Neuralog 300X User manual

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Neuralog 300x User Guide
Neuralog 300x
Personal Well Log Printer

Neuralog 300x
Personal Well Log Printer
by Neuralog
Congratulations on your Neuralog 300x personal well log printer.
With this printer you have invested in the latest advancements in
printing technology.
Neuralog 300x is a high-speed, high-resolution printer for well log
printing. Built on Hewlett-Packard PageWide® Technology, the
Neuralog 300x brings high speed desktop printing right to your
fingertips. HP PageWide Technology features a stationary printhead
with over 40,000 nozzles that delivers breakthrough speed and
reliability, because the paper is the only thing that moves.
While Neuralog 300x is made for continuous printing, it also can be
used for cut sheet printing. Both network and USB printing are
supported. In short, this flexible device is your desktop printing
solution for all your geological printing needs.
PageWide is a registerd trademark of Hewlett-Packard Corporation.

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Table of Contents
Chapter I Tour of the Neuralog 300x 14
Chapter II Installing the Neuralog 300x 16
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1. USB Installation
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2. Network Installation
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3. Configure Network Settings
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View or change network settings
1.
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Set or change the product password
2.
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Manually configure IPv4 TCP/IP parameters from the control panel
3.
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Link speed and duplex settings
4.
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4. Check Microsoft Securities Essentials
Chapter III Setting Up and Printing WellLogs 26
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1. Printing Parameters
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Default Driver Settings
1.
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Margins
2.
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Sizing to Fit
3.
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Copies
4.
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Complexity and Job Size
5.
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2. Paper Source and Form Size
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3. Understanding Your Media
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4. Loading Continuous Form Media into the Printer
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Leaving Continuous Form Media in the Printer
1.
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Removing Continuous Form Media from the Printer
2.
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5. Printing the Well Log
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Print Well Log Copies
1.
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Print a Long or Complex Well Log
2.
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Print a Log with NeuraView
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6. Canceling a Print Job
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7. Printer Jam and Error Recovery
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8. Printer Consumable Maintenance
Chapter IV Printing Options 42
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1. Layout Tab
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2. Paper/Quality Tab
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Paper Source
1.
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Media
2.
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Quality Settings
3.
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Color
4.
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3. Advanced Options Dialog
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Paper/Output Size
1.
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Document Options
2.
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Print in Grayscale
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Printer Features
......................................................................................................................................... 47
Print in Max DPI
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Image Enhancement
......................................................................................................................................... 48
Borderless Printing
......................................................................................................................................... 48
Borderless Copies
......................................................................................................................................... 48
Max Print Speed
......................................................................................................................................... 50
Ink Saver
......................................................................................................................................... 50
Print Hold
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Use Marks
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Rotate 180
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Print Head Adjust
......................................................................................................................................... 53
Leading Blank Pages
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Trailing Blank Pages
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Initial Slow Print
......................................................................................................................................... 55
Raster Compression
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Mark Adjust
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Leading Edge Adjust
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Manage Custom Sizes

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Chapter V Managing Ink 60
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1. Ink Saver
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2. Low Ink Warning
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3. Out of Ink Warning
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4. Changing an Ink Cartridge
Chapter VI Printing System Requirements 64
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1. Supported Operating Systems
................................................................................................................................... 65
2. Minimum System Requirements
................................................................................................................................... 65
3. Connectivity
.......................................................................................................................................................... 65
USB
1.
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Network
2.
Chapter VII Types of Continuous Printing 68
Chapter VIII Cut Sheet Printing 72
Chapter IX Embedded Web Server 74
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1. Energy Save Settings
................................................................................................................................... 76
2. Estimated Ink Levels
................................................................................................................................... 78
3. Network Summary
................................................................................................................................... 79
4. Print Quality Toolbox
................................................................................................................................... 80
5. Job Monitor
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6. Printer Information
................................................................................................................................... 81
7. Administrator
................................................................................................................................... 82
8. Auto-Off Settings
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9. Backup
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10. Firewall

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11. Printer Reports
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12. Usage Report
Chapter X Operator Panel 88
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1. Operator Panel Buttons
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2. Operator Panel Menu System
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Setup Menu
1.
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Printer Status Report
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Print Quality Report
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Clean Printhead
......................................................................................................................................................... 96
Clean Ink Smear
.......................................................................................................................................................... 96
Job Status
2.
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Ink Information
3.
Chapter XI Purchasing Neuralog Supplies 100
Chapter XII Troubleshooting 102
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1. Printer does not pick the media
................................................................................................................................... 103
2. Printer picks up multiple sheets of media
................................................................................................................................... 103
3. Preventing Jams
................................................................................................................................... 104
4. Clearing Jams
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Clear Jam in Continuous Tray 1
1.
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Clear Jam in Cut Sheet Tray 2
2.
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Clear Jam in the Left Door
3.
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Clear Jam in Output Bin
4.
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5. Well Log Starts in wrong position on continuous
media
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Prints are too far down from media leading edge
1.
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Prints are too far up from media leading edge
2.
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Prints are not centered Left/Right on page
3.
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6. Prints wrinkle and jam at print start

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7. Printer declares an Error Code
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Mark Early/Mark Late Error
1.
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Mark Missed Error
2.
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Maximum supported length exceeded
3.
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8. Print Quality Issues
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Single lines in the print
1.
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Bands in the print
2.
.......................................................................................................................................................... 116
Smudges/Smears in the print
3.
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Printhead Cleaning
4.
................................................................................................................................... 117
9. Print Quality Guidelines
................................................................................................................................... 119
10. Printer Stops in the Middle of a Print Job
................................................................................................................................... 119
11. Printer does not print or is very slow
................................................................................................................................... 120
12. Printer prints very slowly
................................................................................................................................... 121
13. Mark Sensor Calibration
................................................................................................................................... 121
14. MAP Sense Calibration
................................................................................................................................... 122
15. Neuralog 300x Media Mark Specification
Index 125