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: Windows
1. First recommendations: • In order to get a correct display, it’s also essential you have the monitor calibrated, refer to the Profile my monitor document. • Refer to 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 > 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 Printer...: Select your printer (ex. HP Designjet Z2100 24in Photo). o Click Properties button to define a custom paper size in printer driver: • Select Paper/Quality tab: o Paper Options > Document Size: Select Custom…: • Name: Choose a name to identify your custom paper size. • Paper Size: Select the paper size you need. • Click Save and OK.
The custom page size you have just defined will not become available for selection until you have exited and re-entered the Printing Properties dialog box. • Click OK twice to exit Printer Properties. o Paper Size: Select the paper size you define on Custom Paper Size. o Orientation: Select the orientation of your banner 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: Perceptual (for RGB images) or Relative Colorimetric (for CMYK images). o Check Black Point Compensation check box. Click Print....
6. Driver Settings; Properties button: • Paper/Quality tab: o Paper Options: • Document size: Select the custom page size you have just defined. • Orientation: Select the orientation of the paper. o Check Show preview before printing check box. o Print Quality: Select Standard options and drag the slider to Quality.
• • Color tab > Color Options: o Select Print in color. o Select Color management > Select Application Managed Colors. Click OK twice. 7. Preview your banner before printing; check, also, the print settings and the layout of the image (HP Print Preview windows is displayed automatically). Click Continue button to proceed with printing or Cancel to cancel the job.
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