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Define a spot colour library

This topic contains the following instructions.

Go to the spot colour libraries
Edit a spot colour library
Delete a spot colour library
Import a spot colour library
Export a spot colour library
Reset a spot colour library

The printer provides predefined spot colour libraries, such as PANTONE libraries and HKS libraries.

The Settings Editor can store three types of spot colour libraries:

Pre-defined spot colour libraries
Custom spot colour libraries
Imported spot colour libraries (Named colour profiles).

Go to the spot colours libraries

Open the Settings Editor and go to: [Colour] → [Spot colour libraries] .

[Spot colour libraries] tab

Spot colour libraries in the Settings Editor

Edit a spot colour library

You can only edit previously imported spot colour libraries (Named colour profiles).

Select the spot colour library.
Click [Edit].
Change the name and description.
Click [OK].

Import a spot colour library

You can only import a Named colour profile.

Click [Import].
Select the ICC file that contains the named colour profile.
Enter a name and description.
Click [OK].

Export a spot colour library

You can only export a previously imported spot colour library (Named colour profiles).

Select the spot colour library.
Click [Export].

Delete a spot colour library

You can only delete previously imported spot colour libraries (Named colour profiles).

Select the spot colour library.
Click [Delete].

Reset a spot colour library

You can only recover the original values of the spot colours of the predefined and imported spot colour libraries.

IMPORTANT

When you select a custom spot colour library, the [Reset] option deletes all custom spot colour definitions.

Select the spot colour library.
Click [Reset].
Click [OK].

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