OKI C7350DTN User Manual

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Factors that Affect Color Printing
How your Software Application Displays Color 
Some graphics applications such as CorelDRAW® or Adobe® 
Photoshop® may display color differently from office 
applications such as Microsoft® Word. Please see your 
application’s online help or user manual for more information. 
Paper Type 
The type of paper used can also significantly affect the printed 
color. For example, a printout on recycled paper can look...

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Color Matching
Choosing a Method 
  
There is no one way to achieve a good match between the 
document displayed on your monitor, and its printed equivalent. 
There are many factors involved in achieving accurate and 
reproducible color.
However, the following guidelines may help in achieving good color 
output from your printer.
There are several suggested methods, depending on the type of 
document you are printing.
•most common [RGB] (see page...

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Color Matching
Choosing a Method
RGB or CMYK?  
The guidelines for choosing a color matching method make 
distinctions between Red, Green, Blue (RGB) and Cyan, 
Magenta, Yellow, Black (CMYK).
Generally, most documents you print are in RGB format. This is 
the most common, and, if you do not know your document’s 
color mode, assume that it is RGB.
Typically, CMYK documents are only supported in professional 
Desktop Publishing and Graphics...

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Color Matching
Choosing a Method
Matching Photographs 
RGB only 
Oki Color Matching (see page 423) is a generally a good choice. 
Select a matching method appropriate to your monitor.
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Color Matching
Choosing a Method
Matching Specific Colors 
(Example: Company logo)
RGB only  
•Oki Color Matching (see page 423), and the sRGB setting: 
PCL or PS driver.
•PostScript Color Matching using the Absolute Colorimetric 
option (see page 425).
•Use the Color Swatch Utility to print out a chart of RGB 
swatches and enter your desired RGB values in your 
applications color picker—PS only (see page 420).
RGB or CMYK  
•If you are printing...

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Color Matching
Choosing a Method
Printing Vivid Colors 
RGB only  
Use Oki Color Matching (see page 423), with the Monitor 6500k 
Vivid, sRGB or Digital Camera settings (PCL or PS).
RGB or CMYK  
Use PostScript Color Matching (see page 425) with the 
Saturation option.
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Color Matching
Color Matching Options
PCL Driver
The Color Matching Options in the PCL driver can be used to help 
match your printed colors to the ones displayed on your monitor.
 
 Manually set the options in the PCL driver:
1.Click Start → Settings → Printers.
2.Right click the appropriate printer name.  Click Document 
Defaults.
3.Click the Color tab.
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NOTE
The PCL driver’s color options are only designed to work 
with...

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4.Under Color Mode, click Manual Color. 
5.Under Color Setting, click Natural.
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6.Select the method you wish to use:
Monitor (6500k) Perceptual  
Optimized for printing photographs when using a monitor with a 
color temperature of 6500K.
Monitor (6500k) Vivid 
Optimized for printing bright colors when using a monitor with a 
color temperature of 6500K. Ideal for office graphics.
Monitor (9300k)  
Optimized for printing photographs when using a monitor with a 
color temperature of 9300K.
Digital Camera  
Optimized for printing...

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Color Matching
Color Matching Options
Print Color Swatch Utility
For use with applications which allow you to set your own RGB 
values for colors. 
The Color Swatch utility prints out charts of sample colors. Listed 
below each color are the corresponding RGB (Red, Green, Blue) 
values to use in your application to match that printed color.
An example of using the Print Color Swatch function:
You wish to print a logo in a particular shade of red....