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changing the palette settings
changing the palette
settings
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You cannot change the Factory palette, but you can define Palettes A and B
to be whatever you choose.
Item Available Options Defaults
Palettes Factory, A, B. Factory
Pens 0 through 15.
Widths (mm)
0.13, 0.18, 0.25, 0.35, 0.50,
0.65, 0.70, 0.80, 0.90, 1.00,
1.40, 2.00, 3.00, 5.00, 8.00,
12.00. Note that 0.13 mm is a
one-pixel line width at 300 dpi
and three-pixels line width at
600 dpi
0.35mm
Colors 0 through 255.
As specified on the Palette
Print.
5500ps only: these settings have no effect on PostScript files.
The following steps show how to define Palette A:
1. In the front-panel menu, go to the Define Palette selection and choose
Palette A.
2. Scroll to the pen number you want to change and press Enter.
3. The current width assigned to this pen is displayed, for example
Width=0.35mm. If you want to change it:
4. Press Enter.
5. Scroll to the width you want.
6. Then press Enter again.
7. Press Back to get to the previous menu: Color/Width.
Otherwise, scroll to Color.
1. The current color assigned to the pen is displayed, for example
Color=110. If you want to change it:
2. Press Enter.
3. Scroll to the color you want.
4. Then press Enter again.
5. Press Back to get to the previous menu.
6. When both width and color are correct, press Back.
7. Scroll to the next pen number you want to change, press Enter and
then repeat steps 3 through 5 again.
8. When all pen definitions are correct, press Top to exit the menus.
important
The palette you have just defined will take effect only when you select it to
be the current palette, as explained in how do I set image options from the
front panel?.
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