HP 5500 HP Designjet 5500 series - User Guide - Page 366
PANTONE® workflows, HP Designjet printers reproduce PANTONE® Coated colors.
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PANTONE® workflows hp designjet 5500 series welcome how do I ... tell me about ... the problem is ... legal notices glossary index PANTONE® workflows PANTONE® colors are identified by their name, and the appearance of the color is defined by Pantone. Pantone calibrates HP Designjet printers so that they can produce the best match for a PANTONE® color, and certifies that they can do so in several printing conditions. When an application sends a PANTONE® color to the printer, it can use two methods. q PANTONE® spot colors are defined by name. q PANTONE® process colors are defined with a CMYK value. Because CMYK values are device-dependent, the CMYK for the PANTONE® process color must be adapted to the target printer and printing conditions. The best way to do this is for the application to use PANTONE® spot colors and pass their names to the printer, letting the printer handle the conversion to CMYK. In this case, the printer's Automatic PANTONE® Calibration option must be on. If you prefer to use PANTONE® process colors for some reason, you have two alternatives: q You can download PANTONE® color palettes designed for your application from http://www.designjet.hp.com These color palettes will allow you to use CMYK colors in your applications and obtain the best PANTONE® color matching for your specific printing conditions. These palettes are accompanied by instructions for using them in your application. q Most applications contain CMYK definitions of PANTONE® colors optimized for the SWOP or EuroScale standards. If the application does not support CMYK definitions of PANTONE® colors, or if the printer CMYK does not emulate these standards, the output will not match well with the PANTONE® colors. HP Designjet printers reproduce PANTONE® Coated colors. © 2002 hewlett-packard company file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/---/Desktop/HP/html/p0085.htm [8/5/2002 3:29:42 PM]