HP SmartStream Software for s manual Introduction, What is it for?

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What is it for?

HP Designjet SmartStream is a professional software solution for technical-production environments, which offers true PDF management, allows you to cut job preparation time by 50%, and achieves total control across the printing workflow.

●With HP Designjet SmartStream, true PDF management is fully guaranteed and you will no longer spend time solving PDF issues.

The latest Adobe Libraries embedded in HP Designjet Smartstream ensure fully reliable reproduction of your PDF files. Accurate rendering and printing are achieved at a higher speed, even for the most complex PDFs. You do not have to convert PDF files into TIFF anymore, and, in addition, you can anticipate potential PDF issues faster thanks to automatic error warnings.

●With HP Designjet SmartStream, you can reduce job preparation time by up to 50% on multi-page jobs.

A single screen view provides all the information at a glance and helps you manage all your printing workflow. A user-friendly interface enables you to easily process large jobs while getting fast and accurate previews of complex PDFs. And HP Designjet SmartStream, which can connect simultaneously to more than one HP Designjet production printer, allows you to prepare and send jobs easily to any of them.

With HP Designjet SmartStream you can manage printing settings per page, while working on simultaneous print jobs. Automatically identify page size and page color so that you can extract and save jobs. You can also make extra copies of particular pages, remove unwanted white areas, or change the order in which documents will be printed.

●HP Designjet SmartStream helps you gain total control of your printing workflow.

HP Crystal Preview Technology shows what and how content will be printed with true accuracy so that you can avoid reprints. You can see exactly how graphical content will be printed, because the preview is color soft-proofed to the paper type on which it will be printed.

HP Designjet SmartStream easily integrates production hardware accessories, and therefore offers total control of the entire printing workflow.

Finally, you can rely on end-to-end assistance right from job preparation to printing, which will monitor job and printer status, and warn you of potential issues with printer alerts.

With HP Designjet SmartStream, you have professional software to boost your productivity. You gain true PDF management, big savings in job preparation time, and full control of your printing workflow.

HP Designjet SmartStream does not need or use any printer driver. However, you may want to keep printer drivers installed for some particular purposes.

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Contents User’s Guide Designjet SmartStreamEdition services are set forth in the express warrantyLegal notices 2014 Hewlett-Packard DevelopmentInstallation Table of contentsIntroduction Printers7 Printing 12 Troubleshooting8 Color management 9 The job history1 Introduction What is it for?What do I see on the screen? Getting startedNotifications How can I adjust the HP Designjet SmartStream window?A job moves from the job preparation pane to the printing queue Requirements 2 InstallationComputer hardware and software Supported printersUpdate your printer’s firmware How to installInstall the licenses How to install the Preflight Manager licenseHow to uninstall a Preflight Manager or Print Controller license How to install the Print Controller licenseCustomer Involvement Program Install the HP Designjet SmartStream applicationAdd the first printer Add a printer 3 PrintersRemove a printer Change a printer’s IP addressThe printers pane To see more details about the active printer, click More Stacker status Accessory statusFolder status 14 Chapter 3 Printers Printer-specific preferences 4 Set preferencesGeneral preferences Default paper type Quality Choose the default print quality Minimize roll switches Use roll with less paper 5 Job preparation HP Designjet SmartStream Preflight Manager File error detectionProblems that prevent printing Problems that do not prevent printing Resolution CenterAutomatic attribute detection and setting assignment Job options Edit a jobPage options Remove pages Filter pagesExtract pages Move a job to another printer Sort pagesRemove a job Print settingsCropping General settingsPage options How can I change and assign paper types?Paper source options How can I use the stacker options? Advanced optionsImage, page, and roll 6 Print previewHow can I remove white areas from the edges of the page? Preview featuresCrystal Preview Fonts are used but not found in the PDF file nor in the system Crystal Preview Crystal Preview showing what will be printedSubmit jobs for printing 7 PrintingFiltered and unchecked pages Printing queueJob status Printing interruptionsExit the application while printing Cancel jobsColor options 8 Color managementSupported color spaces 9 The job history Reconfigure a jobSearch the job history Reprint a jobRemove jobs from the job history Remove jobs from the job history10 Folding 1. Set the default alignment between page and roll in the preferences so that the page is placed on the correct side of the roll see Printer-specific preferences on page 15. You need to do this only once 11 Scanning Error code 12 TroubleshootingShort description Full descriptionIndex
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