COLOR MODE ADJUSTING FUNCTION

This function adjusts the brightness and contrast in the print settings when a photo or other image is printed.
This function makes simple corrections even if image editing software is not installed on your computer.

Windows

1. Click the [Image Quality] tab.
2. Click the [Color Adjustment] button.
When using the PS printer driver, click the [RGB Adjustment] button. Proceed to step (4).

3. To adjust objects (text, graphics, photos) individually, select the [Adjust at each object] checkbox ( ) and select the object.
4. Drag the slide bar or click buttons to adjust the image.

When printing a color image in grayscale, text and lines that are drawn in faint colors are printed in black. This function allows you to bring out color text and lines that are faint and difficult to see when printed in grayscale.

Windows

1. Click the [Image Quality] tab.
2. Select the [Text To Black] checkbox and/or the [Vector To Black] checkbox so that appears.
• When [Text To Black] is selected, all text other than white text is printed in black.
• When [Vector To Black] is selected, all vector graphics other than white lines and areas are printed in black.

Preset color settings are available in the machine's printer driver for various uses. These enable printing using the most suitable color settings for the color image type.
Advanced color settings, such as the color management settings and the screening setting for adjusting the color tone expression, are also available for meeting the needs of color image printing.

The following color management settings are available.

Windows ICM	Color management method in a Windows environment
ColorSync	Color management method in a macOS environment
Source Profile	Select a source color profile of color matching.
Rendering Intent	The selections below provide the ability to modify color image processing to suit specific preferences. (Color matching method: Method of color converting RGB colors on the display, etc. into CMYK colors in the printer)
Output Profile	Select a color profile for the image to be printed
CMYK Correction *1	Correct the image to obtain the optimum printing result when printing a CMYK image.
Screening	Select the screening to modify the image to suit specific preferences, according to the appropriate image processing method.
Neutral Gray	Select a creating method of neutral gray.
Pure Black Print	Select whether you want to print black data area with only black toner.
Trapping	Select to prevent void area which may be generated around edge of colors.
Sharpness	This is used to sharpen an image or make it softer.
Black Overprint *2	Prevents whitening of the outline of black text.
CMYK Simulation *2	Adjusts the colors to simulate printing that would be obtained with the process colors used in printing presses.
Preserve Pure CMYK Colors *2	When using CMYK simulation, retain cyan, magenta, and yellow pure colors, and retain black printer information.
Simulation Profile *2	Select the simulation target.

*1 Can only be used when using the PCL6 printer driver.

*2 Can only be used when using the PS printer driver (Windows/macOS).

Windows

1. Click the [Image Quality] tab.
2. Select [Image Type].

• Text: Data consisting mostly of text
• Presentation: Data with many photos or illustrations
• Photo: Photo data or data that uses photos
• CAD: Engineering drawing data
• Scan: Data scanned by a scanner
• Colorimetric: Data to be printed in colors as viewed on the screen
• Custom: Data to be printed with special settings

3. Click the [Advanced Color] button and specify the settings.
4. To configure color management using the Windows OS ICM, set "Image Type" to [Custom] in step (2). Then, click the [Windows ICM] checkbox so that the checkmark appears.
5. To configure "Source Profile" and other detailed color management tasks, select the desired settings from the menus.

macOS

1. Select [Image Quality].
In macOS 13 and macOS 14, [Image Quality] is located under the "Printer Options" menu.

2. Click the [Advanced] tab.

To use the macOS color management function, select the [ColorSync] checkbox so that the checkmark appears. In this case, you cannot select "Image Type".


3. Select [Image Type].

To configure color management settings, select the desired settings from the menus. To select a "CMYK Simulation" setting,select [Custom] in "Image Type", select the [CMYK Simulation] checkbox (), and then select the desired setting.


• Text: Data consisting mostly of text
• Presentation: Data with many photos or illustrations
• Photo: Photo data or data that uses photos
• CAD: Engineering drawing data
• Scan: Data scanned by a scanner
• Colorimetric: Data to be printed in colors as viewed on the screen
• Custom: Data to be printed with special settings

4. Specify the settings.