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Color matching with PostScript applications
All PostScript applications support CMYK. Some also support RGB and other color models
based on monitor display values. PostScript applications also allow you to choose named
colors using one or more color libraries, such as PANTONE (see
page 25
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We highly recommend that you use printed color reference pages to ensure predictable color
printing results with the Color Server or match your Color Server output to colors produced
by other printers.
Using color reference pages to match color
Your Color Server user software includes several color reference pages. By choosing colors for
your documents from these printed reference pages and specifying the corresponding CMYK
values, you ensure that you print the same color from your device.
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For best results, calibrate the Color Server before printing the reference pages.
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Using the reference pages does not match monitor colors to printed colors. For this,
you must use a color management system and calibrate your monitor.
Using the CMYK Color Reference
Use the CMYK Color Reference included with your Color Server user software to see how
various cyan, magenta, yellow, and black combinations look when printed on your printer.
To print the CMYK Color Reference, download the file to a recently calibrated Color Server.
The printed pages display groups of color patches in graduated combinations of yellow,
magenta, and cyan, and smaller patches that include 25%, 50%, and 75% black. Use these
pages to pick colors and specify process color values in your application. The file is included
on the User Software CD or DVD.