Understanding Your Computer's Monitor And Colour - Canon MultiPASSTM C50 User Manual

Your application may also offer a number of colour-control functions, such as
dithering, intensity, or hue:
For details about these functions, see your application's documentation.

Understanding Your Computer's Monitor and Colour

Be sure you know what type of monitor your PC has. Monitors are classified by
their resolution and by the number of different colours they can display. The
following factors can affect how well the colours on your printed page match the
colours displayed on your monitor:
Monitors create the colours they display by combining red, green, and blue at
different intensities. Printers create colours by combining overlaying dots of cyan,
yellow, magenta, and black in a variety of combinations with varying amounts of
ink.
The MultiPASS C50 is optimised to provide the best colour match possible of
printed output with popular monitors. Yet, because monitors and printers use
such different methods to create colour, achieving an accurate match between
your printed image and the image on your monitor can be extremely difficult in
some cases.
To maximise the colour-matching capabilities of your MultiPASS C50, use a 24-
bit colour monitor and video card. For details about your monitor's ability to
display colour, see the monitor's documentation.
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Dithering creates colours with patterns of alternating dots. For example, an
alternating red and white dither pattern can create pink.
Intensity (saturation) lets you adjust the depth of a colour if the printout
appears lighter or darker than the image on the monitor.
Hue allows you to change a colour's hue. For example, you can adjust the hue
of red to make it more purple.
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