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Printing: Beyond the Basics
5-2 Phaser 360 Color Printer
Adjusting the color of your prints
You may occasionally want to adjust the color of your prints for speciÞc
objectives, such as printing on transparencies. The following table lists the
TekColor color correction modes and their functions. A more detailed
description of each mode follows.
Select a color correction mode from your software application, at the
printerÕs front panel, or with downloadable utility Þles.
To select print features from Windows applications, refer to the table on
page 4-20; to select print features from Macintosh applications, refer to
page 4-36. Settings from your software application override the printerÕs
front panel default settings.
Printing objective or problem Color correction to use
General office printing: Automatic optimizes the color
quality for each element on a page — text, photos, and
graphics — for the best overall color.
Automatic (default: make
no selection)
Brightest, most saturated transparencies.
Presentation graphics — bar and pie charts, spread
sheets, organization charts.
Vivid Color
Colors simulate computer display screen.* Simulate Display
Graphic arts applications; colors simulate a printing
press standard.
SWOP Press
Euroscale Press
Commercial Press
Turn off all color corrections.
Use PANTONE charts.
None
Print in gray scale. Monochrome
Use printer’s current color default. Use Printer Setting
Use Adobe’s standard color conversions.
Refer to the printer’s
CD-ROM for downloadable
utility files.
* 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 the Tektronix web site
for more information.