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BASIC STEPS
Once
you are satisfied with the look of your image select the HP
print plug-in in the file menu. If you are using CS3 simply
use the print command. There are two basic steps to follow....
The
first step is to select the color management to be handled
by Photoshop and pick the correct ICC paper profile for the
paper at hand. You will again select the same rendering intent
that you used in soft proofing.  Printing
with the HP B9180 in Photoshop CS3 using the "Print" dialog
Click
on the image above for a larger view
The
second step is to go to the HP printer driver dialog by clicking
on the Page Setup button in the Photoshop print dialog. Here
you will select the paper type and size, whether you want to
print with a border or borderless, and the media tray to be
used. Here is a screen shot of the main tab in this dialog.
HP B9180 printer driver dialog
You
may click on the image above for a larger view
Notice that in the "Print in Grayscale" drop down
I selected "off" for this toned selenium image of an
old heater. I used this setting since I did not want a neutral
black and white print; obviously I want the color tone to come
through. If I were printing a neutral black and white image I
would print in grayscale.
I have been testing this printer for a number
of weeks and have made many prints but for this review I selected
two images for
testing using three paper types. All three papers are sold under
the HP brand and are very high quality media. I chose HP Hahnemüle
Smooth Fine Art, HP Advanced Photo Paper – satin matt,
and HP Professional Satin Photo Paper.
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