Document Outline

• Introduction
• The User’s Reference Guide
• Overview
  • How to Navigate
    • The “Tabs”
    • The “Sections”
    • The “Buttons”
    • The Home button
    • Back Button
    • Forward Button
    • Print Button
    • Quit Button
    • Return Button
    • Animation
  • Related Topics:
    • The Setup Instructions contain:
    • The Pocket Guide contains:
    • Web Page
• Introduction To Your Printer
  • Your Printer’s Main Features
  • The HPNo.81 and HPNo.83 Supplies
    • HPNo.81 Ink Supplies (Dye based)
    • HPNo.83 Ink Supplies (UV)
    • The Components
  • Print Resolution
  • User Interface
    • The Front-Panel
  • Media
  • HPDesignjet WebAccess
    • To Use WebAccess
    • 5000PS
  • Connections
  • Switching Your Printer On and Off
  • Memory
  • Applications and Drivers
    • 5000PS
    • 5000
• Printer with Take-Up Reel
• Rear View
• Printer with Bin Assembly
• Media & Ink
• Media
• Choosing Media
  • Some Important Points about Media Types
• Physical Characteristics of Media Types
• Print Speeds and Print Mode Selection
  • Heavyweight Coated Paper
• Printable Area
• Roll/Sheet Media Information
• Media Profile Downloading
  • Open System Maintenance Application
• Drying Time Settings
  • None (Default)
  • Manual
  • Automatic
• Drying Times with HP Tested Media
• Types of Media and Application
• Handling Your Media
• Roll Media
• Loading Roll Media Guidelines
  • Into the Printer
  • The spindles
  • Onto the Take Up Reel
  • The Take Up Reel as an Accessory
  • Help with Loading
• Installing Roll Media into the Printer
• Trimming the Media
• Loading Roll Media
• Printing of Both Sides of the Media
• Unload Media from Take Up Reel
• Unloading Roll Media
• Change the Core Tube
• Media Length Tracking
• Sheet Media
• Loading Sheet Media
• Unloading Sheet Media
• The Ink System
• What are the Supplies?
  • Ink Cartridges
  • Printheads
  • Printhead Cleaners
  • HPNo.83 UV Ink Supplies
    • HP Ink Upgrade Kit
    • HP Printhead Storage Container
  • Identifying Ink Supplies
    • HPNo.81 Dye based Ink Supplies Symbol:
    • HPNo.83 UV Ink Supplies Symbol:
• Component Identification
• Ink Supply Guidelines
• Precautions
  • Support bar
• When to Replace
• Switching Ink Types
• Ink System Removal
• Ink System Installation
• Storing Ink Supplies and Ink Tubes
• The Ink Cartridge
• Ink Cartridge Statistics
• Ink Cartridge Removal
• Ink Cartridge Installation
• The Printhead
• Printhead Statistics
• Printhead Removal
• Printhead Installation
• The Printhead Cleaner
• Printhead Cleaner Removal
• Printhead Cleaner Installation
  • Printhead Alignment
• Solutions
• Solving Problems
• Troubleshooting
• Help in Solving Problems
• Finding the Source of Your Problem
• Image Quality Problems
• Correcting the Configuration
• Using the Image Quality Print
  • Printhead Status Check
    • Replacing
    • Recovering
  • How to Print the Image Quality Print
  • How to Use the Image Quality Print
  • Analyzing the Image Quality Print
    • Test Pattern 1: Primary Colors
    • Banding
    • Problems with the Printhead(s)
    • Corrective Action
    • Problems with Media Advance
    • Corrective Action
    • Test Pattern 2: Color-to-color Alignment
    • Corrective Action
    • Test Pattern 3: Bi-directional Alignment
    • Corrective Action
    • Test Pattern 4: Vertical Line Straightness
    • Corrective Action
  • No Defects Found in the Image Quality Print
• Color Accuracy
  • Configuration
  • Printing color with PostScript (HPDesignjet 5000PS)
    • CMYK Workflows
    • RGB Workflows
    • Pantone Workflow
    • Using ICC Profiles
    • Creating ICC Profiles
  • Color Consistency Problems
    • Long Term Color Bleeding (Glossy Papers)
  • Color Accuracy Configuration
  • Where to Find Additional Information
    • Non-PostScript
• Printhead Recovery Procedure
• Accuracy Calibration
  • To Restore the Factory's Calibration
• Aligning the Printheads
• Calibrating the Color Output
• Ink Supply Problems
• Problems Inserting the Ink Supplies
  • Problems Reseating the Printhead
  • Problems Inserting the Ink Cartridge
  • Problems Inserting the Printhead
  • Problems Inserting the Printhead Cleaner
• Carriage Interconnect Wiper
• Media Problems
• Media
  • Handling Your Media
• Clearing a Media Jam
  • Check Printhead Path
  • Check Media Path
  • Contact Hewlett-Packard
• Ink Marks on the Media
  • Media Extensions
    • Printed Surface Smearing Roll
  • Warped Lines on Media
  • Blurred Lines (Ink “Bleeds” from Lines)
  • Marks or Scratches on Glossy Paper
  • Marks or Scratches on Double-sided Media
  • Smears or Scratching on the Image
    • The Media Cannot be Loaded Successfully
    • Prints Do Not Stack Properly in the Media Bin
• Image Error
• The Image is Incomplete
  • If the Print is Completely Blank
  • If the Output Contains Only a Partial Print
  • If the Image is Clipped
  • A Long-Axis Print Is Clipped
• Printed Image Incorrect
  • 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
  • If Page Format or Rotate does not Work
• Other Sources of Information
• Other Problems
• Communication Problems
  • Symptoms are:
  • How to Solve the Problem:
  • File Size and Memory Usage
• The Printer does not Print
• The Printer Seems Slower
• Getting Help
• About HP Customer Care
• What to Do Before You Call
• HPDesignjet Online
  • http://www.hp.com/go/designjet
• Front-Panel
• The Front-Panel
• Functional Areas
• The Navigation Keys
• Menu Icon Selection
  • Printer Setup Menu
  • Ink Cartridge Menu
  • Printhead Menu
• Displays
  • Menus
    • Procedure Information
• Action Keys
• Status Lights
• Standby
• Setup Menus
• I/O Setup Menu
• Device Setup Menu
• Utilities Menu
• Internal RIP Settings Menu
• Queuing and Nesting Menu
• HP-GL/2 Settings Menu
• Page Format Menu
• Demos Menu
• Consumable Menus
• Media Menu
• Ink Cartridge Menu
• Printhead Menu
• Internal Prints
• Print the Configuration
• Menu Print
• Other Internal Prints
  • Configuration Print
  • Printer Usage Information
  • Print Quality Image
  • Service Configuration
  • HP-GL/2 Palette
  • Samples
• Navigation
• Using the Navigation Keys
• Selecting the Ink Emulation Mode
• Changing the Page Size
• Changing the Drying Time
• Restoring the Default Menu
• Message Descriptions
• Status Code Interpretation
• Consumable in Warranty
• Status Codes
• Front-Panel Messages
• Printhead Status Messages
• Ink Cartridge Error Messages
• Printhead Cleaner Error Messages
• System Error Messages
  • What they Mean
    • Continuable
    • Sporadic
    • Non-continuable
• Printer Options
  • Related Topics not in this tab
• Page Format
• Page Description
  • Page size
  • Margins
  • Printing area
  • Inked area
• Adjusting Margins
• Reduced Margins
• Rotating an Image
  • Rotating a job using the HP PostScript driver supplied with the 5000PS
  • Page size and the rotation
  • Rotating a job using a third party PostScript driver
  • What On the Page is Rotated?
    • Possibility of Clipped Images with Rotated Images
• Printing a Mirror Image
• Scaling the Image
  • 5000PS
  • 5000PS
  • 5000PS
• Image Appearance
• Front-Panel Image Options
  • 5000PS
  • Why Use the Front-Panel?
  • 5000
• Pen Widths and Colors in the Internal Palettes
  • HPDesignjet 5000PS
  • To Select a Palette
  • Viewing Current Configuration Settings
  • Viewing the Colors Available For a Palette
  • Change the Palette Settings
    • 5000PS
    • The following steps show how to define Palette A:
    • IMPORTANT
• Changing the Treatment of Overlapping Lines (Merge)
  • 5000PS
• Printing Images in Grayscale
  • 5000PS
• Print Speeds and Print Mode Selection
  • Heavyweight Coated Paper
• Print Mode Settings
• Changing the Print Mode
  • HP 5000 Only
• Page Size in the Front-Panel
• Adjustments to the Page Size
  • 5000PS
• PostScript Files
• Non-PostScript Files
• Page Size and Clipped Images
• Page Size and Nesting
  • Roll Paper Only
• Print Management
• Pages Printing or Drying
• Cancelling a Page
• Cancelling the Drying Time
• Managing the Queue
  • Jobs and Pages
  • What is the Queue?
  • The ‘Start Printing’ Options
    • After Processing
    • Immediately
    • Optimized (Default)
  • Starting to Print a File that is Waiting for a Time-out
  • Identifying a Job in the Queue
    • Position in Queue
  • Viewing the Size of a Page in the Queue
  • Prioritizing a Job in the Queue
  • Deleting a Job from the Queue
  • Making Copies of a Job in the Queue
• Nesting Pages
  • What is Nesting?
  • Automatic Rotation only with HP-GL/2 Files
    • Rotate an Image with nesting on?
  • Which Pages Cannot be Rotated?
  • When Does the Printer Try to Nest Pages?
  • Which Pages Qualify for Nesting?
  • How Long does the Printer Wait for Another File?
• Printer Configuration
• Front-Panel Configuration
• Configuration Print
• Changing the Graphics Language
  • To Change the Graphics Language Setting
• Graphics Language and Networks
• Network Interface Settings
• I/O Time-out Setting
• PostScript Encoding
• Ink Emulation Mode
  • 5000PS only
  • CMYK Ink Emulation
  • RGB Ink Emulation
• Upgrading Your Printer
  • System Software
  • System Software downloading
  • System Maintenance Application
• Other
  • The Other tab contains five sections:
• Maintaining the Printer
• Service Preventative Maintenance
  • Service Preventative Maintenance Kit
• User Maintenance Kit
• Cleaning the Platen
  • Automatic Platen Cleaning
    • Every time you load media
    • On demand
  • Manual Platen Cleaning
• Carriage Interconnect Wiper
• Lens Maintenance
  • Replacing the Lens Cover
• Slider Rods Lubrication Kit
• Roller Lubrication Kit
• Cleaning the Printer Exterior
  • Cleaning the Printer Exterior
• Storing and Moving Your Printer
• Specifications
• Printer Working Conditions
• Functional Specifications
  • HP Supported Medias
• Physical Specifications
• Memory Specifications
• Printer Power Specification
• Ecological Specifications
• Environmental Specifications
• Acoustic Specification
• Interface Specifications
  • Cable Specifications
  • Recommended Cables
• Ordering Accessories
• Documentation
• Hardware
• Consumable Items
  • HP Ink Supplies
  • HP Printing Materials
  • Miscellaneous
• Online Help
• Glossary
• Index