Tektronix Phaser 350 manual Simulating display screen colors, Closely match printing press colors

Printing: Beyond the Basics 4

Simulating display screen colors

The Simulate Display option makes printed colors approximate the colors on a standard display screen. This selection should improve the screen-to-printer color accuracy for most applications that don’t perform their own color corrections. This selection is best for applications that define colors as RGB (red, green, blue), HLS (hue, lightness, saturation), or HSB (hue, saturation, brightness).

Closely match printing press colors

There are three printing press color correction options. Each press option conforms to a different printing standard. Use a press option if you are previewing work for a four-color job to be printed on a printing press. These options simulate a four-color commercial printing press, not solid spot colors, such as PANTONE Colors.

Note If you are selecting PANTONE Colors in your application, use the None option; see page 4-6 for details. Also, use the None option with other color management systems, such as EfiColor.

Printing press color corrections

Press option	Inks	Base (paper)	Target match (equivalent 3M Matchprint® )
SWOP Press	SWOP/soy	publication	Specification for Web Offset Publications
			These are specifications for color separation films
			and color proofing that are used to ensure the
			consistency of printed colors between different
			publications. This option is typically used in the U.S.
			Tends to be high-volume, web press printing.
Commercial Press	commercial	commercial	This option is typically used in the U.S., and is
			characterized to match commercial 3M Matchprint
			proofs.
			Tends to be high-quality, sheet-fed printing.
Euroscale Press	Euroscale	publication	This option is typically used in Europe, and is
			characterized to match the equivalent 3M
			Matchprint.

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