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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Start Spot Pro in one of the
following ways:
- Click Spot Pro from the toolbar in Job
Center.
- Click .
- Click
the More icon (three vertical dots) next to the
server name in the Servers
pane.
- In Device Center, click Spot Pro under
Resources.
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Click
Launch Spot Pro.
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Click New and select
Substitute
Group.
For a
substitute group, type a name for the group and
click OK.
If a
substitute group already exists, select the
substitute group and proceed to 5.
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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 to create a
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
|
Small tolerance range
|
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)
|
+/- 0.25
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+/- 1
|
|
RGB (0-100%)
|
+/- 0.25%
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+/- 0.5%
|
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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Type the values for the converted color.
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Do one of the following:
- Click Done to finish editing
and to exit the Spot Pro color editor
pane.
- Click Save
to save your edits and switch to a different spot
color, without leaving the Spot Pro color editor
pane.
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To edit a
substitute color, in the Spot Pro color editor
pane, click Edit icon (
). Make the necessary
changes and do one of the following:
- Click
Done to finish editing and
to exit the Spot Pro color editor pane.
- Click
Save to
save your edits and switch to a different spot
color, without leaving the Spot Pro color editor
pane.
