HP Designjet 5100 Printer series - Manual (Page 42)

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Load and unload material
HP Designjet 5100 printer Customer Reference Guide
15 The front panel displays various vendors of
printing materials. Select the vendor of the
material you are using. Press the Enter
key.
16 The front panel displays various printing
materials:
17 This list includes only a selection of the
available printing materials. The Using
Your Printer CD has a more complete list.
18 Select the material you are using and
press the Enter key.
19 The front panel will now display “Ready”, and you can begin to print.
Unloading sheets
To unload a single sheet from the printer, press the Load/Unload Media key
located on the front panel.
To give the ink time to dry, the printer holds the sheet for some time. (Refer to
Drying Time in the ‘Using Your Printer’ CD .)
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.
HP
If you choose HP, 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.
After choosing a media profile, you have the option of printing a sample