Printqualityandcolorsettings
GrayAdjustment
Thefollowingsettingscanbeadjustedif“Monochrome(Photo)”isselectedinColorMode.
GrayAdjustment
Items
Description
ColorBalanceEnablesyoutoadjustthegraytonetosuittheimagesofmonochromephotos.
Choosecoolblack(tingedwithblue),pureblack(neutral),warmblack(tingedwith
red),andsoon.
Selectthecolortoneinthecolorregionorfromthelist.
BrightnessAdjustthebrightnessofprintedimageswhilekeepingthedarkestandlightest
portionsintact.
ContrastAdjustthecontrastofthedarkestandlightestportionsrelativetoeachother.
Forsoftgradation,decreasethecontrast.Forhardgradation,increasethecontrast.
HighlightAdjustlevelsofimagehighlightareas.
ShadowAdjustlevelsofimageshadowareas.
Note
•Besuretocalibrateyourmonitorcolorscorrectlyifyouadjustthecolorsforprinting.Ifmonitorcolors
arenotcalibratedcorrectly,youmaynotobtainthedesiredprintingresults.Forinstructionsonmonitor
calibration,refertothedocumentationforyourmonitorandoperatingsystem.
Forinstructionsoncoloradjustment,refertothefollowingtopics,asappropriateforyourcomputerand
operatingsystem.
•Fine-TuningColorsofPhotosandImages(Windows)(→P.266)
•Fine-TuningColorsofPhotosandImages(MacOSX)(→P.269)
•Fine-TuningColorsofPhotosandImages(MacOS9)(→P.272)
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