Re: Why don't drivers use a CMYK profile?
Re: Why don't drivers use a CMYK profile?
- Subject: Re: Why don't drivers use a CMYK profile?
- From: Chris Murphy <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2000 16:40:22 -0700
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No OS print driver prints in more than three colors. If you have a
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CMYK printer profile it must have been built with a Postscript RIP or
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an image export module from Photoshop. These are the only ways to
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send data to the printer in more than three channels.
The printer DRIVER sends more than three channels to the printer. The
limitation is only with QuickDraw on the way to the driver. After the
driver it can have as many channels as the driver, printer and printer
language allow.
Chris Murphy