Minolta magicolor 2210 - Manual (Page 65)

PANTONE C
OLOR
T
ABLES
Another method of color matching supported by the
magicolor 2210 via Q
COLOR technology is PANTONE. As a
standard color system within the graphic arts and pre-
press industry, PANTONE specifies hundreds of spot
colors, each identified with a unique number. Each PAN-
TONE color can be simulated on a printer with the appro-
priate combination of process (CMYK) colors.
Within a supporting application, the desired PANTONE
color number and the corresponding CMYK value is
accessed from a look-up table for the printer. MINOLTA-
QMS provides PANTONE Color look-up tables for
supporting popular design and publishing applications.
If a particular application does not support PANTONE
colors, but does allow process color specification, the
CMYK values may be entered directly. The magicolor 2210
ships with software to print a complete set of PANTONE
charts with the appropriate CMYK values.
The advantages of using PANTONE as a color matching
system is it’s very easy to use, is widely supported, and is
great for spot color. However, it is not as accurate as other
methods of color matching, can’t be used for photographs,
and is limited to specific application software.
D ESKTOP C OLOR L ASER FOR B USINESS : MAGICOLOR 2110 P RINT S YSTEM 61
PageMaker QuarkXPress Illustrator
Freehand CorelDraw Photoshop
Micrografix Designer
S UPPORTED D ESIGN AND P UBLISHING A PPLICATIONS