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printer, scanner, and monitor profiles. Custom ICC profiles created with applications like GretagMacbeth ProfileMaker help the DesignJet Profile Editing Making custom profiles of your HP DesignJet 10/20/50ps and the devices you gretagmacbeth.com Graphic Intelligence Agency 4040 Embassy Pkwy. Ste - HP Designjet A3/B | HP Designjet 50ps - Color Management Guide - Page 2
2 Heidelberg Prepress 100 Gutenberg Dr. Kennesaw, GA 30144 770/419-6600 www.heidelbergusa.com Imaging Technologies Corp. 15175 Innovation Dr. San Diego, CA 92128 619/613-1300 www.color.com Monaco Systems, Inc. 110 Burtt Road, Suite 110 Andover, MA 01810 508/749-9944 www.monacosys.com Praxisoft, Inc. - HP Designjet A3/B | HP Designjet 50ps - Color Management Guide - Page 3
the target using the spectrophotometer connected to your profiling application. 5. Save the ICC profile in the DesignJet software RIP folder (ICC Profile>HP DesignJet 10 20). Making a Printer Profile 1 2 Turn off color management in the RIP before outputting the color management target. 3 4 5 - HP Designjet A3/B | HP Designjet 50ps - Color Management Guide - Page 4
4 Making a Scanner Profile 1 IT8.7/2 Target 4 GretagMacbeth i1 Target 2 IT8.7 data reference file IT8.7/2 ORIGINATOR "Eastman Kodak Company" DESCRIPTOR "Q60R1, IT8.7/2 Data Files, 5x7 inch Ektacolor" CREATED "AUGUST 13, 1998" MANUFACTURER " Eastman Kodak Company" PROD_DATE "1998:07 " - HP Designjet A3/B | HP Designjet 50ps - Color Management Guide - Page 5
5 What You Will Need 1. Emissive spectrophotometer or colorimeter capable of profiling 1 monitors 2. Color profiling application with monitor calibration and profiling function Making a Monitor Profile Procedure 1. Choose an RGB working space in Photoshop that most closely matches the - HP Designjet A3/B | HP Designjet 50ps - Color Management Guide - Page 6
in Photoshop, resize the image to 72 dpi, and convert to LAB mode.) Procedure 1. In ProfileEditor, select: a. "A," one ICC profile. b. "B," open the HP DesignJet 10/20/50 profile you want to edit, select the rendering intent you plan to use (e.g., relative colorimetric for proofing), and rendering
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Color Management Profiling for the
HP DesignJet 10/20ps
Introduction
The HP DesignJet 10/20ps comes with
standard profiles for CMYK and RGB
working spaces and with profiles for HP
media. However, to get the most accurate
color,you may wish to make custom profiles
for your DesignJet, as well as for other
devices in your workflow.
Devices to Profile
Devices you may want to profile include
your:
• HP DesignJet on each proofing medium
you use regularly
• devices or processes you want the
DesignJet to match, such as analog or
digital proofing, or your printing press
• scanner or digital camera, for optimum
color on input
• monitor, for accurate soft proofing
What You Will Need
To make custom profiles,you will need:
1. A profiling program, such as
GretagMacbeth Eye One Match or
ProfileMaker Pro, MonacoPROFILE,
Heidelberg ScanOpen/PrintOpen, or
similar product.
2. Color targets to scan, digitally photo-
graph, and print.These are usually
included with the profiling application,
but different scanner or camera targets
may need to be purchased separately.
3. A color measurement instrument to read
reflection prints and monitor colors.
Examples include GretagMacbeth’s Eye
One and Spectrolino/SpectroScan, and X-
Rite’s DTP41 AutoScan
Spectrophotometer and DTP92 Monitor
Optimizer.
Profiling Procedures
The following pages show the basic
steps for making printer, scanner, and
monitor profiles.
Profile Editing
Making custom profiles of your HP
DesignJet 10/20/50ps and the devices you
want it to simulate will help you get a better
color match. However, for the most accurate
color, it may be necessary to edit your ICC
profiles using a profile-editing application
such as GretagMacbeth ProfileEditor or
ColorBlind Edit.
Profile editing requires some expertise
in “traditional” color—tone reproduction,
gray balance, and color correction.
Basic steps to using ProfileEditor to
make an HP DesignJet 10/20/50 profile
more closely match a specified target are
shown on page 6.
Vendors
Color Management Instruments and Software
Following is a partial list of color
management systems vendors. Some vendors
sell instruments, others sell software, and
others sell both.
GretagMacbeth LLC
617 Little Brittain Road
New Windsor, NY
12553
800/622-2384
www.gretagmacbeth.com
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Graphic Intelligence Agency
4040 Embassy Pkwy. Ste. 370
Akron, OH
44333
330/665-9858
www.graphintel.com
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Custom ICC profiles created with applica-
tions like GretagMacbeth ProfileMaker help
the DesignJet 10/20/50ps to print more accu-
rate color and to do a more effective job of
emulating other devices and processes.