ABOUT COLOR PRINTING
DOCUCOLOR 2060/2045 OPERATOR MANUAL
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Color Models
Video technology (computer monitors, scanners, and television screens) sees
color as transparent light and uses an RGB model to display colors. To display
color appropriately on video technology, captured images are broken down into
pixels (picture elements) that are projected as rays of red, green, and blue light.
Printers see color as reflective light, which reacts much differently on hard copy
printed images and bounces off non-transparent surfaces. Colors are translated
into combinations of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black, using a CMYK color
model, to get true colors.
