HP LF Printing Knowledge Center Proof a press with PANTONE® Colors Application: Adobe InDesign CS2 Printer: HP Designjet Z2100 series Software: EFI Designer Edition for HP Operating System: Mac OS X
1. First recommendations: • See the Media type functionality & features and choose the most appropriate media. • It is essential you have the media type correctly calibrated with the printer, consult the Calibrate my printer document. • In order to get a correct display, it’s also essential you have the monitor calibrated, consult the Profile my monitor document. 2. Open the EFI Designer Edition RIP. 3.
• select OK. 4. Open Adobe InDesign CS2. 5. Configure the Color Settings, Edit menu > Color Settings…: configure them for the other objects or images you have in the document. • Select OK. 6. Open an existing document, File menu > Open… or create a new file, File menu > New.... 7. So that you get a good display select a High Quality Display, View menu > Display performance > High Quality Display. 8.
• Color Type: Spot. • Color Mode: PANTONE solid coated. • Select the Pantone Color you want and select OK, it will appear in the Swatches window. 10. Printer settings, File menu > Print...: • Printer: Select the printer (ex. EFI Designer Edition). • Page Setup… button: • o Format for: Select the printer. o Paper Size: Select the paper size of the media loaded on the printer. o Orientation: Select the orientation of your image on the paper. o Select OK. Printer...
• Select Print. 11. Adobe InDesign Print settings: • • Setup (left hand menu): o Paper Size: Defined by Driver. o Options: Select the scaling option you need. Output and Color Management (left hand menu): configure them for the other objects or images you have in the document.
• Select Print. You should consider that each person has their own perception and their own subjective opinion about the result; this is because there are various factors that can influence our opinions, such as the type of photo (portrait, landscape…), the source color space, the media used, the environmental conditions, the subjective perception about your own photo, etc.... This means the printing suggestion may not completely match with your own personal opinion.
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