Slightly Askew Advice on Getting the Best from Any Color Printer
M. David Stone
ISBN 0-201-48378-5, paperback, 368 pages
WARNING! Don't be deceived by that Optimize button! Getting high-quality
output from your color printer is not easy or intuitive, and it means
experimenting with all those unintelligible settings by hand. If you last saw a
color wheel in grade school and you don't know RGB from RIP (or even if you
do!) you'll find loads of practical advice on the best way to print anything in
The Underground Guide to Color Printers.
Why is it so hard to make what you see on the screen look the same on your
color printer? What do all those settings mean? Is it possible to print
out a professional-looking document without a graphic arts degree? Yes!
Printing in color is a lot more complex than printing in black-and-white, but
expert M. David Stone makes it easy for you--and even fun. Whether you're
printing the brilliant pitch that'll land your company its next big client or
the invitations to your daughter's birthday party, The Underground Guide
to Color Printers gives you the tools you need to do it better.
 Learn how to experiment intelligently with any printer (and any
printing program) to get the best possible output .
Sort out the alphabet soup of color models: What's the difference between
RGB, 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 jobs
each is best suited for.
Find out how paper, drivers, programs, and printer settings all affect your
final output.
And of course there's much, much more!
Every page has something you can use immediately. This book is packed wall to
wall with advice, warnings, tips, professional tricks and workarounds, and the
kind of nitty-gritty explanations that could only come from someone who has
fought with hundreds of different color printers (and has the scars to prove
it!).
M. David Stone is a contributing editor at PC Magazine and
Windows Sources. He is author of, or major contributor to about a dozen
books, and has most recently coauthored Word 6 for Windows Companion and
Word 6 for the Mac Companion. He has contributed to every PC Magazine
Special Printer Issue, with an emphasis for the last several years on color
printers.
Series Editor Woody Leonhard and Addison-Wesley are proud to bring you the Underground Guides--fun books for serious computer users.
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