HP DesignJet 4000 User Manual

●Using a Mac OS 9 or 10.1 printer driver: create a custom paper size with zero margins, and take
into account that the margins added to the final job will be the ones that are set in the printers
front panel.
●Using a newer Mac OS printer driver: select the printer in the Format for popup menu, select
the paper size, and then margins options will appear. You can select the oversize page and the
margins at the same time.
●Using the Embedded Web Server: on the Submit Job page, select Oversize from the...

●The width of a landscape image is greater than its height (a wide image).
You should select the orientation that your image has when you see it on screen. If you have a
landscape image and you select portrait, or if you have a portrait image and you select landscape,
the image may be clipped when printed.
You can select the orientation using a printer driver or the Embedded Web Server.
●Using the PostScript printer driver for Windows NT: go to the Orientation section of the Page
Setup tab.
●Using any...

You can do this in the following ways:
●Using a Windows printer driver: select the Finishing tab, then Rotate by 90 degrees.
●Using a Mac OS printer driver: select the Finishing panel, then Rotate.
●Using the Embedded Web Server: select the Submit Job page, then Rotate.
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Using the front panel: select the 
 icon, then Default printing options > Paper options >
Rotate.
NOTEIf rotation is set with the printer driver or with the Embedded Web Server, it overrides
the setting in the front panel.
NOTEWhen you...

You can rescale an image in the following ways:
●Using a Windows printer driver: select the Effects tab, then Resizing options.
●The Print document on option adjusts the image size to the page size selected for your
printer. For example, if you have selected ISO A2 as the page size and you print an A4-
size image, it will be enlarged to fit the A2 page. If the ISO A3 page size is selected, the
printer would reduce a larger image to fit the A3 size.
●The % of normal size option enlarges the printable area...

10.Scroll to the color you want.
11.Press Select again.
12.Press Back to get to the previous menu.
13.When both width and color are correct, press Back.
14.Scroll to the next pen number you want to change, press Select and then repeat the above
process.
15.When all pen definitions are correct, press Back to exit the menus.
NOTEThe palette you have just defined will take effect only when you select it to be the
current palette.
If you do not get the results you expect, see Pen settings seem to have no...

●Select Automatic to let the printer determine which type of file it is receiving. This setting works
for most software applications.
●Select HP-GL/2 if you are not working with PostScript files, and you have experienced image
position problems or timing problems.
●Select PS if you are printing only PostScript files and your PostScript jobs do not start with the
standard PostScript header (%!PS) and do not include PJL language switching commands.
Alternatively, select PS if you have experienced problems...

10 How do I... (color topics)
●Perform color calibration
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Perform black point compensation
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Set the rendering intent
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Select the color emulation mode
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Produce matching prints from different HP Designjets
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Get accurate colors from Adobe Photoshop CS (HP–GL/2 & RTL driver)
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Get accurate colors from Adobe Photoshop CS (PostScript driver)
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Get accurate colors from Adobe InDesign CS
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Get accurate colors from QuarkXPress 6
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Get accurate colors from Autodesk AutoCAD
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Get accurate colors from Microsoft...

Perform color calibration
Color calibration improves color consistency between prints, and from one printer to another.
It is normally performed whenever a printhead is replaced, and whenever a new paper type is
introduced that has not been calibrated yet with the new printhead(s). However, this automatic
behavior can be turned off, and a default color correction used for each of the known paper types.
1.
From the front panel, select the 
 icon, then Printer configuration > Color calibration.
2.The...

●Using the Embedded Web Server: select the Submit Job page, then Black point compensation.
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Using the front panel: select the 
 icon, then Default printing options > Color options >
Black point compensation.
Set the rendering intent
Rendering intent is one of the settings used when doing a color transformation. As you probably
know, some of the colors you want to print may not be reproducible by the printer. The rendering
intent allows you to select one of four different ways of handling these so–called...

Get accurate colors from Adobe Photoshop CS (HP–GL/2
& RTL driver)
This topic outlines one way to have good control over the printed colors you will obtain from your
printer; there are many other ways. Before starting, ensure that your paper type has already been
calibrated.
Application settings
1.Open Adobe Photoshop and select Color Settings from the Edit menu.
●Working spaces: the working space is the color space you want to use when manipulating
the image. We recommend using the color space that...