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11-16 Checking Color
Checking Color
When you compose a label, the system uses the ribbon supply installed
in your printer to determine which colors you can select. (See
CHAPTER 8: Applying Color, beginning on page 8-1for more
information.)
When you print the label, after completing the length check described in
the preceding section, the system checks your label against what it
knows about the ribbon that is installed. If the job requires that you
install different or additional ribbons, the system prompts you to do so
at the appropriate time in the print process.
Note: For best results, we recommend that you do not plan to swap
paneled and continuous color ribbons within the same print job.
The system also checks the label background color against the installed
tape color, and displays a warning message if there is a discrepancy.
Ribbon and color choices
Depending on your system, you can use several types of ribbon:
Continuous single color ribbon, which is one color throughout
the length of the entire ribbon. All three systems can use this type
ribbon.
Paneled ribbon for spot color, which has two, three, or four colors
in panels of 8 inches (203 mm) or 16 inches (406 mm) long on each
ribbon. The printer makes multiple passes over the ribbon to print
those colors on the label. Both the Multicolor and the Color & Cut
systems use paneled ribbons.
CYMK ribbon, which has cyan, yellow, magenta, and black panels
of 8 inches (203 mm) or 16 inches (406 mm). The printer uses all
four color panels to produce a range of blended colors on your labels.
The Multicolor and the Color & Cut systems can use CYMK ribbons.