C3200n User’s Guide
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Color Printing _____________________The printer driver supplied with this printer provides several
controls for changing the color output of your printer. For
general use the Auto settings will suffice, providing reasonable
default settings that will produce good results for most
documents.
Many applications have their own color settings, and these
may override the settings in the printer driver. Please refer to
the documentation for your software application for details on
how that particular program’s color management functions.
General Information
Factors That Affect the Appearance of Printed
Documents
If y ou w ish to man ual ly a dj ust the col or set tin gs i n y our pri nte r
driver, please be aware that color reproduction is a complex
topic, and there are many factors to take into consideration.
Some of the most important factors are listed below.
Differences between the Range of Colors a Monitor or
Printer Can Reproduce
•Neither a printer nor a monitor is capable of reproducing
the full range of colors visible to the human eye. Each
device is restricted to a certain range of colors. In
addition to this, a printer cannot reproduce all of the
colors displayed on a monitor, and vice versa.
•Both devices use very different technologies to represent
color. A monitor uses Red, Green and Blue (RGB)
phosphors (or LCDs), a printer uses Cyan, Magenta,
Yellow and Black (CMYK) toner or ink.
•A monitor can display very vivid colors such as intense
reds and blues and these cannot be easily produced on
any printer using toner or ink. Similarly, there are certain
colors, (some yellows for example), that can be printed,
but cannot be displayed accurately on a monitor. This
disparity between monitors and printers is often the main
reason that printed colors do not match the colors
displayed on screen.