HP Designjet Z3100ps GP
Photo Printer
Using your printer
HP Designjet Z3100ps GP Photo Printer
Using your printer
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Table of contents
1 Introduction
Safety precautions .................................................................................................................... 2
HP Start-Up Kit ......................................................................................................................... 2
Using this guide ....................................................................................................................... 2
Introduction .............................................................................................................. 2
Use and maintenance ................................................................................................ 3
Troubleshooting ........................................................................................................ 3
Accessories, support, and specifications ...................................................................... 3
Glossary .................................................................................................................. 3
Index ....................................................................................................................... 3
Warnings and Cautions ............................................................................................. 3
The printer's main features ........................................................................................................ 4
The printer's main components ................................................................................................... 4
Front view ................................................................................................................ 5
Rear view ................................................................................................................. 5
The front panel ........................................................................................................................ 6
Printer software ........................................................................................................................ 7
The printer's internal prints ........................................................................................................ 8
2 Installing the software
Choose which connection method to use ................................................................................... 10
Connect to a network (Windows) ............................................................................................. 10
Connect directly to a computer (Windows) ................................................................................ 11
Printer sharing considerations ................................................................................... 12
Uninstall the printer software (Windows) ................................................................................... 12
Connect to a network (Mac OS) ............................................................................................... 12
Bonjour/Rendezvous connection ............................................................................... 12
TCP/IP connection ................................................................................................... 14
Connect directly to a computer (Mac OS) ................................................................................. 15
Sharing the printer .................................................................................................. 16
Uninstall the printer software (Mac OS) ..................................................................................... 16
3 Personalizing the printer
Turn printer on and off ............................................................................................................ 18
Change the language of the front-panel display ......................................................................... 19
Access HP Easy Printer Care (Windows) or HP Printer Utility (Mac OS) ......................................... 19
Access the Embedded Web Server ........................................................................................... 20
Change the language of HP Easy Printer Care (Windows) or HP Printer Utility (Mac OS) ................ 20
Change the language of the Embedded Web Server .................................................................. 20
Change the sleep mode setting ................................................................................................ 21
Turn the buzzer on and off ...................................................................................................... 21
Change the front-panel display contrast .................................................................................... 21
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Change the units of measurement ............................................................................................. 21
Configure network settings ...................................................................................................... 21
Change the graphic language setting ....................................................................................... 22
4 Paper handling
General advice ...................................................................................................................... 26
Choose which spindle to use ................................................................................................... 26
Load a roll onto the spindle ..................................................................................................... 27
Load a roll into the printer ....................................................................................................... 29
Unload a roll ......................................................................................................................... 33
Load a single sheet ................................................................................................................ 34
Unload a single sheet ............................................................................................................. 38
View information about the paper ............................................................................................ 39
Paper profiles ........................................................................................................................ 39
Add a custom paper type ........................................................................................................ 40
Print on loaded paper ............................................................................................................. 41
Maintain paper ...................................................................................................................... 41
Change the drying time .......................................................................................................... 41
Turn the automatic cutter on and off ......................................................................................... 42
Feed and cut the paper ........................................................................................................... 42
Easy loading procedure ........................................................................................... 29
Paper menu procedure ............................................................................................. 32
Unload paper key procedure with paper on the roll .................................................... 33
Paper menu procedure with paper on the roll ............................................................. 34
Roll out of paper procedure ...................................................................................... 34
Easy loading procedure ........................................................................................... 35
Paper menu procedure ............................................................................................. 36
Unload paper key procedure .................................................................................... 38
Paper menu procedure ............................................................................................. 38
5 Printing
Create a print job .................................................................................................................. 46
Using the Embedded Web Server to print files ............................................................ 46
Select print quality .................................................................................................................. 47
Select paper size ................................................................................................................... 47
Custom paper sizes ................................................................................................. 48
Select margins options ............................................................................................................ 48
Print with shortcuts .................................................................................................................. 49
Rescale a print ....................................................................................................................... 50
Change the treatment of overlapping lines ................................................................................ 51
Preview a print ...................................................................................................................... 51
Print a draft ........................................................................................................................... 53
High-quality printing ............................................................................................................... 54
If you have a high-resolution image ........................................................................... 54
If you have printhead problems ................................................................................. 54
If you are printing on photo paper ............................................................................ 55
If you are printing on satin photo paper ..................................................................... 55
Print in gray shades ................................................................................................................ 55
Print with no margins .............................................................................................................. 56
Rotate an image .................................................................................................................... 56
Autorotate .............................................................................................................. 58
Print with crop lines ................................................................................................................ 58
Use paper economically ......................................................................................................... 58
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Nest jobs to save roll paper .................................................................................................... 58
When does the printer try to nest pages? ................................................................... 59
What pages can be nested? ..................................................................................... 59
Which pages qualify for nesting? .............................................................................. 59
How long does the printer wait for another file? .......................................................... 60
Use ink economically .............................................................................................................. 60
6 Color management
What is color? ....................................................................................................................... 62
The problem: color in the computer world ................................................................................. 62
The solution: color management ............................................................................................... 64
Color and your printer ............................................................................................................ 66
HP Embedded Spectrophotometer ............................................................................. 66
A summary of the color management process ............................................................................ 67
Color calibration .................................................................................................................... 68
Color profiling ....................................................................................................................... 69
Create your own profile ........................................................................................... 69
Use a third-party profile ........................................................................................... 71
Profile your monitor ................................................................................................. 71
Color management options ..................................................................................................... 71
Perform black point compensation ............................................................................................ 72
Set the rendering intent ........................................................................................................... 72
Color emulation ..................................................................................................................... 73
CMYK color emulation ............................................................................................. 73
RGB color emulation ................................................................................................ 74
HP Professional PANTONE Emulation ....................................................................................... 75
Color adjustment options ........................................................................................................ 76
Printing in color ...................................................................................................... 76
Printing in grayscale ................................................................................................ 77
Color management scenarios .................................................................................................. 78
Print a color photo for an exhibition (Photoshop, PS driver) ........................................... 78
Print a color photo for an exhibition (Photoshop, PCL driver) ......................................... 81
Print a black-and-white photo for an exhibition (Photoshop, PS driver) ............................ 84
Print a black-and-white photo for an exhibition (Photoshop, PCL driver) .......................... 88
Print a digital album (Aperture, PS driver) ................................................................... 92
Print a digital album (Aperture, PCL driver) ................................................................. 95
Proof the output on the monitor (InDesign, PS driver) .................................................... 97
Proof the output on the printer (QuarkXPress, PS driver) .............................................. 101
Proof a press using the EFI RIP ................................................................................ 104
7 Job queue management
Embedded Web Server job queue page ................................................................................. 108
Job preview ......................................................................................................................... 108
Turn off the job queue ........................................................................................................... 109
Select when to print a job in the queue ................................................................................... 109
Identify a job in the queue ..................................................................................................... 109
Prioritize a job in the queue .................................................................................................. 110
Delete a job from the queue .................................................................................................. 110
Reprint or copy a job in the queue ......................................................................................... 110
Job status messages .............................................................................................................. 110
Remove a hold ...................................................................................................... 111
8 Retrieving printer usage information
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Get printer accounting information ......................................................................................... 114
Check printer usage statistics ................................................................................................. 114
Printer statistics with HP Easy Printer Care (Windows) or HP Printer Utility (Mac OS) ...... 114
Printer statistics with the Embedded Web Server ....................................................... 114
Check ink and paper usage for a job ..................................................................................... 114
Ink and paper statistics with HP Easy Printer Care (Windows) or HP Printer Utility (Mac
OS) ..................................................................................................................... 114
Printer statistics with the Embedded Web Server ....................................................... 115
9 Handling ink cartridges and printheads
About the ink cartridges ........................................................................................................ 118
Check the ink cartridges status ............................................................................................... 118
Ink menu procedure ............................................................................................... 118
HP Easy Printer Care (Windows) or HP Printer Utility (Mac OS) procedures .................. 118
Remove an ink cartridge ....................................................................................................... 119
Insert an ink cartridge ........................................................................................................... 120
About the printheads ............................................................................................................ 121
Check the printhead status .................................................................................................... 122
Remove a printhead ............................................................................................................. 122
Insert a printhead ................................................................................................................. 125
10 Maintaining the printer
Check printer status .............................................................................................................. 130
Clean the exterior of the printer ............................................................................................. 130
Replace the cutter ................................................................................................................. 130
Maintain the ink cartridges .................................................................................................... 1 3 5
Move or store the printer ....................................................................................................... 135
Update the firmware ............................................................................................................. 136
Update the software ............................................................................................................. 136
Printer maintenance kits ........................................................................................................ 137
Secure Disk Erase ................................................................................................................ 137
11 Accessories
How to order supplies and accessories ................................................................................... 140
Order ink supplies ................................................................................................. 140
Order paper ......................................................................................................... 141
Non-recommended paper types ............................................................... 145
Order accessories ................................................................................................. 145
Introduction to the accessories ............................................................................................... 145
Stand .................................................................................................................. 145
EFI Designer Edition RIP ......................................................................................... 145
HP Photosmart Pro print plug-in for Adobe Photoshop ................................................ 146
12 Troubleshooting paper issues
The paper cannot be loaded successfully ................................................................................ 148
Unsuccessful roll load ............................................................................................ 148
Unsuccessful sheet load .......................................................................................... 148
Paper loading error messages ................................................................................ 149
The paper type is not in the driver .......................................................................................... 149
Transparent or translucent paper ............................................................................. 150
Glossy paper ........................................................................................................ 150
Matte Paper ......................................................................................................... 150
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General purpose paper .......................................................................... 150
Photographic paper ................................................................................ 151
Fine art paper ........................................................................................ 151
Banners ................................................................................................ 151
HP Banners with Tyvek® ........................................................................................ 151
Black ink is easily removed when touched ................................................................ 151
After printing, the paper has wrinkles or there is too much ink .................................... 151
The paper has jammed ......................................................................................................... 152
Prints do not fall nicely into the basket .................................................................................... 154
The sheet stays in the printer when the print has been completed ............................................... 155
The paper is cut when the print has been completed ................................................................. 155
The cutter does not cut well ................................................................................................... 155
The roll is loose on the spindle ............................................................................................... 155
A strip stays on the output tray and generates jams .................................................................. 155
Recalibrate the paper advance .............................................................................................. 156
Recalibrating the paper advance procedure ............................................................. 156
Return to default calibration .................................................................................... 157
13 Troubleshooting print-quality issues
General advice .................................................................................................................... 160
Print quality troubleshooting wizard ........................................................................................ 160
Horizontal lines across the image (banding) ............................................................................ 161
Lines are too thick, too thin, or missing ................................................................................... 162
Lines appear stepped or jagged ............................................................................................ 162
Lines print double or in the wrong colors ................................................................................. 163
Lines are discontinuous ......................................................................................................... 163
Lines are blurred .................................................................................................................. 164
The whole image is blurry or grainy ....................................................................................... 165
The paper is not flat ............................................................................................................. 165
The print is scuffed or scratched ............................................................................................. 166
Ink marks on the paper ......................................................................................................... 166
Horizontal smears on the front of coated paper ........................................................ 166
Ink marks on the back of the paper ......................................................................... 167
Black ink comes off when you touch the print ........................................................................... 167
Edges of objects are stepped or not sharp ............................................................................... 167
Edges of objects are darker than expected .............................................................................. 168
Bronzing ............................................................................................................................. 168
Horizontal lines at the end of a cut sheet print ......................................................................... 168
Vertical lines of different colors .............................................................................................. 169
White spots on the print ........................................................................................................ 169
Colors are inaccurate ........................................................................................................... 169
Color accuracy using EPS or PDF images in page layout applications .......................... 170
The image is incomplete (clipped at the bottom) ....................................................................... 170
The image is clipped ............................................................................................................ 170
Some objects are missing from the printed image ..................................................................... 171
A PDF file is clipped or objects are missing ............................................................................. 171
The Image Diagnostics Print ................................................................................................... 172
Corrective action ................................................................................................... 174
If you still have a problem ..................................................................................................... 175
14 Troubleshooting ink cartridge and printhead issues
Cannot insert an ink cartridge ............................................................................................... 178
Ink cartridge status messages ................................................................................................. 178
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Cannot insert a printhead ...................................................................................................... 178
The front-panel display recommends reseating or replacing a printhead ...................................... 179
Clean the printheads ............................................................................................................ 179
Clean the printhead drop detector .......................................................................................... 180
Align the printheads ............................................................................................................. 182
Reinsert printheads procedure ................................................................................. 183
Image Quality Maintenance menu procedure ........................................................... 184
Scanning errors during alignment ............................................................................ 184
Printhead status messages ..................................................................................................... 184
15 Troubleshooting general printer issues
The printer does not print ...................................................................................................... 188
The printer seems slow .......................................................................................................... 188
The printer printed on undesirable paper ................................................................................ 188
Communication failures between computer and printer ............................................................. 189
Cannot access HP Easy Printer Care (Windows) or HP Printer Utility (Mac OS) ............................ 190
Cannot access the Embedded Web Server .............................................................................. 190
Automatic file system check ................................................................................................... 190
An AutoCAD 2000 memory allocation error ........................................................................... 191
No output when printing from Microsoft Visio 2003 ................................................................. 191
Unavailable driver features when printing from QuarkXPress .................................................... 191
Printer alerts ........................................................................................................................ 192
16 Front-panel error messages
17 HP Customer Care
Introduction ......................................................................................................................... 198
HP Professional Graphics Services ......................................................................................... 198
Knowledge Center ................................................................................................ 198
HP Start-Up Kit ...................................................................................................... 198
HP Care Packs and Warranty Extensions ................................................................. 198
HP Installation ....................................................................................................... 199
HP Instant Support ................................................................................................................ 199
HP Proactive Support ............................................................................................................ 199
Contact HP Support .............................................................................................................. 200
Telephone numbers ............................................................................................... 200
18 Printer specifications
Functional specifications ....................................................................................................... 204
Physical specifications .......................................................................................................... 205
Memory specifications .......................................................................................................... 205
Power specifications ............................................................................................................. 205
Ecological specifications ....................................................................................................... 205
Environmental specifications .................................................................................................. 206
Acoustic specifications .......................................................................................................... 206
Glossary ........................................................................................................................... 207
Index ............................................................................................................................... 209
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Introduction
Safety precautions
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HP Start-Up Kit
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Using this guide
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The printer's main features
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The printer's main components
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The front panel
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Printer software
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The printer's internal prints
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Introduction
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Introduction
Safety precautions
The following precautions ensure the proper use of the printer and prevent the printer from being
damaged. Follow these precautions at all times.
Use the power supply voltage specified on the nameplate. Avoid overloading the printer's electrical
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outlet with multiple devices.
Ensure the printer is well-grounded. Failure to ground the printer may result in electrical shock, fire,
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and susceptibility to electromagnetic interference.
Do not disassemble or repair the printer yourself. Contact your local HP Service Representative for
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service, see
Use only the electrical cord supplied by HP with the printer. Do not damage, cut, or repair the power
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cord. A damaged power cord has risk of fire and electric shock. Replace a damaged power cord
with an HP-approved power cord.
Do not allow metal or liquids (except those used in HP Cleaning Kits) to touch the internal parts of
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the printer. Doing so may cause fire, electric shock, or other serious hazards.
Power OFF the printer and unplug the power cable from the power outlet in any of the following
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cases:
When placing your hands inside the printer
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Contact HP Support on page 200.
If there is smoke or an unusual smell coming from the printer
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If the printer is making an unusual noise not heard during normal operation
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A piece of metal or a liquid (not part of cleaning and maintenance routines) touches internal
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parts of the printer
During an electrical (thunder/lightning) storm
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During a power failure.
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HP Start-Up Kit
The HP Start-Up Kit is the CD or DVD that comes with your printer; it contains the printer's software and
documentation, including introductory multimedia tutorials to help you to get a good first print.
NOTE: The HP Start-Up Kit is provided on CD in Japan, and on DVD elsewhere in the world. The
rest of this guide refers to the DVD version only.
Using this guide
Using your printer (on DVD) and the Quick Reference Guide (on paper) are organized into the following
chapters. The most complete source of information is Using your printer.
Introduction
This chapter provides a brief introduction to the printer and its documentation for new users.
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Use and maintenance
These chapters help you carry out normal printer procedures and include the following topics.
Installing the software on page 9
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Personalizing the printer on page 17
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Paper handling on page 25
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Printing on page 45
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Color management on page 61
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Retrieving printer usage information on page 113
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Handling ink cartridges and printheads on page 117
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Maintaining the printer on page 129
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Troubleshooting
These chapters help you solve problems that may occur while printing and include the following topics.
Troubleshooting paper issues on page 147
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Troubleshooting print-quality issues on page 159
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Introduction
Troubleshooting ink cartridge and printhead issues on page 177
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Troubleshooting general printer issues on page 187
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Front-panel error messages on page 195
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Accessories, support, and specifications
These chapters, Accessories on page 139, HP Customer Care on page 197, and Printer
specifications on page 203, contain reference information, including customer care, the printer
specifications, and part numbers for paper types, ink supplies, and accessories.
Glossary
The Glossary on page 207 contains definitions of printing and HP terms used in this documentation.
Index
In addition to the table of contents, there is an alphabetical index to help you to find topics quickly.
Warnings and Cautions
The following symbols are used in this manual to ensure the proper use of the printer and to prevent the
printer from being damaged. Follow the instructions marked with these symbols.
WARNING! Failure to follow the guidelines marked with this symbol could result in serious
personal injury or death.
CAUTION: Failure to follow the guidelines marked with this symbol could result in minor personal
injury or damage to the product.
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Introduction
The printer's main features
Your printer is a color inkjet printer designed for printing high-quality images on paper up to 44 in (1.12
m) wide. Some major features of the printer are shown below:
Print resolution of up to 2400 × 1200 optimized dpi, from a 1200 × 1200 dpi input, using the
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Best print-quality option, the Maximum Detail option, and photo paper
HP Easy Printer Care (Windows) and HP Printer Utility (Mac OS), see
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(Windows) or HP Printer Utility (Mac OS) on page 19, provides an easy-to-use interface including:
A single-point for color control
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Management, installation, and creation of ICC profiles
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Job management, see
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Calibration of printer and display
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Access to the online HP Knowledge Center
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Accurate and consistent color reproduction with automatic color calibration and profiling
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Twelve-ink system providing a wide color range on matte fine art papers and glossy photo papers
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for photographic and graphic arts prints and complete coverage of ISO and SWOP gamuts for color
accuracy in pre-press applications
Color emulations, see
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Embedded Spectrophotometer for consistent and accurate color, even with paper and environment
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changes and easy creation of custom ICC profiles, see
on page 66
High productivity features such as multi-file job submitting, job previewing, queueing, and nesting
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using HP Easy Printer Care (Windows) or HP Printer Utility (Mac OS), see
Care (Windows) or HP Printer Utility (Mac OS) on page 19, or the printer's Embedded Web
Server, see
Access the Embedded Web Server on page 20
Job queue management on page 107
Color emulation on page 73
HP Embedded Spectrophotometer
Access HP Easy Printer Care
Access HP Easy Printer
Ink and paper usage information available from the Web from the Embedded Web Server, see
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Access the Embedded Web Server on page 20
Ink and paper usage information available from the Web from the Embedded Web Server, see
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Access the Embedded Web Server on page 20
Paper flexibility and automatic easy load, see
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profiles accessible from the front panel, HP Easy Printer Care (Windows), and HP Printer Utility (Mac
OS)
Paper handling on page 25, with information and
The printer's main components
The following front and rear views of the printer illustrate the main components.
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Front view
Ink cartridge
1.
2. Ink cartridge slots
Introduction
3. Blue lever
4.
5.
6. Printhead carriage
7. Printhead
8. Output tray
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10.
Rear view
Transparent window
Front panel
Paper alignment lines
Basket
1. Spindle
2. Spindle holders
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Introduction
The front panel
3. Quick Reference Guide holder
4. Sockets for communication cables and optional accessories
5. Hard power switch
6. Power cord plug in
7. Paper feeder
Your printer's front panel is located on the front of the printer, in the center. It has the following important
functions:
Assists you in troubleshooting issues
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Is used to perform certain procedures, such as cutting and unloading paper
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Displays helpful animations to guide you through procedures
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Displays up-to-date information about the status of the printer such as, the ink cartridges, the
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printheads, the paper, and the print jobs
Displays warning and error messages, when appropriate, along with audio alerts to call attention
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to a warning or message
Can be used to change the values of printer settings and thus change the operation of the printer.
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However, settings in the front panel are overridden by settings in the printer drivers, see
the software on page 9
The front panel has the following components:
1. Direct access keys:
First key: View ink levels, see
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Second key: View loaded paper, see
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Third key: Unload paper, see
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on page 38
Check the ink cartridges status on page 118
View information about the paper on page 39
Unload a roll on page 33 and Unload a single sheet
Installing
Fourth key: Form feed and cut, see
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Menu key - Press to return to the main menu of the front-panel display. If you are already on the main
2.
menu it displays the status screen.
3. OK key - To confirm an action while in a procedure or interaction. To enter in a submenu in the menu.
To select a value when given an option.
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Feed and cut the paper on page 42
4. Back key - To go to the previous step in a procedure or interaction. To go to the upper level, or leave
the option in the menu, or when given an option.
5. Down key - To go down in a menu or option, or to decrease a value, for example when configuring
the front-panel display contrast or the IP address.
6. Up key - To go up in a menu or option, or to increase a value, for example when configuring the
front-panel display contrast or the IP address.
Cancel key - To abort a procedure or interaction.
7.
Power key - To turn the printer off or on, it also has a light to indicate the printer's status. If the power
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key light is off the device is off. If the power key light is blinking green, the device is starting up. If
the power key light is green on, the device is on. If the power key light is amber on, the device is in
standby. If the power key light is blinking amber, the device needs attention.
9. LED light - Indicates the printer's status. If the LED light is solid green, the device is ready. If it is
flashing green, the device is busy. If it is solid amber, there is a system error. If it is flashing amber,
the printer needs attention.
10. Front-panel display - Displays errors, warnings, and information on using your printer.
To highlight an item in the front-panel display, press the Up or Down key until the item is highlighted.
To select an item in the front-panel display, first highlight it and then press the OK key.
When this guide shows a series of front-panel display items like this: Item1 > Item2 > Item3, it means
that you should select Item1, then select Item2, then select Item3.
Information about specific uses of the front panel can be found throughout this guide.
Printer software
Introduction
The following software is provided with your printer:
The PCL3 raster driver
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The RTL and HP-GL/2 driver for Windows
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The PostScript driver
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The HP Easy Printer Care (Windows) or HP Printer Utility (Mac OS), see
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(Windows) or HP Printer Utility (Mac OS) on page 19, allows you to:
Manage the printer including color with the HP Color Center
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Manage the job queue, see
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View the status of the ink cartridges, the printheads, and the paper
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View job accounting information, see
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Update the printer's firmware, see
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Access the HP Knowledge Center
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Change various printer settings (in the Settings tab)
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Perform calibrations and troubleshooting
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Job queue management on page 107
Retrieving printer usage information on page 113
Update the firmware on page 136
Access HP Easy Printer Care
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The printer's internal prints
The Embedded Web Server, runs in the printer and enables you to use a Web browser on any
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computer to check ink levels and printer status, see
on page 20.
Advanced Profiling Solution included on separate DVD, to be installed after other HP software (drivers
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and printer utilities).
The internal prints give various kinds of information about your printer. They can be requested from the
front panel without using a computer.
CAUTION: Before requesting any internal print, make sure that paper is loaded (roll or sheet),
and that the front panel displays the Ready message. The loaded paper should be at least A3
landscape (16.53 in or 42 cm wide); otherwise the print may be clipped.
To print any internal print, press the Menu key to return to the main menu, select the Internal Prints menu
Access the Embedded Web Server
icon
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, then select the internal print you want. The following internal prints are available.
Demo prints: show some of the capabilities of the printer
Print black and white photo
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Print color photo
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Print color design demo
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Print GIS map
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NOTE: Demo prints are printed the same size as the loaded paper.
NOTE: If you perform a secure disk erase, see Secure Disk Erase on page 137, the demo
prints are erased and they are no longer available.
Menu map: shows details of all the front-panel display menus
Configuration: shows all the current front-panel display settings
Usage report: shows estimates of the total number of prints, number of prints by paper type, number
of prints by print-quality option, and total amount of ink used per color (the accuracy of these estimates
is not guaranteed)
HP-GL/2 palette: shows the color or grayscale definitions in the currently selected color palette
Service information: provides information needed by service engineers
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PostScript font list: shows PostScript fonts available
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Installing the software
Choose which connection method to use
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Connect to a network (Windows)
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Connect directly to a computer (Windows)
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Uninstall the printer software (Windows)
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Connect to a network (Mac OS)
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Connect directly to a computer (Mac OS)
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Uninstall the printer software (Mac OS)
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Choose which connection method to use
The following methods can be used to connect your printer.
Connection type Speed Cable length Other factors
Installing the software
Gigabit Ethernet Very fast; varies
Jetdirect print server
(optional accessory)
USB 2.0 Very fast Short (5 m=16 ft)
according to network
traffic
Moderate; varies
according to network
traffic
Long (100 m=328 ft.) Requires extra equipment (switches).
Long (100 m=328 ft) Requires extra equipment (switches)
NOTE: The speed of any network connection depends on all components used in the network,
which can include network interface cards, hubs, routers, switches, and cables. If any one of these
components cannot operate at high speed, you will have a low-speed connection. The speed of
your network connection can also be affected by the total amount of traffic from other devices on
the network.
Connect to a network (Windows)
Before you begin, check your equipment:
The printer should be set up and on.
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Provides additional features
See
http://www.hp.com/go/jetdirect/ for
more details
The Ethernet hub or router should be on and functioning correctly.
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All computers on the network should be on and connected to the network.
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The printer should be connected to the network.
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Now you can proceed to install the printer software and connect your printer:
1. Make a note of the IP address from the status screen on the printer's front panel (192.168.1.1 in
this example):
2. Insert the HP Start-Up Kit DVD into your computer. If the DVD does not start automatically, run the
START.EXE program in the root folder of the DVD.
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3. Click Install. The printer drivers, HP Easy Printer Care, and HP Color Center are installed.
4. Follow the instructions on your screen to set up the printer. The following notes help you to understand
the screens and make appropriate choices.
When asked how the printer is connected, select Wired Networking.
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The configuration program looks for printers connected to your network. When the search is
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complete, a list of printers appears. Identify your printer by its IP address and select it from the
list.
The configuration program analyzes the network and the printer. The program detects the
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network settings and suggests the settings to use when configuring the printer. It is not normally
necessary to change any of these settings, but you can do so if you wish.
If your computer fails to find any printers on the network, the Printer Not Found window is displayed,
which helps you to try to find your printer. If you have a firewall in operation; you may have to disable it
temporarily in order to find the printer. You also have the options of searching for the printer by its URL,
IP address, or MAC address.
Connect directly to a computer (Windows)
You can connect your printer directly to a computer without going through a network, by using the printer's
built-in USB 2.0 socket (supported under Windows 2000, XP, and 2003 Server).
Installing the software
TIP: A USB connection may be faster than a network connection, but the cable is limited in length
and it is more difficult to share the printer.
1. Do not connect the computer to the printer yet. You must first install the printer driver
software on the computer, as follows.
2. Insert the HP Start-Up Kit DVD into your DVD drive. If the DVD does not start automatically, run the
START.EXE program in the root folder of the DVD.
3. Click Install. The printer drivers, HP Easy Printer Care, and HP Color Center are installed.
4. Follow the instructions on your screen to set up the printer. The following notes help you to understand
the screens and make appropriate choices.
When asked how the printer is connected, select Connected directly to this computer.
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If you would like to share the printer with other people connected to your network, press the
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Printer Properties button in the Ready to Install window, then select the Sharing tab
and enter the name under which the printer will be shared.
When prompted to do so, connect your computer to the printer with a certified USB cable.
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Ensure that the printer is turned on.
NOTE: You may complete the installation without connecting your printer if you prefer.
To do so, check the box marked I want to connect my printer after completing
the setup wizard.
NOTE: The use of non-certified USB cables can lead to connectivity problems. Only
cables certified by the USB Implementor's Forum (
with this printer.
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http://www.usb.org/) should be used
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Printer sharing considerations
HP Easy Printer Care must be installed on a computer before it can be used from that computer.
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Any other users sharing your directly connected printer will be able to send print jobs, but will not
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be able to receive information from the printer—which affects printer alerts, printer status reports,
paper management, printer administration and troubleshooting.
Any other users sharing your directly connected printer will be unable to use the printer's own print
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preview facility, although the application's print preview will still be available. See
print on page 51.
TIP: The best way to share the printer over a network is to connect the printer not to any computer,
but to the network. See
Connect to a network (Windows) on page 10.
Uninstall the printer software (Windows)
Insert the HP Start-Up Kit DVD into your DVD drive. If the DVD does not start automatically, run the
1.
START.EXE program in the root folder of the DVD.
2. Select Install, and follow the instructions on your screen to uninstall the printer software.
Connect to a network (Mac OS)
Preview a
You can connect your printer to a network under Mac OS X by using the following methods:
Bonjour/Rendezvous
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TCP/IP
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NOTE: The printer does not support AppleTalk.
Before you begin, check your equipment:
The printer should be set up and on.
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The Ethernet hub or router should be on and functioning correctly.
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All computers on the network should be on and connected to the network.
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The printer should be connected to the network.
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Now you can proceed to install the printer software and connect your printer.
Bonjour/Rendezvous connection
1.
Go to your printer's front panel and select the Connectivity menu icon
Ethernet > View configuration. Note the mDNS service name of your printer.
, then Gigabit
2. Insert the HP Start-Up Kit DVD into your DVD drive.
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3. Open the DVD icon on your desktop.
4. Open the Mac OS X HP Designjet Installer icon.
5. Follow the instructions on your screen. You are recommended to use the Easy Install option, which
will install the PostScript printer driver. If you would like to install the PCL (raster) driver, select
Custom Installation.
The printer software is installed, including the printer driver, HP Printer Utility, and HP Color Center.
6.
7. When the software has been installed, the HP Printer Setup Assistant starts automatically, to set up
a connection to your printer. Follow the instructions on your screen.
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8. When you reach the Select Printer screen, look for your printer's mDNS service name (which you
noted in step 1) in the Printer Name column.
If you find the right printer name, scroll sideways to see the Connection Type column, and check
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that it shows Bonjour/Rendezvous. Then highlight that line. Otherwise, continue searching
further down the list.
If you cannot find your printer name with a Bonjour/Rendezvous connection type, check
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the box My printer is not in the list.
Click Continue.
9. Continue following the instructions on the screen. When you reach the Printer Queue Created screen,
click Quit to exit, or Create New Queue if you want to connect another printer to the network.
10. When the HP Printer Setup Assistant has finished, you can remove the DVD from the DVD drive.
If the printer driver is already installed, the HP Printer Setup Assistant can be run at any time from the DVD.
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TCP/IP connection
1. Go to your printer's front panel and press the Menu key until you see the status screen.
Note the URL of your printer (http://XXXX11 in this example).
2. Insert the HP Start-Up Kit DVD into your DVD drive.
3. Open the DVD icon on your desktop.
4. Open the Mac OS X HP Designjet Installer icon.
5. Follow the instructions on your screen. You are recommended to use the Easy Install option, which
will install the PostScript printer driver. If you would like to install the PCL (raster) driver, select
Custom Installation.
6. The printer software is installed, including the printer driver, HP Printer Utility, and HP Color Center.
7. When the software has been installed, the HP Printer Setup Assistant starts automatically, to set up
a connection to your printer. Follow the instructions on your screen.
8. When you reach the Select Printer screen, look for your printer's URL (which you noted in step 1) in
the Printer Name column.
If you find the right printer name, scroll sideways to see the Connection Type column, and check
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that it shows IP Printing. Then highlight that line. Otherwise, continue searching further down
the list.
If you cannot find your printer name with an IP Printing connection type, check the box My
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printer is not in the list.
Click Continue.
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9. Continue following the instructions on the screen. When you reach the Printer Queue Created screen,
click Quit to exit, or Create New Queue if you want to connect another printer to the network.
10. When the HP Printer Setup Assistant has finished, you can remove the DVD from the DVD drive.
If the printer driver is already installed, the HP Printer Setup Assistant can be run at any time from the DVD.
Connect directly to a computer (Mac OS)
You can connect your printer directly to a computer without going through a network, by using the printer's
built-in USB 2.0 socket.
1. Make sure the printer is either turned off, or disconnected from the computer.
2. Insert the HP Start-Up Kit DVD into your DVD drive.
Open the DVD icon on your desktop.
3.
Installing the software
4. Open the Mac OS X HP Designjet Installer icon.
5. Follow the instructions on your screen. You are recommended to use the Easy Install option, which
will install the PostScript printer driver. If you would like to install the PCL (raster) driver, select
Custom Installation.
6. The printer software is installed, including the printer driver, HP Printer Utility, and HP Color Center.
7. When the software has been installed, the HP Printer Setup Assistant starts automatically, to set up
a connection to your printer.
8. Make sure that the printer is turned on and connected to the computer with a certified USB cable.
NOTE: The use of non-certified USB cables can lead to connectivity problems. Only cables
certified by the USB Implementor's Forum (
printer.
9. In the HP Printer Setup Assistant, click Continue.
10. In the list of printers that appears, select the entry that uses the connection type USB, and click
Continue.
11. The following screen displays information about your printer's installation, where the name of the
printer can be modified. Make any changes you wish to make, and click Continue.
12. Your printer is now connected. In the Printer Queue Created screen, click Quit to exit, or Create
New Queue if you want to connect another printer.
http://www.usb.org/) should be used with this
13. When the HP Printer Setup Assistant has finished, you can remove the DVD from the DVD drive.
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If the printer driver is already installed, the HP Printer Setup Assistant can be run at any time from the DVD.
Sharing the printer
If your computer is connected to a network and you are using Mac OS X 10.2 or later, you can make
your directly connected printer available to other computers on the same network.
1. Double-click the System Preferences icon on the Dock menu bar on your desktop.
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2. Enable printer sharing by going to Sharing > Services > Printer Sharing.
3. Your printer now automatically appears in the list of shared printers displayed by any other computer
running Mac OS and connected to your local network.
NOTE: Any other users wishing to share your printer must install the printer software on their own
computers.
Any other users sharing your directly connected printer will be able to send print jobs, but will not
be able to receive information from the printer—which affects printer alerts, printer status reports,
paper management, printer administration and troubleshooting.
Mac OS 10.2 users need to enable the Show printers connected to other computers
option in the Print Center in order to see shared printers.
You may find that sharing your directly connected printer with other users will slow down your
computer unacceptably.
TIP: The best way to share the printer over a network is to connect the printer not to any computer,
but to the network. See
Connect to a network (Mac OS) on page 12.
Uninstall the printer software (Mac OS)
Insert the HP Start-Up Kit DVD into your DVD drive.
1.
Open the DVD icon on your desktop.
2.
3. Open the Mac OS X HP Designjet Installer icon.
4. Select Uninstall, and follow the instructions on your screen to uninstall the printer software.
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Personalizing the printer
Turn printer on and off
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Change the language of the front-panel display
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Access HP Easy Printer Care (Windows) or HP Printer Utility (Mac OS)
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Access the Embedded Web Server
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Change the language of HP Easy Printer Care (Windows) or HP Printer Utility (Mac OS)
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Change the language of the Embedded Web Server
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Change the sleep mode setting
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Turn the buzzer on and off
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Change the front-panel display contrast
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Change the units of measurement
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Configure network settings
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Change the graphic language setting
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Turn printer on and off
Personal settings
TIP: The printer is Energy Star compliant and can be left powered on without wasting energy.
Leaving it on improves response time and overall system reliability. When the printer has not been
used for a certain period of time (30 minutes by default), it saves power by going into sleep mode.
However, any interaction with the printer's front-panel display returns it to active mode, and it can
resume printing immediately. To change the sleep mode time, see
setting on page 21.
NOTE: In sleep mode, the printer performs maintenance service to the printheads from time to
time. This avoids long preparation times after long idle periods. Therefore, it is strongly
recommended to leave the printer powered on or in sleep mode to avoid wasting ink and time.
The printer has three levels of power consumption.
Plugged in: the power cord is plugged into the back of the printer
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Switched on: the switch at the back of the printer is in the on position
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Powered on: the Power key on the front panel shows a green light
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If you wish to turn the printer on or off or reset the printer, the normal and recommended method is to use
the Power key on the front panel.
Change the sleep mode
However, if you plan to store the printer indefinitely or the Power key does not seem to work, you are
recommended to power it off using the Power key, and then also switch off the power switch at the rear.
To turn it back on, use the power switch at the rear.
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When the printer is powered back on, it takes about three minutes to initialize and check and prepare
the printheads. Preparing the printheads takes about one minute and 15 seconds. However, if the printer
has been off for six weeks or more, preparing the printheads could take up to 55 minutes.
Change the language of the front-panel display
There are two possible ways to change the language of the front-panel menus and messages.
If you can understand the current front-panel display language, press the Menu key to return to the
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main menu and select the Setup menu icon
language.
If you cannot understand the current front-panel display language, start with the printer powered off.
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At the front panel, press the OK key and hold it down. While holding the OK key down, press the
Power key and hold it down. Continue to hold down both keys until the green light on the right side
of the front-panel display starts flashing, and then release both keys. You can expect a delay of about
one second. If the green light starts flashing without any delay, you may need to start again.
Whichever method you used, the language selection menu should now appear on the front-panel display.
Highlight your preferred language with the Up and Down keys, then press the OK key.
, then Front panel options > Select
Access HP Easy Printer Care (Windows) or HP Printer Utility (Mac OS)
HP Easy Printer Care (Windows) or HP Printer Utility (Mac OS) enables you to manage your printer from
a computer with a USB connection or TCP/IP.
Under Windows, start HP Easy Printer Care from your desktop shortcut or from Start > All
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Programs > Hewlett-Packard > HP Easy Printer Care > Start HP Easy Printer Care.
This launches HP Easy Printer Care showing the printers installed.
Under Mac OS, launch the Mac Printer Utility by selecting STARTUP_DISK > Library >
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Printers > hp > Utilities > HP Printer Utility. This launches the HP Printer Selector where you
need to add your printer by clicking More Printers.
Personal settings
Select your printer and click Launch Utility. This launches the HP Printer Utility.
If you have followed these instructions but failed to get through to HP Easy Printer Care (Windows) or HP
Printer Utility (Mac OS), see
OS) on page 190.
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Cannot access HP Easy Printer Care (Windows) or HP Printer Utility (Mac
Access the Embedded Web Server
Personal settings
The Embedded Web Server enables you to manage your printer remotely using an ordinary Web browser
running on any computer.
NOTE: To use the Embedded Web Server, you must have a TCP/IP connection to your printer.
The following browsers are known to be compatible with the Embedded Web Server:
Internet Explorer 5.5 or later, for Windows
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Internet Explorer 5.1 or later, for Mac OS X
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Netscape Navigator 6.01 or later
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Mozilla 1.5 or later
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Mozilla Firefox 1.0 or later
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Safari
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To access the Embedded Web Server on any computer, open your Web browser and give the address
of your printer. You can find out the address of your printer (starting with http:) from the front-panel
display, by looking at the status screen.
If you have followed these instructions but failed to get through to the Embedded Web Server, see Cannot
access the Embedded Web Server on page 190.
Change the language of HP Easy Printer Care (Windows) or HP Printer Utility (Mac OS)
HP Easy Printer Care (Windows) or HP Printer Utility (Mac OS) can work in the following languages:
English, Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan, French, Italian, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional
Chinese, Korean, and Japanese.
Under Windows, select Tools > Set Language and select a language from the list.
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Under Mac OS, the language is changed as for any other application. In System Preferences
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select International and re-launch the application.
Change the language of the Embedded Web Server
The Embedded Web Server can work in the following languages: English, Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan,
French, Italian, German, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Korean, and Japanese. It uses
whichever language you have specified in your Web browser's options. If you have specified a language
that it cannot support, it works in English.
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To change the language, you must change your Web browser's language setting. For example, in Internet
Explorer version 6, go to the Tools menu and select Internet Options, Languages. Then ensure that
the language you want is at the top of the list in the dialog box.
To complete the change, you must close and reopen your Web browser.
Change the sleep mode setting
If the printer is left switched on but unused for a certain period of time, it goes automatically into sleep
mode to save power. The default is 30 minutes. To change the time the printer waits before it goes into
sleep mode, press the Menu key to return to the main menu and select the Setup menu icon
Front panel options > Sleep mode wait time. Highlight the wait time you want and then press
the OK key. You can set the time to 30, 60, 120, 150, 180, 210, or 240 minutes.
Turn the buzzer on and off
To turn the printer's buzzer on or off, press the Menu key to return to the main menu and select the Setup
menu icon
the OK key. The default buzzer is set to on.
, then Front panel options > Enable buzzer, and highlight on or off and press
Change the front-panel display contrast
To change the contrast of the front-panel display, select the Setup menu icon , then Front panel
options > Select display contrast, and enter a value using the Up or Down key. Press the OK key
to set the value. The default contrast is set to 50.
Change the units of measurement
To change the units of measurement in the front-panel display, select the Setup menu icon , then Front
panel options > Select units, and select English or Metric. By default the units are set to metric.
, then
Personal settings
Configure network settings
To configure the network settings from HP Easy Printer Care (Windows), select Settings tab > Network
Settings. From HP Printer Utility (Mac OS), select Configuration Group > Network Settings. You
can view and configure the following network settings.
IP Configuration method: specify the way to set an IP address between BOOTP, DHCP, Auto
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IP, and Manual
Host name: specify an IP name for the network device, the name may contain up to 32 ASCII
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characters
IP address: specify the IP address on the print server, duplicate IP addresses on a TCP/IP network
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are not allowed
NOTE: If you change the current IP address and click Apply, the browser loses the current
connection to the print server because it is pointing to the old address. To reconnect, browse
to the new IP address.
Subnet mask: specify a subnet mask, which is a 32-bit number applied to an IP address to
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determine which bits specify the network and subnet and which bits uniquely specify the node
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Default gateway: specify the IP address of a router or computer that is used to connect to other
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networks or sub-networks, if none exist, use the IP address of the computer or the IP address of the
print server
Domain name: specify the name of the DNS domain that the print server resides in, for example,
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support.hp.com, note that it does not include the host name; it is not the fully qualified domain name,
such as printer1.support.hp.com
Idle timeout: specify the number of seconds that an idle connection is allowed to remain open,
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270 is the default value, if set to zero, the timeout is disabled and TCP/IP connections remain open
until closed by the other node (such as a workstation) on the network
Default IP: specify the IP address to use when the print server is unable to obtain an IP address
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from the network when powered on or when reconfigured to use BOOTP or DHCP
Send DHCP requests: specify whether DHCP requests are transmitted when a legacy default IP
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address or a default Auto IP is assigned
To configure the same network settings from the front panel, press the Menu key to go to the main menu
Change the graphic language setting
Personal settings
and select the Connectivity menu icon
CAUTION: You should not need to change the default graphic language setting (Automatic),
and you are not recommended to do so.
Change the graphic language setting from the HP Easy Printer Care and HP Printer Utility applications
with the following steps.
1. Under Windows, select the Settings tab then Printer settings > Printing preferences.
Under Mac OS, select Configuration then Printer settings > Configure printer settings
> Printing preferences.
2. Select one of the following options.
Select Automatic to let the printer determine which type of file it is receiving. This setting works
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for most software applications.
Select HP-GL/2 only if you are sending a file of the appropriate type directly to the printer,
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without going through a printer driver.
Select PS only if you are sending a PostScript file directly to the printer, without going through
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a printer driver.
, then Gigabit Ethernet > Modify configuration.
Select PDF only if you are sending a PDF file directly to the printer, without going through a
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printer driver.
Select TIFF only if you are sending a Tagged Image File Format file directly to the printer, without
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going through a printer driver.
Select JPEG only if you are sending Joint Photographic Experts Group file directly to the printer,
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without going through a printer driver.
Select CALS/G4 only if you are sending a file of the appropriate type directly to the printer,
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without going through a printer driver.
You can change the graphic language setting from the front panel. Press the Menu key to return to the
main menu the select the Setup menu icon
language. Select the desired option and press the OK key to set the value.
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, then Printer preferences > Select graphic
CAUTION: If you are using a USB connection, select the icon, then Printing
preferences > PS > Select encoding > ASCII.
NOTE: The setting selected through HP Easy Printer Care (Windows) or HP Printer Utility (Mac
OS) overrides the setting selected by the front panel.
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Paper handling
General advice
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Choose which spindle to use
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Load a roll onto the spindle
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Load a roll into the printer
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Unload a roll
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Load a single sheet
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Unload a single sheet
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View information about the paper
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Paper profiles
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Add a custom paper type
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Print on loaded paper
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Maintain paper
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Change the drying time
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Turn the automatic cutter on and off
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Feed and cut the paper
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General advice
CAUTION: Before starting a paper loading process, ensure you have enough room around the
printer, both in front and behind.
CAUTION: Make sure the printer wheels are locked (the brake lever is pressed down) to prevent
the printer from moving.
Paper handling
CAUTION: All pa per mu st b e 1 1 in ches (2 8 cm) or longer . A4 and let te r paper ca nno t be lo ade d
landscape.
TIP: For photo paper wear cotton gloves to avoid transferring oils onto the paper.
CAUTION: Keep the basket closed throughout the loading process.
Choose which spindle to use
Ensure you use the correct spindle. The illustrations in the Load a roll onto the spindle on page 27
procedure and the
use the gray spindle if you are loading the following categories and types of rolled papers wider than 36
in (91.5 cm).
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Load a roll into the printer on page 29 procedure show the black spindle. You must
Paper category Paper type
Bond and Coated Paper Plain Paper
Bond and Coated Paper Bright White Bond Paper
Bond and Coated Paper Coated Paper
Technical Paper Natural Tracing Paper
Technical Paper Translucent Bond
Technical Paper Vellum
TIP: If you are a regular user of different paper types, you can change rolls more quickly if you
preload rolls of different paper types on different spindles. Extra spindles are available for
purchase, see
Accessories on page 139.
Load a roll onto the spindle
CAUTION: Ensure the sheet tray is closed.
1. Remove the right-hand end of the spindle from the printer, then the other end.
WARNING! Do not insert your fingers into the spindle supports during the removal process.
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2. The spindle has a stop at each end to keep the roll in position. The blue stop can be removed to
mount a new roll; it slides along the spindle to hold rolls of different widths. Remove the blue paper
stop from the end of the spindle.
3. If your roll has a three-inch cardboard core, ensure that the core adaptors supplied with the printer
have been installed.
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4. If the roll is long; rest the spindle horizontally on a table and load the roll on the table.
TIP: You may need two people to handle a large roll.
5. Slide the new roll onto the spindle. Make sure the paper type is oriented as shown. If it is not, remove
the roll, turn it 180 degrees and slide it back on to the spindle. There are labels on the spindle
showing the correct orientation.
NOTE: From the back of the printer, the blue stopper is inserted into the right-side holder.
Ensure both ends of the roll are as close to the spindle stops as possible.
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6. Put the blue paper stop on to the open end of the spindle, and push it towards the end of the roll.
7. Ensure the blue paper stop is pushed in as far as it goes; until both ends are against the stoppers.
If you are a regular user of different paper types, you can change rolls more quickly if you preload rolls
of different paper types on different spindles. Extra spindles are available for purchase, see
Accessories on page 139.
Load a roll into the printer
There are two ways to load a roll. The easy loading procedure is recommended.
CAUTION: To start these procedures you must have a roll loaded on the spindle. See Load a
roll onto the spindle on page 27.
Easy loading procedure
1. Check that you are using the correct spindle for your type of paper, see Choose which spindle to
use on page 26.
2. Standing behind the printer, rest the spindle's black end on the left side roll holder. Do not put the
end completely into the roll holder.
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3. Rest the blue end of the spindle on the right side roll holder. If you are loading the gray spindle,
ensure the rounded side of the spindle top is resting on the roll holder.
4. With both hands, push the spindle into both roll holders at the same time. The spindle snaps into
place.
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5. If the edge of the roll is torn (sometimes due to tape used to hold end of the roll) or not straight, pull
paper slightly beyond the cutting groove and use a cutter to cut a straight edge.
CAUTION: Cut the paper as straight as possible, as uneven paper does not load correctly.
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6. Insert the edge of the paper into the feeder.
WARNING! Do not push your fingers inside the printer's paper path, the results may be
painful.
7. Roll the spindle into the feeder until you feel resistance. The printer detects the paper and feeds it
automatically into the printer.
8. Once the paper is fed into the printer, the front-panel display asks if you are loading a roll or a sheet.
Select Roll with the Up and Down keys and press OK.
9. Select your paper category and type.
TIP: If you have loaded a paper type whose name does not appear in the paper list, see
The paper type is not in the driver on page 149.
10. The printer checks the alignment and measures the width.
11. Look at the front panel; you may find some instructions there.
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12. When the roll is aligned, the front panel displays the Ready message and the printer is ready to
print. If the roll is not aligned, follow the instructions on the front-panel display.
13. If the paper is loose on the roll, lightly rewind from the end of the spindle until tight.
NOTE: If you have an unexpected issue at any stage of the paper loading process, see The paper
cannot be loaded successfully on page 148.
TIP: When prints fall into the basket, they can be torn or get ink marks from other prints. To avoid
this, catch your prints as they are cut from the roll and do not stack prints in the basket or turn off
the automatic cutter, see
and cut key to release your print.
Turn the automatic cutter on and off on page 42, and use the Form feed
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Paper menu procedure
As an alternative you can use the paper menu to start the paper loading process.
1. Follow steps one through five of the
2.
Press the Menu key to return to the main menu, select the Paper menu icon
3. Select Paper load.
Easy loading procedure on page 29.
.
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4. Select Load roll.
5. Select your paper category and type.
TIP: If you have loaded a paper type whose name does not appear in the paper list, see
The paper type is not in the driver on page 149.
6. Continue with step six of the easy loading process, skipping steps eight and nine.
TIP: When prints fall into the basket, they can be torn or get ink marks from other prints. To avoid
this, catch your prints as they are cut from the roll and do not stack prints in the basket or turn off
the automatic cutter, see
and cut key to release your print.
Turn the automatic cutter on and off on page 42, and use the Form feed
Unload a roll
Before unloading a roll, check whether there is paper on the roll or if the roll is out of paper, and follow
the appropriate procedure as described below.
CAUTION: Do not touch the paper while the printer is printing, as it causes image quality
defects.
Unload paper key procedure with paper on the roll
If there is paper on the roll, use the following procedure.
1. Press the Unload paper key on the front panel.
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2. When prompted by the front-panel display, lift the blue lever on the left.
3. When prompted by the front-panel display, lightly rewind the paper from the end of the spindle until
removed from the printer.
4. When prompted by the front-panel display, lower the blue lever.
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Paper menu procedure with paper on the roll
If there is paper on the roll, you can also start the process from the paper menu in the front panel's main
menu.
1.
Press the Menu key to return to the main menu, select the Paper menu icon
2. Select Unload paper.
3. Continue from step two of the Unload paper key process.
Roll out of paper procedure
.
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If the end of the paper is no longer attached to the roll use the following procedure.
1. If you have already started the unload process, press the Cancel key on the front panel to cancel
that procedure.
Lift the blue lever on the left. If the front panel displays a warning about the lever, ignore it.
2.
3. Pull out the paper from the printer. Pull from wherever the paper is accessible; the back of the printer
is recommended.
4. Lower the blue lever.
5. If the front panel displays a warning message, press the OK key to clear it.
Load a single sheet
There are two ways to load a sheet. The easy loading procedure is recommended.
CAUTION: Any loaded roll or sheet must be unloaded before loading a sheet, see Unload a
roll on page 33, and Unload a single sheet on page 38.
CAUTION: For sheets thicker than 0.5mm, you must have space behind the printer equal to the
length of the sheet.
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Easy loading procedure
1. Standing in front of the printer, open the sheet tray. If the sheet is long, extend the right extension. If
the sheet is also wide extend the left extension.
TIP: If the tray is difficult to open, try opening from behind the printer.
NOTE: The extensions are seven cm and snap in place.
Insert the sheet into the feeder. Load your sheet aligned with the load line and insert until the paper
2.
cannot continue, with thicker sheets you feel resistance. The printer detects the sheet in three seconds.
A countdown begins on the front-panel display.
WARNING! Do not to push your fingers inside the printer's paper path.
3. After the countdown, the paper feeds into the printer. Guide the sheet into the printer; this is especially
important with thicker papers.
4. The front-panel display asks if you are loading a roll or a sheet. Select Sheet with the Up and
Down keys.
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5. Enter your paper category and type.
TIP: If you have loaded a paper type whose name does not appear in the paper list, see
The paper type is not in the driver on page 149.
6. The printer checks the alignment and measures the sheet.
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NOTE: Depending on the length of the sheet, it feeds out the front of the printer.
7. If the paper has been loaded successfully, the front panel displays the Ready message and the
printer ready to print. If the paper is not straight, follow the instructions on the front-panel display.
NOTE: When correctly loaded, the sheet is in the back of the printer.
NOTE: If you have an unexpected problem at any stage of the paper loading process, see The
paper cannot be loaded successfully on page 148.
Paper menu procedure
As an alternative you can use the paper menu to start the paper loading process
1. Perform step one of the easy loading procedure.
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2.
Press the Menu key to return to the main menu and select the Paper menu icon
3. Select Paper load.
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4. Select Load sheet.
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5. Select your paper category and type.
TIP: If you have loaded a paper type whose name does not appear in the paper list, see
The paper type is not in the driver on page 149.
6. Continue with step two of the easy loading procedure, skipping steps four and five.
Unload a single sheet
To unload a sheet without printing, use the Unload paper key or the paper menu procedure.
NOTE: To unload a single sheet after printing, you can simply pull the sheet free from the front
of the printer.
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CAUTION: Do not touch the paper while the printer is printing, as it causes image quality
defects.
Unload paper key procedure
1. Press the Unload paper key on the front panel.
2. The sheet unloads out the front of the printer, either catch it manually or allow it to fall in the basket.
Paper menu procedure
You can also unload a sheet from the paper menu.
1.
Press the Menu key to return to the main menu and select the Paper menu icon
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2. Select Unload paper. The sheet unloads out of the front of the printer, either catch it manually or
allow it to fall in the basket.
View information about the paper
To view the loaded paper information, press the View loaded paper key on the front panel.
You can also select the Paper menu icon
The following information is displayed on the front panel:
Roll or sheet status
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Paper manufacturer's name
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Paper type you have selected
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Width of the paper in millimeters (estimated)
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Length of the sheet in millimeters (estimated)
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Color calibration status
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Paper Advance Calibration
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If no paper is loaded, the message Out of paper is displayed.
The same information (apart from the manufacturer's name) is displayed in HP Easy Printer Care and HP
Printer Utility on the Supplies page.
NOTE: Photo and coated paper requires careful handling, see The print is scuffed or
scratched on page 166.
and then View loaded paper.
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Paper profiles
Each supported paper type has its own characteristics. For optimum print-quality, the printer changes the
way it prints on each different paper type. For example, some may need more ink and some may require
a longer drying time. So the printer must be given a description of the requirements of each paper type.
This description is called the “media” or “paper” profile. The paper profile contains the ICC profile, which
describes the color characteristics of the paper; it also contains information on other characteristics and
requirements of the paper that are not directly related to color. Existing paper profiles for your printer are
already installed in the printer's software.
However, as it is inconvenient to scroll through a list of all paper types available, your printer only contains
paper profiles for the most commonly used paper types. If you have a paper type for which your printer
has no profile, you cannot select that paper type in the front-panel display.
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There are three ways to assign a profile for a new paper type.
Use a HP factory paper profile by selecting the closest category and type in the front panel, HP Easy
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Printer Care (Windows), or HP Printer Utility (Mac OS)
NOTE: Colors may not be accurate. This method is not recommended for high-quality prints.
Download the correct paper profile from:
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NOTE: HP only provides profiles for HP paper types. If you do not find the paper profile
you want on the Web, you may find that it has been added to the latest firmware for your
printer. You can check the firmware release notes for information, see
on page 136.
Add custom paper type, see
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this works for both HP and non-HP papers.
CAUTION: The embedded spectrophotometer is a 45/0 spectrophotometer, as
recommended by Graphic Arts International Standards. However, 45/0 geometry is not
appropriate to measure color on textured glossy paper. In general, 45/0 spectrophotometers
cannot accurately measure color on textured glossy paper. For this reason, automatic color
calibration is not allowed on HP Collector Satin Canvas.
Add a custom paper type on page 40, and create an ICC profile,
Add a custom paper type
Before you can use a custom paper with your printer you must add a custom paper type and allow the
printer to run a color calibration. You can add a custom paper using the HP Color Center in HP Easy
Printer Care (Windows) or HP Printer Utility (Mac OS).
1. Go to the Color Center in HP Easy Printer Care (Windows) or HP Printer Utility (Mac OS).
http://www.hp.com/go/designjet/downloads
Update the firmware
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2. Select Manage Papers.
3. In Windows, select Add new paper. In Mac OS, click +.
4. Enter your paper's name.
NOTE: It is recommended to use the paper's commercial name to avoid confusion for other
users.
5. Select a paper category.
TIP: The paper category determines the amount of ink used and other basic printing
parameters. To obtain satisfactory results, see
on page 149.
6. Load your custom paper, see Load a roll into the printer on page 29 or Load a single sheet
on page 34.
CAUTION: The embedded spectrophotometer is a 45/0 spectrophotometer, as
recommended by Graphic Arts International Standards. However, 45/0 geometry is not
appropriate to measure color on textured glossy paper. In general, 45/0 spectrophotometers
cannot accurately measure color on textured glossy paper. For this reason, automatic color
calibration is not allowed on HP Collector Satin Canvas.
The paper type is not in the driver
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7. Click Next. The printer performs a color calibration and prints a calibration chart. This may take
ten minutes.
NOTE: For more information on the processes available in the Color Center, see A summary
of the color management process on page 67.
8. Once the new calibration parameters are calculated and stored, you are reminded to create an ICC
profile. Click Done. Your custom paper is added to the paper category you selected.
9. To create an ICC profile, which allows you to print on your paper with the best possible color
accuracy, see
Color profiling on page 69.
Print on loaded paper
To print a job on whichever paper is loaded in the printer, select Any in the Paper Type option of your
printer driver.
In the Windows driver dialog: select the Paper/Quality tab, then select Any in the Paper Type
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drop-down list.
In the Mac OS Print dialog (T1100): select the Paper Type/Quality panel, then select Any in
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the Paper Type drop-down list.
In the Mac OS PS Print dialog (T1100ps): select the Image Quality panel, then select Any
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in the Paper Type drop-down list.
NOTE: Any is the driver default.
Maintain paper
To maintain paper quality, follow the recommendations below.
Store rolls covered by another piece of paper or cloth
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Store cut sheets covered and clean or brush them before loading them in the printer
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Clean input and output platens and cut sheet tray
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Always keep the transparent window of your printer closed
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NOTE: Photo and coated paper requires careful handling, see The print is scuffed or
scratched on page 166.
Change the drying time
You may wish to change the drying time setting to suit special printing conditions such as multiple prints
where time is of higher importance or when you need to be sure ink is dry before handling.
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Select the Setup menu icon
Extended, to set a longer than recommended time to ensure ink is completely dry
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Optimal, to set the default and recommended time for your selected paper
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Reduced, to set a shorter than recommended time when quality is of lower importance
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None, to disable the drying time and remove your print as soon as it finishes printing
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, then Print retrieval> Select drying time. You can select:
CAUTION: If the ink is not dry when the print is removed it could leave ink in the output tray and
marks on the print.
NOTE: If you cancel the drying time during a print, the printer may not feed and cut the paper
right away due to the printhead maintenance, which runs in parallel. If the dry time is zero, the
printer cuts the paper and then performs the printhead maintenance. However, if the dry time is
greater than zero, the printer does not cut the paper until after the printhead maintenance has
completed, even if the Form feed and cut key has been pressed.
Turn the automatic cutter on and off
To turn the printer's paper cutter on or off:
From HP Easy Printer Care (Windows), select the Settings tab and change the Cutter option in
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Printer Settings > Advanced.
From HP Printer Utility (Mac OS), select Configuration > Printer Settings > Configure Printer
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Settings and change the Cutter option.
From the Embedded Web Server, select the Setup tab, then Printer Settings > Advanced, and
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change the Cutter option.
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Press the Menu key to return to the main menu, select the Setup menu icon
Settings > Advanced and change the cutter option.
, then Printer
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NOTE: To cut rolled paper while the automatic cutter is disabled, see Feed and cut the paper
on page 42.
CAUTION: There are some papers that cannot be cut, such as canvas or very thick paper, even
when the Form feed and cut key is pressed.
Feed and cut the paper
To feed and cut the paper when the automatic cutter has been disabled, press the Form feed and cut key
on the front panel. The paper advances and the printer makes a straight cut on the front edge.
NOTE: The printer may not cut the paper directly after the Form feed and cut key is pressed, as
each time a print is printed the printheads are serviced and the paper cannot be cut until the process
completes.
Remove the cut piece from the output tray.
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CAUTION: If strips or short prints are left in the output tray the printer could jam.
NOTE: Photo and coated paper requires careful handling, see The print is scuffed or
scratched on page 166.
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Printing
Create a print job
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Select print quality
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Select paper size
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Select margins options
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Print with shortcuts
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Rescale a print
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Change the treatment of overlapping lines
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Preview a print
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Print a draft
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High-quality printing
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Print in gray shades
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Print with no margins
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Rotate an image
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Print with crop lines
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Use paper economically
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Nest jobs to save roll paper
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Use ink economically
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Create a print job
In order to print something, you must send it to the printer. This constitutes a print job, which is entered
into the printer's print queue. There are two main ways of sending a print job to the printer:
To print directly from a program, use the program's Print command as usual. When you select your
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HP Designjet printer, the printer driver is invoked to send your job to the printer.
If you have a file that is already in a supported graphical format, you can use the Embedded Web
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Server to send it directly to the printer without going through a printer driver (see below).
Using the Embedded Web Server to print files
From HP Easy Printer Care or the Embedded Web Server, select Job Center > Submit Job. You will
see the window below.
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Press the Add files button to choose the files from your computer that you want to print. The files must
be in one of the following formats:
PDF
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PostScript
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HP-GL/2
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RTL
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TIFF
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JPEG
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CALS/G4
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NOTE: When you print to a file, the file should be in one of the above formats, but its name may
have an extension such as .plt or .prn.
If the files are not in one of these formats, they will not be printed successfully.
If the jobs have been generated with the appropriate settings (such as page size, rotation, resizing, and
number of copies), you can just press the Print button and they will be sent to the printer.
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If you need to specify printing settings, go to the Job settings section and select the options you need.
Each option has explanatory text on the right, so that you can understand the behavior of each setting.
Remember that, if you leave the setting as Default, the setting saved in the job will be used. If the job
contains no setting, the setting in the printer will be used.
Select print quality
The printer has various print-quality options because best-quality printing requires some loss of speed,
while fast printing implies some reduction in print quality.
Therefore, the standard print-quality selector is a slider that allows you to choose between quality and
speed.
Alternatively, you can select from the custom options: Best, Normal, and Fast. There are also three
supplementary custom options that may have an effect on print quality: Maximum detail, More
passes, and Gloss enhancer. See
NOTE: In the Windows driver dialog, the rendering resolution for your job is displayed in the
Custom Print Quality Options dialog box. In the Mac OS Print dialog, it is displayed in the
Summary panel.
You can select print-quality options in the following ways:
In the Windows driver dialog: go to the Paper/Quality tab and look at the Print Quality
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section. If you select Standard Options, you will see a simple slider with which you can select
speed or quality. If you select Custom Options, you will see the more specific options described
above.
High-quality printing on page 54.
In the Mac OS Print dialog (PostScript driver): go to the Image Quality panel. If you
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select Standard quality options, you will see a simple slider with which you can select speed or
quality. If you select Custom quality options, you will see the more specific options described above.
In the Mac OS Print dialog (PCL driver): go to the Paper Type/Quality panel and
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select Paper. If you select Standard quality options, you will see a simple slider with which you
can select speed or quality. If you select Custom quality options, you will see the more specific
options described above.
On the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page: select Basic settings > Print
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quality. If you then select Standard options, you can choose between Speed and Quality. If
you select Custom options, you will see the more specific options described above.
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Using the front panel: select the Setup menu icon
quality.
NOTE: If you have set the print quality from your computer, that overrides the print-quality
setting in the front panel.
NOTE: You cannot change the print quality of pages that the printer is already receiving or has
already received (even if they have not started to print yet).
Select paper size
The paper size can be specified in the following ways.
, then Printing preferences > Print
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NOTE: The paper size specified here should be the paper size in which the document was
created. It is possible to rescale the document to a different size for printing. See
on page 50.
In the Windows driver dialog: select the Paper/Quality tab, then Document Size.
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In the Mac OS Page Setup dialog: select your printer in the Format for popup menu, then
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Paper Size.
On the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page: select Advanced settings >
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Paper > Page size > Standard.
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Using the front panel: select the Setup menu icon
Paper > Select paper size.
NOTE: If you have set the paper size from your computer, that overrides the paper size
setting in the front panel.
Custom paper sizes
To choose a non-standard paper size not shown in the list of paper sizes:
Under Windows, there are two different ways:
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Rescale a print
, then Printing preferences >
Select margins options
Printing
In the driver dialog, select Custom from the paper size list in the Paper/Quality tab, then
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specify the paper dimensions, then click Save to save your new paper size. To see your new
custom size in the list of custom sizes, you need to exit the printer properties, then reenter them
and use the More button.
From the Start menu, select Printers and Faxes, then from the File menu select Server
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Properties. In the Forms tab, check the Create a new form box, specify the name and
dimensions of the new form, then click Save Form.
Under Mac OS X 10.4: select Paper Size > Manage Custom Sizes in the Page Setup dialog.
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Under Mac OS X 10.2 or 10.3: select Settings > Custom Paper Size from the Page Setup
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dialog.
On the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page: select Advanced settings >
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Paper > Page size > Custom.
By default, the printer leaves a 5 mm margin between the edges of your image and the edges of the paper
(17 mm at the foot of a sheet of paper). However, you can change this behavior in several ways.
In the Windows driver dialog: select the Paper/Quality tab and then the Layout button.
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In the Mac OS Print dialog (PostScript driver): select the Finishing panel and then
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Layout.
In the Mac OS Print dialog (PCL driver): select the Paper Type/Quality panel and then
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Layout.
On the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page: select Advanced settings >
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Paper > Layout/Margins.
You will then see at least some of the following options.
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NOTE: Under Mac OS, the available margins options depend on the paper size selected in the
Page Setup dialog. For instance, for borderless printing you must select a paper size name that
includes the words “no margins”.
Standard. Your image will be printed on a page of the size you have selected, with a narrow
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margin between the edges of the image and the edges of the paper. The image should be small
enough to fit between the margins.
Oversize. Your image will be printed on a page slightly larger than the size you have selected. If
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you cut off the margins, you will be left with a page of the size you selected, with no margins
remaining between your image and the edges of the paper.
Clip Contents By Margins. Your image will be printed on a page of the size you have selected,
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with a narrow margin between the edges of the image and the edges of the paper. In this case, if
the image is the same size as the page, the printer assumes that the extreme edges of the image are
either white or unimportant, and do not need to be printed. This may be useful when your image
already contains a border.
Borderless. Your image will be printed on a page of the size you have selected, with no margins.
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The image is slightly enlarged to ensure that no margin is left between the edges of the image and
the edges of the paper. If you select Automatically by Printer, this enlargement is done
automatically. If you select Manually in Application, you must select a custom page size slightly
larger than the page on which you intend to print. See also
Print with no margins on page 56.
Print with shortcuts
The printer driver provides many options that can be set to different values when printing a particular job.
A printing shortcut stores the values of all these options that are appropriate for a particular kind of job,
so that you can set them all with a single click. Some settings (such as paper size, paper source, and
orientation) may be overridden by the values provided by your application.
To use a shortcut, select the Printing Shortcuts tab in the Windows driver dialog.
NOTE: Shortcuts are available only under Windows.
You can see a list of available shortcuts; select the one that matches the kind of job you want to print.
The driver options are now adjusted to suit your job. You can either print immediately, or examine the
settings to check that you agree with them. If you like, you can select a shortcut and then change some of
its settings manually.
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TIP: Check at least the settings that you can see in the Printing Shortcuts tab: the document
size, orientation, etc.
The Factory Defaults shortcut contains the printer's default settings. When you click on it, it sets all options
to their default values.
Printing shortcuts can be customized to your particular needs. To create your own shortcut:
1. Select the shortcut that comes closest to satisfying your requirements.
2. Change any value in the Printing Shortcuts tab and/or other tabs.
3. Save the new printing shortcut.
If you decide later that you no longer want a shortcut, you can delete it.
Rescale a print
You can send an image to the printer at a certain size but tell the printer to rescale it to a different size
(normally larger). This may be useful:
If your software does not support large formats
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If your file is too large for the printer's memory—in this case, you can reduce the paper size in your
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software and then scale it up again using the front-panel option
Printing
You can rescale an image in the following ways:
In the Windows driver dialog: select the Effects tab, then Resizing options.
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The Print document on option adjusts the image size to the paper size you have selected.
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For example, if you have selected ISO A2 as the paper size and you print an A3-sized image,
it is enlarged to fit the A2 paper. If the ISO A4 paper size is selected, the printer reduces a
larger image to fit the A4 size.
The % of normal size option enlarges the printable area of the original paper size (the page
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minus the margins) by the percentage indicated, then adds the margins to create the output
paper size.
In the Mac OS Print dialog (PostScript driver): select the Finishing panel, then Print
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document on to adjust the image size to the paper size you have selected. For example, if you
have selected ISO A2 as the paper size and you print an A4-size image, it is enlarged to fit the A2
paper. If the ISO A3 paper size is selected, the printer reduces a larger image to fit the A3 size.
In the Mac OS Print dialog (PCL driver): select the Paper Handling panel, then Scale to
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fit paper size, and select the paper size to which you want to scale the image. If you want to
increase the size of the image, make sure that the Scale down only box is unchecked.
NOTE: The Scale to fit paper size option is available in Mac OS X 10.4 and later
versions.
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On the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page: select Advanced settings >
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Resizing.
The Standard and Custom options adjust the image size to the standard or custom paper
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size you have selected. For example, if you have selected ISO A2 as the paper size and you
print an A3-sized image, it is enlarged to fit the A2 paper. If the ISO A4 paper size is selected,
the printer reduces a larger image to fit the A4 size.
The % of actual size option enlarges the printable area of the original paper size (the page
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minus the margins) by the percentage indicated, then adds the margins to create the output
paper size.
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Using the front panel: select the Setup menu icon
Paper > Resize.
If you are printing to a single sheet, you must ensure that the image can actually fit onto the sheet, otherwise
the image will be clipped.
, then Printing preferences >
Change the treatment of overlapping lines
NOTE: This topic applies only when printing an HP-GL/2 job.
The merge option controls the overlapping lines in an image. There are two settings:
Off: where the lines cross, only the color of the top line is printed.
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On: where the lines cross, the colors of the two lines merge.
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To turn merge on, go to the front panel and select the Setup menu icon
preferences > HP-GL/2 > Enable merge. You can set the merge option from your software in some
applications. Settings in your software override the front-panel settings.
Preview a print
Previewing a print on the screen allows you to check the layout of the print before printing, which may
help you to avoid wasting paper and ink on a bad print.
To preview a print under Windows, you have the following options:
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Use your application's print preview option.
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Check the Show preview before printing option, which you can find in the driver's
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Printing Shortcuts tab, Paper/Quality tab, and Features tab. The preview is shown
before printing; you can check the print settings and the layout of the image, and then click
Print to proceed with printing or Cancel to cancel the job.
To preview a print under Mac OS, you have the following options:
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Use your application's print preview option.
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Click the Preview button at the bottom of the Print dialog box. This is the basic print preview
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provided by Mac OS.
If you are using the PostScript driver, check the Show print preview option, which you can
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find in the driver's Printing dialog, in the Finishing panel.
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If you are using the PCL driver, click the PDF button at the bottom of the Print dialog box, then
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click HP Print Preview. This provides a preview with more features, such as the ability to
change paper size, paper type, and print quality, and to rotate the image. See below:
To preview a print using the Embedded Web Server, select Basic settings > Hold for
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preview.
Print a draft
You can specify fast draft-quality printing in the following ways:
In the Windows driver dialog: go to the Paper/Quality tab and look at the Print Quality
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section. Move the print-quality slider to the extreme left ('Speed').
In the Mac OS Print dialog (PostScript driver): go to the Image Quality panel and move
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the print-quality slider to the extreme left ('Speed').
In the Mac OS Print dialog (PCL driver): go to the Paper Type/Quality panel and
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select Paper, then move the print-quality slider to the extreme left ('Speed').
On the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page: select Basic settings > Print
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quality > Standard options > Speed.
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Using the front panel: select the Setup menu icon
quality > Select quality level > Fast.
NOTE: HP Print Preview is not available if you are using Adobe InDesign, Adobe
Illustrator, Adobe Reader, or Apple Aperture.
, then Printing preferences > Print
Printing
NOTE: If you have set the print quality from your computer, that overrides the print-quality setting
in the front panel.
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High-quality printing
You can specify high-quality printing in the following ways:
In the Windows driver dialog: go to the Paper/Quality tab and look at the Print Quality
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section. Move the print-quality slider to the extreme right ('Quality').
In the Mac OS Print dialog (PostScript driver): go to the Image Quality panel and move
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the print-quality slider to the extreme right ('Quality').
In the Mac OS Print dialog (PCL driver): go to the Paper Type/Quality panel and
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select Paper, then move the print-quality slider to the extreme right ('Quality').
On the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page: select Basic settings > Print
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quality > Standard options > Quality.
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Using the front panel: select the Setup menu icon
quality > Select quality level > Best.
NOTE: If you have set the print quality from your computer, that overrides the print-quality setting
in the front panel.
If you have a high-resolution image
If your image has a resolution greater than the rendering resolution (which you can see in the Custom
Print Quality Options box under Windows), print sharpness may be improved by selecting the Maximum
Detail option. This option is available only if you are printing on glossy paper and you have selected
Best print quality.
, then Printing preferences > Print
If you have printhead problems
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In the driver dialog (Mac OS Print dialog): select custom instead of standard print-quality
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options, then check the Maximum Detail box.
On the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page: select Basic settings > Print
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quality > Custom. Set Quality level to Best, and Maximum detail to Yes.
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Using the front panel: select the Setup menu icon
quality > Enable maximum detail.
NOTE: The Maximum Detail option results in slower printing with photo papers, but it does
not increase the amount of ink used.
If your printheads have an excessive number of clogged nozzles, print quality is improved by selecting
the More Passes option.
In the driver dialog (Mac OS Print dialog): select custom instead of standard print-quality
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options, then check the More Passes box.
On the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page: select Basic settings > Print
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quality > Custom. Set Quality level to Best, and More passes to Yes.
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Using the front panel: select the Setup menu icon
quality > Enable more passes.
, then Printing preferences > Print
, then Printing preferences > Print
NOTE: The More Passes option results in slower printing, but it does not increase the amount
of ink used.
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TIP: Instead of using this option, consider using the Image Diagnostics Print to identify the
printhead or printheads that are causing the problem, and then clean or replace them. See
Image Diagnostics Print on page 172.
If you are printing on photo paper
If you are printing on photo paper, you have the option of using the gloss enhancer, which improves
overall gloss quality and eliminates bronzing. There are three settings:
Off: the gloss enhancer is not used.
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Economode: the gloss enhancer is used in inked areas of the image, but not in ink-free (white)
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areas.
Whole page: the gloss enhancer is used over the whole area of the defined page, including ink-
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free areas.
If the print quality slider is set to Quality, the Gloss enhancer option is automatically set to Whole
page. To change this setting:
In the driver dialog (Mac OS Print dialog): select custom instead of standard print-quality
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options, then the Gloss enhancer option.
On the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page: select Basic settings > Print
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quality > Custom > Gloss enhancer.
The
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Using the front panel: select the Setup menu icon
quality > Gloss enhancer.
If you are printing on satin photo paper
If you are printing on satin photo paper, consider using HP Professional Satin Photo Paper, which can
offer:
A wider color gamut
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Better black optical density
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Better PANTONE coverage
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A smoother surface
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Greater robustness
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Print in gray shades
You can convert all colors in your image to shades of gray in the following ways:
In your application program: many programs provide this option.
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In the Windows driver dialog: go to the Color tab and look at the Color Options section.
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Select Print In Grayscale.
, then Printing preferences > Print
In the Mac OS Print dialog (PostScript driver): go to the Color Options panel and
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select Print In Grayscale.
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In the Mac OS Print dialog (PCL driver): go to the Paper Type/Quality panel and
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select Color, then select Print In Grayscale.
On the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page: select Color > Color/Grayscale
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> Full set of inks grayscale.
See also
Print a black-and-white photo for an exhibition (Photoshop, PS driver) on page 84.
Print with no margins
Printing with no margins (to the edges of the paper) is known as borderless printing. This can be done
only on rolls of glossy paper.
In order to be sure of leaving no margins, the printer prints slightly past the edges of the paper. Any ink
deposited outside the paper is absorbed by the sponge situated in the platen.
NOTE: If you wish to print with no margins, you must ensure that your image will fill the page.
If your image is smaller than the page, it will not be automatically stretched.
You can request printing with no margins in the following ways:
In the Windows driver dialog: select the Paper/Quality tab and press the Layout button.
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Then select Borderless.
In the Mac OS Page Setup dialog (PostScript driver): select a paper size name that includes
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the words “no margins”. Then, in the Print dialog, select Finishing > Layout > Borderless.
In the Mac OS Page Setup dialog (PCL driver): select a paper size name that includes the
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words “no margins”. Then, in the Print dialog, select Paper Type/Quality > Layout >
Borderless.
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Rotate an image
On the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page: select Advanced settings >
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Paper > Layout/Margins > Borderless.
When you select Borderless, you must also select one of the following Image Enlargement options:
Automatically by Printer means that the printer automatically enlarges your image slightly
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(normally by a few millimeters in each direction) in order to print over the edges of the paper.
Manually in Application means that you must enlarge the image yourself in your application,
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and select a custom paper size that is slightly larger than the actual paper size.
NOTE: If the first print job after loading paper is a borderless job, the printer may trim the leading
edge of the paper before printing.
At the end of a borderless print, the printer normally cuts the print slightly inside the image area to
ensure that the print is borderless. It then cuts the paper again so that no residual part of the image
is included in the next print. However, if the job is cancelled, or if there is white space at the bottom
of the image, only a single cut is made.
By default, images are printed with their shorter sides parallel to the leading edge of the paper, like this:
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You may wish to rotate your images by 90 degrees in order to save paper, like this:
You can do this in the following ways:
In the Windows driver dialog: select the Features tab, then Rotate by 90 degrees.
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In the Mac OS Print dialog (PostScript driver): go to the Finishing panel and select Rotate
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by 90 degrees.
On the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page: select Advanced settings > Roll
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options > Rotate.
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In the front panel: select the Setup menu icon
Rotate.
NOTE: If rotation is set from your computer, it overrides the setting in the front panel.
NOTE: When you rotate a job, the page length may be increased to avoid clipping, because
the top and bottom margins are usually larger than the side margins.
CAUTION: With either rolls or sheets, if you rotate an image to landscape whose original
orientation was portrait, the paper may not be wide enough for the image. For example, rotating
a portrait D/A1-size image on D/A1-size paper by 90 degrees will probably exceed the width of
the paper. If you are using the Embedded Web Server, the preview screen will confirm this with a
warning triangle.
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Autorotate
With some printer drivers, you can also select the Autorotate option, which will automatically rotate by
90 degrees any oversized portrait images in order to save paper.
Print with crop lines
Crop lines indicate where the paper should be cut to reduce it to your selected page size. You can print
crop lines automatically with individual jobs in the following ways:
On the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page: select Advanced settings > Roll
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options > Enable crop lines.
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Using the front panel: select the Setup menu icon
Paper > Enable crop lines > On.
, then Printing preferences >
To print crop lines with nested jobs (see
different option:
In the Embedded Web Server: select Job management > Use crop lines when nest is
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enabled > On.
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Using the front panel: select the Setup menu icon
options > Enable crop lines > On.
Use paper economically
Here are some recommendations for making economical use of paper:
If you are printing relatively small images or document pages, you can use nesting to print them side
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by side instead of one after another. See
If you are printing multipage documents with relatively small pages, you can print up to 16 of them
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on one sheet of paper. Use the Pages per sheet option in the Features tab (Windows driver) or
the Layout panel (Mac OS driver).
You may be able to save some roll paper by using the following options:
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In the Windows driver dialog: select the Features tab and then Remove Top/Bottom
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Blank Areas and/or Rotate by 90 degrees.
Nest jobs to save roll paper on page 58), you must select a
, then Job management > Nest
Nest jobs to save roll paper on page 58.
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Nest jobs to save roll paper
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In the Mac OS Print dialog (PostScript driver): select the Finishing panel, then
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Remove Top/Bottom Blank Areas and/or Rotate by 90 degrees.
In the Mac OS Print dialog (PCL driver): select the Paper Type/Quality panel,
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then Paper, then Remove Top/Bottom Blank Areas.
On the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page: select Advanced settings >
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Roll options > Remove top/bottom blank areas and/or Rotate.
If you check the print preview on your computer before printing, you can sometimes avoid wasting
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paper on prints containing obvious mistakes. See
Nesting means automatically printing images or document pages side by side on the paper, rather than
one after the other. This is done to avoid wasting paper.
Preview a print on page 51.
1. Direction of paper flow
2. Nesting off
3. Nesting on
4. Paper saved by nesting
When does the printer try to nest pages?
When both of the following are true:
The printer is loaded with roll paper, not sheet paper.
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In the front panel's Job Management menu or the Embedded Web Server's Job Management
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page, Nest is On.
What pages can be nested?
All pages can be nested, unless they are so large that two of them cannot fit side by side on the roll, or
unless there are too many of them to fit into the remaining length of the roll. A single group of nested
pages cannot be split between two rolls.
Which pages qualify for nesting?
In order to be in the same nest, the individual pages must be compatible in all of the following ways:
All pages must have the same print quality setting (Fast, Normal, or Best).
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The Maximum Detail and More Passes settings must be the same on all pages.
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The Margins setting must be the same for all pages (Extended or Normal).
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The Mirror Image setting must be the same for all pages.
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The Rendering Intent must be the same for all pages.
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The Cutter setting must be the same for all pages.
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The color adjustment settings must be the same for all pages. See
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on page 76.
Pages must be all color, or all grayscale: not some in color and some in grayscale.
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All pages must be in one or other of the following two groups (the two groups cannot be mixed in
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the same nest):
HP-GL/2, RTL, CALS/G4
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PostScript, PDF, TIFF, JPEG
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JPEG, TIFF, and CALS/G4 pages with resolutions greater than 300 dpi may not nest with other pages
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in some cases.
How long does the printer wait for another file?
So that the printer can make the best nest possible, it waits after a file has been received to check whether
a subsequent page will nest with it or with pages already in the queue. This waiting period is the nest
wait time; the factory default nest wait time is two minutes. This means that the printer waits for up to two
minutes after the last file is received before printing the final nest. You can change this waiting time from
the printer's front panel: select the Setup menu icon
options > Select wait time. The available range is 1 to 99 minutes.
While the printer is waiting for nesting to time out, it displays the remaining time on the front panel. You
can print the nest (cancel the nest wait) by pressing the Form feed and cut key.
Use ink economically
Here are some recommendations for making economical use of ink.
For draft prints, use plain paper and move the print-quality slider to the left end of the scale ('Speed').
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Clean the printheads only when needed, and clean only those printheads that need cleaning.
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Cleaning the printheads can be useful, but it uses ink.
Leave the printer permanently turned on so that it can maintain the printheads in good condition
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automatically. This regular printhead maintenance uses a small amount of ink. However, if it is not
done, the printer may need to use much more ink later to restore the health of the printheads.
Wide prints make more efficient use of ink than narrow prints, because printhead maintenance uses
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some ink, and its frequency is related to the number of passes made by the printheads. Therefore,
nesting jobs can save ink as well as saving paper (see
, then Job management options > Nest
Nest jobs to save roll paper on page 58).
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What is color?
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The problem: color in the computer world
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The solution: color management
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Color and your printer
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A summary of the color management process
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Color calibration
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Color profiling
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Color management options
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Perform black point compensation
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Set the rendering intent
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Color emulation
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What is color?
We see the world around us as steeped in color, where color is in the first instance simply an aspect of
how we experience our environment. Color is therefore subjective. Upon further inspection we find that
our color experiences are closely related to brain activity that is triggered by signals sent to it by our eyes.
These signals undergo a complex and highly interlinked sequence of processing stages that make the
relationship between what our eyes emit and what we experience anything but direct. The signals sent
by the eye depend on the light-sensitive cells that line the back of our eyes, and they belong to three types,
each sensitive to electromagnetic radiation of different physical properties (wavelengths). Such
electromagnetic radiation is called light and objects appear to have certain colors because of how they
interact with light (by emission, reflection, absorption, transmission, scattering, etc.).
Our individual experiences of color are also affected by our previous experiences and memories and by
the way in which we put our experiences into language. Finally, environmental factors such as changes
in lighting, scene content, or the proximity of other colors also have an effect, which makes the way in
which we view a given display or print an essential part of the colors we will see. Differences in all these
aspects (from physiological differences between people, to differences in their past experiences, memories
and linguistic tendencies) can result in people talking about colors differently even in response to the same
light reflected from an single object. Nonetheless there are also many similarities between how individuals
experience color and it is possible to make very specific judgments about it that others will also agree
with when care is taken in the process. In conclusion we can say that color results from the interaction
between light, objects, and a viewer, which makes it a very complex and to a large degree subjective
phenomenon.
The problem: color in the computer world
Color imaging devices such as printers, displays, projectors, and televisions create colors by different
means and by using different materials (colorants). Displays, for instance, use colorants that emit red (long
wavelength), green (medium wavelength) and blue (short wavelength) light, where outputting a white color
requires the full use of all three colorants and black requires that none of them be used (i.e. that no light
be emitted). Devices that use light emitting colorants are called additive, because the light from them is
added together before it enters a viewer’s eyes. Printers, on the other hand, use materials that absorb
parts of the light that shines on them and because of this absorption, they are called subtractive. Typical
prints use cyan (red absorbing), magenta (green absorbing) and yellow (blue absorbing) inks as well as
an additional black ink that absorbs light at all wavelengths. To get white using a printer requires not
absorbing any of the light that illuminates a piece of paper and to get black, all of the inks need to be
used to absorb all of the light that is present.
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To control the output of color imaging devices, the following color spaces are normally used:
RGB (Red, Green, and Blue) is the color space typically used for additive devices. A color is
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represented as a combination of specific quantities of red, green, and blue colorants and all such
combinations address the range of colors (color gamut) of the chosen device.
NOTE: Subtractive devices can also be controlled using RGB data and, especially when
you do not require control over how you want to use your printer’s black ink, this is an efficient
option.
CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black) is the color space for subtractive devices, such
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as printers or presses. A color is represented as a combination of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black
(K) inks and all such combinations let you address the entire range of colors of the chosen device.
Both of these color spaces are only ways of controlling different color imaging devices and their values
do not describe colors directly. The same CMYK values, for example, will give different colors when sent
to different printers that use different inks and paper types. For example, consider a printer that can use
indoor inks or outdoor inks. The printer (hardware) is the same, but it has two different color gamuts due
to the different chemistry of the inks (dye-based versus pigmented). Furthermore, they need to work with
different paper types, as ink interaction with the paper depends on its chemistry. Thus, the colors resulting
from given CMYK values depend on the types of inks and papers that you use with a printer. If this is the
case using the same printer, you can easily imagine how different results can be obtained with printers
using different technologies and therefore using different ink chemistry.
The same happens with RGB-controlled devices. For example, imagine that two different monitors from
the same manufacturer have their white points at 9600 K and 6500 K respectively. Their colors are going
to be different because they will be related to a different white point reference. The situation is even worse
when comparing monitors from different manufacturers. As a recommendation, set the white point of your
monitor to 5000 K (also called D50), since this is the standard color temperature for the graphic arts
industries. If you dislike the appearance of D50 (you may find it too yellowish), the second choice is to
set the display to 6500 K (D65).
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NOTE: The white point is the brightest neutral color that a device can reproduce or that is present
in an image. The human visual system automatically adapts to the content of an image with respect
to its white point.
Furthermore, an RGB image, such as an image obtained from a digital camera and edited on a monitor,
needs to be first converted to CMYK for a specific printer before printing. Unfortunately different devices
do not give access to the same color gamuts: there are some colors that can be shown on a display that
cannot be matched in print and vice versa. The following graphic illustrates how colors visible to the human
eye are greater than those reproduced by a typical display or printer using a specific paper type and
also how the color gamuts accessible using these two color imaging devices do not match each other.
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1. All colors
Computer monitor gamut
2.
CMYK press gamut
3.
Finally, there are some color spaces that are not device-dependent, but instead represent how a viewer
sees colors, such as CIE Lab or CIECAM02 defined by the CIE (Commission Internationale de l’Éclairage).
The advantage of these spaces is that, unlike CMYK or RGB, if two objects have the same CIE Lab values
then they will look the same when viewed under the same conditions. Values in these spaces can be
obtained from measuring the light emitted or reflected by an object.
The solution: color management
There are many colors from an RGB-controlled device that can no be reproduced in a CMYK-controlled
device and vice versa. These colors are called “out-of-gamut” colors. The industry uses two steps to reduce
color differences as much as possible:
Describe the color behavior of each device as accurately as possible
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Convert one color gamut to another as effectively as possible
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The solution:
1. Describe the color behavior of a device as accurately as possible using an ICC
profile. By taking various RGB or CMYK combinations, sending them to a device, measuring the
resulting output and expressing it in a device-independent color space (e.g. CIE Lab), the color
behavior of a device can be described. The resulting relationship is stored in an ICC profile, which
is a standard file that acts as a dictionary to translate the device’s color space (CMYK or RGB) to a
device-independent color space (e.g. CIE Lab). The process of generating an ICC profile is called
profiling.
2. Convert colors as effectively as possible using a Color Management System
(CMS). A CMS is software that uses information from ICC profiles to transform one device’s color
space (defined by a source profile) into the color space of another device (defined by a destination
profile). The difficult part of the job is with those colors that exist in one device’s gamut but not in the
other. We will explore this in more detail later on.
Briefly, we can describe any CMS by the following 4 settings:
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CMS: CMS stands for Color Management System. It is the application that converts the color
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information stored in the input image, which has the color space defined by a source profile, into
an output image that has the color space specified by a destination profile. There are many different
CMSs on the market: there are CMSs in applications, in operating systems, and in printing software
provided by printer manufacturers (in our case the HP Designjet Z3100ps GP internal RIP).
Source profile: a description of the color behavior of the input device.
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Destination profile: a description of the color behavior of the output device.
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Rendering intent: the most difficult challenge in color management is when a color in the source
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gamut does not correspond directly to a color in the destination gamut. As a perfect match is not
possible, there are different types of choices that can be made about how to treat gamut differences
and these are called rendering intent. There are four different possibilities depending on the final
output you want to achieve.
Use Perceptual for the most pleasing final output from your original RGB image. It is suitable
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for photographic content.
Use Saturation for vivid final output. It is suitable for business graphics (charts, presentations,
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etc.), but is not recommended for color matching.
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Use Relative Colorimetric for press proofing. This rendering intent provides a match for
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colors that are inside both the source and destination gamuts and minimizes differences when
a match is not possible.
Use Absolute Colorimetric for press proofing (like Relative Colorimetric), when you also
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want to simulate the color of the source’s paper.
The most commonly used device color spaces and, therefore, profiles are:
RGB mode:
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sRGB (sRGB IEC61966-2.1): for images originating typically from consumer digital
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cameras and scanners and in general from the Web
Adobe RGB (1998): for images originating typically from professional digital cameras
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Specific RGB device space: for images coming from or going to a specific RGB device that
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Color and your printer
As a creative professional, predictable and dependable results from your printer are essential to getting
your job done. Predictability is a key element of an efficient color workflow. You need prints that match
your expectations with neutral grays and correct colors on your selected paper. Your prints should be
produced consistently print-to-print and printer-to-printer. Dependability ensures that every print is free of
print-quality defects and ready to use or send to your customer. You save time and effort and avoid wasting
ink and paper, and you can meet demanding production schedules by printing overnight with confidence.
generate an RGB ICC profile, describing its color behavior for the paper that was loaded at
the time of measuring.
SWOP: abbreviation of “Specifications for Web Offset Publications”, a set of press standards
defined for a typical US press and for different types of paper
ISO 12647-2: a set of press standards defined by the International Standards Organization
for different types of paper (Coated, Uncoated, …)
Other regional standards: Euroscale, JMPA, Japan Color
Specific CMYK device space: for images coming from or going to a specific CMYK device
that has been profiled
HP Designjet Z3100ps GP printers have been engineered with advanced hardware and driver features
to ensure predictable and dependable results, and offer dramatic improvements in efficiency and control
for your color workflow.
HP Embedded Spectrophotometer
HP Designjet Z3100ps GP printers revolutionize professional color workflows by using a built-in
spectrophotometer for color calibration and profiling.
A spectrophotometer is a precision instrument that can determine the exact composition of light reflected
from a color patch. It splits the reflected light into different wavelength components, just as Newton’s prism
splits white light into the colors of the rainbow, and measures the strength of each component. The HP
Embedded Spectrophotometer is mounted on the printhead carriage.
The spectrophotometer allows HP Designjet Z3100ps GP printers to generate custom ICC profiles
automatically for your preferred paper types and calibrate the printers to deliver print-to-print and printerto-printer repeatability with less than half the color error of earlier HP Designjets, under all environmental
conditions, and even on unknown (not factory-profiled) paper types. A built-in white calibration tile,
protected by an automatic shutter, ensures reliable measurements that meet international standards.
The printer, color imaging pipeline, and professional-quality spectrophotometer with GretagMacbeth i1
color technology are integrated with the HP Color Center software for the HP Designjet Z3100ps GP.
Giving the calibration and profiling processes direct access to the writing system allows precise control
of ink levels and color separations for each printed color patch. The automated measurement process
eliminates handling the test print, provides repeatable drying times, and allows fast measurements with
precise electromechanical positioning of the spectrophotometer over the color patch. This provides
unprecedented ease of use and matches or exceeds the performance of more expensive off-line, handheld
profiling systems.
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A summary of the color management process
To get the accurate and consistent colors that you want, you should follow these steps for each paper type
that you use.
1. If your paper type is not already known to the printer, add it to the printer's list of known papers.
See
Add a custom paper type on page 40. Typical users may add a few custom paper types every
year.
2. Color-calibrate the paper type, for consistent colors. Calibration should be repeated every now and
then, when recommended by a printer alert (typically, every few weeks for each paper type you use).
In addition, you may wish to calibrate immediately before a particularly important print job for which
color consistency is vital.
3. Color-profile the paper type, for accurate colors. Profiling does not normally need to be repeated:
once you have a profile for a particular paper type, you can continue to use it. However, re-profiling
does no harm, and some users repeat the profiling process every month to ensure that the profile is
up to date.
4. When printing, select the correct color profile for the paper type you are using.
If you use a paper type already defined in the printer, it has a color profile already, but you should at
least calibrate it before using it.
If you define a new paper type, you are automatically led through the steps of calibration and profiling.
The following diagram shows the operations handled by the HP Color Center, in the correct order.
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NOTE: You can perform all three operations in sequence as shown, but you can also choose to
start with or stop after any of the three operations. With one exception: color calibration is
performed automatically after adding a new paper type.
Color calibration
Color calibration enables your printer to produce consistent colors with the particular printheads, inks,
and paper type that you are using, and under your particular environmental conditions. After color
calibration, you can expect to get identical prints from any two different printers situated in different
geographical locations.
Calibration should be done in any of the following circumstances:
Whenever a printhead is replaced
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Whenever a new paper type is introduced that has not yet been calibrated with the current set of
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printheads
Whenever a certain amount of printing has been done since the last calibration
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Whenever the printer has been turned off for a long period of time
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Whenever the environmental conditions (temperature and humidity) change significantly
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The printer driver usually reminds you with an alert whenever you need to perform color calibration, unless
you have disabled the alerts. However, there will be no alert if the environmental conditions change.
You can check the color calibration status of the currently loaded paper at any time by pressing the View
loaded paper key on the front panel. The status may be one of the following:
PENDING: the paper has not been calibrated.
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NOTE: Whenever you update the printer's firmware, the color calibration status of all
papers is reset to PENDING. See
OBSOLETE: the paper has been calibrated, but the calibration is now out of date for one of the
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reasons mentioned above, and should be repeated.
OK: the paper has been calibrated, and the calibration is up to date.
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N/A: this paper cannot be calibrated.
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NOTE: Color calibration cannot be performed on plain paper, nor on any kind of
transparent material.
You can also check the color calibration status by using HP Easy Printer Care (Windows) or HP Printer
Utility (Mac OS).
You should calibrate a paper type before creating its color profile; however, you can later recalibrate
without needing to recreate the color profile.
Update the firmware on page 136.
You can start color calibration in the following ways:
From the printer driver alert that recommends calibration.
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From the HP Color Center: select Calibrate Your Printer.
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From the front panel: select the Image Quality Maintenance menu icon
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, then Calibrate
The calibration process is fully automatic and can be performed unattended after you have loaded paper
of the type you wish to calibrate—which should be A4, Letter, or any larger size.
The process takes about 8–10 minutes and consists of the following steps.
1. A calibration chart is printed, which contains patches of each ink used in your printer.
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2. The chart is allowed to dry for a period of time that depends on the paper type, so that the colors
have time to stabilize.
3. The chart is scanned and measured using the HP Embedded Spectrophotometer.
4. From the measurements made by the spectrophotometer, the printer calculates the necessary
correction factors to apply for consistent color printing on that paper type. It also calculates the
maximum amount of each ink that can be applied to the paper.
Color profiling
Color calibration provides consistent colors, but consistent colors are not necessarily accurate. For
instance, if your printer prints all colors as black, its colors may be consistent but they are not accurate.
In order to print accurate colors, it is necessary to convert the color values in your files to the color values
that will produce the correct colors from your printer, your inks, and your paper. An ICC color profile is
a description of a printer, ink, and paper combination that contains all the information needed for these
color conversions.
When you have defined and calibrated a new paper type, the printer is ready to create a ICC profile for
use with your paper, which will allow you to print on it with the best possible color accuracy. Alternatively,
if your paper type is already known to the printer, you already have an appropriate ICC profile for use
with it.
Create your own profile
You can create a color profile easily by using the HP Color Center: select Create and Install ICC
Profile. The printer helps you by prompting for information about the paper, then creates and installs the
new profile automatically.
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The process takes about 15–20 minutes and consists of the following steps.
1. A profiling chart is printed, which contains patches of each ink used in your printer. Unlike a
calibration chart, most of the patches contain combinations of more than one ink.
The printer chooses automatically between two profile charts:
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An A3 or B format for cut sheets
A roll-paper format that minimizes paper use by printing across the full width of the roll
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2. The chart is allowed to dry for a period of time that depends on the paper type, so that the colors
have time to stabilize.
NOTE: If you would like to use a longer drying time, you can ask the HP Color Center to
create the chart without going on to create a profile (Windows: Print target only; Mac
OS: Print ICC profiling chart). Then, later, when the chart is completely dry, you can
restart the HP Color Center and ask it to create a profile using the chart you have already
created (Windows: Create ICC profile from a target that has already been
printed; Mac OS: Scan ICC profiling chart and create ICC profile). In this case the
spectrophotometer takes a while to warm up before it is ready to scan.
3. The chart is scanned and measured using the HP Embedded Spectrophotometer.
4. From the measurements made by the spectrophotometer, the printer calculates the ICC profile for
your printer, inks, and paper type.
The new ICC profile is stored in the correct system folder on your computer, where your application
5.
programs can find it.
The profile is also stored in the printer, so that other computers connected to the same printer can
copy it. HP Easy Printer Care (Windows) or HP Printer Utility (Mac OS) will notify you if your printer
has profiles that are not yet stored on your computer.
NOTE: Some applications may need to be closed and restarted in order to use a profile that has
just been created.
NOTE: You can profile a photo paper with the gloss enhancer on or off. The two profiles will be
different, so you are recommended to save them under different names.
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Use a third-party profile
If you have obtained an ICC profile through other means than using the printer’s built-in profiling software,
for instance from an Internet download or a third-party profiling software package, you can install it for
use with your printer and paper.
NOTE: The printer requires RGB output profiles, unless you are using a RIP.
The printer needs to know which paper type the profile corresponds to, so you must first select a paper
type from the list of papers it knows about. When choosing a paper type, try to pick one resembling your
actual paper type as closely as possible. The paper type determines the amount of ink to use and other
basic printing parameters, so making a good choice here is fundamental to achieving good results later
on. If you find that you cannot obtain satisfactory results with the profile and paper type you picked, you
can experiment with choosing different types for new paper names corresponding to the same paper, and
use the one that works best.
If the paper you are using is not listed, or you cannot find a paper type that resembles yours closely
enough, you can define a new type. See
itself for use with your paper, after which you can return to installing the ICC profile.
After you have selected the paper type, browse to the file containing the ICC profile to use with your
printer and paper. Normally, ICC profile file names end in the “.icc” (for International Color Consortium)
or “.icm” (for Image Color Matching) extension. The profile will be stored in the correct system folder on
your computer, and in the printer, as usual.
Profile your monitor
You are also recommended to calibrate and profile your monitor (display device), so that the colors you
see on the screen are more closely related to those you see on your prints. There are two ways to do this:
Use the facilities provided with your operating system. From the HP Color Center, select How To
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Calibrate Your Display for further information.
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Add a custom paper type on page 40. The printer then calibrates
Use the HP Advanced Profiling Solution, which will give more accurate results.
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Color management options
The aim of color management is to reproduce colors as accurately as possible on all devices: so that,
when you print an image, you see very similar colors as when you view the same image on your monitor.
There are two basic approaches to color management for your printer:
Application-Managed Colors: in this case your application program must convert the colors of
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your image to the color space of your printer and paper type, using the ICC profile embedded in
the image and the ICC profile of your printer and paper type.
Printer-Managed Colors: in this case your application program sends your image to the printer
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without any color conversion, and the printer converts the colors to its own color space. The details
of this process depend on the graphics language that you are using.
PostScript: the PostScript interpreter module inside the printer performs the color conversion
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using the profiles stored in the printer (including those generated by the HP Color Center) and
any additional profiles sent with the PostScript job. This kind of color management is done when
you are using the PostScript driver and you specify printer color management or when you send
a PostScript, PDF, TIFF, or JPEG file directly to the printer through the Embedded Web Server.
In either case you have to select the profiles to use as default (in case the job doesn't specify
any) and the rendering intent to apply.
Non-PostScript (PCL, RTL, HP-GL/2): the color management is done using a set of stored
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color tables. ICC profiles are not used. This method is somewhat less versatile than the previous
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You are recommended to consult the Knowledge Center at http://www.hp.com/go/knowledge_center/
djz3100/ to see how to use the color management options of your particular application.
To choose between Application-Managed Colors and Printer-Managed Colors:
In the Windows driver dialog: select the Color tab.
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In the Mac OS Print dialog (PCL driver): go to the Paper Type/Quality panel and
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select Color.
methods, but is a little simpler and faster, and can produce good results with standard HP paper
types. This kind of color management is done when you are using a non-PostScript driver and
you specify printer color management, or when you send a PCL, RTL, or HP-GL/2 file directly
to the printer through the Embedded Web Server.
NOTE: There are only two color spaces that the printer can convert to its own color
space using the stored color tables: Adobe RGB and sRGB if you are using Windows,
Adobe RGB and ColorSync if you are using Mac OS.
ColorSync is the Mac OS built-in Color Management System; so, in fact, when selecting
ColorSync it is the built-in color management part of Mac OS that is performing the color
management, and it is done based on the ICC profiles of specified paper type.
ColorSync is available with the PCL driver only.
In the Mac OS Print dialog (PostScript driver): select the Color Options panel.
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In some applications: you can make this choice in the application.
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Perform black point compensation
NOTE: This option is available only when printing a PostScript or PDF job.
The black point compensation option controls whether to adjust for differences in black points when
converting colors between color spaces. When this option is selected, the full dynamic range of the source
space is mapped into the full dynamic range of the destination space. It can be very useful in preserving
shadows when the black point of the source space is darker than that of the destination space. This option
is allowed only when the relative colorimetric rendering intent is selected (see
on page 72).
Black point compensation can be specified in the following ways:
On the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page: select Color > Black point
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compensation.
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Using the front panel: select the Setup menu icon
> Black point compensation.
Set the rendering intent
, then Printing preferences > Color
Set the rendering intent
NOTE: This option is available only when printing a PostScript or PDF job.
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Rendering intent is one of the settings used when doing a color transformation. As you probably know,
some of the colors you want to print may not be reproducible by the printer. The rendering intent allows
you to select one of four different ways of handling these so-called out-of-gamut colors.
Saturation (graphics): best used for presentation graphics, charts, or images made up of bright,
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saturated colors.
Perceptual (images): best used for photographs or images in which colors blend together. It tries
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to preserve the overall color appearance.
Relative colorimetric (proofing): best used when you want to match a particular color. This
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method is mainly used for proofing. It guarantees that, if a color can be printed accurately, it will be
printed accurately. The other methods will probably provide a more pleasing range of colors but do
not guarantee that any particular color will be printed accurately. It maps the white of the input space
to the white of the paper on which you are printing.
Absolute colorimetric (proofing): the same as relative colorimetric, but without mapping the
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white. This rendering is also used mainly for proofing, where the goal is to simulate the output of one
printer (including its white point).
The rendering intent can be specified in the following ways:
On the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page: select Color > Rendering intent.
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Using the front panel: select the Setup menu icon
> Select rendering intent.
, then Printing preferences > Color
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Color emulation
Your printer can emulate the color behavior of other devices: RGB devices such as monitors, and CMYK
devices such as presses and printers.
You can set color emulation in the following ways:
In the Windows driver dialog: select the Color tab, and Printer Managed Colors.
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In the Mac OS Print dialog: select the Color Options panel, and Printer Managed
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Colors.
On the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page: select Color > Color
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management > ICC color management.
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Using the front panel: select the Setup menu icon
> Select RGB source profile or Select CMYK source profile.
For a good emulation, the printer needs a specification of the colors these devices can reproduce. The
standard way of encapsulating such information is in ICC profiles. As part of the solution, we provide the
most common standards for the different devices. Apart from selecting the appropriate ICC profile, you
should select the appropriate rendering intent depending on the type of print: business presentation,
photography, or proof. See
The options are as follows.
, then Printing preferences > Color
Set the rendering intent on page 72.
CMYK color emulation
A traditional workflow defines color in the CMYK space. For best results, the colors must be adjusted to
the printer, because different printers will produce different colors from the same CMYK data. If the image
file you are printing was not created specifically for your HP Designjet printer, it will require some
readjustment, which can be done using one of the following options provided with your printer.
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All CMYK emulation options apply to PDF, PostScript, TIFF, and JPEG files only.
None (Native): no emulation. The printer will use its default internal conversion from CMYK to
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RGB, without following any color standard. This does not imply that results will be bad
U.S. Sheetfed Coated 2 uses specifications designed to produce quality separations using U.S.
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inks under the following printing conditions: 350% total area of ink coverage, negative plate, bright
white offset stock.
U.S. Sheetfed Uncoated 2 uses specifications designed to produce quality separations using
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U.S. inks under the following printing conditions: 260% total area of ink coverage, negative plate,
uncoated white offset stock.
U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) 2 uses specifications designed to produce quality separations using
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U.S. inks under the following printing conditions: 300% total area of ink coverage, negative plate,
coated publication-grade stock.
U.S. Web Uncoated 2 uses specifications designed to produce quality separations using U.S.
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inks under the following printing conditions: 260% total area of ink coverage, negative plate,
uncoated white offset stock.
Europe ISO Coated FOGRA27 is designed to produce quality separations for standard ISO
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12647 printing under the following printing conditions: 350% total ink coverage, positive film,
coated paper.
Euroscale Uncoated 2 uses specifications designed to produce quality separations using
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Euroscale inks under the following printing conditions: 260% total area of ink coverage, positive
plate, uncoated white offset stock.
JMPA: Japanese standard for offset press
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In the front panel and the Embedded Web Server, some further options are available:
Japan Color 2001 Coated uses the Japan Color 2001 specification for type 3 (coated) paper.
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It is designed to produce quality separations using 350% total ink coverage, positive film, and coated
paper.
Japan Color 2001 Uncoated uses the Japan Color 2001 specification for type 4 (uncoated)
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paper. It is designed to produce quality separations using 310% total ink coverage, positive film,
and uncoated paper.
Japan Color 2002 Newspaper uses the Japan Color 2002 for Newspapers specification. It is
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designed to produce quality separations using 240% total ink coverage, positive film, and standard
newsprint paper.
Japan Web Coated (Ad) uses specifications developed by the Japan Magazine Publisher
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Association for digital proofing of images in the Japanese magazine/advertising market.
Toyo is designed to produce quality separations for Toyo printing presses.
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DIC is designed to produce quality separations for Dainippon Ink Company printing presses.
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NOTE: These options have no effect if the application is defining its own CMYK space, known
as calibrated CMYK or CIEBasedDEFG in PostScript terminology.
RGB color emulation
These options apply to PDF, PostScript, TIFF, and JPEG files. For HP-GL/2 and RTL files, only sRGB and
AdobeRGB are supported.
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Your printer is provided with the following color profiles:
None (Native): no emulation, for use when the color conversion is done by the application or
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operating system, and therefore the data arrive at the printer already color-managed.
sRGB IEC61966-2.1 emulates the characteristics of the average PC monitor. This standard space
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is endorsed by many hardware and software manufacturers, and is becoming the default color space
for many scanners, printers, and software applications.
ColorMatch RGB emulates the native color space of Radius Pressview monitors. This space
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provides a smaller gamut alternative to Adobe RGB (1998) for print production work.
Apple RGB emulates the characteristics of the average Apple monitor, and is used by a variety of
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desktop publishing applications. Use this space for files that you plan to display on Apple monitors,
or for working with old desktop publishing files.
Adobe RGB (1998) provides a fairly large gamut of RGB colors. Use this space if you need to do
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print production work with a broad range of colors.
HP Professional PANTONE Emulation
When you use a named PANTONE color in an image, your application will normally send to the printer
a CMYK or RGB approximation to that color. But the application does not take the printer or the paper
type into account, it merely produces a generic approximation of the PANTONE color, which will look
different on different printers and on different papers.
HP Professional PANTONE Emulation can do a much better job by taking into account the characteristics
of the printer and the paper type. The results look as similar to the original PANTONE colors as is possible
on a given printer using a given paper type. This technology is designed to produce emulations similar
to those set up manually by prepress professionals.
To use HP Professional PANTONE Emulation, all you have to do is to turn it on. In fact, it is normally on
by default.
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In the Windows PostScript driver dialog: go to the Color tab and select HP Professional
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PANTONE Emulation.
In the Mac OS Print dialog: go to the Color Options panel and select HP Professional
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PANTONE Emulation.
On the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page: select Color > HP Professional
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PANTONE Emulation.
NOTE: HP Professional PANTONE Emulation is available only when printing a PostScript or PDF
job.
You can also use the Embedded Web Server to print a swatch book showing emulations of PANTONE
colors as made by your printer, together with a measure of the color difference (ΔE) between each
emulation and the original PANTONE spot color. So HP Professional PANTONE Emulation not only
provides the closest match that can be achieved on your printer; it also gives clear information on how
close the emulation is to the original spot color.
To print a swatch book, select the Embedded Web Server's Main tab, then HP Professional
PANTONE Emulation. Select the PANTONE stock to emulate, then the PANTONE colors that you want
to print. When you have selected all the colors you want, press the Print button.
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Color adjustment options
The aim of color management is to print accurate colors. If you perform color management correctly, then
you should be able to print accurate colors with no need of any manual color adjustments.
However, manual adjustments may be useful in the following situations:
If your color management is not working correctly for some reason
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If you want colors that are subjectively pleasing rather than accurate
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The printer driver provides different adjustment facilities depending on whether you are printing in color
or in grayscale.
Printing in color
You can adjust the colors of your print in similar ways under Windows and Mac OS:
In the Windows driver dialog: select the Color tab, ensure that the Advanced Color
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Adjustments box is checked, then press the Settings button beside it.
In the Mac OS Print dialog (PostScript driver): select the Color Options panel, then
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Lightness and Hue.
In the Mac OS Print dialog (PCL driver): select the Paper Type/Quality panel, then
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Lightness and Hue.
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Under either operating system, you will then be able to make adjustments using a lightness slider and
three color sliders.
The lightness slider simply makes the whole print lighter or darker.
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The color sliders can be used to fade or emphasize each of the primary colors in the print. The primary
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colors may be red, green, and blue; or cyan, magenta, and yellow; depending on the color model
used in the image.
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The Reset button restores each slider to its default central position.
Printing in grayscale
You can adjust the gray balance of your print in similar ways under Windows and Mac OS:
In the Windows driver dialog: select the Color tab, ensure that the Advanced Color
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Adjustments box is checked, then press the Settings button beside it.
In the Mac OS Print dialog (PostScript driver): select the Color Options panel, then Gray
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balance.
In the Mac OS Print dialog (PCL driver): select the Paper Type/Quality panel, then Gray
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balance.
Under either operating system, you will then be able to make adjustments using separate controls for
highlights, midtones, and shadows.
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The lightness slider simply makes the whole print lighter or darker. This slider is available under
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Windows in the same window as the other grayscale controls; it is available under Mac OS by
selecting Lightness and Hue.
The zone definition sliders can be used to define what you mean by highlight, midtone, and shadow.
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The other controls for highlight, midtone, and shadow can be used to adjust the gray balance of
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highlights, midtones, and shadows respectively.
The Reset button restores each control to its default setting.
Color management scenarios
The following step-by-step instructions for specific printing jobs using specific software are similar to those
you can find in HP's Knowledge Center on the Web. You are recommended to consult the Knowledge
Center at
up-to-date information.
Print a color photo for an exhibition (Photoshop, PS driver)
This example uses Adobe Photoshop CS2 under Mac OS X, with the PostScript driver. Color management
is done by Photoshop.
1. Initial recommendations:
2. Open Adobe Photoshop CS2.
http://www.hp.com/go/knowledge_center/djz3100/ for further examples and for the most
Choose an appropriate paper type for the purpose.
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The paper type should be calibrated and profiled with the printer and the print-quality level that
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you intend to use. See
For a correct preview of the printed image, the monitor should also be profiled.
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Color calibration on page 68 and Color profiling on page 69.
3. From the Edit menu, select Color Settings.
Make sure that More Options are displayed.
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Working Spaces > RGB: select Adobe RGB (1998) or sRGB.
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Color Management Policies: select Preserve Embedded Profiles.
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Profile Mismatches: check Ask When Opening and Ask When Pasting.
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Missing Profiles: check Ask When Opening.
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Conversion Options > Intent: select Perceptual.
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Click OK.
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4. From the File menu, select Open to open the image.
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If the document has an embedded color profile that does not match the current working space,
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select Use the embedded profile. Otherwise, select Assign working space; in this
case, if the displayed image does not look correct, try assigning it to other color spaces with
Edit > Assign Profile (try sRGB, Adobe RGB, ColorMatch RGB and others) until you
are satisfied.
Click OK.
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5. From the File menu, select Print with Preview.
Select Page Setup.
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Format for: select the printer (for example, HP Designjet Z3100ps GP 24in
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Photo).
Paper Size: select the size of the paper that is currently loaded into the printer.
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Orientation: select the orientation of your image on the paper.
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Click OK.
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Set the Position and the Scaled Print Size you need.
Make sure that More Options are displayed.
Select the Color Management tab.
Print: select Document.
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Options > Color Handling: select Let Photoshop Determine Colors.
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Options > Printer Profile: select the right profile for your printer and paper type.
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Options > Rendering Intent: select Perceptual.
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Click Print.
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6. Choose driver settings.
Printer: select the printer (for example, HP Designjet Z3100ps GP 24in Photo).
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Select Image Quality from the drop-down menu, then select the Paper Type that is currently
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loaded into the printer (or Any). Also, select Standard quality options and drag the slider
to Quality.
Select Color Options from the drop-down menu.
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Select Print in Color.
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Under Color Management, select Application Managed Colors.
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Click Print.
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Print a color photo for an exhibition (Photoshop, PCL driver)
This example uses Adobe Photoshop CS2 under Mac OS X, with the PCL driver. Color management is
done by Photoshop.
1. Initial recommendations:
Choose an appropriate paper type for the purpose.
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The paper type should be calibrated and profiled with the printer and the print-quality level that
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you intend to use. See
For a correct preview of the printed image, the monitor should also be profiled.
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2. Open Adobe Photoshop CS2.
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Color calibration on page 68 and Color profiling on page 69.
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3. From the Edit menu, select Color Settings.
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Make sure that More Options are displayed.
Color Management Policies: select Preserve Embedded Profiles.
Profile Mismatches: check Ask When Opening and Ask When Pasting.
Missing Profiles: check Ask When Opening.
Conversion Options > Intent: select Perceptual.
Click OK.
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4. From the File menu, select Open to open the image.
If the document has an embedded color profile that does not match the current working space,
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select Use the embedded profile. Otherwise, select Assign working space; in this
case, if the displayed image does not look correct, try assigning it to other color spaces with
Edit > Assign Profile (try sRGB, Adobe RGB, ColorMatch RGB and others) until you
are satisfied.
Click OK.
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5. From the File menu, select Print with Preview.
Select Page Setup.
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Format for: select the printer (for example, HP Designjet Z3100ps GP 24in
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Photo).
Paper Size: select the size of the paper that is currently loaded into the printer.
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Orientation: select the orientation of your image on the paper.
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Click OK.
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Set the Position and the Scaled Print Size you need.
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Make sure that More Options are displayed.
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Select the Color Management tab.
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Print: select Document.
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Options > Color Handling: select Let Photoshop Determine Colors.
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Options > Printer Profile: select the right profile for your printer and paper type.
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Options > Rendering Intent: select Perceptual.
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Click Print.
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6. Choose driver settings.
Printer: select the printer (for example, HP Designjet Z3100ps GP 24in Photo).
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Select Paper Type/Quality from the drop-down menu, then select the Paper tab.
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Paper Type: select the paper type that is currently loaded into the printer.
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Quality Options: select Standard and drag the slider to Quality.
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Print a black-and-white photo for an exhibition (Photoshop, PS driver)
This example uses Adobe Photoshop CS2 under Mac OS X, with the PostScript driver. The color
management is done by the printer's internal PostScript RIP.
NOTE: Application-managed colors could be used in this example, exactly as in the previous
example. However, printer-managed color s will be used this ti me, in order to illustrate both methods
of color management.
The recommended approach to creating a black-and-white image is to take a color image and convert it
to grayscale in an image editing program such as Photoshop. In this scenario, however, this conversion
will take place in the printer. If you want to convert a color image to black-and-white in Photoshop CS2,
you have to go through the optional step 5.
Select the Color tab.
Select Print in Color.
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Under Color Management, select Application Managed Colors.
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Click Print.
1. Initial recommendations:
Choose an appropriate paper type for the purpose.
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The paper type should be calibrated with the printer and the print-quality level that you intend
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to use. See
For a correct preview of the printed image, the monitor should also be profiled.
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2. Open Adobe Photoshop CS2.
3. From the Edit menu, select Color Settings.
Make sure that More Options are displayed.
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Working Spaces > RGB: select Adobe RGB (1998) or sRGB.
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Color Management Policies: select Preserve Embedded Profiles.
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Profile Mismatches: check Ask When Opening and Ask When Pasting.
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Missing Profiles: check Ask When Opening.
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Color calibration on page 68.
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Conversion Options > Intent: select Perceptual.
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Click OK.
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4. From the File menu, select Open to open the image.
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If the document has an embedded color profile that does not match the current working space,
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select Use the embedded profile. Otherwise, select Assign working space; in this
case, if the displayed image does not look correct, try assigning it to other color spaces with
Edit > Assign Profile (try sRGB, Adobe RGB, ColorMatch RGB and others) until you
are satisfied.
Click OK.
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5. (Optional) Use Photoshop to convert the image to grayscale. The simple way is to go to the
Image menu and select Mode > Grayscale.
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Alternatively, you can go to the Image menu and select Adjustments > Channel Mixer, to
choose the percentage contribution of each color channel to the grayscale image, as follows:
a. Check Monochrome.
b. Drag any source channel's slider to the left to decrease the channel's contribution to the output
c. Drag the slider or enter a value for the Constant option. This option adds a black or white
channel or to the right to increase it, or enter a value between -200% and +200% in the text
box (for example: 30% Red, 59% Green, 11% Blue). Using a negative value inverts the source
channel before adding it to the output channel.
channel of varying opacity: negative values act as a black channel, positive values act as a
white channel.
d. Click OK.
6. From the File menu, select Print with Preview.
Select Page Setup.
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Format for: select the printer (for example, HP Designjet Z3100ps GP 24in
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Photo).
Paper Size: select the size of the paper that is currently loaded into the printer.
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Orientation: select the orientation of your image on the paper.
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Click OK.
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Set the Position and the Scaled Print Size you need.
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Make sure that More Options are displayed.
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Select the Color Management tab.
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Print: select Document.
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Options > Color Handling: select Let Printer Determine Colors.
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Click Print.
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Options > Rendering Intent: select Perceptual.
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Choose driver settings.
7.
Printer: select the printer (for example, HP Designjet Z3100ps GP 24in Photo).
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Select Image Quality from the drop-down menu, then select the Paper Type that is currently
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loaded into the printer (or Any). Also, select Standard quality options and drag the slider
to Quality.
Select Color Options from the drop-down menu.
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Select Print in Grayscale.
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TIP: If you experience bronzing with these options, see Bronzing
on page 168.
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Print a black-and-white photo for an exhibition (Photoshop, PCL driver)
Under Color Management, select Printer Managed Colors, and then select Use
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Adobe RGB (1998) from the source profile list.
Click Print.
This example uses Adobe Photoshop CS2 under Mac OS X, with the PCL driver. The color management
is done by the printer.
The recommended approach to creating a black-and-white image is to take a color image and convert it
to grayscale in an image editing program such as Photoshop. In this scenario, however, this conversion
will take place in the printer. If you want to convert a color image to black-and-white in Photoshop CS2,
you have to go through the optional step 5.
1. Initial recommendations:
Choose an appropriate paper type for the purpose.
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The paper type should be calibrated with the printer and the print-quality level that you intend
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to use. See
For a correct preview of the printed image, the monitor should also be profiled.
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2. Open Adobe Photoshop CS2.
3. From the Edit menu, select Color Settings.
Make sure that More Options are displayed.
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Color Management Policies: select Preserve Embedded Profiles.
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Profile Mismatches: check Ask When Opening and Ask When Pasting.
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Color calibration on page 68.
Missing Profiles: check Ask When Opening.
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Conversion Options > Intent: select Perceptual.
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Click OK.
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4. From the File menu, select Open to open the image.
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If the document has an embedded color profile that does not match the current working space,
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select Use the embedded profile. Otherwise, select Assign working space; in this
case, if the displayed image does not look correct, try assigning it to other color spaces with
Edit > Assign Profile (try sRGB, Adobe RGB, ColorMatch RGB and others) until you
are satisfied.
Click OK.
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5. (Optional) Use Photoshop to convert the image to grayscale. The simple way is to go to the
Image menu and select Mode > Grayscale.
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Alternatively, you can go to the Image menu and select Adjustments > Channel Mixer, to
choose the percentage contribution of each color channel to the grayscale image, as follows:
a. Check Monochrome.
b. Drag any source channel's slider to the left to decrease the channel's contribution to the output
c. Drag the slider or enter a value for the Constant option. This option adds a black or white
channel or to the right to increase it, or enter a value between -200% and +200% in the text
box (for example: 30% Red, 59% Green, 11% Blue). Using a negative value inverts the source
channel before adding it to the output channel.
channel of varying opacity: negative values act as a black channel, positive values act as a
white channel.
d. Click OK.
6. From the File menu, select Print with Preview.
Select Page Setup.
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Format for: select the printer (for example, HP Designjet Z3100ps GP 24in
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Photo).
Paper Size: select the size of the paper that is currently loaded into the printer.
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Orientation: select the orientation of your image on the paper.
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Click OK.
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Set the Position and the Scaled Print Size you need.
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Make sure that More Options are displayed.
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Select the Color Management tab.
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Print: select Document.
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Options > Color Handling: select Let Printer Determine Colors.
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