HP (Hewlett-Packard) Z3200 manual

P R EF A CE In th is ar t ic le I wi ll be exam in ing t he H P Z3 20 0 , H P’ s latest L a rge form at pr i nter . The Z3 20 0 is essentially a n upd ate of t he Z 3 1 00 released in late 2006. Externa lly the pri nter appear s vir tu al ly iden tical to it ’ s predec essor , y et inter nal ly the printer has been revised and upgraded. Perhaps[...]

lo gical ly g rouped tog ether and easy t o access . The stand, w hich is i nc luded f or bot h 24” a nd 44” mo dels , is s tu rdy and easy to constr ucts. It is then scre w ed to the base of t he pri nter ( t he pri nter is s hippe d ups ide down ) and then easily  ipped by t w o people . I a ctua l ly ma naged to unpack, assem ble , a nd ?[...]

Cost per m il of in k $.6 2 for single $.4 9 f or doub le $.6 3 f or 1 10 ml $.5 1 for 220 ml $.46 f or 3 50 ml $.40 for 7 00 m l One of t he questions I get a lot has to do with ho w much does it cost to ma ke a pr int on pr inter A a s oppose d to pr inter B . W h ile it’ s easy enough to generate an esti mate that wi ll l i kel y b e cor rect [...]

The placemen t of the roll in the r ea r of the p ri nter was not a good cal l. I understa nd t he reasons f or doing so , but the result is a loading process t hat is a nnoying at best a nd fo r some it wi ll be a major ha ssl e . In al most a ll production en viron ment’ s pr inter s a re cr am me d against walls i n crow ded sma ll spaces. A n[...]

col or managemen t in a meani ngfu l w a y , because it is a rather daunting th ing to jus t jump into , then th is is w hat y ou ’ ve been w aiting f or . Th is pr i nter off ers the av erage user a s imple w a y to ta ke advantage o f a fu lly col or managed wor kow . Adding a new paper pr eset is essential ly a th re e step p rocess. The ?[...]

The nal step of cou rse wil l b e to create the act ual ICC paper p role . The who le process from sta r t to n ish ta kes ab out 4 0 mi nutes . The easy ICC target uses 463 patches to build the ICC prole . Once comp leted the prole is sa v ed to the computer , a nd up l oaded to the pr inter . U pl oading ma kes it m uch easi er to [...]

HP has ma de a p oint of adv ert ising t hat t he spect ro found i n t he Z3200 is based on the Ey e-O ne from X -Rite . T here a re some not abl e di fferences ho w e v er , perhaps t he most signicant of which is t he d if feren t light sou rce found in the two u nits. The Stand ard Ey e-One uses a (UV ltered) tu ngsten light source , w hi [...]

P RI N T DRI VER, IMA GE Q U ALI TY , AN D CO LO R G AM UT INTR OD U CTI ON Jud ging the qual ity of a pri nt means e v aluating the interact ion o f the paper , in k, pri nter , and software. Th is ma kes compar isons di fcult . HP DR I VE R A N D PRI N T ER U TI LI T I ES The software that accompa nies t he pr i nter is quite robust. , and c o[...]

has t he option of d isabling the gloss en ha ncer , a cost sav er for p roong , or ot her work where bron zing is less of a concer n. There is also an “econo my” mode t hat applies t he GE on ly to ne ede d i maged a rea s , rat her t han t he defaul t, which cov er s t he whol e page , paper white incl uded. I’ v e found t hat th is work[...]

car eful ly dev e lo ped to t arget a spe cic hue a nd i ncrea se t he o v eral l gamut of t he pr i nter . T he a dditional hues ma ke t he t ra nslation of CMY K ( or R G B ) d ata, to in k on paper a bit mo re comple x . The proble m is that t here a re now mo re wa y s to produce t he same c ol or us - ing di fferent mi xes of in k. T o p ro[...]

be noticeable on v ery speci c images , and the a dv antages of on e pr inter ov er the other wil l be fai rly small at th is poi nt . HP Z3200 P rem ID Satin - Solid Full Co lo r Epso n 7 90 0 P rem Lus ter 260 - W h ite W irefra me HP Z3200 P rem ID Satin - Solid Full Co lo r Epso n 7 880 Prem Lus ter 260 - W h ite W irefra me HP Z3200 P rem I[...]

CONC LUSI ON The Z3 1 0 0 is an e x ception tool , and li ke any tool it sho uld be e valuated based o n h o w w e ll i t accomp lishes what is desi gned to do . Com - par ed t o t he ot her pr i nters i n the HP Design jet li ne it’ s ob vious that the Z3200 is designed from the grou nd up to be a “Photo Pr i nter” , mean ing that the emphas[...]