HP DesignJet 500 - Manual (Page 187)

Media & Ink Introduction Front-Panel Other Index Solutions
Printer
Options
Page Format Image Appearance
Page Size in the Front-
Panel
Print Management Printer Configuration
Pen Widths and Colors in the Internal Palettes
The “pens” discussed throughout this section are the
conceptual pens in a software palette, rather than the
printer’s physical printheads.
The printer has three pen palettes:
Factory
Palette A
Palette B.
The factory palette cannot be changed. You can,
however, change the line width and color settings for
each pen in the remaining two palettes (palette A and
palette B). Initially, all three palettes are identical. Each
palette has 16 pens which can include pens of different
widths and any combination of the printer’s predefined
256 colors.
To Select a Palette
To select a palette through the front-panel menu, go to
the Define Palette selection under HP-GL/2 SETTINGS
and choose the palette you want.
The following table describes the palette choices.
HP Designjet 5000PS
These settings have no effect on PostScript files.
Palette Comments
Software The printer looks to your
software for pen settings and
ignores all three internal palettes.
Palette A The printer assigns the attributes
defined in Palette A to the pens
defined in your software as 0
through 15.
Palette B The printer assigns the attributes
defined in Palette B to the pens
defined in your software as 0
through 15.
Factory The printer assigns the attributes
defined in the Factory Palette to
the pens defined in your software
as 0 through 15.