Pantone®* color matching, Swatch book color matching – HP Color LaserJet 9500 Printer series User Manual
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PANTONE®* color matching
PANTONE®* has multiple color matching systems. PANTONE®* Matching System is very popular and uses solid inks to
generate a wide range of color hues and tints. See
or details about how to use PANTONE®* Matching
System with this printer.
Swatch book color matching
The process for matching printer output to preprinted swatch books and standard color references is complex. In general,
you can obtain a reasonably good match to a swatch book if the inks that are used to create the swatch book are cyan,
magenta, yellow, and black. These are usually referred to as process color swatch books.
Some swatch books are created from spot colors. Spot colors are specially created colorants. Many of these spot colors are
outside of the gamut of the printer. Most spot color swatch books have companion process swatch books that provide
CMYK approximations to the spot color.
Most process swatch books will have a note on what process standards were used to print the swatch book. In most cases
they will be SWOP, EURO, or DIC (see “Four-color (CMYK) printing” on page 85). For optimal color matching to the process
swatch book, select the corresponding ink emulation from the printer menu. If you cannot identify the process standard, use
SWOP ink emulation.