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Adjusting the Print Color and Quality Settings, Selecting Colors

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Adjusting the Print Color and Quality Settings For most color printing needs, HP ColorSmart II default settings will handle your color adjustments. For some print jobs, you might want to turn off HP ColorSmart II defaults and set color controls manually. The following table shows default color settings in the printer driver and recommended printer driver settings for various types of printed output: Page Objects Printer Driver Setting/Desired Treatment Text Vector Graphics and Line Art Raster Data (Text, Graphics, and Line Art) Photographs All Page Objects on Transparencies HP ColorSmart II Default Setting Screen Match Detail Recommended N/A Resolution of Input Data Screen Match Detail N/A Screen Match Smooth 600 dpia Screen Match Color optimized for Smooth transparencies 200 dpi or N/A 300 dpi preferred (after scaling in your application) a. The recommended input data resolution for raster data is 600 dpi. For more information on choosing the color settings to produce the most accurate color reproduction, see "Selecting Colors" on the next page or see the online help. 114 5 Using Color EN

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5 Using Color
EN
Adjusting the Print Color and Quality Settings
For most color printing needs, HP ColorSmart II default settings will
handle your color adjustments. For some print jobs, you might want to
turn off HP ColorSmart II defaults and set color controls manually.
The following table shows default color settings in the printer driver
and recommended printer driver settings for various types of printed
output:
For more information on choosing the color settings to produce the
most accurate color reproduction, see “
Selecting Colors
” on the next
page or see the online help.
Printer Driver
Setting/Desired
Treatment
Page Objects
All Page Objects
on
Transparencies
Text
Vector
Graphics
and Line
Art
Raster Data
(Text,
Graphics,
and Line
Art)
Photographs
HP ColorSmart II
Default Setting
Screen
Match
Detail
Screen
Match
Detail
Screen
Match
Smooth
Screen Match
Smooth
Color optimized for
transparencies
Recommended
Resolution of Input
Data
N/A
N/A
600 dpi
a
200 dpi or
300 dpi
preferred (after
scaling in your
application)
N/A
a.
The recommended input data resolution for raster data is 600 dpi.