Rgb Or Cmyk; Matching Photographic Images; Matching Specific Colors - Xante CL30 User Manual

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RGB or CMYK?

The guidlines for choosing a color matching method makes
distinctions between Red, Green, Blue (RGB) and Cyan, Magenta,
Yellow, Black (CMYK).
Generally, most office documents you print will be in RGB format.
This is the most common, and, if you do not know your document's
color mode, assume that it is RGB.
Typically CMYK documents are used only in professional Desktop
Publishing and Graphics applications.

Matching Photographic Images

RGB only
XANTÉ's Color Matching (found in the printer driver under Color
Matching) is a generally a good choice. Select a matching method
appropriate to your monitor.
RGB or CMYK
If you are printing photographic images from a graphics application
such as Adobe Photoshop, you may be able to use Soft-Proofing to
simulate the printed image on your monitor. To do this, you can use
the ICC-Profiles provided by XANTÉ, and then print using the ICC
profiles as the Print Space (or Output space).

Matching Specific Colors

(For instance, a Company logo.)
RGB only
• XANTÉ Color Matching, and the sRGB setting.
• PostScript Color Matching using the Absolute Colorimetric option.
• Use the Color Swatch Utility to print out a chart of RGB swatches
and enter your desired RGB values in your application's color
picker.
RGB or CMYK
• If you are printing from a graphics application such as Adobe
Photoshop, you may be able to use Soft-Proofing to simulate the
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