Contents
Basic Printing Workflow
Basic Printing Workflow 15
Printing procedure 16
Printing Options Using Rolls and Sheets ................................................................................................................ 16
Turning the Printer On and Off ................................................................................................................................ 17
Loading and Printing on Rolls ................................................................................................................................. 19
Loading and Printing on Sheets ............................................................................................................................. 21
Printing in Windows ................................................................................................................................................ 22
Printing from Mac OS X .......................................................................................................................................... 23
Canceling print jobs 25
Canceling Print Jobs from the Control Panel .......................................................................................................... 25
Canceling Print Jobs from Windows ....................................................................................................................... 26
Canceling Print Jobs from Mac OS X ..................................................................................................................... 26
Pausing Printing 28
Pausing Printing ...................................................................................................................................................... 28
Enhanced Printing Options
Enhanced Printing Options 29
Choosing Paper for Printing 30
Choosing a Paper for Printing ................................................................................................................................. 30
Specifying Paper in the Printer Driver ..................................................................................................................... 30
Printing Photos and Office Documents 31
Printing Photos and Images .................................................................................................................................... 31
Printing Photos and Images (Windows) ............................................................................................................ 32
Printing Photos and Images (Mac OS X) .......................................................................................................... 33
Printing Office Documents ...................................................................................................................................... 36
Printing Office Documents (Windows) .............................................................................................................. 36
Printing Office Documents (Mac OS X) ............................................................................................................. 38
Using PosterArtist to Compose Originals ............................................................................................................... 39
Printing CAD Drawings 42
Printing CAD Drawings ........................................................................................................................................... 42
Printing Line Drawings and Text ............................................................................................................................. 42
Printing Line Drawings and Text (Windows) ..................................................................................................... 43
Printing Line Drawings and Text (Mac OS X) .................................................................................................... 44
Printing from AutoCAD ............................................................................................................................................ 47
Specifying Colors and Printing CAD Drawings ...................................................................................................... 48
Specifying Colors and Printing CAD Drawings (Windows) ............................................................................... 48
HP-GL/2 Printing ..................................................................................................................................................... 49
Adjusting Images 50
Adjusting the Color in the Printer Driver ................................................................................................................. 50
Fine-Tuning Colors of Photos and Images (Windows) ...................................................................................... 51
Fine-Tuning Colors of Photos and Images (Mac OS X) .................................................................................... 54
Giving Priority to Particular Graphic Elements and Colors for Printing ................................................................... 56
Choosing the Document Type and Printing Conditions (Windows) .................................................................. 58
Choosing the Document Type and Printing Conditions (Mac OS X) ................................................................ 60
Printing enlargements or reductions 62
Resizing Originals to Match the Paper Size ........................................................................................................... 62
Resizing Originals to Match the Paper Size (Windows) .................................................................................... 62
Resizing Originals to Match the Paper Size (Mac OS X) .................................................................................. 64
Resizing Originals to Fit the Roll Width ................................................................................................................... 66
Resizing Originals to Fit the Roll Width (Windows) ........................................................................................... 66
Resizing Originals to Fit the Roll Width (Mac OS X) ......................................................................................... 68
Resizing Originals by Entering a Scaling Value ...................................................................................................... 70
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