C3200n Technical Reference, Mac
Macintosh OS 10.2 • 7
Macintosh OS 10.2
Color Print Matching
The install utility provides a color matching profile for your
printer. In general, using these Color Matching settings will
provide reasonable default settings that produce good results
for most documents.
Many applications have their own color settings and these may
override the settings in the printer driver. Please refer to the
documentation for your software application to find details on
how that particular program’s color management functions.
Factors That Affect the Appearance of Printed
Documents
• Monitors Versus Printers
• Viewing Conditions
• Printer Driver Color Settings
• Monitor Settings
• How Your Software Application Displays Color
• Print Media
If you wish to m anually adjust the color settings in your printer
driver, please be aware that color reproduction is a complex
topic, and there are many factors to take into consideration.
Monitors Versus Printers
• Neither a printer nor a monitor is capable of reproducing the
full range of colors visible to the human eye.
– Each device is restricted to a certain range of colors.
– A printer cannot reproduce all of the colors displayed on
a monitor, and vice versa.
• Both devices use very different technologies to represent
color.
– A monitor uses Red, Green and Blue (RGB) phosphors
(or LCDs).
– A printer uses Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black (CMYK)
toner or ink.
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