[Color] Sheet (PS3)
You can switch between color printing and black-and-white printing, and adjust colors.
Depending on the device you are using, you may not be able to set some of the functions described herein.
NOTEIf you select [Printer Default], the setting of the device is applied.
[Color Mode]
Switches between printing in color or in black-and-white. To detect automatically whether each page should be printed in color or in black-and-white, select [Auto [Color/B&W]].
[RGB Matching Mode]
Enables you to select the color matching mode for RGB input.
If [Device Link Profile] has been selected, a profile that is a combination of ambient light and color space profiles is used. You can select the optimum settings from [RGB Input [Light + Color Space]].
[RGB Source Profile]
Enables you to select an RGB profile that matches the monitor and is applied when printing RGB data. If [None] is selected, color separation of the RGB data to CMYK is performed without applying an RGB profile.
NOTEIf you want to add a profile that you have created, download it to the device using the Resource Management plug-in of the imageWARE Enterprise Management Console/iW Management Console.
[RGB Matching Method]
Enables you to select the printing method when an RGB input profile is applied.
[Printer Default]
Uses the settings of the device.
[Saturation]
Optimizes the output of pure, saturated colors and produces clear outlines for text.
[Perceptual [Monitor Color Matched]]/[Perceptual]
Optimizes the range of colors on the device to produce the best result for bitmapped images.
[Perceptual [Photographic]]/[General]
Optimizes the range of colors on the device to produce the best result for photographic images.
[Colorimetric]
Provides a close match when rendering RGB colors into CMYK colors, regardless of the media being used.
[Vivid Photo]/[Vivid Photo [Photograph]]
Provides stronger and deeper colors than [Perceptual [Photographic]].
[Vivid Photo [General]]
Provides stronger and deeper colors than [Perceptual].
NOTEIf you set [Output Profile] to a setting other than [Standard], [Perceptual [Photographic]] becomes the same color shade as [Perceptual [Monitor Color Matched]]/[Perceptual], and [Vivid Photo]/[Vivid Photo [Photograph]] becomes the same color shade as [Saturation].
[RGB Pure Black Process]
Prints black and gray data with the equivalent ratio of R to G to B using black (K) toner only. If you do not select this option, the CMYK toners are used, with the settings selected for [Output Profile] are applied.
[RGB Input [Light + Color Space]]
Enables you to select ambient light, color temperature, and monitor color space to apply to a device link profile for RGB input.
[CMYK Matching Mode]
Enables you to set the color matching mode for CMYK input.
If [Device Link Profile] has been selected, a profile that is a combination of ambient light and color space profiles is used. You can select the optimum settings from [CMYK Input [Light + Color Space]].
[CMYK Simulation Profile]
Enables you to select a CMYK simulation profile. If [None] is selected, device-dependent color model is applied without applying a CMYK profile.
[CMYK Matching Method]
Enables you to select the printing method when a CMYK simulation profile is applied.
[Printer Default]
Uses the settings of the device.
[General]
Optimizes the range of colors on the device to produce the best result for photographic images.
[Perceptual]
Optimizes the range of colors on the device to produce the best result for bitmapped images.
[Colorimetric]
Provides a close match when rendering the colors specified in a CMYK simulation profile.
[Vivid Photo [Photograph]]
Provides stronger and deeper colors.
[Vivid Photo [General]]
Provides stronger and deeper colors than [Perceptual].
[CMYK Pure Black Process]
Prints black and gray data using black (K) toner only. If you do not select this option, the CMYK toners are used, with the settings selected for [Output Profile] are applied.
[CMYK Input [Light + Color Space]]
Enables you to select ambient light, color temperature, and monitor color space to apply to a device link profile for CMYK input.
[Output Profile]
Enables you to select a profile defining color attributes, according to the device you are using or the paper type.
NOTEIf you want to add a profile that you have created, download it to the device using the Resource Management plug-in of the imageWARE Enterprise Management Console/iW Management Console.
[100% GCR Profile]
Enables you to adjust the toner density so that irregularities in the print density of lines and text do not occur.
[Details] > [Detailed Settings] Dialog Box
Enables you to configure detailed color adjustment settings.
[Pure Black]
Prints black data (R=G=B=0%, C=M=Y=100%/Bk=N%, or C=M=Y=0%/Bk=100%) using only black toner. This prevents non-aligned color toner from being printed around the black data.
[Black Overprint]
Prints black data over the top of color backgrounds. When set together with [Pure Black], color backgrounds are all printed in color, after which the black data is printed overlapping the backgrounds, preventing unprinted white paper appearing at the edges of the text or graphics.
[Use Black Point Compensation (BPC)]
Performs compensation by mapping the darkest areas in the same way in the input data and output results.
[Combine Color Separations]
Combines color-separated CMYK data into one set of data when printing.
[Composite Overprint]
Overprints CMYK data in its composite output form. Since all of the colors used in the data set are overprinted on one plate, you can confirm the finished result without separating the colors.
[Spot Color Matching]
Specifies the optimum method of reproducing a spot color (special color). Using a named color profile specified in an application, you can convert colors to device-independent CMYK values that are closest to the spot colors. To do so, you must first download the named color profile to the printer using the resource downloader.
NOTEIf you want to use this function, download the specified color profile to the device using the Resource Management plug-in of the imageWARE Enterprise Management Console/iW Management Console.
[Toner Density]
Adjusts the toner density.
[Details] > [Toner Density Details] Dialog Box
Enables you to adjust the density of each color.
[Brightness]
Enables you to adjust the brightness with a slider bar.
[Grayscale Profile]
Converts printer dependent gray data to CMYK data when printing. If you do not use this function, the data is printed with black (K) toner only.
[RGB Color Input Adjustment]
Enables you to adjust color when printing RGB data.
[Print Color Sample]
Prints nine sample patterns of color adjustment with 9 on 1 layout.
The hue of the color chart and the adjusted hue of the surrounding eight patterns specified in the [Settings] > [RGB Color Input Adjustment Details] dialog box are reflected in the print results.
To restore normal printing, open the driver print settings screen again and disable [Print Color Sample].
[Settings] > [RGB Color Input Adjustment Details] Dialog Box
Enables you to adjust the hue, brightness, and contrast manually.
NOTEBecause sample printing for color adjustment includes parts printed in color, it is counted as color printing even when performed on a blank page or black-and-white page.
[Use CanoFine]
Adjusts the contrast and color balance of images to print distinct images.
[Settings] > [CanoFine Details] Dialog Box
Enables you to set the print processing method using the CanoFine function. If you select [Single-page Batch Processing], multiple bitmaps on a page are processed as a single data item.
[Distinguish between Color/B&W Pages at Host]
Distinguishes whether the print data is color or black-and-white (monochromatic) at the computer and prints in the mode corresponding to the result. If there is a large amount of bitmap data included in the data, it is printed in color.
[Apply Color/B&W Settings from Applications]
Prints with priority given to the color print setting or black and white print settings of the application.
[Restore Defaults]
Returns all the settings in this sheet to their default values.