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HP Designjet 70 and 90 Series Printers - Utilities and Test Prints From Front Control Panel

This document explains the front control panel key sequences that are necessary to print reports from the front panel. The following options are available by pressing the correct combination of Cancel, Power and the OK buttons.
    Figure : Front panel of printer
  1. Cancel button
  2. Power button
  3. OK button
The table below contains the combinations needed for each report.
While pressing the Power button, press the Cancel button and/or OK button to obtain the following reports.
Cancel button
OK button
Report printed
0
1
Usage report
0
4
Information pages
1
2
NVM contents page
0
3
Printhead alignment
0
5
Enable/Disable buzzer
2
0
Printhead recovery 1 (Soft)
2
1
Printhead recovery 2 (Medium)
2
2
Printhead recovery 1 (Hard)
2
3
Transport position
3
1
Network card reset
Example: Printing the information pages
  1. On the printer's front panel, press and hold the Power switch.
  2. While still pressing the Power switch, press the OK button four times.
  3. Release the Power switch. The information pages will print.

Usage report

The Usage report contains the following information:
  • Model name
  • Model number
  • Serial number
  • Date of latest print job received
  • Total ink consumed
  • Date of first print job received
  • Pages printed (size/type/print quality)

Information pages

  • First Page: Printer section
  • Second Page: Ink consumables section
  • Third Page: Network card information

NVM contents page

The NVM contents page contains the following information:
  • NVM dump
  • Printhead acumen values
  • Cartridges acumen dump

Printhead alignment

Used to align printheads in order to solve print-quality issues. You must load three sheets of paper for the printhead alignment, as the printer attempts to align two more times if the first alignment fails.

Enable/Disable buzzer

Enables or disables the buzzer.

Printhead recovery

Used to clean the printheads in order to solve print-quality issues. There are three levels of cleaning: soft, medium and hard. Start with soft, and if that does not solve the issues, go on to medium, etc.
note:
It is not recommended to run the hard level more than one time.

Transport position

Puts components into a locked position to prevent damage when in transport.

Network card reset

Resets the Jetdirect card information to its factory defaults.