Temperature control, Maintaining the preset temperature, Maintaining the standby temperature – HP Designjet 8000 Printer series User Manual
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Even after printing has finished, the changed temperature is applied as the set temperature.
5.
The print job returns to step (2).
To set the initial temperature value of front, print, and rear heaters, and the HEAT PREFsetting (heater),
see the MEDIA REG menu.
Temperature control
The following tables describe how heater temperature is controlled.
Maintaining the preset temperature
Function:
To heat the media to reduce the ink drying time, improve fixing of ink to media, and to protect
media from wrinkling.
Status:
Status of maintaining each heater temperature at the preset temperature.
Conditions:
1.
If the heater ON/OFF setting is set to ON and a print command is received.
2.
Under condition (1) above, and the time specified by the delay time after the print end
command was received.
Maintaining the standby temperature
Function:
To shorten the time needed to reach the preset temperature to start printing.
Status:
Status of maintaining the heater temperature at the specified standby temperature (35 °C) for all
heaters.
When the preset temperature is lower than the specified standby temperature (35 °C), the printer
maintains the preset temperature.
Conditions:
If the standby time has been set, after reaching the preset temperature.
Turning off the heaters
Function:
To prevent excessive current consumption, to protect the media from damage by the heat from
the heaters, and to protect the user from getting burned from touching the heaters when printing
is not performed.
Status:
Status of reaching the environmental temperature slowly.
Conditions:
In all cases except when maintaining the preset temperature or the standby temperature.
Start of heating:
The print start command is received and heating starts. Printing does not start until the heaters
have reached the preset temperature.
Start of print:
The heaters reach the preset temperature and printing starts.
End of print:
The print end command is received and printing finishes.
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