HP Designjet A3/B HP Designjet 10/20ps - Color Management Guide - Page 1

Color Management on the HP DesignJet 50ps 1 Draft 1.0 • 6/10/02 The HP DesignJet 10ps, 20ps, and 50ps were designed to provide high-speed, photoquality prints at a low cost.The high-end member of the series, the DesignJet 50ps, is intended for professional prepress users who want to make digital proofs that match a specific output device, such as an analog proofing process (Matchprint, Cromalin), a printing press, a color monitor, or other device or process. The HP DesignJet 50ps printer works with a server-based software RIP from Heidelberg.The RIP offers color management, layout, job handling, and file support functionality to meet the demands of the prepress user. Like the DesignJet 10ps and 20ps, the DesignJet 50ps uses industry standard ICC (International Color Consortium) color management profiles to print accurate and consistent color.The DesignJet 50ps RIP has two color management settings: • "Color Management for Print" is used for matching images on the color monitor or for producing photo-quality output that does not necessarily match another process. • "Color Management for Proof" is used for matching another device.This setting introduces another popup,"Press Profile," to the color management dialog box.This profile is for the device you want to match, be it an analog proofing process, another printer, or a printing press.To match a device or printer, you will need to have an ICC profile for the device/process, and to import the profile into the RIP software using the Settings>ICC Profiles>Add new ICC profile command. Macintosh Chooser HP DesignJet 50ps Printmanager Macintosh Chooser shows 3 "virtual printers" defined in the HP DesignJet 50ps Printmanager, each with separate matching objectives: • match ColorMatch RGB working space so prints will match the monitor. • match Imation Matchprint analog proofing • match a Heidelberg Quickmaster DI direct-imaging press The print queues are set up in the Printmanager using the Virtual printer>New Virtual Printer dialog box, then by defining the color management settings for each queue. Graphic Intelligence Agency 4040 Embassy Pkwy. Ste. 370 Akron, OH 44333 330/665-9858 www.graphintel.com