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EN Color Printing Overview (Color LaserJet, 5, 5M, DeskJet) A-11
With proper calibration, any device can provide a transform from
device-independent color space to the device’s own color space,
producing output from different devices that have the same color
appearance. For example, if a monitor’s parameters are known
(gamma, gain, chromaticity coordinates for each primary, and the
white point), the monitors RGB pixel information can be transformed
into device-independent color.
The Color LaserJet printers provide device-independent color
specified using either the CIE L*a*b*, Colorimetric RGB, or
Luminance-Chrominance color spaces.
HP Color LaserJet 5 and 5M printers also provide device independent
color specified using either the CIE L*a*b*, Colorimetric RGB or
Luminance-Chrominance color spaces. However, HP Color
LaserJet 5 and 5M printers are somewhat restricted in what they
provide. Details of this can be found in Appendix D.
Color Matching
When attempting to match color produced by different devices, it is
important to know the difference between true color matching and
appearance matching.
Proper device calibration can achieve true color matching, so that a
side-by-side comparison of a printed page with the monitor on which
the page was designed will show an exact match. However, true color
matching is only satisfactory when using the monitor as a viewing
reference. Viewed away from the screen, the printed page may
appear flat and unsaturated because printers and monitors have
different dynamic ranges. For example, black on the screen appears
gray when compared to printed black, which is unacceptable if the
intent is pure black. Likewise, the white produced on a monitor screen
appears yellow or blue when compared to a white sheet of paper.
True color matching would require that gray be printed in the black
areas and colored dots be printed in the white areas.
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