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Color Printing Problems Problem Printed colors do not match the screen colors Missing colors Cause and Solution The computer and printer use different color processing methods. Other factors, such as print media and lighting, also influence and limit your ability to match colors from the screen to your output. For more information on printer driver color controls, see chapter 5, "Using Color." Turn the printer off and on to reset the printer's color calibration. If the problem persists, clean the density sensor as described in "Cleaning the Density Sensor" later in this chapter. Extremely light screen colors are not being printed. Avoid extremely light colors. Your application is interpreting extremely light colors as white. For more information, see the online help for your application. Extremely dark screen colors are being printed as black. Avoid extremely dark colors. Your application is interpreting extremely dark colors as black. For more information, see the online help for your application. The screen colors differ from the printer output. Select ColorSmart II in the Color tab of the printer driver. For information on using the Color Swatch utility to help match colors or another color matching system, see "Selecting Colors" in chapter 5 or see the online help. Each application processes colors differently. Change applications. For more information on how a particular application handles color, see the documentation for the application. The color density and balance are not set properly. For information on changing the color density and balance, see "Adjusting the Color Balance" in chapter 5. Turn the printer off and on to reset the printer's color calibration. The media does not meet the specifications for this printer. For media specifications, see "Supported Media Weights and Sizes for Input Trays" in chapter 3. EN Color Printing Problems 185