HP Designjet Z2100 Printing Guide [HP Raster Driver] - Proof another printer [Adobe Photoshop CS2 - Windows]

When printing a proof, we need to convert the document to the device CMYK (a press color
space or another printer color space). This operation is done by a RIP completely or in
combination with an application and a RIP, in both cases, the RIP must support CMYK data. The
HP Driver only gathers the document information in RGB, for this reason it is not recommended to
use the HP Driver for proofing, it is strongly recommended that you use a Software RIP.
1. First recommendations:
• See the
Media type functionality & features and choose the most appropriate media.
• It is essential you have the media type correctly calibrated with the printer and print
mode, consult the
Calibrate my printer document.
• In order to get a correct display, it’s also essential you have the monitor calibrated,
consult the
Profile my monitor document.
2. Open Adobe Photoshop CS2.
3. Configure the Color Settings, Edit menu > Color Settings…:
• Make sure the More Options are displayed.
• Working Space > RGB: Select the profile of the scanner or camera you have used to
get the photos (source profile), if you don’t have it, select Adobe RGB (1998).
• Working Space > CMYK: Euroscale Coated v2 (for Europe), U.S. Web Coated
(SWOP) v2 (for US) and Japan Standard v2 (for Japan).
• Color Management Policies: Preserve Embedded Profiles.
• Profile Mismatches: Check Ask When Opening and Ask When Pasting.
• Missing Profiles: Check Ask When Opening.
• Conversion Options > Intent: Perceptual (for RGB images) or Relative Colorimetric
(for CMYK images).
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