A substitute color resides in a special type of spot color group called a
substitute group. For a substitute color, you specify the CMYK value of the original color and the
CMYK value of the color that substitutes for the original color.
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In Device Center, click the
Resources tab and click Spot
Colors.
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If a substitute group already exists, select the
substitute group and skip to 5. Otherwise, to create a substitute group, select the location in the color group
list where you want the new substitute group to be placed.
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Click New and select Substitute Group.
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Type a name for the group and click OK.
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Select the location in the color list where you want the new substitute color to be
placed.
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Click New and select Substitute Color .
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Select a color mode for specifying the original color value.
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Select a tolerance degree for the original color.
Tolerance determines how close a particular color must be to the original color to
match. Small and Large are defined as follows:
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Color mode
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Small tolerance range
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Large tolerance range
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CMYK (0-100%)
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+/- 0.25%
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+/- 0.5%
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RGB (Device Code 0-255)
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+/- 0.25
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+/- 1
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RGB (0-100%)
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+/- 0.25%
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+/- 0.5%
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Note: Tolerance does not affect the substituted
color.
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Type the values for the original color. Use the Tab key to move from one field to the
next.
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Under Converted, click Edit.
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Type the values for the converted color and
click OK.
