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Working with Color in Applications
Using the PANTONE Coated color reference book
The PANTONE Coated color reference book, included with your DocuColor 40 CP
user software, can help assure predictable results with colors chosen from the
PANTONE Coated color library. The PANTONE Coated color reference book is a
PostScript file that prints 19 letter/A4-size pages. It prints swatches of the closest
equivalents of PANTONE colors your print device can produce. The equivalent
PANTONE color name is printed below each swatch.
To print the PANTONE Coated color reference book, download the file to the
DocuColor 40 CP using Downloader. (For the location of the file on the User
Software CD, see Getting Started.)
Resident calibration
The resident calibration on the DocuColor 40 CP is applied to all data in the print
job, so make sure the resident calibration is the right one for your job. The
DocuColor 40 CP includes a calibration target designed for your particular print
device; by default, this target is the resident calibration.
In certain cases you may wish to create and use a custom calibration target to achieve
particular color effects (see the manual in your documentation set that describes
DocuColor 40 CP calibration). If a custom target is resident on the
DocuColor 40 CP, the custom calibration is applied to all data except CMYK data to
which a CMYK Simulation is applied.
CMYK simulation
If you are using the DocuColor 40 CP to print proofs for an offset press job or to
simulate another print device, choose the appropriate CMYK Simulation and CMYK
Simulation Method print option settings.
