in black and white.; Printing Color Drawings in Monochrome
  • Page 128 – To Switch between Color and Monochrome; Send the plot from your computer.
  • Page 129 – Fast; Speed; Choosing an Appropriate Print Quality
  • Page 130 – Monochrome; Sharp lines; set to Auto or On, using opaque bond, coated
  • Page 131 – To Change the Print Quality; key to toggle between the three print quality; Normal
  • Page 132 – Improving Line Quality and Graphics Detail
  • Page 133 – For further information on; Sharp lines s; With the; set to Auto or On in the front-panel menu, the plotter
  • Page 135 – Managing Your Plots
  • Page 136 – To Cancel a Plot; Cancel; The plotter advances the media as though the plot were finished.; To Cut a Plot Before Drying Is Complete (Roll Media Only); Form Feed and Cut; Managing Plots Currently Being Printed or Drying
  • Page 137 – To Pause while Printing a Series of Plots; The plotter finishes the current plot and pauses (indicated by the; Pause; light; Pause; To resume printing, press; Pause
  • Page 138 – To Start Printing a Plot That is Waiting for a Timeout; Nest wait; Managing Plots Not Yet Printed (The Queue)
  • Page 139 – maximum standard memory 7 MB through 71 MB
  • Page 140 – To Identify a Page in the Queue; In; Building 2 Exterior
  • Page 141 – To See the Size of a Page in the Queue; Statistic; To Prioritize a Page in the Queue; to move it to the top of the; To Delete a Page from the Queue; and then delete it from the
  • Page 142 – To Make Copies of a Page in the Queue; What To Do; In all cases, the page must be still in the queue.
  • Page 143 – Replot an Image Using the Plotter’s Memory; Replot; Replot an Image Using the Plotters Memory
  • Page 144 – Avoiding Media Waste by Nesting Pages (Roll Media Only)
  • Page 145 – When Does the Plotter Try to Nest Pages?; When all the following are true:; In order; Which Pages Qualify for Nesting?; Color or monochrome; Which Pages May be Rotated?
  • Page 146 – To Turn Nesting On or Off and Choose the Nesting Method; Plotter’s Response; What Happens to Nesting if you Turn Queueing Off?
  • Page 147 – the Rotate; Feature
  • Page 149 – Reconfiguring Your Plotter
  • Page 150 – To See the Current Overall Configuration of the Plotter
  • Page 151 – To See the Current Configuration of the Front-Panel Settings
  • Page 152 – To Change the Front-Panel Settings
  • Page 153 – When to Recalibrate the Plotter; Service Configuration; plot, by choosing the option shown in the menu; Recalibrating the Plotter for Accuracy
  • Page 154 – To Recalibrate the Plotter
  • Page 155 – To Change the Graphics Language Setting; This should work successfully for most software applications.
  • Page 156 – Graphics Language and Networks
  • Page 157 – Changing the Interface Settings; Network; When you connect a new computer to the plotter.; To Change the Serial Interface Settings; To Change the I/O Timeout Setting; Changing the Interface Settings and I/O Timeout Setting
  • Page 158 – File Size and Memory Usage; and fills will all use significantly more memory.; To Upgrade Your Plotter with More Memory
  • Page 159 – language, you need to order the PostScript Upgrade Kit; Slot for PostScript Option; To Upgrade Your Plotter with the Postscript Option
  • Page 160 – Slot for network interface card; HP JetDirect Print Server; To Upgrade Your Plotter with a Network Interface
  • Page 161 – Maintaining Your Plotter; Cleaning and Service
  • Page 162 – Cleaning the Plotter; Do not use abrasive cleaners on the plotter.; Replacing the Print Cartridge(s) and Cleaning the Plotter
  • Page 163 – “Normal” Plotter Use; “Normal” plotter use means less than; Normal” Plotter Use
  • Page 164 – To Print the; Service Configuration Plot; Make sure media is loaded.
  • Page 165 – Troubleshooting
  • Page 166 – Solving media-handling problems; Using the Documentation to Help Solve Problems
  • Page 167 – Locating the Source of the Problem; Test your computer hardware and interface.; Locating the Source of Problem
  • Page 168 – Roll media; remember that this feature can skew your plot on the page.; Solving Media-Handling Problems
  • Page 169 – Page format / Margins; Device setup / Drying time
  • Page 170 – If the Automatic Cutter Does Not Work; The automatic cutter is activated only when roll media is loaded.; If Plots Fall on the Floor After Being Cut; Do not let more than twenty plots accumulate in the bin.; If a Sheet Is Ejected When You Switch On the Plotter; message and then reload the sheet.; If Plots Do Not Stack Properly in the Bin
  • Page 171 – If the; Make sure the window is closed before you press; , but the plotter will restart the; Solving Print-Cartridge Problems
  • Page 172 – Switch OFF the plotter, open the window and raise the media lever.; OFF; Lower the window and the lever and switch on the plotter. Press the; key to eject any pieces of media that are still in the media path.; Clearing a Media Jam
  • Page 173 – Some symptoms of a communication problem are:; light does not come on.; Solving Communication Problems
  • Page 174 – HP plotter drivers for AutoCAD; If the Plot Is Completely Blank; Solving Problems with Plot Position or Content
  • Page 175 – If the Output Contains Only a Partial Plot
  • Page 176 – If the Plot Is Clipped; Page format / Rotate; If a Long-Axis Plot Is Clipped
  • Page 177 – If the Plot Is Unexpectedly Rotated; If the Plot Is a Mirror Image of Your Drawing; Service Config
  • Page 178 – Terminator; If Pen Settings Seem To Have No Effect; Pen settings / Define palette
  • Page 180 – If the Color Is Not as Expected; Color Options; If There Are White Streaks in Solid Fill Areas; on the front; Solving Print-Quality Problems
  • Page 181 – If There are Other Gaps in Solid Areas or in Lines; If you don’t know which cartridge has the problem, then print the; Service; on the front panel. This
  • Page 184 – If There Is Pronounced Banding in Area Fills; Make sure you are using HP media.; If Ink Smears After You Remove a Plot; Use HP media for best quality.
  • Page 185 – Make sure the plotters’ window is closed before you press; Access; If looking up the message did not help, press; Solving Front-Panel Problems
  • Page 186 – If a “System Error” Message Is Displayed; . If the message does not clear, turn the plotter off, then on again to; If an “Out Of Memory/Data Was Lost” Message Is Displayed
  • Page 187 – Solving Miscellaneous Problems; If the Plotter Does not Plot; The file may be too big for the plotter’s memory.; If the Plotter Seems Too Slow; Did you specify Best; on the front panel? Best quality plots are; Solving miscellaneous problems
  • Page 188 – If the Plotter Waits Too Long to Plot a Nest; Change the; If the Bail (Black Metal Bar) Does Not Lower All the Way; Make sure the cutting carriage is pushed all the way to the right.
  • Page 189 – What to Do Before You Call; Review the troubleshooting suggestions:; If a Repair Is Needed; Getting Help
  • Page 192 – The messages are listed in alphabetical order.; Message
  • Page 197 – Reference
  • Page 198 – Functional Specifications; Plotter Specifications
  • Page 199 – Physical Specifications
  • Page 200 – Environmental Specifications; Mechanical and electrical:; Power Specifications; Maximum power in idle state: 45 watts; Acoustic Specifications
  • Page 203 – Interface Specifications; Below are the parallel and serial interface specifications.
  • Page 204 – Interface Cables; Cables for PCs
  • Page 205 – All
  • Page 206 – To Obtain a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS); Reorient the receiving antenna; Regulatory Notices
  • Page 207 – Telecommunications Statement
  • Page 208 – HP JetDirect network interface card; Supplementary Information:; The product was tested with a Hewlett-Packard system,
  • Page 209 – HP Part; Ordering Accessories
  • Page 210 – Drivers; HP plotter driver for Microsoft Windows; Media Supplies; th i d HP d l
  • Page 212 – Call your local authorized HP dealer.
  • Page 213 – Glossary
  • Page 217 – Index
  • Page 221 – For support details, see the section; Phone
  • Page 222 – This manual has been printed on chlorine-free bleached paper
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