HP Scitex FB750 User Guide - Page 18

Con media, Media Wizard, Media, Con Select Media to Load, Create Media Type, Proceed

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Configure media Before the printer will accept a print job, it must be configured for a specific media type. The currentlyconfigured media type, if any, is displayed on the Home page of the control panel. 1. If the control panel displays the media type you intend to load, press Load and go to Load rigid media on page 14. Otherwise, continue to the next step. 2. In the Activity Tray on the control panel, press the Media icon. The Media screen appears. See Use the control panel on page 34 for a complete description of the control panel screens and options. 3. Press Configure. The Select Media to Load menu appears. 4. Press a media name, or Create Media Type. The list of media types ends with the option Create Media Type (page down to the end of the list by pressing the page down button). ● If you press a media name, a list of settings appears for you to review. See Media Wizard on page 11 for a description of the settings. ● If you press Create Media Type, the control panel prompts you to select a standard media type to use as a starting point for the new media type settings. After you select a standard media type, the control panel prompts you for a name for the new media type, then a list of settings appears for you to review and change if necessary.Media Wizard on page 11 for a description of the settings. TIP: Start by using one of the standard media types. If you are not using a standard media type, select the standard media type that most closely matches the media you are using. Then only if necessary, create a new media type using the standard type you selected as a starting point, and adjust it as needed. 5. Review and change (for previously-created custom media types only) the media settings as needed. 6. Press Out or Proceed once or twice until the printer displays the prompt "Load media now?" 7. Press No to save your configuration and cancel the load process, or press Yes and proceed to Load rigid media on page 14 or Load roll-fed media with table-top roll holder on page 19. NOTE: When you create a custom media type on the printer, in order to print on the new media type, you must also add the new media type using Media Manager for the Onyx RIP, or EasyMedia for the Caldera RIP. Refer to the documentation for your RIP for instructions. Media Wizard To view or delete settings for an existing media type, press Media > Wizard. The Media Wizard also lets you create a media type without configuring it as the currently-loaded media. For each media type, the Media Wizard stores the following settings (as indicated, some settings apply to either roll-fed or sheet-fed media only): ● General Media Settings ENWW Configure media 11

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Configure media
Before the printer will accept a print job, it must be configured for a specific media type. The currently-
configured media type, if any, is displayed on the Home page of the control panel.
1.
If the control panel displays the media type you intend to load, press
Load
and go to
Load rigid media
on page
14
. Otherwise, continue to the next step.
2.
In the Activity Tray on the control panel, press the
Media
icon. The Media screen appears.
See
Use the control panel
on page
34
for a complete description of the control panel screens and
options.
3.
Press
Configure
.
The
Select Media to Load
menu appears.
4.
Press a media name, or
Create Media Type
.
The list of media types ends with the option
Create Media Type
(page down to the end of the list by
pressing the page down button).
If you press a media name, a list of settings appears for you to review. See
Media Wizard
on page
11
for a description of the settings.
If you press
Create Media Type
, the control panel prompts you to select a standard media type to
use as a starting point for the new media type settings. After you select a standard media type, the
control panel prompts you for a name for the new media type, then a list of settings appears for
you to review and change if necessary.
Media Wizard
on page
11
for a description of the settings.
TIP:
Start by using one of the standard media types. If you are not using a standard media type,
select the standard media type that most closely matches the media you are using. Then only if
necessary, create a new media type using the standard type you selected as a starting point, and
adjust it as needed.
5.
Review and change (for previously-created custom media types only) the media settings as needed.
6.
Press
Out
or
Proceed
once or twice until the printer displays the prompt “Load media now?”
7.
Press
No
to save your configuration and cancel the load process, or press
Yes
and proceed to
Load rigid
media
on page
14
or
Load roll-fed media with table-top roll holder
on page
19
.
NOTE:
When you create a custom media type on the printer, in order to print on the new media type, you
must also add the new media type using Media Manager for the Onyx RIP, or EasyMedia for the Caldera RIP.
Refer to the documentation for your RIP for instructions.
Media Wizard
To view or delete settings for an existing media type, press
Media
>
Wizard
. The Media Wizard also lets you
create a media type without configuring it as the currently-loaded media.
For each media type, the Media Wizard stores the following settings (as indicated, some settings apply to
either roll-fed or sheet-fed media only):
General Media Settings
ENWW
Configure media
11