Adjustments made to the monitor | Canon K10158 instruction

Adjustments made to the monitor

If you have high quality monitor capable of finely controlling the amount of light allocated to each component of the RGB mix of colours, it is possible to adjust the colours appearing on the screen in such a way as to approximate the printed result. However, normal monitors allow only rough control of brightness and contrast, control which is applied indiscriminately to the entire screen and is not very effective for anything more than rough adjustment of the appearance of whole screen images. We recommend selection of a highly reliable monitor which suffers from as little deviation in the reproduction of colours as possible.

Some software applications allow you to adjust the Gamma value, a value which adjusts the contrast of a colour. One rule of thumb holds that a monitor Gamma value of about 1.4 brings the colours displayed on a monitor into close agreement with the colours displayed on the printed page.

Adjustment of colour from within software applications

When the software application allows adjustment of colour, the appearance of colours on the monitor screen can be adjusted after comparison with printed results.

Normally, colours are adjusted according to the procedure outlined below. For further information about how to adjust colours, see the documentation accompanying your software application.

•First, print out a colour sample using the CMYK method, and adjust the colours appearing on the monitor screen as you compare them to the printed result. This process is called colour calibration. By performing this calibration, it is possible to bring the colours displayed on the monitor screen and on the printed page into closer match.

•If your software application uses a colour palette to set colour levels, it is possible to finely tune the appearance of a particular colour by adjusting the colour palette.

•If your software application permits you to adjust the colours over the entire screen through use of a colour balance, you can make adjustments like washing out red colours or strengthening yellows over the entire screen at a single stroke.

60Chapter 5 Colour Printing and Black-and-White Printing

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Canon K10158 manual Adjustments made to the monitor, Adjustment of colour from within software applications

Contents

Trademark Notice FCC Regulations International Energy Star Program Canadian Radio Interference Regulations Table of Contents Colour Printing and Black-and-White Printing Appendix B Code Pages and Character Sets Introduction How to use this manualChapter Conventions Simple maintenance Features and benefitsCompact portable design High quality ink Scanner feature Wireless ConnectionOptions and supplies BJ Cartridges and ink cartridges BJ Cartridge Storage Container SB-10 Black BJ Cartridge BC-10Color Image Scanner Cartridge IS-12 Print media Power supply Canon Auto Sheet Feeder ASF-50 Available options Selecting a location for your printer Setting Up the Printer Front view Examining the printerTop cover Power connector Auto Sheet Feeder ASF-50 connectorPower lock switch Battery pack Operation panel Rear view Power lamp Power buttonResume button CHARGE/ERROR lamp Installing the battery pack Setting Up the Printer Setting Up the Printer Connecting the parallel interface Connecting the printer to your computer Setting up the IrDA wireless interface IrDA interface Setting Up the Printer To connect the AC adapter Attaching the AC adapter Switching the printer on and off Choosing which BJ Cartridge to use Installing the BJ Cartridge BJ Cartridge guidelines Raise the top cover BJ Cartridge installation Remove the BJ Cartridge from its protective packaging Insert the BJ Cartridge to Align the marks Performing a test print Mark for the size Above sample was printed with the Black BJ Cartridge BC-10 Installing a printer driver for DOS applications Installing and using printer drivers Printer Name Selecting paper types Paper HandlingPlain paper Envelopes Special media To open the printer driver for Windows 98/Windows Loading paper and other media To open the printer driver for Windows To check the settings for a DOS application Name Media Type Print Side Purpose Loading Table for Manual Feed Paper guide Paper Handling Start the print job with your software application Starting the test prints Performing Test Prints Following table lists the defaults for each setting Demonstration Sample test prints BJ Mode Ripple Pattern Sample Printer settingsRipple pattern Status Information Sample BJ Mode Font Sample LQ Mode Ripple Pattern SampleNozzle Check Pattern Font Sample To turn on the hexadecimal dump mode LQ Mode Font SampleTo turn off the hexadecimal dump mode Hexadecimal dump test Printing with Windows Colour Printing and Black-and- White PrintingPrinting with DOS applications Changing the BJ Cartridges Preparing your printer Hold the green tab to remove the BJ Cartridge Mark Protective tape Protective cap Colour Printing and Black-and-White Printing Benefits of colour printing Printing with a colour BJ CartridgeSelecting the print media Understanding your software application’s capabilities Green RGB method Blue MagentaCMYK method Cyan Matching Colours displayed on your monitor with printouts Adjustment of colour from within software applications Adjustments made to the monitor Colour and cost Recharging the battery pack Recharging and replacing the battery packMaintaining the Printer Press the Power button to switch the printer off Replacing the battery pack Maintaining the Printer Handling ink cartridges Replacing ink cartridges Black BJ Cartridge BC-10 employs only one ink cartridge Examining the ink cartridges Replacing an ink cartridge Ink Cartridge BCI-10 Black Ink Cartridges BCI-11 Color and Black Remove the orange protective cap from the new ink cartridge BCI-11BCI-10 Insert the ink cartridge to align the marks Before you replace a worn BJ Cartridge Replacing BJ CartridgesReplacing a BJ Cartridge Removing the BJ Cartridge Installing the Color Image Scanner Cartridge IS-12 Open the top cover Installing the Scanner Cartridge Removing the Scanner Cartridge Tab Before you start cleaning Cleaning the printer Cleaning inside and outside the printer To start cleaning/flushing from the operation panel Cleaning the print head Preparing the printer for travel or storage Maintaining the Printer Check List Troubleshooting CHARGE/ERROR lamp lights and and buzzer beeps once Errors indicated by the CHARGE/ERROR lampCHARGE/ERROR lamp flashes green when power is off Buzzer beeps six times when power is on CHARGE/ERROR lamp flashes and buzzer beeps three times CHARGE/ERROR lamp flashes and buzzer beeps onceCHARGE/ERROR lamp flashes and buzzer beeps four times CHARGE/ERROR lamp flashes and buzzer beeps five times Clearing paper jams Printer does not switch on Operational problems Ink runs out sooner than expected Power lamp comes on, but printer does not print White streaks, dots missing, or irregular dots Print quality problemsPaper does not eject after printing Sheet of paper is ejected upon starting up Windows To start flushing Normal print sample To clean the print head Characters are blurred or smudged Printout is not clearSmudges on back or edge of printed Output appears jagged Printer prints only in black-and-white Colour printing problemsColours are broken or uneven Printing is slow Colours print incorrectly Strange characters Other printing problems Printing job halts before completion Printing beyond edge Characters on the screen do not match printed charactersIrDA printing stops and paper is ejected Printer prints incorrect number of lines on a Computer indicates a device time-out Where to Find More Help United States Paper weight Paper SpecificationsAppendix a Paper size Paper and special media Printing area European DL size Appendix B Code Pages and Character SetsCode pages MultilingualLatin I -- Code USA English -- Code Cyrillic Russian -- Code Slavic Latin II -- Code Portuguese -- Code Turkish -- Code Arabic -- Code Canadian French -- Code Greek -- Code Nordic -- Code Character sets BJ mode NUL BEL Pts International character sets LQ mode Epson character tables Table below shows the International Character Sets Graphics Character Table Entering a setup string in Lotus Printer Command SummariesAppendix C BJ mode example BJ mode command summaryLQ mode example ESCape sequence codes Basic control codes ESC E Line Feed Character Height Miscellaneous control codes Alternate Graphics Mode AGM codes ESCape sequence code for colour printing LQ mode command summary ESC SO ESC @ USA Roman 10,12,15,17,20, Proportional Appendix D Options and SuppliesConsumables Available options Paper and special media Infrared Communications Before Installing the IR Communications Driver VersionAppendix E System RequirementsPage Appendix E Infrared Communications Printer Specifications SpecificationsAppendix F Maximum Number of Characters per Line Interface Operating Environment Temperature Appendix G Interface SpecificationsParallel interface IrDA interface Glossary Bit BJ modeBJ Cartridge Bubble Jet printer Configuration CommandCode Commercial 10 US Commercial Embedded printer commands Default settingDithering Dot matrix Font characteristics Factory defaultFixed pitch spacing Fixed pitch font High Quality HQ mode Hexadecimal dump modeHigh Speed HS mode Home position Interface port LQ modeInternal fonts IrDA Orientation Non-impact printerPaper feed Paper jam Printer command Print modePrinter control mode Print head capping Saturation ResolutionSoftware application Spacing Text scale mode Text modeSubtractive colours Superscript Index Index High Gloss Film HG-101 colour printing, 58 described For colour BJ Mode miscellaneous codes, 118 Lotus 1-2-3 RGB Index