iSys iTerra Elite Color LED Printer - Manual (Page 80)

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IV. COLOR TAB
Factors that Affect Color Printing
The PCL printer driver supplied with your printer provides several controls for
changing the color output. For general use the default driver settings 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 your
software application documents for details on how that particular program’s color
management functions. If you wish to manually 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. Some of the most important factors are:
ƒ the differences between the range of colors a monitor can reproduce versus
the range of colors that a printer can reproduce
ƒ viewing conditions
ƒ printer driver color settings
ƒ monitor settings
ƒ how your software application displays color
ƒ paper type
Monitor Colors vs. Printer Colors
(Differences between the range of colors a monitor or printer can reproduce)
ƒ 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. In addition to this, a printer cannot reproduce all of the colors
displayed on a monitor and vice versa.
ƒ Both devices use very different technologies to represent color. A monitor uses Red, Green and Blue (RGB)
phosphors (or LCDs), a printer uses Cyan, Yellow, Magenta and Black (CMYK) toner or ink.