Printer User's Guide

Executive Series 2426 Printer Family User’s Guide
Contents • 9
Paper Feed, Size and Media ..................................................................317
Changing Defaults ..............................................................................317
PostScript or PCL ............................................................................317
Network Printer Status Utility...............................................................321
Operation .................................................................................................322
Factors that Affect Color Printing .........................................................323
Monitor Colors vs. Printer Colors ....................................................324
(Differences between the range of colors a monitor or printer can re-
produce).....................................................................................324
Viewing Conditions..........................................................................325
Printer Driver Color Settings............................................................325
Monitor Settings ...............................................................................326
How your Software Application Displays Color..............................327
Paper Type........................................................................................327
Color Matching .....................................................................................328
Choosing a Method.............................................................................328
General Information .........................................................................328
RGB or CMYK? ..............................................................................329
Matching Photographs......................................................................330
Matching Specific Colors .................................................................331
(Example: Company logo) ........................................................331
Printing Vivid Colors .......................................................................332
PCL Driver .......................................................................................333
Print Color Swatch Utility ................................................................336
PostScript Driver ..............................................................................337
PostScript Driver ..............................................................................339
OKI Color Matching .................................................................339
PostScript Color Matching ........................................................341
Using ICC Profiles ....................................................................344
Windows ICM Color Matching.................................................346
Printing Multiple Pages on One Sheet ..................................................347
(N-Up Printing)...................................................................................347
PostScript..........................................................................................347
PCL...................................................................................................349
Custom Page Sizes ................................................................................351
PostScript..........................................................................................351
PCL...................................................................................................355
Print Resolution.....................................................................................360
PCL or PostScript.............................................................................360
Duplex Printing .....................................................................................362
(Printing on Both Sides of the Paper) .................................................362
PostScript or PCL .............................................................................362