HP Designjet Z6200 Photo Printer - Manual (Page 107)

◦ Other regional standards: Euroscale, JMPA, Japan Color
◦ Specific CMYK device space: for images that are coming from or going to a specific
CMYK device that has been profiled.
Color and your printer
As a creative professional, predictable and dependable results from your printer are essential to getting
your job done. Predictability is a key element of an efficient color workflow. You need prints that match
your expectations and that generate neutral grays and correct colors on your selected paper, print-to-
print and printer-to-printer. Dependability ensures that every print is free of print-quality defects and
ready to use or send to your customer. You save time and effort and avoid wasting ink and paper, and
you can meet demanding production schedules with confidence.
The Z6200 printers have been engineered with advanced hardware and driver features to ensure
predictable and dependable results, and offer dramatic improvements in efficiency and control for your
color workflow.
HP Embedded Spectrophotometer
The Z6200 printer series revolutionizes professional color workflows by using a built-in
spectrophotometer for color calibration and profiling.
A spectrophotometer is a precision instrument that can determine the exact composition of the light that
is reflected from a color patch. It splits the reflected light into different wavelength components and
measures the strength of each component. The HP Embedded Spectrophotometer is mounted on the
printhead carriage.
The Z6200 printers use the spectrophotometer to generate custom ICC profiles automatically for your
preferred paper types. It then calibrates the printers to deliver print-to-print and printer-to-printer
consistency with less than half the color error of earlier HP Designjets, under all environmental
conditions, and even on unknown (not factory-profiled) paper types. A built-in white calibration tile,
which is protected by an automatic shutter, ensures reliable measurements that meet international
standards.
The printer, color-imaging pipeline, and professional-quality spectrophotometer with GretagMacbeth i1
color technology are integrated with the HP Color Center software for the Z6200. Giving the
calibration and profiling processes direct access to the writing system allows precise control of ink
levels and color separations for each printed color patch. The automated measurement process
eliminates the need to handle the test print, provides repeatable drying times, and allows fast
measurements with precise electromechanical positioning of the spectrophotometer over the color
patch. This provides unprecedented ease of use and matches or exceeds the performance of more
expensive offline, handheld profiling systems.
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Color management