Color quality guide
The Color quality guide helps users understand how operations available on the printer can be used to adjust and customize
color output.
Quality menu
Use To
Print Mode
Color
Black Only
Specify whether images are printed in black and white or in color.
Notes:
• Color is the factory default setting.
• The printer driver is capable of overriding this setting.
Color Correction
Auto
Off
Manual
Adjust the color output on the printed page.
Notes:
• Auto is the factory default setting. Auto applies different color conversion tables to
each object on the printed page.
• Off turns off color correction.
• Manual allows customization of the color tables using the settings available in the
Manual Color menu.
• Due to the differences in additive and subtractive colors, certain colors that appear on
computer monitors are impossible to duplicate on the printed page.
Print Resolution
1200 dpi
4800 CQ
Specify the printed output resolution in dots per inch or color quality (CQ).
Note: 4800 CQ is the factory default setting.
Toner Darkness
1–5
Lighten or darken the printed output.
Notes:
• 4 is the factory default setting.
• Selecting a smaller number can help conserve toner.
• If Print Mode is set to Black Only, then a setting of 5 increases toner density and
darkness to all print jobs.
• If Print Mode is set to Color, then a setting of 5 is the same as a setting of 4.
Enhance Fine Lines
On
Off
Enable a print mode preferable for files such as architectural drawings, maps, electrical circuit
diagrams, and flow charts.
Notes:
• Off is the factory default setting.
• To set Enhance Fine Lines from the software program, with a document open, click
File > Print, and then click Properties, Preferences, Options, or Setup.
• To set Enhance Fine Lines using the Embedded Web Server, type the printer IP address
in a Web browser.
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