Apple 6500 manual Quality, Monitor settings for a Mac OS computer

Quality

For highest quality printing, use your printer software to choose “best” quality and print on coated or glossy paper, or transparencies. Best quality takes longer to print, but you get better quality—even on plain paper.

If you have a Mac OS computer, ColorSync color matching is turned on by default in the Color StyleWriter 6500 printer software because it gives the best quality. If you turned ColorSync color matching off, turn it back on for best quality. If you have a Windows/DOS computer, ICM color-matching technology is built into your printer driver. Color matching will happen automatically.

Monitor settings for a Mac OS computer

For the best color, you need to choose a specific profile for your monitor. In the ColorSync control panel, choose the D50 profile for your monitor. If there is no D50 available for your monitor, choose Apple Multiple Scan 17 – D50. The D50 profile gives you better colors.

For the best visual match between the colors on your monitor and printed colors, select the Page-White Gamma option in the Monitors control panel, or in the Monitors and Sound control panel.

On a multiscan monitor, make sure that the color temperature, or intensity, is set to 9300 K (the default setting). See the monitor manual for instructions. If you select the Page-White Gamma option with a color temperature other than 9300 K, your monitor colors could look too red or too blue compared to printed colors.

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