Tektronix Tektronix Color Printer user manual Printing Pantone Colors, Blue colors look too purple

8Troubleshooting

Printing PANTONE Colors

If the Phaser 360 printerÕs printer-speciÞc PANTONE Colors are not printing as expected, make sure that you are printing with the Enhanced print-quality setting and with color corrections set to None. Refer to ÒPrinting the PANTONE Color ChartÓ in the on-line manual on the printerÕs CD-ROM for more information.

There are many variables in process reproduction of colors generated by the Phaser 360 printer, any one of which may affect the quality of the PANTONE Color simulation, including:

■Type of ink used on printing press

■Type of ink Þlm used on printing press

■Effective Þnal resolution

■Dot structure/halftones

Note The Phaser 360 color printer is PANTONE-approved only when used with Tektronix ColorStix inks.

If you have questions about PANTONE Color Matching, you can get information in the following places:

■Tektronix web site: You can view selected topics on the Phaser 360 printerÕs web page. Access the printerÕs documentation from this web address:

http://www.tek.com/Color_Printers/userdoc/introduction.html

■HAL: Request a document catalog from HAL, the Tektronix fax library. Refer to ÒGetting information by faxÓ on page 9-3 for instructions on using HAL.

Blue colors look too purple

If printed blue colors look too purple, print your document with the

Vivid Color color correction. Refer to ÒTekColor correction descriptionsÓ on page 5-3 for more information on the Vivid Color color correction.

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