HP LF Printing Knowledge Center Proof the output on the monitor Application: Adobe Illustrator CS Printer: HP Designjet 30/130 series Software: HP Software RIP Operating System: Mac OS X
1. First recommendations: • See the Media type functionality & features and choose the most appropriate media. • It is essential to 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 to have the monitor profiled, consult the Profile my monitor section. 2. Open Adobe Illustrator CS. 3.
4. Open the image, File menu > Open…: • If the document has an embedded color profile that does not match the current working space, select Use the embedded profile. Otherwise, select Assign working space. • Click OK 5. If you place an image, you can embed the image in the document. If it has an embedded profile, it will be converted from the embedded color profile to the document color profile preserving the color appearance.
7. Configure the Proof Setup dialog box in order to proof the output on the monitor, View Menu > Proof Setup > Custom…: • Profile: Select the profile of the output device you want to proof; the printer profile generally depends on the printer model, media type and print quality. If you don’t have it on the list, you should copy it to the next folder: /Library/ColorSync/Profiles • Intent: Perceptual (for RGB images) or Relative Colorimetric (for CMYK images). • Click OK.
o • You don’t need to worry about the RIP color settings (Perform Color Correction, CMYK and RGB Input Profiles and Color rendering intent) because you are going to select PostScript Color Management option in the application, then, the application tells the RIP which source profile and rendering intent should be used for the conversion to the print space, these are the Document profile and the Print Space Intent of the application. The RIP color settings will be overridden. Click Print. 9.
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