HP DesignJet T1700dr

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Obsolete: The paper has been calibrated, but the calibration is now out of date because a printhead has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 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 3–5 minutes and consists of the following steps:
1. A calibration chart is printed, which contains patches of each ink used in your printer.
2. The chart is allowed to dry for a period of time that depends on the paper type, so that the colors have time
to stabilize.
3. The chart is scanned and measured.
4. From the measurements, the printer calculates the necessary correction factors to apply for consistent
color printing on that paper type. It also calculates the maximum amount of each ink that can be applied to
the paper.
Color management from printer drivers
Color management options
The aim of color management is to reproduce colors as accurately as possible on all devices: so that, when you
print an image, you see very similar colors as when you view the same image on your monitor.
There are two basic approaches to color management for your printer:
● Printer-Managed Colors: In this case your application program sends your image to the printer without any
color conversion, and the printer converts the colors to its own color space. The details of this process
depend on the graphics language that you are using. HP recommends this setting for the best experience
and results.
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