Chapter 1: Colorpass Color Management; Managing Color On The Colorpass - Canon ColorPASS-Z5000 Color Manual

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1-1 Managing color on the ColorPASS

Chapter 1:
ColorPASS Color
Management
The first part of this chapter describes the options available from the ColorWise color
management system and explains how you can customize the color settings for your
particular needs. It provides descriptions of the preset default settings of ColorWise
and covers additional options for users who need to customize ColorWise.
Beginning on page 1-14 is a detailed explanation of what a PostScript Level 2 or
PostScript 3 printer driver does, as well as information on the capabilities of various
printer drivers and instructions for setting color options with the PostScript drivers for
Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000, Windows 95/98/Me, and Mac OS.
Managing color on the ColorPASS
There are three ways to modify the ColorPASS's printing behavior. You can:
• Select ColorWise options for an individual print job using menus that appear from
the printer driver.
• Select most ColorWise options as server defaults from ColorPASS Setup or from the
Control Panel, as described in the Configuration Guide. These defaults will apply to
all subsequent print jobs unless you override them.
• Select some ColorWise options, particularly default ICC profile settings and
calibration options, from ColorWise Pro Tools. These options include default
Simulation Profile (see page 1-8), Simulation Method (see page 1-9), Appear in
Driver as (see page 4-9), default Source Profile (see page 1-6), RGB Separation (see
page 1-7), and associated calibration set (see page 3-4).
Applications can generate color data for the ColorPASS in many different color
spaces. The most common type of color data produced from office applications is
RGB, while prepress applications generally produce CMYK data. Desktop applications
can also generate spot colors such as PANTONE colors. To complicate matters, a
single page may contain a mix of RGB, CMYK, and spot colors. The ColorPASS lets
users control the printing of these mixed-color documents with features that apply
specifically to RGB, CMYK, or spot color data.