Overview of Swatch Charts
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- Use swatch charts by printing one or more sheets of material such as garments.
- Understand that each swatch represents a specific color value.
- Note chart types: LAB charts are printed with LAB values
- Use printed charts to ensure color accuracy for your specific printer, inks, substrate, and operating environment.
- Use these charts to ensure customer-selected colors are reproducible on your printer.
- CMYK charts are printed with CMYK values
Use Cases for Swatch Charts
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- Use LAB charts to identify LAB color values in SignLab for applications without LAB support.
- Print CMYK or RGB charts for held jobs.
- Use color replacement to substitute CMYK colors before printing.
Printing Swatch Charts from Multi-Page PDFs
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- Open the Tools menu.
- Enable Always split multiple page PDF files into separate files.
- Print each page as an individual swatch chart.
Printing Preset Swatch Charts
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What you need
- Preset swatch charts reflect:
- ICC Profile tab settings
- Rendering intents
- Reprint swatch charts if ICC profile or rendering intent settings change
- Open the Devices menu.
- Select Print Test Page.
- Choose from preset swatch chart sets: CMYK
Matching Spot Colors Using Swatch Charts
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What you need
- Device-based swatches are more accurate than preset RGB or CMYK swatches
- Identify spot colors in a job file that can be simulated using CMYK inks.
- Use printed swatch charts to find the closest CMYK match.
- Hover over the job to identify the spot color name.
- Open the Devices menu.
- Select Manage Spot Colors.
- Enter the spot color name and corresponding CMYK values.
Creating Custom Device Swatch Charts
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What you need
- Device swatch charts are independent of ICC Profile tab settings
- Charts are specific to the printer, inks, and substrate
- Reprint charts if printer, ink, or substrate changes
- Open the Devices menu.
- Select Manage Device Spots.
- Click Create Swatch.
- Define the arrangement of: Spot colors
- CMYK colors
- Or a combination of both
Using LAB Color Palettes in CADlink Applications
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- Use provided LAB color palettes in: SignLab
- CorelDRAW
- Adobe Illustrator
Accessing LAB Palettes in SignLab
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- Open Options.
- Open Palettes.
- Find Color Lookup in Printer Palette Library.
- Search for CADlink Default LAB Swatch.
- Add the palette to the Shop Palette.
Accessing LAB Palettes in CorelDRAW
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- Open the Window menu.
- Select Color Palettes.
- Open Palette.
- Choose Spot LAB Swatch.
- Enable Show Color Names to display LAB values.
Accessing LAB Palettes in Adobe Illustrator
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- Open the Window menu.
- Select Swatch Libraries.
- Select Other Library.
- Choose Swatches CADlink.
- Open the LAB palette.
Applying LAB Colors for Consistent Output
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- Reference your printed swatch charts.
- Apply LAB colors from the CADlink palettes.
- Use this workflow to ensure consistent and repeatable color reproduction.
