●Off: where the lines cross, only the color of the top line is printed. This is the default setting.

●On: where the lines cross, the colors of the two lines merge.

To turn merge on, go to the front panel and press , then , then Setup > Printing preferences >

HP-GL/2 options > Merge. You can set the merge option from your software in some applications. Settings in your software override the front-panel settings.

Preview a print

Previewing a print on the screen allows you to check the layout of the print before printing, which may help you to avoid wasting paper and ink on a bad print.

●To preview a print under Windows, you have the following options:

◦Use your application's print preview option.

◦Check the Show preview before printing option, which you can find in the driver's Paper/Quality tab and Layout/Output tab. The preview may be provided in different ways, depending on your printer and printer driver.

●To preview a print under Mac OS X, you have the following options:

◦Use your application's print preview option.

◦Open the PDF menu at the bottom left of your application's Printing panel. Select the HP Print Preview option, which opens the HP Print Preview application to display the final appearance of your printed image. Printing features, such as the ability to change paper size, paper type, and print quality, or rotate the image, can be changed on the fly.

●To preview a print using the Embedded Web Server, select Basic settings > Hold for preview.

Print a draft

You can specify fast draft-quality printing in the following ways:

●In the Windows driver dialog: go to the Paper/Quality tab and look at the Print Quality section. Move the print-quality slider to the extreme left ('Speed').

●In the Mac OS X Print dialog: go to the Paper/Quality panel and move the print-quality slider to the extreme left ('Speed').

●On the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page: select Basic settings > Print quality > Standard options > Speed.

●Using the front panel: press , then , then Setup > Printing preferences > Print quality > Quality level > Fast.

You can specify even faster draft-quality printing by using Economode, as follows. This is intended mainly for documents containing only text and line drawings.

●In the Windows driver dialog: go to the Paper/Quality tab and look at the Print Quality section. Select Custom Options, then set the quality level to Fast and check the Economode box.

●In the Mac OS X Print dialog: go to the Paper/Quality panel and set the quality options to Custom, then set quality to Fast and check the Economode box.

●On the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page: select Basic settings > Print quality > Custom. Set Quality level to Fast, and Economode to On.

●Using the front panel: press , then , then Setup > Printing preferences > Print quality > Economode.

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