HP Designjet Z6200 1067mm Photo User Manual

The process takes about 15 to 20 minutes and consists of the following steps.
1. A profiling test chart is printed, which contains pa
tches of each ink used in your printer. Unlike a
calibration test chart, most of the  patches contain combinations of ink.
NOTE:To use a longer drying time, instruct the HP  Color Center to create the test chart without
creating a profile (Windows: select  Print target only; Mac OS: select Print ICC profiling
chart ). Later, when the chart is co mpletely dry, restart the...

Profile your monitor
Also calibrate and profile your monitor (display device), so that the colors you see on the screen relate
more closely to those that you see on your prints. In the HP Color Center, select  How To Calibrate
Your Display  for further information.
Color-management options
The aim of color management is to reproduce colors as  accurately as possible on all devices: so that,
when you print an image, you see very similar co lors as when you view the same image on your
monitor.
There are...

Color management example with Photoshop
In this example, you have an Adobe RGB image that you want to print from Photoshop. There are three
ways of doing it.
● Select  Let Photoshop determine colors in Photoshop. Select  Application-Managed
Colors in the printer driver. Color management is  done in Photoshop. This is the recommended
way.
● Select  Let printer determine colors  in Photoshop. Select Printer-Managed Colors  and the
sRGB profile in the printer driver. Photoshop converts the image from Adobe...

Printing in color
You can adjust the colors of your print in similar ways under Windows and Mac OS:
● In the Windows driver dialog:  select the Color tab, ensure that the  Advanced color
adjustments  box is checked, then press the  Settings button beside it.
● In the Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 Print dialog:  select the Color Options  panel, select Color
from the Mode list, then press the  Adjust button.
● In the Mac OS X 10.4 Print dialog:  select the Color Options  panel, then Lightness and
Hue .
Under...

●The lightness slider simply makes the whole print li
ghter or darker. This slider is available in the
same window as the other grayscale controls, exce pt under Mac OS X 10.4, where it is available
by selecting Lightness and Hue .
● The zone definition sliders can be used to de
fine what you mean by highlight, midtone and
shadow.
● The other controls for highlight, midtone and shad
ow can be used to adjust the gray balance of
highlights, midtones and shadows respectively.
The  Reset All  button restores...

NOTE:HP Professional PANTONE* Emulation is available only when printing a PostScript or PDF
job.
You can also use the Embedded Web Server to  print a swatch book that shows emulations of
PANTONE* colors from your printer, along with a measure of the color difference ( ΔE) between each
emulation and the original PANTONE* spot color. HP Professional PANTONE* Emulation not only
provides the closest match that can be achieved on  your printer; but also provides clear information
about how close the emulation...

●On the front panel: select the  icon, and then select  Printing preferences  > Color
options  > Emulate Printer .
● Through the Embedded Web Server: select the  Submit Job page, and then  Job settings >
Advanced settings  > Color > Color management  and the desired emulation mode.
You can emulate the following printers:
● HP Designjet 5500 Dye series
● HP Designjet Z6100
The following table shows approved combinations of print-quality settings  and papers for the best
printer-emulation results.
 Best...

●Web Coated SWOP 2006 Grade 3  provides SWOP® proofing and printing on U.S. Grade
3 coated publication paper.
● Web Coated SWOP 2006 Grade 5  provides SWOP® proofing and printing on U.S. Grade
5 coated publication paper.
● U.S. Sheetfed Coated 2  uses specifications designed to  produce quality separations using U.S.
inks under the following printing conditions: 35 0% total area of ink coverage, negative plate,
bright white offset stock.
● U.S. Sheetfed Uncoated 2  uses specifications designed to...

If you want to print an RGB image, it must be converted to CMYK data. You might be able to do the
conversion in the software or operating system. To  perform this conversion on the printer, use the
following color profiles:
● None (Native) : no emulation. The printer uses its default internal conversion from RGB to
CMYK, without following any color standard. Th is does not imply that results will be bad.
● sRGB IEC61966-2.1  emulates the characteristics of the average PC monitor. This standard
space is...

8 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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Pause 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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Job queue