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HP-GL/2 Problems
Phenomenon
Lines or images are missing in the
HP-GL/2 data that was printed.
Lines are printed too thick or thin
from the HP-GL/2 data.
HP-GL/2 jobs are printed in
monochrome (or color).
Printed colors are inaccurate in
lines during HP-GL/2 printing
HP-GL/2 printing takes a long time.
The printer stops when printing a
HP-GL/2 job (the carriage stops
moving)
HP-GL/2 jobs are printed 6 mm
larger than specified
HP-GL/2 jobs are printed at
maximum size, even if a standard
size is specified
Cause
The memory is full.
An HP-GL/2 command not
supported by this printer was
received.
The printer has received print data
that includes HP RTL commands
when Auto Rotate is On .
The Line Width setting in the main
menu is incorrect.
The Color Mode is incorrect.
AdjustFaintLines in the main
menu is set to On .
Large print jobs with a lot of data
take longer to print.
The printer is analyzing the print
job.
The page size of the HP-GL/2
print job, as created in the source
application, is incorrect.
The page size of the HP-GL/2
print job, as created in the source
application, is incorrect.
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Corrective Action
Check the size of the data in the print job.
Check the print job and settings.
Set Auto Rotate to Off before attempting to print
again.
(→"Main Menu Settings," User Manual)
Confirm the selection in Line Width . If fine lines are
printed faintly, setting ThickenFineLines to On in the
main menu will print the lines more distinctly.
(→"Main Menu Settings," User Manual)
On the printer Control Panel , check the Color Mode
setting.
(→"Main Menu Settings," User Manual)
However, for optimal Printhead performance, the
printer consumes trace amounts of color ink even
when Monochrome is selected as Color Mode .
Selecting Off may help produce the expected results.
However, lines in some colors may appear broken.
On the printer Control Panel , set Input Resolution to
300dpi .
(→"Main Menu Settings," User Manual)
Either wait a while for printing to resume, or on the
printer Control Panel , set Input Resolution to
300dpi .
(→"Main Menu Settings," User Manual)
In MAIN MENU , set PageSizeProcess1 to On .
(→"Main Menu Settings," User Manual)
In MAIN MENU , set PageSizeProcess2 or Conserve
Paper to On .
The layout will be changed to the optimal layout.
(→"Main Menu Settings," User Manual)
Troubleshooting