Color Matching

Choosing a Method

NOTE

These suggestions are for guidance only. Your results may vary depending on the application from which you are printing. Some applications override, without warning, any color matching settings in the printer driver.

There is no one way to achieve a good match between the document displayed on your monitor, and its printed equivalent. There are many factors involved in achieving accurate and reproducible color.

However, the following guidelines may help in achieving good color output from your printer.

There are several suggested methods, depending on the type of document you are printing.

most common [RGB] (see page 145)

professional desktop publishing and graphics [CMYK] (see page 145)

photographic images (see page 146)

specific colors (i.e., a company logo) (see page 147)

printing vivid colors (see page 148)

Executive Series 2426 Printer Family User’s Guide

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