User manual HP DESIGNJET 5500

[. . . ] welcome to your hp designjet printer welcome to your hp designjet printer hp designjet 5500 series welcome how do I . . . legal notices glossary index q q This guide gives you the information you need to make high-quality prints on a wide range of printing materials. The information is organized into three main categories: q How do I . . . describes how to carry out routine procedures such as loading paper or changing an ink cartridge. [. . . ] legal notices glossary index A color profile is a software tool that describes the color characteristics of a device. Profiles have the added function of providing mathematical instructions to the computer to aid in processing images. A scanner profile, for example, is both a descriptive and a corrective tool. Applying the scanner profile to an image will bring the image closer to the original in appearance. Color management systems use a combination of input profiles and output profiles to produce proofs and prints that maximize the quality of the image being printed. In each case, the profiling software compares a known value with a measured value, and then calculates how the device must behave to generate the correct color on the next use. For input profiles (scanners and digital cameras) a standard target (called an IT8 target) is photographed or scanned, then the software compares the scanned image to the known values in the original target, to create a profile that can correct an image based on the measurements made. Monitor profiles are created either by visual profiling methods, where the operator adjusts the color of the monitor until it appears neutral, or with a colorimeter and profiling software. Though visually-prepared profiles can be effective, they are not easily repeatable. An instrument is consistent and its effect repeatable. Printer profiles are made by printing a unique target, then measuring that printed target with a spectral instrument. The measured values are compared with the known values sent to the printer when the target was printed, and a profile is generated that corrects for color error when that profile is set as the output profile in page layout applications. © 2002 hewlett-packard company file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/---/Desktop/HP/html/C000-64. htm [8/5/2002 2:20:27 PM] metamerism metamerism hp designjet 5500 series welcome how do I . . . legal notices glossary index Colors that look different under different light sources are said to suffer from metamerism. The printing industry has standardized worldwide on a 5, 000°K lighting standard for proofing and checking production proofs in the graphic arts. Since lighting varies so much from office to office, plant to plant, a single color viewing standard is needed. Even where a product is intended for viewing in a known lighting condition, the proofing and color correction of that product should take place under 5, 000°K lighting. See 5000°K. file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/---/Desktop/HP/html/C000-69. htm (1 of 2) [8/5/2002 2:20:32 PM] metamerism © 2002 hewlett-packard company file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/---/Desktop/HP/html/C000-69. htm (2 of 2) [8/5/2002 2:20:32 PM] printing materials and hp designjet printers printing materials and hp designjet printers hp designjet 5500 series welcome how do I . . . legal notices glossary index Hewlett-Packard manufactures a variety of printing materials for use in HP Designjet printers (see supported printing materials). These materials are manufactured to print consistently and correctly with the Designjet series of machines. It is very important that standard printing materials are not used in the Designjet printers, as they are not designed for ink-jet colorants, and will cause the resulting print to be unacceptable. Selecting a printing material in the HP Printer dialog box not only sets the color characteristics of the material and printer, but establishes other important parameters for printing that affect the quality of the resulting print. These parameters include total ink coverage values, the number of passes of the print heads, and speed of travel for the ink head assembly. Be sure that the printing material selection you are making is the correct one for the material being used. © 2002 hewlett-packard company file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/---/Desktop/HP/html/C000-75. htm [8/5/2002 2:23:22 PM] RGB versus CMYK RGB versus CMYK hp designjet 5500 series welcome how do I . . . legal notices glossary index Sending documents to an HP Designjet printer that contain images saved in red-green-blue (RGB) color will result in a successful print despite the fact that the printer uses only CMYK inks. [. . . ] Item Media Comments Media Format: tells you whether a sheet or a roll is loaded. Media: Tells you what type of printing material is loaded, see physical characteristics of printing materials. This gives information on the status of the HP81/83 Ink Ink Systems Systems, how much ink is left, the status on the printhead etc. Nesting The current nesting settings in the front-panel menu Tells you information on the margins, media size in the Page Format front panel, mirroring status, the rotation setting, scaling selected HP-GL/2 settings Current Palette and Merge settings The code revision, DRAM present, information on the Hard Statistics disk, PostScript code rev. , PostScript Font rev. , what language the printer is set to, e. g. Network card info (if installed): DNS name I/O setup Applicable name IP address Hardware address Information on the graphics languages, drying time Device setup settings, cutter settings, take-up reel settings What the current settings are for Ink emulation, Color Image quality calibration, Automatic black replacement © 2002 hewlett-packard company file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/---/Desktop/HP/html/p0213. htm [8/5/2002 4:49:25 PM] tell me about pen widths and colors in the internal palettes tell me about pen widths and colors in the internal palettes hp designjet 5500 series welcome how do I . . . [. . . ]