Tektronix 740L manual Pantone Color Files, Methods of printing Pantone Colors

6 Using Color

PANTONE® Color Files

For the latest information on color libraries, visit the Tektronix web site at

www.tek.com/Color_Printers/ or contact your local Tektronix reseller.

PANTONE Color files for your printer include color library files for specific applications and a PANTONE Color sampler chart.

Methods of printing PANTONE® Colors

If you are printing:	See the following instructions:
Proofs with no spot colors for a 4-color	“PANTONE® Colors from color selection
press	books” on page 131.
Proofs with one or more spot colors and	“Printer-specific PANTONE® Colors” on
black (no process colors)	page 130.
Proofs using spot and process colors for	“Printer-specific PANTONE® Colors” on
output on a 5+ color press	page 130.
	“PANTONE® Colors from color selection
	books” on page 131.
Proofs; final work to be printed on a	“Printer-specific PANTONE® Colors” on
Phaser printer	page 130.

Printer-specific PANTONE ® Colors

Your printer can produce process color simulations of PANTONE Spot Colors.

Use the following instructions when printing proofs for these types of print jobs:

■One or more spot colors and black (no process colors) for final output on a printing press.

■Spot colors and process colors for final output on a 5+ color printing press.

■Spot colors for final output on your Phaser printer.

1.Print a copy of the PANTONE Color chart; see “Printing the PANTONE® Color Chart” on page 133.

2.Within an application, apply process colors in your document; use the individual color reference numbers on the sampler chart.

3.Print your document; select these printer settings in a driver, or from the front panel, or with a downloadable utility file (driver settings override all other selections):

■	Color correction:	None
■	Print quality:	Standard
■	Media:	Paper

130Phaser 740 and 740L Laser Printers