When you want to print a document in colour on the Océ ColorWave 500 the colour information that is defined in the files can be set in the different steps of the process from document creation to document production. In order to get the best output results you need to be aware of these methods to define the colour information of the document you want to print.
The colour information that you can create in the various steps described below each have a different priority. When you create a document that you want to print in colour, the priority of the colour settings is also illustrated in the table below.
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Stages in the process of making a colour print |
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Document The colour settings are already embedded in the document (only applicable for PDF files). |
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Application The colour settings can be defined in the application that you use to create or edit the document. You can set the following parameters in the application.
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Printer drivers The Océ Wide format Printer Driver 2 for Microsoft® Windows® offers colour management settings. You can select the required colour management settings in the driver or you can indicate to use the printer's default settings. Make sure the colour settings do not conflict with the colour settings that may be set in another stage of the process. |
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Océ Express WebTools offers 4 default paths for colour settings, based on the file type of the document:
These settings are applied when the controller cannot recognise or detect any colour settings for the file to be printed. |
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NOTE
It is advised to align the colour management settings that have been made in the different stages before you start the print job. The colour space of the document and the settings for the print have to match. This means that if you have set the colour settings in more than 1 stage of the process described above, you must check if the colour settings do not counteract with each other.