5 Printing options
HP Internal Print Server menus
The HP Internal Print Server provides the following menus.
The File menu
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Add New Job
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Add Existing Job
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Edit Job
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Delete Job
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Exit
The Information menu
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Alerts
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Supplies
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Service Information
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Maintenance
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Accounting
The Substrate menu
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Load/Unload
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Rename
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Find new presets
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Properties
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Create
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Edit
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Remove
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Color calibration
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Presets management
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Settings
The Tools menu
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Preferences
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Proactive Support
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Firmware update
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CallMe@HP
The Printer menu
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Printing adjustments
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Printhead alignment
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Printhead cleaning
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Advance calibration
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Dynamic color registration
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Enable/Disable collector
The Help menu
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About
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Manage print jobs
Add a job from the RIP
When the RIP has generated a print job, its output folder will contain at least three files:
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An XML file containing job settings
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A low-resolution TIFF file for use in previews
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At least one high-resolution TIFF file containing the image to be printed
The output folder should be the shared folder on the HP Internal Print Server computer that was created during printer installation. The HP Internal Print Server cannot take files directly from the network because access would not be fast enough.
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Go to the HP Internal Print Server.
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Select the Add New Job icon or File > Add New Job. Navigate across the network to the folder containing the print job files, and click Open to import the job into the HP Internal Print
Server.
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The next dialog box displays information about the job.
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You can change the default job name the first time you open its properties window. Once you save the job name, it cannot be changed. Use the Save As button to create a copy of an existing job with a different name.
Although you can change the substrate and print mode from this window by using the Change button, you are recommended not to do so, because it may adversely affect print quality. It is better to make such changes from the RIP.
The Job Info tab can be used to select annotations and special marks to be printed alongside the image.
The Job Notes field can be used to add some text to be printed in the bottom of each copy with the annotations, if any.
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Click the Save button to store the job in the HP Internal Print Server for further processing.
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Rotate a job
A job can be rotated by 90 degrees in either direction by using the rotation icons at the top right of the
Job Properties window.
NOTE:
Rotation is available only when the printer is not printing.
The effect of rotation is shown in the preview. After you press the Save or Save As button in the Job
Properties window, the actual rotation of the job takes place. This could take a few minutes, depending on the image size and resolution, during which the job can be neither printed nor edited, and the job status is shown as Rotating. When it is done, the job is ready for printing.
Manage the print queue
The main screen of the HP Internal Print Server displays the queue of print jobs and various icons that can be used to manage the queue.
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Above the print queue are the following icons:
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Add New Job : See
Add a job from the RIP on page 83 .
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Add Existing Job : Return a job to the queue that has been printed already. Printed jobs remain available unless deleted manually.
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Edit Job : Edit the properties of a job in the queue.
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Proof : Proof a job in the queue (not available for nested jobs). This can be used to crop the image before printing.
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Activate : Activate a job in the queue.
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Hold : Hold a job in the queue.
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Up : Select the next job upwards in the queue.
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Down : Select the next job downwards in the queue.
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Remove : Delete the selected job from the queue.
To the left of the print queue are the following buttons:
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Single: If this is pressed, you can select and print only one job at a time. You can request multiple copies of it.
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Queue: If this is pressed, all listed jobs are queued for printing.
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Print Job/Print Queue: Prints a single job (if Single has been pressed) or the whole queue (if
Queue has been pressed).
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Abort: Stop printing the current job immediately. The job status changes to Finishing, and the printer will dry the partially-printed job before continuing with the next job in the queue.
If you press Abort again, the drying process also stops, and the queue is halted.
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Print adjustment: Display the substrate-advance compensation (which can be changed).
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Settings: Display information on the loaded substrate.
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Rows to Register: This option enables you to choose which registration lines are scanned by the printer. If you select 1 (the default), the printer stops printing and checks every registration line.
If you select 2 (for example), the printer scans every second registration line, which increases the printing speed, but also slightly increases the chances of misregistration. If you select 0 (zero), the printer does not scan the registration lines.
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You may need to select 0 if the substrate advance sensor cannot detect the registration lines, in which case a system error 78.7:01 is displayed.
Delete a job
This is the correct procedure to delete a job.
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Remove the job from the queue by using the Remove icon or by right-clicking the file and selecting the option Remove. When deleting a job in this way, the files may or may not be left on the printer's hard disk, and the file may or may not still be available from the list in the Add
Existing Job window, depending on the settings in Tools > Preferences > Queue Rules, in the section “When removing jobs from the queue”.
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Remove the job with File > Delete job, select the job and press the Delete button. Now the file cannot be retrieved from the Add existing job window.
Layout method
The Job Properties window is displayed when you import a job into the HP Internal Print Server, or when you right-click the job queue in the HP Internal Print Server.
This window contains a Method list that allows you to choose among the following alternatives:
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Simple: one or more copies of a single job are printed on the substrate one after the other, each copy below the previous one. You can specify the vertical gap between successive copies of the same job.
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Step and Repeat: multiple copies of a single job are printed one after the other, across the width of the substrate if there is room. See
Step and Repeat on page 88
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Tiling: a single job is printed in sections, to be put together later. See
Tiling on page 88 .
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Nesting (Multi-image): the selected jobs are printed one after the other, across the width of the substrate if there is room. You can use the Advanced Nesting Arrangement window to alter the layout manually. See
Nesting on page 96 .
All layout methods give you the opportunity to define a left margin that will be left blank, or to center your jobs on the substrate so that there is an equal amount of white space on both sides.
All layout methods can be used with dual-roll printing. In this case, the software will warn you if your layout involves printing in the gap between rolls; but it will allow you to do it if you disregard the warning.
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Step and Repeat
Step and Repeat is a layout method that allows you to print multiple copies of a job side by side across the width of the substrate, if there is room.
This method has the following options:
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Steps: the number of copies to print horizontally, across the width of the substrate.
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Step gap: the horizontal gap between copies.
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Repeat gap: the vertical gap between copies.
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Fit Substrate Width: if this option is checked, the number of steps will be set to the maximum that will fit into the substrate width.
The Repeats field (the number of rows of copies to be printed) is calculated automatically and cannot be altered directly.
Tiling
Tiling is a layout method that allows you to print a large image in sections, and then put the sections together later.
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This method will automatically cut your image into sections and print the sections separately. There are two alternative ways to select the size of the sections:
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Select the width and height of each section. The number of sections is then calculated automatically.
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Select the number of horizontal and vertical sections. The width and height of each section is then calculated automatically.
If you choose a non-zero overlap, the size of each section will be increased by that amount so that the printed sections will overlap when put together.
If you have requested multiple copies, you can specify the vertical gap between copies.
The drop-down list at the top of the preview field allows you to preview all sections or just one of the sections to be printed.
Double-sided
Double-sided printing helps you to print rows of images on both sides of the substrate.
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Double-sided printing functionality is a process to guide you when printing a substrate in both sides.
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Double-sided printing can be used to print the same image or different images in each side.
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The functionality automatically compensates for any registration errors, of the position of the plot, along both axes (along the substrate width + substrate advance) to minimize any errors.
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Select double-sided printing when printing a single roll of a non-porous substrate, using LX610 inks only.
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Neither the dual-roll spindle nor the ink collector kit can be used with this option.
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Even though double-sided printing uses the same substrate, each side must be considered as printing on different substrates due to the different mechanical properties. This is the main reason why calibrating each side of the substrate is highly recommended; and it can be done easily.
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The images of Side A and Side B must have approximately the same dimensions. The image that you select for each side must be the same image for the entire side.
Create a job
Any image created in the RIP can be printed in either side A or side B, without any special requirements. However, side A and side B must have the same dimensions when printed on the substrate.
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In order to minimize registration errors on some substrates, you are recommended to compensate for substrate contraction in the RIP when the image is generated.
Select images to print
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Select Create a double-sided job in the Internal Print Server.
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In the 'Add a double-sided job' window, press the upper Browse button to select a filename containing the image to be printed on Side A (the first side to be printed).
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Press the lower Browse button to select a filename containing the image to be printed on Side B
(the second side to be printed).
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Press the Next button.
Define double-sided job
The following screen is displayed. This is where you can define the properties of the double-sided job.
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Select from the drop-down menu the side whose properties you want to define or view.
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The side you select here is the side that will be printed. To print side B, select B.
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For side A you can define the following properties:
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Copies: One or more copies of a single job are printed on the substrate one after the other, each copy below the previous one
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Repeats: The Repeats field (the number of rows of copies to be printed) is calculated automatically and cannot be altered directly.
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Steps: the number of copies to print horizontally, across the width of the substrate.
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Step gap: the horizontal gap between copies.
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Repeat gap: the vertical gap between copies.
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Center: All layout methods give you the opportunity to define a left margin that will be left blank, or to center your jobs on the substrate so that there is an equal amount of white space on both sides.
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To compensate for any possible registration errors that may occur, centering the images is highly recommended.
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For side B you can define the following and also review all of the above properties:
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Rows to Register: This option enables you to choose which Image Registration Lines are scanned by the printer, if you select 1 (the default), the printer stops printing and checks
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every Image Registration Line, if you select a higher number, for example 2, the printer only scans every second Image Registration Line. This increases the speed of the job, but also slightly increases the chances of misregistration.
◦ Rotate: This option enables you to rotate the image 180 o
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In the Layout tab are the following options, we recommend using these options when printing double-sided:
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Side B calibration space: When this check box is selected the printer leaves an area of substrate empty after the images have been printed (the substrate is warmed-up), this is to give space to perform certain calibrations on side B that are recommended, such as the
Dynamic Color Registration and the Substrate Advance Compensation. At the end of the empty space a dotted line is printed.
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Side B loading space: When this check box is selected the printer will advance the substrate so that there is sufficient substrate to load side B.
Preview (Image/Layout/Preview both)
There are three different previews:
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Click the Image button and preview the selected images.
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Click the Layout button and preview how the printer will print each side.
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Click the Preview both button to see a simulation of how both images will print on side A and on side B. You can use this simulation preview to check that the orientation of the images relative to each other is how you expect the finished result to be.
Print
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Select Side A from the drop down menu
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Select Save or Save As.
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Select Print Job and print the selected images.
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The number of copies will be automatically distributed according the parameters defined in the step
Define double-sided job on page 90 (number of rows, column, centered). .
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At the end of each row a black registration line will be printed automatically (a). This registration line will be used while printing the side B, to position the side B rows and minimize the registrations errors.
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It is recommended to mark with a marker the back side of the last Image Registration Line (b) to position the substrate during the side B loading process.
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When the side A has been printed, after the last continuous black registration line, the printer will automatically provide an area to perform the side B calibrations (c) and side B loading
(d) area.
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The area dedicated to calibrations, between the continuous registration line and the dotted line (c), must be advanced at the same speed as the printed area, and at the same temperature, to ensure an effective calibration.
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When Side A has finished printing, unload side A, refer to
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Check that the optical advance sensor is clean, do not hesitate to clean it, refer to the
Maintenance & Troubleshooting Guide -> Hardware Maintenance -> Clean the substrate-advance sensor.
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Load Side B refer to Side B: Load and print on page 61
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For accurate printing we recommend that Substrate Edge Detection is selected.
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When Side B is loaded perform the following, for more details of these procedures refer to Side B:
Load and print on page 61 :
a. Align the dotted line with the platen
b. Perform the calibrations (advance calibrations and dynamic color registration, refer to the
Maintenance & Troubleshooting Guide).
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Select Side B from the drop menu.
d. Ensure that the Image Registration Line is aligned with the platen and start printing side B.
e. Configure Rows to register, refer to
Define double-sided job on page 90 .
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Select save or save as.
g. Select Print Job and print the selected image.
While printing Side B the printer will automatically read each registration line and Side B will be positioned to minimize the registration errors
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To activate the side you want to print, always select it from the drop down menu first, make any changes to the image and select save.
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If you select Print Job and the printer cannot detect the Image Registration Line, refer to the Maintenance and Troubleshooting Guide.
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In case a particular substrate is often used for double-sided printing, to avoid having to redo the calibration between side A and side B, a second specific substrate could be used based on the initial one. Apply the advance and dynamic color registration of the side B: select this new substrate preset each time the side B is loaded (and select the previous one each time the side A is used).
Nesting
Nesting is a layout method that allows you to choose the layout of your printed jobs on the substrate, relative to one another, instead of simply printing them one after another as usual. Jobs can be printed side by side if there is room.
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Printing jobs side by side on the substrate gives you faster throughput and uses less substrate.
You can use nesting in the HP Internal Print Server, from the Choose Image File window or the Job
Properties window.
The Choose Image File window
From the HP Internal Print Server's main window, click the Add New Job icon to open the Choose
Image File window. You will see the Nesting check box on the bottom left of the window. If you select only one job, nesting is impossible and the box is grayed out. If you select more than one job, you can click the box to enable nesting.
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To be nested together, jobs must be of the same resolution and printed on the same substrate.
Any incompatible job is added to the queue as a separate, non-nested job, and an explanatory message is displayed.
When you press the Open button with nesting enabled, the Advanced Nesting Arrangement window
opens (see The Advanced Nesting Arrangement window on page 97 ).
The Job Properties window
From the HP Internal Print Server's main window, right-click the print queue to open the Job Properties window. In this window, you can click the Add New Job icon to add more jobs, in which case you will see a Nesting section in the Layout pane.
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Nested jobs must all be printed with the same number of passes. Therefore, the number of passes used for all jobs will be copied from the first job.
If you press the Arrange button in this section, the Advanced Nesting Arrangement window opens. If you use advanced nesting, the number of passes used for all jobs will be copied from the job with the highest number of passes specified.
The best location for the next added image is selected automatically.
The Advanced Nesting Arrangement window
The Advanced Nesting Arrangement window displays a preview of your jobs and their layout on the substrate.
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You can alter the layout by selecting a job in the preview and changing the Left and Top values, or by dragging with the mouse.
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You can zoom and scroll the preview.
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You can rotate images at any stage.
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If you want to return to the default layout, press the Reset button.
When you are satisfied with the layout, press the OK button.
CallMe@HP
This option allows you to call HP for remote support. For more information, please contact your support representative.
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