Configuring the HP1055CM Driver
Right click on the icon for the plotter (for WinXP, go to Start ->
Printers and Faxes) and select
Properties. Make the following
changes:
On the tab marked
General, click on the
Printing
Preferences button.
In the window that pops up, select the
Paper/Quality tab choose
Roll Feed for the
Paper Source. Next, click on the
Advanced button:
• Under the section called
Graphic, click the down arrow
next to ICM Method and choose "ICM handled by Host System".
•Under the
section on
Document Options, there is a section called
Postscript Options. Click on the "
+", then
change "Optimize for Speed" to "Optimize for Portability". Also make sure the
"PostScript Language Level" is set to 3.
• In the section
Printer
Features, set "Scale to:" to "No Change".
• If you wish, under
Paper/Output, you can select a default paper size appropriate
for the plotter: ARCH E (36in x 48in) seems reasonable. (Note that when you
print from an application, you may want to adjust the paper size for your
specific plot, and you should also set your document to an appropriate smaller
size in the application.)
• Click on OK buttons until you get back to the
main window for Properties.
On the properties tab marked
Advanced, click on the radio
button for
Print Directly to Printer.
Also click on the
Printing Defaults button, then the
Advanced
button. If you see a similar set of postscript options like you just went
through above, repeat the process to set the ICM method, set postscript options
to "Optimize for Portability" and Language Level to 3, change the paper size,
and set "Scale to" to no change.
Click on OK buttons until you get back once
more to the main window for Properties.
Under the property tab for
Device settings, you should
change the
Output Protocol from ASCII to JPEG. (If there is no
JPEG option, select Binary.) It is also helpful to change "Send CTRL-D at end of
job" from YES to NO, but that isn't crucial. Under the section marked
Installable Options, change the amount of installed memory from
"Default" to the closest value below 96 MB, probably 80 MB. (The plotters
actually have 96 MB, but since not all of that is available for user jobs, it's
better to claim the smaller value. This is still larger than the "default" size,
which is about 48 MB.)
Click OK.
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