Color printing (basics) > 28USING THE COLOR SWATCH FEATURETo use the Color Swatch feature, you must install the ColorSwatch Utility. This is supplied on the CD-ROM that was suppliedwith your printer.The Color Swatch function prints charts which contain a range ofsample colors. Note that this is not the full range of colors thatthe printer can produce. Listed on each sample color are thecorresponding RGB (Red, Green, Blue) values. This can be usedto pick specific colors in applications that allow you to chooseyour own RGB values. Simply click the Color Swatch button (1)and choose from the options available.An example of using the color swatch function:You wish to print a logo in a particular shade of red. The stepsyou would follow are:1. Print a color swatch, then select the shade of red that bestsuits your needs.2. Take a note of the RGB value for the particular shade thatyou liked.3. Using your program’s color picker, enter these same RGBvalues, and change the logo to that color.The RGB color displayed on your monitor may not necessarilymatch what was printed on the color swatch. If this is the case,it is probably due to the difference between how your monitorand printer reproduce color. Here, it is unimportant since yourprimary objective is to print the required color.1