Cmyk color emulation – HP Designjet Z3200 PostScript Photo Printer series User Manual

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the most common standards for the different devices. Apart from selecting the appropriate ICC profile,
you should select the appropriate rendering intent depending on the type of print: business presentation,
photography or proof. See

Set the rendering intent on page 75

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The options are as follows.

CMYK color emulation

A traditional workflow defines color in the CMYK space. For best results, the colors must be adjusted
to the printer, because different printers will produce different colors from the same CMYK data. If the
image file you are printing was not created specifically for your HP Designjet printer, it will require some
readjustment, which can be done using one of the following options provided with your printer.

All CMYK emulation options apply to PDF, PostScript, TIFF and JPEG files only.

None (Native): no emulation. The printer will use its default internal conversion from CMYK to
RGB, without following any color standard. This does not imply that results will be bad

U.S. Sheetfed Coated 2 uses specifications designed to produce quality separations using U.S.
inks under the following printing conditions: 350% total area of ink coverage, negative plate, bright
white offset stock.

U.S. Sheetfed Uncoated 2 uses specifications designed to produce quality separations using U.S.
inks under the following printing conditions: 260% total area of ink coverage, negative plate,
uncoated white offset stock.

U.S. Web Coated (SWOP) 2 uses specifications designed to produce quality separations using
U.S. inks under the following printing conditions: 300% total area of ink coverage, negative plate,
coated publication-grade stock.

U.S. Web Uncoated 2 uses specifications designed to produce quality separations using U.S. inks
under the following printing conditions: 260% total area of ink coverage, negative plate, uncoated
white offset stock.

Europe ISO Coated FOGRA27 is designed to produce quality separations for standard ISO 12647
printing under the following printing conditions: 350% total ink coverage, positive film, coated paper.

Euroscale Uncoated 2 uses specifications designed to produce quality separations using
Euroscale inks under the following printing conditions: 260% total area of ink coverage, positive
plate, uncoated white offset stock.

JMPA: Japanese standard for offset press

Japan Color 2001 Coated uses the Japan Color 2001 specification for type 3 (coated) paper. It
is designed to produce quality separations using 350% total ink coverage, positive film and coated
paper.

Japan Color 2001 Uncoated uses the Japan Color 2001 specification for type 4 (uncoated) paper.
It is designed to produce quality separations using 310% total ink coverage, positive film and
uncoated paper.

Japan Color 2002 Newspaper uses the Japan Color 2002 for Newspapers specification. It is
designed to produce quality separations using 240% total ink coverage, positive film and standard
newsprint paper.

Japan Web Coated (Ad) uses specifications developed by the Japan Magazine Publisher
Association for digital proofing of images in the Japanese magazine/advertising market.

Toyo is designed to produce quality separations for Toyo printing presses.

DIC is designed to produce quality separations for Dainippon Ink Company printing presses.

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