User manual HP DESIGNJET 500PS

[. . . ] Introduction Media & Ink Solutions Front Panel Printer Options Front View of Printer Other Index Printer Connections Using this Guide Introducing Your HP DesignJet 500PS Printer Introduction This User's Reference Guide explains how to use your D/A1 size or A0+/E+ size HP DesignJet 500PS Printer. The Introduction Tab contains these topics: · Using this Guide Contains information on how to use this guide. There is an explanation of when you should use it and what each of the navigation buttons do when you click on them. Introducing Your HP DesignJet 500PS Printer Contains a brief overview of the printer. [. . . ] Do not let more than twenty prints accumulate in the bin. Make sure roll media is loaded correctly. If the paper is loaded incorrectly, the natural curl of the media may cause it to miss the bin and fall to the floor. The printer may be too close to the end of the roll. The natural curl near the end of the roll can cause stacking problems. Load a new roll or remove prints manually as they are completed. If you are mixing prints or nesting sets of several different sizes, you may have stacking problems because of the different sizes of media in the bin. Prints Do Not Stack Properly in the Media Bin · · Media Problems Introduction Solving Problems Media & Ink Image Quality Problems Solutions Ink Supply Problems Front Panel Media Problems Printer Options Other Other Problems Index Getting Help Image Error · · Image is Incomplete Details the actions to take when the print is: Blank, Partial or has suffered clipping. Printed Image Incorrect Explains why the image is: · In one portion of the printing area. Does not obey Page Format and Rotate commands. Other Sources of Information Lists others sources of information for image problems. Image Error Introduction Solving Problems Media & Ink Image Quality Problems Solutions Ink Supply Problems Front Panel Media Problems Printer Options Other Other Problems Index Getting Help Image is Incomplete · · · · Output Contains Only a Partial Print Image is Clipped Long-Axis Print Is Clipped Did you press Cancel or Form Feed and Cut before all the data was received by the printer?If so, you have ended the data transmission and will have to print the page again (you normally don't need to press Form Feed and Cut to unload the print). The I/O Setup > I/O Timeout setting may be too short. From the front-panel menu you can increase the I/O Timeout setting to a longer period and then send the print again. The file may be too large for the printer's memory. You can install an optional HP-GL/2 Accessory Card and extra memory in your printer, see Memory. There may be a communications problem between your computer and the printer. Check to make sure that your software settings are correct for your current page size (for example, long-axis prints). Output Contains Only a Partial Print · · · · Image Error Introduction Solving Problems Media & Ink Image Quality Problems Solutions Ink Supply Problems Front Panel Media Problems Printer Options Other Other Problems Index Getting Help Image is Clipped · · · This normally indicates a discrepancy between the actual printing area on the loaded media and the printing area as understood by your software. For general advice on printing areas and page size, see Printable Area. Check the actual printing area for the media size you have loaded (printing area = media size ­ margins). For media size and margins, see Printable Area. Check what your software understands to be the printing area (which it may call "printable area" or "imagable area"). For example, some software applications assume standard printing areas that are larger than those used in this printer. You may have asked to rotate the page from portrait to landscape on media that is not wide enough, for example a D/A1-size page rotated on a D/A1-size roll. [. . . ] A programming language that controls jobs going to a printer. A type of interface between computer and device. Generally faster than a serial interface. The PANTONE MATCHING SYSTEM® is an international standard for color communication in the graphics art industry. [. . . ]