Xerox 5252 User Manual
DocuColor 5252 O perator Manual
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About color printing
Color models
Video technology (computer monitors, scanners, and television
screens) sees color as transparent light and uses an RGB model
to display colors. To display color appropriately on video
technology, captured images are broken down into pixels (picture
elements) that are projected as rays of red, green, and blue light.
Printers see color as reflective light, which reacts much differently
on hard copy printed images and bounces off nontransparent
surfaces. Colors are translated into combinations of cyan,
magenta, yellow, and black, using a CMYK color model, to get true
colors.
screens) sees color as transparent light and uses an RGB model
to display colors. To display color appropriately on video
technology, captured images are broken down into pixels (picture
elements) that are projected as rays of red, green, and blue light.
Printers see color as reflective light, which reacts much differently
on hard copy printed images and bounces off nontransparent
surfaces. Colors are translated into combinations of cyan,
magenta, yellow, and black, using a CMYK color model, to get true
colors.