HP Designjet Z6100 Printer Series - Quick Reference Guide
The following information appears on the front panel:
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The roll status
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The paper type you have selected
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The width of the paper in millimeters (estimated by the printer)
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The length of the paper in millimeters (estimated by the printer)
If no paper is loaded, the message Out of paper appears.
The same information appears on the Embedded Web Server's Supplies page.
Perform paper advance calibration
The printer is calibrated to advance correctly when printing all the papers that appear
on the front panel. When you select the type of loaded paper, the printer adjusts the
rate at which it advances the paper while printing. However, to fine-tune the image
quality of your print, you might need to calibrate the rate at which the paper
advances. See
Troubleshoot print-quality issues on page 57 to determine whether
paper-advance calibration is the solution for your issue.
Accurate paper advance controls proper placement of dots on the paper. If the paper
is not advanced correctly, light or dark bands appear in the printed image and the
grain in the image might increase.
To check the paper advance calibration status of the paper, select the
icon, and
then select View loaded paper > View paper details. The status appears:
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DEFAULT: this status appears when an HP paper is loaded. Unless you
experience image-quality problems in your printed image, such as banding or
graininess, HP recommends that you do not calibrate the paper advance.
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RECOMMENDED: this status appears when you create a new paper. The
paper advance values for this paper are inherited from the family type. HP
recommends that you perform a paper advance calibration to optimize the
values.
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OK: this status indicates that the loaded paper has been calibrated previously.
However, you might need to repeat the calibration if you experience image-
quality problems, such as banding or graininess in your printed image.
NOTE: Whenever you update the printer firmware, the paper-
advance calibration values are reset to the factory default.
NOTE: Colored papers, glossy canvas, and transparent materials
such as translucent bond, clear film, natural tracing paper, and vellum
are not suitable for paper-advance calibration.
24 Chapter 2 Handle the paper
Handle the paper