3. Printer-specific Adjustments
3.4 To Maintain a Uniform Gray Hue
(To Maintain consistency in Gray among Text, Photos and Graphics)
Before the adjustment
After the adjustment
Photo area
Photo area
Text area
Text area
How gray is reproduced varies, depending on the type of original. As a result, there are variations in gray.
All toner colors are used to reproduce gray. As a result, consistency is maintained in the gray hue.
Explanation
For printing, only the K toner is usually used to reproduce gray areas of drawing data, lines and text. On the other hand, all toner colors (C, M, Y and K) are used to reproduce gray areas of image data, such as BMP, GIF, JPEG and TIFF. This provides deeper gray on the printout. This provides deeper gray on the printout. Change the printer driver settings, in order to maintain consistency in the gray hue between the drawing data and image data.
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