User guide

1 ProofMate™ (ProofReady) Plugin for HP Printers
2 AG50241 Rev. 4
• HP DesignJet 2000CP/2500CP
• HP DesignJet 3000CP/3500CP
All of the printers can be used with sheet-fed or roll-fed media.
1.1.1 Requirements
If you intend to produce large format or high-resolution pages you may need to add
extra physical memory (RAM) and you must allow sufficient disk space. To use the
Multiple (Parallel) mode of the RIP with large files, use a computer fitted with
at least 128 MB of RAM.
To allow the preview of large pages and to optimize the transfer of data to the printer,
increase the
Printer buffer in the Configure RIP dialog box to 4096 KB or larger.
Increase the
Disk space left for system in the Configure RIP Options dialog box to
approximately 10 MB.
If using a Macintosh computer the
Minimum memory left for system in the Configure
RIP Options dialog box must be at least 10000 KB. To avoid memory warnings and to
increase performance assign approximately 64 MB of memory to the RIP application.
To do this use the menu option
File > Get Info and display the memory information. Set
the preferred size to your chosen value.
The computer must have a suitable interface with which to drive the printers. See Sec-
tion 1.3 on page 7 for a summary of possible connection methods. Describing the
details of hardware installation for the printers and external hardware is outside the
scope of this manual. See the manufacturer’s documentation for details.
The supplied package includes color management profiles for use with HDS (Harle-
quin Dispersed Screening) Super Fine screens. To use these profiles HDS Light or
HDS must be enabled.
These profiles also require a color management option such as HIPP (Harlequin ICC
Profile Processor) or Harlequin ColorPro
™
(Eclipse Release
™
or later of the Harlequin
RIP
™
).
1.1.2 Capabilities of the plugin
The plugin has the following capabilities:
• Instant color management using supplied profiles