Hewlett-Packard manufactures a variety of papers for use in HP Designjet printers. These papers are manufactured to print consistently and correctly with the Designjet series of machines. Each paper is designed to perform similarly to standard printing papers on printing presses. It is very important that standard printing papers are not used in the Designjet printers, as they are not coated for ink-jet colorants, and will cause the resulting print to be unacceptable. Selecting a printing paper in the HP Printer dialog box not only sets the color characteristics of the paper and printer, but establishes other important parameters for printing that affect the quality of the resulting print. These parameters include total ink coverage values, the number of passes of the print heads, and speed of travel for the ink head assembly. Be sure that the media selection you are making is the correct one for the media being used. Hewlett-Packard also manufactures special double-sided materials for printing in specific Designjet printers. These two-sided materials, called 'duplexing' media, are manufactured to exacting standards to provide the finest electronic back-to-back print possible from the Designjet printers. |