Saving and Loading Adjustment Values

Once picture quality adjustment is complete, you can follow the procedure below to save the adjustment values so that they can be loaded and used later.

To save adjustment values

Once adjustment is complete, save the adjustment values as follows:

1 In the COLOR ADJUST COLOR [>>] screen or B/W [>>] screen of the printer, press B on the control button.

2 Press V on the control button repeatedly until the SAVE SETTING screen appears.

3 Press b or B on the control button to select the memory-cell number (1, 2, or 3).

4 Press the EXEC button.

The adjustment values are saved in the memory-cell number selected in step 3.

To load adjustment values

You can load adjustment values saved in memory as follows.

1 In the COLOR ADJUST COLOR [>>] screen or B/W [>>] screen of the printer, press B on the control button.

2 Press V on the control button repeatedly until the LOAD SETTING screen appears.

3 Press b or B on the control button to select the memory-cell number (1, 2, or 3).

4 Press the EXEC button.

The adjustment values saved in the memory-cell number selected in step 3 are loaded.

To exit COLOR ADJUST

Once operations such as adjustments, saving adjustment values, and loading adjustment values are complete, press the MENU button. The READY screen reappears.

Note

If the READY screen is not retrieved, CHECK PRINTER appears on the LCD of the camera when printing is to be performed, and printing cannot be performed. When you have finished making adjustments, be sure to press the MENU button to retrieve the READY screen.

Explanation of Picture Quality Adjustment Parameters

Picture quality variations when the R, G, and B parameters are changed

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Light

Variation

Level

Dark

Subject

Light

CYN-RED adjustment (R parameter)

You can adjust the cyan and red color components. The default is 0.

Pressing B on the control button of the printer changes the value in the plus direction to 1, 2 … 7, making the red component value in the picture increase in the linear direction that the brightness increases as shown in figure

1.This adds more red as if a red light has been cast. However, the maximum effective brightness value is

255.When the value becomes larger than 255, saturation occurs. When this occurs, the saturated white area remains white even if the value is increased further in the plus direction.

Pressing b on the control button changes the value in the minus direction to –1, –2 … –7, making the red component value in the picture decrease in the linear direction that the brightness decreases as shown in the figure. Decreasing the brightness makes the red color darker and reduces the redness. The complementary color cyan (light blue) is added. In this case, the white area becomes bluish.

Adjusting the Printer Picture Quality

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