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Bought Printer, Need help!!

visualeyez

New Member
I have been using wide format digital printers for 6 years now. I recently had the opportunity to buy my own, from an auction because some other shop went out of business.
The printer I have is a 42" HP DesignJet 5500ps UV. I have maintenanced the machine and restored all of the printheads to 100% and got it all perfectly aligned. I did not get any software with this machine, so I am looking for help finding an affordable or free rip program. I actually did get two discs with the printer however none of them appear to have a RIP software. I almost had the HP E-print & share thing working, and ran out of paper.

Thanks,
-Keith
 

visualeyez

New Member
I know but I guess I am having trouble with the printer driver. Should I be printing directly from photoshop or illustrator or what?
 

Billct2

Active Member
I print directly from Corel, so I would think you could print direct from Illustrator.
You may need to reinstall the driver. HP has a good forum where there is a lot of info on these printers. The problem is many parts are getting hard to find.
 

visualeyez

New Member
I'm used to setting up .pdf's in Illustrator for print In Versaworks, so I guess I am not familiar with the printers built in RIP.
Do you have the link to that HP forum?
 
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