HP DesignJet Z3100 44 User Manual

							Proof the output on the printer (QuarkXPress, PS driver)
This example uses QuarkXPress 7 under Mac OS X, with the PostScript driver. Color management is done
by the printers internal PostScript RIP.
The aim in this example is to create a concept proof of a press—in this case a Europe ISO Coated
FOGRA27 press. QuarkXPress will convert the document and its images to the ISO Coated space and
send it to the printer, which will convert it to its final colors emulating such a press. So there are two stages
of color conversion involved.
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 68 and Color profiling on page 69.
●For a correct preview of the printed image, the monitor should also be profiled.
2.Open QuarkXPress 7.
3.From the Edit menu, select Color Setups > Source > New, and choose a Name to identify your
custom Source Setup.
4.Select the RGB tab.
●Solid Colors > Profile: select Adobe RGB (1998).
●Solid Colors > Rendering Intent: select Relative Colorimetric or Perceptual.
●Pictures > Profile: select Adobe RGB (1998).
●Pictures > Rendering Intent: select Perceptual.
●Check Color Manage RGB Sources to RGB Destinations.
5.Select the CMYK tab.
●Solid Colors > Profile: select Europe ISO Coated FOGRA27 in Europe, U.S. Web
Coated (SWOP) v2 in the USA, or Japan Standard v2 in Japan.
●Solid Colors > Rendering Intent: select Relative Colorimetric.
●Pictures > Profile: select Europe ISO Coated FOGRA27 in Europe, U.S. Web Coated
(SWOP) v2 in the USA, or Japan Standard v2 in Japan.
●Pictures > Rendering Intent: select Relative Colorimetric.
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							●Check Color Manage CMYK Sources to CMYK Destinations.
●Click OK.
6.From the Edit menu, select Color Setups > Output > New, and choose a Name to identify your
custom Output Setup.
●Name: choose a name to identify your custom Output Setup.
●Mode: select Composite.
●Output Options > Model: select CMYK.
●Output Options > Profile: select Europe ISO Coated FOGRA27.
●Click OK.
7.From the Edit menu, select Preferences > Color Manager (in the left-hand menu under Print
Layout).
●Check the Black Point Compensation check box.
●Source Options > Source Setup: select your custom Source Setup.
●Soft Proofing > Proof Output: select your custom Output Setup.
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							●Soft Proofing > Rendering Intent: select Relative Colorimetric.
●Click OK.
8.From the File menu, select Open and browse your project. To insert images, draw a box with
the Rectangle Picture Box and insert the image using File > Import Picture.
9.Select the image, then go to the Item menu and set Preview Resolution to Full Resolution.
10.From the File menu, select Print.
●Printer: select the printer (for example, HP Designjet Z3100ps GP 24in Photo).
●Select the Colors pane from the left-hand menu.
●Color Options > Mode: select Composite.
●Color Options > Setup: select your custom Output Setup.
●Orientation: select the orientation of your document on the paper.
●Click OK.
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							11.Press the Printer button to change the printer driver settings.
●Select Image Quality from the drop-down menu, then select the Paper Type t h a t  i s  c u r r e n t l y
loaded into the printer (or Any). Also, select Standard quality options and drag the slider
to Quality.
●Select Color Options from the drop-down menu.
●Select Print in Color.
●Under Color Management, select Printer Managed Colors.
●Click Print in the driver window.
●Click Print in the QuarkXPress Print window.
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.
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							●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.
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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Job queue management
●Embedded Web Server job queue page
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Job preview
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Turn off the job queue
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Select when to print a job in the queue
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Identify a job in the queue
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Prioritize a job in the queue
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Delete a job from the queue
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Reprint or copy a job in the queue
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Job status messages
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							Embedded Web Server job queue page
You can manage your printers job queue from 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, or the
printers Embedded Web Server, see 
Access the Embedded Web Server on page 20.
The job queue page shows all jobs that are available in the printer job queue. It includes jobs that are
being received, parsed, rendered, printed, and already printed.
The following information is displayed for each job:
●Preview: Click the icon to see the job preview. The job preview is available once the job is
processed.
●File name: Click the file name to see the properties of the job.
●Status: Gives the current job status.
●Pages: Number of pages in the job.
●Copies: Number of copies printed.
●Date: Date and time the printer received the job.
●User: The users name.
Jobs in the queue can be sorted by any of the information items (except Preview) by clicking on the title
of the corresponding column. You can perform the following operations on one or all jobs in the queue:
●Cancel: Cancels the selected jobs. You are asked to confirm before the job is canceled. The job
remains stored in the printer, but it is not printed unless you click Reprint.
●Hold: Holds the selected jobs until you click Continue to print.
●Continue: All selected jobs, which are on hold, continue printing.
●Reprint: Prints more copies of a job. Type the number of copies (default 1, maximum 99) and
click Print.
●Move to front: Sends all selected jobs to the top of the job queue.
●Delete: Deletes selected jobs from the job queue. You are asked to confirm before the job is deleted.
●Refresh: Refreshes the page, ensuring the information is updated.
NOTE:The job queue page does not automatically update.
Job preview
The printer samples all incoming jobs and generates a JPEG file that can be served as a preview of the
job. This preview is available for all languages supported by the printer: PDF, PS, HPGL/2, RTL, TIFF,
CALS/G4, and JPEG.
CAUTION:Do not send a job for preview with more than 64 pages.
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							Job preview is available once the job is processed. To access the preview page, click the magnifying
glass icon, which appears in the Preview column on the job queue page. The preview page shows the
following job details along with a thumbnail preview of the job:
●File name: The file name of the job.
●Loaded paper: The type of paper loaded in the printer.
●Job dimensions: The dimensions of the job.
To see a larger preview of the job, click either the job thumbnail or the magnifying glass icon, which
appears on the right hand side of the printer image.
NOTE:Browsers without the Macromedia plug-in show the job image as yellow shaded.
Browsers that have the Macromedia flash plug-in version 7 and above shows an enhanced preview
of the job image inside the paper loaded in the printer.
Turn off the job queue
You can turn off the queue from the Embedded Web Server, select Setup tab > Printer settings >
Job management > Queue and select Off; or from the front panel: select the Setup menu icon
, then Job management options > Enable queue > On/Off.
Select when to print a job in the queue
NOTE:The When To Start Printing options cannot be used with PostScript jobs.
You can select at what point you want to print a file you have in the queue. From the Embedded Web
Server, select Setup tab > Printer settings > Start printing; or, from the front panel, select the Job
Queue menu icon 
, then Job queue.
There are three options you can select:
●When After Processing is selected, the printer waits until the whole page has been processed
and then it starts to print. This is the slowest setting but ensures the best print quality in large or
complex prints.
●When Immediately is selected, the printer prints the page as it is processed. This is the quickest
setting, but the printer may stop halfway through a print to process data. This setting is not
recommended for complex images with dense color.
●When Optimized is selected (this is the default setting), the printer calculates the best time to begin
printing the page. It is usually the best compromise between the After Processing and
Immediately settings.
Identify a job in the queue
The best way to look at the queue is in the Embedded Web Server (Main tab > Job queue), where you
can manage the queue and get full information on every job (by clicking the name of the file).
However, you can also manage the queue from the front panel. To do so, select the Job Queue menu icon
, then Job queue, where you can see a list of the jobs in the queue.
Each has an identifier, comprising:
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The job currently being printed has a check mark, canceled jobs have crosses, processing jobs have a
clock, and jobs on hold have a warning.
Prioritize a job in the queue
To make any job in the queue the next one to be printed, select it and choose Reprint (in the Embedded
Web Server) or Move to front (in the front panel).
If nesting is turned on, the prioritized job may still be nested with others. If you really want this job to be
printed next, and on its own on the roll, first turn nesting off and then move it to the front of the queue as
described above.
Delete a job from the queue
Under normal circumstances, there is no need to delete a job from the queue after printing it, as it is
removed from the queue as more files are sent. However, if you have sent a file in error, and want to
avoid any chance of it being reprinted, you can simply delete it, by selecting it and choosing Delete (in
the Embedded Web Server or in the front panel).
In the same way, you can delete a job that has not been printed yet.
If the job is currently being printed (Status = printing in the Web server, or its queue position is 0 in the
front panel), and you want both to cancel the job and to delete it, first click the Cancel icon in the Web
server, or press the Cancel key on the front panel, and then delete it from the queue.
Reprint or copy a job in the queue
To reprint or make extra copies of any job in the queue, select the job in the Embedded Web Server and
click the Reprint icon, then specify the number of copies you want. The job is moved to the top of the
queue. To make more than one print of a non-printed job in the queue from the front panel, select the job
and choose Copies, then specify the number of copies required and press the Select key. This overrides
any value set by your software.
NOTE:If Rotate was On when you sent the file, every copy is rotated.
You can reprint an already-printed job from the front panel. Select the Job Queue menu icon , then
select the job from the queue, then select Reprint.
NOTE:You cannot use this method for PCL3 jobs. To reprint old jobs that are PCL3, you may be
able to use your operating systems printer spooler, if you have already set the spooler to save old
jobs. This facility depends on your operating system.
Job status messages
These are the possible job status messages, approximately in the order in which they may be seen:
●Receiving: the printer is receiving the job from the computer
●Waiting to process: the job has been received by the printer and is waiting to be rendered (for
jobs submitted through the Embedded Web Server only)
●Processing: the printer is parsing and rendering the job
●Preparing to print: the printer is performing writing system checks before printing the job
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