CMYK workflows
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Traditional workflows define the color in the CMYK space. To obtain optimal
results, CMYK must be adapted to the target printer that receives the data.
Different printers will produce different color from the same CMYK data.
In some situations the CMYK data in your document will not be suited to your
printer. Two typical situations are:
● The document was optimized for a certain printer, and now it will be
printed with a different one.
● The document has been optimized for a printing press, but a proof will
be printed with a cheaper printing device.
To process CMYK data not intended for the printer, HP Designjet printers
provide color emulation modes. The emulation must be enabled in the
PostScript driver, in the Printer Color Management dialog box.
Standard emulations:
● SWOP (United States)
● EuroScale (Europe)
● DIC (Japan)
● Toyo (Japan)
● JMPA (Japan)
CMYK data is frequently designed for these standards. If there is no
information as to how the CMYK data was defined, these standards are a
good assumption.
emulating other printers
You can emulate any CMYK printer. You will need the ICC profile for the
printer for which the CMYK data is intended. The ICC profile is a standard
that defines which color would come out of that printer. The HP Designjet
uses this information to produce the same color. ICC color profiles for other
HP Designjets are provided with your printer.
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