HP 5500ps HP Designjet 5500 series - User Guide - Page 398

preparing printheads hp designjet 5500 series welcome how do I ... tell me about ... the problem is ... legal notices glossary index preparing printheads Your printheads are of high quality and you can always rely on them to print without undesired banding effects. The key to this high performance is a suitable strategy for testing and preparing them to print. Before printing, the six printheads are tested and submitted to maintenance if required. This maintenance can take a few minutes, but it is essential to ensure that print quality and the printheads themselves do not degrade with time. frequency of testing HP has optimized the frequency of printhead testing in the Designjet 5500 series, thus decreasing total print time. You can adjust the frequency of tests manually if you want, for example, to increase maintenance, or even to avoid maintenance to get higher throughput. See how do I manage printhead testing? frequency of maintenance Maintenance may be more frequent when printheads are new, and when printheads are wearing out. q When a printhead is new, shipping and storage conditions may require some extra time to prepare it to print. However, print quality will be optimal. q At the end of a printhead's life, some nozzles may not work properly and specific front-panel messages may appear. See printhead error messages. © 2002 hewlett-packard company file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/---/Desktop/HP/html/p1011.htm [8/5/2002 5:06:25 PM]