Spot Colors

Spot Color mixes cyan, magenta, yellow, and black to approximate spot ink colors on a printing press.

To select Spot Color options:

1. On the Advanced tab, click Driver.
2. Click Spot Colors. Select an option:
   • Allow Software to Manage Spot Colors allows the PostScript driver, the printer application, or both, to control translation of spot colors into CMYK for printing. Use this setting when a special spot color is not printing the expected shade.

     Cyan, magenta, yellow, and black (CMYK) are the colors that the printer uses or combines to make all colors.

   • Allow Printer to Manage Spot Colors allows the printer to optimize the conversion of spot colors to CMYK for printing.

     Cyan, magenta, yellow, and black (CMYK) are the colors that the printer uses or combines to make all colors.

3. Click OK.