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Color Management
Maintaining printer consistency
The factors described below affect print device consistency, as well as color fidelity and
overall output quality.
Paper stock and toner
The paper and toner used by your printer can affect printed color. For best results, use
the supplies recommended by the manufacturer of the printer.
Maintenance
Problems, such as streaking and insufficient or excessive amounts of one or more
toners, arise when a printer does not receive periodic maintenance or needs major
repairs. In addition to having it serviced regularly, monitor the condition of your
printer by making standard test prints at regular intervals. You can do this easily by
printing the Fiery 3850C Test Page. Save the prints and show them to the service
technician whenever output densities vary from the norm or other problems appear.
Print device gamut
Different color reproduction techniques have different color capabilities or gamuts.
Color transparency films have comparatively large gamuts, as do color monitors. The
color gamut that can be produced using process inks or CMYK toners on paper is
smaller. This is why some colors that can be displayed on a color monitor, especially
bright saturated colors, cannot be reproduced exactly by your Fiery 3850C printer, nor
can they be reproduced on a press using process colors. Moreover, different print
devices have different gamuts—some colors your printer can produce cannot be
reproduced on an offset press, and vice versa. The following illustration provides a
graphical representation of this concept.
Color transparency film
Other print device
RGB monitor
Offset press (white)
