- 172 -Matching Colors Using Utilities43512Convenient printfunctions Appendix IndexChecking andChanging PrinterSettings Usingthe Control PanelNetworkSetupMatchingColorsUsing UtilitySoftwareColor Swatch UtilityOperations environmentThe color swatch utility is a utility for using thedevice to print RGB color samples. By viewingthe printed color samples, you can check whichRGB values should be specified using theapplication to print the desired colors.Note– Cannot be used by Macintosh.– The color swatch utility is installed together with theprinter drivers.Printing RGB color samples1 Print sample colors.(1) Select [Start]>[All Programs]>[OKI Data]>[Color SwatchUtility]>[Color Swatch Utility] tostart the color swatch utility.(2) Click the [Print] button.(3) Select the device.(4) Click [OK] or [Print].3 pages of color samples will be printed.(Samples)ColorblockColorvaluesR: 255G: 203B: 220Memoz The RGB values displayed below the color blockdenote the proportions (0 to 255) of the R (red),G (green), and B (blue) colors in the color block.(5) Select the color to be printed fromthe printed color samples, and notedown the printed RGB value.Memoz If there are no colors in the color samples thatyou want to print, customize the color samplesusing the following procedure.(6) Click the [Switch] button to switchto custom color samples.(7) Click the [Advanced] button todisplay the [Edit Custom ColorSwatch] dialog box.(8) Adjust the three bars until thedesired colors are displayed in themonitor window, and click [Close].z Hue: Changes the hue. 0 denotes red, and toincrease the value, rotate once towards thegreen direction.Increase0z Saturation: Changes the vividness. The greaterthe saturation the more vivid, and the lower thesaturation, the darker (grayer) the result.Saturation 100Saturation 0z Brightness: Changes the darkness. If thebrightness is at maximum (100%), the imageturns white, and at its darkest (0%), the imageturns black.Brightness 0 Brightness 100(9) Click the [Print] button.(10) Select the device.(11) Click [OK] or [Print].1 page will be printed by the device.(12) If the desired color cannot be foundin the color samples, repeat Steps(6) to (11).
