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HP Designjet 111 printer series User's guide - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 2
statement accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein. Trademarks Microsoft® and Windows® are U.S. registered trademarks of Microsoft - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 3
client-server connection (Windows 8 Install the Mac OS printer driver ...9 Connect using a USB cable (Mac OS 9 Connect to a network using Bonjour (Mac OS 10 Connect to a network using TCP/IP (Mac OS 11 Share a printer (Mac OS) ...11 Change the IP address of the HP Jetdirect print server 12 Get - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 4
...30 Supported paper types ...30 Supported paper sizes ...32 Order ink cartridges and printheads 32 Order accessories ...33 7 HP Designjet System Maintenance ...34 8 Installation issues ...35 The printer is not found ...35 The printer driver is out of date ...35 The Jetdirect print server doesn - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 5
12 HP Customer Care ...44 Introduction ...44 Knowledge Center ...44 Contact HP Support ...45 Glossary ...46 Index ...47 ENWW v - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 6
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off when the printer is off. It flashes while the printer is printing or is in the process of turning off. Otherwise it is on to indicate that the printer is on. ● The Attention light is yellow. It flashes to indicate an error or problem; icons in the front-panel display give more information about - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 8
No cartridges or printheads are shown if any cover is open or the rear path is removed. For details of how to react when a problem occurs, see The printer's yellow light is flashing on page 41. Windows printer software The Windows driver for use with your printer is available on the HP Designjet 111 - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 9
Introduction ● HP Designjet 111 Tray: Paper source (Automatically select (default)/Tray1/Front manual feed/ Rear manual feed) ● HP Designjet 111 Roll: Paper source (Roll (default)/Front manual feed/Rear manual feed) ● Quick sets ● Scale to fit/Scale to % (ZoomSmart) ● Color options (Print in - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 10
feed is supplied with the HP Designjet 111 Roll printer. It allows the printer to print on a roll of paper up to 610 mm (24 in) wide. It includes an automatic cutter. The roll is loaded from the rear of the printer and must be fed into the rear feed slot. Once a print job to a roll has finished, the - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 11
ENWW The HP Jetdirect print server 5 Introduction - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 12
installation Connect & install Install the Windows printer driver 1. Insert the HP Designjet 111 Software and Documentation CD into your CD drive. 2. If the CD does not autorun, run the setup.exe program in the root directory of the CD. 3. Follow the instructions on the screen. Connect using - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 13
your computer. 4. Select your printer series (HP Designjet 111). 5. Choose Install. 6. Read the information in the Welcome dialog, and read and accept the licence agreement. 7. Read the firewall notice and mark the check box to continue installation without network connection, or simply click Next - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 14
the network settings and suggests the settings to be applied for the printer's configuration. Normally, it is not necessary to change any of these settings, so click Next. 13. Follow the process in the HP Designjet 111 Software and Documentation CD until the installation is finished. Manual IP - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 15
order to do so, click Additional drivers and follow the screen instructions. Install the Mac OS printer driver 1. Insert the HP Designjet 111 Software and Documentation CD into your CD drive. 2. In Finder, navigate to the CD. You will see the Mac OS X HP Designjet Installer icon. 3. Double-click the - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 16
Print your HP Designjet printer information pages by pressing the OK key (upper right key on the front panel) four times while holding down the Power key, then releasing the Power key. Note the hardware address on the first page. 2. Install the Mac OS printer driver: see Install the Mac OS printer - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 17
. 1. Print your HP Designjet printer information pages by pressing the OK key (upper right key on the front panel) four times while holding down the Power key, then releasing the Power key. Note the URL of the printer. 2. Install the Mac OS printer driver: see Install the Mac OS printer driver on - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 18
computer unacceptably. TIP: The best way to share the printer over a network is to connect the printer not to any computer, but to the network. Change the IP address of the HP Jetdirect print server You may need to do this if you are moving the printer from one LAN subnet to another, and need to - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 19
Get the current network configuration information While holding the printer's Power key down, press the OK key (upper right key) four times. Three pages with information about the printer and its peripherals will be printed. If an HP Jetdirect print server is connected to the printer, the first page - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 20
You need only connect to the HP Jetdirect card's embedded Web server and configure the information in the Networking tab of the Web page. To printer. Here you can change the parameters of each of the supported network protocols or, for example, view network statistics or set an administrator password - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 21
to provide a straight paper path for printing on thicker paper (up to 0.3 mm), such as card stock or labels, without bending. To use this path, select Rear manual feed in your software. ● The input tray provided with the HP Designjet 111 Tray printer holds up to 100 sheets of paper, depending on the - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 22
the small tab in the center towards the left so that you can lengthen the tray. Let go of the tab and pull the tray extension out as far as it will go. 4. Riffle the paper. This helps to prevent adjacent sheets of paper from sticking to each other. Paper handling 16 Chapter 3 Paper handling ENWW - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 23
the paper. 7. Close the tray cover. 8. Lift up the output tray and insert the input tray into the printer, keeping it straight and pushing it in as far as it will go. The left inside corner must be aligned with the plastic paper tray guide. 9. Lower the output tray. Note that, if the input tray is - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 24
if the paper fails to load, to tell the printer to try to load it again. 5. The printer checks the alignment of the paper, and ejects it if it is misaligned; in that case, you must reload the paper. 6. Select Front manual feed as the paper source in the printer driver. 18 Chapter 3 Paper handling - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 25
into the printer. 3. Select Rear manual feed as the paper source in the printer driver. Unload a sheet of paper If you have the HP Designjet 111 Tray printer, remove the sheet from the output tray, where the printer leaves it after printing. If you have the HP Designjet 111 Roll printer: ● The sheet - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 26
a roll of paper If you have the HP Designjet 111 Roll printer, you can load rolls of paper. See The roll feed on page 4. 1. Load a roll of the required paper onto the spindle. Ensure that the roll is the right way round and that the blue stop on the spindle is pushed in against the paper. Paper - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 27
first advances about 1 cm (0.4 in). NOTE: Normally the paper is cut automatically after printing is completed; however, a driver option allows the cutter to be disabled. Unload a roll of paper To unload a roll from the HP Designjet 111 Roll printer, press the Cancel and OK keys on the front panel - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 28
-quality options in the following ways: ● In the Windows driver dialog: go to the Paper/Quality tab and look at the Print Quality section. ● In the Mac OS Print dialog: go to the Paper Type/Quality panel and select Paper. Select paper size The paper size can be specified in the following ways. NOTE - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 29
name and dimensions of the new form, then click Save Form. ● Under Mac OS: select Paper Size > Manage Custom Sizes in the Page Setup dialog. NOTE: If your application offers no Page Setup dialog, please use the Print dialog. Printer minimum margins The printer leaves a minimum 5 mm (0.2 in) margin - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 30
Mac OS Print dialog: go to the Paper Type/Quality panel and select Color, then select Print In Grayscale. Use paper economically Here are some recommendations for making economical use of paper: ● You may be able to save some roll paper by using the following options: ◦ In the Windows driver dialog - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 31
economical use of ink. ● For draft prints, use plain paper and select Fast print quality. ● Clean the printheads only when needed, and clean only those printheads that need cleaning. Cleaning the printheads can be useful, but it uses a small amount of ink. ● Leave the printer permanently turned on - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 32
hinged flap at the right of the printer. 2. Gripping it by its shorter top edges, lift the ink cartridge vertically up and out of the printer. 3. Lower the new ink cartridge into its slot until it clicks into place and is quite secure. Ink maintenance 26 Chapter 5 Ink-system maintenance ENWW - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 33
the preceding two steps for each ink cartridge that you wish to replace. 5. Close the outer flap. Replace printheads NOTE: After a printhead is replaced, the printer will automatically realign the printheads. 1. Open the front hinged flap at the right of the printer. 2. Open the second (back) part - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 34
and use it to pull the printhead vertically up and out of the printer. 6. Take the new printhead and remove the tape that protects its electrical contacts and ink nozzles. 7. Lower the new printhead into place and close its small handle. Ink maintenance 28 Chapter 5 Ink-system maintenance ENWW - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 35
8. Push the printhead gently into place, so that it is quite secure. 9. Repeat the preceding four steps for each printhead that you wish to replace. 10. Pull the printhead cover towards you, ensuring that the hook at its front edge latches onto the tab, and then push it away from you - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 36
HP Coated Paper 90 HP Inkjet Coated Paper 90 Length Width Part numbers 45.7 m (150 ft) 45.7 m (150 ft) 610 mm (24 in) 420 mm (16.54 in) (A2) 594 mm (23.39 in) (A1) 610 mm (24 in) 45.7 m (150 ft) 45.7 m (150 ft) 30.5 m (100 ft) 420 mm (16.54 in) (A2) 610 mm (24 in) 610 mm (24 in) 610 mm (24 - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 37
38.1 m (125 ft) 610 mm (24 in) 51642A (AEJN) HP Photographic Paper HP Universal Instant-Dry Gloss 190 Photo Paper 30.5 m (100 ft) 610 mm (24 in) Q6574A TIP: The dye inks used by your printer will fade very quickly on instant-dry photo papers. If you plan to display the prints for more than - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 38
Q5489A Q5490A Q8662A (EN) Q7970A (EJN) Q1967A (AEJN) CG461A (E) Supported paper sizes Roll paper The minimum width of roll paper is 4.3 in (110 mm) and the maximum width is 24 in (610 mm). Cut-sheet paper Tray minimum Tray maximum (C+) Front path minimum Front path maximum (A1 oversize) Rear path - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 39
Supplies Color Black Magenta Cyan Ink cartridge CH565A, HP 82, 69 ml C4837AN, HP 11, 28 ml C4836AN, HP 11, 28 ml Printhead C4810A, HP 11 C4812A, HP 11 C4811A, HP 11 Order accessories The following accessories are available for use with your printer. ● External I/O print server (J4169A) ● Printer - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 40
Maintenance button. To start HP Designjet System Maintenance under Mac OS, click the HP Utility icon in the dock. Alternatively, click the Utility icon in the printer proxy. Under Windows or Mac OS, your Web browser should start automatically when you have followed the instructions above. If you - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 41
7, Connect to a network using Bonjour (Mac OS) on page 10 or Connect to a network using TCP/IP (Mac OS) on page 11. The printer driver is out of date For information about updating the printer driver, visit HP's Web site at http://www.hp.com/go/111/ drivers. The Jetdirect print server doesn't seem - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 42
that you selected for this print job in the printer software. While the Draft setting prints faster and uses less ink, it may cause text to appear faded or colors to appear dull. Try Normal or Best print quality instead. 2. Check the paper type setting. When printing on transparencies or other - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 43
sure that the protective tape covering each printhead is removed. 4. Check that the printer is selected as the current or default printer. Text or graphics are truncated 1. The print preview from your HP Designjet software will tell you whether the configuration is correct: check the margins, the - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 44
is OK. 4. If the icon continues to flash, replace the cartridge with a new one. One ink cartridge icon in the front panel is flashing 1. Remove the ink cartridge in question. See Replace ink cartridges on page 26. 2. Return it to its normal location, making sure that it is firmly seated in the - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 45
). If this does not solve the problem, follow the appropriate instructions below according to whether the printer was printing on a sheet or a roll when the jam occurred. Sheet paper 1. Turn off the printer. 2. Remove all paper from the tray. Pull out any paper that is visibly stuck. 3. Lift the - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 46
align the printheads to avoid print-quality problems. To align the printheads, start HP Designjet System Maintenance and select Align printheads; you do not need an Internet connection to do this. Roll paper 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Turn off the printer. Remove the front paper tray. This will allow you - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 47
printheads, start HP Designjet System Maintenance and select Align printheads; you do not need an Internet connection to do this. NOTE: Note that if the printheads are not aligned, you may obtain poor print quality. Avoid paper jams Your printer is designed for trouble-free use. Paper is unlikely - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 48
the printer. See HP Designjet System Maintenance on page 34. The Paper misaligned icon is flashing. The paper is misaligned and must be reloaded to print. See Paper handling on page 15. All the Ink Cartridge Status icons are flashing; there is an ink cartridge problem. See All ink cartridge icons - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 49
takes longer than average for the ink to be absorbed into the paper and therefore more time for the ink to dry. There is a default Dry time on setting in the HP Designjet software, which slows the release of a follow-on print. If there will be unattended printing and therefore stacking, it is best - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 50
your HP Designjet products and solutions. Join the HP community at the Knowledge Center, your large-format printing community, for 24×7 access to: ● Multimedia tutorials ● Step-by-step how-to guides ● Downloads - the latest printer firmware, drivers, software, paper presets, etc. ● Technical support - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 51
Customer Care Contact HP Support HP Support is available to you by telephone. What to do before you call: ● Review the troubleshooting suggestions in this guide. ● Review the relevant driver documentation. ● If you have installed third-party software drivers and RIPs, see their documentation. ● If - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 52
the IP address value 0.0.0.0. After a few minutes of being connected, the IP address changes to the default and non-valid value 192.0.0.192. Subnet mask The IP address of your printer contains sections that identify the network, the subnet, and the host within the subnet. The subnet mask is used to - HP Designjet 111 | HP Designjet 111 Printer Series - User Guide - Page 53
Care 44 cutter 4 D driver Mac OS 3 Mac OS, install 9 update 35 Windows 2 Windows, install 6 E economize on ink 25 on paper 24 F front panel 1 G general issues 39 glossary 46 gray shades 24 H HP Customer Care 44 HP Designet System Maintenance 34 HP Support 45 I ink economical use of 25 ink cartridge
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