HP Designjet Z3100 Photo Large Format Printer

HP Updated: 2007-06-14
HP Designjet Z3100 Photo Large Format Printer

Revolutionizing the large-format market with breakthrough innovations & leading-edge quality, the HP Designjet Z3100 Photo Printer 12-ink printing system with HP Vivera pigment inks delivers exquisite, lasting color & black-and-white prints and a broad color gamut. The first printer ever to include an embedded spectrophotometer with i1 color technology, you're ensured breakthrough accuracy & consistency across a variety of papers, without additional costs. All this, and you can count on HP for easy, reliable printing.

Get exquisite over 200-year quality with HP Vivera pigment ink solution

• Produce exquisite color & black and white prints that stand out & withstand the test of time. HP 70 Vivera pigment inks were designed specifically for this HP Designjet to achieve a unique combination of consistently outstanding image quality & exceptional fade resistance. Prints resist fading for more than 200 years & are water-resistant on a range of HP creative & specialty papers. With this system, you get museum-quality prints that withstand the demands of handling, display, and storage.
• Create beautiful black-and-white prints with the HP Quad-Black Ink set—matte black, photo black, gray, and light gray. HP Vivera pigment inks have been designed for true gray neutrality to produce smooth transitions and black optical density.
• Want cost savings and fewer printing interruptions? With this HP Designjet's quad-black ink set, images on matte and glossy papers can be printed without swapping ink cartridges, which can avoid wasting time and ink every time the printer is reconfigured.

Consistent, accurate color with embedded spectrophotometer with i1 color technology

• Creating ICC profiles can be a complex, manual process with printing, drying, and scanning color patches using specialized software and expensive hardware. HP's embedded spectrophotometer with i1 color technology and an automated workflow bring simplicity and reliability to accurate profiling and precision printer calibration. Now, you can express your vision on even more HP and commercially available papers. HP's advanced profiling solution offers additional options for profiling and calibrating your system.
• This HP Designjet provides complete coverage of SWOP, ISO, GRACOL, EUROSCALE, TOYO, and FOGRA gamuts for color accuracy in pre-press applications.
• Print with confidence knowing the final product will match your vision perfectly. This HP Designjet includes the first-ever embedded spectrophotometer with i1 color technology, which enables the printer to automatically generate custom ICC profiles for your preferred paper and calibrate the printer to deliver print-to-print and printer-to-printer repeatability. You get predictable results with every print—regardless of paper changes or fluctuating environmental conditions, and for as long as you own the device.

Print with greater confidence with HP preview and printhead technologies.

• Save time and prevent the unnecessary expense of wasted ink and paper with advanced HP preview technologies, which enable you to see—from your driver—how your image will appear on your large-format paper before you print. HP's printer driver and embedded Web server help eliminate trial and error by letting you preview the layout, size, and position of your print on your paper to save time, effort, and money.
• HP Color Center tool effortlessly guides you though color management and printing. Manage your ICC profiles with easy, step-by-step instructions and initiate printer calibrations. Connect to the HP Printing Knowledge Center for step-by-step guides about workflows. Print photos and images with the balance, tones, and colors that match your subject, or expand your creativity with the contrasts, textures, and effects that match your artistic imagination.
• Proactively maintain your HP Designjet and assume greater control over your color output with the help of HP Easy Printer Care Software. This tool enables you to save time through consolidated management—monitor the status of printers and supplies, get the latest updates, and take advantage of convenient online supplies reordering. HP Proactive support provides desktop alerts and automatic updates. And you can make sure you're getting the best colors possible with the HP Color Center tool.