QL-800 Overview
28 QL-800 User Guide
Color Profiling
These technical differences are universal, and as a result of them, software
developers, display manufacturers, and printer manufacturers have worked together to
develop a way to successfully describe and use color taking into consideration the
different technologies involved. This is called color profiling.
Color profiles have been developed to coordinate how each device displays or prints
that color. When using the proper profiles, color can be relatively consistent across
devices.
Color cannot be perfectly consistent because the human eye can see more colors than
computer displays can show or printers can print. What’s more, the ranges of colors
available to displays and printers don’t completely overlap.
Profiles help out when these ranges don’t match; they help translate the differences to
create the widest and most accurate range of colors a device can display.
Display Profiling
There are devices that can help you develop profiles for your display to ensure that
what you see is close to what you are getting. Using QL-800 profiles will help with
consistency in printing, while using both QL-800 and display profiles will help with the
full design and printing process.
If color matching is important to you, you may consider profiling your computer display.
QuickLabel QL-800 Color Profiles
When printing, even the type of material printed on can change the way colors appear.
QuickLabel Systems has created color profiles for the materials you will be using in
order to offer you the most accurate color reproduction possible.
A Profile for Each Device
The more of your devices that have profiles, the better. Since color is based on
technology, software, and the laws of physics, each device works with color differently.
In addition to your graphics program and the QL-800, you may be able to add profiles
for your display, your digital camera, and your scanner. This will help all of these
devices use color in a coordinated way. At minimum, to use color profiling, you need to
use a color profile for the QL-800.
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