User Guide

Printing448
Understanding Color
Management
Each device has a range of colors, or
color space, that it uses. For example,
a monitor displays a different set of
colors than a printer reproduces. So
some colors may print differently than
they appear on the screen.
You can use a color management
system to translate colors from one
device to another. Color profiles
define the color space for your
monitor and for the input and output
devices you use.
Color management helps ensure color
consistency and accuracy. It improves
your output quality and saves you
time and money by helping to avoid
reprinting.
Color management is designed to help
artists create full color images for
printing, in two ways:
• It lets you view an on-screen
preview of how your image will
look when printed on a particular
printer.
• It lets you apply a device-specific
“optimization” to the color data
when printing from Corel Painter
or saving to EPS format.
Color management is not an issue for
artists creating for the World Wide
Web, CD-ROM interface, games, or
any project destined for the computer
display.
The Color Management
Dialog Box
The Color Management dialog box
looks like this.