Print quality and color settings
Color Settings
Setting Item
Options
Description
Color Mode (*1) Color
Monochrome (Photo)
Monochrome
Choose whether to print in color or
monochrome.
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Color Adjustment (Images)
Color Adjustment (Graphics)
Color Adjustment (T ext)
Cyan
Magenta
Y ellow
Brightness
Contrast
Saturation
Gray T one Adjustment
Y ou can adjust the levels of cyan,
magenta, and yellow as well as the
brightness, contrast, saturation,
and gray tone separately for
images, graphics, and text
documents.
If you choose Monochrome in
Color Mode only Brightness and
Contrast can be adjusted.
Gray Adjustment Color Balance
Brightness
Contrast
Highlight
Shadow
Choose the gray tone color balance
(Cool Black or W arm Black )
and adjust levels of brightness,
contrast, highlight, and shadow as
desired.
These levels can be adjusted when
Monochrome (Photo) is selected
in Color Mode .
Color-Matching Modes Driver Matching Mode
ICC Matching Mode
Off
Choose the color-matching mode.
Other color-matching modes may
be provided by the computer
operating system, such as ICM
and ColorSync.
Color-Matching Method (*2) Auto
Perceptual
Perceptual (People, Dark Areas)
Saturation
Colorimetric
Others
Choose the color-matching
method. The available options
vary depending on your selection
in “Color-Matching Mode.”
Color Space (*3) sRGB
Adobe RGB
Choose a standard color space
(sRGB ) or an expanded color
space ( Adobe RGB ).
*1: Options suitable for the selected Print Priority are listed under Color Mode.
*2: The order of options displayed varies depending on the operating system.
*3: Adobe RGB is not available if an incompatible combination of the paper type and print quality is
selected.
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