Various Printing Operations
The colors (and color compositions) associated with spot colors are shown in the following table.
■Colors (and color compositions) used to indicate spot colors
In multi spot color printing, indicate spot colors by selecting colors in the application that resemble the spot colors.
As much as possible, try to select colors that resemble the spot colors to be printed. In applications that do not have many color choices, such as word processors, closely related colors can be used. In this case, how- ever, check the color output by executing a test print to make sure the correct spot colors are printed.
Spot color | Application color used to indicate the spot color |
Metallic Gold | Yellow (or |
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Metallic Silver | Gray |
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Metallic Magenta | Magenta, Red (a red close to magenta) |
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Metallic Cyan | Cyan, Blue (a blue close to cyan) |
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White | Light gray (a gray close to white) |
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(Normal) Black | Normal black (R=G=B=0 or C=M=Y=0, K=100) |
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The following table indicates the color compositions settings that will most closely resemble the printed results. In applications that allow the user to make color composition settings, adjust the settings as shown below.
■Tables of color composition settings for spot color printing
∙Color compositions using RGB settings (n/255)
Spot color | R | G | B |
Metallic Gold | 225 | 160 | 0 |
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Metallic Silver | 189 | 193 | 197 |
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Metallic Magenta | 163 | 36 | 115 |
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Metallic Cyan | 0 | 176 | 201 |
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White | 230 | 230 | 230 |
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∙Color compositions using RGB settings (n/100%)
Spot color | R | G | B |
Metallic Gold | 88 | 63 | 0 |
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Metallic Silver | 74 | 76 | 77 |
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Metallic Magenta | 64 | 14 | 45 |
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Metallic Cyan | 0 | 69 | 79 |
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White | 98 | 98 | 98 |
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∙Color compositions using CYMK settings (n/100%)
Spot color | C | M | Y | K |
Metallic Gold | 12 | 37 | 100 | 0 |
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Metallic Silver | 26 | 24 | 23 | 0 |
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Metallic Magenta | 36 | 86 | 55 | 0 |
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Metallic Cyan | 100 | 31 | 21 | 0 |
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White | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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Note
For instructions on changing color composition settings in an application, refer to the manual that came with your appli- cation. Depending on the application, a spot color may not print correctly even though the color settings were properly set in the application.
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