HP DesignJet 800

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General

Owner/Loaner: LVL1 Serial Number: Serial Number Make/Model: HP DesignJet 800 Arrival Date: Dec 28, 2016 Usability: Yes Contact: person to contact Where: main room

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Installation Software For MacOS X 10.10.x - 10.11.6 (at the time of writing) - install the printer by the following:

• Open System Preferences
• Open Printers & Scanners
• Add a new printer by pressing the + sign
• The HP DesignJet 800 should appear here
• OK the installation by selecting the default options for the generic driver

Driver download page from HP

Older Notes about how to print:

• For Windows, you may have to go into the printer preferences and create a custom page size based on what you are doing then in your program when selecting the printer & preferences, select the custom page size.
• At the time of writing printing from Inkscape on Mac directly from the printer only allowed an 8.5x11 (standard paper size) to be printed; will troubleshoot and offer suggestions on how to print from a Mac.

You can now print

New Notes about how to print (12/2018):

• This printer works best when the computer that is sending the file for printing is Linux operating system based. Several have tried other operating systems unsuccessfully. I (Amy Shah) have only seen this printer work successfully from a Linux based operating system computer.

• Create an ubuntu boot stick by downloading the ubuntu ISO file and flashing it to a > 2GB USB stick drive
• Boot a computer to ubuntu temporarily with the boot USB drive
• Download your image to the ubuntu os computer for editing and printing
• Go to settings in ubuntu and create a custom print size for the poster/document you want to create
• Choose this custom print size to print and then press print.

• Before choosing print, troubleshoot the printer - make sure there is enough ink, paper, and the paper is loaded properly.

Update 2/14/23:

I was able to get the DJ running via Windows 10. I simply installed the HP Instant Printing software from this link and followed the basic installation instructions. You will need to set up the printer on your machine over WiFi (very easy) and then select the DesignJet that you just set up and your paper size (max 42"). I could not get JPG files to print, however using a PDF seemed to do the trick. Once you're ready to print, patience is key. It takes a while to warm up and run so be ready to wait for your prints.

Adam C.

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