HP LF Printing Knowledge Center How to ensure a print overnight Application: Adobe Photoshop 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.
5. Open the image, File menu> Open…: 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 menu > Assign Profile (try sRGB, Adobe RGB, ColorMatch RGB and others) until you are satisfied. • Click OK.
6. Now, you can check your job and retouch it if needed: • Make sure all the necessary information is included: Fonts, images, logos.... • Make sure you have configured all the corresponding settings (Orientation, margins, typography, color, resolution, etc), appropriately for your document. 7. Previews of your work. Check the print layout and the overall output before printing; Select Adobe Photoshop settings; File menu > Print with Preview…: • Make sure the More Options are displayed.
• Click Print.... and choose printer settings: o Select Image Quality tab: • o Quality Options: Select Standard and drag the slider to Quality. Select Paper Handling tab: • 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 Select Color Options > Basic tab: • 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 7. 8. 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, Adobe Photoshop File menu > Print with Preview…: • Make sure the More Options are displayed. • Select the same application settings you choose in step 7. o Click Print... and choose the same Image Quality, Paper Handling and Color Options printer settings you selected in step 7. o Select Copies & Pages tab: o • Select the number of Copies you need. • Check the Collated option.
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