Ricoh AP 306D [72/77] Microsoft word powerpoint for windows and

Printing Guideline for Ricoh Color Products 2.01

12 Microsoft Word / Powerpoint for Windows and

Macintosh

Although Word as well as PowerPoint offer a large variety of import Þ lters for graphics

and images, the main difference between Microsoft OfÞ ce software and applications

such as Adobe PageMaker or QuarkXPress is that Microsoft OfÞ ce 95 applications

only allow import of RGB data. Word 95 as well as PowerPoint 95 only process RGB

data, in OfÞ ce 97 you can place CMYK data, but the color system will be changed to

RGB. This “principle” is valid for Windows OS as well as Macintosh OS.

The OfÞ ce 2000 product family and its predecessors do not support color

management at this time (December 2001). In the future however, Microsoft might

(hopefully) implement the use of Windows´ Image Color Management (ICM) into the

OfÞ ce product family.

13 Color Management on the RIP

There are several workß ows to perform color management on the controller. The

easiest way will be described below, as an example of color management on the

E-800A controller. For more information see the controller´s user manual.

13.1 Avoiding Unwanted Color Interference

It is recommended to turn off the application´s color management options and

also Postscript color management options in the driver. On how to turn off color

management in the applications, also see the sections above.

• To turn off Adobe Illustrator´s color management, remove color conversion

and color conversion utilities from folder Plug-ins > Extensions.

• To turn off Macromedia FreeHand´s color management, choose None from

menu Colors > Color Management > Type.

• To avoid color conversion within Photoshop:

1. Don´t apply any proÞ les to when importing or opening RGB images.

2. When printing select RGB Color as space and deselect Postscript Color

Management. If your RGB image contains embedded proÞ les, they will be

applied if you choose None as RGB source proÞ le in the printer driver.

Otherwise the selected RGB source proÞ le will override the embedded

proÞ le, unless it is an EPS Þ le.

It is recommended that, if possible, RGB images are converted to EPS format, before

importing them into an ofÞ ce-, layout- or illustration-application. This will prevent the

application from perfoming any unwanted color conversion on the images.

When converting to the EPS format, choose option Binary Encoding. This reduces

Þ le size more than ASCII encoding, but occasionally causes printing problems with

some system conÞ gurations. If you experience problems while printing documents

with these EPS Þ les, convert the RGB image again and try ASCII encoding.