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. |
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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. |
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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 |
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| 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. |
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104 Solving Problems