Manual color options

Use manual color options to adjust the Neutral Grays, Halftone, and Edge Control options for text, graphics, and photographs.

Table 3-1Manual color options

Setting description

Setting options

 

 

Edge Control

● Off turns off both trapping and adaptive halftoning.

The Edge Control setting determines the rendering

● Light sets trapping at a minimal level. Adaptive halftoning is on.

of edges. Edge control has two components:

● Normal sets trapping at a medium level. Adaptive halftoning is

adaptive halftoning and trapping. Adaptive

halftoning increases edge sharpness. Trapping

on.

reduces the effect of color-plane misregistration by

● Maximum is the most aggressive trapping setting. Adaptive

overlapping the edges of adjacent objects slightly.

halftoning is on.

 

 

 

Halftone

● Smooth provides better results for large, solid-filled print areas

Halftone options affect color output clarity and

and enhances photographs by smoothing color gradations. Select

this option when uniform and smooth area fills are important.

resolution.

 

 

● Detail 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. Select this option when sharp

 

edges and small details are important.

Neutral Grays

The Neutral Grays setting determines the method for creating gray colors used in text, graphics, and photographs.

●Black Only generates neutral colors (grays and black) by using only black toner. This guarantees neutral colors without a color cast. This setting is best for documents and grayscale viewgraphs.

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

Match colors

For most users, the best method for matching colors is to print sRGB colors.

The process of matching printer output color to your computer screen is complex, because printers and computer monitors use different methods of producing color. Monitors display colors by using light pixels that use an RGB (red, green, blue) color process, but printers print colors by using a CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow, and black) process.

Several factors can influence your ability to match printed colors to those on your monitor:

●Print media

●Printer colorants (inks or toners, for example)

●Printing process (inkjet, press, or laser technology, for example)

●Overhead lighting

●Personal differences in perception of color

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