Minolta PAGEPRO EX, Manual

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Color management on the Color PagePro Ex
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application, you can be sure of obtaining the same color from the
printer.
The Macintosh or Windows CMYK Reference Pages are PostScript
files print pages of swatches in graduated combinations of yellow,
magenta, and cyan, and smaller patches that include 25%, 50% and
75% black. The process colors are shown in 10% increments. You can
produce these colors from any application that allows you to specify
colors as CMYK percentages.
The PANTONE color matching system is standard color system
within the graphic arts and prepress industries. It specifies hundreds
of spot colors, each identified with a unique number. Each PANTONE
color is simulated on the printer by printing an appropriate
combination of process (CMYK) colors. The ability to simulate
PANTONE colors is a basic form of color management.
Color PagePro Ex support for the PANTONE color matching system
consists of Macintosh and Windows PANTONE Reference files. By
downloading these PostScript files to the printer, you can print out the
color reference pages.
With the PANTONE Reference, you can quickly print a file of
PANTONE color simulations, illustrated with their CMYK percent
values, on the Color PagePro Ex printer. You can give the PANTONE
Reference page to designers who specify PANTONE colors in their
Macintosh and Windows applications. Designers can pick colors from
the file and then specify the colors in their applications by entering the
CMYK values manually.
To make color matching more reliable, calibrate your Color PagePro
Ex before printing the reference pages and your final output. See page
5-9.
Note
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Swatch color matching is not suitable for matching monitor and
printer color.