Color management from printer drivers, Color management options – HP Designjet T7100 Printer series User Manual
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The chart is scanned and measured.
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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:
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Application-Managed Colors: in this case your application program must convert the colors
of your image to the color space of your printer and paper type, using the ICC profile embedded
in the image and the ICC profile of your printer and paper type.
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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.
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PostScript (with the PostScript upgrade): the PostScript interpreter module inside the
printer performs the color conversion using the profiles stored in the printer and any
additional profiles sent with the PostScript job. This kind of color management is done when
you are using the PostScript driver and you specify printer color management or when you
send a PostScript, PDF, TIFF or JPEG file directly to the printer through the Embedded Web
Server. In either case you have to select the profiles to use as default (in case the job doesn't
specify any) and the rendering intent to apply.
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Non-PostScript (HP-GL/2, RTL): the color management is done using a set of stored
color tables. ICC profiles are not used. This method is somewhat less versatile than the
alternatives, but is a little simpler and faster, and can produce good results with standard HP
paper types. This kind of color management is done when you are using a non-PostScript
driver and you specify printer color management, or when you send an HP-GL/2 or RTL file
directly to the printer through the Embedded Web Server.
NOTE:
There are only two color spaces that the printer can convert to its own color space
using the stored color tables: Adobe RGB and sRGB if you are using Windows, Adobe RGB
if you are using Mac OS.
You are recommended to consult the Knowledge Center (see
) to see
how to use the color management options of your particular application.
To choose between Application-Managed Colors and Printer-Managed Colors:
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In the Windows driver dialog: select the Color tab.
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In the Mac OS Print dialog: select the Color Options panel.
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In some applications: you can make this choice in the application.
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