SELECTING COLOR SETTINGS TO MATCH THE IMAGE TYPE

Overview

Preset color settings are available in the machine's printer driver for various uses. These enable printing using the most suitable color settings for the color image type.
Advanced color settings, such as the color management settings and the screening setting for adjusting the color tone expression, are also available for more complex color image printing.

Types of color management settings

*Windows ICM^1**	Select the color management method in Windows environment.
ColorSync	Select the color management method in Macintosh environment.
Source Profile	Select a color profile to be used to display images on the PC's screen.
Rendering Intent	Select the standard value used when converting the color balance of the image displayed on the computer screen to a color balance that can be printed by the machine.
Output Profile	Select a color profile for the image to be printed.
*CMYK Correction^2**	Corrects the image to obtain the optimum printing result when printing a CMYK image.
Screening	Select the most suitable image processing method for the image being printed.
Neutral Gray	Specify the toner color used to print gray areas.
Pure Black Print	Specify the toner color used to print black areas.
Trapping	Prevents whitening from being generated at borders of colors.
Sharpness	Enhances or smooths the outline of the image.
*Black Overprint^3**	Prevents whitening of the outline of black text.
*Custom CMYK Simulation Profile^3**	Adjusts the colors to simulate printing that would be obtained with the process colors used in printing presses.
*Simulation Profile^3**	Select the process colors.

*1 Cannot be selected when using the PS printer driver in Windows Vista/Server 2008/7.

*2 Available only when using the PCL6 printer driver.

*3 Available when using the PS printer driver (Windows/Macintosh).

Operation

Windows

Click the [Color] tab and select [Image Type]

Standard: Data that includes text, photos, graphs, etc.

Graphics: Data with many drawings or illustrations

Photo: Photo data or data that uses photos

CAD: Engineering drawing data

Scan: Data scanned by a scanner

Colorimetric: Data to be printed in colors as viewed on the screen

Custom: Data to be printed with special settings

Click the [Advanced Color...] button and specify the settings

To configure color management using the Windows OS ICM, set "Original Type" to [Custom] in step 1. Then, set the [Windows ICM] checkbox to .
To configure "Source Profile" and other detailed color management tasks, select the desired settings from the menus.

Windows ICM cannot be selected when the PS printer driver is used in Windows Vista/Server 2008/7.

Macintosh

Select [Color]
Select [Print Mode]

To use the Mac OS color management function, set the [ColorSync] checkbox to . In this case, you cannot select "Image Type".

Select [Image Type]