First time getting my hand on a plotter (HP Designjet 500) directly to print a poster, I found it was an interesting experience. But configuring the printer settings was not that straightforward compared to using normal office A4 printers. I took photos of how it was configured for reference of my own and also those may need it.

第一次直接用绘图仪（HP Designjet 500）来打印海报时，我发现这是一次有趣的体验。 但是与使用普通Office A4打印机相比，配置打印机设置并不是那么简单。 我注意到它是如何配置我自己的职权，以及那些照片可能需要它。

First, here is a picture of the HP Designjet 500 plotter, a pretty big printer.

首先，这是一台非常大的打印机HP Designjet 500绘图仪的照片。

The poster I printed was designed using the PowerPoint and I also printed it through PowerPoint. The poster size is 24″ x 36″ and the roll in the plotter is 36″. For other sizes of posters, you may need to adjust the settings accordingly.

我打印的海报是使用PowerPoint 设计的，我也通过PowerPoint打印。 海报大小为24英寸x 36英寸，绘图仪中的纸卷为36英寸。 对于其他尺寸的海报，您可能需要相应地调整设置。

Okay, here comes the steps and configurations.

好的，这里是步骤和配置。

First, click “Print Preview” in PowerPoint and select “Scale to Fit Paper” to make sure it looks good in the preview window.

首先，在PowerPoint中单击“打印预览”，然后选择“缩放以适合纸张”以确保它在预览窗口中看起来不错。

Then, click the “Print” button and select the right printer (HP Designjet 500 here).

然后，单击“打印”按钮并选择正确的打印机（此处为HP Designjet 500）。

Now, let’s get to the most important part that configures the plotter by clicking on the “Properties”.

现在，让我们进入最重要的部分，通过单击“属性”来配置绘图仪。

Following are the screenshots of the important settings for the HP Designjet 500 to print the 24″ x 36″ poster.

以下是HP Designjet 500打印24英寸x 36英寸海报的重要设置的屏幕截图。

As the roll is 36″ and the poster size is 24″x36″, we select the “Portrait” orientation + “Rotate by 90 degree”.

由于卷为36英寸，海报尺寸为24英寸x36英寸，因此我们选择“纵向”方向+“旋转90度”。

After making the settings, you can click on the “Ok” button in the “Print” dialog to make the plotter to work. To print the 24″x36″ poster, the HP Designjet 500 plotter took around 20 minutes.

进行设置后，您可以单击“打印”对话框中的“确定”按钮以使绘图仪工作。 要打印24“ x36”的海报，HP Designjet 500绘图仪花费了大约20分钟的时间。

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