Printing at the DMC: Printing to HP Designjet Z6 Pro
This guide will cover the DMC printing services that include both poster printing and regular black & while/color letter size printing. The operation part of the plotter and printer is for DMC staff reference only.
Printing from Adobe Acrobat (default on all computers)
Open the desired print as a .pdf file in Adobe Acrobat. All computers should default to Acrobat for opening .pdfs
Select dmc-plotter1.rice.edu from the printer menu
Open the Page Setup... dialogue and select or create your paper size as normal
Do not edit the paper size titled 36x48, we would like to keep this consistent on all computers so we can use it to print standard sized academic posters more quickly
If printing a different size, create a new paper size. Set margins to .2 in
Orientation should be set to Auto
Page Sizing and Handling should be set to fit
Open the Printer... dialogue
Select the appropriate preset for the paper type desired
The presets automatically change the roll selection to the appropriate slot (Roll 1 for semigloss, Roll 2 for canvas) but you can still manually override the selection by changing it yourself
The presets also switch to the appropriate color profile for printing. Do not change the color management settings
click Print on both dialog boxes
Creating a Custom Preset for Printing
open the print dialog box
change whatever settings you would like to be included in the preset. This can include things like color management and paper roll selection. Note that paper size is not saved as part of the preset.
For our plotter, the color management profile that seems to work best is the one for HP Designjet Z6, HP Universal Instant-Dry Satin Photo Paper, Best
Under the presets tab, select Save Current Settings as a Preset...