Pantone Color Cue Quick Start Manual

PANTONE Color Cue Top View

To turn On the PANTONE Color Cue, press and hold the Power
ON/OFF button. If there are no characters on the display, install or

replace the battery.

To select a Color

Place the PANTONE Color Cue down on a sample and press the clear View
and Measure button, which is also a switch.

Quick Start Guide

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Power

Menu

Next Display

View

Light

button

View and

Measure

button

PANTONE Color Cue Bottom View

Sample

Port

PANTONE 185 C

PANTONE Wm Red

75.00%

PANTONE RubRed

25.00%

CMYK

0 91 76 0

CMYKOG

0 100 0 0 76 0

sRGB100

90 5 18

sRGB255
230 13 46

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Press the View and Measure
button and a PANTONE
Number for that specific color
will appear in the display.

The Next key may be used to step the
display through additional information.

The items available for display are
determined by each deck type and
selected by Menu operations.

After the last item, the PANTONE
Number will appear. If you go past the
item you wish to see, just keep going
until it reappears.

Menu Operations

The Menu button is used to select menu options. On the first press, the
display will show *Measure and the currently selected deck. Pressing
Menu again will step the display.

“ * ” marks the selected menu item.

Library Selection

Pressing the View and Measure button changes or starts the selected
menu item. The following sequence selects the deck type.

When the desired library is selected, press the Next button and it will
return to the top of the menu. Press the View and Measure button on
top of a new sample to get a PANTONE Number for that specific color
using the new selection, i.e., C, M and U for coated, matte and uncoated,
respectively.

If the sample is small
and alignment is difficult,
look through the measure
window to align the
sample. The View Light
Button may be used
to provide additional
(green) light

*Measure

PANTONE coated

*PANTONE coated

*Color Lookup

*Color Lookup

Display Data

*Calibrate

Special Options

*Special Options

Measure

*PANTONE coated

Color Lookup

*PANTONE matte

Color Lookup

*PANTONE uncoated

Color Lookup

Lab

50.23 76.22 42.05

PANTONE 185 C

*Display Data

Calibrate

*Measure

PANTONE coated

Euro CMYK

0 95 64 0

Warnings

Unknown Color

If there is no color within a reasonable range of the measurement, then
Unknown Color will be displayed. This may occur when no sample is
presented to the sample port.

Warning > 5% from base

If calibration adjusts white by more than 5 percent, this message will be
displayed. For a new clean instrument, this is not likely to occur. If this
message occurs, repeat the calibration procedure, being sure that the
targets are clean and placed flat to the sample port.

No Formula Data for Entry

If no Formula Data is available for the selected color, this message will
appear when Formula data should be displayed.

No Data for Entry

If no data table entry is available for a selected color, then this message
will display in place of the data.

Low Battery

If the battery voltage drops below a preset limit during a measurement,
this message will appear. The battery should be replaced as soon
as possible.

0

F.

0

F or below 600 F.

Calibration:

1) Remove the battery compartment cover. You will see white and black
targets on the inside of the cover. These should be free of dirt,
fingerprints and scratches.

2) Press the Menu key four times or until you see *Calibrate on the top
line of the display.

3) Press the View and Measure button and you should see the
message Measure White Calib. Target in the display.

4) Present the White Target to the sample port and press the View and

Measure button. You should see the display change to Measure Black

Calib. Target.

5) Press the View and Measure button.

Important

The PANTONE Color Cue is designed to be a color identification
tool. It is programmed with the master color data for three PANTONE
formula guides (coated, uncoated, matte).

Please note that measurement of a specific PANTONE Color from a
PANTONE Publication with the PANTONE Color Cue may not
produce an exact match as colors change over time due to colorant
fading, aging, exposure to light, temperature and handling.

Note also that the results of the PANTONE Color Cue may not match
the corresponding PANTONE Color and that some variation may
occur. Variables that may affect the result provided by the PANTONE
Color Cue include:

• The PANTONE Color Cue was improperly calibrated.

• Obstructions inside the PANTONE Color Cue measuring window.

• Component failure inside the PANTONE Color Cue.

• Incorrect measurement of the color, for example:

- The unit was not perfectly flat on the sample measured.

- The measured sample has a high degree of surface texture.

- The measured sample was dirty from handling.

- The measured sample did not fill the measurement area.

- The measured sample contains metallic, fluorescent and/or
pearlescent colorants.

- The measured sample was multi-colored, e.g., a stripe or plaid.

- The measured sample looks different when viewing at different
angles.

All data variables encoded in the PANTONE Color Cue are based on
specific printing or display conditions and are to be used as
guidelines only. You should always visually refer to current PANTONE
Color publications for accurate color identification. Pantone,
Inc. is not liable and assumes no responsibility for inaccurate color
identification by the PANTONE Color Cue.

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OFFICE LOCATIONS

North America
Pantone, Inc.
World Headquarters
590 Commerce Boulevard
Carlstadt, New Jersey
07072-30 98 U.S. A.
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Europe, Middle East and Africa
Pantone U.K., Inc.
8 Stade Street, Hythe
Kent CT21 6BD, England
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D/A/CH and Eastern Europe
Representative Office
Roonstrasse 23a
D-76137 Karlsruhe, Germany
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Asia Pacific
Pantone Asia, Inc.
10/F Communication Building
55 Hennessy Road
Wanchai, Hong Kong
S.A.R., China
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]

It is best to hold the
battery door against
the sample port to
feel the appropriate
flat contact.

After the black target is measured, the nearest
PANTONE Number (Black) should appear in
the display.

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