HP LF Printing Knowledge Center Add and profile a new paper type Printer: HP Designjet Z2100 series Operating System: Mac OS X
1. Select the HP Color Center icon in the dock located along the bottom of the screen. 2. The Printer Selector page will be open. Select your printer and click Launch Utility. 3. Configuration settings (left hand menu): Select Create and Install ICC Profile. • Click Create.
4. The HP Color Center prompts for information about the new paper, this is to create and install a new ICC profile: Select Paper > • Select Add a new paper. • Click Continue. Add Custom Paper > • Paper Name: Enter the name of your new custom paper (ex. “Photo Imaging Satin”). • Paper type: Select the type of your new custom paper. The paper type determines the amount of ink that will be used and other basic printing parameters; choose a paper type that resembles yours the most.
• Select Continue. Select Action > • Select Print ICC profiling chart. • Select Scan ICC profiling chart and create ICC profile.
• Select Continue. NOTE If you would like to use a longer drying time, you can ask the HP Color Center to create the test chart without going on to create a profile (Select only Print ICC profiling chart). Then, later, when the chart is completely dry, you can restart the HP Color Center and ask it to create a profile using the test chart you have already created (Select only Scan ICC profiling chart and create ICC profile).
• Click Continue. Calibrate Your Printer > • Load the new paper into the printer (A3/B size).
• Click Continue. The printer will calibrate itself for use with your paper. The process takes about 10 minutes and consists of the following steps: • A calibration test chart is printed. • The test chart is allowed to dry for a period of time, the amount of time depends on the paper type, this is so that the colors have time to stabilize. • The test chart is scanned and measured using the HP Embedded Spectrophotometer.
1. A profiling test chart is printed: An A3 or B format for cut sheets: A roll-paper format for roll: 2. The test chart is allowed to dry for a period of time, the amount of time depends on the paper type. 3. The test chart is scanned and measured using the HP Embedded Spectrophotometer. Finished > The new ICC profile is stored in the system folder on your computer. The profile is also stored in the printer, so that other computers connected to the same printer can copy it.
• Click Done and OK. NOTE: If you are printing on HP Collector Satin Canvas and you experience that this media cannot be calibrated or profiled with the embedded spectrophotometer of the printer; you should try one of the following: - Create an ICC profile with an external device. Print using Printer Color Management option. It does not require a ICC profile.
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