HP SmartStream Print Controller for HP Designjet T3500 Production eMFP User Manual

HP SmartStream for HP PageWide XL and HP DesignJetUser Guide

How can I adjust the HP SmartStream window?The widths of each area can be changed according to your requirements.●The printers pane (with Preight des

NoticationsA notication is displayed briey on the screen when certain events occur, such as:●A job moves from the job preparation pane to the print

Users can:●Send a print-ready le from their specialized application (such as CAD software) by selecting the HP SmartStream Submission Driver from the

2 PrintersPreight deskThere is a Preight entry in the list of printers, with which you can use the Preight Manager to check your les without print

4. Click the Printers tab.5. Click the Add Printer button.6. You can give the printer a name (this is optional) and enter its IP address or hostname (

When you add it with the new IP address, HP SmartStream detects that it is the same printer with a new IP address, and asks whether you would like to

To widen the pane and see more information about each printer, click the active printer or double-click an inactive printer (which also activates it).

When fully expanded, the printers pane contains the following items:1. The name of the printer2. The overall status of the printer3. A picture of the

●Communication error: The printer cannot communicate with the folder; there are various possible reasons (door open, folder turned o, communication c

3 Set preferencesThe preferences dialog allows you to congure HP SmartStream.General preferencesThe general preferences apply to all printers in the

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●History: How long jobs should be retained in the history●Page size: Which standard page sizes should be displayed in lists of page sizes, and whether

●Non-HP accessory name: Assign a name of your choice to a non-HP accessory connected to the printer.●Preight Manager analysis: By default, a thumbnai

●Paper and ink alerts: Whether to minimize paper and ink alerts.●Roll switching options: If you choose Non-stop printing (see Job options on page 27),

You can set:●Function: Whether this particular hot folder is for incoming or outgoing les●Target: The folder in your computer or network that will co

●Printer to autoprint: A printer that will automatically print any les added to this hot folder. If you select None, the les in the hot folder will

4 Job preparationYou can create and edit jobs in the job preparation pane.HP SmartStream allows you to work in two dierent ways:●You can select a spe

5. After checking the les, the application automatically suggests the paper type (unless the preferences indicate to use one specic paper type), the

Errors that prevent adding lesIn these cases, the le is not added to the job.●The le format is not supported by HP SmartStream.●The le is corrupte

●Warnings: These warn you of a possible problem that may require action. The action is explained.●Actions: These explain a situation and oer you opti

NOTE: In the Preferences window, you can choose to use a specic default paper type when adding pages, instead of using the paper type proposed by the

Table of contents1 Introduction ...

Edit a job24 Chapter 4 Job preparation ENWW

You can edit a job in various ways to print the pages that you want, in the order that you want, and with the print settings that you want.●By selecti

ToolbarThe toolbar contains the following icons and buttons:● to undo the last job editing action● to redo the last action that was undone● to add doc

The existence of this column allows you to sort and lter pages according to tags that you can choose yourself.Job optionsYou can see the job options

●Collate: If you choose to print more than one copy of the job, you can choose to collate the copies; otherwise, the printer will print multiple copie

Export stamp template : You can export your stamp design as a template. Templates are saved in My Documents\HP SmartStream\Stamps, with the .smst ex

Nesting preferences●Nest width: The maximum total width of the nested pages. Roll width (auto) by default, which uses the width of the widest roll loa

If you have asked for multiple copies of a page, the copies of that page can be nested, which is known as N-up printing.ENWW Nesting 31

Move or copy a job or pages to another printerTo move a job to another printer, click the job tab (containing the job name) and drag it to the other p

How can I extract small-format pages?Use a lter to remove large-format pages from the job preparation grid, and extract the whole job.Alternatively,

5 Print preview ...

Sorting by document name is in alphabetical order. When there is a list of items in the popup window, they are sorted into the order in which they app

Print settings can be changed either in the job preparation pane or in the settings pane. The changes are applied to the currently selected item(s), w

General settings●Preset: Select a preset to be applied (see Presets on page 16).●Color mode: With supported HP DesignJet T-series printers, you can se

When printing blueprints○You are recommended to choose Lines/Fast in all cases, except when printing on Natural Tracing Paper, when you should choose

–When you rescale the image, the page margins are also rescaled.–When the page size is set automatically, it will change automatically if you rescale

Paper source optionsWith these options, you can specify how the page should be printed on the available rolls.●Roll ID: You can select the roll number

5 Print previewThe preview pane shows what your nal print will look like, and adds a visual indication of margins and clipping (if any).The preview p

If you have zoomed in so that the preview is too big to t in the available space, you can view dierent parts of it by using the scroll bars, or by p

How can I use the color proong preview to see the real colors that will be printed?Press the button. How can I remove white areas from the edges o

Crystal Preview for glossy paper Crystal Preview for plain paperENWW Crystal Preview 43

Other considerations ...

PDF le with unprintable layers44 Chapter 5 Print preview ENWW

Crystal Preview showing what will be printedENWW Crystal Preview 45

6 PrintingSubmit jobs for printingFrom the job preparation pane, you can submit the selected job(s) for printing by pressing the Print job button at t

It is sent to the same destination as the last printed page, with the same width as the last printed page, and the same height as the last printed pag

In the Actions column, at job level only, there is a Cancel button to cancel the job. If the job has not started printing, there is also a Hold button

that you assigned. In some cases, if the printer nds another roll of the required paper type and roll width, it will continue printing automatically;

7 Color managementHP SmartStream provides many advanced color management features with a very simple user interface. ICC V4 and V2 color proles are f

8 HistoryThe history preserves a record of printed jobs in case you want to reprint any of them later; perhaps with changed settings.NOTE: You can als

Remove jobs from the historyYou can remove an individual job by pressing the Remove button in the job action column.52 Chapter 8 History ENWW

9 FoldingIf your printer has a folder installed, you can select the folding style as one of the print options. See Paper source options on page 39. At

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●Fan-fold only: The folding style is fan-fold, and has no cross-fold part.●Compensation: The folding style performs compensation if necessary.●Tabs: T

The following steps are recommended to check that the required content is in the green rectangle, and to adjust the page if necessary:1. Set the defau

10 ScanningTIP: If you have no scanner connected, you can still use the printer-specic preferences to set up a hot folder from which you can import 

3. Press the Network button.4. Press the Add Network Connection button. After pressing it, you should see the following screen.Add Network Connection

Using an HP PageWide XL scanner1. Press the Scan icon.2. Select the scan destination.●Scan to USB●Scan to email (an email address will be requested)●S

4. Insert the original, facing upwards.5. Pick up the original when the scanner releases it.TIP: To release the page, you can select automatic release

●Single-page: The result will be a single-page PDF or TIFF document.When scanning a single page, the document is automatically saved. If you insert an

11 AccountingThe icon in the toolbar displays information about the job that may be used for accounting purposes. The icon appears in the job prepar

The units of measurement used in the job details are those you have chosen for the application in general.If you have selected the Preight desk, you

You can select a previously-created template from the Use template list as an alternative to lling in the elds manually. To create a template, click

1 IntroductionWhat is it for?HP SmartStream for HP PageWide XL printers and HP DesignJet Production printers is a professional software solution that

12 Submission DriverThe HP SmartStream Submission Driver enables you to send content from any application (including CAD and graphics applications) an

13 TroubleshootingError codesThere are some issues that may cause an application error window to be displayed, showing one or more error codes and des

Error code Short description Full description2202-8089 Unsupported printer or required licenseCheck that the printer you are trying to use is supporte

A How to use non-HP printers with HP SmartStreamIntroductionHP SmartStream can print to some non-HP large-format printers by using specic drivers, ea

Contact your HP sales representative to acquire an EON code with a non-HP full license (T9B46AAE: HP SmartStream Print Controller for Non-HP MV-HV dev

Here you can dene the following job settings or actions:●Copies●Collate●Revert to original page order●Revert to custom page order●Print job●Extract●D

Other considerationsNon-HP printer integration in HP SmartStream has some limitations compared with HP printers in the following areas.Printer statusO

Resolution centerAlerts of the following kinds do not appear:●Output destination●Rolls●Paper size mismatchPreviewThe following features are disabled:●

Printer preferencesOnly the following settings are available:●Printer name●Print quality●Remove white areas●Rotation●Page/image alignment●Roll/page al

B Shortcut keysOverall selectorsEsc CancelF3 Maximize job preparation pane (close other panes) or restore previous stateF4 Printers panel open/closeF5

Getting started1. Install the software and software licenses. See the installation guide.2. Create a job in the job preparation pane, which gives you

Ctrl R Resolution centerCtrl T Nest job on/oShift Ctrl T Nest drop-down optionsCtrl O Open/add documentsShift Ctrl O Original position orderCtrl P Pr

Windows up arrow MaximizeWindows down arrow MinimizePreview selectorsEsc Cancel cropCtrl 0 Zoom allCtrl - Zoom outCtrl + Zoom inE Rotate leftR Rotate

Shift Ctrl Tab Previous jobCtrl D Deselect all76 Appendix B Shortcut keys ENWW

IndexAaccounting 61application error 65automatic settings 22Ccancel jobs 49clipping 41clusters 23collate 27color management 50columnshide 3resequence

What do I see on the screen?HP SmartStream provides three tabs, only one of which is visible at a time:●The job preparation tab, in which you prepare