HP Designjet 5100 Printer series - Manual (Page 36)

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Load and unload material
HP Designjet 5100 printer Customer Reference Guide
It is important that the media weight is the same width as the printing
material you are using. By matching color coded lengths of plastic tube, you
can make a media weight for different widths of standard paper sizes.
10 Carefully insert the media weight. Ensure that the end caps are installed and
extend over the edges of the printing material.
CAUTION It is important that the media weight is inserted. The
take-up reel will not function properly without it.
11 Press Enter on the printer’s front panel, which will then display the Ready
message.
NOTE: When the take-up reel is in operation it is important to ensure that
the take-up reel sensor is not blocked.
12 Shown below is how the printer will look when it is in operation. As printing
material is fed from the printer, it drops down in a loop and up into the take-
up reel spindle.
Unloading the roll from the take-up reel
To unload the roll from the take-up reel, perform the following procedure.
1 Ensure that the ink is dry.
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