VariQuest
®
Perfecta™ 3600STP
User’s Guide
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Color Management
Color Management Options
Color Management
Your printer has been engineered with advanced hardware and software features
to ensure predictable and dependable color results.
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State-of-the-art printheads and inks
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Dedicated color resources for most available paper types
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Color emulation
Color Management Options
The aim of color management is to reproduce colors as accurately as possible on
all devices: so that, when you print an image, you see very similar colors as when
you view the same image on your monitor. Color management is highly
dependent on the paper type loaded at the printer, so be sure to select the correct
preset for the paper type you are using.
The color management options for your printer can be selected from the
Color
menu in the
Windows driver
dialog. In some applications you can make the choice
in the application itself.
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Application-Managed Colors
: Your application program must convert the
colors of your image to the color space of your printer and paper type, using
the ICC profile embedded in the image and the ICC profile of your printer and
paper type.
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Printer-Managed Colors
: Your application program sends your image to the
printer without any color conversion, and the printer converts the colors to its
own color space. The color management in the printer is done using a set of
stored color tables. ICC profiles are not used. This method can produce very
good results with supported paper types. There are two color spaces that the
printer can convert to its own color space using the stored color tables: sRGB
and Adobe RGB.
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sRGB
emulates the characteristics of the average computer monitor. This
standard space is endorsed by many hardware and software
manufacturers, and has become the default color space for many
scanners, cameras, printers, and software applications.
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Adobe RGB
provides a larger color gamut than sRGB. Use this space if
you need to do print production work with a wide range of colors.
