QMS Magicolor CX, User Manual

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Other Methods
of Color
Control
2-11 Printing
The advantages of using a CMS are that you get consistent color
across all devices, and an on-screen preview of output. However,
CMS’s are not portable across platforms, they can be expensive, and
they do consume processing time and power at the host.
A few well-known color management systems include Kodak Col-
orSense, Agfa FotoFlow, Electronics for Imaging EFIColor, Pantone
POCE, and Apple ColorSync. The following are shipped with your
printer:
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A ColorSync device profile
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A Pantone POCE CMM (Color Matching Method)
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A Pantone POCE device profile
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An ICC (International Color Consortium) device profile
If this profile is not included with your printer, call the QMS Customer
Response Center to check for availability.
Instructions for installation and use are included on the Pantone disk
provided with the printer.
Color Matching with PostScript Level 2
Your printer's PostScript Level 2 allows it to accept device-indepen-
dent CIE color specification directly (in addition to CMYK or RGB
color specifications). This means that if you have an application that
supports PostScript Level 2 printing (such as Adobe PhotoShop) or if
you use the QMS-developed driver for Windows or Macintosh, your
printer will perform color matching automatically. QMS drivers for
Windows and Macintosh were shipped on disks with your printer: see
chapter 1, “Connecting the Printer,” for installation information. These
drivers work with the printer-resident color rendering dictionaries to
match colors. See control panel for more information on CRDs.
The advantages of Level 2 color matching are that it is portable, it is
application- and printer-resident (there's nothing else to buy), and it is
performed at the printer level (so it doesn't tie up your host). However,
no on-screen preview of output is provided, and you are not warned if
a color is out of printer's gamut (color range).