Adjustment

Menu

When you

Button to

Adjustment

Adjustment

want to

be

direction on

item

 

pressed

the menu

 

 

 

 

MAG-GRN

Make the

g button

Toward GRN

 

image

 

(green)

 

greenish.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Make the

G button

Toward MAG

 

image

 

(magenta)

 

magenta

 

 

 

(pink).

 

 

 

 

 

 

YEL-BLU

Make the

g button

Toward BLU

 

image

 

(blue)

 

bluish.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Make the

G button

Toward YEL

 

image

 

(yellow)

 

yellowish.

 

 

 

 

 

 

To adjust the contrast (DARK/LIGHT)

The contrast settings are divided into 15 steps, from –7 to +7, indicated by a value and graph. The center of the graph (0) corresponds to the standard setting.

Adjustment item

When you want to

DARK

Adjust the dark area of an image.

 

 

LIGHT

Adjust the light area of an image.

 

 

To adjust the sharpness (SHARPNESS/ INTERPOL.)

SHARPNESS:

You can set the sharpness to any of 15 steps from 1 to 15. A setting of step 8 corresponds to the standard sharpness (default setting).

When you want to

Content of settings

Make a soft outline.

To the left (toward step 1)

 

 

Make a normal

Centered (step 8)

outline.

 

 

 

Make a sharp outline.

To the right (toward step 15)

 

 

INTERPOL. (Interpolation):

You can select either ON or OFF depending on the type of image.

When you want to

Setting

Print out image data such as a figure

ON

image or a landscape.

 

 

 

Print out image data of computer graphics

OFF

or of an image with small letters.

 

 

 

Note

The effectiveness of SHARPNESS may differ between ON and OFF settings of INTERPOL.

Once you have changed the value

Once you have changed the value, TEMP (TEMPORARY) appears on the menu screen. TEMP indicates that the settings are temporary and have not yet been stored. If you turn off the power of the printer while TEMP is displayed, the adjusted values are not stored.

4 Select the SAVE COLOR number to which new settings are to be stored using the SAVE COLOR item.

To retain the originally set value

Select a SAVE COLOR number which is different from the LOAD COLOR number selected in step 2.

5 Press the EXEC button.

The settings are registered in the SAVE COLOR number selected in step 4.

TEMP disappears from the menu.

To continue settings for another LOAD COLOR number: Repeat steps 2 to 5.

To finish the setting: Press the MENU button. The regular screen appears.

To copy the settings made for one LOAD COLOR number to another LOAD COLOR number

1 Select the source LOAD COLOR number for which the settings to be copied are stored on the COLOR ADJUST menu.

2 Select the target SAVE COLOR number to which data is to be copied.

3 Press the EXEC button.

Settings stored for the LOAD COLOR number selected in step 1 are copied to the SAVE COLOR number selected in step 2.

To recall the LOAD COLOR number in which printout color settings (color intensity, contrast and sharpness) are stored

Switch the desired LOAD COLOR number to green on the COLOR ADJUST menu. On the printer window display, display the desired LOAD COLOR number. The settings of the currently selected LOAD COLOR number are displayed.

The printout is made according to the setting of the selected LOAD COLOR number as long as you do not modify those settings.

46 Adjusting the Color and Picture Quality