HP LF Printing Knowledge Center Printing a “match to screen” Application: Adobe Photoshop CS2 Printer: HP Designjet Z3100 series Software: HP raster driver Operating System: 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, 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 section. 2.
• Select OK. 5. Open the image, File menu > Open…: • If the document has an embedded color profile that does not match the current working space, select Convert document’s colors to the working space. Otherwise, select Assign working space.
• Select OK. 5. Adobe Photoshop Print with Preview… settings. File menu > Print with Preview…: • Page Setup: o Printer...: Select the printer (ex. HP Designjet Z3100 44in Photo) and select OK. 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. • Set the Position and the Scaled Print Size you need. • Make sure More Options are displayed. • Select the Color Management tab: o Print: Document.
6. Driver Settings; Properties button: • Paper/Quality tab: o Paper Type: Select the media type that is loaded on the printer. o Print Quality: Select Standard Options and drag the slider to Quality.
• Color tab: o Select Print in Color. o Select Color Management > Application Managed Colors. Once the color management option “Let Photoshop Determine Colors” was selected, the option “Printer Managed Colors” is automatically gray out. Adobe Photoshop version 9.0.1 does not gray out the non-selected color management option. Ensure the selected option is the correct one.
• Select OK twice. 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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