SELECTING COLOR MODE
Overview
This section explains how to select color mode in the printer driver setting window to print data.
Color mode types
"Color Mode" can be selected from the following three options.| Auto Detection | The machine automatically determines whether each page is color or black and white and prints pages accordingly. Pages with colors other than black and white are printed using Y (Yellow), M (Magenta), C (Cyan) and Bk (Black) toner. Pages that are only black and white are printed using Bk (Black) toner only. This is convenient when printing a document that has both color and black and white pages, however, the printing speed is slower. |
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| Color | All pages are printed in color. Both color data and black and white data are printed using Y (Yellow), M (Magenta), C (Cyan) and Bk (Black) toner. |
| Grayscale | All pages are printed in black and white. Color data such as images or materials for presentations are printed using black toner only. This mode helps conserve color toner when you do not need to print in color, such as when proofreading or checking the layout of a document. |
When "Color Mode" is set to [Automatic]: Even if the print result is black and white, the following types of print jobs will be counted as 4-color (Y (Yellow), M (Magenta), C (Cyan), and Bk (Black)) print jobs.When you want such jobs to be counted as black and white jobs, select [Black and White].
- When the data is created as color data
- When the application treats the data as color data even though the data is black and white
- When an image is hidden under a black and white image
Operation
Windows
Click the [Color] tab and select "Color Mode"
Black and white printing
[Black and White] in the [Color] tab can also be configured in the [Main] tab.
Set the [Black and White Print] checkbox in the [Main] tab to
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Set the [Black and White Print] checkbox in the [Main] tab to
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If the [Black and White Print] checkbox in the [Main] tab is set to , [Black and White] in the [Color] tab is selected.
Macintosh
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Select [Color] and select "Color Mode"
