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Using Web Printing Tool

You can easily send files and configure print settings from a Web browser without printing instructions using a command line, uploading a file, or designating printing options.

The files that you can print using Web Printing Tool are HP-GL, HP-GL/2, HP-RTL, TIFF, CALS, JPEG, PDF, and PostScript files. The file types that you can print vary depending on the printer language installed on the machine.

RP-GL/2

Supports printing of HP-GL, HP-GL/2, and HP-RTL files.

For an overview of RP-GL/2 and other details such as printable data, see the following:

  • "What Is RP-GL/2?", RP-GL/2 and RTIFF

  • "Major Differences between RP-GL and RP-GL/2", RP-GL/2 and RTIFF

  • "Description of HP-GL, HP-GL/2, and HP RTL", RP-GL/2 and RTIFF

  • "Notes on Use of RP-GL/2", RP-GL/2 and RTIFF

For printing using commands such as ftp or lpr, see "Printing Files Directly from Windows", Appendix.

RTIFF

Supports printing of TIFF, CALS, and JPEG files.

For an overview of RTIFF and other details such as printable data, see the following:

  • "What Is RTIFF?" , RP-GL/2 and RTIFF

  • "Notes on Use", RP-GL/2 and RTIFF

  • "Input Data Specifications", RP-GL/2 and RTIFF

For printing using commands such as ftp or lpr, see "Printing Files Directly from Windows", Appendix.

PDF

Supports printing of PDF files.

For details about with PDF printable data and commands, see Using UNIX Commands.

PS

Supports printing of PostScript files.

Note

  • Only some of the print settings can be configured in Web Printing Tool. Other print settings can be configured only on the control panel. When you print data using Web Printing Tool, the print settings specified in Web Printing Tool have priority over the settings configured on the control panel. In order to configure the print settings that cannot be configured in Web Printing Tool, open the [Printer Features] screen on the machine's control panel.

  • For details about the print settings, see "Configuring the RPGL Menu" or "Configuring the RTIFF Menu", RP-GL/2 and RTIFF.

  • Files in unsupported formats are not sent to the printer.