OKI C8800 User Manual

Colour printing (Basics) > 40

A print can look very different under different lighting conditions. 
For example, the colours in a print may look different when 
viewed standing next to a sunlit window, compared to how they 
look under standard office fluorescent lighting.

The driver settings for manual colour can change the appearance 
of a print. There are several options available to help match the 
printed colours with those displayed on screen.

The brightness and contrast controls on your monitor can change 
how your document looks on-screen. Additionally, your monitor’s 
colour temperature influences how “warm” or “cool” the colours 
look.

There are several settings found on a typical monitor:

5000k

Warmest; yellowish lighting, typically used in 
graphic art environments.

6500k

Cooler; approximates daylight conditions.

9300k

Cool; the default setting for many monitors and 
television sets.

(k = degrees Kelvin, a measurement of temperature.)

Some graphics applications such as Corel Draw or Adobe 
Photoshop may display colour differently from “Office” 
applications such as Microsoft Word. Please see your application’s 
on-line help or user manual for more information.

The type of paper used can also significantly affect the printed 
colour. For example, a printout on recycled paper can look duller 
than one on specially formulated glossy paper.