HP Designjet 4500 Printer series User Manual
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Table of contents
Document Outline
- Introduction
- How do I... (printer assembly topics) [4000]
- Get started
- Unpack the printer
- Assemble the stand
- Attach the stand
- Remove packaging materials
- Assemble the bin
- Switch on for the first time
- Install ink cartridges
- Remove the setup printheads
- Install the printheads
- Install the printhead cleaners
- Load a roll of paper onto the spindle
- Load the paper into the printer
- Connect the printer
- Install accessories
- How do I... (printer assembly topics) [4500]
- How do I... (software setup topics)
- Choose which connection method to use
- Connect to a network (Windows)
- Connect directly to a computer (Windows)
- Uninstall the printer driver (Windows)
- Connect to a network (Mac OS X)
- Connect to a network (Mac OS 9) [4000]
- Connect directly to a computer (Mac OS X)
- Connect directly to a computer (Mac OS 9) [4000]
- Uninstall the printer driver (Mac OS 9) [4000]
- How do I... (printer operation topics)
- Switch on and off
- Restart
- Change the language of the front panel
- Access the Embedded Web Server
- Change the language of the Embedded Web Server
- Password-protect the Embedded Web Server
- Request E-mail notification of specific error conditions
- Set the date and time
- Change the sleep mode setting
- Turn off the buzzer
- Change the front panel contrast
- Change the units of measurement
- Adjust for altitude
- How do I... (paper topics)
- Load a roll onto the spindle [4000]
- Load a roll into the printer [4000]
- Unload a roll from the printer [4000]
- Load a single sheet [4000]
- Unload a single sheet [4000]
- Load a roll onto the spindle [4500]
- Load a roll into the printer [4500]
- Unload a roll from the printer [4500]
- Trim the paper with the manual cutter [4500]
- View information about the paper
- Download media profiles
- Use non-HP paper
- Cancel the drying time
- Change the drying time
- How do I... (print job topics)
- How do I... (stacker topics) [4500]
- How do I... (image adjustment topics)
- Change the page size
- Create a custom page size
- Using the HP-GL/2 & RTL printer driver for Windows
- Using the PostScript printer driver for Windows XP or Windows 2000
- Using the PostScript printer driver for Windows Me or Windows 98
- Using the PostScript printer driver for Windows NT
- Using the PostScript printer driver for Mac OS X
- Using the PostScript printer driver for Mac OS 9
- Using the Embedded Web Server
- Change the print quality
- Choose print quality settings
- Print at maximum speed
- Adjust the margins
- Print on oversize pages
- Print without added margins
- Select the orientation of the image
- Rotate an image
- Print a mirror image
- Scale an image
- Change the palette settings
- Change the treatment of overlapping lines
- Change the graphic language setting
- How do I... (color topics)
- Perform color calibration
- Perform black point compensation
- Set the rendering intent
- Select the color emulation mode
- Produce matching prints from different HP Designjets
- Get accurate colors from Adobe Photoshop CS (HP–GL/2 & RTL driver)
- Get accurate colors from Adobe Photoshop CS (PostScript driver)
- Get accurate colors from Adobe InDesign CS
- Get accurate colors from QuarkXPress 6
- Get accurate colors from Autodesk AutoCAD
- Get accurate colors from Microsoft Office 2003
- Get accurate colors from ESRI ArcGIS 9
- How do I... (ink system topics)
- Remove an ink cartridge
- Insert an ink cartridge
- Remove a printhead
- Insert a printhead
- Manage printhead monitoring
- Recover (clean) the printheads
- Clean a printhead's electrical connections
- Align the printheads
- Remove a printhead cleaner
- Insert a printhead cleaner
- Check the status of the ink system
- Get ink cartridge statistics
- Get printhead statistics
- How do I... (accounting topics)
- How do I... (printer maintenance topics)
- How do I... (Image Diagnostics Print topics)
- How do I... (paper advance calibration topics)
- How do I... (scanner topics) [4500]
- Calibrate the scanner
- Calibrate the touch screen pointer
- Create a new media profile
- Copy a document
- Scan a document to a file
- Print a file
- View or delete a file
- Scan heavyweight paper or cardboard
- Preview copies
- Add a new printer
- Save files on a CD or DVD
- Access the shared folder from my computer
- Adjust color
- Enable or disable scanner accounts
- Check the printer queue
- Collate copies
- Clean the glass
- Set sleep and wake-up timers
- The problem is... (paper topics)
- The paper cannot be loaded successfully [4000]
- The paper cannot be loaded successfully [4500]
- A paper jam (paper stuck in the printer) [4000]
- A paper jam (paper stuck in the printer) [4500]
- A paper jam in drawer 2 [4500]
- Prints do not stack properly in the bin [4000]
- Prints do not stack properly in the basket [4500]
- The printer uses a lot of paper to align the printheads
- The paper moves while the printer is in standby mode [4500]
- The printer unloads or trims the paper after a long period of disuse [4500]
- The printer unloads the paper while switched off [4500]
- The printer unloads the paper when switched on [4500]
- The problem is... (print quality topics)
- General advice
- Banding (horizontal lines across the image)
- Lines are missing or thinner than expected
- Solid bands or lines printed over the image
- Graininess
- The paper is not flat
- The print smudges when touched
- Ink marks on the paper
- A defect near the start of a print
- Lines are stepped
- Lines are printed double or in wrong colors
- Lines are discontinuous
- Lines are blurred (ink bleeds from lines)
- Lines are slightly warped
- Color accuracy
- PANTONE color accuracy
- Color matching between different HP Designjets
- The problem is... (image error topics)
- The print is completely blank
- The output contains only a partial print
- The image is clipped
- The image is in one portion of the printing area
- The image is unexpectedly rotated
- The print is a mirror image of the original
- The print is distorted or unintelligible
- One image overlays another on the same sheet
- Pen settings seem to have no effect
- Some objects are missing from the printed image
- A PDF file is clipped or objects are missing
- No output when printing from Microsoft Visio 2003
- The problem is... (ink system topics)
- I cannot insert an ink cartridge
- The printer will not accept a large black ink cartridge
- I cannot remove an ink cartridge
- I cannot insert a printhead
- I cannot insert a printhead cleaner
- The front panel keeps telling me to reseat or replace a printhead
- An ink cartridge status message
- A printhead status message
- A printhead cleaner status message
- The problem is... (stacker topics) [4500]
- The problem is... (scanner topics) [4500]
- The diagnostics light is flashing
- The wait light is flashing
- The wait and diagnostics lights are both flashing
- The scanner displays a warning message
- The scanner software is in the wrong language
- The scanner software does not start
- The CD or DVD cannot be read by my computer
- A media profile cannot be generated
- The printer puts the job on hold
- The printer loads the wrong roll
- The margins are too wide
- Streaks in the scanned image
- The problem is... (other topics)
- The printer's start-up process does not complete
- A front panel message
- A “printhead monitoring” message
- A “printheads are limiting performance” message
- An “on hold for paper” message [4500]
- The printer does not print
- The printer seems slow
- The application slows down or hangs up while generating the print job
- Communication failures between computer and printer
- I cannot access the Embedded Web Server from my browser
- An out-of-memory error
- An AutoCAD 2000 memory allocation error
- The platen rollers squeak
- Tell me about... (Embedded Web Server topics)
- Tell me about... (printer topics)
- Tell me about... (ink system topics)
- Tell me about... (paper topics)
- Tell me about... (multiroll topics) [4500]
- Tell me about... (printer specifications topics)
- Tell me about... (ordering supplies and accessories topics)
- Tell me about... (getting help topics)
- Legal information
- Index