Colour(s) of print cartridges: 4 (Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow)
Compatible ink types: Black: HP pigment ink; Cyan, Magenta, Yellow: HP dye-based ink
Media types supported: Paper (plain, inkjet, coated, heavyweight coated, high-gloss, semi-gloss, natural tracing, photo), Clear film, Matte film
Standard media sizes:
500 Plus, 500ps Plus (24 in): ISO A1, ISO A2, ISO A3, ISO A4;
500 Plus, 500ps Plus (42 in): ISO A0, ISO A1, ISO A2, ISO A3, ISO A4
Custom media sizes:
500 Plus, 500ps Plus (24 in): 210 x 210 to 610 x 15240 mm;
500 Plus, 500ps Plus (42 in): 210 x 210 to 1067 x 15240 mm
Margins, leading/trailing edges: 5 mm (with HP-GL/2 driver)
Lateral margins: 5 mm
Maximum roll length: 45.7 m
Maximum length of sheet media: 1897 mm
Maximum media width
500 Plus, 500ps Plus (24 in): 610 mm;
500 Plus, 500ps Plus (42 in): 1067 mm
Maximum print length: 15.2 m
Paper handling
500 Plus (24 in) / 500ps Plus (24 in): Single sheet feed, roll feed, automatic cutter
500 Plus (42 in) / 500ps Plus (42 in): Single sheet feed, roll feed, automatic cutter, media bin, printer stand
Print technology: HP Thermal Inkjet
Colour printing technology: HP Color Layering Technology
Print quality (colour, best quality): 1200 x 600 dpi
Line accuracy: ± 0.2%
Minimum line width: 0.0423 mm
Standard connectivity: Centronics parallel, IEEE-1284-compliant (ECP), USB (compatible with USB 2.0 specifications) Microsoft® Windows® 98 SE, Me, 2000, XP and OS X v.10.2.3 and higher
Optional connectivity: HP Jetdirect 620n (EIO) Internal Print Server
Compatible operating systems: Microsoft® Windows® 95, 98, NT 4.0, 2000, XP; Mac OS X v.10.2.3 and higher; ZehRaster for UNIX
Minimum system requirements
500ps Plus (24 in): For use with HP drivers only: Microsoft® Windows® 95, 98, NT® 4.0 or 2000, 32 MB RAM, 500 MB free on hard disk, Mac OS X v.10.2.3 or higher For use with EFI Designer Edition XL RIP: 800 MHz Pentium® III PC, 256 MB RAM, 10 GB free hard drive, CD-ROM or DVD-ROM, 1 free USB port for copy protection, VGA compatible graphic card
500ps Plus (42 in): For use with HP drivers only: Microsoft® Windows® 95, 98, NT® 4.0 or 2000, 32 MB RAM, 500 MB free on hard disk, Mac OS X v.10.2.3 or higher For use with EFI Designer Edition XL RIP: 800 MHz Pentium® III PC, 256 MB RAM, 10 GB free hard drive, CD-ROM or DVD-ROM, 1 free USB port for copy protection, VGA compatible graphic card"
500 Plus (24 in) / 500 Plus (42 in): Microsoft® Windows® 95, 98, NT® 4.0 or 2000, 32 MB RAM, 500 MB free on hard disk, Mac OS X v.10.2.3 or higher
Recommended system requirements
Microsoft® Windows® 95, 98, Me: Pentium® I, 133 MHz, 64 MB RAM, 320 MB available hard disk space; Microsoft® Windows® NT® 4.0: Pentium® II, 733 MHz, 128 MB RAM, 2 GB available hard disk space; Microsoft® Windows® 2000, 2003 Server: Pentium® II, 733 MHz, 256 MB RAM, 2 GB available hard disk space; Microsoft® Windows® XP: Pentium® IV, 1 GHz, 256 MB RAM, 2 GB available hard disk space
Printer drivers included: Microsoft® Windows® (95, NT® 4.0) without USB, Microsoft® Windows® (98, 2000, XP) with USB, drivers for Macintosh (OS X v.10.2.3 or higher)
Software included
500ps Plus (24 in): Adobe Acrobat Professional Software, EFI Designer Edition XL Adobe® PostScript® 3TM software RIP for Microsoft® and Macintosh operating systems
500ps Plus (42 in): Adobe® Acrobat® Professional Software, EFI Designer Edition XL Adobe® PostScript® 3TM software RIP for Microsoft® and Macintosh operating systems
500 Plus (24 in) / 500 Plus (42 in): HP Designjet software for Windows and Macintosh, Adobe Acrobat Professional Software, EFI Designer Edition XL RIP for HP Designjet 500ps Plus Printer (available only with 500ps Plus models)
Dimensions (W x D x H)
500 Plus (24 in) / 500ps Plus (24 in): 1253 x 470 x 349 mm
500 Plus (42 in) / 500ps Plus (42 in): 1690 x 674 x 1100 mm
Weight
500 Plus (24 in) / 500ps Plus (24 in): 38.5 kg
500 Plus (42 in) / 500ps Plus (42 in): 45 kg
What's in the box
500 Plus (24 in): HP Designjet 500 Plus (24-inch) Printer, spindle, power cord, ink cartridges, printheads, integrated HP-GL/2 card, Adobe Acrobat Professional Software, drivers for Microsoft Windows (including AutoCAD), user documentation.
500 Plus (42 in): HP Designjet 500 Plus (42-inch) Printer, spindle, power cord, ink cartridges, printheads, integrated HP-GL/2 card, Adobe Acrobat Professional Software, drivers for Microsoft® Windows® (including AutoCAD), user documentation, printer stand, media bin.
500ps Plus (24 in): HP Designjet 500ps Plus (24-inch) Printer, spindle, power cord, ink cartridges, printheads, integrated HP-GL/2 card, Adobe Acrobat Professional Software, EFI Designer Edition XL software RIP for Macintosh and Microsoft® Windows®, drivers for Microsoft Windows (including AutoCAD), user documentation.
500ps Plus (42 in): HP Designjet 500ps Plus (42-inch) Printer, spindle, power cord, ink cartridges, printheads, integrated HP-GL/2 card, Adobe Acrobat Professional Software, EFI Designer Edition XL software RIP for Macintosh and Microsoft® Windows®, drivers for Microsoft Windows (including AutoCAD), user documentation, printer stand and media bin.
Standard memory: 32 MB, Maximum memory: 160 MB
Print speed (colour, Designjet, economic quality): 7.9 m²/hr
Print speed (colour, Designjet, productivity quality): 3.3 m²/hr
Print speed (colour, Designjet, photo quality): 2 m²/hr
Standard printer languages: 500 Plus: HP-GL/2, HP-PCL3-GUI; 500ps Plus: Adobe® PostScript® 3™ (using supplied EFI Designer Edition XL software RIP), HP-GL/2, HP-PCL3-GUI;