HP Color LaserJet 4550 printer family - Software Technical Reference

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HP Color LaserJet 4550 Software Technical Reference 214
To print PANTONE®* colors, set the Image Mode to either CMYK Color or RGB Color depending on the color
space of the image. Do not select the "Printer Color Management" or "PS Color Management" option.
ADOBE PAGEMAKER
PageMaker 6.x and 5.x support both .bcf (binary color format) and .acf (ASCII color format) formats. The
PANTONE®* color palette for PageMaker is stored in the Applicat\ADOBE\PAGEMAKE directory of the driver
CD-ROM. The palette files are named HP4550C.bcf and HP4550C.acf for PS or HP4550R.bcf and HP4550R.acf
for PCL printing.
Adobe PageMaker 6.x
PageMaker 6.x requires that you store the palettes in the Color folder under RSRC, located under the PageMaker
folder. Copy the files to that location before continuing.
To open a color palette in PageMaker 6.x
1. Open PageMaker 6.x.
2. From the Element menu (version 6.0) or the Utilities menu (version 6.5), choose Define Colors.
3. In the Define Colors dialog box, select New to add new colors.
4. In the Edit Color dialog box, select the Libraries arrow.
5. Select a palette from the list. You are now in Color Picker.
6. Choose the colors you wish to include from your palette and select OK.
Note: PageMaker can only import a maximum of 500 colors at once. If you choose more than 500 colors, an
error message results and only the first 500 colors are loaded.
7. Select OK to close the Edit Color dialog box.
8. Select OK again to close the Define Color dialog box.
To use colors from your color palette
1. If the Color Palette window is not open, from the Window menu, choose Color Palette.
2. Choose the object that you want to color.
3. In the Color Palette box, choose Fill to apply the color to the object, Line to apply the color to the line
(border), or Both to apply the color to the object and its border.
4. Select a color in the Colors window to apply the color to the selected object.
Adobe PageMaker 5.x
To open a color palette in PageMaker 5.x
1. Open PageMaker 5.x.
2. From the Element menu, choose Define Colors.
3. In the Define Colors dialog box, select New to add new colors.
4. In the Edit Color dialog box, select the Libraries arrow.
5. Choose the color palette for use in PageMaker 5.x and select Open.
6. Choose the colors you wish to include from your palette and select OK.
Note: PageMaker can only import a maximum of 500 colors at once. If you choose more than 500 colors, an
error message results and only the first 500 colors are loaded.
7. Choose OK to close the Edit Color dialog box.
8. Select OK again to close the Define Color dialog box.
To use colors from your color palette