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matching) tables for supporting popular design and publishing
applications:
If a particular application does not support PANTONE
®
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Colors, but
does allow process color specification, the CMYK values may be
entered directly. The QMS
magicolor 330 ships with software on the
QMS Software Utilities CD-ROM to print a complete set of PANTONE
Charts with the appropriate CMYK values.
The advantages of using PANTONE as a color matching system
is it is very easy to use, is widely supported, and is great for spot
color. However, it is not as accurate as other methods of color match-
ing, can’t be used for photographs, and is limited to specific applica-
tion software.
Another area of color control of particular concern to designers,
publishers, and printers is color calibration. For these graphics
professionals, it is important to maintain consistent and stable toner
densities from day to day, and from one supply change to the next, to
ensure predictable color.
QMS offers two methods for color-calibrating the QMS
magicolor 330:
Built-in automatic density control
Optional instrument-based calibration software
The QMS
magicolor 330 performs automatic density control by moni-
toring toner density and automatically adjusting levels to maintain
Supported Design and Publishing Applications
CorelDRAW
Illustrator
PageMaker
FreeHand
Micrografx Designer
Photoshop
QuarkXPress
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Pantone, Inc.’s check-standard trademark for color reproduction and color reproduction
materials.
