Set the image quality and color tone.
Color Profile:
Select a color profile pattern.
If you select By Each Component, make detailed color profile settings for each element of your document (text, graphics, and photos).
Available items differ depending on the printer you are using.
Changing the Color Profiling Pattern
Note:
This setting only affects RGB data.
Automatic
Automatically configures the best color profile pattern depending on the appearance of the document to print.
Use ICM
Corrects colors using the Windows ICM function.
Barrier-free Color Management
Converts the colors used in documents to the barrier-free colors applicable to Color Universal Design (CUD).
This setting is available only if you have selected On in the Barrier-free Color Management: list.
Dithering:
Select a dithering pattern suitable for the document image.
If you select By Each Component, make detailed dithering settings for each element of your document (text, graphics, and photos).
Available items differ depending on the printer you are using.
Changing the Dithering Pattern
Automatic
Automatically configures the best dithering method depending on the appearance of the document to print.
Gray Reproduction:
Select the printing method appropriate for black and gray areas of documents.
K (Black)
Prints black and gray using black toner only. Compared to the black printed with CMYK toner, this results in a black that is relatively flatter and purer.
Note:
Depending on the application you are using, black and gray images may print with CMYK toner even if K (Black) is selected.
CMY + K
Prints black and gray on all pages using four colors: CMY (Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow) and K (Black).
K(Black) per Page
Prints black and gray pages with black toner even if there is an image.
This is useful when a black and gray image might print with CMYK toner even if K (Black) is selected.
Black/Gray by K-Strong UCR
Prints all black and gray objects using black toner
only regardless of whether the document is in color or black and white.
This is useful when a black and gray image or scanned black text might
print with CMYK toner even if K (Black) is
selected.
Color Profile Method:
Specify how to print your color graphics.
Note:
This function is available only if Use ICM is already selected in the Color Profile: list.
By Host System
Color matching is performed on the host computer before it sends the document to the printer.
By Printer
Color matching is performed by the printer.
Note:
The printer must be PostScript language level 2 or higher.
Do ICM by calibrating printer
Color matching is performed by the printer using printer calibration. The printer uses a set of rules to map the colors in the document to the printer's own resident colors.
Note:
The printer must be PostScript language level 2 or higher.
ICM Intent:
Specify how color images are created to produce the best looking image on the printed page.
Note:
This function is available only if By Printer or Do ICM by calibrating printer is already selected in the Color Profile Method: list.
Graphics (Saturation)
Enhances basic colors used for text and graphics. This setting is best for printing tables, graphs, and presentation materials that contain color.
Pictures (Perceptual)
Enhances mid-tone colors similar to those seen in photographs.
Proof (Relative Colorimetric)
Renders colors in an image with the closest colors possible. This is suitable for printing colors that need to be rendered accurately, such as colors in logos. The colors that fall outside the printer color gamut will be rendered to the closest color possible.
Match (Absolute Colorimetric)
Assuming a device-independent color space, this provides a wider range of colors than the printer color gamut.
Restore Defaults
Restores the settings on this tab to the default settings.