Hi Mark Thanks for all the detail you sent - very helpful indeed. One quick request though - how do you get the roll of paper to feed forward a bit at a time. It feeds backwards fine after pressing the OK button, but I cant get it to feed forwards.
best regards John Sibley --- In [email protected], "Mark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is a long post, but I know how frustrated I was at the beginning and it > took a while to > figure all this out. I have to say that when using my Z3100, ALL these > issues go away. Not > enough reason alone to buy one, but HP did do their homework and make things > much > better as their line evolved... > > All that follows assumes you own a vanilla DJ 130, not the 130nr. > > --- In [email protected], "johnval27" <johnval27@> wrote: > > > Q1. If I feed a 24" roll of paper through and print a 24x36 print, how do I > > advance the > > paper say 1cm at a time so I can get scissors in to cut it off when its > > finished? Is there a > > button press combination I have missed? > > First, if you are using roll feed (which I strongly recommend for reduced > paper cost), buy > the roll cutter assembly from HP and install it. About $50, easy installation. > > Second, when you are using roll paper from the rear, you must tell the > printer you are > using a roll. Sounds dumb, but it took me a while to see where you do that. > I use a Mac > with OS X, so my description will be as such. I'm sure there is an > equivalent in Windows. > After you leave Photoshop during the printing process, the Mac OS print > dialog appears > prior to sending data to the printer. At the top there are 3 pull down > menus; top is printer > (choose the correct printer by name), under that is presets (you can use this > to name and > save all the settings that you make in the various print dialog box menus to > avoid > manually doing what I am describing every time), then unlabled beneath is a > third pull > down menu that comes up with a default choice of "Copies / Pages". That is > why you see > the options below where you can say "5 copies" of "pages 2-4". BUT, when you > pull down > this menu, you see about 8 choices; choose paper type / quality. The dialog > box expands > considerably to show many more options. You should choose all the correct > items in each > pull down menu available. First is paper type; choose the exact paper stock > profile you're > using. Second is Quality; make an informed choice. Third is color; this > SHOULD ALWAYS > BE SET TO "Application managed color" to allow Photoshop instructions to be > honored > instead of the OS X print driver thinking it is supposed to send color > instructions to the > printer ( a common source of bad color out is set wrong because then color management > is done twice, PS vs computer print driver conflict). NOW, notice the last > pull down; > SOURCE. There are several choices; automatic front feed, roll, etc. CHOOSE > ROLL here. > Once you do this, if you have the paper cutter installed, it will > automatically advance > paper and cut it after the print is finished being made. You can also check > the "Disable roll > cutter" here if you are using canvas which may not cut with the cutter > mechanism. The > you would advance the paper manually to use your cutter of choice, scissors, > exacto, etc. > > > Q2. Having hacked the 1st print off the front of the roll, can I leave the > > rest in situ and > > continue printing a 2nd, 3rd etc, without reloading the roll? > > Absolutely. However, be aware that when a roll is loaded and you don't print > for say, > overnight or longer, there are rollers holding the paper that leave > undersirable dents in > the leading edge of the paper, about 3-4 inches from the edge. You will only > see them in > the first print, because from then on the new paper hasn't been pinched long > enough to > dent. Wait overnight, and you'll see them on the next first print. > > > Q3. Will a paper cutter solve this "Leave in situ" problem? > > The paper cutter per se has nothing to do with being able to leave a roll > mounted in the > printer. But, having the paper cutter installed does allow a simple solution > to the dents > described above. When you first turn the printer on, let it go thru all the > start up til its > ready. Then press the OVAL button on the right of the control panel. It has > a paper page > symbol with an arrow pointing up (a paradox choice since it actually advances > the paper > out of the printer; I think a down arrow orientation here would be more > intuitive re paper > direction). HP calls this the OK button (page 38 in your manual). It does > several things > depending on context, BUT at the initialization stage of the printer in the > beginning, it will > advance the paper and then the cutter mechanism will trim away a perfect > narrow strip of > paper 3/8" wide, a seemingly odd result. BUT, if you repeat this and press > the OK button > 6-8 times, trimming that strip each time, you will cut away the first several > inches of > paper containing the dent. An alternative would be to remember to change the > size of > your document adding 4 dead space inches at the leading edge, but that's too complicated > for me. I'd rather just click the OK button and advance / cut manually to > solve this. > > > Q4. Could I leave them all joined end to end and cut them later when I have > > done, say 4 > or 5 24x36" prints? > > You could create a huge canvas in Photoshop and then add multiple images, the > same or > duplicates, to achieve this result, but if you load a roll, choose roll as > the source, and have > the cutter installed, and choose 5 copies in the dialog box, it will print > and cut individual > prints, spitting them out continuously. > > > Q5. If i DO have to extract the paper and re load the whole roll every time > > I do a print, > how do I release the paper from the feed rollers (ie reverse the feed) to > extract the paper > out the back end? > > You only have to remove the roll to change paper type. When you do want to > eject, press > the cancel (round red with "X") and OK (oval gray paper with up arrow) at the > same time. > See page 10 in the printer manual. > > As long as we're discussing rolls and I'm writing a novel... > > I had lots of trouble loading rolls at first. Two things made a BIG > difference. > 1. You must achieve perfect alignment when feeding paper from the rear. If > your > homemade roll stand is just sitting separate, it can be difficult to have the > length of the > roll truly parallel to the printer, so feed is straight and follows the small > paper path guide > line on the left side of the printer feed slot. My solution, besides always > rolling the paper > tight on the roll to remove slack, was to make my roll holder with roughly > triangular side > supports, so everything was square and I could push the front edge of the > support > structure right against the back base of the printer, exactly parallel. Then > by sliding the > roll itself as far to the left as it can on the holder, and sliding the > entire holder/paper > assembly right or left, you can precisely align the left paper edge squarely > to the guideline > for entry. > 2. Equally important is "how" you feed in the paper. DO NOT ease it in > slowly waiting for > the rolls to sense and grab it. Doing so will almost always result in skewed > paper > alignment which will be rejected as the printer checks alignment (by taking > in paper and > detecting paper alignment. You know its wrong when the prints spits it back > out. DO > push the paper in firmly and rapidly, as far as it will go, pushing equally > with both hands > holding left and right paper edges. When you quickly force the paper all the > way in the > feed mechanism it will be taken up correctly aligned. > > My apologies for the length of this post... > Mark > Website: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPDesignJet_Printers Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] List owner: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPDesignJet_Printers/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPDesignJet_Printers/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! 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