Tektronix 740L manual Controlling color density, Print the Color Reference

Using Color 6

Controlling color density

The printer’s front panel lets you adjust the density of toner applied to media, compensating for the changes in color intensity that occur as components age. Follow these steps to adjust the color density.

Print the Color Reference Page

1.On the front panel, press Menu. Scroll through the selections until the display reads:

Calibrate Colors

<--- ---> Menu

2.Press Menu. Scroll to Adjust each color. Press Menu again; the display reads:

Reference Page

<--- ---> Print

3.Press Print.

The Color Reference Page shows the current density setting for each color, indicated by the dashed line and the numeric value (–10 to +10) next to each color. The page also shows the ranges that you can select in the front panel. In this example, the density setting for each color is the default, 0.

Color Reference Page

Cyan	Magenta	Yellow	Black
-10	-10	-10	-10
-8	-8	-8	-8
-6	-6	-6	-6
-4	-4	-4	-4
-2	-2	-2	-2
0	0	0	0
+2	+2	+2	+2
+4	+4	+4	+4
+6	+6	+6	+6
+8	+8	+8	+8
+10	+10	+10	+10

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