Lexmark Color Laser Color Quality Guide

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  • Lexmark Color Laser | Color Quality Guide - Page 1
    quality guide Page 1 of 6 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 Menu item Print Mode Color Black Only Color Correction Auto Off Manual Print Resolution 4800 CQ 1200
  • Lexmark Color Laser | Color Quality Guide - Page 2
    Vivid CMYK Off-CMYK Color quality guide Page 2 of 6 Description color Note: 0 is the factory default setting. Prints sample pages for each of the RGB and CMYK color conversion tables used in the printer Notes: • Selecting any setting prints the sample. • Color samples consist of a series of colored
  • Lexmark Color Laser | Color Quality Guide - Page 3
    Off Vivid sRGB Display Display-True Black Manual Color CMYK Image US CMYK Euro CMYK Color Replacement Color Adjust Color quality guide Page 3 of 6 Description Customizes the RGB color colors Initiates a recalibration of color conversion tables and allows the printer to make adjustments for color
  • Lexmark Color Laser | Color Quality Guide - Page 4
    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. CMYK color is a method of describing colors by indicating the amount of
  • Lexmark Color Laser | Color Quality Guide - Page 5
    Color quality guide Page 5 of 6 Notes: • Manual color correction is not useful if the software program does not specify colors with RGB or CMYK combinations. It is also not effective in situations in which the software program or the computer operating system controls the adjustment of colors. •
  • Lexmark Color Laser | 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
Menu item
Description
Print Mode
Color
Black Only
Specifies whether images are printed in monochrome grayscale or in color
Notes:
•
Color is the factory default setting.
•
The printer driver is capable of overriding this setting.
Color Correction
Auto
Off
Manual
Adjusts 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.
•
Manual allows customization of color tables using the settings available from the Manual
Color menu.
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Due to the differences in additive and subtractive colors, certain colors that appear on
computer screens are impossible to duplicate on a printed page.
Print Resolution
4800 CQ
1200 dpi
Specifies the printed output resolution
Notes:
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4800 CQ is the factory default setting.
•
1200 dpi provides the highest resolution output, and increases gloss.
Toner Darkness
1–5
Lightens or darkens 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, a setting of 5 increases toner density and darkness for
all print jobs.
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If Print Mode is set to Color, a setting of 5 is the same as a setting of 4.
Enhance Fine Lines
Off
On
Enables a print mode preferable for files such as architectural drawings, maps, electrical circuit
diagrams, and flow charts
Notes:
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Off is the factory default setting.
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You can set this option from the software program. For Windows users, click
File
>
Print
,
and then click
Properties
,
Preferences
,
Options
, or
Setup
. For Macintosh users, choose
File
>
Print
, and then adjust the settings from the print dialog and pop-up menus.
•
To set this option using the Embedded Web Server, type the network printer IP address in
a browser window.
Color quality guide
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