From: Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl>
To: erik.margraf@gmail.com,
mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: Colors: printing vs. on screen
Date: Sun, 19 Jun 2011 14:03:33 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <4DFDE595.5010705@wxs.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <BANLkTimxQE2HbaSsuKJ+GkcxY_Ozg6zGJw@mail.gmail.com>
On 19-6-2011 1:53, Erik Margraf wrote:
> Dear List,
>
> I defined the following color for one of my
> documents: \definecolor[P][r=0.64,g=0.22,b=0.27]
> When I printed this document on a probably typical office laser printer (a
> Canon iRCXXXX), the
> colors didn't match. (not even close and I didn't like the printed
> color) This is probably no real
> surprise, but can anybody provide some insight or hints to information on
> these matters to me:
>
> -- Are "spot colors" the thing to use to get a grip on these matters?
no, as your printer uses process colors (cmyk)
> -- Is this generally only a matter of "color spaces" and transformations
> between them? or ...
indeed, often printer drivers apply some paper properties as well
> -- Is this also dependent on specific printer models (eg. different office
> laser printers)?
yes, toner vs ink, kinds of paper, quality of renderer etc
> -- If yes, is there any source on information on the pecularities of
> these printers?
specifying in cmyk might help
Hans
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-06-19 12:03 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-06-19 11:53 Erik Margraf
2011-06-19 12:03 ` Hans Hagen [this message]
2011-06-19 12:08 ` Christoph Redecker
2011-06-19 19:33 ` Henning Hraban Ramm
2011-06-21 20:28 ` Erik Margraf
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