Custom Color Controls; Pantone Color Look-Up Tables - Konica Minolta magicolor 2450 Technical Manual

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Intricately define color by page object with the

printer's Custom color match setting.

Custom Color Controls

The driver's "Custom" setting also allows users to manually adjust color

based on device profiles, rendering intents, and halftone settings.

The device profile, or RGB Source, defines the host input. Select

from sRGB (for Windows OS), Apple RGB, Adobe RGB, Color

Match RGB, and Blue Adjust RGB.

During color transformation from the host to the printer, the

rendering intent, or RGB intent, determines the type of color

matching that will be used to ensure graphics are bright and

images are natural. Select from "Vivid" (ideal for sharp graphics and

text), "Photographic" (best for images), Relative or Absolute Color.

The halftone setting defines the screening method used. Users

will find that selecting the "Smooth" setting for images will

produce fewer lines per inch (lpi), smoother gradations, and less

banding. Selecting the "Detail" setting for text results in a higher

lpi, crisp edges, and sharp lines.

The magicolor 2450 also includes built-in profiles for simulating printing

press output. Select from SWOP, EuroColor, DIC, Toyo, and

Commercial press simulations.

PANTONE is another form of color matching supported by the magicolor

2450. PANTONE specifies hundreds of spot colors, each specified with

a unique number. Each color can be simulated on a printer with the

appropriate combination of process (CMYK) colors.

On the magicolor 2450, the desired PANTONE color number and

corresponding CMYK value is accessed from a look-up table for the

printer. Users can find these tables and related documentation on the

KONICA MINOLTA web site.

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