Using color
The HP Color LaserJet 5500 series printer offers great color printing as soon as you set up the printer. It provides a combination of automatic color features to generate excellent color results for the general office user, plus sophisticated tools for the professional who is experienced with color use.
The HP Color LaserJet 5500 series printer provides carefully designed and tested color tables to provide smooth, accurate color rendition of all printable colors.
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| Paper selection |
| For the best color and image quality it is important to select the appropriate paper type from |
| the software printer menu or from the front panel. See Selecting print paper. |
| Color options |
| Color options enable optimal color output automatically for diverse types of documents. |
| Color options use object tagging, which allows optimal color and halftone settings to be used |
| for different objects (text, graphics, and photos) on a page. The printer driver determines |
| which objects are used on a page and uses halftone and color settings that provide the best |
| print quality for each object. Object tagging, combined with optimized default settings, |
| produces great color out of the box. |
| In the Windows environment, the Automatic and Manual color options are on the Color tab |
| in the printer driver. |
| sRGB |
| Standard |
| and Microsoft as a common color language for monitors, input devices (scanners, digital |
| cameras), and output devices (printers, plotters). It is the default color space used for HP |
| products, Microsoft operating systems, the World Wide Web, and most office software sold |
| today. sRGB is representative of the typical Windows PC monitor today and the convergence |
| standard for |
| Factors such as the type of monitor you use and the room’s lighting can affect the |
Note | |
| appearance of colors on your screen. For more information, see Matching colors. |
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