Just getting started with a roll of Innova FibaPrint® Warm Cotton Gloss 335gsm IFA 45 and find that Innova have not made a preset for this specific paper. There is a preset for their FibaPrint® White Gloss (f-type) 300gsm IFA 09 which has an extremely similar description so I'm going to start by using that. If it produces a good result then great but the snag is if I then want to use the White Gloss I'm stuck because I'll have already associated the preset with a different paper, calibration, profile etc. Any suggestions how I can use a preset (.oms file) twice?
Thanks,
William.
Try creating a custom profile using one of the resident HP papers that has a similar quality.
First calibrate the paper, then create the custom ICC Profile.
Here is info from HP: (
http://h20564.www2.hp.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docId=emr_na-c01562782#N104F8 )
To create your own paper preset
Before using a custom paper type with your printer, you should add a paper preset for the new paper. You can create a new paper preset using the HP Color Center in the HP Printer Utility.
The paper preset name will appear in the printer driver and the front panel.
To create a paper preset, you can follow this simple procedure:
Go to the Color Center tab in the HP Printer Utility for Windows, or to the HP Color Center group in the HP Printer Utility for Mac OS.
Select Create New Paper Preset .
Enter your paper's name.
The paper's commercial name is likely to be the most understandable for other users of the printer.
Select a paper category from the drop-down menu. The paper category determines the amount of ink used and other basic printing parameters. For more information, see the online help in the Color Center, and
http://www.hp.com/go/Z3200ps/paperpresets/ . The available categories are:
Bond and Coated Paper : Fiber-based, thin papers with a matte surface. These papers use matte black ink, no gloss enhancer, relatively low ink limits and high carriage position.
Photo Paper : Photo-base, relatively thick papers with a variety of finishing from matte to satin to glossy. These papers use photo black ink and gloss enhancer, with the exception of Photo Matte Papers, relatively high ink limits and low carriage position, with the exception of Baryte and Photo Matte Papers. Generally they will print with the starwheels up.
Proofing Paper : A variety of papers from matte to satin and glossy used to simulate commercial printing with high color accuracy requirements.
Fine Art Material : Canvas, matte and paper-base photo materials used for high-quality fine art printing. These papers use matte black ink and no gloss enhancer, with the exception of Canvas Satin and Pearl papers, which use photo black and gloss enhancer. They all use high carriage position with high ink limits.
Film : Synthetic film-base materials that generally use photo black and no gloss enhancer, with relatively low ink limits and high carriage position.
Backlit : Synthetic translucent materials that use photo black and no gloss enhancer with high ink limits, high carriage position and starwheels up.
Click Next under Windows, Continue under Mac OS.
Load your custom paper, see Load a roll into the printerload paperroll into the printerroll paperload into the printerpaperload roll into printer or Load a single sheetload papersheetsheet paperloadpaperload sheet . You will find the paper name in the Custom paper category in the front panel.
Choose the ICC profile name in the Color Center. This is the name you will use to select the profile in your application.
Click Next under Windows, Continue under Mac OS.
If the paper type permits, the printer performs a color calibration (about 10 minutes) and creates the ICC profile (about 20 minutes).
Now that you have created the paper preset, you will be able to select the paper type from the front panel and from the driver under the Custom paper category. The ICC profile for the new paper type will be ready to use by your application.
You can export the new paper preset to your computer and use it on other HP Designjet Z3200 series printers. In the Color Center, select Paper Preset Management > Export Paper Preset , then follow the instructions on the screen. To install the preset on another printer, see To install a downloaded paper presetimport paper presetpaperdownload presets .
Advanced paper preset creation
Advanced paper preset creation involves a process of trial and error, in which you modify the printing properties of your new preset to obtain the best print quality.
Go to the Color Center tab in the HP Printer Utility for Windows, or to the HP Color Center group in the HP Printer Utility for Mac OS.
Select Paper Preset Management .
Under Windows, select Create Paper Preset . Under Mac OS, click + .
Enter your paper's name.
The paper's commercial name is likely to be the most understandable for other users of the printer.
Select a paper category from the drop-down menu. The paper category determines the amount of ink used and other basic printing parameters. For more information, see the online help in the Color Center, and
http://www.hp.com/go/Z3200ps/paperpresets/ . The available categories are:
Bond and Coated Paper : Fiber-based, thin papers with a matte surface. These papers use matte black ink, no gloss enhancer, relatively low ink limits and high carriage position.
Photo Paper : Photo-base, relatively thick papers with a variety of finishing from matte to satin to glossy. These papers use photo black ink and gloss enhancer, with the exception of Photo Matte Papers, relatively high ink limits and low carriage position, with the exception of Baryte and Photo Matte Papers. Generally they will print with the starwheels up.
Proofing Paper : A variety of papers from matte to satin and glossy used to simulate commercial printing with high color accuracy requirements.
Fine Art Material : Canvas, matte and paper-base photo materials used for high-quality fine art printing. These papers use matte black ink and no gloss enhancer, with the exception of Canvas Satin and Pearl papers, which use photo black and gloss enhancer. They all use high carriage position with high ink limits.
Film : Synthetic film-base materials that generally use photo black and no gloss enhancer, with relatively low ink limits and high carriage position.
Backlit : Synthetic translucent materials that use photo black and no gloss enhancer with high ink limits, high carriage position and starwheels up.
If you wish, use the Change Printing Properties button to change the following properties:
Paper Thickness : This is relevant to carriage height or platen gap. You should choose High if your paper weighs over 250 g/m² or if it does not have a plastic coating.
Dry Time : The recommendation is to use Automatic by default and move to Extended if needed.
Starwheels : Print with the starwheels up or down.
Cutter : Enable or disable the cutter.
Global Ink Limit : Initially it can be left as it is and modified later on, based on printing results.
Gloss Enhancer Amount : Initially it can be left as it is and modified later on, based on printing results.
When an option is grayed out, that means that it is not available for the selected paper type.
Some paper types are available with different ink limits (less/normal/more ink). Ink limits are generally proportional to color gamut volume, but a higher ink limit can cause printing artifacts (bleed, coalescence, etc.) in some cases. HP papers have fine-tuned ink limits while other papers use generic ink limits.
Click Next under Windows, Continue under Mac OS.
Load your custom paper, see Load a roll into the printerload paperroll into the printerroll paperload into the printerpaperload roll into printer or Load a single sheetload papersheetsheet paperloadpaperload sheet . You will find the paper name in the Custom paper category in the front panel.
Under Windows, select yes when asked to calibrate paper. Under Mac OS, select Paper Preset Management > Calibrate Paper . For more information on color calibration, see Color calibration .
You can print an image of your choice to check for color gamut, coalescence, mottle, bronzing and gloss uniformity. If the results are not satisfactory, you can change printing properties and launch another calibration. For instance:
For better color gamut, increase the ink limit or select a "more ink" variant of the same paper type if available.
To reduce coalescence, decrease the ink limit and/or the amount of gloss enhancer or select a "less ink" variant of the same paper if available.
To reduce bronzing or improve gloss uniformity, adjust the amount of gloss enhancer.
For more information, see the online help in the Color Center.
With your final printing properties, you can now create an ICC profile for the paper using one of the following three options:
The standard process with the Color Center (see Color profiling ).
The HP Advanced Profiling Solution (supplied with your printer). For more information on the HP Advanced Profiling Solution, see its own documentation and also
http://www.hp.com/go/z3200ps/solutions/ .
A third-party profiling program (see Color measurement ).
Once you have created and adjusted the ICC profile for your paper, you can link this profile to the paper preset with the Color Center: select Paper Preset Management > Install Profile . If you have used the standard Color Center profiling process, this step is not necessary because the profile is linked automatically to the paper preset.
For more information on the processes available in the Color Center, see A summary of the color management process .
Now that you have created the paper preset, you will be able to select the paper type from the front panel and from the driver under the Custom paper category. The ICC profile for the new paper type will be ready to use by your application.
You can export the new paper preset to your computer and use it on other HP Designjet Z3200 series printers. In the Color Center, select Paper Preset Management > Export Paper Preset , then follow the instructions on the screen. To install the preset on another printer, see To install a downloaded paper presetimport paper presetpaperdownload presets .
