
Some advice about colour printing
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With colour you can strengthen the visual impact of your reports, memos and presentations. Colour captures your readers’ attention, holds their inter- est, and increases their understanding of your message. To use colour effec- tively, you do not have to be a professional artist or graphic designer. But you do need a software application that supports colour printing, and you have to spend a little time planning your layout and thinking about how to use colour to highlight important information. Without careful planning, you might overuse colour and actually detract from the content of your doc- ument.
Selecting paper or other print media
The print media that you select is important. Here are some recommenda- tions to help you with print media selection.
■For superior quality in printing photographic images, especially images that require fine colour gradation, install the Color BJ Cartridge
■Plain copier paper also works well with colour printing. The Black BJ Cartridge
■For OHP presentations, use only Canon Transparency
■For printing envelopes, use only U.S. No. 10 (9.5 x 4”) or European DL (220 x 110 mm).
Understanding your software application's capabilities
Know how your software application operates and be sure you understand its capabilities and limitations. On the hardware side, the ability of your monitor to display colour is limited by the number of colours that your soft- ware application can supply.
You cannot display or print a colour that your software application does not supply.
Your printer can produce up to 16.7 million different colours, but the actual number of colours that you can print is determined by your software appli- cation. The software application may be restricted to:
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