The Underground Guide to Color Printers: Slightly Askew Advice on Getting the Best from Any Color Printer (Underground Guide Series) - Softcover

Stone, M. David

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0201483785 ISBN 13: 9780201483789

Publisher: Addison Wesley, 1996

Synopsis

"I just purchased The Underground Book of Color Printers...and it turns out it's all the info I've been looking for. It's funny and contains great quotes. Even the Acknowledgments are worth reading! Woody Leonhard is correct, David has an excellent writing style. I bought it!" --Greg Myrick, Computer Enthusiast WARNING! Don't be deceived by that Optimize button! Getting high-qualityoutput from your color printer is not easy or intuitive, and it meansexperimenting with all those unintelligible settings by hand. If you last saw acolor wheel in grade school and you don't know RGB from RIP (or even if youdo!) you'll find loads of practical advice on the best way to print anything inThe Underground Guide to Color Printers. Why is it so hard to make what you see on the screen look the same on yourcolor printer? What do all those settings mean? Is it possible to printout a professional-looking document without a graphic arts degree? Yes!Printing in color is a lot more complex than printing in black-and-white, butexpert M. David Stone makes it easy for you--and even fun. Whether you'reprinting the brilliant pitch that'll land your company its next big client orthe invitations to your daughter's birthday party, The Underground Guideto Color Printers gives you the tools you need to do it better. * Learn how to experiment intelligently with any printer (and anyprinting program) to get the best possible output . * Sort out the alphabet soup of color models: What's the difference betweenRGB, CMY, and CMYK, and why that's important to you. * Learn the strengths and weaknesses of each kind of color printer (ink jet,wax jet, thermal wax, and thermal dye printers) and what kinds of printing jobseach is best suited for. * Find out how paper, drivers, programs, and printer settings all affect yourfinal output. And of course there's much, much more!Every page has something you can use immediately. This book is packed wall towall with advice, warnings, tips, professional tricks and workarounds, and thekind of nitty-gritty explanations that could only come from someone who hasfought with hundreds of different color printers (and has the scars to proveit!).Series Editor Woody Leonhard and Addison-Wesley are proud to bring you theUnderground Guides--fun books for serious computer users. 0201483785B04062001

About this title

About the Author

M. David Stone is a contributing editor at PC Magazine andWindows Sources. He is author of, or major contributor to about a dozenbooks, and has most recently coauthored Word 6 for Windows Companion andWord 6 for the Mac Companion. He has contributed to every PC MagazineSpecial Printer Issue, with an emphasis for the last several years on colorprinters.

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From the Back Cover

"I just purchased The Underground Book of Color Printers...and it turns out it's all the info I've been looking for. It's funny and contains great quotes. Even the Acknowledgments are worth reading! Woody Leonhard is correct, David has an excellent writing style. I bought it!"

--Greg Myrick, Computer Enthusiast

WARNING! Don't be deceived by that Optimize button! Getting high-qualityoutput from your color printer is not easy or intuitive, and it meansexperimenting with all those unintelligible settings by hand. If you last saw acolor wheel in grade school and you don't know RGB from RIP (or even if youdo!) you'll find loads of practical advice on the best way to print anything inThe Underground Guide to Color Printers.

Why is it so hard to make what you see on the screen look the same on yourcolor printer? What do all those settings mean? Is it possible to printout a professional-looking document without a graphic arts degree? Yes!Printing in color is a lot more complex than printing in black-and-white, butexpert M. David Stone makes it easy for you--and even fun. Whether you'reprinting the brilliant pitch that'll land your company its next big client orthe invitations to your daughter's birthday party, The Underground Guideto Color Printers gives you the tools you need to do it better.

• Learn how to experiment intelligently with any printer (and anyprinting program) to get the best possible output .

• Sort out the alphabet soup of color models: What's the difference betweenRGB, CMY, and CMYK, and why that's important to you.

• Learn the strengths and weaknesses of each kind of color printer (ink jet,wax jet, thermal wax, and thermal dye printers) and what kinds of printing jobseach is best suited for.

• Find out how paper, drivers, programs, and printer settings all affect yourfinal output.

And of course there's much, much more!

Every page has something you can use immediately. This book is packed wall towall with advice, warnings, tips, professional tricks and workarounds, and thekind of nitty-gritty explanations that could only come from someone who hasfought with hundreds of different color printers (and has the scars to proveit!).

Series Editor Woody Leonhard and Addison-Wesley are proud to bring you theUnderground Guides--fun books for serious computer users.

0201483785B04062001

Edition details

• Publisher: Addison Wesley
• Publication date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0201483785
• ISBN 13: 9780201483789
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368