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Drying time (With a Take Up Reel)
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Drying time (With a Take Up Reel)
If you are using the Take Up Reel the ink must be dry before the media is wound up
onto the Take Up Tube, otherwise the image will be damaged. In most cases the
Take Up Reel paper loop gives the print time to dry before it is wound up, in this
case the printer will not slow down.
However sometimes the printed media will need a longer time than this to dry, and
so the printer will slow down the printing process to allow more time before being
wound onto the Take Up Reel, this is called the Drying Time.
There are three settings to Drying Time:
None
This setting means there is no delay to the printing process.
Hewlett-Packard has tested the HP media range in different environmental
conditions. The table below shows media which may need drying time and what
conditions are required to avoid it.
HP Media Type Width of printing
area
Max.% Relative
Humidity
Max. Temperature
0
C
High-gloss photo 24 inches or more 60 30
Semi-gloss photo 24 inches or more 60 30
Imaging film-backlit 24 inches or more 50 35