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DesignJet 120.RGB printing
There are two ways to get the best colour from your DesignJet 120.
1. Use the sRGB colour space and calibrate your monitor and printer/paper combination.
2. Use a printing application that supports a colour management system (CMS) using ICC profiles.
Method 1 can be achieved using any printing application that can send sRGB files to your printer.
Calibrate your monitor.
Calibrate the paper and print Quality using the Calibrate Colour option.
Setting the DJ120 printer properties Color tab Color Options to Automatic.
Use the paper type you calibrated.
Print a sRGB image. NOT Adobe RGB, ProPhoto or any other colour space image.The DesignJet 120 is a sRGB printer. Sending sRGB files to the printer when the driver is set to Automatic colour should produce acceptable results.
Method 2 requires you have custom ICC profiles for each paper, print quality and ink system you will be using.
Calibrate your monitor.
Calibrate the paper and print Quality using the Calibrate Colour option.
Setting the DJ120 printer properties Color tab Color Options to Manual and ensuring the colour sliders under Settings are all at 0.
Use the paper type you calibrated.
Print from your CMS aware app. using the ICC profile created for your paper/quality and ink system.With the DesignJet 120 driver colour settings set to manual, the printing app. does all of the colour conversion between source space and printer space.
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DesignJet 120.RGB printing
1. Use the sRGB colour space and calibrate your monitor and printer/paper combination.
2. Use a printing application that supports a colour management system (CMS) using ICC profiles.
Method 1 can be achieved using any printing application that can send sRGB files to your printer.
Calibrate your monitor.
Calibrate the paper and print Quality using the Calibrate Colour option.
Setting the DJ120 printer properties Color tab Color Options to Automatic.
Use the paper type you calibrated.
Print a sRGB image. NOT Adobe RGB, ProPhoto or any other colour space image.The DesignJet 120 is a sRGB printer. Sending sRGB files to the printer when the driver is set to Automatic colour should produce acceptable results.
Method 2 requires you have custom ICC profiles for each paper, print quality and ink system you will be using.
Calibrate your monitor.
Calibrate the paper and print Quality using the Calibrate Colour option.
Setting the DJ120 printer properties Color tab Color Options to Manual and ensuring the colour sliders under Settings are all at 0.
Use the paper type you calibrated.
Print from your CMS aware app. using the ICC profile created for your paper/quality and ink system.With the DesignJet 120 driver colour settings set to manual, the printing app. does all of the colour conversion between source space and printer space.
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