How long does the printer wait for another file, Use ink economically – HP Designjet T3500 Production eMFP User Manual
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All pages must have the same print quality setting (Economode, Fast, Normal or Best).
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The Maximum Detail setting must be the same on all pages.
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The Layout/Margins setting must be the same for all pages.
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The Mirror Image setting must be the same for all pages.
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The Rendering Intent must be the same for all pages.
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The Cutter setting must be the same for all pages.
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The color adjustment settings must be the same for all pages. See
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Pages must be all color, or all grayscale: not some in color and some in grayscale.
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All pages must be in one or other of the following two groups (the two groups cannot be mixed in the
same nest):
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HP-GL/2, RTL, TIFF, JPEG
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PostScript, PDF
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JPEG and TIFF pages with resolutions greater than 300 dpi may not nest with other pages in some
cases.
How long does the printer wait for another file?
So that the printer can make the best nest possible, it waits after a file has been received to check whether a
subsequent page will nest with it or with pages already in the queue. This waiting period is the nest wait time;
the factory default nest wait time is 2 minutes. This means that the printer waits for up to 2 minutes after the
last file is received before printing the final nest. You can change this waiting time from the printer's front
panel: press
, then Job management options > Nesting options > Wait time. The available range is 1
to 99 minutes.
While the printer is waiting for nesting to time out, it displays the remaining time on the front panel.
Use ink economically
Here are some recommendations for making economical use of ink.
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For draft prints, use plain paper and move the print-quality slider to the left end of the scale ('Speed').
For further economy, select custom print quality options, then select Fast and Economode.
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Clean the printhead only when needed. Cleaning the printhead can be useful, but it uses a small amount
of ink.
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Leave the printer permanently turned on so that it can maintain the printhead in good condition
automatically. This regular printhead maintenance uses a small amount of ink. However, if it is not
done, the printer may need to use much more ink later to restore the health of the printhead.
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Wide prints make more efficient use of ink than narrow prints, because printhead maintenance uses
some ink, and its frequency is related to the number of passes made by the printhead. Therefore,
nesting jobs can save ink as well as saving paper (see
Nest jobs to save roll paper on page 85
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