HP DesignJet 500ps User Manual download pdf (Page 33)

Advanced Printing Procedures (Macintosh)

If your program is not listed, refer to a section on a similar program.

Illustrator 7.0

ColorSync 2.x and Kodak Digital Science must be installed when using Illustrator to

create CMYK files.

1. From the HP DesignJet 500PS Print Monitor click Printer>Setup Properties. Then

click the Print Tab.

2. Make sure the Perform Color Correction checkbox has a check in it, and that correct

output profile and rendering intent are set.

3. Click OK to close the Setup Properties dialog box.

4. Go to Apple menu and select Chooser. Highlight Adobe PS and make sure HP

DesignJet 500PS@... is selected.

5. In Illustrator, go to File>Document Setup.

6. Select Options ‘Use printers default screen’, and then check box for Use Page Setup

and click the Page Setup button.

7. Choose a standard paper size in the Paper field.

8. Select Custom Page Default from the pop-up menu if a custom page size is required,

and enter your custom page size. Click the Add button.

9. Select Page Attribute from the pop-up menu. Select the defined Custom Page in the

‘Paper’ field.

10. Click OK to AdobePS Page Setting dialog. Click OK to Document Setup dialog.

11. Go to File>Color Setting and check ‘Simulate print colors on display’ if you want your

monitor to soft-proof CMYK output.

12. Go to File>Print. Select your printer in the ‘Printer’ field and select the page you want

to print, and the number of copies.

13. Select Adobe Illustrator 7 from the pop-up menu.

14. Set Output to Composite.

15. Set PostScript to Level 2.

16. Set Data to Binary.

17. Check Force Fonts to Download.

18. Select Printer Specific Options from pop-up menu. If you want the file to be printed

automatically select Print in the After Spooling option. If you want to verify the print

mode and profile settings before printing the file, select Hold. Select Hold in the After

Printing, if you want to keep the file in the Print Monitor.

19. Click Print to start printing.

PageMaker 6.5

ColorSync 2.x must be installed when using PageMaker to create CMYK files. If, after

attempting the following procedure, you still have difficulty printing, save the file as a

PostScript file and add it to the Print Monitor using the Add Job function.

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HP DesignJet 500ps User Manual Page 33