HP DesignJet 2000 HP DesignJet 2500/2000CP Printer - User's Guide - Page 154
Viewing the Colors Available For a Palette, Color/Mono, Color
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Controlling the Overall appearance of a Print Changing Pen Widths and Colors Using the Internal Palettes Viewing the Colors Available For a Palette 1 Make sure that the front-panel Color/Mono switch is set to Color. 2 To print the Palette, go to the INTERNAL PRINTS menu and choose HP-GL/2 Palette. INTERNAL PRINTS HP-GL/2 Palette All menu modes In the Palette print, there are 256 squares, numbered 0 through 255, each showing one of the 256 colors available for selection in the printer's internal palettes. The example below is color 6 (magenta), which is assigned to pen 6 in the factory's default palette. Pen number in factory default palette, and initially 6 therefore in all three palettes. 0 through 15. Color number. 0 through 255. 6 255,0,255 RGB composition, scaled to 255 = 100%. In this example, it is 100% red + 0% green + 100% blue, which is magenta. C4704021 Note that RGB and CMYK - plus white - are assigned by default to pens 0 through 7, and that eight grayscales are included in the 256 colors. The 256 colors shown in the Palette Print are not the only colors you can print with your printer! Using your software, you can create many more colors and, as long as you are using the correct driver, the printer will reproduce these colors by an appropriate mix of inks from its CMYK cartridges. The Palette Print merely shows the 256 colors available for use in the printer's internal palettes, should you choose to use them. 6-6