HP DesignJet Z3100 Photo Printer series User guide

Brand: HP

Model: DesignJet Z3100 Photo Printer series

Type: User guide

HP DesignJet Z3100 Photo Printer series offers stunning photo-quality prints with precise color reproduction, ideal for professional photographers and artists seeking gallery-quality prints. Its advanced ink system delivers a wide color gamut, producing vibrant and lifelike images. With versatile media handling, you can print on various fine art and photo papers, providing flexibility for your creative projects. Additionally, the printer features user-friendly software and intuitive controls, allowing for seamless printing and color management.

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Printing a Black & White photo for an exhibition

Printer: HP Designjet Z3100 series

Software: EFI Designer Edition for HP

Operating System:

Mac OS X

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, 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 the EFI Designer Edition RIP.

3. EFI Designer Edition RIP settings; select Preferences:

• Select Color tab:

o Color output preset: Select Photo.

o Image profiles:

• Check EFI profiles.

• Input RGB: Select the profile of the scanner or camera you have used to

get the photo (source profile), select the Add profile button to add it. If

you don’t have it, select one from the list and Perceptual.

• Input/Emulation CMYK: Euroscale Coated v2 (for Europe), U.S. Web

Coated (SWOP) v2 (for US) and Japan Standard v2 (for Japan). Select the

Add profile button to add it. If you don’t have it, select one from the list

and Relative Colorimetric.

o Media profiles (output):

• Paper name: Select the paper type that is loaded in the printer (always

calibrated).

• Print quality: 1200 x 1200.

o Advanced… button:

• Select Black point compensation.

• Select Convert whole images to grayscale.

• Select OK.

• Select Layout tab:

o Orientation: Select the orientation of your image on the paper.

o Select the Alignment and the Scaling settings you need.

• Select Printer tab:

o Paper size: Select the paper size of the media loaded on the printer.

• Select OK.

4. Press the Add button, browse to your file and select Open or drag and drop the file to the spool

panel.

5. Check the print layout before printing, select the file and select the Preview button, if it is ready

select Print. If you need to retouch any settings, you can do it in the Individual Job Settings

(View menu > Job Info).

You should consider that each person has their own perception and their own subjective opinion

about the result; this is because there are various factors that can influence our opinions, such as the

type of photo (portrait, landscape…), the source color space, the media used, the environmental

conditions, the subjective perception about your own photo, etc.... This means the printing suggestion

may not completely match with your own personal opinion.

For more information on HP Designjet products

www.hp.com/go/designjet

herein is subject to change without notice. The only warranties for HP products and

services are set forth in the express warranty statements accompanying such

products and services. Nothing herein should be construed as constituting an

additional warranty. HP shall not be liable for technical or editorial errors or

omissions contained herein.

Adobe Photoshop and PostScript are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated.

PANTONE is Pantone, Inc.'s check-standard trademark for color.

Rev. 1.0, 03/2007

HP DesignJet Z3100 Photo Printer series User guide

HP DesignJet Z3100 Photo Printer series User guide

HP DesignJet Z3100 Photo Printer series User guide

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