- Hewlett-Packard PhotoSmart Printer User Guide

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Color management
This section contains the following topics:
● What is color management?
● Use the HP Photosmart Pro print plug-in for Adobe Photoshop®
● Use application-based color management
● Use printer-based color management
Note In this user guide, printer software refers to the HP Photosmart software
that comes on the CD with the printer. The printer driver is the part of the printer
software which controls the printer.
What is color management?
Color management affects the way the colors in your photos are printed. Because the
printer, image editing software programs, the operating system, and imaging devices
such as cameras, scanners, and monitors, all display colors differently, the color
management strategy you choose affects whether colors are printed more or less
accurately.
Color management is based on color spaces
1
. Most imaging devices use the RGB
2
color
space, while commercial printers use the CMYK
3
color space. The differences between
the two color spaces can cause printed photos to look markedly different from what you
see on the monitor.
Color management is a complex subject and a detailed discussion is beyond the scope
of this user guide, which only provides some typical examples. For more information, see
the documentation that came with your third-party image editing software program, or
visit the HP Web site. Go to www.hp.com/support, select your country/region and your
language, and then type HP Photosmart Pro B9100 in the product/name search
box. Press E
NTER and then select the HP Photosmart Pro B9100 series printer. In the
Question or keywords search box type color management and then press E
NTER.
Click the topic you want to review.
1 Three-dimensional mathematical models for organizing color.
2 The RGB color space creates colors by mixing red, green, and blue light. Technologies that rely on light
(monitors, scanners, or digital cameras) use this color space.
3 The CMYK color space used in the printing industry is based on the light-absorbing qualities of ink printed
on paper. CMYK stands for cyan, magenta, yellow, and black, the colors used in four-color process printing.
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