Gerber OMEGA CP, Reference Manual

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Book Sixteen:
Matching Colors with ColorID
Gerber ColorID is a fast, efficient, and accurate way to match a source color to another color.
Now you can meet your customers’ expectations
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reducing the gap between imagination and
reality
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by matching unique shades and corporate identification colors.
Ways to set up ColorID
The ColorID option is available as a software program only. If you already own a color
measurement device called a
Gerber ColorID Colorimeter you may use this with the ColorID
software. Gerber Colorimeters are no longer available and ColorID software is not compatible
with other colorimeters.
Ways to use ColorID
There are several ways to use ColorID.
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You can open ColorID from Composer, select the color you want to match, and
automatically fill or assign the color back in Composer. This method closes the color
matching/digital imaging loop by allowing you to match to a specific palette, and
then print the job on a Gerber thermal printer.
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You can use the software program to manually match a vinyl, GerberColor
Spectratone, Spectratone II, or PANTONE
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color to another vinyl, foil, Spectratone, or
PANTONE color.
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You can connect a Gerber colorimeter to a serial (COM) port on your computer. When
you take a sample of a color, the color values (including vinyl, foil, Spectratone, or
PANTONE colors) are automatically displayed in the ColorID program. After
choosing the palette to use for matching the color, ColorID automatically finds the
closest color match to the sample color.
This book is divided into the following chapters:
Chapter 70: Using ColorID , shows you how to use the software by itself, or with a colorimeter,
to quickly and accurately match colors.
Chapter 71: Using the Matching Color in Composer , provides the procedures for using the
color matches determined by ColorID when you are designing a job in Composer.
Chapter 72: Additional ColorID Software Features , explains additional features beyond those
described in Using ColorID .
Chapter 73: Introduction to Colorimeters , provides a basic introduction to colorimeters.