Problem

Roll configuration on HP DesignJet 4500 plotter.

Printer has 2 rolls. There are two printers setup to use the individual rolls, so printer A will only use roll 1 and printer B will always use roll 2.

What happens now is when one of the rolls is out of paper, the other roll is taken. How to configure plotter console settings the other roll is NOT taken when one of the rolls is empty?

Solution

To set up the 2 printers;

Create 2 separate printers using HP DesignJet 4500 IP printer driver. In PW InterPlot - Graphical Attribute editor create one rendering attribute file for using Roll 1 and another for using Roll 2. Save these rendering attributes as Default for the appropriate printer.

The device has 2 rolls. Roll 1 contains 36 inch thin paper. Roll 2 contains 36 inch thick paper. On plot server 2 separate printers are created. Using InterPlot GAE-Graphical Attributes are set for printer 1 - roll 1 and for printer 2 - roll 2.

Regarding the roll switching when one of the rolls is empty. There are settings which can influence this behavior;

PAPER MENU > PAPER HANDLING OPTIONS > ROLL SWITCHING POLICY : you can ;

Recommend to use minimize roll changes


JOB MANAGEMENT MENU > JOB MANAGEMENT OPTIONS > ENABLE ON HOLD FOR PAPER
> you can choose here between when needed and never; Recommend to use when needed, this makes the printer wait for the right media size/type to be loaded before the job is printed.