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							●Select Image Quality from the drop-down menu, then select the Paper Type that is currently
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 Application Managed Colors.
●Click Print.
Print a color photo for an exhibition (Photoshop, PCL driver)
This example uses Adobe Photoshop CS2 under Mac OS X, with the PCL driver. Color management is
done by Photoshop.
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 Adobe Photoshop CS2.
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							3.From the Edit menu, select Color Settings.
●Make sure that More Options are displayed.
●Color Management Policies: select Preserve Embedded Profiles.
●Profile Mismatches: check Ask When Opening and Ask When Pasting.
●Missing Profiles: check Ask When Opening.
●Conversion Options > Intent: select Perceptual.
●Click OK.
4.From the File menu, select Open to open the image.
●If the document has an embedded color profile that does not match the current working space,
select Use the embedded profile. Otherwise, select Assign working space; in this
case, if the displayed image does not look correct, try assigning it to other color spaces with
Edit > Assign Profile (try sRGB, Adobe RGB, ColorMatch RGB and others) until you
are satisfied.
●Click OK.
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							5.From the File menu, select Print with Preview.
●Select Page Setup.
●Format for: select the printer (for example, HP Designjet Z3100ps GP 24in
Photo).
●Paper Size: select the size of the paper that is currently loaded into the printer.
●Orientation: select the orientation of your image on the paper.
●Click OK.
●Set the Position and the Scaled Print Size you need.
●Make sure that More Options are displayed.
●Select the Color Management tab.
●Print: select Document.
●Options > Color Handling: select Let Photoshop Determine Colors.
●Options > Printer Profile: select the right profile for your printer and paper type.
●Options > Rendering Intent: select Perceptual.
●Click Print.
6.Choose driver settings.
●Printer: select the printer (for example, HP Designjet Z3100ps GP 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.
●Quality Options: select Standard and drag the slider to Quality.
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							●Select the Color tab.
●Select Print in Color.
●Under Color Management, select Application Managed Colors.
●Click Print.
Print a black-and-white photo for an exhibition (Photoshop, PS
driver)
This example uses Adobe Photoshop CS2 under Mac OS X, with the PostScript driver. The color
management is done by the printers internal PostScript RIP.
NOTE:Application-managed colors could be used in this example, exactly as in the previous
example. However, printer-managed col o r s  w i l l  b e  u s e d  t h i s  t i m e ,  i n  order to illustrate both methods
of color management.
The recommended approach to creating a black-and-white image is to take a color image and convert it
to grayscale in an image editing program such as Photoshop. In this scenario, however, this conversion
will take place in the printer. If you want to convert a color image to black-and-white in Photoshop CS2,
you have to go through the optional step 5.
1.Initial recommendations:
●Choose an appropriate paper type for the purpose.
●The paper type should be calibrated with the printer and the print-quality level that you intend
to use. See 
Color calibration on page 68.
●For a correct preview of the printed image, the monitor should also be profiled.
2.Open Adobe Photoshop CS2.
3.From the Edit menu, select Color Settings.
●Make sure that More Options are displayed.
●Working Spaces > RGB: select Adobe RGB (1998) or sRGB.
●Color Management Policies: select Preserve Embedded Profiles.
●Profile Mismatches: check Ask When Opening and Ask When Pasting.
●Missing Profiles: check Ask When Opening.
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							●Conversion Options > Intent: select Perceptual.
●Click OK.
4.From the File menu, select Open to open the image.
●If the document has an embedded color profile that does not match the current working space,
select Use the embedded profile. Otherwise, select Assign working space; in this
case, if the displayed image does not look correct, try assigning it to other color spaces with
Edit > Assign Profile (try sRGB, Adobe RGB, ColorMatch RGB and others) until you
are satisfied.
●Click OK.
5.(Optional) Use Photoshop to convert the image to grayscale. The simple way is to go to the
Image menu and select Mode > Grayscale.
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							Alternatively, you can go to the Image menu and select Adjustments > Channel Mixer, to
choose the percentage contribution of each color channel to the grayscale image, as follows:
a.Check Monochrome.
b.Drag any source channels slider to the left to decrease the channels contribution to the output
channel or to the right to increase it, or enter a value between -200% and +200% in the text
box (for example: 30% Red, 59% Green, 11% Blue). Using a negative value inverts the source
channel before adding it to the output channel.
c.Drag the slider or enter a value for the Constant option. This option adds a black or white
channel of varying opacity: negative values act as a black channel, positive values act as a
white channel.
d.Click OK.
6.From the File menu, select Print with Preview.
●Select Page Setup.
●Format for: select the printer (for example, HP Designjet Z3100ps GP 24in
Photo).
●Paper Size: select the size of the paper that is currently loaded into the printer.
●Orientation: select the orientation of your image on the paper.
●Click OK.
●Set the Position and the Scaled Print Size you need.
●Make sure that More Options are displayed.
●Select the Color Management tab.
●Print: select Document.
●Options > Color Handling: select Let Printer Determine Colors.
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							●Options > Rendering Intent: select Perceptual.
●Click Print.
7.Choose driver settings.
●Printer: select the printer (for example, HP Designjet Z3100ps GP 24in Photo).
●Select Image Quality from the drop-down menu, then select the Paper Type that is currently
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 Grayscale.
TIP:If you experience bronzing with these options, see Bronzing
on page 168.
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							●Under Color Management, select Printer Managed Colors, and then select Use
Adobe RGB (1998) from the source profile list.
●Click Print.
Print a black-and-white photo for an exhibition (Photoshop, PCL
driver)
This example uses Adobe Photoshop CS2 under Mac OS X, with the PCL driver. The color management
is done by the printer.
The recommended approach to creating a black-and-white image is to take a color image and convert it
to grayscale in an image editing program such as Photoshop. In this scenario, however, this conversion
will take place in the printer. If you want to convert a color image to black-and-white in Photoshop CS2,
you have to go through the optional step 5.
1.Initial recommendations:
●Choose an appropriate paper type for the purpose.
●The paper type should be calibrated with the printer and the print-quality level that you intend
to use. See 
Color calibration on page 68.
●For a correct preview of the printed image, the monitor should also be profiled.
2.Open Adobe Photoshop CS2.
3.From the Edit menu, select Color Settings.
●Make sure that More Options are displayed.
●Color Management Policies: select Preserve Embedded Profiles.
●Profile Mismatches: check Ask When Opening and Ask When Pasting.
●Missing Profiles: check Ask When Opening.
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							●Conversion Options > Intent: select Perceptual.
●Click OK.
4.From the File menu, select Open to open the image.
●If the document has an embedded color profile that does not match the current working space,
select Use the embedded profile. Otherwise, select Assign working space; in this
case, if the displayed image does not look correct, try assigning it to other color spaces with
Edit > Assign Profile (try sRGB, Adobe RGB, ColorMatch RGB and others) until you
are satisfied.
●Click OK.
5.(Optional) Use Photoshop to convert the image to grayscale. The simple way is to go to the
Image menu and select Mode > Grayscale.
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							Alternatively, you can go to the Image menu and select Adjustments > Channel Mixer, to
choose the percentage contribution of each color channel to the grayscale image, as follows:
a.Check Monochrome.
b.Drag any source channels slider to the left to decrease the channels contribution to the output
channel or to the right to increase it, or enter a value between -200% and +200% in the text
box (for example: 30% Red, 59% Green, 11% Blue). Using a negative value inverts the source
channel before adding it to the output channel.
c.Drag the slider or enter a value for the Constant option. This option adds a black or white
channel of varying opacity: negative values act as a black channel, positive values act as a
white channel.
d.Click OK.
6.From the File menu, select Print with Preview.
●Select Page Setup.
●Format for: select the printer (for example, HP Designjet Z3100ps GP 24in
Photo).
●Paper Size: select the size of the paper that is currently loaded into the printer.
●Orientation: select the orientation of your image on the paper.
●Click OK.
●Set the Position and the Scaled Print Size you need.
●Make sure that More Options are displayed.
●Select the Color Management tab.
●Print: select Document.
●Options > Color Handling: select Let Printer Determine Colors.
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