HP LF Printing Knowledge Center
Proof a press with PANTONE® Colors
Application: Adobe InDesign CS2
Printer: HP Designjet Z2100 series
Software
: EFI Designer Edition for HP
Operating System: Windows
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. When using a calibrated printer (with the HP Professional Pantone Emulation feature) the Pantone
colors will act as a spot color and will not be affected by the application color settings or by the
RIP color settings. Then, configure the application and the RIP color settings for the other objects
or images you have in the document, the following instructions are for the Pantone colors
emulation only. EFI Designer Edition RIP settings, Preferences:
• Color tab:
o Paper name: Select the paper type that is loaded on the printer (always
calibrated) and “Best” print quality.
o Print quality: 600 x 600.
• Spot Colors tab:
o Settings:
• Select Warn if unknown spot colors are found.
• In-RIP separation: Select Enable.
o PANTONE® Emulation:
• Select HP Professional PANTONE Emulation.
• Select OK.
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4. Open Adobe InDesign CS2.
5. InDesign Color Settings, Edit menu > Color Settings…: configure this for the other objects
or images you have in the document.
6. Open an existing document, File menu > Open… or create a new file, File menu > New....
7. So that you get a good display select a High Quality Display, View menu > Display
performace > High Quality Display.
8. Make sure you have configured the Document Setup appropriately for your document, File
menu > Document Setup….
9. Select your Pantone Color and draw/paint your image, you can select it in the Swatches window,
Window menu > Swatches, select on the left corner arrow and select New Color
Swatch…:
• Color Type: Spot.
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• Color Mode: PANTONE solid coated.
• Select the Pantone Color you want and select OK, it will appear in the Swatches window.
10. Printer settings, File menu > Print… > Setup… button:
• Select Printer...: Select the printer (ex. EFI Designer Edition).
• Preferences:
o Layout tab:
• Orientation: Select the orientation of your document on the paper.
o Advanced… button:
• Paper/Output > Paper Size: Select the paper size of the media loaded
on the printer.
• Document Options > Printer Features:
o Paper size: Page Setup.
o Select RIP’s Default on the others settings.
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• Select OK and Print until the InDesign Print dialog box.
11. Adobe InDesign Print… settings:
• Setup (left hand menu):
o Paper Size: Defined by Driver.
o Options: Select the scaling option you need.
• Output and Color Management (left hand menu): configure them for the other objects or
images you have in the document.
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• Select Print.
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.
NOTE If the printed image does not look correct, you can try the following: Open and save your
image in your application, InDesign. Then, open the EFI Designer Edition RIP and print your design.
Please, consult the following document which explains this process step-by-step:
Proof another printer with your EFI Designer Edition RIP.
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For more information on HP Designjet products
www.hp.com/go/designjet
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© 2007 Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. The information contained
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 InDesign and PostScript are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated.
PANTONE is Pantone, Inc.'s check-standard trademark for color.
Rev. 1.0, 03/2007
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