HP DesignJet T1700 Printer Series

1 HP DesignJet T1700 Printer Series User Guide Edition 2 Legal notices Trademarks Copyright 2018 HP Development Company, The information contained herein is subject to Adobe , Acrobat , Adobe Photoshop and change without notice. Adobe PostScript 3 are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty ENERGY STAR and the ENERGY STAR mark are statements accompanying such products and registered trademarks. services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not Microsoft and Windows are registered be liable for technical or editorial errors or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

2 Omissions contained herein. PANTONE is Pantone, Inc.'s check-standard trademark for color. IPv6-ready Table of contents 1 Introduction .. 1. Welcome to your Printer .. 2. Printer models .. 2. Safety precautions .. 2. Main components .. 6. Turn the Printer on and off .. 9. Front panel .. 10. HP Utility .. 13. HP Print Preview .. 14. Embedded Web Server .. 14. Demo prints .. 14. Configure your Printer .. 15. Mobile printing .. 22. Accessibility .. 22. Other sources of information .. 23. 2 Paper handling .. 24. General advice .. 25. Load a roll onto the spindle .. 25. Load a roll into the Printer .. 28. Unload a roll .. 30. Load a single sheet.

3 31. Unload a single sheet .. 32. Sensitive-paper mode (T1700dr only) .. 32. View information about the paper .. 33. Paper presets .. 33. Printing paper info .. 35. Move the paper .. 35. Maintain paper .. 35. Change the drying time .. 36. Turn the automatic cutter on and off .. 36. Feed and cut the paper .. 36. ENWW iii 3 Working with two rolls (T1700dr only) .. 38. Advantages of a multiroll Printer .. 39. How the Printer allocates jobs to paper rolls .. 39. 4 Networking .. 41. Introduction .. 42. Control network protocols .. 42. Front-panel menu items .. 42. Link configuration methods .. 45. Troubleshooting .. 46. 5 Printing.

4 49. Introduction .. 50. Print from a USB flash drive .. 50. Print from a computer using a Printer driver .. 51. Advanced print settings .. 51. 6 Mobile printing .. 64. Mobile printing .. 65. Print from in-OS .. 65. Print by email (HP ePrint) .. 66. Print and share from the HP Smart App .. 66. Mobile specifications .. 66. 7 Job queue management .. 67. Job queue in the front panel .. 68. Job queue in the Embedded Web Server or HP DesignJet Utility .. 72. 8 Color management .. 75. Introduction .. 76. How colors are represented .. 76. A summary of the color management process .. 76. Color calibration .. 76. Color profiling.

5 77. Color management from Printer drivers .. 79. Color management from the front panel .. 81. 9 Practical printing examples .. 83. Print a draft for revision with the correct scale .. 84. Print a PDF multipage job from Adobe Acrobat Reader or Adobe Acrobat Pro .. 84. Print a document with the correct colors .. 87. Print a project .. 92. Print a presentation .. 95. iv ENWW. Print and scale from Microsoft Office .. 98. 10 Retrieving Printer usage information .. 102. Get Printer accounting information .. 102. Check usage statistics .. 102. Check usage statistics for a job .. 105. Check cost assignment .. 107. 11 Handling ink cartridges and printheads.

6 108. About the ink cartridges .. 109. Check the ink cartridges status .. 109. Remove an ink cartridge .. 109. Insert an ink cartridge .. 110. About the printheads .. 112. Check the printhead status .. 112. Remove a printhead .. 113. Insert a printhead .. 115. Safe mode .. 118. 12 Maintaining the Printer .. 119. Check Printer status .. 120. Clean the exterior of the Printer .. 120. Maintain the ink cartridges .. 120. Move or store the Printer .. 120. Update the firmware .. 121. Update the software .. 122. Printer maintenance kits .. 122. Secure File Erase .. 123. Disk Wipe .. 123. 13 Accessories .. 124. How to order supplies and accessories.

7 125. Introduction to the accessories .. 129. Disposal instructions .. 129. 14 Troubleshooting paper issues .. 130. Paper cannot be loaded successfully .. 131. Paper type is not in the driver .. 132. Printer printed on the wrong paper type .. 133. Automatic cut not available .. 133. On hold for paper .. 134. Roll paper will not advance .. 135. Paper has jammed .. 135. ENWW v A strip stays on the output tray and generates jams .. 138. Printer displays out of paper when paper is available .. 138. Prints do not fall neatly into the basket .. 138. Sheet stays in the Printer when the print has been completed .. 138. Paper is cut when the print has been completed.

8 138. Cutter does not cut well .. 138. Roll is loose on the spindle .. 138. Recalibrate the paper advance .. 139. 15 Troubleshooting print-quality issues .. 141. General advice .. 142. Horizontal lines across the image (banding) .. 142. Whole image is blurry or grainy .. 143. Paper is not flat .. 144. Print is scuffed or scratched .. 144. Ink marks on the paper .. 144. Black horizontal lines on yellow background .. 145. Black ink comes off when you touch the print .. 145. Edges of objects are stepped or not sharp .. 146. Edges of objects are darker than expected .. 146. Horizontal lines at the end of a cut sheet print .. 146.

9 Vertical lines of different colors .. 146. White spots on the print .. 147. Colors are inaccurate .. 147. Colors are fading .. 148. Image is incomplete (clipped at the bottom) .. 148. Image is clipped .. 148. Some objects are missing from the printed image .. 149. Lines are too thick, too thin or missing .. 149. Lines appear stepped or jagged .. 150. Lines print double or in the wrong colors .. 150. Lines are discontinuous .. 151. Lines are blurred .. 151. Line lengths are inaccurate .. 152. Image Diagnostics Print .. 152. If you still have a problem .. 154. 16 Troubleshooting ink cartridge and printhead issues .. 155. Cannot insert an ink cartridge.

10 156. Ink cartridge status messages .. 156. Cannot insert a printhead .. 156. Front panel recommends reseating or replacing a printhead .. 156. Clean the printheads .. 157. Clean the printhead drop detector .. 158. vi ENWW. Align the printheads .. 160. Printhead status messages .. 162. 17 Troubleshooting general Printer issues .. 163. Printer does not print .. 164. Front panel fails to initialize .. 164. Printer seems slow .. 164. Communication failures between computer and Printer .. 165. Cannot access the Embedded Web Server .. 165. Cannot connect to the Internet .. 165. Web Services issues .. 166. Automatic file system check.