HP LF Printing Knowledge Center Create and Install ICC profile for an existing paper Printer: HP Designjet Z3100 series Operating System: Windows
• Select the HP Color Center desktop icon. • The HP Easy Printer Care application will open. Select your printer. • Color Center tab > Select Create and Install ICC Profile.
The HP Color Center prompts for information about the new paper, this is to create and install the new ICC profile: Select Paper and Action > • Select a paper type… > Select Current papers. • Select the paper type you want to associate with the ICC profile. • 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 then create a profile using the test chart you have already created (Create ICC profile from a target that has already been printed).
• Load your new paper into the printer (A3/B size minimum). • Select Next. Create and Install ICC Profile > The printer creates and installs the new ICC profile, automatically; this is to be used with your new custom paper. The process takes about 15–20 minutes and consists of the following steps: 1.
A roll-paper format for roll: 2. The test chart is allowed to dry for a period of time, the amount of time depends on the paper type. 3. The test chart is scanned and measured using the HP Embedded Spectrophotometer. Finished > The new ICC profile is stored in a system folder on your computer: C:\WINDOWS\system32\spool\drivers\color\ The profile is also stored in the printer, so that other computers connected to the same printer can copy it.
• Select Done and OK. NOTE: If you are printing on HP Collector Satin Canvas and you experience that this media cannot be calibrated or profiled with the embedded spectrophotometer of the printer; you should try one of the following: - Create an ICC profile with an external device. Print using Printer Color Management option. This does not require having an ICC profile.
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