HP 3500 Series

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For the HP Color LaserJet 3700 series printer, the following values are available for the RGB
Color settings:
● Default instructs the printer to interpret RGB color as sRGB. The sRGB standard is the
accepted standard of Microsoft and the World Wide Web Consortium (http://www.w3.org).
● Vivid instructs the printer to increase the color saturation in the midtones. Less colorful objects
are rendered more colorfully. This value is recommended for printing business graphics.
● Device instructs the printer to print RGB data in raw device mode. To render photographs
properly with this selection, you must manage image color in the application or operating
system.
Matching colors
The process of matching printer output color to your computer screen is quite complex because
printers and computer monitors use different methods of producing color. Monitors display colors
by light pixels using an RGB (red, green, blue) color process, but printers print colors using a
CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black) process.
Several factors can influence your ability to match printed colors to those on your monitor. These
factors include:
● print media
● printer colorants (inks or toners for example)
● printing process (inkjet, press, or laser technology for example)
● overhead lighting
● personal differences in perception of color
● software applications
● printer drivers
● PC operating system
● monitors
● video cards and drivers
● operating environment (humidity for example)
Keep the above factors in mind when colors on your screen do not perfectly match your printed
colors.
For most users, the best method for matching colors on your screen to your printer is to print sRGB
colors.
Swatch book color matching
(HP Color LaserJet 3700 series printer only)
The process for matching printer output to preprinted swatch books and standard color references
is complex. In general, you can obtain a reasonably good match to a swatch book if the inks used
to create the swatch book are cyan, magenta, yellow, and black. These are usually referred to as
process color swatch books.
Some swatch books are created from spot colors. Spot colors are specially created colorants.
Many of these spot colors are outside of the gamut (color range) of the printer. Most spot color
swatch books have companion process swatch books that provide CMYK approximations to the
spot color.