HP Color LaserJet 4550 printer family - Software Technical Reference

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HP Color LaserJet 4550 Software Technical Reference 216
CorelDRAW 7 and 8 have built-in application-level color correction which must be disabled first. Please refer to
the CorelDRAW manual for detailed instructions.
To open a color palette in CorelDRAW:
1. Open CorelDRAW.
2. Select the Fill tool.
3. Select the Palette icon.
4. From the right arrow pop-up next to the Custom Palette, choose Open Palette. In version 8, the palette
filename is in a pull down menu box.
5. Open the appropriate palette for the HP4550.
6. Select the color palette for use in CorelDRAW and select OK.
To use the colors in a drawing use the palette tab of the color fill tool and scroll through the choices to find the
desired color.
MACROMEDIA FREEHAND
Macromedia FreeHand supports both .bcf and .acf formats for color palettes. You can store custom color palettes
anywhere on your hard disk. If you save your palette in the Color folder, it automatically appears on the Options
menu in the Color List dialog box the next time you open FreeHand.
The files HP4550C.acf and HP4550C.bcf for PS and HP4550R.acf and HP4550R.bcf for PCL are stored in
theApplicat\FREEHAND folder. Place these files in the folder on your hard disk where other .acf or .bcf files are
stored. HP recommends that you place them in your FreeHand Color folder.
Macromedia FreeHand 4.X and beyond
To open a color palette in FreeHand 5.x and 4.x
1. Open FreeHand .
2. From the File menu, open a new or existing FreeHand document.
3. If the Color List window is not open, from the Window menu, choose Color List. On some versions the Color
List window is found under "Panels->" in the Window menu.
4. Open the Options menu in the Color List palette.
5. If you stored your color palette in the Colors folder, choose the color palette name in the Options list. - Or
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If you stored your color palette anywhere else, from the Options menu, choose Import.
6. Select your color palette and select Open.
7. Choose the colors you wish to use and select OK.
To use colors in FreeHand 5.x and 4.x
From the Color List dialog box, drag the color square you want onto the object to which you want to apply the
color. Drag the color square into the center of an object to fill the object with the chosen color or onto the border of
an object to apply the chosen color to the border.
Macromedia FreeHand 3.x
Earlier versions of FreeHand did not support .acf or .bcf formats and instead use .clb format.