HP Designjet Z3100 Printing Guide [HP Raster Driver] - Printing a "match to screen" [Adobe InDesign CS2 - Mac OS X]

1. First recommendations:

• Refer to the

Media type functionality & features and choose the most appropriate media.

• It is essential you have the media type correctly calibrated with the printer and print mode,

refer to the

Calibrate my printer section.

• In order to get a correct display, it’s also essential you have the monitor calibrated, consult

the

Profile my monitor section.

• If the paper that you are using is not listed, or if you cannot find a paper type that resembles

yours closely enough, we strongly recommend creating a new Custom Paper Type. You can

add a custom paper automatically by using the HP Color Center; refer to the

Add and profile

a new paper type document.

• Be sure your printer has installed the latest firmware version and the latest color profiles, for

the paper type you use. In general, if you follow this guide’s instructions and you are

experiencing any of the following problems, download & install the firmware software or the

profiles installer from the

HP Designjet online

o Contouring in gray transitions printing on photo papers.

o Loss of details in shadows and dark areas.

o Lass of details printing red and green saturated colors.

o Low gamut printing dark red colors.

o Blue transitions are not as accurate as it is expected.

2. Open Adobe InDesign CS2.

3. Configure the Color Settings, Edit menu > Color Settings…:

• Make sure the Advanced Mode check box is ticked.

• Working Spaces > RGB: Select the profile of the scanner or the camera you have used

to take the photo (source profile), if you don’t have it, Adobe RGB (1998).

• Working Spaces > CMYK: Europe ISO Coated FOGRA27 (for Europe), U.S. Web

Coated (SWOP) v2` (for US) and Japan Standard v2 (for Japan).

• Color Management Policies: Select Preserve Embedded Profiles.

• Profile Mismatches: Check Ask When Opening and Ask When Pasting.

• Missing Profiles: Check Ask When Opening.

• Conversion Options > Intent: Select Perceptual.