Miscellaneous Printing Problems

Problem

Solution

You cannot print in

• If Black is selected as the Color setting in the printer driver,

color

change the setting to Color.

 

• The color setting in the application you are using is not

 

appropriate for color printing. Check your application

 

documentation for details.

 

 

The printout color

The printer driver default settings and color tables vary by product

differs when printed

model. Set the gamma setting to 1.8 in the More Settings

from different

window in the printer driver, then print again. If you still do not

printers

get the colors you expect, adjust the colors using the slide bars.

 

For details about the More Settings window, see page 21 for

 

Windows, or see page 26 for Macintosh.

 

 

The color in your

• Printed colors cannot exactly match the colors on your monitor

printout looks

screen, since printers and monitors use different color

different from the

systems: monitors use RGB (red, green, and blue), and

screen colors

printers use CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black).

 

Although it is difficult to match colors perfectly, selecting the

 

printer driver’s ICM setting (for Windows) or ColorSync

 

setting (for Macintosh) can improve color matching. For

 

details, see page 21 (for Windows) and page 26 (for

 

Macintosh).

 

• For Macintosh, the System Profile setting may not be in use.

 

To apply ColorSync properly, your input device and application

 

must support ColorSync, and you must use a System Profile

 

for your monitor.

 

• You may have selected PhotoEnhance™ in the printer driver.

 

PhotoEnhance corrects the contrast and brightness of the

 

original image, so it may not be suitable for printing vivid

 

images.

 

 

104 Solving Problems