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HP EasyColor, Dry Time, Saturation, Black Ink Spread, Ink Settings, Print Color as Gray

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Adjust color, grayscale, and ink settings Disable HP EasyColor to manually adjust color and grayscale settings. When HP EasyColor is disabled you will also be able to change Dry Time, Saturation, and Black Ink Spread from the Ink Settings menu. 1. Deselect HP EasyColor to disable automatic settings. 2. If you want to print in grayscale, select Print Color as Gray. ● Select Black Ink Only if you want to print using a black cartridge only. ● Select High Quality for superior grayscale quality, using both black and color cartridges. 3. If want to change ink drying time, saturation, or spread, click the Advanced disclosure triangle and then adjust settings using the sliders for each option. NOTE: Changing Ink Settings manually might impact printed output. HP recommends that only color graphics experts change these settings. 4. If you want to change how the printer renders colors from the computer screen, choose a setting from the RGB color pop-up menu. These settings can be adjusted for color and grayscale printing. Default (sRGB) Photo (sRGB) Photo (Adobe RGB 1998) Use this setting for most of your printed documents to get vivid images and graphics. Colors are optimized to match the RGB settings on the computer screen. Use this setting for an alternative rendering of raster images. Only raster data is affected by this setting. Use this setting for images created with a digital camera or color documents that were originally created with Adobe RGB (1998). If you are printing from a professional software program with Adobe RGB (1998), you should turn off the color management in the software program and allow the printer software to manage the color space. 42 Chapter 3 Mac software ENWW

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Adjust color, grayscale, and ink settings
Disable
HP EasyColor
to manually adjust color and grayscale settings. When
HP EasyColor
is
disabled you will also be able to change
Dry Time
,
Saturation
, and
Black Ink Spread
from the
Ink Settings
menu.
1.
Deselect
HP EasyColor
to disable automatic settings.
2.
If you want to print in grayscale, select
Print Color as Gray
.
Select
Black Ink Only
if you want to print using a black cartridge only.
Select
High Quality
for superior grayscale quality, using both black and color cartridges.
3.
If want to change ink drying time, saturation, or spread, click the
Advanced
disclosure triangle
and then adjust settings using the sliders for each option.
NOTE:
Changing
Ink Settings
manually might impact printed output. HP recommends that
only color graphics experts change these settings.
4.
If you want to change how the printer renders colors from the computer screen, choose a setting
from the
RGB
color pop-up menu. These settings can be adjusted for color and grayscale printing.
Default (sRGB)
Use this setting for most of your printed documents to get vivid images and graphics. Colors
are optimized to match the RGB settings on the computer screen.
Photo (sRGB)
Use this setting for an alternative rendering of raster images. Only raster data is affected by
this setting.
Photo (Adobe RGB
1998)
Use this setting for images created with a digital camera or color documents that were
originally created with Adobe RGB (1998). If you are printing from a professional software
program with Adobe RGB (1998), you should turn off the color management in the software
program and allow the printer software to manage the color space.
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Chapter 3
Mac software
ENWW