User manual HP DESIGNJET 750C PLUS

[. . . ] R HP DesignJet 700 Plotter HP DesignJet 750C Plus Plotter User's Guide n Copyright Hewlett-Packard Company 1996 Manual part number C4705-90031 First edition, September 1996 Printed in Europe Customer re-order number C4705-60021 All rights are reserved. No part of the document may be photocopied, reproduced, or translated to another language without the prior written consent of Hewlett-Packard Company. AutoCADTM is a trademark of AutoDesk Inc. Bi-Tronics, HP-GL and HP-GL/2 are trademarks of Hewlett-Packard Company. [. . . ] Alternatively, you could make one of the plotter's internal palettes (A or B) all black, and then select this as the current palette (see earlier in this chapter for an explanation of palettes). With monochrome plotting, you have the option to choose between true 300 and true 600 dpi resolution (see page 5-11). This option does not apply to glossy media types, on which the resolution is always true 300 dpi. You cannot change the color/monochrome setting for plots already in the plotter's queue. 5-9 5 PLOT APPEARANCE Controlling a Plot's Overall Appearance Printing Color Drawings in Monochrome Affects next plot sent To Switch between Color and Monochrome 1 Use the front-panel key shown below to toggle between color and monochrome. 750C Plus Color Mono If you are using one of the software drivers supplied with the plotter, you can also make this setting (or an equivalent) within the driver. In this case, the driver setting will override the front-panel setting. The front-panel setting will, however, remain available as the default value, and the front-panel light displayed will not change. If you use the supplied AutoCAD driver, you can force a color plot to monochrome by additionally setting the current palette to something other than Software (see page 5-6). 0027 2 Send the plot from your computer. The setting also impacts the plotter's internal sample plots. 5-10 Controlling a Plot's Overall Appearance Choosing an Appropriate Print Quality Affects next plot sent Choosing an Appropriate Print Quality You can set the overall print quality from the front panel. The main effects of your print quality setting are shown in the table below. Print Quality Setting Speed Ink Used General tips Fast Normal Best By choosing Fast, you will get draft-quality output in the shortest time. By choosing Normal, and a suitable media type, you will get high-quality output in a reasonable time. By choosing Best, you will get the highest possible quality for the media type, but the printing time will be longer. However, your plotter's output speed, quality and particularly its resolution, also varies according to: 750C Plus Whether Sharp lines is set to Auto, On or Off (see page 5-14) on the front panel or in your software. The specification option when you loaded the media (see page 3-3). 5-11 5 PLOT APPEARANCE Controlling a Plot's Overall Appearance Choosing an Appropriate Print Quality The resolution at which your plot will be printed is summarized in the table below. Resolution in dpi Print Quality Q ality Setting Fast Normal Best 1 Or DesignJet 750C Plus Monochrome Color DesignJet 700 Monochrome 300 x 300 600 x 6001 600 x 6001 300 x 300 300 x 300 600 x 6002 300 x 300 600 x 6001 600 x 6001 300 x 300, depending on your driver resolution setting or the software application you have used. 2 Addressable dpi with Sharp lines set to Auto or On, using opaque bond, coated paper and matte film only. This resolution depends on the type of image created in your software application. Recommended combinations of print quality and media type are given in the table on page 3-6. To get the very best print quality for images and drawings from graphics packages (other than CAD drawings or other line drawings): When loading the paper, specify "Heavy coated paper" on the front panel, rather than "Coated paper". Set Print Quality to "Best". 5-12 Controlling a Plot's Overall Appearance Choosing an Appropriate Print Quality Affects next plot sent. Software setting takes priority. To Change the Print Quality 1 Use the front-panel Print Quality key to toggle between the three print quality settings. Best Normal Fast Print STATUS Quality Ready to plot If you are using one of the software drivers supplied with the plotter, you can also make this setting (or an equivalent) within the driver. In this case, the driver setting will override the front-panel setting. The front-panel setting will, however, remain available as the default value, and the front-panel light displayed will not change. 0027 2 Send the plot from your computer. [. . . ] They are installed in the back of the plotter. semi-gloss photo A semi glossy, opaque photographic paper. serial interface A type of interface between computer and device. Generally slower than a parallel interface. [. . . ]