Kyocera KM-C2030 FieryX3e+ Color Reference Guide - Page 14
Printer gamut, gamuts, process colors, gamut mapping
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xiv Introduction Color transparency film RGB monitor Offset press (white) Other print device Printer gamut Different color reproduction techniques have different color capabilities, or gamuts. Color transparency films have comparatively large gamuts, as do color monitors. The color gamut that can be produced using process inks or CMYK toners on paper is smaller. This is why some colors that can be displayed on a color monitor, especially bright saturated colors, cannot be reproduced exactly by your Color Server-nor, for that matter, can they be reproduced on a press using process colors. Moreover, different printers have different gamuts-some colors your printer can produce cannot be reproduced on an offset press, and vice versa. The following figure illustrates this concept of differing gamuts. You must account for the gamut of your printer when designing on a color monitor. When printed, colors that fall outside the printer gamut are "mapped" to printable colors. This process, referred to as gamut mapping, takes place when color data is converted or adjusted to meet the gamut requirements of a printer. The Color Server is specially designed to perform gamut mapping at high speed with high-quality results. It provides these color management features automatically, using either built-in default settings or settings you select for a particular print job. For added flexibility, you can also use the Color Server color management system in combination with the color management systems on Windows and Mac OS computers.