PANTONE Colors from color selection books

In some applications, you can select colors from PANTONE Color selection books. These colors can be proofed on your Phaser printer before final output on a printing press. For this method, the printer-specific PANTONE files are not required.

1. From an application, select and apply PANTONE Colors; use individual color values from a PANTONE Colors selection book.
2. Print your document; from a supported driver, select the Commercial Press color correction. (Proof colors may not be completely accurate, but PANTONE Colors will be printed correctly on a printing press.)
3. When you are satisfied with the proof, the file can be separated for printing press plates without adjustment to the file.

Printer-specific PANTONE Colors

Your printer can produce process color simulations of PANTONE Spot Colors.

1. Print a copy of the PANTONE Color chart. Refer to Printing the PANTONE Color Chart, or the "README.TXT" file included with the printer-specific PANTONE files.
2. Within an application, define the desired color in your document by using the individual CMYK values which appear on the sampler chart.

NOTE Xerox provides custom PANTONE Color library files that can be installed for some applications for the Phaser 840 printer.

3. Print your document. For best results, use the same printer settings for color correction and print quality, and the same type of paper that you used to print the PANTONE Color chart.

For final output on a color printing press

For colors to be printed as a process color (no spot colors), follow these steps:

1. Open the application.
2. Before separating the file for printing press plates, replace the printer's PANTONE process Colors with standard PANTONE Colors.

From the Web

1. From the Xerox web site, www.tek.com/, download the PANTONE Color file.
2. Choose a directory location.
3. For installation instructions, refer to the README.TXT file located in the directory chosen in Step 2.

From a CD-ROM

Macintosh

1. From the printer's CD-ROM, run the Installer application.
2. From the Custom Install window, install the following:
• PANTONE Color File s
• Printer Utilities

PC

1. From the printer's CD-ROM, run setup.exe. Select Custom Install.
2. From the Custom Install window, install the following:
• PANTONE Color File s
• Printer Utilities

Macintosh

Printing individual pages from Acrobat Reader

1. You will need to install Acrobat Reader if you want to print individual pages from the PANTONE Color chart. Insert the CD-ROM in your computer's drive, go to the Manuals folder, and install Acrobat Reader onto your computer's hard disk; follow on-screen instructions.
2. After Acrobat Reader is installed, open the PhaserTools folder on your computer's hard disk. Open the Pantone Files folder. Double-click the desired PDF file.
3. View and print pages from the color sampler chart file. For best results, print on paper. From a supported driver (such as LaserWriter 8), select the appropriate print quality mode and color correction as stated in the included README.TXT file.

Print only with the recommended settings; other settings cause PANTONE Colors to print differently than expected.

Printing the entire chart

• Use the Apple Printer Utility to download to the printer the desired PANTONE PostScript file. This PostScript file contains necessary color correction and print quality settings.
• For best results and truest color:
• Print the chart on paper that is similar to the paper that will be used on the printing press.
• Disable duplex printing when printing the color chart in order to reduce the effects of color show-through.

PC

Printing individual pages from Acrobat Reader

1. You will need to install Acrobat Reader if you want to print individual pages from the PANTONE Color chart. Insert the CD-ROM in your computer's drive, go to the Manuals directory, and install Acrobat Reader onto your computer's hard disk; follow on-screen instructions.
2. After Acrobat Reader is installed, open the PANTONE directory on your computer's hard disk. Double-click the desired PDF file.
3. View and print pages from the color sampler chart file.
4. From a supported driver (such as the Xerox driver for Windows 3.1 or the AdobePS 4 driver for Windows 95),select the appropriate print quality mode and color correction as stated in the included README.TXT file.

Print only with the recommended settings; other settings cause PANTONE Colors to print differently than expected.

Printing the entire chart

• Print the PANTONE Color chart by sending the PANTONE PostScript file to the printer; use one of the following methods:
• PC users: Use the DOS COPY command. You must be connected locally to the printer. Refer to Downloading files from a PC.
• Workstation users: Send the file to the printer as you would any PostScript file.
• Windows NT users: Send the appropriate file for the selected print quality mode to the printer by typing the following at the DOS prompt:

lpr -S <IPaddress> -P PS <filename>

• For best results and truest color:
• Print the chart on paper that is similar to the paper that will be used on the printing press.
• Disable duplex printing when printing the color chart in order to reduce the effects of color show-through.