Specifications

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This chapter also provides information about PostScript printer drivers and instructions for
setting the ColorWise print options for Windows and Mac OS computers. For information
about printer drivers, see page 33.
Managing color on the EX700i
Applications allow you to generate color data for the EX700i in many different color spaces.
The most common type of color data produced from office applications is RGB, while
prepress applications generally produce CMYK data. Desktop applications also generate spot
colors, such as PANTONE colors. To complicate matters, a single page may contain a mix of
RGB, CMYK, and spot colors. The EX700i allows you to control the printing of mixed-color
documents with features that apply specifically to RGB, CMYK, or spot color data.
The following diagram illustrates the print options in the EX700i color management process
that affect color data conversions. You can access these print options when you send a print
job to the EX700i. Most of these options and settings are described in subsequent sections of
this chapter.
RGB Source or Device Link is the only color option that applies strictly to RGB color data.
The other options that affect RGB color also affect the more rarely used Lab, XYZ, and other
calibrated color spaces.
NOTE: If a job contains calibrated CMYK (or CIEBasedDEFG) data, the CMYK processing
options are not used. Instead, the RGB/Lab Rendering Intent print option, which normally
affects only RGB data, is used to process the calibrated CMYK data. For more information.
see “Use Embedded Profile If Present (RGB and CMYK)” on page 29.
RGB data
➪
RGB Source
Gray (RGB)
RGB/Lab Rendering Intent
Brightness
Black Text and Graphics
Separate RGB/Lab to CMYK Source
Output Profile
CMYK data
➪
CMYK/Grayscale Source
CMYK/Grayscale Processing Method
Gray (CMYK)
Brightness
Black Text and Graphics
Combine Separations
Output Profile
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Spot color data
➪
Spot Color Matching
EX700i
color
processor
Color data sent
to digital press