HP LF Printing Knowledge Center Add and profile a new paper type Printer: HP Designjet Z3100 series Operating System: Mac OS X
1. Select the HP Color Center icon in the dock located along the bottom of the screen. 2. The Printer Selector page will be open. Select your printer and select Launch Utility. 3. Configuration settings (left hand menu): Select Create and Install ICC Profile. • 4. Select Create.
Select Paper > • Select Add a new paper. • Select Continue. Add Custom Paper > • Paper Name: Enter the name of your new custom paper (ex. “Photo Imaging Satin”). • Paper type: Select the type of your new custom paper. The paper type determines the amount of ink that will be used and other basic printing parameters; choose a paper type that most closely resembles your media.
• Select Continue. Select Action > • Select Print ICC profiling chart. • Select Scan ICC profiling chart and create ICC profile.
• Select Continue. 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 (Select only Print ICC profiling chart). 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 (Select only Scan ICC profiling chart and create ICC profile). In this case the spectrophotometer takes a while to warm up before it is ready to scan.
• Select Continue. Calibrate Your Printer > • Load the new paper into the printer (A3/B size). • Select Continue.
The printer will calibrate itself for use with your paper. The process takes about 10 minutes and consists of the following steps: • A calibration test chart is printed. • The test chart is allowed to dry for a period of time, the amount of time depends on the paper type, this is so the colors have time to stabilize. • The test chart is scanned and measured using the HP Embedded Spectrophotometer.
Finished > The new ICC profile is stored in the system folder on your computer. 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. • Select Done and OK.
For more information on HP Designjet products www.hp.com/go/designjet © 2007 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or omissions contained herein.