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Pantone color matching, Pantone, Color matching – IBM 1800409-001A User Manual

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The advantages of Level 2 color matching are that it is portable, it
is application- and printer-resident (there’s nothing else to buy),
and it is performed at the printer level (so it doesn’t tie up your
host). However, no on-screen preview of output is provided, and
you are not warned if a color is out of printer’s gamut (color range).

PANTONE

* Color Matching

Your printer has been approved by Pantone Inc. to simulate
PANTONE Colors. Pantone specifies hundreds of spot colors, each
identified by a unique number. Each of these spot colors can be
simulated on the printer with the appropriate combination of
process (CMYK) colors.

Within a Pantone-licensed application (such as Aldus FreeHand or
Adobe Illustrator), you can choose a PANTONE Color number and
the corresponding CMYK simulation is printed. Pantone tables for
supporting applications are shipped on a Pantone disk with the
printer, including the following:

Aldus FreeHand (Macintosh and Windows)

Adobe Illustrator (Macintosh and Windows)

QuarkXpress (Macintosh only)

CorelDRAW (Windows only)

Instructions for installation and use are included on the Pantone
disk provided with the printer. (If you did not receive a Pantone
disk with your printer, call QMS Customer Technical Assurance.)

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* Pantone Inc.’s check-standard trademark for color reproduction and color reproduction materials.