Printer User Manual

4 Printing: Beyond the Basics
4-6 Phaser 380 Color Printer
Color correction descriptions
Turning off all color corrections
If you do not want to use any TekColor color corrections, you can specify no
corrections from a supported driver, with a PostScript utility Þle, from the
printerÕs front panel or through PhaserLink software. Select None when
you are doing the following:
■ Using applications that do their own color adjusting
■ Using ColorSync on a Macintosh or host color correction in
Windows 95
■ Printing PANTONE Colors
Printing the brightest colors and a truer blue
The Vivid Color option is the best choice for the brightest, most vibrant
prints. This option also makes printed blue appear less purple by reducing
the amount of magenta used to print blue colors. Other colors in the
cyan-blue-purple-magenta range in the image are also adjusted to
compensate for the adjusted blue. Colors in the red-orange-yellow-green
range are not affected. This selection is good for making presentation
graphics, such as overhead transparencies, and for bright-looking colors that
donÕt need to match the screenÕs colors or printing press colors.
Vivid Color adjusts CMYK colors using a method that adds black to other
components. This option prints more saturated (darker) colors and may be
useful for printing overhead transparencies for presentations from some
applications, such as CorelDRAW!. Use this option if you have speciÞed a
color in the CMYK system, and the color has a black component, and the
color appears lighter than you expected when printed.
Simulating display screen colors
The Simulate Display option makes printed colors approximate the colors
on a standard display screen. This selection should improve the
screen-to-printer color accuracy for most applications that donÕt perform
their own color corrections. This selection is best for applications that deÞne
colors as RGB (red, green, blue), HLS (hue, lightness, saturation), or HSB
(hue, saturation, brightness).