OKI C8800cdtn User Manual

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Automatic 
Your printer automatically uses the best method to match 
color, depending on the ty pe of document you are 
printing.
Windows
Individual Print Jobs
1. Open the file you want to print.
2. Click File  → Print.
3. Click on the Color tab.
4. At Automatic, make your selection.
If the box has a check mark, the feature is ON.
If the box is empty, the feature is OFF.
5. Click OK until you return to the Print dialog box.
6. Print the document.
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Windows
All Print Jobs (Default)
1.Click Start  → Settings  →  Printers [Printers and Faxes 
in Windows XP].
2. Right-click the printer name.
3. Next
Windows 98/Me:  select Properties.  Click Printer 
Properties.
Windows 2000/XP:  select Properties.  Click Printing 
Preferences.
Windows NT 4.0:  select Document Defaults.
4. Click on the Color tab.
5. At Automatic make your selection.  
If the box has a check mark, the feature is ON.
If the box is empty, the feature is OFF.
6. Click...

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Office Color
Overview
from C9600 Print Guide
This is a simple color manageme nt system designed for ease 
of use. Office Color is recommended for users who are not 
experts in color but want good  results when printing from 
programs such as Microsoft Office.
There are two different sets of options in Office Color:
   
Important!   The options for CMYK data are not present in the 
Windows PCL printer drivers. Thes e printer drivers only support 
RGB color data.
Although the Office...

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RGB Options
Office Color provides a collection of several different color 
matching presets for RGB data.  
These presets each change the color of your print in a slightly 
different way.
These RGB color matching option s are available in all printer 
drivers.
    
PresetExplanation
Monitor (6500K) – 
Auto The best color match preset will be selected based on 
the type of document.
6500K - Perceptual will be
 selected if printing 
photographs. 
6500K - Vivid will be selected if...

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Windows
This information applies to th e Windows PCL and PostScript 
drivers.
1. On the printer driver [Color] tab, select [Office Color] (1) 
and click the [Options] button.    
2. Select a preset from [Col or matching options] (2).
Mac OS 9
1.Choose [File]  → [Print].  
2. From the [Printer] menu, select your printer model.
3. Select [Color Options].
4. From the [Color Mode] menu, select [Office Color].
5. Select [Color - Office Color].
6. Select the Office Color Preset you wish...

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Mac OS X
Important!   When printing from some applications on Mac OS 
X, these RGB color match options may not affect the color of 
your print. If you discover that the color of your print has not 
changed after applying one of the Office color Match presets, 
then the application is incompatib le with this type of printer 
color matching.
As an alternative, Mac OS X 10.3. x users may be able to adjust 
the color of their document using ColorSync Quartz filters.
1. In your...

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Customising RGB Office Colo r with the Color Correct 
Utility (Windows)
If the Office Color presets are no t sufficient for your needs, the 
color Correct utility provides  a means of further adjustment. 
The Color Correct utility provid es two methods for adjusting 
the Office Color settings:  
1. You can adjust the overall appearance of the print by 
modifying Hue, Saturation and Gamma.
2. You can adjust the specific palette colors used in 
Microsoft Office applications. These...

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Graphic Pro
Overview
This section describes the color matching options available for 
Graphic Pro.  
The Graphic Pro color matching system is based around ICC 
profiles. These profiles are downlo aded to the printer using the 
Profile Assistant utility and then  selected in the printer driver. 
When a job is sent to the printer, the ICC profiles are applied 
to the print job on the printer.
IMPORTANT!   Some features of Graphic Pro color matching 
can only be used if your printer...

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What can you do with Graphic Pro?
The Graphic Pro color matching system is both powerful and 
flexible. Here are some examples of how the Graphic Pro color 
matching system can be used:
Matching printer color  to an RGB input device
By using the ICC profiles of a scanner, digital camera or 
monitor, the printers color can be matched to the input 
device.
Printer simulation
Your printer can be used to simulate the color output of 
another printer, even when  printing RGB documents....

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Types of ICC profile supported
There are four classes of I CC profile supported by the 
Graphic Pro color matching system:  
 
Profile typeDescription
RGB Source
(RGB Input) These profiles describe the device that was used to capture 
RGB data (e.g. scanner or digital camera).
The RGB Input Profile may also be your monitor profile if 
you are trying to match to your screen.
CMYK 
Simulation
(CMYK input) These profiles describe the CMYK device whose colors you 
are trying to...