Using color
The HP Color LaserJet 5500 series printer offers great color printing as soon as you set up
the printer. It provides a combination of automatic color features to generate excellent
color results for the general office user, plus sophisticated tools for the professional who is
experienced with color use.
The HP Color LaserJet 5500 series printer provides carefully designed and tested color tables
to provide smooth, accurate color rendition of all p rintable colors.
HP ImageREt 2400
HP ImageREt 2400 is a technology that provides you with the best color print quality without
having to change driver settings or make trade-offs between print quality, performance, a nd
memory. ImageREt 2400 produces photorealistic images.
ImageREt 2400 provides 2400 dpi color laser-class quality through a multilevel printing
process. This process precisely controls color by combining up to four colors within a single
dot and by varying the amount of toner in a given area. As a result, ImageREt 2400, together
with the 600-by-600 dpi engine resolution, creates millions of smooth colors.
Paper selection
For the best color and image quality it is important to select the appropriate paper type from
the software printer menu or from the front panel. See S
electing print pa per.
Color options
Color options enable optimal color output automatically for diverse types of documents.
Color options use object tagging, which allows optimal color and halftone settings to be used
for different objects (text, g raphics, and photos) on a page. The printer driver determines
which objects are used on a page and uses halftone and color settings that provide the best
print quality for each object. Object tagging, combined with optimized default settings,
produces great color out of the box.
In the W indows environment, the Automatic and Manual color options are on the Color
tabintheprinterdriver.
sRGB
Standard red-green-blue (sRGB) is a world-wide color standard originally developed by HP
and Microsoft a s a common color language for monitors, input devices (scanners, digital
cameras), and output devices (printers, plotters). It is the default color space used f or HP
products, Microsoft operating systems, the World Wide Web, and most office software sold
today. sRGB is representative o f the typical Windows PC monitor today and the convergence
standard for high-definition television.
Note Factors such as the type of monitor y ou use and the room’s lighting can affect the appearance
of colors on your screen. For more information, see M
atching colors.
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