HP Designjet T790 and T1300 ePrinter Series - Using your printer

Preview a print

Previewing a print on the screen allows you to check the layout of the print before printing, which may

help you to avoid wasting paper and ink on a bad print.

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To preview a print under Windows, you have the following options:

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Use your application's print preview option.

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Check the Show preview before printing option (for the T1300 series only), which you

can find in the driver's Paper/Quality tab and Features tab. The preview may be

provided in different ways, depending on your printer and printer driver.

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To preview a print under Mac OS, you have the following options:

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Use your application's print preview option.

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Click the Preview button at the bottom of the Print dialog box. This is the basic print

preview provided by Mac OS.

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If you are using the PostScript driver for the T1300 PS printer, check the Show print

preview option, which you can find in the driver's Printing dialog, in the Finishing

panel. This preview is provided by the Embedded Web Server and will appear in a Web

browser window.

NOTE: This option does not work if the printer is connected by USB cable to a different

computer (printer sharing).

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If you are using the PCL driver for the T790 or T1300 series, check the Show print

preview option, which you can find in the driver's Printing dialog, in the Finishing

panel. This opens the HP Print Preview application, with more features, such as the ability to

change paper size, paper type and print quality, and to rotate the image.

NOTE: This option does not work if the printer is connected by USB cable to a different

computer (printer sharing).

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To preview a print using the Embedded Web Server for the T1300 series, select Basic settings

> Hold for preview.

Print a draft

You can specify fast draft-quality printing in the following ways:

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In the Windows driver dialog: go to the Paper/Quality tab and look at the Print Quality

section. Move the print-quality slider to the extreme left ('Speed').

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In the Mac OS Print dialog (non-PostScript printers): go to the Paper/Quality panel

and move the print-quality slider to the extreme left ('Speed').

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In the Mac OS PostScript Print dialog (PostScript printers): go to the Paper/Quality