Chapter 6: Illustration Applications; Working With Illustration Applications; Defining Colors - Xerox Fiery color server User Manual

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6-1 Working with illustration applications

Chapter 6:
Illustration
Applications
This chapter provides instructions for using Adobe Illustrator, Macromedia FreeHand,
and CorelDRAW for Windows and Mac OS.
Before printing from these applications, make sure the appropriate PostScript printer
driver and the Color Server PPD are installed on your computer, as described in the
User Software Installation Guide.
Working with illustration applications
You can print directly from an illustration application or use it to create and save files
that will be imported into a page layout document. To print from an illustration
application, use the printer driver and print settings recommended in the
This manual provides instructions for printing composites only.
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For instructions on printing color separations, see the documentation for your
application.
As a general rule, use the EPS file format when saving files with an illustration
application.
Defining colors
All illustration applications use the CMYK color model. Although you may be
allowed to define colors using other color models, these applications generally send
only CMYK data to the Color Server. (The one exception is Illustrator 9.x, which
can send either CMYK or RGB data to the Color Server.) For predictable results
with CMYK colors, use the CMYK Color Reference pages when defining colors
(see "Choosing colors in PostScript applications"
Color
on page 2-6).
Guide.