About The Documentation - Canon ColorPASS-Z5000 Color Manual

xiii About the documentation
Welcome to the Color Guide. This manual introduces you to the concepts and issues
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associated with printing to the ColorPASS-Z5000 Color Server ™ . It outlines key
workflow scenarios, provides information on calibration and color profiles, and
contains application notes that explain how to print to the ColorPASS-Z5000
Color Server from popular Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS applications.
This manual is one book in a set of documentation that also includes manuals for
users and system administrators. All the other manuals should be available at your
site—refer to them for a complete description of your ColorPASS-Z5000
Color Server.
The term "ColorPASS" is used in this manual to refer to the ColorPASS-Z5000
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Color Server. The ColorPASS supports the CLC5000 color copier. The term "copier"
is used in this manual to refer to this supported device.

About the documentation

The Color Guide is organized to supply you with key information about managing the
color output of your ColorPASS. Chapter 1 discusses the ColorPASS's print options
and how to get the best color results, and Chapter 2 describes several effective
workflows. ColorWise Pro Tools ™ are discussed in the next two chapters. Chapter 3
covers Calibrator ™ and other methods used to calibrate the copier, and Chapter 4
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takes you through the features of Profile Manager , used to manage color profiles on
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the ColorPASS, and Color Editor , which lets you customize simulation and output
profiles. Succeeding chapters offer tips for printing from business and graphics
applications. Finally, the appendixes offer information about color theory and color
management.
Words in bold, for example, output profile, are terms that appear in the glossary. The
bibliography at the end of this manual provides sources for further investigation of
color printing issues.