Minolta Color PAGEPRO EX Manual page 12

Contents
Chapter 5: Color Management
Introduction ......................................................... 5-1
The Properties of Color ...................................... 5-2
The physics of color ......................................... 5-2
CIE color model ............................................... 5-3
Hue, saturation, and brightness ....................... 5-3
Additive and subtractive color systems ............ 5-4
Print device gamut ........................................... 5-5
Controlling Printed Color ................................... 5-7
Maintaining print device consistency ............... 5-7
Paper Stock and toner ..................................... 5-8
Maintenance .................................................... 5-8
Using color effectively ...................................... 5-10
A few rules of thumb ...................................... 5-10
Color wheel.................................................... 5-11
Color and text................................................. 5-12
Raster images and vector images ................... 5-13
Optimizing files for processing and printing.. 5-14
Resolution of raster images ........................... 5-14
Scaling ........................................................... 5-16
Color management on the
Color PagePro Ex .............................................. 5-17
RGB Source................................................... 5-18
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