HP LF Printing Knowledge Center Proof another printer Application: Adobe Photoshop CS3 Printer: HP Designjet Z3100 series Software: HP Raster Driver Operating System: Mac OS X
1. First recommendations: • See the Media type functionality & features and choose the most appropriate media. • It is essential that you have the media type correctly calibrated for the printer; consult the Calibrate my printer document. • In order to get a correct display, it’s also essential that you have the monitor profiled, consult the Profile my monitor document.
• Select OK.
. 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; if the displayed image does not look correct, try assigning it to other color spaces with Edit menu > Assign Profile… (try sRGB, Adobe RGB, and others) until you are satisfied. 5.
6. Adobe Photoshop print settings, File menu > Print…: • • Page Setup… button: o Format for: Select the printer (ex. HP Designjet Z3100 44in Photo). o Paper Size: Select the paper size of the media loaded into 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.
• • Select the Color Management tab: o Print: Proof. o Options > Color Handling: Photoshop Manages Colors. o Options > Printer Profile: Select the right profile for your printer and paper type. If you are printing on photo gloss paper, select the right color profile with the gloss enhancement feature (GE ON). o Options > Proof Setup: Select the Proof Preset you created in the Proof Setup settings (View menu > Proof Setup > Custom…). Select Print.
. Choose driver settings: • Printer: Select the printer (ex. HP Designjet Z3100 44in Photo). • Select Paper Type/Quality in the drop-dawn menu: o Paper tab: • Paper Type: Select the media type that is loaded on the printer always calibrated. • Quality Options: Standard and drag the slider to Quality.
o • Color tab: • Select Print in Color. • Color Management > Application Managed Colors. Select Print. 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 file, etc....
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