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Tools, Troubleshooting, Print Quality, Color Calibration, Calibrate Now, Reports, Print Quality Report

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Calibrate the printer to align the colors Calibration is a printer function that optimizes print quality, and can help resolve print-quality problems such as misaligned color, colored shadows, blurry graphics, or other print-quality issues. 1. At the printer control panel, rotate the control dial to select the Menu option, and then press the dial. 2. Rotate the dial to select Tools, and then press the dial. 3. Rotate and press the dial to select the following items: a. Troubleshooting b. Print Quality c. Color Calibration 4. Rotate the dial to select Calibrate Now, and then press the dial. The calibration process takes a few minutes to complete. Do not turn off the printer until the calibration process has finished. 5. Wait while the printer calibrates, and then try printing again. Adjust color settings (Windows) When printing from a software program, follow these steps if colors on the printed page do not match colors on the computer screen, or if the colors on the printed page are not satisfactory. 1. From the software program, select the Print option. 2. Select the printer, and then click the Properties or Preferences button. 3. Click the Color tab. 4. Click the Print in Grayscale option to print a color document in black and shades of gray. Use this option to print color documents for photocopying or faxing. Also use this option to print draft copies or to save color toner. 5. Click the OK button to close the Document Properties dialog box. In the Print dialog box, click the OK button to print the job. Print and interpret the print quality page Use the following procedure to print and interpret the print quality page. 1. At the printer control panel, rotate the control dial to select the Menu option, and then press the dial. 2. Rotate and press the dial to select the following items: a. Reports b. Print Quality Report The Print Quality Report contains five bands of color, which are divided into four groups as indicated in the following illustration. By examining each group, you can isolate the problem to a particular toner cartridge. Calibrate the printer to align the colors 87

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Calibrate the printer to align the colors
Calibration is a printer function that optimizes print quality, and can help resolve print-quality problems
such as misaligned color, colored shadows, blurry graphics, or other print-quality issues.
1.
At the printer control panel, rotate the control dial to select the
Menu
option, and then press the dial.
2.
Rotate the dial to select
Tools
, and then press the dial.
3.
Rotate and press the dial to select the following items:
a.
Troubleshooting
b.
Print Quality
c.
Color Calibration
4.
Rotate the dial to select
Calibrate Now
, and then press the dial.
The calibration process takes a few minutes to complete. Do not turn off the printer until the
calibration process has finished.
5.
Wait while the printer calibrates, and then try printing again.
Adjust color settings (Windows)
When printing from a software program, follow these steps if colors on the printed page do not match
colors on the computer screen, or if the colors on the printed page are not satisfactory.
1.
From the software program, select the
Print
option.
2.
Select the printer, and then click the
Properties
or
Preferences
button.
3.
Click the
Color
tab.
4.
Click the
Print in Grayscale
option to print a color document in black and shades of gray. Use this
option to print color documents for photocopying or faxing. Also use this option to print draft copies
or to save color toner.
5.
Click the
OK
button to close the
Document Properties
dialog box. In the
Print
dialog box, click the
OK
button to print the job.
Print and interpret the print quality page
Use the following procedure to print and interpret the print quality page.
1.
At the printer control panel, rotate the control dial to select the
Menu
option, and then press the dial.
2.
Rotate and press the dial to select the following items:
a.
Reports
b.
Print Quality Report
The Print Quality Report contains five bands of color, which are divided into four groups as indicated
in the following illustration. By examining each group, you can isolate the problem to a particular toner
cartridge.
Calibrate the printer to align the colors
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