Lexmark C746 Color quality guide

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  • Lexmark C746 | Color quality guide - Page 1
    Quality menu Use Print Mode Color Black Only Color Correction Auto Off Manual Print Resolution 1200 dpi 4800 CQ Toner Darkness 1-5 Enhance Fine Lines On Off To Specify whether images are printed in black and white or in color. Notes: • Color is the factory default setting. • The printer driver is
  • Lexmark C746 | Color quality guide - Page 2
    -True Black Vivid Off-RGB US CMYK Euro CMYK Vivid CMYK Off-CMYK Color quality guide Page 2 of 6 To Reduce the amount of toner used for graphics and images. The amount of toner used for text is not reduced. Notes: • Off is the factory default setting. • On overrides Toner Darkness settings. Adjust
  • Lexmark C746 | Color quality guide - Page 3
    , more saturated colors. • Display True Black applies a color conversion table that uses only black toner for neutral gray colors. • Off turns off color conversion. Customize the CMYK color conversions. Notes: • US CMYK is the US factory default setting. US CMYK applies a color conversion table
  • Lexmark C746 | Color quality guide - Page 4
    CMYK color? Cyan, magenta, yellow, and black inks or toners can be printed in various amounts to produce a large range of colors observed in nature. For example, cyan and yellow can be combined to create green. Printing presses, inkjet printers, and color laser printers create colors in this manner
  • Lexmark C746 | Color quality guide - Page 5
    each object when Color Correction is set to Auto-generate preferred colors for the majority of documents. To manually apply a different color conversion table: 1 From the Quality menu, select Color Correction, and then select Manual. 2 From the Quality menu, select Manual Color, and then select the
  • Lexmark C746 | Color quality guide - Page 6
    Color quality guide Page 6 of 6 Selecting which Color Samples set to use for a particular color‑matching problem depends on the Color Correction setting being used (Auto, Off, or Manual), the type of object being printed (text, graphics, or images), and how the color of the object is specified in
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Color quality guide
The Color quality guide helps users understand how operations available on the printer can be used to adjust and customize
color output.
Quality menu
Use
To
Print Mode
Color
Black Only
Specify whether images are printed in black and white or in color.
Notes:
•
Color is the factory default setting.
•
The printer driver is capable of overriding this setting.
Color Correction
Auto
Off
Manual
Adjust the color output on the printed page.
Notes:
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Auto is the factory default setting. Auto applies different color conversion tables to
each object on the printed page.
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Off turns off color correction.
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Manual allows customization of the color tables using the settings available in the
Manual Color menu.
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Due to the differences in additive and subtractive colors, certain colors that appear on
computer monitors are impossible to duplicate on the printed page.
Print Resolution
1200 dpi
4800 CQ
Specify the printed output resolution in dots per inch or color quality (CQ).
Note:
4800 CQ is the factory default setting.
Toner Darkness
1–5
Lighten or darken the printed output.
Notes:
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4 is the factory default setting.
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Selecting a smaller number can help conserve toner.
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If Print Mode is set to Black Only, then a setting of 5 increases toner density and
darkness to all print jobs.
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If Print Mode is set to Color, then a setting of 5 is the same as a setting of 4.
Enhance Fine Lines
On
Off
Enable a print mode preferable for files such as architectural drawings, maps, electrical circuit
diagrams, and flow charts.
Notes:
•
Off is the factory default setting.
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To set Enhance Fine Lines from the software program, with a document open, click
File
>
Print
, and then click
Properties
,
Preferences
,
Options
, or
Setup
.
•
To set Enhance Fine Lines using the Embedded Web Server, type the printer IP address
in a Web browser.
Color quality guide
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