HP Z3100ps HP Designjet Z3100 Printing Guide - Ability to print saturated red
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- HP Z3100ps | HP Designjet Z3100 Printing Guide - Ability to print saturated red - Page 1
Technical Newsletter: Ability to print saturated red on HP Designjet Z3100 Photo printers March 9th 2007 There have been discussions in several forums and through HP's support organization surrounding the HP Designjet Z3100 Photo Printer series' ability to print saturated reds. This is, in fact, - HP Z3100ps | HP Designjet Z3100 Printing Guide - Ability to print saturated red - Page 2
Availability to print saturated red on HP Designjet Z3100 Photo Printer Note: Look at the upper right corner of the page. Under the section "Product Downloads" you will find all relevant links. "System Maintenance" refers to firmware. After you select an item, you are asked to register. You can skip - HP Z3100ps | HP Designjet Z3100 Printing Guide - Ability to print saturated red - Page 3
Availability to print saturated red on HP Designjet Z3100 Photo Printer In general, there are no precise colorimetric printer RGB inks look more like what we might normally call orange, (lime) green, and violet. We have made these decisions since we developed the HP Designjet Z Photo Printer series - HP Z3100ps | HP Designjet Z3100 Printing Guide - Ability to print saturated red - Page 4
no support whatsoever. If you need help, ask a friend" We have printed using HP Hahnemühle Smooth Fine Art paper and the HP Driver Test image preparation o Upgrade your printer's firmware and host software to the latest versions3: Firmware version MAC OS X HP Driver Windows HP Driver 4.1.0.2 or - HP Z3100ps | HP Designjet Z3100 Printing Guide - Ability to print saturated red - Page 5
image printing o Use the "File > Print with Preview..." menu, and active "Show More Options" o On the Color Management tab: o Print: Document. o Options > Color Handling: Let Photoshop Determine Colors o Printer, Profile: "HP Designjet Z3100, HP Hahnemühle Smooth Fine Art Paper". o Rendering - HP Z3100ps | HP Designjet Z3100 Printing Guide - Ability to print saturated red - Page 6
red on HP Designjet Z3100 Photo Printer Screenshot from HP Raster Driver for MAC OS X version. o Now go to the Color tab: o Select Print in Color. o Select Color Management > Application Managed Colors. Screenshot from HP Raster Driver for MAC OS X version. o And finally select Print. March 2007 - HP Z3100ps | HP Designjet Z3100 Printing Guide - Ability to print saturated red - Page 7
Availability to print saturated red on HP Designjet Z3100 Photo Printer APPENDIX: Important notes about soft proofing and ICC profiles Using Adobe® Photoshop's Info palette you can read out both the original image's "Actual Colors" and - HP Z3100ps | HP Designjet Z3100 Printing Guide - Ability to print saturated red - Page 8
HP Designjet Z3100 Photo Series printer Below you can find further details about how to find which version of the firmware and driver you have install o Firmware version: You can check it from the front panel o MAC OS X driver version 4.2.1 o Go to: Mac OS X > System Preferences dock icon > Print - HP Z3100ps | HP Designjet Z3100 Printing Guide - Ability to print saturated red - Page 9
to print saturated red on HP Designjet Z3100 Photo Printer Windows Driver version 60.63.42.0: Go to: Start > Settings > Printers and Faxes Select on your printer (ex.: HP Designjet Z3100 44in Photo) Select Set Printer Properties (left hand menu) > Select About tab "View your software
Technical Newsletter:
Ability to print saturated red on HP
Designjet Z3100 Photo printers
March 9
th
2007
There have been discussions in several forums and through HP’s support organization
surrounding the HP Designjet Z3100 Photo Printer series’ ability to print saturated reds.
This is, in fact, very possible if you have the right information to get the best out of your
printer. In this document we would like to show you how to perform an easy test to check
your printer’s capabilities.
Making sure your printer is in an optimum state
The first thing to check is that the printer has the latest firmware and drivers. For optimum
results please make sure you have installed in your printer the firmware version
4.1.0.2
or higher
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, plus the associated ICC profiles and drivers for this firmware.
The most recent versions are always published at the
HP Knowledge Center
at:
www.hp.com/go/knowledge_center/djz3100
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If you do not know which firmware version you have installed, please have a look at the at the end of the document