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Tektronix PHASER 380 User Manual

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Printing: Beyond the Basics

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User Manual

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Printing objective or problem

Color correction to use

Turn off all color corrections

None

Using PANTONE Colors

Brightest, most vibrant colors

Vivid Color

Overhead transparency presentations

Blue colors are printing too purple

Colors are washed out or faded

Colors should match computer display screen*

Simulate Display

Colors are too dark

Colors should match a printing press standard

SWOP Press
Euroscale Press
Commercial Press
SNAP Press
DIC
FujiProof
Toyo

Print in gray scale

Monochrome

Use printer’s current color defaults

Use Printer Setting

Use Adobe’s standard color conversions**

Raw CMYK
Raw RGB

* For other ways of matching the screen’s colors, use ColorSync color matching on a Macintosh

or use host color correction in Windows 95 (refer to the printer’s CD-ROM or Tektronix’ World

Wide Web site for more information).

**These utility files are described in the on-line manual on the printer’s CD-ROM.