Xerox 6250 Problem Solution Grays Not Neutral, Colors Vary Between Computers, Colors Do Not Match

		Print-Quality Problems
Diagnosing Print-Quality Problems (Continued)
Problem	Solution
Grays Not Neutral	■	Calibrate the printer’s colors. Calibrating adjusts
The grays on the printed page are not neutral;		the lightness level and color balance of the
		printer.
they contain color tints.
		At the printer’s front panel, select
		Troubleshooting, select Print Quality
		Problems, select Calibrate Colors, select
		Tutorial Page then press the OK button.
	■	Follow the instructions on the Tutorial Page to
		lighten or darken colors.
Colors Vary Between Computers	1.	Confirm that the driver settings for Print-Quality
The colors printed from one computer do not		and Color Correction are identical on both
		computers.
match the colors printed from a different
computer.	2.	Adjust the settings as needed. Driver settings
		override the settings made at the printer’s front
		panel.
Color Settings Not Applied	In the printer driver, change the settings for Print-
Changing color settings at the printer’s front	Quality and Color Correction. Driver settings
	override the settings made at the printer’s front
panel does not affect the colors in the printed
	panel.
document.
Colors Do Not Match	1.	Confirm that the settings for Print-Qualityand
The color produced by the printer is different		Color Correction are identical in the printer
		driver and at the printer’s front panel.
from the color that it must match.
	2.	At the printer’s front panel, select Information
		Pages, select Sample Pages, select either RGB
		Sampler Pages or CMYK Sampler Pages, then
		press the OK button to print a color sampler.
	3.	Use the values on the color sampler to set the
		colors in your document.
	For detailed instructions about color matching, see
	“Using Color” in the “Printing” section on the User
	Documentation CD-ROM, or access the infoSMART
	Knowledge Base at www.xerox.com/officeprinting/
	infoSMART.
Printed Colors Do Not Match Monitor Colors	For information about color matching between the
The color produced by the printer looks different	monitor and the printed document, see the

from the color that appears on the monitor.	infoSMART Knowledge Base at: www.xerox.com/
	officeprinting/PhaserSMART. View document #
	11202.

PANTONE® Colors Do Not Match

Colors printed on the document do not match the Phaser 6250 PANTONE color chart.

For information about PANTONE color matching, see the infoSMART Knowledge Base at www.xerox.com/officeprinting/infoSMART. View document # 7456.

Phaser® 6250 Color Laser Printer

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