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Color Settings Pane: Color (Mac OS X)
In general, make any needed adjustments to the color of documents in the application used to create them.
However, if the color tone as printed is not as you expected, you can also adjust the color in the printer driver.
Color Adjustment pane: color
If the color tone as printed is not as you expected, you can adjust it on the Color Adjustment pane.
Note
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To display the Color Adjustment pane, on the Main Pane (Mac OS X) (→P.561), click Color Settings
by Color Mode in Advanced Settings.
Setting Item
A
Preview
B
Original
C
Cyan
D
Magenta
E
Yellow
F
Brightness
G
Contrast
H
Saturation
I
Gray Tone
The image at left is updated to reect any changes you make to setting
items on the pane, enabling you to check the results of adjustment.
The image at right shows the original state before adjustment. You can
compare it to the Preview image.
Correct color tones by adjusting the levels of each color.
Adjust the overall image brightness as desired. You can adjust the
brightness if the printed document is lighter or darker than the original
image (that is, the original photo that was scanned or the original graphic
as it appears on the computer screen).
Adjust the contrast of the darkest and lightest portions relative to each
other, as desired. Increasing the Contrast makes images sharper, and
reducing the Contrast softens images.
Adjust the color intensity as desired. Increasing the Saturation setting
makes colors more vivid, and reducing the Saturation makes colors more
subdued.
Adjust the color tone of grays as desired. Choose Cool Black (tinged with
blue), Warm Black (tinged with red), and so on.
Description
Mac OS X
Software 575
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