HP DesignJet Z5600 - Change the treatment of overlapping lines; Preview a print; Print a draft

If you are printing to a single sheet, you must ensure that the image can actually t onto the sheet, otherwise
the image will be clipped.
Change the treatment of overlapping lines
NOTE: This topic applies only when printing an HP-GL/2 job.
The merge option controls the overlapping lines in an image. There are two settings:
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O: where the lines cross, only the color of the top line is printed. This is the default setting.
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On: where the lines cross, the colors of the two lines merge.
To turn merge on, go to the front panel and press , then , then Setup > Printing preferences > HP-
GL/2 options
> Enable merge. You can set the merge option from your software in some applications.
Settings in your software override the front-panel settings.
Preview a print
Previewing a print on the screen allows you to check the layout of the print before printing, which may help
you to avoid wasting paper and ink on a bad print.
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To preview a print under Windows, you have the following options:
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Use your application's print preview option.
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Check the Show preview before printing option, which you can nd in the driver's Paper/Quality
tab and Features tab. This preview is provided by the Embedded Web Server and will appear in a
Web browser window.
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To preview a print under Mac OS X, you have the following options:
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Use your application's print preview option.
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There is no Preview button at the bottom of the Print dialog box in the latest versions of Mac OS X.
A print preview is always shown at the upper left of the Print dialog box for most applications.
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Click Pause in the job queue window, send the job to print, and select Add to Printer. Then double-
click the job in the job queue window.
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Choose the HP Print Preview option from the PDF menu at the bottom of the Print dialog box. The
print preview is displayed by a separate HP Print Preview application.
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To preview a print using the Embedded Web Server, select Basic settings > Hold for preview.
Print a draft
You can specify fast draft-quality printing in the following ways:
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In the Windows driver dialog: go to the Paper/Quality tab and look at the Print Quality section. Move
the print-quality slider to the extreme left ('Speed').
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In the Mac OS X Print dialog: go to the Paper/Quality panel and move the print-quality slider to the
extreme left ('Speed').
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On the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page: select Basic settings > Print quality > Standard
options > Speed.
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Using the front panel: press , then , then Setup > Printing preferences > Print quality > Select
quality level
> Fast.
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