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Using the color swatch feature – Oki C 3400n User Manual

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C3400n User’s Guide

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Using the Color Swatch feature

To use the Color Swatch feature, you must install the Color

Swatch Utility. This is supplied on the CD-ROM that was

supplied with your printer.
The Color Swatch function prints charts which contain a range

of sample colors. Note that this is not the full range of colors

that the printer can produce. Listed on each sample color are

the corresponding RGB (Red, Green, Blue) values. This can be

used to pick specific colors in applications that allow you to

choose your own RGB values. Simply click the Color Swatch

button (1) and choose from the options available.

An example of using the Color Swatch function:

You wish to print a logo in a particular shade of red. The steps

you would follow are:

1.

Print a color swatch, then select the shade of red that best suits
your needs.

2.

Take a note of the RGB value for the particular shade that you
liked.

3.

Using your program’s color picker, enter these same RGB values,
and change the logo to that color.

The RGB color displayed on your monitor may not necessarily

match what was printed on the color swatch. If this is the case,

it is probably due to the difference between how your monitor

and printer reproduce color. Here, it is unimportant since your

primary objective is to print the required color.