Xerox Phaser Printer EX7750 - Manual (Page 17)

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1-1 Managing color on the EX7750
The following sections describe the options available from the ColorWise color
management system and explain how to customize the color settings for your
particular needs. They provide descriptions of the preset ColorWise default settings
and cover additional options for users who need to customize ColorWise.
For information about PostScript Level 2 or 3 printer drivers, see page 1-17 .
The section also contains information on the capabilities of printer drivers and
instructions for setting color options with the PostScript drivers for Windows and
Mac OS computers.
N OTE : Many of the color management options described in this chapter are only
available with the PostScript driver, not the PCL driver.
Managing color on the EX7750
To modify EX7750 printing behavior, do any of the following:
• Select ColorWise options for an individual print job using menus that appear in the
printer driver.
• Select most ColorWise options as server defaults from the Color Setup application
in ColorWise Pro Tools (see page 3-35 ). Defaults can also be set from EX7750
Setup, as described in the Configuration Guide . These defaults will apply to all
subsequent print jobs unless you override them.
• Select some ColorWise options, particularly default ICC profile settings and
calibration options, from ColorWise Pro Tools. These options include default
Simulation Profile (see
page 1-12 ), CMYK Simulation Method (see page 1-14 ),
Appear in Driver as (see page 3-8 ), default Source Profile (see page 1-11 ), RGB
Separation (see page 1-15 ), and associated calibration set (see page 2-4 ).
Applications can generate color data for the EX7750 in many different color spaces .
The most common type of color data produced from office applications is RGB,
while prepress applications generally produce CMYK data. Desktop applications can
also generate spot colors , such as PANTONE colors. To complicate matters, a single
page may contain a mix of RGB, CMYK, and spot colors. The EX7750 allows users to
Chapter 1:
EX7750 Color
Management