Print Quality

Select the output resolution setting.

Default: [600 dpi]

Specify the print image quality.

Default: [Standard]

Specify whether or not to reduce toner consumption when a print job is performed.

Default: [Off]

Specify whether or not to perform image smoothing, or specify the threshold resolution to apply smoothing.

Default: [Off]

Select a dithering pattern appropriate for the document.

• Auto

  Automatically configures the best dithering method depending on the document you want to print.

• Photographic

  Performs dithering using a pattern appropriate for photographs.

• Text

  Performs dithering using a pattern appropriate for text.

• User Setting

  Select this when you print images set in half tone in your application.

• Reduce Missing Colors and Blurring

  Performs dithering using a pattern appropriate for thin lines and small fonts.

Default: [Auto]

Select the compensation method to be used when converting RGB data into CMYK.

• Off

  Color settings are not modified.

• Fine

  Select this setting to perform color matching and CMYK conversion based on the color profile pattern selected for [Color Profile:]. Colors printed using this setting are equivalent to a monitor gamma setting of 1.8.

• Super Fine

  Select this setting to perform color matching and CMYK conversion based on the color profile pattern selected for [Color Profile:]. This setting is useful for emphasizing areas of light color.

  Colors printed using this setting is equivalent to a monitor gamma setting of 2.2.

Default: [Super Fine]

Select the color profile to be used when color matching RGB to CMYK.

This function is available only if [Fine] or [Super Fine] is selected in the [Color Setting:] list.

• Auto

  Automatically configures the best color profile pattern depending on the appearance of the document.

• Photographic

  Enhances mid-tone colors similar to those seen in photographs.

• Presentation

  Enhances basic colors used for text and graphics. This setting is best for printing tables, graphs, and presentation materials that contain color.

• Solid Color

  Reproduces the original colors of graphics and logos accurately.

• POP Display

  Prints the color red more vividly. It is an optimal setting for the POP display.

• User Setting

  Select this when you print images with CRD (Color Rendering Dictionary) downloaded from your application.

• Soft

  Prints the color more softly.

• Sharp

  Prints the color more sharply.

• Vivid

  Prints the color more brightly and vividly.

• CLP Simulation

  Prints the color blue more brightly and vividly.

Default: [Auto]

This function simulates an offset color printing process. Select the appropriate profile to print the output colors so that you can check the colors of a draft document before proceeding to offset printing.

Default: [Off]

Select this setting when printing text and line art.

• Black/Gray by K (Text/Line Art)

  Prints black and gray text and graphics using black toner only.

• Black by K

  Prints black text and graphics using black toner only.

• CMYK

  Prints black and gray text and graphics using all toner colors.

• Black/Gray by K (Text only)

  Prints black and gray text using black toner only.

• Black by K (Text only)

  Prints black text using black toner only.

• Black/Gray by K (Strong UCR)

  Prints the entire document in shades of black and gray using only the black toner, regardless of whether the document is in [Color] or [Black and White].

Default: [Black/Gray by K (Text/Line Art)]

Specify whether or not to print black color over other colors. When this setting is set to [Off], the areas where black and other colors overlap becomes blank on each color separation other than black.

Default: [Off]

Select to separate the colors into CMYK and print in a combination of specified separations. This setting cannot be selected when [Black and White] is selected in [Color Mode:].

Default: [Do not Separate]