Color Menu

The default settings are bold.

Item

Value

Description

AUTO DENSITY

Auto; Manual.

Select whether density adjustment

MODE

 

and Toner Reproduction Curve

 

 

(TRC) compensation is automatic.

 

 

Auto: Density adjustment is

 

 

automatically run under specified

 

 

conditions, and reflected in the TRC

 

 

compensation.

 

 

Manual: Density adjustment is done

 

 

manually (see “Adjust the Color

 

 

Intensity (Color Tuning)” on

 

 

page 77).

 

 

 

ADJUST DENSITY

Execute

If EXECUTE is selected, the printer

 

 

immediately adjusts density and

 

 

reflects it in the Toner Reproduction

 

 

Curve (TRC) compensation.

 

 

Perform when the printer is idle.

 

 

May not work if the printer is not idle.

COLOR TUNING

Print pattern

Ordinarily, you do not use Color

 

 

Tuning, because TRC is

 

 

automatically adjusted.

 

 

If you want to manually adjust the

 

 

Toner Reproduction Curve (TRC),

 

 

use Color Tuning to print the test

 

 

pattern.

 

 

Change the settings for the

 

 

HIGHLIGHT, MID-TONE, and DARK

 

 

for each color (CMYK).

 

 

Keep changing the settings until you

 

 

obtain your desired print quality.

 

 

See “Adjust the Color Intensity (Color

 

 

Tuning)” on page 77.

 

 

 

CYAN, MAGENTA,

0+1+2+3-3-2-1

Adjusts HIGHLIGHT (light area) of

YELLOW OR

 

Cyan, Magenta, Yellow or Black

BLACK

 

Toner Reproduction Curve (TRC).

HIGHLIGHT

 

Plus = darker

 

 

Minus = lighter

 

 

See “Adjust the Color Intensity (Color

 

 

Tuning)” on page 77.

 

 

 

Executive Series 2426 Printer Family User’s Guide

Setting Up • 93