Lexmark 920dtn User's Guide - Page 148

Color quality information, Quality Menu, Print Mode, Color, Correction, Print, Resolution

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Troubleshooting Symptom Solid color pages The paper curls badly once it prints and exits to a bin Cause Solution • A toner cartridge is defective. • Your printer requires servicing. • Replace the toner cartridge. • Call for service. • The Type and Weight settings are not appropriate for the type of paper or specialty media you are using. • The paper has been stored in a high humidity environment. • Change Paper Type and Paper Weight to match the paper or specialty media loaded in the printer. • Load paper from a fresh package. • Store paper in its original wrapper until you use it. • See Storing paper. Color quality information This section helps you understand how operations available on the printer can be used to adjust and customize color output. Quality Menu Selections available in the Quality Menu provide the user with multiple options that can adjust color characteristics of the printer. Values marked by an asterisk (*) are the factory default settings. Values selected in the printer PostScript or PCL emulation drivers for Windows will override printer settings. Menu item Print Mode Color Correction Purpose Values To determine whether images are Color* printed in a monochrome grayscale or in color. Black Only To adjust the printed color to better match the colors of other output devices or standard color systems. Due to the differences between additive and subtractive colors, certain colors that appear on the monitor are impossible to duplicate on the printer. Auto* Off Manual Print Resolution Selects the quality of printed output. Toner Darkness Lighten or darkens printed output and conserves toner. 2400 IQ* 1 to 5 Applies different color conversion tables to each object on the printed page, depending on the type of object and how the color for each object is specified. No color correction is implemented. Allows customization of the color conversion tables applied to each object on the printed page, depending on the type of object and how the color for each object is specified. Customization is performed using the selections available under the Manual Color menu item. 4* is the default setting. Select a lower number to lighten the printed output or save toner. Color quality information 148

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Color quality information
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Troubleshooting
Color quality information
This section helps you understand how operations available on the printer can be used to adjust and customize color
output.
Quality Menu
Selections available in the Quality Menu provide the user with multiple options that can adjust color characteristics of the
printer.
Values marked by an asterisk (*) are the factory default settings. Values selected in the printer PostScript or PCL emulation
drivers for Windows will override printer settings.
Solid color pages
A toner cartridge is
defective.
Your printer requires
servicing.
Replace the toner cartridge.
Call for service.
The paper curls badly once it prints and
exits to a bin
The Type and Weight
settings are not appropriate
for the type of paper or
specialty media you are
using.
The paper has been stored
in a high humidity
environment.
Change Paper Type and Paper Weight
to match the paper or specialty media
loaded in the printer.
Load paper from a fresh package.
Store paper in its original wrapper until
you use it.
See
Storing paper
.
Menu item
Purpose
Values
Print Mode
To determine whether images are
printed in a monochrome
grayscale or in color.
Color*
Black Only
Color
Correction
To adjust the printed color to
better match the colors of other
output devices or standard color
systems.
Due to the differences between
additive and subtractive colors,
certain colors that appear on the
monitor are impossible to
duplicate on the printer.
Auto*
Applies different color conversion
tables to each object on the printed
page, depending on the type of object
and how the color for each object is
specified.
Off
No color correction is implemented.
Manual
Allows customization of the color
conversion tables applied to each
object on the printed page, depending
on the type of object and how the
color for each object is specified.
Customization is performed using the
selections available under the Manual
Color menu item.
Print
Resolution
Selects the quality of printed
output.
2400 IQ*
Toner Darkness
Lighten or darkens printed output
and conserves toner.
1 to 5
4* is the default setting.
Select a lower number to lighten the
printed output or save toner.
Symptom
Cause
Solution