HP DesignJet Z2100 24 User Manual

							●Quality Options: select Standard and drag the slider to Quality.
●Select the Color tab.
●Select Print in Grayscale and Gray and Black Inks only (if you are not printing on
glossy paper, the latter option is grayed out).
TipIf you experience bronzing with these options, see Bronzing on page 132.
●Under Color Management, select Printer Managed Colors, and then select Use Adobe
RGB (1998) from the source profile list.
●Click Print.
Print a digital album (Aperture, Mac OS)
This example uses Apple Aperture under Mac OS X and the color management is done by Aperture.
1.Initial recommendations:
●Choose an appropriate paper type for the purpose.
●The paper type should be calibrated and profiled with the printer and the print-quality level
that you intend to use. See 
Color calibration on page 58 and Color profiling on page 59.
●For a correct preview of the printed image, the monitor should also be profiled.
2.Open Apple Aperture.
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							3.If you havent already created a project for this album, go to the File menu and select New
Project, then name the project. Select the new project in the projects menu (on the left), then go
to the File menu and select Import > Folders into a Project.
4.Select the images you want to use, then go to the File menu and select New From Selection >
Book.
●Theme list: select a theme in the list to see a preview of its design on the right.
●Book Size popup menu: select the physical size of the book.
●Click Choose Theme, and rename the book album.
5.If you like, change the page layout and customize it. You can add photo and text boxes, modify the
box positions and the text styles.
6.You can let Aperture place your images into the book automatically (select Autoflow Unplaced
Images from the Book Actions menu 
), or you can place them manually by drag and drop.
Furthermore:
●You can scale, crop, and pan the image.
●You can set an image as page background and apply wash.
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							7.Print your book, using the Print button in the Book Layout Editor.
●Presets Name list: select your book preset.
●Select Copies and Pages to print.
●Paper Size: select the paper size on which you want to print the job.
●Orientation: select the orientation of your image on the paper.
●ColorSync Profile: select the correct color profile for the printer and paper that you will use.
●Select Black Point Compensation.
●Gamma: Because computer displays are illuminated, images displayed on computers tend
to look more luminous than when printed. Increasing the Gamma from the default of 1.0 can
compensate for this. Usually, a setting 1.1 to 1.2 is adequate.
8.Click the Printer Settings button.
●Printer: select the printer (for example, HP Designjet Z2100 24in Photo).
●Select Paper Type/Quality from the drop-down menu, then select the Paper tab.
●Paper Type: select the paper type that is currently loaded into the printer.
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							●Quality Options: select Standard and drag the slider to Quality.
●Select the Color tab.
●Select Print in Color.
●Under Color Management, select Application Managed Colors.
●Click Print.
Proof a press using the EFI RIP
1.Open EFI Designer Edition for HP.
2.Open the RIP Preferences, and the Color tab will appear by default.
●Select Proofing as Color output preset.
●Select the input/emulation CMYK profile for the press you want to emulate. For example,
ISOcoated.icc (for Europe), Best_SWOP_Ref_Presssheet_2003.icc (for US). You can find
more information about EFI default profiles in Chapter 4.2.2 “Image profiles” of the RIP
manual.
●If you do not find your desired press profile in the list, just add it by selecting the Add
Profile button.
●Press the Advanced button and check the setting Use Embedded Profiles. It will use the
profiles included in the image, if any.
●Choose the paper and print mode you want to use under Media profiles.
●Click OK to close the Preferences window.
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							3.You can select any other layout- or printer-dependent settings in the Printer and Layout settings.
4.Drag and drop the file you want to proof to the RIP queue (see picture).
Remember the supported formats are: PS level 3, PDF 1.7, EPS, TIFF, JPEG, DCS 2.0, PDF/X1a,
PDF/X.
5.Click Print in the toolbar or in the menu, and that’s it!
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							7 Retrieving printer usage information
●Get printer accounting information
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Check printer usage statistics
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Check ink and paper usage for a job
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							Get printer accounting information
There are various different ways of getting accounting information from your printer.
●View printer usage statistics for the whole lifetime of the printer, see 
Check printer usage
statistics on page 78.
●View ink and paper usage for each of your recent jobs by using HP Easy Printer Care (Windows)
or HP Printer Utility (Mac OS) or the front panel, see 
Check ink and paper usage for a job
on page 78. If HP Easy Printer Care or HP Printer Utility is not available, see Access HP Easy
Printer Care (Windows) or HP Printer Utility (Mac OS) on page 19.
●Use a third-party application to request printer status, printer usage, or job accounting data from
the printer through the Internet. The printer provides data in XML to the application whenever
requested. HP provides a Software Development Kit to facilitate the development of such
applications.
Check printer usage statistics
There are two ways to check your printers usage statistics.
NOTEThe accuracy of the usage statistics is not guaranteed.
Printer statistics with HP Easy Printer Care (Windows) or HP Printer Utility
(Mac OS)
1.Access HP Easy Printer Care (Windows) or HP Printer Utility (Mac OS), see Access HP Easy
Printer Care (Windows) or HP Printer Utility (Mac OS) on page 19.
2.Go to the Usage window to view the total printer usage.
3.Under Windows, go to the Overview tab and click on the Printer usage link.
Under Mac OS, select Information > Printer Usage and click on the Start button.
Printer statistics with the Embedded Web Server
1.Access the Embedded Web Server, see Access the Embedded Web Server on page 19.
2.Go to the Main tab.
3.Select History > Usage.
Check ink and paper usage for a job
There are two ways to check ink and paper usage for a job.
NOTEThe accuracy of the usage statistics is not guaranteed.
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							Ink and paper statistics with HP Easy Printer Care (Windows) or HP Printer
Utility (Mac OS)
1.Access HP Easy Printer Care (Windows) or HP Printer Utility (Mac OS), see Access HP Easy
Printer Care (Windows) or HP Printer Utility (Mac OS) on page 19.
2.Go to the Accounting window to view information regarding the most recent jobs.
3.Under Windows, go to the Job Accounting tab.
Under Mac OS, select Information > Job Accounting and click on the Look Up button.
Printer statistics with the Embedded Web Server
1.Access the Embedded Web Server, see Access the Embedded Web Server on page 19.
2.Go to the Main tab.
3.Select History > Accounting.
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