HP LF Printing Knowledge Center How to print a banner/poster Application: Adobe InDesign CS2 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.
• Click OK.
. Open the image, File menu > Open…: 5. 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. • Click OK. 6. Place the images if needed, File menu > Place…, browse the image and click Open…. 7.
o Orientation: Select the orientation of your image on the paper. o Click OK.
• Driver print settings, Printer… button: o Image Quality tab: • • Select Paper Handling tab: o • Quality Options: Select Standard and drag the slider to Quality: Destination Paper Size: Select the paper size you define on Custom Paper Size option. Make sure that the document size is not bigger than the paper size you have in the printer. Select Color Options tab: o Select Print In Color. o Select Color Management > Printer Managed Colors. • Default RGB Source Profile: Select Adobe RGB (HP).
• Click Print.
10. Adobe InDesign print settings: • • Setup (left hand menu): o Paper Size: Defined By Driver. o Options: Select the scaling option you need. Output (left hand menu): o • • Color: Select Composite CMYK. Color Management (left hand menu): o Print: Document. o Options > Color Handling: PostScript® Printer Determine Colors. Click Print.
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