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Using PhotoEnhance, Custom, and Advanced Settings

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Using PhotoEnhance, Custom, and Advanced Settings When you're printing special projects, you can customize your printer software settings, as described in these sections: s "Using PhotoEnhance" below s "Using Custom Project Types" on the next page s "Using Advanced Settings" on the next page For additional information on these settings, see the electronic Reference Guide, as described on page 2. Using PhotoEnhance The printer software includes PhotoEnhance™ options that increase image brightness and contrast to improve the appearance of low-resolution or under- or over-exposed photos. You can also add special effects, such as Soft Focus. If you're printing high-resolution images, you may want to use the Automatic setting instead; see page 8 (Windows) or page 13 (Macintosh). PhotoEnhance does not affect your original image; it only affects your printout. Printing with PhotoEnhance may take longer on some systems and images. Don't select Roll Paper or Roll Paper (Zero Margins) as your Paper Source setting; you can't use these options with the PhotoEnhance setting. To use PhotoEnhance, you must select Color ink; you cannot turn on PhotoEnhance with Black ink selected. If your photograph was taken with a digital camera, you can select Digital Camera Correction to give your printed images the appearance of photographs taken with a film camera. For more fine-tuning, you can select from a list of specialized settings for photographs, such as People or Nature, or special filters, such as Soft Focus or Sepia. 15

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Using PhotoEnhance, Custom, and
Advanced Settings
When you’re printing special projects, you can customize your printer software
settings, as described in these sections:
“Using PhotoEnhance” below
“Using Custom Project Types” on the next page
“Using Advanced Settings” on the next page
For additional information on these settings, see the electronic
Reference Guide
, as
described on page 2.
Using PhotoEnhance
The printer software includes PhotoEnhance
options that increase image brightness
and contrast to improve the appearance of low-resolution or under- or over-exposed
photos. You can also add special effects, such as Soft Focus.
If you’re printing high-resolution images, you may want to use the
Automatic setting instead; see page 8 (Windows) or page 13
(Macintosh).
PhotoEnhance does not affect your original image; it only affects
your printout. Printing with PhotoEnhance may take longer on some
systems and images.
Don’t select Roll Paper or Roll Paper (Zero Margins) as your Paper
Source setting; you can’t use these options with the PhotoEnhance
setting.
To use PhotoEnhance, you must select
Color
ink; you cannot turn on PhotoEnhance
with
Black
ink selected.
If your photograph was taken with a digital camera, you can select
Digital Camera
Correction
to give your printed images the appearance of photographs taken with a
film camera. For more fine-tuning, you can select from a list of specialized settings for
photographs, such as
People
or
Nature
, or special filters, such as
Soft Focus
or
Sepia
.