Adjusting Color Balance

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Adjusting Color Balance

You can adjust the color tints when printing.

Since this function adjusts color balance of the output by changing the ink ratios of each color, it changes the total color balance of the document. Use the application software if you want to change the color balance significantly. Use the printer driver only when you want to adjust the color balance slightly.

The following sample shows the case when color balance is used to intensify cyan and to diminish

yellow so that the overall colors are more uniform.

No adjustment

Adjust Color Balance

The procedure for adjusting color balance is as follows:

You can also set color balance on the Quick Setup tab by choosing Photo Printing under Commonly Used Settings, and then choosing Color/Intensity Manual Adjustment under Additional Features.

1.Open the printer driver setup window

2.Select the manual color adjustment

On the Main tab, select Manual for Color/Intensity, and click Set....

The Manual Color Adjustment dialog box opens.

3.Adjust color balance

There are individual sliders for Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow. Each color becomes stronger when the

corresponding slider is moved to the right, and becomes weaker when the corresponding slider is

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