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> Color and Image Quality Functions
Adjusting Image Quality and Color
To adjust the image quality or color of an image, use the following functions.
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Function Page
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Adjust the color precisely.
Adjust the density.
Density page 6-24
Adjust the color by strengthening
blue or red tones.
Example: Strengthening red
Color Balance page 6-26
Change the image by individually
adjusting each of the six colors:
red, blue, green, cyan, magenta,
and yellow.
Example: Changing red tones
close to yellow to yellow, and
cyan tones close to blue to blue
Hue adjustment page 6-27
Adjust the saturation.
Saturation page 6-31
Adjust the image quality precisely
Emphasize or blur the image
outline.
Example: Emphasize the image
outlines
Sharpness page 6-30
Adjust the difference between
dark and light parts of the image.
Contrast page 6-30
Darken or lighten the background
(the area with no texts or images)
of a document.
Example: Lightening the
background
Background Density page 6-31
Prevent bleed-through in 2-sided
originals.
Prevent Bleed-
through
page 6-32
Adjust the scanned image
Decrease the file size and
produce the characters clearly.
File format
[High Comp. PDF]
page 6-59
Convert a paper document to
PDF with searchable text.
File format
[PDF] or
[High Comp. PDF]
with
[OCR]
page 6-59