Xerox DocuColor 8000AP Supplementary Manual - page 58

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4 Use the following techniques to control how neighboring color patches are generated:

Select Lightness or Saturation in the Color Directions Legend. 

Lightness generates neighbor patches based on darker to lighter shades of the original color. 

This variation is displayed from left to right, with the original color remaining in the center of 

the middle group.

Saturation generates neighbor patches based on less saturated to more saturated variations 

of the original color. This variation is displayed from left to right, with the original color 

remaining in the center of the middle group.

Choose a setting from the Color Spacing menu to control the closeness of the neighbor 

patches. 

A higher setting generates neighbor patches that differ more noticeably from the center color. 

As you get closer to your target color, reduce the color spacing to a smaller value.

Select Monitor Compensation to simulate how all the on-screen color patches appear when 

printed on paper. 

This simulation depends on the monitor profile configured for your monitor. To specify the 

monitor profile, choose Preferences from the Edit menu in the Spot-On main window.

Make sure that you set your monitor according to the manufacturer’s recommendations and 

select the correct monitor profile for your monitor, including the FACI monitor.

5 Continue adjusting the color patch controls and clicking neighbor patches until the color you 

want appears in the center patch. 

6 Click Print Pattern. 

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It is very difficult to accurately match spot colors on a monitor. You should always test 

print to get the proper color match.

7 Choose the appropriate settings from the Output Style, Paper Size, and Paper Tray menus. 

For Output Style, choose Color Search Pattern or Color Neighbor Pattern. Color Search 

Pattern prints patches with the same pattern as displayed in the Color Search dialog box. 

Color Neighbor Pattern prints patches in a three column by eight row format.

For Paper Size, choose the size of the paper that you want to use for printing the patches.

For Paper Tray, specify the paper source for the paper that you want to use.