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Getting the Best Possible Print Quality
The StylusRIP Professional is a true Adobe PostScript3 raster
image processor, which means it can utilize color rendering
dictionaries when the RIP is driving a color printer. Adobe
Photoshop automatically accesses these color rendering
dictionaries when directly printing to the printer. Images created
in Photoshop can be placed in other applications and still access
color rendering dictionaries by saving them as LAB.EPS or
calibrated RGB.EPS files. Note that color rendering dictionaries
are not accessed by RGB.TIF or CMYK.TIF files when they are
placed in other applications and printed.
Color profiles for Windows are included with StylusRIP
Professional. These ICC color files provide support for printer
color adjustment from the application, but only for applications
which support this feature.
CMYK files are usually developed in a device-independent space,
which makes it possible to adjust specific printing parameters for
specific printers instead of accepting the default options given in
the color rendering dictionary.
To obtain high-quality color images, keep the following points in
mind.
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Use the manufacturer’s inks and recommended paper for
your ink jet printer.
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Try using a higher-quality paper. Paper designed for your ink
jet printer has special coatings to evenly distribute the ink,
and is different from uncoated bond paper used in laser
printers and copiers.
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Make sure that you use the correct printer driver (included in
the StylusRIP Professional CD-ROM).
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For scanned images, check the scanner software settings.
