Contents CONTENTS 4 Controlling the Page Format Page Size 4-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Do You Need to Adjust the Page Size in the Front Panel? 4-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To Adjust the Page Size from the Front Panel 4-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page Size and Clipped Plots 4-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page Size and Nesting (Roll Media Only) 4-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Adjusting the Margins (Roll Media Only) 4-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Margins and Automatic Cutting 4-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rotating a Plot 4-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rotating a Drawing from the Front Panel 4-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To Rotate a Plot from the Front Panel 4-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Exactly What Is Rotated? 4-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . The Rotate Feature and Clipped Plots 4-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . How Does Rotate Interact with Your Software? 4-9 . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Plotting a Mirror Image 4-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Controlling a Plot’s Overall Appearance Ways To Control the Plot’s Appearance 5-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Why Change the Appearance of the Plot Using the Front Panel Rather Than from Your Software? 5-2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing Pen Widths and Colors/Shades Using the Plotter’s Internal Palettes 5-3 . To See the Current Palette Settings 5-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
To See the Colors Available For a Palette (DesignJet 750C Plus) 5-4 . . . . . . . . . To Change the Palette Settings 5-5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To Change the Selection of the Current Palette 5-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Treatment of Overlapping Lines (Merge Feature) 5-7 . . . . . . . . . . . . Changing the Overall Lightness/Darkness of a Plot 5-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Printing Color Drawings in Monochrome 5-9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To Switch between Color and Monochrome 5-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Choosing an Appropriate Print Quality 5-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . To Change the Print Quality 5-13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Improving Line Quality and Graphics Detail (DesignJet 750C Plus) 5-14 . . . . . vii