Tips for lab printing to the large format printer

Tips for printing to the large format printer (HP DesignJet T730)  

The HP DesignJet T730 is a large format printer located in 211 Cheatham that is set up to print on 36” roll media.  Bond media is good for doing draft prints, and may be good enough for poster prints at professional meetings.  If you desire to print on high quality glossy paper, or need printer maintenance of any kind, (cartridge replacement, calibration etc.) see one of the technicians in the IT office in 216 Cheatham for help.

If you would like to print from your office computer please contact the IT office in 216 Cheatham to get the proper software installed.

If you would like to print from the CEARS computer lab please login using the PID based login screen on any of the computers in the lab, and then print using the following instructions.

The recommendation for printing any document would be to create your document using print drivers for the T730, save the document as a PDF, and follow step 2 below to print the PDF file.  However, as many posters are created using PowerPoint; there is the option of printing directly from that application.

1.     Prepare your poster in PowerPoint.

In PowerPoint set up your document as a single page slide of the size needed for your poster.  As an example, if you wanted to print a poster that was 36” tall and 48” wide, you would choose the “Design” tab from the main menu, and then “Slide Size”.  Once in the Slide Size window choose “Custom”, type 48 for the “Width” and 36 for the “Height” and choose “Landscape” under “Orientation”.  Next, choose “Maximize” for scaling.  Choose “Ok” to close the window.  Add text and graphics as necessary and save as a PowerPoint file. After saving as a PowerPoint file for follow up editing, you need to save your poster as a PDF file for printing with the HP Click Utility.  After saving in PowerPoint go to /File, Save As, and choose your location to save the file and finally choose “Save as PDF”.

2.     Print from the HP Click Utility.

-          You can choose to print documents that are PDF, JPEG, and TIFF directly from the HP Click Utility. (This utility does not print PowerPoint documents directly).

-          From the “Start” menu, choose “All Programs, HP , HP Click” to open the utility. 

-          Drag your PDF (or other image file type) to the + sign in the middle of the utility.

-          If you document looks as you expect choose “Print” in the lower left hand corner.

-          Choose “Print Settings” at the top of the window if you want to adjust the output (mode, quality, alignment) of the poster or if you need to “nest” multiple files together in one print.