Image Adjustment 
 
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No.  Check Area  Check Item  Description 
5  13 
gradations 
scale 
Halftone density  Check that the density of each color patch in the 3rd row in the chart 
and the copy are the same. 
Gray balance 
Check that the K density of the 3rd and 5th rows in the chart and the 
copy are the same. 
Gradation  On the copy, check that the densities of each color patch in the 11th 
and 12th rows are different. 
Equal magnification 
(main scan 
direction) 
Check that the magnification is equal in the chart and the copy using 
the scale under the gradation patches. 
The scale is 10mm per row. Check 10 consecutive rows. 
 
6  Halftone 
area 
Gray color 
difference 
Check that the density in the chart and the copy is the same. There 
must be no unevenness in density between the front, rear, and 
middle. 
7  Solid area  Solid filling  Check that there is no density unevenness in solid color. There 
should be no color unevenness in density between the front, rear, and 
middle. 
8  Low contrast 
characters 
Reproducibility of 
low contrast 
Check that "C0.4" is readable in the copy when using the center 
notch (notch 5). In addition, "E0.2" must be deleted. 
9  Six sizes 
of characters 
Character 
reproducibility (no 
broken lines or 
blurred characters) 
Check the minimum size of characters that are readable, and that 
have no broken lines or blurred characters. 
10  Gray patches  Gray color 
difference and 
density 
Check that the color and density of the 3rd row in the chart and the 
copy are the same. 
11  Color patch  Color 
reproducibility 
Check that the density of each color (KCMYRGB) in the chart and 
the copy are the same.