System overview1-8 System Overview GuideWhen the NPS/IPS receives a full-color document, the printersoftware matches the colors as closely as possible. If you specifya color in your document that the NPS/IPS cannot print, it isprinted either as a shade of gray or as an equivalent tone ofhighlight color.To control color conversion in your document, you can use themap color option, also called “extraction color.” The map coloroption is used to specify which color in the full color documentyou want to print using the highlight color. Colors you do notspecify in the map color option print as shades of gray.You can make the map color differ from the highlight color so thatred parts of a document are printed as green, or blue portionsare printed as red, and so forth.The highlight color rendering algorithm enables you to specifythe qualities of a document that are the most important topreserve. The highlight rendering attributes allow you todistinguish between different colors, use preset color tables,apply pictorial mapping for pictures, and apply presentationmapping for other objects.NOTE: To determine the RGB values of a specified highlightcolor, view the system options. When the Pictorial highlight colorrendering algorithm is used, the specified RGB value saturateson the page. When the presentation algorithm is used, the RGBvalue does not saturate on the page.Color substitutionIf the print document calls for a color that is not installed in theprinter, the printer controller acts according to the current colorsubstitution parameters.The options for color substitution with the color mismatch actionare:• Abort: Deletes the job.• UseLoadedColor: Uses the dry ink that is currently loadedon the printer.• RequestOperatorIntervention: Causes a job to beineligible for printing until the highlight color is changed.You can specify these color substitution options at a clientworkstation when submitting a job to the printer, or by specifyingthe HightlightColorMismatchAction attribute in a virtual printer.