HP Designjet Z5200ps User Manual

preserving shadows when the black point of the source space is darker than that of the destination
space. This option is allowed only when the relative colorimetric rendering intent is selected (see 
Set
the rendering intent on page 71).
Black point compensation can be specified in the following ways:
●On the Embedded Web Servers Submit Job page: select Color > Black point
compensation.
●
Using the front panel: select the Setup menu icon 
, then Printing preferences > Color >
Black point compensation....

HP Professional PANTONE Emulation
When you use a named PANTONE color in an image, your application will normally send to the
printer a CMYK or RGB approximation to that color. But the application does not take the printer or
the paper type into account, it merely produces a generic approximation of the PANTONE color,
which will look different on different printers and on different papers.
HP Professional PANTONE Emulation can do a much better job by taking into account the
characteristics of the printer...

Color adjustment options
The aim of color management is to print accurate colors. If you perform color management correctly,
then you should be able to print accurate colors with no need of any manual color adjustments.
However, manual adjustments may be useful in the following situations:
●If your color management is not working correctly for some reason
●If you want colors that are subjectively pleasing rather than accurate
The printer driver provides different adjustment facilities depending on...

●In the Mac OS X 10.4 Print dialog (PostScript driver): select the Color Options panel, then
Lightness and Hue.
●In the Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 Print dialog (PostScript driver): select the Color Options
panel, select Color from the Mode list, then press the Adjust button.
Under either operating system, you will then be able to make adjustments using a lightness slider and
three color sliders.
●The lightness slider simply makes the whole print lighter or darker.
●The color sliders can be used to fade or...

●The lightness slider simply makes the whole print lighter or darker. This slider is available under
Windows in the same window as the other grayscale controls; it is available under Mac OS by
selecting Lightness and Hue.
●The zone definition sliders can be used to define what you mean by highlight, midtone and
shadow.
●The other controls for highlight, midtone and shadow can be used to adjust the gray balance of
highlights, midtones and shadows respectively.
The Reset All button restores each control to...

●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...

5.From the File menu, select Print with Preview.
●Select Page Setup.
◦Format for: select the printer (for example, HP Designjet Z5200ps 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 Photoshop...

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....

5.From the File menu, select Print with Preview.
●Select Page Setup.
◦Format for: select the printer (for example, HP Designjet Z5200ps 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...

Print a black-and-white photo for an exhibition (Photoshop, PS driver)
This example uses Adobe Photoshop CS4 under Windows, 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 colors will be used this time, in order to illustrate both methods
of color management.
The recommended approach to creating a black-and-white image is to take a...