HP 4550DN, 4550N, 4550HDN manual Manual color adjustment, Halftone options, Color map

Manual color adjustment

The Manual color adjustment feature of HP ColorSmart II allows you to adjust the color and halftone modes for text, graphics and photographs. To access the Manual color options from the Color tab, select Manual, then Options.

Halftone options

Halftone options affect the resolution and clarity of your color output. You can select halftone settings for text, graphics, and photos independently. The two halftone options are Smooth and Detail.

●The Smooth option provides better results for large, solid-filled print areas. It also enhances photos by smoothing out fine color gradations.

●The Detail option is useful for text and graphics that require sharp distinctions among lines or colors, or images that contain a pattern or a high level of detail.

Color map

The color map settings in the printer driver tell the printer how to interpret the data sent from a software application into the final colors that the printer will output. The color map settings can be adjusted to Screen match or Vivid.

●Screen Match (sRGB — standard red-green-blue) prints colors that are optimized to match RGB monitor colors. Use this setting to more closely match the colors on your screen.

sRGB is a world-wide color standard originally developed by HP and Microsoft as a common color language for monitors, input devices (scanners, digital cameras), and output devices (printers, plotters). It is the default color space used for HP products, Microsoft Operating Systems, the World Wide Web, and most office software sold today. sRGB is representative of the typical Windows PC monitor today and the convergence standard for High-Definition Television.

Note	Factors such as the type of monitor you use and the room’s lighting can
	affect the appearance of colors on your screen. For more information,
	see the “Matching colors” section earlier in this chapter.

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