Print Device Gamut - Canon IRC2100 Manual

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Color transparency film
RGB monitor
Offset press (white)
Other print device
B-2 Color Management
Paper stock and toner
The paper and toner used by your copier/printer can greatly affect printed
color. For best results, use the supplies recommended by the manufacturer of
the copier/printer.
Maintenance
Problems such as streaking and insufficient or excessive amounts of one or
more toners arise when a copier/printer does not receive periodic
maintenance or needs major repairs. In addition to having it serviced
regularly, monitor the condition of your copier/printer by making standard
test prints at regular intervals. You can do this easily by printing the
iR C2100/2100S Test Page. Save the prints and show them to the service
technician whenever output densities vary from the norm or other problems
appear.

Print device gamut

Different color reproduction techniques have different color capabilities, or
gamuts. Color transparency films have comparatively large gamuts, as do
color monitors. The color gamut that can be produced using process inks or
CMYK toners on paper is smaller. This is why some colors that can be
displayed on a color monitor, especially bright saturated colors, cannot be
reproduced exactly by your iR C2100/2100S copier/printer—nor, for that
matter, can they be reproduced on a press using process colors. Moreover,
different print devices have different gamuts—some colors that your copier/
printer can produce cannot be reproduced on an offset press, and vice versa.
The following illustration provides a graphical representation of this concept.