HP d640 HP D640 High-Volume Printer - Enhanced Features Manual, C5620-90027 - Page 18

TIFF emulation CAUTION About TIFF emulation TIFF emulation enables the printer to recognize and print bi-level monochrome TIFF documents. Previously, TIFF images had to be part of a larger PCL or PostScript (PS) document to be printed. You can set TIFF emulation as the default printer protocol, or you can use Auto emulation to automatically select between PCL, PS, and TIFF protocols. TIFF emulation does not support color or grayscale TIFF files. For more information about TIFF emulation, see "Working with TIFF images" on page 29. Setting TIFF emulation Setting TIFF emulation as the default printer protocol, should be done only in a controlled environment where TIFF is the only type of file printed. Hewlett-Packard highly recommends using Auto emulation instead. If the printer is set to TIFF and a PS or PCL job is sent, you get pages and pages of blank paper or unrecognizable print characters because the printer is expecting TIFF data, not PCL or PS. To set TIFF emulation as the default printer protocol: Step 1 Locate the control panel on the front of the printer and press Menu. A list of menus appears with Printing highlighted. Step 2 Press ̈ to open the Printing menu. A list of Printing settings appears. Step 3 Scroll though the list of settings until emulation is highlighted. Printing Online Online HCI-Alias = HCI emulation = Auto orientation = PORTRAIT lpi = 6.00 error-report = none 14 Chapter 2: Using Enhanced Features