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How to Perform Automatic Gradation Calibration
Perform automatic gradation calibration (full calibration) to output CMYK colors properly. Check the solutions below.
NOTE
If you use the imagePRESS Server, perform automatic gradation calibration, and then perform calibration on the imagePRESS Server.
If you want to use paper other than the recommended paper, you need to register calibration standards.
If You Use Plain Paper and Calibrate for All Types of Paper: Simple Calibration
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Load the paper into the paper deck or drawer.
Load the recommended paper or paper for calibration whose calibration standards are registered.
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Press 
→ <Adjustment/Maintenance> → <Adjust Image Quality> → <Auto Adjust Gradation>.
→ <Adjustment/Maintenance> → <Adjust Image Quality> → <Auto Adjust Gradation>.3
Set <Adjustment Level> to <Simple>.
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Select <Standard> (for the recommended paper) or the paper for calibration that you loaded in step 1 for <Select Paper to Adjust>.
"Adjusting Print and Finish Quality" > "Adjusting Gradation" in the User's Guide > see the subsection "Selecting Paper for Calibration"5
Perform automatic gradation calibration (full calibration).
"Adjusting Print and Finish Quality" > "Adjusting Gradation" in the User's Guide > see the subsection "Full Adjustment"Select the paper drawer where you loaded the paper in step 1 as the paper source for test printing.
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If necessary, do calibration on the imagePRESS Server.
If You Use Different Calibration Settings for Different Paper Thicknesses: Enhanced Calibration
You can print more accurately by calibrating the colors according to the thickness of paper.
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Load the paper into the paper deck or drawer.
Based on the type of paper you use, load the paper for calibration whose calibration standards are registered, or one of the following recommended paper.
For the European and Asia-Pacific Regions
imagePRESS C270
<Plain> | <Heavy 1> | <Heavy 2-9> | |
Loaded paper | Canon Top Colour Zero FSC (100 g/m2) | Canon Top Colour Zero FSC (120 g/m2) | Canon Top Colour Zero FSC (250 g/m2) |
imagePRESS C265
<Plain/Heavy 1> | <Heavy 2-9> | |
Loaded paper | Canon Top Colour Zero FSC (100 g/m2) | Canon Top Colour Zero FSC (250 g/m2) |
For the American Region*
imagePRESS Lite C270
<Plain> | <Heavy 1> | <Heavy 2-9> | |
Loaded paper | Hammermill Color Copy Digital (28 lb. (105 g/m2)) | Hammermill Laser Print (32 lb. (120 g/m2)) | Mohawk Options Navajo Smooth Brilliant White (90 lb. (243 g/m2)) |
imagePRESS Lite C265
<Plain/Heavy 1> | <Heavy 2-9> | |
Loaded paper | Hammermill Color Copy Digital (28 lb. (105 g/m2)) | Mohawk Options Navajo Smooth Brilliant White (90 lb. (243 g/m2)) |
* If the paper name is described for the European and Asia-Pacific regions in the following pages, see the corresponding paper name described in the table above.
NOTE
The paper names are subject to change without notice. For more information, contact your dealer or service representative.
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Press → <Adjustment/Maintenance> → <Adjust Image Quality> → <Auto Adjust Gradation>.
→ <Adjustment/Maintenance> → <Adjust Image Quality> → <Auto Adjust Gradation>.3
Set <Adjustment Level> to <By Paper Type Group>.
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Press the button that corresponds to the thickness of the paper you loaded.
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Press <Select Paper to Adjust> and select the paper for calibration you loaded or <Standard> (for the recommended paper).
For more information on registering the paper for calibration, see the following.
"Adjusting Print and Finish Quality" > "Adjusting Gradation" in the User's Guide > see the subsection "Registering Paper for Calibration"6
Perform automatic gradation calibration (full calibration).
"Adjusting Print and Finish Quality" > "Adjusting Gradation" in the User's Guide > see the subsection "Full Adjustment"Select "the paper deck or drawer where you have loaded the paper in step 1" for "the paper source where the paper for test printing is loaded."
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Also perform full calibration for other types of paper you loaded.
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If necessary, do calibration on the imagePRESS Server.