HP LF Printing Knowledge Center How to print a banner/poster Application: Adobe Photoshop CS2 Printer: HP Designjet Z6100 series Software: HP PS Driver Operating System: Mac OS X
1. First recommendations: • I order to get a correct display, it’s also essential to have the monitor calibrated, refer to the Profile my monitor document. • See the Media type functionality & features and choose the most appropriate media. • Ensure that the Paper Type setting on the front panel corresponds to the paper that you intend to use. It is essential that the paper is correctly color calibrated for the printer; refer to the Calibrate my printer document.
• Click OK.
. Open or place your design, File menu > Open…, File menu > Place… or create a new one, File menu > New…: 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; in this case, if the displayed image does not look correct, try assigning it to other color spaces with Edit menu > Assign Profile (try sRGB, Adobe RGB, ColorMatch RGB and others) until you are satisfied.
. Adobe Photoshop Print with Preview… settings. File menu > Print with Preview…: • Page Setup…: o Format for: Select the printer (ex. HP Designjet Z6100ps 44in Photo). o Paper Size: Select Manage Custom Sizes…: • Click on the + icon to create a new custom size. • Page Size: Select the media size you will print. Click OK twice. o Orientation: Select the orientation of your image on the paper. o Click OK.
• Set the Position and the Scaled Print Size you need. • Make sure the More Options are displayed. • Select the Color Management tab: • o Print: Document. o Options > Color Handling: Let Photoshop Determine Colors. o Options > Printer Profile: Select the profile of the printer and media type you will use to print. o Options > Rendering Intent: Relative Colorimetric. o Check Black Point Compensation check box. Click Print....
6. Choose Driver Settings: • Select Image Quality tab: o • Quality Options: Select Standard and drag the slider to Quality (Best): Select Paper Handling tab: o Destination Paper Size: Select the media size that is loaded on the printer. Make sure that the document size is not bigger than the paper size you have in the printer.
• Select Color Options > Basic tab: o Select Print In Color. o Select Color Management > Select Application Managed Colors.
• Click Preview button: 7. Click Print to proceed with printing or Cancel to cancel the job.
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