HP Designget AG5234 Rev. 7 38

USER GUIDE FOR HP 6 COLOR PLUGIN

AG50324 Rev. 7

Contents

Page Page Page Page 1 Introduction 1.1 Summary of plugin features 2 System requirements 2.1 Windows 2.2 Apple Mac 3 Installing the plugin 3.1 Installing plugins with the RIP 3.2 Installing plugins separately 3.3 Screening plugin compatibility 3.4 Installing screening plugins 3.5 Location of plugin folders 3.6 Enabling plugins in the Harlequin RIP 4 Creating a page setup Page Page 4.1 Page Layout options 5 Configuring Harlequin RIP devices Page Page 6 Devices 6.1 Adding output devices 7 ProofReady profiles 7.1 Supplied ProofReady profiles 7.2 Changing the default screening method 7.3 Description of screening modes 8 Output file naming Page 8.1 Tag usage 8.2 Checking tags Page 9 Content generating tags Page 10 Post processing operations 10.1 Post processing substitution codes 10.2 Checking the command string 10.3 Command line monitoring 10.4 Troubleshooting post processing command 11 Color management 11.1 Calibrating the printer 11.1.1 Recalibrating the printer 11.2 Creating and installing ICC profiles 11.2.1 Create a suitable page setup 11.2.2 Print and measure an ICC target 11.2.3 Install the ICC profile in your RIP 11.3 Creating color setups 12 Troubleshooting 12.1 Error messages 12.2 Printer-specificmessages and symptoms Page 12.3 Messages for file name templates 12.4 Messages for post processing 12.5 Parallel port performance and reliability 12.6 Problems with passwords 12.7 Patterning when not using color management