HP Designjet Z2100 Printing Guide [HP Raster Driver] - Proof the output on the monitor [Adobe Illustrator CS2 - Windows]

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 and print mode,

consult the

Calibrate my printer section.

• In order to get a correct display, it’s also essential you have the monitor profiled, consult the

Profile my monitor section.

2. Open Adobe Illustrator CS2.

3. Configure the Color Settings, Edit menu > Color Settings…:

• Make sure the Advanced Mode is displayed.

• Working Space > RGB: Select the profile of the scanner or camera you have used to get

the photo (source profile), if you don’t have it, select Adobe RGB (1998).

• Working Space > CMYK: Euroscale Coated v2 (for Europe), U.S. Web Coated (SWOP)

v2 (for US) and Japan Standard v2 (for Japan).

• Color Management Policies: Preserve the Embedded Profiles.

• Profile Mismatches: check Ask When Opening and Ask When Pasting.

• Missing Profiles: check Ask When Opening.

• Conversion Options > Intent: Perceptual (for RGB images) or Relative Colorimetric (for

CMYK images).