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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 OK until you return to the Print dialog box.
7. Print the document.
Macintosh
OS 10.2 and 10.3
1.Open the file you want to print.
2. Click File  → Print.
3. Open the drop-down list below Presets. Select Color.
4. Below Color Mode, at Auto Color, 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 Print.
6. The document prints.
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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 Color opti ons contain controls for CMYK 
data, it is strongly recommended that you use the Graphic Pro 
options instead. If you are printing CMYK data, the Graphic Pro 
options provide more  power and flexibility.
RGB OptionsCMYK Options
(PostScript only)
Monitor (6500K) – Auto SWOP
Monitor (6500K) – Perceptual Euroscale
Monitor (6500K) – Vivid Japan Color
Monitor (9300K)
Digital Camera
sRGB
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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 printing graphics and 
text.
Monitor (6500K) – 
Perceptual Optimized for printing photographs. Colors are printed 
with emphasis on saturation.
Monitor (6500K) – 
Vivid Optimized for printing ph
otographs and for office 
graphics. The printer uses even more saturation than 
the Monitor (6500k) Perceptual setting.
Monitor (9300K) Colors are printed with emphasis on Lightness. Use this setting if you are having problems achieving 
the correct color when printing from Microsoft Office 
applications.
Digital Camera Optimized for printi ng photos taken with a digital 
camera. Your results will vary depending on the 
subject and the condit ions under which the 
photograph was taken.
sRGB The printer will try to repr oduce the sRGB color space. 
This may be useful if color matching from an sRGB 
input device such as a scanner or digital camera.
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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 to use.
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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 application program, choose [File]  → [Print].    
2. From the [Printer] menu, select your printer model.
3. Select [Printer Features].
4. From the [Feature Sets] menu, select [Color Options].
5. From the [Color Mode] menu, select [Office Color].
6. From the [Feature Sets] menu, select [Color – Office 
Color]. 
7. Select the [Office Color] Preset  you wish to use.
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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 adjustments only 
affect one specific palette color at a time.
NOTE:   The Color Correct Utility is available for Windows only.
For more details,  see page 325.
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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 is fitted with a hard disk. The 
printer hard disk is required if you wish to download and use 
your own ICC profiles to the printer.
If your printer does not have a hard disk fitted, you will only be 
able to select the factory default profiles that are built-in to the 
printer.
   
NOTE:   The printer’s internal hard disk is an optional accessory.
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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. For 
best results, use CMYK documents when simulating the 
color output of other printers.
CMYK ink simulation
Your printer can be used to simulate the color output of a 
commercial printing press (SWOP, Euroscale or Japan 
Color inks).
More accurate printer color
If you have created your own profiles with third-party ICC 
profile creation software, these can be downloaded to the 
printer and used when printing.
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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 simulate. Typically this would be another 
manufacturers printer or an offset printing press.
Profiles are already built-in to
 the printer for commercial 
printing press inks such as SWOP or Euroscale.
Printer
(CMYK Output) This profile describes the color characteristics of your own 
printer.
The printer already has factory default profiles built-in, but 
you can replace these profiles with your own if required.
Link Profile This is a special type of ICC profile that converts directly  from CMYK to CMYK.
For example, a link profile could convert directly from the 
CMYK space of another printer to the CMYK space of your 
printer.
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