COLOUR MENU

The printer automatically adjusts colour balance and density at appropriate intervals, optimising the printed output for bright white paper viewed in natural daylight conditions. The items on this menu provide a means of changing the default settings for special or particularly difficult print jobs.

ITEM

SETTINGS

EXPLANATION

 

 

 

DENSITY

AUTO

If set to AUTO, image density will be

CONTROL

MANUAL

automatically adjusted at power on,

 

 

when a new image drum or toner

 

 

cartridge is installed, and at intervals of

 

 

100, 300 and 500 drum counts. If a 500

 

 

drum count interval occurs during a

 

 

print job it will occur at the end of that

 

 

job, and will take up to 55 seconds. If

 

 

set to manual, this adjustment will only

 

 

be performed when initiated by the next

 

 

menu item.

 

 

 

ADJUST

EXECUTE

Selecting this will activate adjustment

DENSITY

 

of the colour density.

 

 

 

COLOUR

PRINT PATTERN

Selecting this item prints the colour

TUNING

 

tuning pattern to help you adjust the

 

 

colour balance.

 

 

 

C HIGHLIGHT

-3~0~+3

Adjusts image density for each colour

C MID-TONE

-3~0~+3

component (cyan, magenta, yellow and

C DARK

-3~0~+3

black). Normal setting is 0.

 

M HIGHLIGHT

-3~0~+3

 

M MID-TONE

-3~0~+3

 

M DARK

-3~0~+3

 

Y HIGHLIGHT

-3~0~+3

 

Y MID-TONE

-3~0~+3

 

Y DARK

-3~0~+3

 

K HIGHLIGHT

-3~0~+3

 

K MID-TONE

-3~0~+3

 

K DARK

-3~0~+3

 

 

 

 

C DARKNESS

-3~0~+3

Adjusts darkness of each colour

M DARKNESS

-3~0~+3

component (cyan, magenta, yellow and

Y DARKNESS

-3~0~+3

black). Normal setting is 0.

 

K DARKNESS

-3~0~+3

 

 

 

 

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