HP Designjet Z3100ps GP Photo Printer Series - Quick Reference Guide

You can start color calibration in the following ways:
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From the printer driver alert that recommends calibration.
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From the HP Color Center: select Calibrate Your Printer.
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From the front panel: select the Image Quality Maintenance menu icon
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then Calibrate color.
The calibration process is fully automatic and can be performed unattended after you
have loaded paper of the type you wish to calibrate—which should be A4, Letter, or
any larger size.
The process takes about 8–10 minutes and consists of the following steps.
1. A calibration chart is printed, which contains patches of each ink used in your
printer.
2. The chart is allowed to dry for a period of time that depends on the paper type,
so that the colors have time to stabilize.
3. The chart is scanned and measured using the HP Embedded Spectrophotometer.
4. From the measurements made by the spectrophotometer, the printer calculates
the necessary correction factors to apply for consistent color printing on that
paper type. It also calculates the maximum amount of each ink that can be
applied to the paper.
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