HP LF Printing Knowledge Center Proof a press with CMYK Application: QuarkXPress 6.
1. First recommendations: • See the Media type functionality & features and choose the most appropriate media. • It is essential that you have the media type correctly calibrated with the printer and print mode, consult the Calibrate my printer document. • If you need to add color profiles in the application, copy them from the next folder: /Library/ColorSync/Profiles. 2. Open the EFI Designer Edition RIP. 3.
4. Open QuarkXpress. 5. Configure the color Preferences, QuarkXPress menu > Preferences… > Quark CMS (left hand menu): • Check the Color Management Active checkbox. • Destination Profiles: • • o Monitor: If you want to get a good display, profile your monitor (how to profile my monitor) and then use the setting here to select the monitor profile. o Composite Output: Select the press profile you want to emulate. Default Source Profiles > RGB tab: o Profile (Solid Colors/Images): Adobe RGB (1998).
6. Open your project, File menu > Open..., and browse it. To insert images, draw a box with the Rectangle Picture Box and insert the image, File menu > Get Picture...: • Browse the file. • Color Management tab: • o Profile: If the image has an Embedded profile, preserve it, if not, select Default. o Rendering Intent: Profile Default. o Check Color Manage to RGB/CMYK Destinations. Click Open. 7.
• Page Setup… button: • • o Format for: Select the printer RIP. o Paper Size: Select the paper size of the media loaded on the printer. o Orientation: Select the orientation of your image on the paper. o Click OK. QuarkXPress print settings: o Layout tab: Uncheck Separations. o Setup tab: • Printer Description: Select the printer RIP. • Paper size: Select the paper size you have already selected on the Page Setup window. • Reduce or Enlarge: Select the scaling factor you need.
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