Diagnostic information 2-23
5060-4xx
Color Menu
Use the Color Menu to adjust print quality and customize color printing.
Note: Values marked by an asterisk (*) are the factory default settings.
Menu Item Purpose Values
Color Adjust To manually recalibrate the color
conversion tables, adjusting for variations
in output that can occur as a result of
changing conditions, such as room
temperature or humidity.
No selections exist for this operation.
Pressing Select initiates this operation.
Color
Balance
To provide users with the ability to make
subtle color adjustments to printed output
by increasing or decreasing the amount of
toner being used for each color plane
individually.
Note: This function is only applied to files
printed using the PostScript driver.
Cyan -5, -4, -3, -2, -1, 0*, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
• -5 is maximum decrease
• 5 is maximum increase
Magenta
Yellow
Black
Reset
Defaults
Sets values for Cyan, Magenta,
Yellow, and Black to 0 (zero).
Color
Correction
To adjust the printed color to better match
the colors of other output devices or
standard color systems.
Note: Due to the differences between
additive and subtractive colors, certain
colors that appear on your monitor are
impossible to duplicate on your printer.
Auto* Applies different color conversion
tables to each object on the printed
page depending upon the type of
object and how the color for each
object is specified.
Off No color correction is implemented.
Manual Lets you customize the color
conversion tables applied to each
object on the printed page depending
upon the type of object and how the
color for each object is specified.
Customization is performed using the
selections available under the Manual
Color menu item.
Color
Samples
To assist users in selecting colors to be
printed. Users can print color samples
pages for each of the RGB and CMYK
color conversion tables used in the printer.
The color samples pages consist of a
series of colored boxes along with the
RGB or CMYK combination that creates
the color observed for each particular box.
These pages can be useful in helping
users decide which RGB or CMYK
combinations to use in their software
applications to create the desired printed
color output.
sRGB Display Prints RGB samples using
sRGB Display color conversion
tables.
sRGB Vivid Prints RGB samples using
sRGB Vivid color conversion tables.
Off–RGB Prints RGB samples using Off (or no)
color conversion tables.
Vivid Prints RGB samples using Vivid color
conversion tables.
US CMYK Prints CMYK samples using
US CMYK color conversion tables.
Euro CMYK Prints CMYK samples using
Euro CMYK color conversion tables.
Off–CMYK Prints CMYK samples using Off (or
no) color conversion tables.
Vivid CMYK Prints CMYK samples using
Vivid CMYK color conversion tables.