HP ColorSpan Legacy Printer DisplayMaker X-12+ - Print Server and Driver Setup Guide
Summary
The essential guide for setting up and mastering professional digital color printing using the ColorSpan Print Server. This manual provides comprehensive instructions to ensure high-fidelity, accurate color reproduction in graphic arts environments. It covers critical aspects such as printer configuration, media type calibration, status viewing, and advanced setup techniques for both Macintosh OS and Microsoft Windows systems. Ideal for professionals needing precise control over device settings and complex RGB color space management across all applications.
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Display Maker X-12+ Print Server Driver Setup Guide
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Display Maker X-12+ Print Server Driver Setup Guide Part Number Rev
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Legal notices Copyright Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. Confidential computer software. Valid license from HP required for possession, use or copying. Consistent with FAR 12.211 and 12.212, ...
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Revision Log The following is a list of major changes and additions that have been made to this manual since it was first released. See the accompanying Release Notes for specific changes to the softw...
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About This Manual Read this manual to set up print server and driver options for Color Span digital color printers. Chapter 1 shows you how to set server options and per- form a Color Mark calibration...
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Conventions This manual uses the following informational conventions: Note A special technique or information that may help you perform a task or understand a process. Hinweis Ein Hinweis beschreibt e...
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CHAPTER Print Server Setup This chapter shows how to set up Color Span print server options for the printer. It explains: Configuring the Printer (page 1-2) Viewing Printer Status (page 1-4) Configuri...
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Configuring the Use the following procedure to configure the printer. First make sure the printer is connected to the server, plugged in, turned Printer on, and warmed up. 1. Position the cursor on th...
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Printer Name This name identifies the printer. It appears under the Printer icon in System Control and in various dialog boxes. Color Mark CMS Media — for accurate color matching, specify the media ty...
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Viewing Printer Status To view the printer’s status: 1. Position the cursor on the printer icon. 2. Press and hold either mouse button to display the printer menu. 3. Select Status from the printer me...
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Printer Status This is the printer’s current state, such as Ready or Printing. Software This is the version number of the printer’s embedded software. Color Mark CMS Version — the version of Color Mar...
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Configuring the When you first add a port to System Control, you configure it for use with a specific output device. This section describes Input Port options for the printer. Refer to the System Cont...
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Microsoft Windows Network - On a Microsoft Windows Network, the Win Link port name appears as a network printer connected to the server. Novell Network - On a Novell Net Ware network, the sys- tem def...
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Mural Bigger — Mural Bigger prints faster, which produces lower quality at close viewing range. The RIP time is less for this mode than for any other mode. Traditional Halftone — use when a traditiona...
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Step-and-Repeat Step-and-Repeat prints copies of an image across the width of a page, offsets the image horizontally, then prints another row of the image, and so on until the end of the page is reach...
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The Step-and-Repeat properties appear similar to this example (if they do not appear, then Step-and-Repeat is not supported on the selected printer): Fig. 1-5. Step-and-Repeat settings Length - when y...
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The job appears in the queue with a Step-and-Repeat icon, as shown below. 6. To print the job, unpause the queue, or move the job to an active Output port. Color Mark CMS Color Space The Input Color S...
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SWOP (Coated) Emulation YA - “yellow adjusted,” pro- vides visually warmer yellow tones, compared to the “SWOP (Coated) Emulation” color space. Eurostandard (Coated) Emulation - emulates the Eurostan-...
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If you are upgrading from a previous release of the Color Mark CMS, any existing profiles in the previous format will not be overwritten by the new format profiles. You can continue to use either vers...
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Attention Queue Jobs You can print a job that System Control sends to the Attention Queue with a Media Size Mismatch error by overridng the error. When you override the error, the excess image width i...
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Calibration Calibration is one of the most significant things you can do to ensure accurate and consistent color output. It consists of two parts: Calibrating the print engine — the Auto Set feature a...
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Calibrating Color Mark 1. Make sure the printer is connected to the server, plugged in, turned on, and displays the “Ready” message on the Software control panel. If you will be using the Color Mark C...
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The printer prints a series of color swatches. If you chose the camera, the printer reads each swatch with the onboard photodiode. The progress of this pro- cess is displayed on the printer control pa...
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The box moves to the next swatch on the screen as a beep signals that you can take the next reading. c. Repeat these readings with the next swatch until you have measured all of the swatches. To start...
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CHAPTER 2 Macintosh Setup This chapter explains how to select device options (Printer Features or Printer Specific Options) from your application software, using the Laser Writer driver. If you haven’...
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Specifying Device Before you print, install the Printing Tools software and fonts as described in the Color Span Printing Tools User Guide. You should Options install the Laser Writer driver that is a...
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Media Type — always “Printer’s Default;” specify the media and ink type from the Color Span print server’s Port Configuration dialog box. Ink Type — always “Printer’s Default;” specify the media and i...
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Canonical Color — Determines how image colors are con- verted from one output space to another, which estab- lishes the method of color correction that will be performed by the print server. This opti...
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Selecting an Output Your application software and the Color Mark print server soft- ware are allow you to select from a variety of device-specific Color Space RGB color conversion methods. Matching an...
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If you will be downloading the document, select the working color space in the application’s color configura- tion dialog box. Note that some file formats may not support the color space you selected ...
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CHAPTER 3 Windows Setup This chapter shows you how to select device options and an output color space from your Windows application software. If you haven’t yet configured your Windows environment to ...
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Specifying Device To specify device options: Options 1. Click the Windows Start button. 2. Select Settings - Printers and Faxes. 3. In the Printer folder, highlight the Display Maker X-12 icon, then d...
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Details (Windows 95/98 only) Spool Settings — specify “Print directly to printer.” Since print jobs can be up to 100 megabytes or more in size, you can save considerable time by not spooling them on y...
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print server. This option is only available when Color Mark Color Management System Software is installed. No — provides the best possible color correction. Yes — applies no color correction, but inst...
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Selecting an Output Your application software and the Color Mark print server soft- ware are allow you to select from a variety of device-specific Color Space RGB color conversion methods. Matching an...
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If you will be downloading the document, select the working color space in the application’s color configura- tion dialog box. Note that some file formats may not support the color space you selected ...
Manual Details
| Brand | Server |
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| Pages | 36 |
| File Size | 341.09 KB |
| Published | June 02, 2026 |
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Frequently Asked Questions
Where can I find instructions for setting up and installing a new ColorMark print server?
Use the Quick Start Guide, which immediately follows this manual's content.
What is the best screening method to use when printing four colors for smooth output?
Select Error Diffusion screening mode for the smoothest output when using four colors.
How do I ensure the most accurate color matching using ColorSpan hardware?
Match an RGB output color space (defined in application programs) with its corresponding conversion method on the print server and in the application's Print dialog box.