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You can check the color calibration status of the currently loaded paper at any time by going to the front panel
and tapping , then , then Color calibration status. The status may be one of the following:
Recommended: The paper has not been calibrated.
NOTE: Whenever you update the printer's rmware, the color calibration status of all papers is reset to
Recommended.
Obsolete: The paper has been calibrated, but the calibration is now out of date because a printhead has
been replaced, and should be repeated.
Done: The paper has been calibrated, and the calibration is up to date.
Disabled: This paper cannot be calibrated.
NOTE: Color calibration cannot be performed on plain paper, nor on any kind of transparent material.
You can start color calibration in the following ways:
From the HP DesignJet Utility for Windows: Click Color Center > Calibrate paper, and choose the paper to be
calibrated.
From the HP Utility for macOS: Click Paper Preset Management, choose the paper to be calibrated, press
the button, and click Calibrate paper.
From the front panel: Tap , then Color calibration.
The calibration process is fully automatic and can be performed unattended after you have loaded paper of the
type you wish to calibrate—which should be wider than 355 mm (14 in). If you have more than one roll loaded,
the printer will ask which roll you want to use for the calibration.
The process takes about 10 minutes and consists of the following steps.
1. A calibration chart is printed, which contains patches of each ink used in your printer.
Z6 example chart
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