Printer emulation, Color adjustment options, Printing in color – HP Designjet T7100 Printer series User Manual

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Printer emulation

If you want to print a particular job and to see approximately the same colors that you would get from

printing the same job on a different HP Designjet printer, you can use the emulation mode provided by

your printer.

NOTE:

This option is available only when printing an HP-GL/2, PostScript or PDF job. It will work

correctly only when printing on plain, coated or heavyweight coated paper.

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In the Windows driver dialog: select the Color tab, then Printer Managed Colors, then

select Printer Emulation from the Source Profile list. You can then select from the Emulated

Printer list.

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In the Mac OS Print dialog: select the Color Options panel, then select from the Printer

Emulation list.

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:

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If your color management is not working correctly for some reason

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If you want colors that are subjectively pleasing rather than accurate

The printer driver provides different adjustment facilities depending on whether you are printing in color

or in grayscale. If you are printing in pure black and white, there are no color adjustment options.

Printing in color

You can adjust the colors of your print in similar ways under Windows and Mac OS:

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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.

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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.

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In the Mac OS X 10.4 Print dialog: select the Color Options panel, then Lightness and

Hue.

Under either operating system, you will then be able to make adjustments using a lightness slider and

three color sliders.

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Color management from printer drivers

Color management