Kyocera ECOSYS P8060cdn ECOSYS P8060cdn Driver Guide - Page 86

Black and White Adjustment, Adjusting Black and White Settings, Color Conversion

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Imaging Black and White Adjustment Black and white adjustment settings change the brightness and contrast of graphics. These settings are useful if graphic images are printing too light, too gray, or too dark. Text remains unaffected. Adjusting Black and White Settings 1 In Imaging > Color, select the Black icon. 2 In the Adjustment list, select Custom. A preview image in the Adjustment Settings dialog box illustrates any brightness and contrast changes. 3 Type or select the Brightness value to lighten or darken the graphic images of the print job. The brightest setting is +100; the darkest is -100. Zero is the default mid-level setting. Adjusting brightness allows for the customization of graphic images if images are printing too light or too dark. 4 Type or select the Contrast value to increase or decrease the proportion of light to dark in the graphic images of the print job. A high contrast setting decreases the grayscale spectrum, making light grays lighter and dark grays darker. A low contrast setting increases the grayscale spectrum, making light grays darker and dark grays lighter. The highest contrast setting is +100; the lowest is -100. Zero is the default midlevel setting. Adjusting contrast is useful if graphic images are printing too gray, or too black and white. Text remains unaffected. 5 You can click Reset to restore the default values. 6 Click OK to save the new black and white settings. Color Conversion With this feature, you can choose how to apply color processing to your print job depending on how color data is received from the application. This feature is available if KPDL is selected in the Page Description Languages (PDL) dialog box. In Imaging > Color conversion, select from the following options: Printer settings Select this option to use the settings currently on the device. Speed priority Select this option if the driver receives RGB data from the application. Quality priority Select this option if the driver receives full color data from the application. 8-13 User Guide

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Imaging
User Guide
8-13
Black and White Adjustment
Black and white adjustment settings change the brightness and contrast of
graphics. These settings are useful if graphic images are printing too light, too
gray, or too dark. Text remains unaffected.
Adjusting Black and White Settings
1
In
Imaging
>
Color
, select the
Black
icon.
2
In the
Adjustment
list, select
Custom
.
A preview image in the
Adjustment Settings
dialog box illustrates any
brightness and contrast changes.
3
Type or select the
Brightness
value to lighten or darken the graphic images of
the print job.
The brightest setting is +100; the darkest is -100. Zero is the default mid-level
setting. Adjusting brightness allows for the customization of graphic images if
images are printing too light or too dark.
4
Type or select the
Contrast
value to increase or decrease the proportion of light
to dark in the graphic images of the print job.
A high contrast setting decreases the grayscale spectrum, making light grays
lighter and dark grays darker. A low contrast setting increases the grayscale
spectrum, making light grays darker and dark grays lighter.
The highest contrast setting is +100; the lowest is -100. Zero is the default mid-
level setting. Adjusting contrast is useful if graphic images are printing too gray,
or too black and white. Text remains unaffected.
5
You can click
Reset
to restore the default values.
6
Click
OK
to save the new black and white settings.
Color Conversion
With this feature, you can choose how to apply color processing to your print job
depending on how color data is received from the application. This feature is
available if
KPDL
is selected in the
Page Description Languages (PDL)
dialog
box.
In
Imaging
>
Color conversion
, select from the following options:
Printer settings
Select this option to use the settings currently on the device.
Speed priority
Select this option if the driver receives RGB data from the application.
Quality priority
Select this option if the driver receives full color data from the application.