HP DesignJet Z6 User Guide - Page 75

Change the treatment of overlapping lines, Preview a print, Use the HP Print Preview application

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● In the macOS Print dialog: Click Paper handling, check the box Scale to fit paper size, and select the paper size to which you want to scale the image. For example, if you have selected ISO A2 as the paper size and you print an A3-sized image, it is enlarged to fit the A2 paper. If the ISO A4 paper size is selected, the printer reduces a larger image to fit the A4 size. ● Using the front panel: Tap , then Default printing configuration > Paper options > Resize. If you are printing to a single sheet, you must ensure that the image can actually fit onto the sheet, otherwise the image will be clipped. Change the treatment of overlapping lines NOTE: This topic applies only when printing an HP-GL/2 job. The merge option controls the overlapping lines in an image. There are two settings: ● Off: Where the lines cross, only the color of the top line is printed. This is the default setting. ● On: Where the lines cross, the colors of the two lines merge. To turn merge on, go to the front panel and tap , then Default printing configuration > HP-GL/2 options > Merge. You can set the merge option from your software in some applications. Settings in your software override the front-panel settings. Preview a print Previewing a print on the screen allows you to check the layout of the print before printing, which may help you to avoid wasting paper and ink on a bad print. ● To preview a print under Windows, you have the following options: - Use the HP Print Preview application: Check the Show preview before printing box, which you can find in the right bottom corner of the driver dialog. Click Print, then wait a few seconds for the HP Print Preview application to be launched. Check that the preview of the job is what you wanted. If so, click Print, otherwise click Cancel; you can readjust the driver settings before trying again. ENWW Advanced print settings 67

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In the macOS Print dialog:
Click
Paper handling
, check the box
Scale to
fit
paper size
, and select the paper
size to which you want to scale the image. For example, if you have selected ISO A2 as the paper size and
you print an A3-sized image, it is enlarged to
fit
the A2 paper. If the ISO A4 paper size is selected, the printer
reduces a larger image to
fit
the A4 size.
Using the front panel:
Tap
, then
Default printing
configuration
>
Paper options
>
Resize
.
If you are printing to a single sheet, you must ensure that the image can actually
fit
onto the sheet, otherwise the
image will be clipped.
Change the treatment of overlapping lines
NOTE:
This topic applies only when printing an HP-GL/2 job.
The merge option controls the overlapping lines in an image. There are two settings:
Off
: Where the lines cross, only the color of the top line is printed. This is the default setting.
On
: Where the lines cross, the colors of the two lines merge.
To turn merge on, go to the front panel and tap
, then
Default printing
configuration
>
HP-GL/2 options
>
Merge
. You can set the merge option from your software in some applications. Settings in your software override
the front-panel settings.
Preview a print
Previewing a print on the screen allows you to check the layout of the print before printing, which may help you
to avoid wasting paper and ink on a bad print.
To preview a print under Windows, you have the following options:
Use the HP Print Preview application:
Check the
Show preview before printing
box, which you can
find
in the right bottom corner of the
driver dialog. Click
Print
, then wait a few seconds for the HP Print Preview application to be launched.
Check that the preview of the job is what you wanted. If so, click
Print
, otherwise click
Cancel
; you can
readjust the driver settings before trying again.
ENWW
Advanced print settings
67