HP Designjet T1200 Printer series - Manual (Page 64)

To turn merge on, go to the front panel and select the Setup menu icon , then Printing
preferences > HP-GL/2 options > Enable merge. You can set the merge option from your software
in some applications. Settings in your software override the front-panel settings.
Preview a print
Previewing a print on the screen allows you to check the layout of the print before printing, which may
help you to avoid wasting paper and ink on a bad print.
● To preview a print under Windows, you have the following options:
◦ Use your application's print preview option.
◦ Check the Show preview before printing option, which you can find in the driver's
Printing Shortcuts tab, Paper/Quality tab and Features tab. The preview may be
provided in different ways, depending on your printer and printer driver.
● To preview a print under Mac OS, you have the following options:
◦ Use your application's print preview option.
◦ Click the Preview button at the bottom of the Print dialog box. This is the basic print
preview provided by Mac OS.
◦ If you are using the PostScript driver for the T1200 PS printer, check the Show print
preview option, which you can find in the driver's Printing dialog, in the Finishing panel.
This preview is provided by the Embedded Web Server and will appear in a Web browser
window.
◦ If you are using the PCL driver, click the PDF button at the bottom of the Print dialog box,
then click HP Print Preview. This provides a preview with more features, such as the ability
to change paper size, paper type and print quality, and to rotate the image.
NOTE: HP Print Preview may not be available if you are using Adobe InDesign, Adobe
Illustrator, Adobe Reader or Apple Aperture. It is available with Adobe InDesign CS4 and
Adobe Illustrator CS4.
● To preview a print using the Embedded Web Server, select Basic settings > Hold for preview.
This preview is available from the T770 HD printer and the T1200 printer series.
Print a draft
You can specify fast draft-quality printing in the following ways:
● In the Windows driver dialog: go to the Paper/Quality tab and look at the Print Quality
section. Move the print-quality slider to the extreme left ('Speed').
● In the Mac OS Print dialog (T770, T1200): go to the Paper/Quality panel and move the print-
quality slider to the extreme left ('Speed').
● In the Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 PostScript Print dialog (PostScript printers): go to the Paper/
Quality panel and move the print-quality slider to the extreme left ('Speed').
● In the Mac OS X 10.4 PostScript Print dialog (PostScript printers): go to the Image Quality
panel and move the print-quality slider to the extreme left ('Speed').
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