Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. ChromaBlast™ Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus C120/C110
IV. Using Color Finder
After printing the ColorSure Palette, you see that you have an array of colors to work with. There will be times, however, when the color you need is not included in the ColorSure Palette. This is a common example of when you will launch the ChromaBlast Driver™ Custom Palette Utility.
The Custom Palette Utility is a small program that coincides with the ChromaBlast Driver™ to assist you in finding custom colors and making custom palettes.
Within the Custom Palette Utility is the Color Finder tool. This tool allows you to start with a specific color (e.g. navy blue) and find similar colors in the same family by adding and subtracting up to three colors (CMYK) called ‘Step Colors.’ For example, starting with navy blue with a CMYK value of 60,60,0,40 and choosing two step colors (e.g. cyan and magenta) would expand the original navy blue in four directions (more cyan, less cyan, more magenta, and less magenta). This expanded color chart is outputted directly to your printer.
How to use Color Finder:
•First, open the Printing Preferences window.
•At the bottom of the window, click the Palette Utility button; this will open the Custom Palette Utility window.
•Select the appropriate settings for Printer, Substrate, and Print Quality. Then click the Start Color Chooser button and select your desired starting color from the basic colors or the color matrix. To use the color matrix, click anywhere in the matrix window. You can use the slider at the right of the matrix to adjust luminosity. Clicking ‘OK’ will automatically fill the CMYK boxes with the corresponding values. If you do not wish to use Color Chooser, you also have the option to manually enter the Start Color values in the CMYK boxes.
▬For advanced users, CMYK values can be determined by printing out a Custom Palette, which is outlined in the next section.
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