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Using the color rendering intents
The color rendering intents are color correction methods designed for use with images containing colors specified in the PostScript Level 2 international color standard, CIE XYZ, developed by the Commission Internationale de l'Eclairage (International Commission on Illumination).

Note: These utility files are provided for expert-level users with very specific color matching requirements.
To install these files, refer to Installing the utility files.

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Descriptions of the color rendering intents

 Each color rendering intent provides a specific type of color matching.

Rendering Intent Absolute

 Use this intent for jobs in which the most important consideration is matching colors exactly to the computer's screen colors. For absolute rendering, the printer reproduces all screen colors as closely as possible: the white in an image prints as closely as possible as it appears on the computer screen; in other words, if the "white" appears to contain a color (such as blue or gray), that color is printed rather than the white of the paper.

Many screen colors cannot be printed accurately on the Phaser 360 printer or on any other color printer. The printer uses the closest printer colors available for screen colors. Consequently, "flat" areas may appear on prints where slightly different colors appear on the screen.

Rendering Intent Relative

Use this intent for jobs in which the most important consideration is matching colors to the computer's screen colors. For relative rendering, the white of the paper is used for areas of white on screen. Other colors are altered slightly to compensate for the different white.

Rendering Intent Saturation

Use this intent for business graphics where the saturation, or brightness, of the colors is the most important consideration.

Rendering Intent Perceptual

Use this intent to improve the appearance of scanned images, similar to using the Simulate Display TekColor correction.

Selecting color rendering intents

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Selecting color rendering intents from the PhaserPrint plug-in for Photoshop

 If you are using Adobe Photoshop, you can use the PhaserPrint plug-in to select color rendering intents. See Using the PhaserPrint Plug-In for Photoshop for instructions.

Selecting color rendering intents from a downloadable utility file

Use the following downloadable utility files to set the printer's default color rendering intent. These files remain in the printer's memory only while the printer is turned on. If the printer is turned off or reset, the default returns to Rendering Intent Relative.

Computer Downloading methods Utility files
Macintosh

PC/Windows

Workstation

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