HP 3800, 3000 manual Restricting color printing, Setting description Setting options, Neutral Grays

Table 6-1Manual color options (continued)

Setting description	Setting options
Neutral Grays	● Black Only generates neutral colors (grays and black) by using
The Neutral Grays setting (available for the HP Color	only black toner. This guarantees neutral colors without a color
	cast.
LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers only)
determines the method for creating gray colors used	● 4-Colorgenerates neutral colors (grays and black) by combining
in text, graphics, and photographs.	all four toner colors. This method produces smoother gradients
	and transitions to other colors, and it produces the darkest black.
Edge Control	HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers:
The Edge Control setting determines how edges are	● Maximum is the most aggressive trapping setting. Adaptive
rendered. Edge control has two components:	halftoning is on.
adaptive halftoning and trapping. Adaptive halftoning	● Normal is the default trapping setting. Trapping is at a medium
increases edge sharpness. Trapping reduces the
effect of color-plane misregistration by overlapping	level and adaptive halftoning is on.
the edges of adjacent objects slightly.	● Light sets trapping at a minimal level, and adaptive halftoning is
	on.
	● Off turns off both trapping and adaptive halftoning.
	HP Color LaserJet 3600 Series printer:
	● Maximum is the most aggressive trapping setting.
	● Normal sets the trapping at a medium level.
	● Light sets trapping at a minimal level.
	● Off is the default trapping setting. Trapping is turned off.
RGB Color (HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series	● Default (sRGB) instructs the printer to interpret RGB color as
printers only)	sRGB. The sRGB standard is the accepted standard of Microsoft
	and the World Wide Web Consortium (http://www.w3.org).
	● Image optimization (sRGB) (HP Color LaserJet 3800 Series
	printer only) instructs the printer to use the best color matching for
	rendering sRGB images. Select this option to print raster objects,
	such as .BMP, .TIF, or .GIF files.
	● Adobe RGB (1998) (HP Color LaserJet 3800 Series printer only)
	instructs the printer to use the best color matching for documents
	or images that are in the Adobe RGB color space that some digital
	cameras and high-end graphics programs create. When printing
	with Adobe RGB from a professional software program, turn off the
	color management in the program and allow the printer software
	to manage the color space.
	● None instructs the printer to print RGB data in raw device mode.
	You must manage color in the program in which you are working
	or in the operating system in order to render photographs correctly
	when this option is selected.
	● Custom Profile instructs the printer to use a custom input profile
	to more accurately predict and control color output. Download
	custom profiles from www.hp.com.

Restricting color printing

NOTE This feature is available for the HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers only.

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