HP LF Printing Knowledge Center How to print a banner/poster Application: Adobe Illustrator CS2 Printer: HP Designjet Z6100 series Software: HP PS Driver Operating System: Windows
1. First recommendations: • In order to get a correct display, it’s also essential you have the monitor calibrated, refer to the Profile my monitor document. • Refer to 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…: • If the document has an embedded color profile that does not match the current working space, select Use the embedded profile. Otherwise, select Assign current working space. • Click OK. 5. If you place an image, you should embed the image in the document. If it has an embedded profile, it will be converted from the embedded color profile to the document color profile preserving the color appearance.
7. Print your banner; File menu > Print…: • Choose driver settings, click Setup… button: • Click Printer button and select your printer (ex. HP Designjet Z6100 44in Photo). • Click Preferences button and select your printer (ex. HP Designjet Z6100 44in Photo): • Paper/Quality tab: o Paper Options > Document size: Select Custom…: • Name: Choose a name to identify your custom paper size. • Paper Size: Select the paper size you need. • Click Save and OK.
• Click Properties button again: • Paper/Quality tab: o Paper Size: Select the paper size you define on Custom Paper Size. Make sure that the document size is not bigger than the paper size you have in the printer o Check Show preview before printing check box. o Orientation: Select the orientation of your banner on the paper. o Print Quality: Select Standard Options and drag the slider to Quality.
• Color tab > Color Options: 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 Relative Colorimetric and Black Point Compensation option. • Click OK and Print until the Illustrator print dialog box.
. Adobe Illustrator print settings: • • • General (left hand menu): o Media > Size: Defined by Driver. o Options: Select the scaling option you need. Color Management (left hand menu): o Print Method > Color Handling: Let PostScript® printer determine colors. o Print Method > Rendering Intent: Relative Colorimetric. Click Print. 9. Preview your banner before printing; check, also, the print settings and the layout of the image (HP Print Preview windows is displayed automatically).
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