208 Chapter 6 Print Quality
Print Quality
9. In the PostScript driver for the HP Designjet Z6100, go to the Color Management section and set the
CMYK input profile to the same HP Designjet 4000 color space that you selected in the application
(the emulation color space).
10. Set the rendering intent to Relative Colorimetric, or to Absolute Colorimetric if you want to emulate
the whiteness of the paper.
11. Print the image on the HP Designjet Z6100.
Print via separate HP-GL/2 drivers
The situation is that you are printing on each printer using the HP-GL/2 driver installed for that printer.
1. Ensure that both printers have been updated to the latest firmware version.
2. Ensure that you have the latest printer driver for both printers. You can download the latest versions
for any HP printer from
www.hp.com/go/designjet.
3. Ensure that Color Calibration is turned on. At the front panel of the HP Designjet Z6100, select the
icon, then Printer configuration > Color calibration > On.
4. Load the printers with similar paper types.
5. Ensure that the Paper Type setting on the front panel corresponds to the paper you have loaded.
6. With the HP-GL/2 driver for the HP Designjet Z6100, select the Color tab, and select Printer Emula-
tion from the list of color management options. Then choose the HP Designjet 4000 from the list of
emulated printers.
7. With the HP-GL/2 driver for the HP Designjet 4000, select the Options tab, then Manual Color >
Color Control > Match Screen. You should also select the Paper Size tab, then Paper Type.
Print the same HP-GL/2 file
The situation is that you have produced an HP-GL/2 file (also known as a PLT file) using the HP-GL/2 driver
installed for one printer, and you intend to send the same file to both printers.
1. Ensure that both printers have been updated to the latest firmware version.
2. Ensure that Color Calibration is turned on. At the front panel of the HP Designjet Z6100, select the
icon, then Printer configuration > Color calibration > On.
3. Load the printers with similar paper types.
4. Ensure that the Paper Type setting on the front panel corresponds to the paper you have loaded.
5. If you have an HP-GL/2 file produced for an HP Designjet 4000 and you want to print it on an HP
Designjet Z6100, proceed as follows using the Embedded Web Server or the front panel.
• Using the Embedded Web Server: leave the color options set to Default.
Using the front panel: select the icon, then Default printing options > Color options > Select RGB input
profile > HP Designjet 4000 Series.
For other HP Designjet printers, set both printers to match the screen colors (sRGB if selectable), as when
printing with separate HP-GL/2 drivers.
NOTE: When trying to emulate another printer you should always use CMYK colors, not
RGB.
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