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Working with PostScript applications
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This chapter provides guidelines for using applications that have the ability to write
their own
PostScript
, such as some page layout, illustration, and pixel-editing
applications. For information about using specific applications, see
“Managing Color in Page Layout Applications”
on page 6-49, or
“Managing Color in Illustration Applications”
Working with PostScript applications
Most applications used for illustration,
editing, and page layout can create the
PostScript information they send to a PostScript printer or save in PostScript files.
Illustrator, Photoshop, PageMaker, QuarkXPress, and Macromedia FreeHand are
all PostScript applications.
PostScript applications work with color in many different ways. Most allow you to
choose
(by entering percentages for cyan, magenta, yellow, and black),
as well as
from a spot color system, such as PANTONE. When you print
composites, these applications send process-color equivalents for named
to
the Fiery. In some applications, you can also choose colors using the
,
or other color models.
Generally, PostScript applications send color information to the Fiery as CMYK data.
An exception to this is an RGB image placed in a document, which is sent directly
to the Fiery (unless you specify special color management settings in the application).
In addition, some PostScript applications that allow you to define colors in RGB or
other color models also send data to the Fiery in those color spaces.
Color controls in PostScript applications are typically designed for printing on an
offset press, and some adjustments are required for printing to the Fiery. Displayed
versions of colors you choose in these applications may not match C9800 output
exactly, and named colors may not print accurately on the C9800, since these colors
typically require custom inks.
Chapter 4:
Managing Color
in PostScript
Applications
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