Printing color, Preview how colors overprint, Managing color – Adobe Acrobat 9 PRO Extended User Manual
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Printing
Last updated 9/30/2011
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Printer Color Management
Sends the document’s color data along with the document profile directly to the printer
and lets the printer convert the document to the printer color space. The exact results of the color conversion can vary
among printers.
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Same as Source (No Color Management)
Discards all color management information and sends device color to the
printer.
Color Profile
Determines the profile used for handling colors during printing.
Output Color
Specifies the output color based on the settings in the Output panel of the Advanced Print Setup dialog box.
Apply Output Preview Settings
Simulates the print space defined by the device identified in the Simulation Profile
menu of the Output Preview dialog box. (Choose Advanced > Print Production > Output Preview.) This option allows
you to simulate the appearance of one device on another.
Printing color
For information on color workflows, see
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Preview how colors overprint
Overprint preview provides an onscreen simulation that approximates blending and overprinting in the color-
separated output. Overprinting effects can also be simulated when you output to a composite printing device. Both of
these methods are useful for proofing color-separated documents.
Compare appearance of artwork on-screen (left) with printed artwork (right).
Managing color
When you print a color-managed RGB or CMYK document, you can specify additional color management options to
keep color consistent in the output. For example, suppose the document contains a profile tailored for prepress output,
but you want to proof the colors on a desktop printer. In the Color Management panel of the Advanced Print settings
dialog box, you can temporarily convert the document’s colors to the color space of the desktop printer—the printer
profile is used instead of the current document profile when printing. In addition, you can send color data as RGB
values to printers using various RGB profiles.
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Understanding color management