Windows

Color Settings Sheet: Color (Windows)

In general, make any needed adjustments to the color of documents in the application used to create them. However, if the color tone as printed is not as you expected, you can also adjust the color in the printer driver.

Color Adjustment : color

If the color tone as printed is not as you expected, you can adjust it on the Color Adjustment sheet.

Note

To display the Color Adjustment sheet, on the Main sheet, click Color Settings by Color Mode in Advanced Settings. (→P.475)

Setting Item

Description

A Preview

The image at left is updated to reect any changes you make to setting

 

items on the sheet, enabling you to check the results of adjustment.

 

 

B Original

The image at right shows the original state before adjustment. You can

 

compare it to the Preview image.

 

 

C Cyan

Correct color tones by adjusting the levels of each color.

 

 

D Magenta

 

 

 

E Yellow

 

 

 

F Brightness

Adjust the overall image brightness as desired. You can adjust the

 

brightness if the printed document is lighter or darker than the original image

 

(that is, the original photo that was scanned or the original graphic as it

 

appears on the computer screen).

 

 

G Contrast

Adjust the contrast of the darkest and lightest portions relative to each other,

 

as desired. Increasing the Contrast makes images sharper, and reducing

 

the Contrast softens images.

 

 

H Saturation

Adjust the color intensity as desired. Increasing the Saturation setting

 

makes colors more vivid, and reducing the Saturation makes colors more

 

subdued.

 

 

I Gray Tone Adjustment

Adjust the color tone of grays as desired. Choose Cool Black (tinged with

 

blue), Warm Black (tinged with red), and so on.

 

 

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