Printing the Color Sampler Charts
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Overview
Color sampler charts are colored rectangles with each color's component values; they help you select colors in an application that can be reproduced on your printer.
Component values are percentages of each color -- CMYK (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black), RGB (Red, Green, Blue), or HSB (Hue, Saturation, Brightness) -- that combine to make a particular color.
Color charts
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Which color chart you print and use depends on how your application selects color. For information on color selection, refer to the application's documentation, then print one or more of the color sampler charts.
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Each color sampler chart is several pages long; print them in panels and connect them to form a wall chart or place in a binder for easy reference.
Color sampler chart descriptions
Color sampler chart
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Number of pages
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Utility file
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Front panel selection
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CMYK Sampler
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Cyan, magenta, yellow, and black color model
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18
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X
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X
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RGB Sampler
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Red, green, and blue color model
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12
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X
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X
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HSB Sampler
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Hue, saturation, and brightness color model
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12
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X
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NOTE
To print the PANTONE Color sampler chart, refer to
Printing the PANTONE® Color Chart.
Printing
s
amp
lers from
a Macintosh
NOTE
Use the same color correction to print the chart and to print from your application. Any other color correction selection in the driver causes colors to print differently than expected.
Installing color correction files
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From the printer's CD-ROM, run the Installer application. Select
Custom Install.
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In the dialog box, select
Printer Utilities
and
Samplers; click
Install. Go to the next topic,
Downloading a color correction file.
Selecting a color correction file
Select a color correction file in one of three ways: the front panel, PhaserLink Software, or download a PostScript utility file. Color correction files include:
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Automatic
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Simulate Display
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Vivid Color
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Commercial Press
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Euroscale Press
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SWOP Press
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No Color Correction
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DIC
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Toyo
Downloading a color correction file
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From your computer's hard disk, open the
PhaserTools
folder.
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Double-click
Apple Printer Utility;
a Printer Selector dialog box appears:
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Under
AppleTalk Zones, select your printer's zone.
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Under
Printers, select your printer.
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Click
Open Printer.
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From the
File
menu, select
Send PostScript File.
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Open the
Printer Utilities
folder and select a color correction file.
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Click
Add.
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Click
Send.
Printing a color sampler chart
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From your computer's hard disk, open the
PhaserTools
folder.
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Double-click
Apple Printer Utility;
a Printer Selector dialog box appears:
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Under
AppleTalk Zones, select your printer's zone.
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Under
Printers, select your printer.
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Click
Open Printer.
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From the
Utilities
menu, select
Send PostScript File.
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Open the
PhaserTools
folder. Open the
Samplers
folder; select a color sampler chart; click
Add.
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Click
Send.
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For future reference, write the name of the color correction that you used on the first page of the chart.
Printing the desired color from an application
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Using the color sampler chart that you printed earlier, select the desired colors.
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From your application, apply the desired colors in your document.
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Print your document; select the same color correction that you used to print the color sampler chart.
Prin
ting
samplers
from a
PC
NOTE
Use the same color correction to print the chart and to print from your application. Any other color correction selection in the driver causes colors to print differently than expected.
Installing color correction files
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From the printer's CD-ROM, run
setup.exe. Select
Custom Install.
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In the dialog box, select
Printer Utilities,
select a printer driver, select
Samplers; click
Install. Go to the next topic,
Downloading a color correction file.
Downloading a color correction file
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From the computer's hard disk, open the
PHSRTOOL
directory. Open the
PHSR740
subdirectory; select a color correction file:
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AUTOMATC.PS
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DISPLAY.PS
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VIVDCOLR.PS
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COMRCIAL.PS
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EUROSCAL.PS
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SWOPRESS.PS
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NOCORECT.PS
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DIC.PS
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TOYO.PS
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Send to the printer the desired color correction file:
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PC users: Use the DOS
COPY
command.
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Workstation users: Send a color correction file to the printer as you would any PostScript file.
Printing a color sampler chart
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Open the
PHSRTOOL
directory. Open the
SAMPLERS
subdirectory.
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Send to the printer the desired color sampler chart:
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PC users: Use the DOS
COPY
command.
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Workstation users: Send the file to the printer as you would any PostScript file.
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For future reference, write the name of the color correction that you used on the first page of the chart.
Selecting a color correction in an application
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Using the color sampler chart that you printed earlier, select the desired colors.
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From your application, apply the desired colors in your document.
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Print your document; select the same color correction that you used to print the color sampler chart.
Printing a color sampler chart from the front
panel
NOTE
The HSB (Hue, Saturation, Brightness) color sampler chart and the PANTONE Color sampler chart cannot be printed from the front panel. To print a PANTONE Color chart, refer to
Printing the PANTONE® Color Chart.
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Decide which color correction to use; refer to the topic,
Color corrections.
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When the
Ready
message appears in the printer's front panel, press
Menu; this message appears:
Help Pages
<---- ----> Menu
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Press
<----
or
---->; scroll to the following message:
TekColor Correction
<---- ----> Menu
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Press
Menu; this message appears:
TekColor:None *
<---- ----> OK
The asterisk (
*
) indicates the current selection.
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Scroll to the desired color correction, then press
OK.
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Press
until
Ready
appears.
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Press
Menu
twice; this message appears:
Menu Map
<---- ----> Print
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Scroll to
RGB Color Sampler
or
CMYK Color Sampler.
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Press
Print.
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For future reference, write the name of the color correction that you used on the first page of the chart.
Selecting a color correction in an application
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In an application -- using the colors on the sampler chart -- select the desired colors; apply the colors in your document.
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Print your document; select the same color correction that you used to print the color sampler chart.
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