Xerox 550, 560 Color adjustment with the Gradation Tool, Protecting a gray color as a spot color

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Protecting a gray color as a spot color

The gray spot workflow applies to graphics and text elements.

1.From the Tools menu, select Spot Color Editor.

2.In the Spot Color Editor dialog box, click the Protect Gray tab.

3.Click (+).

4.In the Color name box, type a name for your color.

5.In the Gray source value column and the CMYK target values column, type the desired values, or select a spot color from Entire Predefined List.

6.Click Save.

7.On the Protect Gray tab, select the color.

8.If necessary, in the Corrected column, adjust the CMYK values.

9.Click Apply.

10.To apply this to your job, in the job parameters window, in the Color tab, select Protected Colors, and then select the Use protected gray values check box.

Protecting a CMYK color as a spot color

The CMYK spot workflow applies to graphic and text elements.

1.From the Tools menu, select Spot Color Editor.

2.In the Spot Color Editor dialog box, click the Protect CMYK tab.

3.Click (+).

4.In the Color name box, type a name for your color.

5.In the CMYK source values column and the CMYK target values column, type the desired values, or select a spot color from Entire Predefined List.

6.Click Save.

7.On the Protect CMYK tab, select the color.

8.If necessary, in the Corrected column, adjust the CMYK values.

9.Click Apply.

10.To apply this to your job, in the job parameters window, in the Color tab, select Protected Colors, and then select the Use protected CMY values check box.

Color adjustment with the Gradation Tool

Sometimes you need to perform tone corrections when you print a job. You can use the Gradation Tool to create and edit gradation