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SELECTING COLOUR SETTINGS TO MATCH THE
IMAGE TYPE (Image Type)
Preset colour settings are available in the machine's printer driver for [Graphics], [Photo], and other image types. These
enable printing using the most suitable colour settings for the colour image type.
If you wish to select advanced settings, click the [Advanced Color] button. The advanced colour settings allow you to
configure settings to match the printing purpose of the colour image, such as colour management settings and the
screening setting that adjusts the expression of colour tones.
The following items can be configured in the advanced colour management settings:
• [Windows ICM] checkbox: Colour management method
• "Source Profile": Select the colour profile used to display the image on the computer screen.
• "Rendering Intent": Standard value used when converting the colour balance of the image displayed on the computer
screen to a colour balance that can be printed by the machine.
• "Screening": Select the most suitable image processing method for the image being printed.
• "Neutral Gray": Select the toner colour used to print grey areas.
• "Print Priority": Select whether you wish to give priority to image quality or speed when printing.
Selecting the settings:
The settings are on the
[Color] tab.
Select the colour image
type.
A document type to match
your purpose can be
selected from the pull-down
menu.
If you wish to select
advanced settings, click the
[Advanced Color] button.
Select the advanced colour settings.
If you wish to perform colour management using
Windows ICM in your operating system, select
the [Windows ICM] checkbox . To configure
advanced colour management settings such as
"Source Profile", select the desired settings from
the menus.
To configure all the
advanced colour
settings, select
[Custom] from the
pull-down menu and
then click the
[Advanced Color]
button.
The settings that can be selected vary
depending on the printer driver type. The
PS printer driver also allows you to select
the Black Overprint function, which
prevents whitening of the outline of black
text, and the CMYK Simulation function,
which allows you to perform colour
adjustment to obtain a result similar to
that of the process colour ([Default] is set
to "SWOP" for Northern America or
"Euroscale" for other countries.) ink used
by a printing press.
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