Xerox DocuColor 250 Online Help Manual page 331

About Color Management
The Color Manager Window
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Color Management
Color workflows often involve several different devices, including
but not limited to, monitors, scanners, cameras, and printers. Each
of these devices has a specific color range, or gamut, that it can
produce.
Color management attempts to match color across input, display,
and output devices by referencing their color reproduction to a
known standard using International Color Consortium (ICC)
profiles.
Color Management tools are used to assist with matching color for
printing. Color Management tools can include hardware devices
such as spectrophotometers and colorimeters, and software such
as color profiles, tonal reproduction curves (TRCs), and color
space transformations.
Devices such as the spectrophotometer measure the printed
output of a printer; this data is then used to calibrate the printer
and/or create appropriate TRCs which can adjust for any color
matching problems caused by the printer itself.
Color matching software is used to convert between device
dependant RGB and CMYK color spaces to a device independent
color space in order to match colors by adjusting for differences
between device color gamuts.
Color Management tools are supplied by the DocuSP software,
and can be used by users of all knowledge levels:
• Skilled — this type of user is knowledgeable about color
workflows and colorimetry-and may choose to make specific
Image Quality settings in order to "tweak" the system to his or
her preferences.
• Novice — this type of user is generally unfamiliar with color
workflows. Simpler color management options are provided to
the novice user, options which, when chosen, make a
collection of settings for the user based on standard defaults.
The Color Manager Window contains four tabs that provide the
user with an expansive palette of color management tools of
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