Lexmark 20K1100 User's Reference - Page 90

What is Manual Color Correction?

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Troubleshooting amount of toner used for the chosen color. For example, if a user believes the overall printed page to be too red, then decreases to both magenta and yellow could potentially improve color preference. My color transparencies seem dark when projected. Is there anything I can do to improve the color? This problem most commonly occurs when projecting transparencies with reflective overhead projectors. To obtain the highest projected color quality, transmissive overhead projectors are recommended. If a reflective projector must be used, then adjusting Toner Darkness settings to 1, 2, or 3 will lighten the transparency. What is Manual Color Correction? The color conversion tables applied to each object on the printed page when using the default Auto Color Correction setting generate preferred color for the majority of documents. Occasionally a user may want to apply a different color table mapping. This customization is accomplished using the Manual Color menu and the Manual Color Correction setting. Manual Color Correction applies the RGB and CMYK color conversion table mappings as defined in the Manual Color menu. Users may select any of four different color conversion tables available for RGB objects (sRGB Display, sRGB Vivid, Off, and Vivid) and any of four different color conversion tables available for CMYK objects (US CMYK, Euro CMYK, Vivid CMYK, and Off). Note: The Manual Color Correction setting is not useful if the software application does not specify colors with RGB or CMYK combinations, or in certain situations where the software application or the computer operating system adjusts the colors specified in the application through color management. How can I match a particular color (such as a color in a corporate logo)? Occasionally users have a need for the printed color of a particular object to closely match a specific color. A typical example of this is when a user is trying to match the color of a corporate logo. While instances can occur in which the printer cannot exactly reproduce the desired color, users should be able to identify adequate color matches for the majority of cases. The Color Samples menu item can provide useful information in helping to solve this particular type of color matching problem. The eight Color Samples values correspond to color conversion tables in the printer. Selecting any of the Color Samples values will generate a multi-page printout consisting of hundreds of colored boxes. Either a CMYK or RGB combination will be located on each box, depending upon the table selected. The observed color of each box is obtained by passing the CMYK or RGB combination labeled on the box through the selected color conversion table. The user can scan the color samples pages and identify the box whose color is the closest to the desired color. The color combination labeled on the box can then be used for modifying the color of the object in a software application. The software application Help section should provide instructions for modifying an object's color. Manual Color Correction may be necessary to utilize the selected color conversion table for the particular object. Which Color Samples pages to use for a particular color matching problem depends upon the Color Correction setting being used (Auto, Off, or Manual), the type of object being printed (text, graphics, Solving color quality problems 90

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Troubleshooting
amount of toner used for the chosen color. For example, if a user believes the overall printed page to
be too red, then decreases to both magenta and yellow could potentially improve color preference.
My color transparencies seem dark when projected. Is there anything I can do
to improve the color?
This problem most commonly occurs when projecting transparencies with reflective overhead
projectors. To obtain the highest projected color quality, transmissive overhead projectors are
recommended. If a reflective projector must be used, then adjusting
Toner Darkness
settings to 1,
2, or 3 will lighten the transparency.
What is Manual Color Correction?
The color conversion tables applied to each object on the printed page when using the default Auto
Color Correction
setting generate preferred color for the majority of documents. Occasionally a
user may want to apply a different color table mapping. This customization is accomplished using the
Manual Color menu and the Manual Color Correction setting.
Manual Color Correction applies the RGB and CMYK color conversion table mappings as defined in
the Manual Color menu. Users may select any of four different color conversion tables available for
RGB objects (sRGB Display, sRGB Vivid, Off, and Vivid) and any of four different color conversion
tables available for CMYK objects (US CMYK, Euro CMYK, Vivid CMYK, and Off).
Note:
The Manual Color Correction setting is not useful if the software application does
not specify colors with RGB or CMYK combinations, or in certain situations where
the software application or the computer operating system adjusts the colors
specified in the application through color management.
How can I match a particular color (such as a color in a corporate logo)?
Occasionally users have a need for the printed color of a particular object to closely match a specific
color. A typical example of this is when a user is trying to match the color of a corporate logo. While
instances can occur in which the printer cannot exactly reproduce the desired color, users should be
able to identify adequate color matches for the majority of cases. The
Color Samples
menu item
can provide useful information in helping to solve this particular type of color matching problem.
The eight Color Samples values correspond to color conversion tables in the printer. Selecting any of
the Color Samples values will generate a multi-page printout consisting of hundreds of colored
boxes. Either a CMYK or RGB combination will be located on each box, depending upon the table
selected. The observed color of each box is obtained by passing the CMYK or RGB combination
labeled on the box through the selected color conversion table.
The user can scan the color samples pages and identify the box whose color is the closest to the
desired color. The color combination labeled on the box can then be used for modifying the color of
the object in a software application. The software application Help section should provide
instructions for modifying an object's color. Manual
Color Correction
may be necessary to utilize
the selected color conversion table for the particular object.
Which Color Samples pages to use for a particular color matching problem depends upon the Color
Correction setting being used (Auto, Off, or Manual), the type of object being printed (text, graphics,