Owners manual
To turn it back on, use the power switch at the rear.
When the printer is powered back on, it takes about 3 minutes to initialize and check and prepare the
printhead. Preparing the printhead takes about 75 seconds. However, if the printer has been off for 2 weeks
or more, preparing the printhead could take up to 7 minutes, plus 13 minutes if it needs a printhead recovery.
See also Sleep mode on page 11 and Change the auto-off setting on page 41.
The printer’s internal prints
The internal prints give various kinds of information about your printer. They can be requested from the front
panel.
Before requesting any internal print, check that the printer and the paper are ready for printing.
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The loaded paper should be at least A3 landscape—420 mm (16.53in) wide—otherwise the print may
be clipped.
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The front panel should be displaying the Ready message.
To print any internal print, press , then , then scroll down to Internal prints and press it, then
select the internal print you want. The following internal prints are available.
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Demo prints show some of the capabilities of the printer
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Print drawing demo
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Print rendering demo
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Print GIS map
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User information prints
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Usage report shows estimates of the total number of prints, number of prints by paper type,
number of prints by print-quality option, and total amount of ink used per color (the accuracy of
these estimates is not guaranteed) (T1500 series only)
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HP-GL/2 palette shows the color or grayscale definitions in the currently selected color palette
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PostScript font list shows PostScript fonts available (PostScript printers only)
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Service information prints
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