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The problem is 'Center' centers the job on the printable area, not on the media area

 

If you cannot get your prints properly centered...

...remember that the printer margins are different depending on whether you use the duplexer.

Without the duplexer, when you select the center layout option from the HP Designjet software, it will center the job on the printable area, but not on the actual media. It is not possible to center a job on the media since the margins are not symmetrical. They are 3 mm at the top and 12 mm at the bottom.

With the duplexer, the image will be centered because the margins are symmetrical.

Please note that although you may expect a job to be centered by selecting two-sided printing (the layout preview will show the job to be centered), the printer firmware will detect that the duplexer is not installed and will apply the normal media margins, taking 3 mm from the top and 21 mm at the bottom.

If you need to have a centered layout you can:

  • Customize margins from applications.
  • Use a duplexer (12 mm top and 12 mm bottom).

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