Executive Series 2426 Printer Family User’s GuideWindows Me/98/95 Operation • 336Color MatchingColor Matching OptionsPrint Color Swatch UtilityFor use with applications which allow you to set your own RGBvalues for colors.The Color Swatch utility prints out charts of sample colors. Listedbelow each color are the corresponding RGB (Red, Green, Blue)values to use in your application to match that printed color.An example of using the Print Color Swatch function:You wish to print a logo in a particular shade of red. The steps youwould follow are:1. Click Start → Settings → Printers.2. Highlight the printer name. Click File. Click Properties.3. Click the Color tab.4. Click the Color Swatch button to print the color swatch samples.5. Select the shade of red that best suits your needs.Note of the RGB value below that particular shade.6. Use your program’s color picker to enter the same RGB values(from step 5). Change the logo to that color.NOTEThe RGB color displayed on your monitor may notnecessarily match what was printed on the color swatch.If this is the case, it is probably due to the differencebetween how your monitor and printer reproduce color.
