HP 5500ps HP Designjet 5500 series printers - Quick Reference Pocket Guide - Page 62

pocket.book Page 60 Friday, June 28, 2002 4:31 PM 60 - load and unload material using non-hp printing materials During the loading process, the front panel will ask you to select the vendor of your printing material. In the Media Selection menu, you can choose HP or Others. If you use UV inks, you can also choose 3M. using non-hp printing materials After choosing a media profile, you have the option of printing a sample using that profile. It takes about nine minutes to print a sample, depending on the print mode and the printing material. RGB sample hp or 3M If you choose HP or 3M, you will be shown a list of printing materials. Whichever you select, a media profile is already available to define to the printer the precise characteristics of the material. others If you choose Others, you are offered a selection of generic media profiles. Choose the profile that seems closest to the characteristics of your non-HP printing material. CMYK sample If you are unsure which profile to choose, you can print samples using several different profiles and decide for yourself which gives the best print quality. Many of our customers prefer high-grammage printing materials (about 170 g/m²), and there is a generic media profile best suited to such materials. Choose Heavyweight Coated, and then HW Coated 2. This profile is designed to give particularly good quality, especially in Production mode.