HP Designjet T1100ps A1 User Manual

Notes about the document 
 
The settings and examples described in this document apply to the HP Large Format Color 
Copier products family using the latest version of HP Designjet Scan software available at 
the time of document development. 
 
 HP Large Format Color Copiers 
Integrating your printer in to your existing environment 
Color Accuracy in a proofing workflow 
 
Color reproduction for the HP Large Format Color Copier 
products family  
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Contents 
1. INTRODUCTION TO THE DOCUMENT......................................................................... 4 
2. COLOR COPYING GUIDELINES ..................................................................................... 5 
2.1
 CHECKPOINTS BEFORE STARTING A JOB.............................................................................. 5 
2.1.1 Scanner ....................................................................................................................... 5 
2.1.2 Printer...

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3.4.5 Black enhancement ................................................................................................... 45 
3.4.6 Background cleaning ................................................................................................ 45 
3.4.7 Sharpen ..................................................................................................................... 46 
3.4.8 Blur...

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1. INTRODUCTION TO THE DOCUMENT 
 
The aim of this document is to provide customers with a simple guide to getting good 
color reproduction when using the HP Large Format Color Copier products. By making 
the process of scanning and printing easier to understand, we believe users will be able 
to achieve the desired color reproduction results. 
 
This document contains two parts: 
 
• The first part provides a set of...

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2. COLOR COPYING GUIDELINES 
 
The HP Large Format Color Copiers allow an original image to be reproduced using a 
scanner, a printer and a controller (called touch screen). The reproduction can be done: 
 
• In one step (a Copy process) 
• In two steps (a Scan process followed by a Print process) with an intermediate 
saving of the digitized data into a file 
 
In this document, we will not differentiate between the two...

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may vary during the scan. 
 
! Does the scanner need to run the scanner maintenance process? 
If so, follow the scanner maintenance manual. If unsure, see section 3.1.2.2 of 
the Annex. Typically, the scanner maintenance process should be run every 
100 scans or once a month, but it depends very much on the type of originals 
you are scanning. If you suspect...

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! Do you have a media profile adapted to the media currently 
loaded into the printer? If not or not known, please create a media profile 
as described in your scanning system’s documentation. If it is not correct, the 
output image may have serious defects: too much ink (dark images, smearing, 
bleeding), too little ink (washed out, low contrast...

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! Sepia background (Sepia; 
CAD with advanced settings)  
! Other ….. 
! Document: mixed text (or lines) and pictures (CAD Mix; 
Brochure) 
! Map (solid areas and lines) (Map; 
Map) 
 
1.3  Definition of own type of original: 
Do you need some extra color management or image enhancement applied to 
the image? If unsure refer to sections 3.4 and 3.5 of the Annex. Please 
remember that if you change any of the...

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2. Printing options 
 
2.1 
What is the currently-installed printer name in the touch screen?  
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2.2 
Which media profile are you going to use? (For information see section 
3.3 in the Annex) 
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2.3 
Which print quality do you need? Best gives higher quality but slower 
throughput; Fast gives higher throughput but lower quality. It is recommended 
to select Fast for drafts, Normal for non-critical...

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2.3 Running a job: operator settings 
 
The third step of the process, after having got through the checkpoints in section 2.1 
and answered the questions in section 2.2, is to configure the touch screen. 
 
Firstly, you should choose the tab corresponding to the action you are about to perform: 
 
• Scan: scan the original and save the digitized image to a file on CD, hard disk, 
flexible disk or networked disk. This file...