The ‘start printing’ options, Identifying a job in the queue – HP Designjet 5100 Printer series User Manual
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& Nesting > Queue > Off.
The ‘start printing’ options
You can select at what point you want to print the file you have in the
printer’s queue. Go to Internal RIP Settings > Start printing. There are three
options you can select:
After processing
When this is selected the printer waits until the whole file has been
processed and then it starts to print. This is the slowest setting but you can
achieve the best image quality.
Immediately
This selection prints the file as it is processed. This is the quickest setting,
however the printer may stop halfway through a print to process data. This
setting is not recommended for complex images with dense color.
Optimized (default)
This setting calculates the best time to begin printing the file. It is the best mix
between the After Processing and Immediately settings.
Starting to print a file that is waiting for a time-out
If all is in order (paper loaded, all ink components installed, and no file
errors), there are still reasons why a file you have sent from your computer
may not start printing when expected:
The print file may lack a proper file terminator and the printer is therefore
waiting for the specified I/O time-out period before assuming it is
complete. See the Using Your Printer CD for more details.
Nesting may be on and the printer is waiting for the specified nest wait
time-out period before calculating the appropriate nests. In this case, the
printer display shows the remaining time for the nesting time-out. See
How long does the printer wait for another file?, on page 9
.
You may have “wait for preview” selected in your printer driver. This is a
function you can use to check that the image is the one you want. You
can check the preview in the WebAccess tool, then select “Start print”.
Identifying a job in the queue
In Queueing & Nesting, you can scroll through the pages in the queue.
Each has an identifier, comprising:
<position in queue>: <image name>