Margins, Printing area, Inked area – HP DesignJet 500 User Manual

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Media & Ink

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Panel

Print Management

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Page Description

The page description has four main areas, these are
described below:

Page size

Page size can be specified from the front-
panel or in the software, It may be called
“Page Size”, “Media Size”, “Paper Size”, etc.,
Options can include, ISO A3, ANSI Letter,

Custom and more. If your software does not define the
page size in the print file, the front-panel setting is
used. Otherwise, the software setting overrides the
front-panel setting.

NOTE: There is one exception to the above. If the front-
panel setting is Inked area and you are sending a file,
the front-panel setting is used. See

Inked area

.

Margins

For a roll of paper the “normal” setting for side
margins is 7mm and the “extended” setting is 15mm.
See

Adjusting Margins

.

Printing area

Printing area is the page size minus the margins. For a
table showing the printing areas for standard paper
sizes. See

Printable Area

.

Inked area

Inked area is the smallest rectangle that
contains the entire image.

Page Size

Margin

Printing area

Inked area

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