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HP DesignJet T7200 Supplement
This document bridges the gap between the Fiery XF documentation and the HP DesignJet T7200 documentation.
Refer to the Installation section before you connect the printer to a computer. The Operation section has
information on profile generation and everyday use. Please refer also to the documentation shipped with your
printer, which you can also get in below websites.
http://www.hp.com/go/T7200/manuals
The printer driver supports the printers: HP DesignJet T7200 CT and HP DesignJet T7200 RGB.
HP DesignJet T7200 CT • This is a CMYK model driver. Only contone data is sent to printer.
- There are no profiles for this printer. You need to create one before printing.
HP DesignJet T7200 RGB • This is an RGB model driver. Only contone data is sent to printer.
- There are profiles for this printer. The profiles are available with HP but cannot be downloaded by driver from the printer. You can link the auto created EPLs with the ICC profile and print.
- The driver is only available for Windows.
- Products based on Fiery XF technology: EFI Fiery XF 7.1
- Required license: Output Option XXL
- The following outgoing TCP ports must not be blocked by a firewall: 80, 8085, 8086, 8090, 9100. Windows
blocks most ports if it considers a network to be ‘public’.
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1 Make sure the printer is on.
2 In Server Manager, next to Printers, click the Add button, and add either the HP DesignJet T7200 CT or the HP
DesignJet T7200 RGB printer.
3 Enter the printer’s IP address and click Save.
4 On the Special Settings panel, wait for the driver status to change to “Restart server to create EPLs”. Then restart the server.
If the printer is connected and online, EPLs will be created automatically. However, there will not be any ICC profiles linked with those EPLs.
5 Do one of the following:
- For the RGB printer model: Use one of the ICC profiles available from HP.
- For the CMYK printer model: Create an ICC profile.
6 Link the ICC profile with the EPL using Color Tools.
The driver status changes to “Finished getting printer calibration profiles”.
7 In Server Manager: Select the EPL you want to use.
Your Fiery XF system is now configured and ready to print.
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Fiery XF supports roll paper but not single-sheet printing for this printer model.
Three rolls are available, the third roll is an option.
You must restart the server in the following situations:
- When you have changed media information at the printer.
- When you have used the DesignJet utility to download new media information.
- When you want to use Color Tools, e.g. to create a new calibration file. Color Tools needs the server to restart
to use the new media information.
You can manage media profiles using the HP DesignJet utility. The HP DesignJet utility enables you to manage
your printers from a computer with a TCP/IP connection.
Fiery XF reads the media information from the printer and creates calibration sets for all the media types found
on the printer.
Fiery XF automatically retrieves information per configured IP address. For all bidirectional data acquired from
the printer, a backup file is created in the C:\Program Files\Fiery\Fiery XF\Server folder. The names of these
backup files follow the syntax HpPrinter_Type_IPaddress_.xml, e.g. HpPrinter_MediaInfo_10.210.116.45_.xml.
Fiery XF creates calibration sets and writes all output data in the following folder:
C:\ProgramData\EFI\EFI Media Profiles\Automatic_IP Address
When you upgrade the printer or make changes to media information in the printer, do the following:
1 Go to the printer’s Special Settings panel. Under Profile synchronization, click Download.
All the media information is downloaded, and new calibration sets are created. On completion, the device
status shows “Finished getting printer calibration profiles”.
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The default margins for roll paper are:
Top: 5mm
Bottom: 5mm
Left: 5mm
Right: 5mm
The list of available media types comes from the latest media information that Fiery XF has retrieved from the
printer.
If the media type of a print job does not match the media type loaded in the printer, Fiery XF does not print. This
is a safety measure to avoid damaging the media. You can still print by selecting “Print anyway” under the Media
type mismatch setting on the printer’s Special Settings panel in Server Manager.
The following rendering resolutions are supported:
- 600 x 600 dpi
- 1200 x 1200 dpi
These resolutions are contone data resolutions and affect only the level of detail. The actual print resolution is
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The print mode is used to select print quality settings. The print mode names are formatted as follows:
(Quality)|P (Pass Count)|Sp (Speed)|Bp (Bit per pixel)|(Direction)|E (Econofast)
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The Special Settings panel provides the following settings:
Setting Description
Print borderless This setting is used to toggle between printing borderless by using RIP scaling or printing with
borders.
Driver status This area displays information about current and recent activities in Fiery XF. The time stamp
shows the time at which the last activity happened. This is useful to see when profiles have
been downloaded, if media information has changed, or if given commands were successful,
etc.
Profile synchronization The Download button is used to get all media information and profiles from the printer and
create calibration sets in Fiery XF. This is useful whenever media information or the printer
configuration has been changed, and printer and RIP need to be synchronized. If Fiery XF is
busy when synchronization is requested, a message asks you to try again later.
Auto cut If auto cut is on, printer cuts the media after the job is printed. This is the default setting. If the
auto cut is off, the media is not cut after printing.
Media type mismatch • If “Print anyway” is selected, the printer will always print the job even if the loaded media
and the media selected for the job do not match. A warning message is displayed in Job
Editor’s Warning and Error panel.
- If “Cancel printing”is selected, Fiery XF will cancel the job if the loaded media and the
media selected for the job do not match.
Calibration • Standard means that the job will be processed with an sRGB profile, and the printer will
take care of the color management and print. The epl used for the job should be linked by
the user to an sRGB profile.
- Printer means that Fiery XF is expecting a correct ICC profile for the given media. The ICC
profile can either be one obtained from HP (RGB) or one created that you have created
(CMYK). This is the default setting, which means that color management is done in Fiery
XF.
Warm-up Clicking this button will prepare the printer for printing.
Before you start, make sure that:
- You are using a suitable media. Media manufacturers sell specific media for HP DesignJet printers. Refer to the
printer’s operation manual for useful links.
- You have done the usual image quality maintenance tasks.
1 Create a custom media.
In the HP DesignJet utility, you can create a new media profile entry for your media. You can also clone an
existing entry and modify it.
Once you have created the custom media and print modes, wait for several minutes for the media information
to download. Then, delete the automatic folder and wait for a minute for new EPLs to be created.
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2 Create the ICC profile.
Do one of the following:
- Create a portable ICC profile on the printer.
Unlike embedded ICC profiles which reside in the printer, portable ICC profiles contain ICC data and can be
installed on another printer of the same model.
You can create the ICC profile on the printer when you create a media profile entry, as described above.
The ICC profile is a property of the media that is part of the media profile entry.
- Create an ICC using an external spectrophotometer.
In Color Tools, start Create Calibration, and select a measuring device. Follow the steps in the online help to
create a calibration file. Afterwards, create a media profile.
HP DesignJet T7200 Supplement
HP DesignJet T7200 Supplement
*this info is from efi
