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Working with Color, Turning Off Color, Adjusting Color - printer manual

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3 Creative Printing Working with Color To print in color, be sure your document contains colored text or pictures, then turn on color printing in your software program. Color printing is typically turned on in your software program's Print box. By default, the printer software is automatically set for color printing. Turning Off Color You can print drafts of your color documents in grayscale (shades of black) if you're going to photocopy them in black and white: 1 In the HP print settings box, click the Color tab. 2 Click Print in Grayscale. (Go to "Finding the HP Print Settings Box" on page 26.) Your color documents will print in shades of gray until you clear this setting. If you want exceptional quality black and white documents, use Best or Normal mode (in the Setup tab of the HP print settings box) with the grayscale setting. Adjusting Color Like a full-featured camera, your printer can "auto adjust," using HP's ColorSmart II technology-automatically making adjustments that give the best quality color printing. But if you prefer, you can manipulate the settings yourself to produce the effect you want: 1 In the HP print settings box, click the Color tab. 2 Click Manual. 3 Click Options. 4 Change the Intensity settings. To find out more about these settings, click the Help button on the Color tab of the HP print settings box. 33

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Creative Printing
3
Working with Color
To print in color, be sure your document contains colored text or pictures, then
turn on color printing in your software program. Color printing is typically turned
on in your software program’s Print box. By default, the printer software is
automatically set for color printing.
Turning Off Color
You can print drafts of your color documents in grayscale (shades of black) if
you’re going to photocopy them in black and white:
1
In the HP print settings box, click the
Color
tab.
2
Click
Print in Grayscale
. (Go to “Finding the HP Print Settings Box” on
page 26.)
Your color documents will print in shades of gray until you clear this setting.
If you want exceptional quality black and white documents, use
Best
or
Normal
mode (in the
Setup
tab of the HP print settings box) with the
grayscale setting.
Adjusting Color
Like a full-featured camera, your printer can “auto adjust,” using HP’s ColorSmart
II technology—automatically making adjustments that give the best quality color
printing. But if you prefer, you can manipulate the settings yourself to produce the
effect you want:
1
In the HP print settings box, click the
Color
tab.
2
Click
Manual
.
3
Click
Options
.
4
Change the
Intensity
settings.
To find out more about these settings, click the
Help
button on the
Color
tab of
the HP print settings box.