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1. in extreme cases result in serious printhead damage If you import RGB TIFF images and you deselect the Convert RGB TIFF to CMYK button that is available from the Output menu in the Print dialog box your col ors will not be correct Note that if you select Convert RGB TIFF to CMYK and use No Color Adjustment and the color values you send to the printer are inap propriate the printer may use an excessive volume of ink more than 200 ink density which will saturate your media and could in extreme cases result in serious prin thead damage 11 PostScript Driver Printing Color Management Adobe Illustrator on an Apple Macintosh Use the supplied HP DesignJet PostScript Drivers for Macintosh disk Screening By default Adobe Illustrator for Mac prints images in a cluster type of screening To achieve the best print quality use the HP Scatter Screen Technology that is available in the HP DesignJet series devices This places dots in a random matrix that avoids patterns in area fills From the Document Setup dialog box select Use Printer s Default Screen or set Halftoning to Scatter in the Print Options dialog box PANTONE Colors e If you use PANTONE colors from tables within the ap plication select SWOP as the emulation to use in the Color Management entry in the Print Options dialog box This method of selecting PANTONE colors is simpler because you do not need t2. to use QuarkXPress screening which mixes the C M Y and K color planes by applying rotations to them e Select Scatter in the Print gt Options dialog box avail able from the File menu to select DesignJet halftoning or screening Scatter screening mixes the four color planes in a random way avoiding moir patterns You will obtain different colors depending on your selection Scatter produces slightly lighter results When you are ready to print select the Print option from the File menu The printer submenu will appear Make whatever choices you want number of copies pages to print destination and so on Click the Options button if you want to change any of the output settings Refer to the AP DesignJet Printing Guide for Macintosh for more information on this option Remember that you should select Scatter in the Halftoning entry of the Print Options dialog box to override the default QuarkXPress halfton ing algorithm 20 Note on QuarkXPress 3 32 Color Management Printer LOQUILLO CONN LAB 1 8 3 1 Copies i Pages All From To Paper Source Destination mm O First trom niyOne v Printer File Page Sequence All O Collate O Back to Front Output O Spreads Thumbnails Tiling Off Overlap 3 Separation Plate All Plates Registration OPI Options O Calibrated Output O Print Colors as Grays O Include Blank Pages When you use the PSP
3. Freehand cannot be used in other pro grams Selecting the Unlimited Downloadable Fonts option in the Page Setup Options dialog results in a PostScript error Freehand 4 0 resolves these issues Using several font style combinations may result in character spac ing problems Gradient fill patterns will print as solid patterns This is corrected in Persuasion 3 0 Documents that contain EPS graphics may not print correctly if you select the printer driver s 2 up or 4 up page layout option Rotated or filled polygons print as solid gray objects Rotating one bit Superbits images may cause PostScript errors Styled text with gradient fill may cause unfilled text and Post Script errors Under some circumstances Remote Access does not allow printer setup or printing using the printer driver CA CricketDraw III 1 0 CA CricketPresents 2 1 Claris MacDraft 2 1 Claris HyperCard 2 1 Deneba Canvas 3 0 6 DesignStudio ReadySetGo 4 5 and 5 0 Electronic Arts Studio S and Studio 32 Microsoft PowerPoint 2 01f Microsoft Works 3 0 QuarkXPress 3 11 Shana Informed Manager 1 3 5 Symantec More 3 1 To import an EPS file created with the printer driver save EPS files as EPS Mac Standard Preview or EPS Mac Enhanced Pre view You must ensure that there is enough free hard disk space to hold intermediate spool files Otherwise the application may malfunc tion Typically the free space required
4. Use Accurate Screens O Use Same Shape for All Inks 14 Preview Before printing you can check the layout of your final print by clicking on the box at the bottom right corner of your image Painting 1 11 P Eh Also if you are using the separation table from the HP DesignJet 2500CP activate the Gamut Warning in the Mode menu when you print or export files to other applications Color Management PANTONE Colors e If you use PANTONE colors from tables within the ap plication select SWOP as the emulation to use in the Color Management entry in the Print Options dialog box This method of selecting PANTONE colors is simpler because you do not need to concern yourself with the me dia or with halftoning e You can also use the PANTONE tables provided on the diskettes for the PostScript driver These tables are spe cifically designed for use with the HP DesignJet 2500CP printer and some specific media and halftoning Choosing the Color Format PhotoShop lets you send images in either RGB or CMYK format For the best color fidelity compared with the calibrated screen original send images in RGB format to the DesignJet 15 If you select RGB format PhotoShop uses the device independent color path in the printer which is a PostScript level 2 feature al lowing colors to be converted consistently among different devices As a result RGB colors are received
5. is roughly equivalent to the file size To import an EPS file created with the printer driver save EPS files as EPS Mac Standard Preview or EPS Mac Enhanced Pre view Do not print using the Cut Marks option This will generate a PostScript error Use of the Print a Card option may result in output being saved to a file or as a fax job There is no work around for this Hyper Card problem Printing with substituted fonts may result in incorrect text spacing Versions 4 5 and 5 0 are not supported by HP LaserJet 8 3 1 driver or LaserWriter 8 Use LaserWriter 7 Version 6 0 is supported by the printer driver To create an EPS file using the printer driver select the Quick Draw Printer option To import an EPS file created with the printer driver save EPS files as EPS Mac Standard Preview or EPS Mac Enhanced Pre view Printing documents that have rotated objects with rounded corners will result in a PostScript error EPS files that contain certain TrueType fonts may not print Shaded headings in a document may not print correctly Some documents may print extra pages When creating EPS files with the printer driver be sure there is sufficient disk space No Disk Full error message appears when your hard disk becomes full Using the PSPrinter 8 3 1 Driver with Spoolers If a Novell spooler rejects a printing connection due to insufficient user privileges queue security opti
6. PLEASE READ Important information about using some software applications with your HP Design Jet 2500CP Printer This document contains information you need to set up your ap plication software to use PostScript with the HP DesignJet 2500CP Printer The information in this document explains how to get help locate the driver software answer configuration questions use some addi tional features and troubleshoot while configuring There is a section dealing with each of these topics e Using the PSPrinter 8 3 1 Driver page 4 Apple Macintosh applications e Aldus Freehand and Macromedia Freehand page 9 e Adobe Illustrator 0 eee eee eee page 12 e Aldus PageMaker and Adobe PageMaker page 13 e Adobe PhotoShop 0000002000 page 14 e QuarkXPress un sun en ee page 19 Windows application A CorelDRAW ne een page 23 If you can t find your application in the list above and you are us ing the PSPrinter 8 3 1 driver check the section on page 4 otherwise refer to the User s Guide that came with your printer for some helpful information Copyright Hewlett Packard Company 1997 HP Part Number C4704 90051 Printed in Europe May 1997 CATFTNA QN0DH1 Introduction This document describes the most efficient way to successfully con figure your software application to use the HP DesignJet 2500CP printer part number C4704A Although your software a
7. SPrinter is Virtual l AR Printer Driver COX amp NV Stylewriter 11 Type of printer selected AppleTalk Zones Generic BCD_EtherTalk 1 BCD_LocalTalk 1 Click Setup to choose a different Boise_LAN1 2_default printer type or to get more info Boise_LAN1 5_Default 2 Background Printing Boise_Lan1 8_Default Boise_LAN2 2 default S On O off Boise_LJ_MarketingCenter Active Boise_Off 1 3_Default AppleTalk O Inactive 7 3 3 e You can see the dimensions of the page you will print on by clicking on the image on the left on the Page Setup dialog box PSPrinter Page Setup width 85 Foper AS tetter y Cancel Height 11 Layout _1 Up v Sen E Reduce or Margins Cin Enlarge Left Top i ion Ms Orientation tal Bottom PSPrinter Page Setup The PSPrinter 8 3 1 driver supports Custom Page sizes Go to the Paper Size dialog box and select the Custom setting that is last in the list Then set the dimensions you want Paper size in width Height 36 96 36 u 72 36 4 84 Paper Were 96 36 n 108 Layout Reducido Margins Cin Enlarg Left Top Drienta Fight Bottom Troubleshooting When using the PSPrinter 8 3 1 driver you should be aware of the following behaviors The PSPrinter 8 3 1 driver allows some printers to print using a larger print area for images on the page If your documents were originally formatted for such a printer you may find tha
8. a Format Binary Es ios pi Halftone Screen Ipi M 60 Ipi 75 Y 60 Ipi 0 EJ Use PDF Screen Values K 60 Ipi 45 Select at Printer Type the printer model you are using HP De signJet 2500CP The Paper Size entry is the QuarkXPress setting for the page size to be used for printing Ensure that this is the same as that se lected in the Paper entry since the Paper Size selection overrides the Paper setting 19 Screening Printing The HP LaserJet 8 3 1 driver supports Custom Page Size but QuarkXPress does not allow it to be selected from its Paper Size entry the Paper Size entry overrides your Custom Page Size defi nition Changing the Printer Type to Generic Color an internal QuarkXPress printer definition lets you use a Custom Page Size Although the Custom paper feature works we cannot guarantee the results as this is not a specific type definition for your Design Jet If you experience problems getting the correct page size when you print a document from QuarkXPress 3 3 select Page Setup from the File menu and change the Printer Type to Generic Color Then select the Paper size from the top of the Page Setup dialog You can use either a QuarkXPress screening or halftoning algo rithm or one that is internal to the printer Halftoning is the method of placing dots in order to obtain non pure colors from a limited number of pure ones e Select Use PDF Screen Values
9. by the printer and the PostScript interpreter in the printer uses a device independent color path one of the stages of the process uses a Color Rendering Dictionary to perform the conversion to CMYK In addition if you send RGB data changes to the gamma setting in the PhotoShop Monitor Preferences dialog box will affect the overall lightness of the printed colors reducing the gamma setting results in lighter colors printed and increasing it results in darker colors printed If you want your document converted to CMYK in PhotoShop to be printed on a DesignJet either directly from PhotoShop or from another application use the DesignJet Color Separation Tables for the conversion from RGB to CMYK they are on the driver dis kettes Saving Images to be Imported into Other Applications If you save an image from PhotoShop as an EPS file do not include screening in it Otherwise when you print the EPS file from another application your output will use PhotoShop s screening which shows patterns in area fills You are also recommended to save the EPS file in RGB format In that way you will achieve accurate colors in the application that does the printing because PhotoShop includes device independent color path code in the RGB files allowing a consistent conversion to CMYK values Similarly when you save an image as a TIFF file to be imported into another application you are recommended to save it in CMYK format using the DesignJe
10. ferent devices when it generates EPS files with RGB data If you import CMYK images you should select the ap propriate color standard SWOP EuroScale or Toyo in the Color Management entry in the Print Options dialog box Then the colors printed on the DesignJet will emu late the colors of that standard If you send CMYK data with No Color Adjustment and the color values you send to the printer are inappropriate the printer may use an excessive volume of ink more than 200 ink density which will saturate your media and could in extreme cases result in serious printhead damage 13 PostScript Driver Printing Adobe PhotoShop on an Apple Macintosh Use the supplied HP DesignJet PostScript Drivers for Macintosh disk Screening By default PhotoShop uses its own screening result ing in a printout that shows patterns in area fills In the Page Setup dialog set the halftone screens to Use Printers Default Screens Without this setting you will not get the true color or dynamic range of values necessary for a good quality print This setting turns on HP Scatter Screen Technology PSPrinter Page Setup Paper _ 150 A2 y Layout TU a Perge ai l Help Orientation O Calibration Bars za Regi ati ark Halftone Screens B J Use Printer s Default Screens Ink Angle degrees Shape Diamond vj O
11. inted on the DesignJet will emu late the colors of that standard If you send CMYK data with No Color Adjustment and the color values you send to the printer are inappropriate the printer may use an excessive volume of ink more than 200 ink density which will saturate your media and could in extreme cases result in serious printhead damage 22 Page Size Limitation Memory Size Scaling in CorelDRAW CorelDRAW on Windows CorelDRAW 5 0 has a limitation in the size of the document that you can define The largest page size supported by CorelDRAW 5 0 and previous versions is 30 inches by 30 inches To print larg er pages you may need to use the Scaling feature see below for guidance on how to scale your images CorelDRAW 6 0 does not have this limitation Some CorelDRAW documents may result in big PostScript files that take a lot of memory and time to be printed You can try to reduce the time needed for the file to be processed by using the Scaling feature that is by specifying a smaller document page size in CorelDRAW and scaling it inside the printer The recommended way of scaling using CorelDRAW is to scale to a specific page size You should ensure that the page size in the CorelDRAW Layout gt Page setup is the same as that in the driv er s Print gt Properties gt Paper tab Then in Windows 95 set the Enable Scaling button in the File gt Print gt Properties gt Graphics tab selec
12. lready scanned an image at too high a resolution and you are having memory problems reduce its resolution under the Image Size selection in the Image menu the File Size box should be deselected in order to reduce the information in the image 17 Image Size Current Size 30 8M Width 22 inches Height 34 inches Cancel Resolution 120 pixels inch New Size 30 8M heit y Resolution Constrain XProportions File Size Overall Clarity of the Printed Images If you obtain printed images that are too dark compared with your scanned images re duce the gamma in the PhotoShop Monitor Preferences dialog box if they appear too light increase its value 18 QuarkXPress on an Apple Macintosh PostScript Driver Use the supplied HP DesignJet PostScript Drivers for Macintosh disk QuarkXPress 3 1 and 3 2 require the use of PDF files for correct printing This PDF file called HP DesignJet 2500CP PDF is lo cated in the HP DesignJet folder or whatever name you gave it during installation on your hard disk You must copy the ap propriate PDF file from the PDF folder into the folder where the application s executable code is located Paper Size In the File menu select the Page Setup submenu PSPrinter Page Setup Reduce or Enlarge 1007 Orientation U Printer Type HP DesignJet 2500C Paper Offset Resolution 1300 api Paper Width u Paper Size US Letter Page Gap Dat
13. o concern yourself with the me dia or with halftoning e You can also use the PANTONE tables provided on the diskettes for the PostScript driver These tables are spe cifically designed for use with the HP DesignJet 2500CP printer and some specific media and halftoning 12 PostScript Driver Printing Color Management Aldus PageMaker and Adobe PageMaker on an Apple Macintosh Use the supplied HP DesignJet PostScript Drivers for Macintosh disk Length Limitation PageMaker can accept a maximum page size of 42 by 42 inches Even if the printer can print larger images selecting a larger page size than this in the driver will result in a clipped image the drawing is shifted and incomplete PANTONE Colors If you use PANTONE colors from tables within the ap plication select SWOP as the emulation to use in the Color Management entry in the Print Options dialog box This method of selecting PANTONE colors is simpler because you do not need to concern yourself with the me dia or with halftoning You can also use the PANTONE tables provided on the diskettes for the PostScript driver These tables are spe cifically designed for use with the HP DesignJet 2500CP printer and some specific media and halftoning Imported Images 1 If you import images from Adobe Photoshop you are recommended to use EPS RGB to get the best color accu racy since PhotoShop includes the PostScript code to match colors across dif
14. on turned on or an internal error the driver may hang indefinitely Netware 3 11 may cause the driver to download fonts more often than necessary resulting in poor printing performance Versions of Netware prior to 4 0 do not support PSPrinter s Auto Setup capability In these environments manually select the ap propriate PPD for your printer For more information see the chapter Selecting a PPD in the HP DesignJet Printing Guide for Macintosh In general spoolers that do not comply with version 3 0 of Adobe s PostScript Language Document Structuring Conventions may not take advantage of PSPrinter s advanced features or they may exhibit other printing problems PostScript Driver Printing Aldus Freehand and Macromedia Freehand on an Apple Macintosh Use the supplied HP DesignJet PostScript Drivers for Macintosh disk When printing from Freehand either version 4 0 or 5 x on the Print Menu select the Print button located in the lower left of the dialog box Printer LOQUILLO CONN LAB 1 8 3 1 Copies 1 Pages All From LJ To 7 Paper Source E All First from Cony one Printer Coniy ne vw OFite None O Manual Auto overlap Ta points Scale 100 Fit on paper Print as Separations Composite proof Options Printer type None Paper size None Resolution 300 Flatness 0 Transfer Unadjusted All foreground layers Split complex paths The P
15. ort office Windows is aregistered trademark of Microsoft Corporation PostScript is a registered trademark of Adobe Systems Incorporated Macintosh is a registered trademark of Apple Computer Incorporated PANTONE Colors generated by the HP DesignJet 2500CP are four color process simulations and may not match PANTONE identified solid color standards Use current PANTONE Color Reference Manuals for accurate color PANTONE color simulations are only obtainable with this product when driven by qualified Pantone licensed software packages Contact Pantone Inc for a current list of qualified licensees Pantone Inc s check standard trademark for color Pantone Inc 1988 GD HEWLETT PACKARD Copyright Hewlett Packard Company 1997 Printed on Recycled Paper All rights reserved No part of this document may be photocopied reproduced or translated to another language without the prior writ ten consent of Hewlett Packard Company Hewlett Packard Company Barcelona Division Avda Graells 501 08190 Sant Cugat del Vall s Barcelona Spain
16. pplication documentation contains general information about configuring devices you ll find this information to be helpful because it pertains specifically to the HP DesignJet 2500CP printer Read all instructions and perform each step in this document in se quence You ll learn how to e Configure your device to work with your computer and your application software e Answer questions asked by your application during device configuration e Use your software application and the device to configure additional features optional Before you begin Here s what you should do before using the instructions in this doc ument e Install your software application on your computer e Set up the HP DesignJet 2500CP printer using the instructions in the User s Guide that was packaged with the device The guide instructs you on loading media and print cartridges and connecting the printer to your computer If you need help If you have questions about the information or instructions pres ented in this document contact your software application dealer for help If you need further assistance with your printer contact your HP Customer Support Center United States HP Customer Support Center Boise 208 323 2551 6 a m 6 p m Mountain Standard Time Weekdays The center closes at 4 00 p m on Wednesdays Europe HP European Customer Support Center Amsterdam The Netherlands 8 30 a m 6 p m Central Eu
17. rint Options menu will appear Print options Output Device Setup Printer Marks i Use defaults Crop marks E Use PPD information Select PPD Registration marks Device type HP DesignJet 2500CP Page Labels Paper US Letter v Width 612 Separation names Tall O Wide Height 792 File name and date Halftone screen 60 Ipi 300 dpi v Imaging Options Emulsion down Transfer function Emulsion up Positive image Negative image If you click on Use defaults the settings you define in the Page Setup dialog box will be used If you click on Use PPD information the settings in the current dialog box will be used instead and all those in the Page Setup dialog box will be ignored Check first if the right PPD is set Otherwise click on the Select PPD button and select the one cor responding to the DesignJet printer you are using 2500CP Then select the appropriate options you want for printing You are recommended to select Use defaults then all the set tings are controlled by the driver Scaling If you selected Use defaults in the Print Options dialog box the scale factor you set in the Page Setup dialog box is added to the one you set in Freehand s Print dialog box If Use PPD information was selected only the scale factor in Freehand s Print dialog box is used Large Page Sizes You may experience problems if you
18. rinter 8 3 1 driver to print from QuarkXPress 3 32 you may encounter a system error with a mes sage such as Sorry a system error occurred QuarkXPress error type 11 after you select Print You can avoid this problem by removing the Balloon Help from the QuarkXPress folder that is by creating a subfolder named Balloon and dropping the Bal loon Help inside it The next time you open QuarkXPress you should be able to print with no problem PANTONE Colors e If you use PANTONE colors from tables within the ap plication select SWOP as the emulation to use in the Color Management entry in the Print Options dialog box This method of selecting PANTONE colors is simpler because you do not need to concern yourself with the me dia or with halftoning e You can also use the PANTONE tables provided on the diskettes for the PostScript driver These tables are spe cifically designed for use with the HP DesignJet 2500CP printer and some specific media and halftoning Imported Images e Ifyou import images from Adobe Photoshop you are recommended to use EPS RGB to get the best color accu racy since PhotoShop includes the PostScript code to match colors across different devices when it generates EPS files with RGB data 21 If you import CMYK images you should select the ap propriate color standard SWOP EuroScale or Toyo in the Color Management entry in the Print Options dialog box Then the colors pr
19. ropean Time Monday Friday The center closes at 4 00 p m on Wednesdays Dutch 31 20 681 6473 or 020 606 8751 English 31 20 682 8291 or 0171 512 5202 French 31 20 681 8260 or 04 50 43 98 53 German 31 20 681 7174 or 084 880 1111 Italian 31 20 581 3318 or 02 26410350 Spanish 31 20 581 3319 or 902 321 123 Asia Pacific Australia 61 3 9272 8000 8 30 a m 5 30 p m Mon Fri Korea 82 2 3270 0700 8 30 a m 7 p m Mon Fri New Zealand 64 9 356 6640 8 30 a m 4 p m Wed AEST People s Republic of China 86 10 505 5630 or 86 10 505 3888 extension 8800 8 30 a m 5 30 p m Mon Fri Singapore 65 271 7233 9 a m 5 p m Mon Fri Taiwan 886 2 717 9609 8 30 a m 5 30 p m Mon Fri In case of difficulty check in the latest Hewlett Packard Support Services document You can also refer to the documents that came with your software application and the user s manual that came with your printer for more information Using the PSPrinter 8 3 1 Driver e The PSPrinter 8 3 1 driver lets you print to a Virtual Printer In this way you don t need to have a physical printer avail able when you use the driver You can create a PostScript file by sending it to a Virtual Printer To use this select Virtu al Printer in the Type entry in the Chooser and then configure it by selecting the right PPD Type Virtual Printer v a Personal writer SC P
20. set a large page size from Freehand s Print dialog box Select Use de faults and set the page size in the Page Setup dialog box to solve these problems Color Management PANTONE Colors If you use PANTONE colors from tables within the ap plication select SWOP as the emulation to use in the Color Management entry in the Print Options dialog box This method of selecting PANTONE colors is simpler because you do not need to concern yourself with the me dia or with halftoning You can also use the PANTONE tables provided on the diskettes for the PostScript driver These tables are spe cifically designed for use with the HP DesignJet 2500CP printer and some specific media and halftoning Imported Images 1 If you import images from Adobe Photoshop you are recommended to use EPS RGB to get the best color accu racy since PhotoShop includes the PostScript code to match colors across different devices when it generates EPS files with RGB data If you import CMYK images you should select the ap propriate color standard SWOP EuroScale or Toyo in the Color Management entry in the Print Options dialog box Then the colors printed on the DesignJet will emu late the colors of that standard If you send CMYK data with No Color Adjustment and the color values you send to the printer are inappropriate the printer may use an excessive volume of ink more than 200 ink density which will saturate your media and could
21. ssed A further option is to use the percentage scaling options in the driver or in the front panel though these are not particularly rec ommended The following scaling factors should be used To scale your ANSI A PostScript file to ANSI ANSI Arch ANSI Arch Arch ANSI Arch B Cc Cc D D E1 E E Use 129 200 210 258 282 352 400 419 ISO ISO JIS OS ISO JIS OS ISO JIS OS A3 A2 A2 A1 A1 AO AO Use 141 200 210 282 352 400 419 PANTONE Colors e If you use PANTONE colors from tables within the ap plication select SWOP as the emulation to use in the Color Management entry in the Print Options dialog box This method of selecting PANTONE colors is simpler because you do not need to concern yourself with the me dia or with halftoning e You can also use the PANTONE tables provided on the diskettes for the PostScript driver These tables are spe cifically designed for use with the HP DesignJet 2500CP printer and some specific media and halftoning 24 Notes 25 Notes 26 Notes 27 Driver Distribution We are continually striving to improve our drivers As we update these drivers they are made available through our driver distribu tion channel In the U S A call 1 303 339 7009 In Europe contact Bridge KOP In other regions of the world con tact your local dealer or HP sales and supp
22. t text in some documents reflows or is clipped to fit the new area Printing multiple documents with the Finder may not work if the documents have been created by different application pro grams With some graphics applications the cover page may not be printed at the end of a multi page document If this is the case select the Before Document cover page option Using the PSPrinter 8 3 1 Driver with Some Popular Application Programs Aldus PageMaker 4 2a Aldus Freehand 3 11 Aldus Personal Press 2 0 Aldus Persuasion 2 1 2 Aldus SuperPaint 3 0 Apple Appletalk Remote Access Some applications do not yet take advantage of the HP LaserJet 8 3 1 driver features or they have small incompatibilities that result in printing problems If you experience problems with a program con tact the publisher of the program In some cases a newer version of the program may be available that will resolve your problems The following list describes some special problems that you should be aware of when working with some application programs There may be other problems with these programs or with other programs not mentioned in this document Do not scale EPS images if you are using the printer driver s 2 up or 4 up page layout option You cannot print using Layout options in the Page Setup dialog If you choose a layout from the Layout pop up menu the document does not print and no error message appears EPS files created using
23. t Color Separation Tables for the conversion from RGB to CMYK which are on the driver dis kettes 16 Printing Scanned Images Resolution and Image Size What is the best resolution needed for scanning an image that will be printed later on an HP Design Jet 2500CP The color resolution for this device in Best mode when printing PostScript is 600 dpi However if you send to the DesignJet a 600 dpi image with its original size identical to the desired print size that is with no scaling applied there will be too much informa tion for the printer This is because the DesignJet uses a a group of dots to simulate every non pure color from its four inks half toning or screening You may then experience memory problems because you sent too much data The image s resolution should not exceed 150 pixels per inch again assuming that the original size matches the paper size on which you are printing A larger value will not improve the ap pearance of the image but merely take longer to print Avoid sending images with resolutions lower than 75 pixels per inch which may make the image break up into large pixel blocks You are recommended to use a value between 100 and 150 pixels per inch If your scanned image is smaller than the final print you want you will need to use Scaling multiply the previous numbers appropri ately for example if you use a 200 scaling factor double the resolution for each dimension If you have a
24. t Scaling Options pick Scale to this standard page size and set the appropriate size Or in Windows 3 1 or 3 11 set the Enable Scaling button in the File gt Print gt Properties gt Feature tab select Scaling and set the appropriate size Other possibilities for scaling A second option is to use CorelDRAW s scaling by selecting the source size in the Page gt Setup gt Layout dialog box and the target size in the File gt Print gt Properties gt Paper tab Then in the File gt Print gt Options set Fit to Page under the Layout tab If you scale using the Front Panel both the scaling factor and the paper size for printing are taken from the front panel however although the Paper Size defined in the driver s dialog box is not used as the size of the final printout it is used for other purposes so it should be properly set Follow these steps to scale an image from the front panel 1 Ensure that the Enable Scaling button in the File gt Print gt Properties gt Graphics tab is not set 2 Set the Page Size you want to print on the Front Panel Page Format 23 Color Management 3 Set Fit to Page on the Front Panel Page Format gt PS Scale gt Fit to Page If you want to scale a standard page with no margins for example a full Letter size you need then to select Full Bleed US Letter size in the driver s dialog box Otherwise some part of the image will be mi
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