Color quality guide
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Color quality guide
This Color Quality guide helps users understand how operations available on the printer can be used to adjust
and customize color output.
Quality Menu
Selections available in the Quality Menu provide the user with multiple options that can adjust color characteristics
of the printer.
Values marked by an asterisk (*) are the factory default settings. Values selected in the printer PostScript or PCL
emulation drivers for Windows will override printer settings.
Menu item Purpose Values
Print Mode To determine whether images are printed in
a monochrome grayscale or in color.
Color*
Black Only
Color
Correction
To adjust the printed color to better match
the colors of other output devices or
standard color systems.
Due to the differences between additive and
subtractive colors, certain colors that
appear on the monitor are impossible to
duplicate on the printer.
Auto* Applies different color conversion
tables to each object on the
printed page, depending on the
type of object and how the color for
each object is specified.
Off No color correction is
implemented.
Manual Allows customization of the color
conversion tables applied to each
object on the printed page,
depending on 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.
Toner
Darkness
To lighten or darken printed output, or
conserve toner.
4*, 5 Darkest output, no reduction in
toner consumption
3 Reduction in toner consumption.
2 Further reduction in toner
consumption.
1 Maximum reduction in toner
consumption.
Color Saver To conserve toner in graphics and images
yet maintain high quality text. The amount of
toner used to print graphics and images is
reduced; however, text is printed with
default toner usage. If selected, this setting
overrides Toner Darkness settings. Color
Saver is not supported in PPDS, and
partially supported by the PCL emulation
driver.
On*
Off
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