Choosing Printer Profiles; To Choose A Separations Printer Profile - MACROMEDIA FREEHAND MX 11 Use Manual

Choosing printer profiles

You can choose a printer profile to specify the type of printer that will be used to print four-color
separations. The Separations Printer options include ICC-compatible CMYK printer profiles.
A generic Hexachrome printer profile is also available for six-color (CMYKOG) output when a
more suitable profile for your separations printer is not available. A Hexachrome profile separates
documents to six-color output but displays RGB colors according to the monitor profile and
CMYK colors according to the default (CMYK) printer profile. Colors print as follows:
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Hexachrome process colors print using the defined Hexachrome values. RGB process colors
and RGB TIFFs separate into Hexachrome colors.
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CMYK process colors and CMYK TIFFs remain unchanged when printing as Hexachrome.
CMYK colors do not appear on the orange plate or the green plate.
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Spot colors (CMYK or RGB) print on their separate plates. If Print Spot Colors as Process
is selected (in the Separations panel of the Print Setup dialog box), the colors separate to
CMYK values.
If you are printing proofs of simulated four-color separations on a composite printer, you can also
choose a printer profile to specify the type of printer that will be used to print the proofs. The
Composite Printer options include ICC-compatible CMYK and RGB printer profiles.
For either the Separations Printer or the Composite Printer profile, the Default (CMYK) option
provides acceptable results for most printers. However, for more precise color management, you
should choose a device-specific profile.

To choose a Separations Printer profile:

Display colors preferences by doing one of the following:
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In Windows, press Control+U, then click the Colors tab.
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On the Macintosh, press Command+U, then click the Colors category.
Select Kodak Digital Science or Apply ColorSync from the color management type
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pop-up menu.
Click Setup.
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Select an option from the Separations Printer pop-up menu:
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Select Default (CMYK) to achieve reasonable results with most printers.
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Select one of the ICC-compatible printer profiles for the most accurate color management.
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Select a Hexachrome profile to separate to six-color output but display RGB colors according
to the monitor profile and CMYK colors according to the default (CMYK) printer profile.
Click OK to close the Color Management Setup dialog box.
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Click OK to close the Preferences dialog box.
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