HP LF Printing Knowledge Center Calibrate your monitor Printer: HP Designjet Z2100/Z3100 series Software: HP Advanced Profiling Solution OS: Windows
The display is your only reliable way to view your digital files before you print them. Since all displays change over time, calibration is necessary to bring these devices back into a consistent and repeatable condition. The role of calibration is to adjust the device to produce a desired behavior. Once the display is calibrated, an ICC device profile will be built to record this device behavior. You should calibrate and profile your display on a regular basis, at least once a month.
Step 2: You can use the HP Advanced Profiling Solution to calibrate and build ICC profiles for all your displays. From this screen you can select which device, a monitor or printer you wish to calibrate and profile. You should calibrate and profile your display first. • If you are now ready to calibrate and profile your display, click on the Monitor button. • Click the Next button to continue with the next step.
Step 3: Display type and Measurement Device Selection. NOTE Please allow your display to warm up and stabilize before you calibrate. Allow 30-45 minutes for a CRT and 10-15 minutes for a LCD. • Select the display type to calibrate and profile. It is important that you select the correct type of display before proceeding. • The Expert Options allow you to override the default calibration target values and will take you to a screen where you can set custom calibration target values.
Step 4: Monitor Profiling: OSD Controls. • Select the OSD (On-Screen Display) control capabilities of your monitor in order to achieve optimum results. o If your display provides a Brightness control, please activate the Brightness check box. o If your display provides a Contrast control, activate the Contrast check box. o If your display provides RGB controls, activate the RGB check box.
Step 5: Eye-One Display on your monitor. • Place the Eye-One Display on the screen. The Eye-One can be placed anywhere on the screen as the software automatically detects the Eye-One's position. Attempt to place the instrument in the center of the screen and in such a way that it will not allow any ambient light to enter between the instrument and the surface of the display. • Click the Next button to continue with the next step.
Step 6: Create Monitor Profile (White Point, Gamma and Luminance). • • • Calibrate Contrast: o Set the contrast of your display to its maximum value using your monitor controls. o Adjust the contrast on your display until the orange line is placed in the middle of the green area. o Click the Next button to continue with the next step. Calibrate Brightness: o Adjust the brightness on your display until the orange line is placed in the middle of the green area.
values are cooler (more blue). 6500K is recommended for CRT displays while Native White Point is recommended for LCD displays. The Luminance setting defines the maximum intensity (brightness) of white measured in cd/m2. Select a value based on display type and the amount of ambient light around the display. A recommended starting point is 90 CRTs and 120 for LCDs. • If you wish to use the current luminance the display is producing, select Native.
Step 7: Calculate ICC Profile and finish. NOTE After you create the ICC profile, it in the following folder and automatically set it as the monitor profile: Windows 98: Windows/System/Color folder. Windows XP: Windows/System32/Spool/Drivers/Color folder. Windows 2000: Winnt/System32/Spool/Drivers/Color folder.
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