HP LF Printing Knowledge Center How to reprint a job with color consistency Application: Adobe Acrobat Printer: HP Designjet Z6100 series Software: HP PS Driver Operating System: Mac OS X
As a creative professional, predictable and consistent results from your printer are essential to getting your job done. This guide will explain several elements you need to keep under control to make your printer behave consistently in terms of color when you are intended to reprint your job. You should consider that there are various factors that can influence our opinions plot to plot, such as: • The environmental conditions: Changes in temperature, humidity, or lighting.
1. Open Acrobat (If you are intended to print from Adobe Acrobat Reader, go to step 4). 2. 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).
. 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.
5. Select Driver print settings: • Color Options tab: • o Select Print In Color. 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. Web Coated (SWOP) v2 (for US) and Japan Standard v2 (for Japan). • Rendering Intent: Select Perceptual. Image Quality tab: o Quality Options: Select Standard and drag the slider to Quality (Best).
• Click Print. 6. Reprint this job: • • Following the described procedure. Through the Embedded web server, go to the Job queue, select the job you want to reprint, and then click the Reprint button. A file can also be printed again if was stored in the printer. Through the Embedded Web Server, go to Stored jobs in printer, select the job you want to print, and then click the Print button).
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