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each substrate type. This description is called a substrate preset. The printer is supplied with substrate
presets for some specific substrate types, and also with presets for some generic types.
As it is inconvenient to scroll through a list of all substrate types available, your printer contains substrate
presets for only the most commonly used substrate types.
For your convenience, substrate settings from many substrate vendors have been collected at
. You can check substrate availability using the HP Media
Locator application that you will find there.
To install a new substrate preset that you have downloaded, go to the Internal Print Server and select
Substrate > Presets management > Import label, then search for your .oms file and click Update. You can
also export substrate presets using Export label.
Use a new substrate
Whenever you load a new substrate type into your printer, you must choose a substrate preset for it.
1.
If no specific preset for that substrate appears in the list, check the HP Media Solutions Locator
(
) in case a preset for your substrate is available there.
Alternatively, get the specific preset from your substrate reseller or the substrate manufacturer.
2.
If no specific preset is available, try using a generic preset in the same substrate category.
3.
If you are not satisfied with the results, use the Add New Substrate wizard to create a new preset for
your substrate. See
Create a new substrate preset with the Add New Substrate wizard on page 68
.
4.
For full control of your preset, clone a generic preset (or the preset obtained from the Add New
Substrate wizard) and adjust the settings manually. See
Edit a substrate preset on page 70
. This is
recommended for advanced users only.
Prepare the printer for a new substrate
1.
Whenever possible, try to ensure that your printer is in an optimum state before you create a new
preset: run any pending maintenance task, in particular printhead checks and alignment.
2.
Stop the print queue and wait for the printer to finish the current job. No jobs should be sent to the
printer until the new substrate preset is complete.
3.
Load your new substrate. The process of loading a substrate into the printer has been designed to be
completely independent of the substrate type. When loading, follow the correct procedure and ensure
that the roll width is specified, either automatically by the printer or by yourself. You may not
experience the best possible results if there are significant differences between the specified and the
actual roll width.
NOTE:
You are recommended to use the roll-to-roll configuration when creating a new preset.
4.
Choose a suitable carriage beam printing position: see
Set the carriage beam position on page 75
.
Create a new substrate preset with the Add New Substrate
wizard
The Add New Substrate guides you to work out the best settings for your substrate. It first requests some
information about the substrate and your intended use of it, then prints some test prints and asks you to
evaluate them. From this information, it creates the new preset.
To use the wizard, first ensure that the new substrate is loaded in the roll-to-roll configuration, then go to
the Internal Print Server, select the Substrate tab, and then Create.
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