HP LF Printing Knowledge Center How to ensure a print overnight Application: Macromedia FreeHand MX 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.
4. Configure the Color Preferences, FreeHand MX menu > Preferences… > Colors tab: • Color Management: Kodak Digital Science. • Uncheck Rebuild Color Tables.
• • Setup button: o Monitor: Select the current display profile. o Monitor simulates: Composite printer. o Separation printer: Europe ISO Coated FOGRA27 (for Europe), SWOP Printer (for US) and Japan Standard v2 (for Japan). o Intent: Relative Colorimetric. o Check temporally the Composite simulates separations check box to choose the Composite printer profile. o Composite printer: Select the profile of the printer and media type you will use to print (ex.
8. Check the print layout and the overall output before printing; File menu > Print…: • Printer: Select the printer (ex. HP Designjet Z6100ps 42in Photo). • Image Quality tab: o • Quality Options: Select Standard and drag the slider to Quality. 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.
• Color Options tab: o Select Print In Color. o Select Color Management > Application Managed Colors. o Click Preview button. If the preview shows any defect, click Cancel button; adjust the appropriate settings and repeat step 8.
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.
10. Print the fist copy of your job, Adobe Macromedia FreeHand File menu > Print…: • Printer: Select the printer (ex. HP Designjet Z6100ps 42in Photo). • 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. Select Scheduler tab: • o Select Finishing tab: • o Print Document: Set the time when you want to print your job.
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