HP DesignJet 500 - Manual (Page 193)

Media & Ink Introduction Front-Panel Other Index Solutions
Printer
Options
Page Format Image Appearance
Page Size in the Front-
Panel
Print Management Printer Configuration
Printing Images in Grayscale
There are times when you may want to print a color
image in grayscale because it is faster. Examples of
this are:
 You want a draft where color is not important, for
example to check that the image is not going to be
clipped.
 You want a version for photocopying in black and
white.
Grayscale printing renders colors as grayscales rather
than all colors as black. If you want all colors to be
printed as black, then you should set all your colors to
black in your software. For example, if supported in
your software, use a pen number that is 100% black.
Alternatively, you could make one of the printer's
internal palettes (A or B) all black, and then select this
as the current palette (see
Pen Widths and Colors in
the Internal Palettes in this section for an explanation of
palettes).
NOTE: You cannot change the color/grayscale setting
for pages already in the printer's queue.
NOTE: HP-GL/2 drivers may override this setting.
5000PS
The Palette Settings do not affect
PostScript files.