Menu item

Description

 

 

RGB Contrast

Adjusts contrast in color outputs

 

 

0–5

Notes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

• 0 is the factory default setting.

 

 

 

• This menu item does not affect files that use CMYK color specifications.

 

 

 

 

 

 

RGB Saturation

Adjusts saturation in color outputs

 

 

0–5

Notes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

• 0 is the factory default setting.

 

 

 

• This menu item does not affect files that use CMYK color specifications.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Color Balance

Lets you make subtle color adjustments to the printer output by individually altering

 

 

Cyan

the amount of toner being used for each color plane. Specifies the amount of color

 

 

Magenta

from -5 to +5.

 

 

Note: 0 is the factory default setting.

 

 

Yellow

 

 

Black

 

 

 

Reset Defaults

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Color Samples

Prints sample pages for each of the RGB and CMYK color conversion tables used in the

 

 

sRGB Display

printer

 

 

sRGB Vivid

Notes:

 

 

Display—True Black

• Selecting any setting prints the sample.

 

 

Vivid

 

 

• Color samples consist of a series of colored boxes along with the RGB or CMYK

 

 

Off—RGB

 

 

combination that creates the color observed. These pages can be used to help

 

 

US CMYK

 

 

decide which combinations to use to get the desired printed output.

 

 

Euro CMYK

 

 

• From a browser window, type the IP address of the printer to access a complete

 

 

Vivid CMYK

 

 

list of color sample pages from the Embedded Web Server.

 

 

Off—CMYK

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Manual Color (RGB)

Customizes the RGB color conversions. The values for each setting are:

 

 

RGB Image

Vivid

 

 

RGB Text

sRGB Display

 

 

RGB Graphics

Display—True Black

 

 

 

sRGB Vivid

 

 

 

Off

 

 

 

Notes:

 

 

 

• Vivid applies a color conversion table that produces brighter, more saturated

 

 

 

colors.

 

 

 

• sRGB Display is the factory default setting for RGB Image. This applies a color

 

 

 

conversion table to an output that matches the colors displayed on a computer

 

 

 

monitor.

 

 

 

• Display—True Black applies a color conversion table that uses only black toner

 

 

 

for neutral gray colors.

 

 

 

• sRGB Vivid is the factory default setting for RGB Text and RGB Graphics. sRGB Vivid

 

 

 

applies a color table that increases saturation. This is preferred for business

 

 

 

graphics and text.

 

 

 

• Off turns off color conversion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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