HP LF Printing Knowledge Center Add and profile a new paper type Printer: HP Designjet Z2100 series Operating System: Windows
1. Select the HP Color Center desktop icon. 2. The HP Easy Printer Care will open. Select your printer. 3. Color Center tab > Select Create and Install ICC Profile.
4. The HP Color Center prompts for information about the new paper to create and it installs the ICC new profile: Select Paper and Action > • Select a paper type… > Select Add a new paper. • Select Action > Select Print target and create ICC profile.
• Select Next. NOTE If you would like to use a longer drying time, you can ask the HP Color Center to create the test chart without going on to create a profile (Print target only. Create ICC profile later). Then, later, when the chart is completely dry, you can restart the HP Color Center and ask it to create a profile using the test chart you have already created (Create ICC profile from a target that has already been printed).
• Select Next. Choose ICC Profile Settings > The ICC profile will be created and installed with the specified name and settings.
• Load your new paper into the printer (A4/A size minimum). • Click Next. Calibrate Your Printer > The printer will calibrate itself for use with your paper. The process takes about 10 minutes and consists of the following steps: 1. A calibration test chart is printed. 2. The test chart is allowed to dry for a period of time, the amount of time will depend on the paper type, this is so that the colors have time to stabilize. 3.
• Select Ok. When you have defined and calibrated a new paper type, the printer creates and automatically installs the new ICC profile, this is to be used with your paper. The process takes about 15–20 minutes and consists of the following steps: • A profiling test chart is printed. An A3 or B format for cut sheets: A roll-paper format for roll: • • The test chart is allowed to dry for a period of time, the amount of time depends on the paper type.
C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\color\HP_Z2100_PhotoDesignpaper.icc The profile is also stored in the printer, so that other computers connected to the same printer can copy it. Some applications may need to be closed and restarted in order to use a profile that has just been created. • Click Done and OK.
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