HP CP4005 manual Managing printer color options on Macintosh computers, Print Color as Gray

Managing printer color options on Macintosh computers

Setting the color options to Automatic typically produces the best possible print quality for the most common printing requirements. However, for some documents, setting the color options manually can enhance the way the document appears. Examples of these documents include marketing brochures that contain many images or documents that are printed on a media type that is not listed in the printer driver.

Print color as gray or change the color options by using the Color Options pop-up menu in the Print dialog box.

For more information about how to gain access to the printer drivers, see Gaining access to the printer drivers.

Print Color as Gray

Selecting the Print Color as Gray option from the printer driver prints a document in black and shades of gray. This option is useful for previewing preliminary copies of slides and hardcopy output, or for printing color documents that will be photocopied or faxed.

Advanced color options for text, graphics, and photographs

Use manual color adjustment to adjust the Color (or Color Map) and Halftoning options for a print job.

Halftone options

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

●The Smooth option provides better results for large, solid-filled print areas. It also enhances photographs by smoothing out fine color gradations. Select this option when uniform and smooth area fills are the top priority.

●The Detail option is useful for text and graphics that require sharp distinctions among lines or colors, or for images that contain a pattern or a high level of detail. Select this option when sharp edges and details are the top priority.

NOTE Some software programs convert text or graphics to raster images. In these cases, the Photographs settings also control text and graphics.

Neutral Grays

The Neutral Grays setting determines the method that the printer uses to create gray colors in text, graphics, and photographs.

Two values are available for the Neutral Grays setting:

●Black Only generates neutral colors (grays and black) by using only black toner. This guarantees neutral colors that do not have a color cast.

●4-Colorgenerates neutral colors (grays and black) by combining all four toner colors. This method produces smoother gradients and transitions to non-neutral colors, and it produces the darkest black.

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