Canon MultiPASS C50, User Manual

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Chapter 7 Printing From Your PC
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Your application may also offer a number of colour-control functions,
such as dithering, intensity, or hue:
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Dithering creates colours with patterns of alternating dots. For
example, an alternating red and white dither pattern can create
pink.
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Intensity (saturation)
lets you adjust the depth of a colour if the
printout appears lighter or darker than the image on the monitor.
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Hue
allows you to change a colour’s hue. For example, you can
adjust the hue of red to make it more purple.
For details about these functions, see your application’s documentation.
Understanding Your Computer’s Monitor and Colour
Be sure you know what type of monitor your PC has. Monitors are
classified by their resolution and by the number of different colours
they can display. The following factors can affect how well the colours
on your printed page match the colours displayed on your monitor:
Monitors create the colours they display by combining red, green, and
blue at different intensities. Printers create colours by combining
overlaying dots of cyan, yellow, magenta, and black in a variety of
combinations with varying amounts of ink.
The MultiPASS C50 is optimised to provide the best colour match
possible of printed output with popular monitors. Yet, because monitors
and printers use such different methods to create colour, achieving an
accurate match between your printed image and the image on your
monitor can be extremely difficult in some cases.
To maximise the colour-matching capabilities of your MultiPASS C50,
use a 24-bit colour monitor and video card. For details about your
monitor’s ability to display colour, see the monitor’s documentation.