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HP Designjet L65500 Printer User's guide (second edition) - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 2
forth in the express warranty 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 - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 3
...11 Change the front-panel display contrast 11 Start the HP Internal Print Server ...11 Change the language of the HP Internal Print Server 11 Set the HP Internal Print Server preferences 12 Set the printer's IP address manually 13 3 Handle the substrate Overview ...15 Substrate tips ...17 Set - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 4
41 5 Printing options HP Internal Print Server menus ...43 Manage print jobs ...43 Layout method ...48 6 Accessories How to order accessories ...53 7 Printer specifications Functional specifications ...55 Physical specifications ...55 Memory specifications ...56 Power specifications ...56 Air supply - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 5
of substrate presets ◦ Printer firmware upgrades ◦ Access to the online HP Printing Knowledge Center Documentation The following documents are provided with your printer, and can also be downloaded from http://www.hp.com/go/L65500/manuals/. ● Site preparation guide ● Site preparation checklist - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 6
Introduction ● Maintenance and troubleshooting guide ● Legal information Main components The following front and rear views of the printer illustrate the main components. Front view 1. Ink cartridges 2. Printhead access door 3. Front panel 4. HP Internal Print Server display and keyboard 5. Front - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 7
you in troubleshooting issues ● Is used when performing certain physical operations, such as unloading substrate and maintaining the printer ● Displays information in brief about the status of the printer (more information is available from the HP Internal Print Server) ● Displays warning and error - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 8
, then select Item3. Information about specific uses of the front panel can be found throughout this guide. Printer software Your printer requires the following software: ● The HP Internal Print Server is provided with your printer and runs in a computer inside the printer. You can use it to perform - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 9
them. However, HP recommends that you wear gloves when handling ink cartridges or printhead cleaner rolls. Warnings and cautions The following symbols are used in this manual to ensure the proper use of the printer and to prevent the printer from being damaged. Follow the instructions marked with - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 10
of electric shock. In case of operation of the fuse, parts of the printer that remain energized may represent a hazard during servicing. Therefore, ensure that the printer is completely turned off before servicing. Printer parts may sometimes become hot. Do not touch. 6 Chapter 1 Introduction ENWW - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 11
moving part. Emergency stop buttons There are four emergency stop buttons distributed around the printer. If an emergency occurs, simply push one of the emergency stop buttons to stop all printing processes. A system error message is displayed on the front panel, and the fans turn at maximum speed - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 12
Introduction 8 Chapter 1 Introduction ENWW - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 13
power are turned on. ● Everything on: All components are turned on, including the mechanical and drying components that use more power. To turn on the printer: 1. Make sure that all the circuit breakers are in the up position (ACB1, ACB2, ACB3, RCB1). 2. Turn the big switch at the rear left of - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 14
TIP: If you are not planning to use the printer for some days, you are recommended to disconnect all ink cartridge connectors. To turn off the printer but not the HP Internal Print Server computer: 1. Wait for the front panel to indicate that the printer is ready. 2. Press the Power key on the front - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 15
have selected your preferred language, turn off the printer with the Power key and then turn it on To change the units of measurement in the HP Internal Print Server, select the Tools menu, then and Language Options. 4. In the Formats tab, change the current format to correspond with the language you - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 16
preferences To change the HP Internal Print Server's preferences, select Preferences from the Tools menu. In the Preferences window, you will see three tabs: ● Units of length and temperature ● Remarks (to add as a footer to the printed file) ● Font of footer text ● Printer's IP address ● Action - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 17
: The default margins are set to 5.0 mm. You can define the default left margin in the Job Properties window. Set the printer's IP address manually If you do not have DHCP, the printer and Internal Print Server cannot automatically retrieve an IP address. In this case, you must set the IP address - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 18
Personal settings 14 Chapter 2 Basic setup options ENWW - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 19
rigid or flexible substrate. Other applications ● Airport light boxes: Continuously lit from inside the box. Size varies from medium to very large images. Directional and advertising content. ● Bus shelters: Inside light box, visible by day and night. Changed very often (e.g. every week). ● Street - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 20
Handle the substrate ● Billboards: Very large boards covered with tiles of images, long viewing distance and low picture resolution but vivid colors. Lately changing from tiles to banners of vinyl or - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 21
Supported substrate types Category Type Banners Self-adhesive Film Fabric Paper Mesh Speciality PVC Scrim Banner Frontlit - 100%, 150%, 250% PVC Scrim Banner Backlit - 100%, 150%, 250% Green Banner - 100%, 150%, 250% HP Durable Frontlit Scrim Banner HP Fine arts, large photographs, floor - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 22
printed substrates. You can find further information on the Web: ● The specifications, finishing, processing and warranty information for each individual HP substrate are available from http://www.hp.com/go/designjet/supplies/latex/. ● HP Image Permanence information is available from http://www - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 23
specific substrates Substrate HP Durable Frontlit Scrim Banner HP Outdoor Frontlit Scrim Banner HP Backlit Scrim Banner Printing side Inside (smooth side) Inside (smooth side) Inside (glossy side) HP HDPE Reinforced Banner Inside (matte side) HP Permanent Gloss Adhesive Vinyl HP delay ink drying - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 24
Select the substrate type in the HP Internal Print Server. TIP: If the printer has been idle overnight with substrate loaded, and exposed to high or low temperatures, advance the substrate 5 to 10 inches (13 to 25 cm) before printing, to avoid printhead crashes or ink smears on the substrate. Load - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 25
be not less than 3.2 cm (1.25 in) on that scale, otherwise the substrate may go out of the print zone and start touching the printer covers. The input and output rolls should be positioned identically on their respective spindles. Handle the substrate TIP: When loading heavy rolls of non-elastic - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 26
two or more shorter cores on the same spindle, which could cause substrate-advance problems. TIP: The spindle weighs about 17 kg and a roll of substrate may stop it by pressing the Cancel key. 5. Bring the new roll on its spindle to the rear of the printer, with the geared end of the spindle on the - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 27
7. Open the latches at both ends of the spindle (if they were closed) and push the roll on its spindle into the printer. 8. Close the latches to secure the spindle in place. TIP: If you cannot close the gear side latch, try sliding the spindle towards the side - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 28
start touching the printer covers. 14. At the front of the printer, the right edge plate may be acceptable without problems of skew or wrinkles. Front can also be done by rotating the spindle manually, if you prefer. 17. Select Carriage beam print zone, to avoid ink smearing. Be aware that raising - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 29
rear of the printer. If you printing. a. Standing in front of the printer, you should see the two edge holders before exit substrate management mode?". The printer rotates both rolls to check their printer in this way. In such cases, you will be asked to enter the required information manually - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 30
22. Go to the HP Internal Print Server and select the Substrate menu, then want to turn off automatic tracking, see Fine-tune the settings in your new preset on page 30 and the Maintenance and troubleshooting guide. The printer is now ready to print. Unload a roll 1. Lift the substrate pressure - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 31
downloaded, go to the HP Internal Print Server and select Substrate > Presets management. Create a new substrate preset Whenever you load a new substrate type into your printer, you must choose a substrate preset for it. 1. If possible, select a preset for the specific substrate type that you intend - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 32
. The printer cannot deposit enough ink over a given area, so colors are muted. Because larger substrate advances are required and ink has to causing vertical banding or ink smears, with substrate jams in extreme cases. Curing temperature Curing is needed to coalesce the latex, creating a polymeric - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 33
the new preset To create a new preset, you must copy an existing preset, then rename and modify it. 1. Select Substrate > Create in the HP Internal plan to use more than one ink density with this substrate, or more than one number of print passes, include the ink density and/or number of passes - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 34
modify any substrate setting for now. Consider how you plan to use your new substrate. If you require high-quality printing, you will need more passes; printer adjustments inherited from the parent substrate. Look for any potential problems during printing, such as: ● Potential head crashes or ink - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 35
ink is dry and firmly bonded to the substrate. ● Look for coalescence problems in the middle part of the sample (see the Maintenance and troubleshooting guide). ● Look for ink bleeding problems adjust the substrate advance manually (see the Maintenance and troubleshooting guide). NOTE: This alert - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 36
already decreased them in a previous step. Use the following table as a guide. Curing (°C) Drying (°C) 80 80 85 85 90 90 95 95 100 ink bleeding or coalescence, try these adjustments in this order: a. Check that the ambient temperature is within the optimal range. See Environmental specifications - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 37
in the HP Internal Print Server. See the 'Printer calibration' chapter in the Maintenance and troubleshooting guide for more information. 2. Create ICC profiles for your substrate; see your RIP documentation for instructions. Normally, the procedure includes setting the total ink limit as - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 38
preset. See Fine-tune the settings in your new preset on page 30. NOTE: Only custom substrates can be edited. Remove a substrate preset To remove a substrate preset from your printer, go to the HP Internal Print Server and select Substrate > Remove. Then select the category and type of the substrate - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 39
your printer, see How to order supplies on page 41. Ink and printheads CAUTION: Observe precautions when handling ink cartridges because they are ESD-sensitive devices (see the Glossary on page 61). Avoid touching pins, leads and circuitry. Each cartridge contains 3 litres of HP Latex Ink, which - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 40
them. To change the filters when necessary, see the Maintenance and troubleshooting guide. Ink deposits In order to check the status of the printhead nozzles, the printer expels a few drops of ink from each nozzle of each printhead into the ink deposits. This is done at the start of each print job - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 41
) as indicated on the label, to ensure that the ink is well mixed before use. Ink and printheads 3. Tear off the colored label, then remove the packaging and the red protective cap. 4. Put the new cartridge into its correct place on the printer. The black, yellow and cyan cartridges sit at the - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 42
printhead If a printhead develops an electrical fault or overheats, the HP Internal Print Server will indicate that it should be reseated or adequate. 1. Ensure that the printer is not trying to print: stop the job queue. 2. At the front panel, select the Ink System icon and then Replace - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 43
the carriage structure. Remove it carefully. 7. Remove the printhead from the printer. Later, use the packaging from the new printhead to return the old printhead to HP as instructed on the package. Insert a printhead 1. Check that the new printhead is of the correct colors. NOTE: Each printhead has - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 44
an angle, or if you rotate it as you insert it. Ink and printheads 5. Close the cover of the new printhead. 6. Close the carriage cover. 7. Close the printhead access door. The printer checks that the new printhead has been correctly inserted, and recommends printhead alignment (this is optional - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 45
service representative (see the Maintenance and troubleshooting guide). The following ink supplies can be ordered for your printer. Table 4-1 Ink cartridges Cartridge Part number HP 786 3L Black Latex Designjet Ink Cartridge HP 786 3L Cyan Latex Designjet Ink Cartridge HP 786 3L Magenta Latex - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 46
Ink and printheads 42 Chapter 4 Handle the ink system ENWW - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 47
● Color calibration ● Presets management ● Loaded substrate The Information menu ● Alerts ● Supplies ● Service Information The Tools menu ● Preferences ● Proactive Support ● Firmware update The Printer menu ● Printing adjustments ● Printhead alignment ● Printhead cleaning The Help menu ● About - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 48
Server computer that was created during printer installation. The HP Internal Print Server cannot take files directly from the network because access would not be fast enough. 1. Go to the HP Internal Print Server. 2. Select the Add New Job icon or File > Add New Job. Navigate across the network to - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 49
3. The next dialog box displays information about the job. You can change the default job name the first time you open its properties window. Once you save the job name, it cannot be changed. Use the Save As button to create a copy of an existing job with a different name. Although you can change - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 50
to store the job in the HP Internal Print Server for further processing. Rotate a job A job can be rotated by 90 degrees in either direction by using the rotation icons at the top right of the Job Properties window. Printing NOTE: Rotation is available only when the printer is not printing. The - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 51
New Job : See Add a job from the RIP on page 43. ● Add Existing Job : Return a job to the queue that has been printed already. Printed jobs remain available unless deleted manually job status changes to Finishing, and the printer will dry the partially-printed job before continuing with the - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 52
cannot be retrieved from the Add existing job window but is still on the HP Internal Print Server's hard disk. 3. Make sure the RIP files from the . You can use the Advanced Nesting Arrangement window to alter the layout manually. See Nesting on page 50. All layout methods give you the opportunity - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 53
of rows of copies to be printed) is calculated automatically and cannot be altered directly. Tiling Tiling is a layout method that allows you to print a large image in sections, and then put the sections together later. Printing ENWW Layout method 49 - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 54
Print Server, from the Choose Image File window or the Job Properties window. The Choose Image File window From the HP Internal Print Server's main window, click the Add New Job icon to open the Choose Image File window. You will see the Nesting check box on the bottom left of the - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 55
Advanced Nesting Arrangement window on page 52). The Job Properties window From the HP Internal Print Server's main window, right-click on the print queue to open the Job Properties window. In this window, you can click the Add New Job icon to add more jobs, in which case you will see a Nesting - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 56
The Advanced Nesting Arrangement window The Advanced Nesting Arrangement window displays a preview of your jobs and their layout on the substrate. ● You can alter the layout by selecting a job in the preview and changing the Left and Top values, or by dragging with the mouse. ● You can zoom and - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 57
For more information about cleaning and maintenance kits, see the Maintenance and troubleshooting guide. Name HP Designjet L65500 Printer Cleaning Kit HP 786 Designjet L65500 Maintenance Kit HP Designjet L65500 104-inch Spindle Product number CK832A CC591A CK833A ENWW How to order accessories 53 - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 58
Accessories 54 Chapter 6 Accessories ENWW - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 59
7 Printer specifications Specifications Functional specifications Table 7-1 HP 786 ink supplies Printheads Ink cartridges Cyan and black, light magenta and light cyan, yellow and magenta Cartridges containing 3 litres of ink: cyan, magenta, yellow, black, light cyan, light magenta Table 7-2 - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 60
Specifications Memory specifications Table 7-5 Memory specifications for the HP Internal Print Server computer Memory (DRAM) supplied 4 GB Hard disk 160 GB Power specifications supply is required, operating at 200 V ac. The printer requires four circuit breakers: two for the single-phase line - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 61
prevent air leaks Ecological specifications For the up-to-date ecological specifications of your printer, please go to http://www.hp.com/ and search for "ecological specifications". Environmental specifications Table 7-10 Printer environmental specifications Temperature range Relative humidity - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 62
strong light source, and it should not be used in a dusty environment. Acoustic specifications Printer acoustic specifications (declared according to ISO 9296). Table 7-11 Printer acoustic specifications Idle sound power level Operating sound power level Idle sound pressure at bystander position - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 63
A Preset creation flowchart Preset creation flowchart ENWW 59 - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 64
Preset creation flowchart 60 Appendix A Preset creation flowchart ENWW - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 65
spreads on the substrate across areas of different colors. Carriage beam The beam supporting the printhead carriage as it moves back and forth across the printer. Coalescence A print quality defect that occurs when the ink spreads on the substrate within an area of the same color. Cockle A substrate - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 66
substrate, through a cluster of nozzles. Printhead cleaner roll A roll of absorbent material used to clean surplus ink from the printheads after each pass over the substrate. Spindle A rod that supports a roll of substrate while it is being used for printing. Substrate A thin, flat material made to - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 67
Tension Tension is applied at the input and the output side of the printer. It needs to be evenly distributed along the whole width of the substrate, thus substrate load is a critical operation. Vacuum pressure The vacuum applied to - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 68
64 Glossary ENWW - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 69
disk specification 56 HP Internal Print Server introduction 4 language 11 preferences 12 start 1 I ink cartridge about 35 insert 37 order 35 remove 36 specification 55 ink deposits about 36 ink system status 40 IP address set manually 13 L labels, warning 6 language 10 load substrate into printer - HP Designjet L65500 | HP Designjet L65500 Printer - User's guide: English - Page 70
applications 15 create preset 27 edit preset 34 load into printer 21 load onto the spindle 20 preset 27 remove preset 34 sizes (max and min) 55 supported types 17 tips 17 unload 26 view information 27 T tiling 48 U unload substrate 26 W warning 5 warning labels 6 66 Index ENWW
HP Designjet L65500 Printer
User’s guide (second edition)