6Using Color
Before you print the CMYK, RGB, and HSB color charts
To match colors on the charts to colors selected within an application, use the same printer color correction to print the charts that you are going to use when selecting and printing those colors within an application.
Different options, such as color correction, print quality, paper type, and transfer roll type, affect the way the colors on the sampler charts look when printed. Before printing a color chart, select the combination of options you use most often, then use those same options later when printing the colors from within an application. Make a selection from each column in the following table, and write the combination of options on the printed chart for future reference.
For example, if you are printing from an application with the driver’s Vivid Color and Enhanced options selected, then print the color chart with the Vivid Color (VIVDCOLR.PS) and Enhanced Quality (ENHANCED.PS) utility files downloaded to the printer. Or, if you are not using a Tektronix driver, use the same downloaded utility file to print the chart and to print the colors from an application.
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■ | None | ■ | Standard Quality | ■ | Plain paper/ColorCoat™ |
■ | Simulate Display | ■ | Enhanced Quality |
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■ | Simulate Press | ■ | High Resolution | ■ | Thermal transfer |
■ | Use Printer Setting |
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■Vivid Color
