Canon ColorPASS-Z5000, Color Manual

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5-2 Working with Color in Applications
• For color proofing, use an application that writes its own PostScript and define
colors in RGB, CMYK, or choose colors from the application’s PANTONE color
library. Placed images can also be defined in RGB or CMYK. Choose the
appropriate settings for print options affecting color output (see page 1-1).
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The ColorPASS allows you to use RGB or CMYK data when printing proofs for
an offset press run. However, sending data to an imagesetter most often requires
CMYK data.
Color reference pages
ColorPASS user software includes several types of color reference pages that let you see
the range of colors that can be printed on your copier. For predictable color, use the
color reference pages when defining the colors in your document.
• RGB Color Reference—a Microsoft Word file and a Microsoft PowerPoint file that
let you view the colors available in the standard palettes of office applications and see
how those colors print on the ColorPASS (see page 5-4).
• CMYK Color Reference—an 11-page downloadable PostScript file of CMYK color
patches (see page 5-6).
• PANTONE Coated Color Reference—a 19-page downloadable PostScript file of
color patches showing CMYK equivalents of PANTONE Coated colors. This file
prints differently depending on the setting of the Spot Color Matching option (see
page 5-7).
In addition, you can print RGB, CMY, and PANTONE color charts from the
ColorPASS Control Panel.