User manual

Sawgrass Technologies, Inc. SubliJet IQ

Getting Started Guide for the EPSON Stylus PRO 4000

Choosing Color Management Settings

Look again at the properties dialog in the figure. The Color Management settings are found in

two sections on the PowerDriver IQ™ tab: the Bitmap Color Management section, and the

Vector Color Management section.

The Color Management settings determine how PowerDriver IQ™ adjusts colors for printing

both bitmap and vector graphics.

Since it is not possible to accurately reproduce all colors, some colors need to be ‘adjusted’ to

the nearest reproducible color. This adjusting of colors can sometimes cause undesirable

effects in the printed image. Depending on the type of artwork you are printing, you may wish

to adjust colors based on the following criteria.

Bitmap Color Management

None

Use this option if you are printing a file that contains bitmap images that have

been custom designed to print well without color adjustments.

Photographic (Default)

Choose this option when printing photographic images. This option makes

smooth continuous tone reproduction the number one priority and may

sacrifice some color accuracy.

Standard

This option makes accurate color reproduction the highest priority. Choose

this option when you have a bitmap file or imported bitmap that has been

manually drawn in a design tool or contains only ‘spot’ colors rather than

continuous tone photographs. You would choose this option, for instance, if

your bitmap contained cartoon characters, charts and graphs, or logos.

ColorSure

This option can be best described as “Painting by Number” color

management. You design your artwork by choosing colors from the

ColorSure palette. These colors, known as ColorSure colors, are passed

through a special lookup table so that the transferred color will match the

transferred palette color. ColorSure should only be chosen when you have

created your image with the ColorSure colors. It is IMPORTANT to

remember that the palette color on the screen cannot be used to determine

the transfer color.

NOTE: Sawgrass strongly recommends that you print and

transfer the ColorSure palette to verify final output color.