Xerox Fiery color server, User Manual

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2-1 Working with color
This chapter provides guidelines for defining colors in your documents to produce the
results you want. The following topics are covered:
• Factors affecting how you work with color
• Choosing colors in applications that rely on GDI ( Graphics Device Interface )
or QuickDraw to communicate data to the printer driver, such as presentation and
word processing applications
• Choosing colors in applications that have the ability to write their own PostScript ,
such as some page layout, illustration, and pixel-editing applications
Working with color
The two main factors that influence how you work with color in the creation of
documents are the applications you use and the Color Server. Applications vary in the
methods they provide for choosing colors and in the way they transmit color data to
the Color Server.
•
Office applications
, such as presentation software, spreadsheets, and word processing
programs, use the RGB color model. They typically transmit only RGB data to the
Color Server.
•
Illustration applications
use both the RGB and CMYK color models but typically
transmit only CMYK data to the Color Server.
•
Pixel-editing applications
use both the RGB and CMYK color models. They also
transmit both RGB and CMYK data to the Color Server.
Chapter 2:
Working
with Color
in Applications