User Guide

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Calibrating your monitor
You can achieve the most accurate color
calibration on a 24-bit monitor. Monitors
that have a lower bit display dither
many colors—that is, simulate them by
mixing the existing colors—and thus
can only approximate a broader spec-
trum of color.
Before you calibrate your color monitor,
get a sample progressive color bar from
your print shop. A color bar displays the
process colors and combinations of
color, including a four-color black.
To calibrate your color monitor:
1
Start the Adobe Illustrator program.
2 Choose File > Preferences > Color
Matching. The Color Matching dialog
box appears, showing the colors and
color combinations that appear on a
printed progressive color bar.