HP Latex 360 Printer - Manual (Page 107)

● Obsolete status indicates that the last color calibration may be out of date. For instance, color
calibration status is set to Obsolete whenever a printhead is replaced. The color reference state remains
defined.
● N/A indicates that this substrate cannot be color-calibrated.
NOTE: Generic substrates cannot be color-calibrated, although such substrates may be suitable for
color calibration. You can color-calibrate clones of most generic substrates.
TIP: If color calibration fails, it is worth trying again.
TIP: If the first color calibration of a new substrate fails, press the Reset button before trying again.
Color consistency between different printers (360 only)
It is possible to cross-calibrate color between two or more printers for particular substrates. After cross-
calibrating a given substrate, you can expect to get very similar prints from either printer when using the
same substrate.
1. Choose printer A to be the reference printer, and use it to perform color calibration on the substrate in
question. See
Color calibration on page 97 .
2. Export the calibrated substrate preset. See HP Media Locator on page 89 .
3. Import the substrate preset of step 2 into printer B. See HP Media Locator on page 89 .
4. Color-calibrate the preset with printer B.
5. Colors printed with printer A and printer B, on that substrate, should now be very similar.
6. To add more printers (C, D, and so on), proceed as you did with printer B.
ICC profiles
Color calibration provides consistent colors, but consistent colors are not necessarily accurate. For instance,
if your printer prints all colors as black, its colors may be consistent but they are not accurate.
In order to print accurate colors, it is necessary to convert the color values in your files to the color values
that will produce the correct colors from your printer, your inks, your print mode, and your substrate. An ICC
profile is a description of a printer, ink, print mode, and substrate combination that contains all the
information needed for these color conversions.
These color conversions may be performed by your Raster Image Processor (RIP), if it offers that possibility;
they are not performed by the printer. For further information on the use of ICC profiles, see the
documentation for your application software and for your RIP.
In addition to the ICC profiles used for printing, you may wish to calibrate and profile your monitor (display
device), so that the colors you see on the screen relate more closely to those that you see on your prints.
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