Used hp designjet 500

I have an HP DesignJet 500 24" approx. 15 years old. It sat Idle for 5+ years with a broken belt & the Ink Cartridges & printHeads removed.
My question is: Is it worth fixing (the belt costs $100.00 +-, and I can fix it myself), or should I get rid of it and if so, is it worth anything to others?
I am in the Architectural business and could use it, but if it's software is not adaptable for Windows 7 Professional and not worth trying to sell, I'd rather scrap it.
Please advise & Thank-You in advance,
Dan B.

Dried up printheads of course. Then the user will have to put up with outdated/no longer supported firmware versions.

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How to print pdf file to my Designjet 500+HPGL2 (C7769B)

Hi,
We have HP Designjet 500+GL2 plotter in the office, used to print A1 & A3 drawings. Last time someone from HP install HP eprint & share to my computer for me to print PDF files to the plotter. But my CPU brokedown, so now I'm using a new PC. But now I can't print PDF files to our plotter. Even when I install the eprint & share software from you website.
I already check the possibility that I'm not connected to the printer but no because when I print test page, it is working. Please help. Thanks.

Hello lean1025,
Welcome to the HP Support Forums!
To get your issue more exposure I would suggest posting it in the commercial forums since this is a commercial product. You can do this at Printers - Designjet & Large Format.
The support page for your product may be helpful in the meantime: Product Support & Troubleshooting (Select your model)
I hope this helps!
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Oversize A2 Paper Size value(string) for HP Designjet 500 Plus 24 (Paper Roll).

Greetings.
I am working at constructor’s bureau. Recently we decided to automate drawing printing from SolidWorks program (it’s a CAD software). I have written a code. SolidWorks API allows to choose for printing such settings as paper tray, scale, color, orientation and paper size. I am having an issue with the last option. Paper size gets set by passing value (string). Here are some of them: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/dd319099(v=vs.85).aspx. I can get the needed value by “Recording macro” and selecting the size I need in SolidWorks
Such paper sizes as A4, ISO A4, Oversize A4 have different numbers. Same goes for A3, A2 and etc. In addition, the values are not universal. They can alter depending on printer.
We have 5 printers for various paper sizes (from A0 to A4) and I set correct value for 4 of them, but I have a trouble with – “HP Designjet 500 Plus 24”. This printer can print both A1 and A2. I managed to make A1 printing work (I just pass value 621 that means “Overize A1”, without changing paper tray), as for A2 the value must be 620 that is "Oversize A2", but it does not work. Only part of the drawing gets printed and it gets placed somewhere in the middle. I guess it just prints according to printer default settings. Maybe the value is not 620? If it is so, can you tell me the real one?
I can try to change default settings to match the A2 printing. However, the printer itself is a network printer. So changing some settings there might get someone in the office angry. So getting the right values is a perfect solution.
I am slowly getting desperate, because all printers work perfectly, except for one. Which makes the code unusable. I can post the code, but it will not help much, because I only need to set one or two values correctly.
One more thing, we are using roll of paper, so maybe I have to also set the paper tray, even if it is still the same as for A1?
Thank you in advance.

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HP DesignJet 500 and OS 10.4.6

A few weeks ago, I upgraded from Mac OS 10.3 to OS 10.4.6 on an iMac G4. Ever since my upgrade, I have not been able to print custom sizes to my HP DesignJet 500+HPGL2. (FWIW, the printer is connectd with a USB cable, and the size I’m trying to print is 42” wide by 120” long.)
I downloaded and installed the latest driver for OS X/DesignJet 500 from the HP site, but still nothing. At best, the printer just spits out the paper and cuts it off without making a single mark on it. At worst, the printer just ignores me.
When I try to run the configuration utility (opening the print queue and clicking on “Utility”), the system prompts me to select a printer. BUT, the only option it gives me is the other printer connected to my Mac (a DeskJet 1220C).
I’ve tried RIP programs (which did nothing) and selecting “Rasterize Print Output” (which spit out a full 120” of paper without a single mark). I’ve tried printing to Preview to avoid wasting paper, and it shows that the paper is completely blank.
I can’t be the only person out there with this problem. Can anybody offer any suggestions? And if I can’t find an answer, does anybody know if it’s possible to downgrade from 10.4.6 back to 10.3?
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I posted this message last week and figured I'd come back and post what I found over the weekend. I eventually ended up downgrading from 10.4.6 to 10.3.2 again... and losing about 2 weeks of e-mail in the process (even though I double-checked the location of the messages before downgrading). Unfortunately, the downgrade didn't fix the problem.
By happy accident, I changed the size of my test doc from 42-in x 120-in to 18-in x 24-in. (Actually, I got tired of wasting 10 feet of blank paper every time I screwed up and printed with the wrong settings.) Eureka! It printed fine. It seems that even though the DesignJet 500 is supposed to print docs up to 150 inches long, there is an artificial limit of 109 inches on a Macintosh. It turns out that we've only used the printer for 9-foot jobs (108 inches) so far, but I didn't realize that because I'm not the primary user of this machine.
Anyway, I've seen several discussion threads about problems between Tiger and the DesignJet 500/800, so I figured I'd post my findings here. Maybe this will save some other poor schmuck from spending a weekend in the office while his friends are at a pool party. At least I'm off the hook now. :o)
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Anyway to create custom page size for designjet 500? wasting way too much paper!

just got a hp designjet 500 from jobsite. hooked up to mac. everything prints fine................
EXCEPT
ok i did a simple test 'strip' in adobe illustrator setting the width of the document to 36" which is the size of the paper roll i'm using. i had placed a couple of strips of the same objects with different color fills close to the bottom of the 'artboard'. when going to select print i realized that the printer only recognizes standard page sizes and does not allow me to change to a custom size to say like 36"w by 4" h. so the print came out in the center of a 48" long size piece of paper which obviously wastes soooo much paper.
so i can't create a custom size print page is there a way to have it print close to the bottom margin, turn off the cutting feature, print it, cut manually then move the paper back via the machine or would i have to do it manually and realign the paper and setup after every print?
thanks in advance!

This forum is focused on consumer level products. For the Designjet you may have better results posting in the HP Designjet forum here.
Be sure to mention your operating system when you post there.
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Default paper sizes HP designjet 500

In system preferences printer setup for my HP designjet 500 there are no Arch size paper sizes available. They are available when printing from applications but it is frustrating that I can not set the only paper size I ever use in the default settings. Is there some way of activating arch paper sizes as default in system preferences?

No, there isn't a way to change the list of default page sizes in Print & Fax Prefs, but you can set the default page size by using TextEdit (or any other app that has Page Setup): change the Paper Size in the "Paper Size" menu the desired arch size, then select "Save as Default" in the "Settings" menu. That should set the default size for other applications.
Hope this helps.

Custom page sizes with HP DesignJet 500

I work with Vectorworks 2008 ps2, and when I tried to plot to a HP Designjet 500, I can't use the Custom page sizes I've created, I have already deleted the plotter and reinstalled it with the Print and Fax preferences, but it didn't help, so please if anyone knows how to solve this matter let me know.

Hello there,
To get your issue more exposure, I would suggest posting it in the commercial forums since your product is a commercial product. You can do this at Commercial Forums.
Enjoy your day!
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HP DesignJet 500 printer driver not appearing in 10.5.8

Have just purchased a HP DesignJet 500 mono 42" to go with my networked DesignJet 800 42. However, I cannot set up the 500 on any of my network machines as 10.5.8 can't seem to provide the 500 series printer driver even though it is identified as a supported printer plus I've installed the HP Driver Update 1.1.1. Does anyone have any ideas on how I can fix this?

Mac OS X: About the Reset Printing System feature ...
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1341?viewlocale=en_US
10.5/10.6/10.7 instructions...
In System Preferences>Fax & Print, Right click or Control+click on the Printers list Sidebar, choose Reset Printing System.
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http://www.macosxhints.com/article.php?story=20031215144430486
Safe Boot from the HD, (holding Shift key down at bootup), run Disk Utility in Applications>Utilities, then highlight your drive, click on Repair Permissions.
Any devices that previously appeared in your Printer List and Fax List will need to be added again after resetting the printing system.
Resetting the printing system in Mac OS X 10.5.x+++
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Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu.
Choose Print & Fax from the View menu.
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http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1341
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Designjet 500 Cuts Off at 54"

I have a Designjet 500 42" Plotter and I'm using an HP G71 Dual Core Laptop with Windows 7. I'm printing from Photoshop CS3 and when I try to print anything over 54" long the printer will quit the job exactly at 54" with no errors. It doesn't matter how wide the job is the only factor that seems to matter is whether the job exceeds 54". Any ideas?

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HP Designjet 500 Installation w/HP s5310f Pavilion Problem.

I've attempted to install a Designjet 500 42" Roll model to my new Windows 7 s5310f Computer. Used a firewire to USB adapter cord and plugged into a USB port on the back. Installed (ran) the Windows 7 driver, unzipped and it said 23 files were successfully unzipped. Ran the "Add a Printer" function, chose sharing and default printer status, amd it said the HP Designjet 500 was successfully installed. Will not print. Icon shows is active. When I try to print it either says "Could not start print job", or on a random basis it sends the drawing to the printer, the printer flickers from "Ready" to "Processing" and then back to "Ready". Drawing may or may not be in the queue (random).
Any ideas please? I've tried different ports from LPT1, LPT2, LPT3, and USB 0001.

Hi @gmk7 ,
To get your issue more exposure I would suggest posting it in the commercial forums since this is a commercial product. You can do this at: http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/Printing-and-Digital-Imaging/ct-p/bsc-412
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Reader 10.0.1 update - can't print to HP Designjet 500

Just updated to Reader to 10.0.1 (via get reader web page), it prints fine to standard lasers but I get a dialog box when attempting to print to our Designjet 500 (printer is networked through print server). I get the progress bar "Printing" then "the document could not be printed" on accepting that I get "there were no pages selected to print". During print setup the page range selection window is unavailable. This is a major problem in tha I use it every day to print plans.
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Different product, try the Reader forum
http://forums.adobe.com/community/adobe_reader_forums

Designjet 500

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Hi @dgsoham,
Welcome to the HP Forums!
To get your issue more exposure I would suggest posting it in the commercial forums since the HP Designjet 500 is a commercial product. You can do this at HP Enterprise Business Community.
I hope this helps!
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Will HP Designjet 500 work with Apple Time Capsule?

I have an Apple Time Capsule Base station and was wondering if it would be able to allow my dad's Dell Precisions (M4500 and M4700) to print to it wirelessly. We had a part of our basement finished for his new office and his plotter (HP Designjet 500) is outside the office, about 20ft away from both his laptops and my Time Capsule is on a shelf just above it. I'm just curious as it's an old plotter from like, 2001 so its old.

Really don't know but it is worth a go..
Simply plug the printer into the TC via its USB port.
On the PC load the airport utility for windows, whichever version he uses.. but the latest version utility is 5.6.1 for win7. That will also load bonjour for windows which is a big help to using network resources like printers.. you can then use the airport utility to make sure the TC has picked up the printer.
Then load the printer and have a shot at printing.
Suck and See.

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Sometimes, the Reset Printing System command will get things going when nothing else will. If you haven't tried this, it' worth a shot.
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Hp designjet 500 printing issue

I have a designjet 500 24 inch printer. I just switched from a hp vector windows 2000 platform to a Dell optiplex 360 windows xp pro version 2002 service pack 3 platform and my printer starts to print the first few lines and then stops. I initially installed the driver from the original CD that came with the printer. I then deleted that driver and went to the HP website and downloaded and installed the most recent driver for XP and I still have the same problem. There is no error message that prints on the printer window, in fact the message that does appear states the it is finished printing, it rolls out the full poster size and then cuts it. The print status window on the PC says that my document failed to print. I need some help.

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