HP LF Printing Knowledge Center How to ensure a print overnight Application: Adobe Acrobat Printer: HP Designjet Z6100 series Software: HP PS Driver Operating System: Mac OS X 1
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.
. Configure the Color Management options, Acrobat menu > Preferences…: • Working Spaces > RGB: Select the profile of the scanner or camera you have used to get your file (source profile), if you don’t have it, select Adobe RGB (1998). • Working Spaces > CMYK: Select Europe ISO Coated FOGRA27 (for Europe), U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) v2 (for US) and Japan Standard v2 (for Japan). • Check Use black point compensation check box. 5. Open your file, File menu > Open…. 6.
7. Check the print layout and the overall output before printing; Select Adobe Acrobat print settings; File menu > Print…: • Printer: Select the printer (ex. HP Designjet Z6100ps 42in Photo).
• Click Advanced… button: o Output > Color: Select Composite. o Output > Printer Profile: Select Printer/PostScript Color Management. o Check Apply Working Color Spaces check box. o Click OK.
8. Select Driver print settings: • • Select Paper Handling tab to choose: 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. o And other settings you need. Color Options tab: o Select Color Management > Printer Managed Colors: • Default RGB Source Profile: Select sRGB (HP). • Default CMYK Source Profile: Select Europe ISO Coated FOGRA27 (for Europe), U.S.
• Image Quality tab: o Quality Options: Select Standard and drag the slider to Quality (Best). 9. Prints a draft copy of your work for validate the document settings you selected (orientation, margins, typography, color, resolution, etc); press Print button. Check the print draft; if it meets your expectations, you are ready to print your job.
. Print the fist copy of your job, Adobe Acrobat File menu > Print…: • Printer: Select the printer (ex. HP Designjet Z6100ps 42in Photo). • Click Advanced… button and select the same application settings you choose in step 7. • Click OK. • Select the same Image Quality, Paper Handling and Color Options driver settings you selected in step 8, and also: o o Select Copies & Pages tab: • Select the number of Copies you need. • Check the Collated option.
• • Troubleshooting: Launch color calibration, paper profiling… Request e-mail notification of specific error conditions. NOTE To use the Embedded Web Server, you must have a TCP/IP connection to your printer.
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