Print a digital album (aperture, ps driver) – HP Designjet Z3100 Photo Printer series User Manual

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Print a digital album (Aperture, PS driver)

This example uses Apple Aperture under Mac OS X, with the PostScript driver. The color management is
done by Aperture.

1.

Initial recommendations:

Choose an appropriate paper type for the purpose.

The paper type should be calibrated and profiled with the printer and the print-quality level that
you intend to use. See

Color calibration on page 68

and

Color profiling on page 69

.

For a correct preview of the printed image, the monitor should also be profiled.

2.

Open Apple Aperture.

3.

If you haven't already created a project for this album, go to the File menu and select New
Project
, then name the project. Select the new project in the projects menu (on the left), then go to
the File menu and select Import > Folders into a Project.

4.

Select the images you want to use, then go to the File menu and select New From Selection >
Book.

Theme list: select a theme in the list to see a preview of its design on the right.

Book Size popup menu: select the physical size of the book.

Click Choose Theme, and rename the book album.

5.

If you like, change the page layout and customize it. You can add photo and text boxes, modify the
box positions and the text styles.

6.

You can let Aperture place your images into the book automatically (select Autoflow Unplaced
Images from the Book Actions menu

), or you can place them manually by drag and drop.

Furthermore:

You can scale, crop, and pan the image.

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Chapter 6 Color management

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Color management

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