Color corrections — making the best selection – Tektronix 560 User Manual

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Printing: Beyond the Basics

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Color corrections — making the best selection

TekColor corrections

The printer’s TekColor color correction options provide simulations of
different color devices. Follow these basic guidelines so that the printer
accurately reproduces the colors you want on your prints.

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For general-purpose printing, select the

Automatic

color

correction, which adjusts the color quality for the best
reproduction and print speed of each page in a document.

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For prints containing only graphics, use the

Vivid Color

option.

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For engineering and scientific imaging applications, try printing
with the

Simulate Display

Vivid Color

option.

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For graphic arts purposes, there are three printing press standards
to choose from:

SWOP Press

(Specifications for Web Offset

Publications),

Commercial Press

and

Euroscale Press

Color corrections can be selected from printer drivers, set in the printer with
downloadable utility files, or set from the printer’s front panel.

TekColor color corrections are performed in the printer. To use ColorSync
color matching on a Macintosh, or to use host color correction in
Windows 95, refer to the topics on the printer’s CD-ROM or the Tektronix
World Wide Web site.

Note

TekColor color corrections do not affect colors specified in the
PostScript Level 2 international color standard CIE XYZ
developed by the Commission Internationale de l’Eclairage
(International Commission on Illumination).