QuickLabel Kiaro! 200, User Manual

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Designing and Printing Labels
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Setting up Labels in Third-Party Design Applications
You can design and print label files exclusively within a third-party application such as
Adobe Photoshop or Illustrator. In this situation, use the following guidelines to ensure
best results.
Note: You can also use third-party applications to design components of a label to be
imported into Custom QuickLabel Omni. In this situation, save or export graphic files in
a .BMP, .PCX, uncompressed .JPG, uncompressed .TIF, .GIF, .PNG, or .PDF format.
• Select a resolution of 600 pixels per inch - For raster-based design applications
such as Adobe Photoshop, choose a resolution of 600 pixels per inch. This will
provide sufficient image resolution to produce superior 1200 pixel per inch output
quality. This setting is not used in vector-based design applications such as Adobe
Illustrator.
• Use in-gamut colors - When designing in color, ensure you use colors that are
within the printing gamut. Most design applications will indicate when a color is out
of gamut.
For example, in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, out-of-gamut colors are indicated
by an exclamation point icon in the Color palette.
Out-of-gamut colors cannot be accurately printed. There are often colors that can
be found to replace out-of-gamut colors.
• If the application supports color management, enable it - Professional design
applications support color management. This option is typically found in the
application’s print window.
Ensure the Color Adjustment in the Kiaro! 200 printer driver is set to “Application
Managed”. Color management should be enabled in either the design application
or printer driver, but not both.