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ICC

PROFILES

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PRINTER

DRIVER

What you select in the printer driver depends on the color matching
task that you wish to perform.

Examples of selecting ICC profiles for different color matching tasks
are shown in the next sections of this guide.

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Page 2: ...manufacturer While all reasonable efforts have been made to make this document as accurate and helpful as possible we make no warranty of any kind expressed or implied as to the accuracy or completen...

Page 3: ...Chapter 3 color matching 24 Basics 24 What this guide describes 25 Printer color management 26 Introduction 26 About RGB and CMYK color 27 Office color 28 Office color RGB options 29 Customizing RGB o...

Page 4: ...int 79 Custom page size 81 Duplex double sided printing 87 Mac OS X 89 Printing multiple pages on one sheet N up 90 Poster printing 93 Scale to page 94 Watermarks 95 Chapter 5 Secure printing 98 Sendi...

Page 5: ...ick on a cross reference within Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader also supplied on the Manuals CD the display will instantly jump to the part of the manual containing the referenced material By using the...

Page 6: ...the driver defaults This means they will remain active for all your applications unless you specifically change them from within the application s Print dialogue 2 From your application s Print dialog...

Page 7: ...window 2 In the Printers window right click on the appropriate printer driver icon and choose Properties from the context menu CHANGING THE APPLICATION S DRIVER SETTINGS Windows 1 In your application...

Page 8: ...ore any job specific changes are made Rather than repeat the procedure throughout this manual it is described here SAVING A SET OF DRIVER SETTINGS 1 Make any changes to the driver settings you want as...

Page 9: ...This procedure is essential if you subsequently add extra hardware features to your printer after the drivers have been installed and set up WINDOWS 1 Access the driver s Properties window See Changin...

Page 10: ...ick OK to save your settings CONFIGURING HARDWARE OPTIONS FROM CHOOSER APPLETALK ONLY Use this method if you do not use Desktop Printing 1 In the Apple menu select Chooser 2 Select the printer driver...

Page 11: ...s connected via USB It is not possible to change printer hardware options for printers connected via USB in Classic Mode If you change the hardware configuration of your printer you must delete the ex...

Page 12: ...C9600 Printing Guide 12 3 Select all hardware options appropriate to your printer and click Apply Changes...

Page 13: ...hen printing 100 percent black text over a background color Black Overprint may not be available with some software applications NOTES 1 The Black Overprint feature is not included in the Windows PCL...

Page 14: ...rinter model 3 Select color Options 2 4 Select the Black Overprint checkbox 3 MAC OS X 1 Choose File Print 2 From the Printer menu 1 select your printer model 3 Select Printer Features 2 4 From the Fe...

Page 15: ...ellow and black toners are combined to create composite black This will sometimes give a glossier finish due to the increased amount of toner It can also sometimes appear as a slightly brownish black...

Page 16: ...button 2 On Black Finish 2 make your selection Auto allow printer to choose the best method depending on page content True Black or Composite Black WINDOWS GRAPHIC PRO 1 On the driver s color tab sel...

Page 17: ...ter 3 In the next menu 2 select color Office color 4 For Black Finish menu choose your preferred setting MAC OS 9 GRAPHIC PRO 1 From the File menu select Print 2 From the Printer menu 1 select your pr...

Page 18: ...e Feature Sets menu 3 select color Office color 5 For Black Finish menu 4 choose your preferred setting MAC OS X GRAPHIC PRO 1 From the File menu select Print 2 From the Printer menu 1 select your pri...

Page 19: ...pplications if this feature is turned ON the spaces in bar codes may become too narrow If this happens turn Adjust Ultra Fine Lines OFF NOTE This is a feature of the Windows PCL 5c driver only 1 In th...

Page 20: ...p tab choose any previously saved driver settings you need See Recalling saved driver settings on page 8 2 On the driver s color tab click Greyscale then click Advanced Some applications will attempt...

Page 21: ...C9600 Printing Guide 21 3 On the color tab click Greyscale and then click Options if you want to adjust brightness and contrast...

Page 22: ...lect color Options 4 From the color Mode menu 3 select Greyscale 5 Select Always Use Printer Halftone checkbox 4 This ensures best quality when using greyscale 6 From the menu below Printer 5 select J...

Page 23: ...ct Printer Features 4 From the Feature Sets menu 3 select color Options 5 From the color Mode menu 4 select Greyscale 6 Select Always Use Printer Halftone checkbox 5 This ensures best quality when usi...

Page 24: ...have their own built in color management systems See page 63 Most applications do not have these color management features and rely instead on the printer or operating system 2 Operating System color...

Page 25: ...see the documentation that was supplied with your application software or computer IMPORTANT Only use one color management system if you want the best results from your printer If you wish to use your...

Page 26: ...but want good results when printing from programs such as Microsoft Office Graphic Pro 3b See page 35 This is a powerful color management system based on ICC color profiles Profiles can be downloaded...

Page 27: ...you should assume that it only supports RGB The RGB color model is based on the three primary colors of light Red Green and Blue This model is used by scanners digital cameras and computer monitors T...

Page 28: ...ongly recommended that you use the Graphic Pro options instead If you are printing CMYK data the Graphic Pro options provide more power and flexibility RGB OPTIONS CMYK OPTIONS POSTSCRIPT ONLY Monitor...

Page 29: ...ed for printing photographs colors are printed with emphasis on saturation Monitor 6500K Vivid Optimized for printing photographs and for office graphics The printer uses even more saturation than the...

Page 30: ...0 WINDOWS This information applies to the Windows PCL 5c PCL 6 and PostScript drivers 1 On the printer driver color tab select Office color 1 and click the Options button 2 Select a preset from color...

Page 31: ...1 Choose File Print 2 From the Printer menu 1 select your printer model 3 Select color Options 2 4 From the color Mode menu 3 select Office color 5 Select color Office color 4 6 Select the Office col...

Page 32: ...color IMPORTANT When printing from some applications on Mac OS X these RGB color match options may not affect the color of your print If you discover that the color of your print has not changed afte...

Page 33: ...C9600 Printing Guide 33 6 From the Feature Sets menu 5 select color Office color 7 Select the Office color Preset 6 you wish to use 5 6...

Page 34: ...r Correct utility provides two methods for adjusting the Office color settings 1 You can adjust the overall appearance of the print by modifying Hue Saturation and Gamma 2 You can adjust the specific...

Page 35: ...and flexible Here are some examples of how the Graphic Pro color matching system can be used MATCHING PRINTER COLOR TO AN RGB INPUT DEVICE By using the ICC profiles of a scanner digital camera or mon...

Page 36: ...B Input Profile may also be your monitor profile if you are trying to match to your screen CMYK Simulation CMYK input These profiles describe the CMYK device whose colors you are trying to simulate Ty...

Page 37: ...tant 2 Select a printer If this is the first time you have used Profile Assistant you should allow the utility to search for compatible printers PROFILE TYPE WHERE TO GET PROFILES RGB Source RGB Input...

Page 38: ...n ICC profile from your computer s hard disk c Once you have selected a profile you can add it to the printer as one of the 4 profile types RGB Source CMYK Simulation Printer or Linked The options ava...

Page 39: ...ROFILES IN THE PRINTER DRIVER What you select in the printer driver depends on the color matching task that you wish to perform Examples of selecting ICC profiles for different color matching tasks ar...

Page 40: ...ce profile and printer profile optional to the printer hard disk using Profile Assistant See Using Profile Assistant on page 37 Once the profile s have been downloaded make the appropriate selections...

Page 41: ...6 and PostScript drivers To match the color of an input RGB device such as a monitor scanner or digital camera make the following selections in the printer driver 1 On the printer driver color tab se...

Page 42: ...Output Profile 4 If Auto is selected the factory default profiles that are embedded in the printer will be used If you have created a printer profile yourself using profile creation software select i...

Page 43: ...at the names RGB Source 1 RGB Source 2 and so on relate to the number assigned to the profile using Profile Assistant See Using Profile Assistant on page 37 8 Select color Graphic Pro 2 7 9 From the P...

Page 44: ...44 MAC OS X 1 Choose File Print 2 From the Printer menu 1 select your printer model 3 Select Printer Features 2 4 From the Feature Sets menu 3 select color Options 5 From the color Mode menu 4 select...

Page 45: ...ting Guide 45 6 From the Feature Sets menu 5 select color Graphic Pro 1 7 From the color Matching Task menu 6 select ICC Profile color Matching 8 From the Feature Sets menu 7 select color Graphic Pro...

Page 46: ...mber assigned to the profile using Profile Assistant See Using Profile Assistant on page 37 10 From the Feature Sets menu select color Graphic Pro 3 9 11 From the Printer Output Profile menu select yo...

Page 47: ...ge 51 1 RGB data 4 Printed document 2 RGB source profile 5 Scanner monitor camera etc 3 Printer output profile 6 Leave on Auto or select your custom profile IMPORTANT Be aware that if the device you a...

Page 48: ...PCL 6 and PostScript drivers If you are using a source RGB document simulate the output of another printer by making the following selections in the printer driver 1 On the printer driver color tab s...

Page 49: ...Target Profile 4 This profile corresponds to the printer you want to simulate If you wish to produce black and grey colors that are printed using only black toner enable the Preserve Black option Alth...

Page 50: ...of another printer by making the following selections in the printer driver 1 Choose File Print 2 From the Printer menu 1 select your printer model 3 Select color Options 2 4 Choose color Mode Graphi...

Page 51: ...so on relate to the number assigned to the profile using Profile Assistant See Using Profile Assistant on page 37 If you wish to produce black and grey colors that are printed using only black toner e...

Page 52: ...select Graphic Pro 6 From the Feature Sets menu 5 select color Graphic Pro 1 7 From the color Matching Task menu 6 select Printer Simulation If you wish to produce black and grey colors that are prin...

Page 53: ...member that the names RGB Source 1 RGB Source 2 and so on relate to the number assigned to the profile using Profile Assistant See Using Profile Assistant on page 37 10 From the Simulation Target Prof...

Page 54: ...Printer Output Profile menu 11 select your printer profile If Auto is selected the factory default profiles that are embedded in the printer will be used If you have created a printer profile yourself...

Page 55: ...m CMYK ink simulations using the Office color options in the printer driver we recommend that you use the Graphic Pro color matching system to perform CMYK ink simulations as this provides additional...

Page 56: ...3 Select the CMYK Input profile 3 that corresponds to the device you are trying to match such as a SWOP or Euroscale Press If you have another CMYK Ink profile that you wish to use select it here as t...

Page 57: ...reated a printer profile yourself using profile creation software select it here If you have selected a profile other than Auto select the Rendering Intent 5 See Rendering intents on page 61 MAC OS 9...

Page 58: ...relate to the number assigned to the profile using Profile Assistant See Using Profile Assistant on page 37 Use the Preserve Black option to keep the original grey component K channel information If P...

Page 59: ...rom the Feature Sets menu 3 select color Options 5 From the color Mode menu 4 select Graphic Pro 6 From the Feature Sets menu 5 select color Graphic Pro 1 7 From the color Matching Task menu 6 select...

Page 60: ...here as the appropriate CMYK Source x profile Remember that the names CMYK Source 1 etc relate to the number assigned to the profile using Profile Assistant See Using Profile Assistant on page 37 11...

Page 61: ...ors into the printer s range while keeping the relationships between the colors the same SATURATION This option is recommended for printing business graphics if you want vivid colors This will not nec...

Page 62: ...is printed using pure black toner This means that the following colors in your documents will be printed using only 100 black toner RGB Red 0 Green 0 Blue 0 CMYK Cyan 0 Yellow 0 Magenta 0 Black 100 C...

Page 63: ...If you are using your application color matching select Use Application color Matching This option switches off all printer color management Mac OS 9 page 64 Mac OS X page 65 WINDOWS 1 On the printer...

Page 64: ...lect Graphic Pro 5 Select color Graphic Pro 1 4 6 From the color Matching Task menu 5 select Disable color Matching for Profile Creation if you are creating an ICC profile using third party profile cr...

Page 65: ...ode menu 4 select Graphic Pro 6 From the Feature Sets menu 5 select color Graphic Pro 1 7 From the color Matching Task menu 6 select Disable color Matching for Profile Creation if you are creating an...

Page 66: ...rinting stapling and hole punching It can also print posters as a series of tiles that can be joined together to make a large poster or print on very long media for banner displays For detailed inform...

Page 67: ...ting but most do 3 This feature is not available in the Macintosh drivers 4 This feature is not available in the Windows 98 PostScript driver When using the PostScript driver if you plan to print a lo...

Page 68: ...the driver s Layout tab choose Booklet from the Pages Per Sheet drop down list 2 Check that the duplex option is set to Flip on Short Edge NOTE If the Booklet choice is not shown check that the Duplex...

Page 69: ...Options 3 In the Options window you can set the signature size see page 67 the number of pages per side of paper and the binding margin if your document is going to be thick The graphic in this window...

Page 70: ...t collation and may send the job multiple times to the printer Generally this method is slower but can be more reliable Printer collate This section describes the collate function built into the print...

Page 71: ...driver on the Setup tab first choose any saved driver settings that you wish to use See Recalling saved driver settings on page 8 2 In the Job Options tab choose how many copies you want to print fro...

Page 72: ...l 2 4 Enter the number of copies 3 you wish to print 5 Select Job Options 4 6 Select the Collate checkbox 5 to enable printer collate NOTE The illustrations here show the Apple LaserWriter driver whic...

Page 73: ...Select Copies Pages 2 The Collate option in the Copies Pages dialogue is for application collate See page 70 4 Enter the number of copies 3 you wish to print 5 Select Printer Features 4 6 From the Fe...

Page 74: ...fing facility that indicates the relative densities of each of the four toner colors in your print document The darker an area appears the more of the corresponding toner color will be used when print...

Page 75: ...00 Printing Guide 75 MAC OS9 1 Choose File Print 2 From the printer menu 1 select your printer model 3 Select color Options 2 4 From the Separations menu 3 select the separations you wish to print 1 2...

Page 76: ...1 Choose File Print 2 From the printer menu 1 select your printer model 3 Select Printer Features 2 4 From the Feature Sets menu 3 select color Options 5 From the Separations menu 4 select the separa...

Page 77: ...n the first page cover of a print job is fed from one paper tray and the remaining pages of the print job are fed from a different tray See Cover print on page 79 WINDOWS SEPARATOR PAGE The separator...

Page 78: ...menu 1 select your printer model 3 Select Cover Page 2 4 Select the required options for the cover page 3 MAC OS X COVER PAGE The cover page is accessed from your application s print dialogue 1 Choose...

Page 79: ...nt with Cover Page A Cover Page is an identification sheet inserted between the print jobs of a network printer See Separating queued print jobs on page 77 WINDOWS PCL 1 In the Setup tab choose any sa...

Page 80: ...l 2 4 From Paper Source 3 select the trays or paper types you wish to use for the first page and remaining pages MAC OS X 1 Choose File Print 2 From the Printer menu 1 select your printer model 3 Sele...

Page 81: ...Actual limits vary slightly depending on which printer driver you use and your computer s operating system Some applications software may not produce the desired results with non standard print media...

Page 82: ...ive to perpendicular direction adds to your left margin Offset relative to parallel direction adds to your top margin normal feed or bottom margin flipped feed 5 Click OK to close the PostScript Custo...

Page 83: ...wn list choose one of the available custom paper sizes 2 If this is a previously saved custom size that you wish to use click OK to close the Printer Properties window 3 To create a new custom size a...

Page 84: ...e If you have previously saved any special custom sizes they will be listed in the Custom Size window 4 To use a previously saved custom size click its name in the list To create a new custom size a E...

Page 85: ...Conversion drop down list MAC OS 9 NOTE The illustration in this procedure shows the Apple LaserWriter driver The procedure is almost identical in the Adobe PostScript driver 1 In your application pr...

Page 86: ...oose File Page Setup 2 Select Custom Page Size 1 3 Click the New button 2 to define a new paper size and enter a name for the paper size 4 Enter the Width and Height 3 of your paper 5 Specify paper ma...

Page 87: ...Load the paper print side up Ream wrappers are usually marked with an arrow indicating which is the print side Paper can be fed from standard paper trays including the high capacity feeder if you hav...

Page 88: ...elect the binding edge you want For portrait tall page layout the usual choice is Long Edge For landscape wide page layout the usual choice is Short Edge Choosing Off turns off duplex printing and you...

Page 89: ...trait tall or landscape wide and how you plan to turn the paper over to read the second side MAC OS X 1 In your application program choose File Print 2 From the Printer menu 1 select your printer mode...

Page 90: ...f your page layout or distribute your document in a more compact format It saves paper bulk weight and cost If you have a duplex unit installed you can even combine this feature with duplex printing t...

Page 91: ...want to print on each sheet 1 up is normal 16 up is maximum 2 Click Options to choose from the available options for this feature From here you can choose the page printing order the page layout whet...

Page 92: ...ocument pages are laid out on each sheet of paper MAC OS X 1 In your application program choose File Print 2 From the Printer menu 1 select your printer model 3 Select Layout 2 4 From the Pages per Sh...

Page 93: ...separate sheets to create a poster Poster Print is only available with the Windows PCL printer drivers WINDOWS PCL 1 In the driver s Setup tab under Finishing Mode choose Poster Print 2 Click Options...

Page 94: ...e allows you to print data formatted for one size page onto a different size page without modifying the print data This feature is only available with the Windows PCL drivers 1 In the driver s Setup t...

Page 95: ...nt This can used to indicate that the document is Draft or perhaps Confidential This feature is not available on Mac OS X The illustration below shows the Windows PostScript driver The PCL driver is v...

Page 96: ...IOUSLY CREATED WATERMARK 1 In the Watermarks window click the watermark in the list TO EDIT AN EXISTING WATERMARK 1 In the Watermarks window click the watermark s name in the list 2 Click Edit 3 Make...

Page 97: ...In your application program choose File Page Setup 2 Select Watermarks 1 3 Select which pages you want to print watermarks on 2 None no watermarks First or All 4 Choose the type of watermark data to u...

Page 98: ...the printer driver See Setting the driver device options on page 9 The secure printing feature is not available for Mac OS X If there is not enough hard disk space for the spooled data a Disk Full me...

Page 99: ...PIN button 3 In the Job PIN window enter a name for this print job The name may be up to 16 alpha numeric characters If you have more than one print job stored on the printer when you come to print y...

Page 100: ...st first be enabled in the printer driver This step is not necessary for the Adobe PostScript driver To enable the LaserWriter plug in 1 On the desktop click the printer icon for the printer for which...

Page 101: ...OCUMENT Your secure print job is printed using the Printer Control Panel on the front of the printer 1 When the printer is idle Ready to Print indicated in the display use the buttons to select the PR...

Page 102: ...sible to print and delete secure documents remotely from your PC using the Storage Device Manager utility DELETING A SECURE PRINT DOCUMENT If you change your mind about printing a secure document you...

Page 103: ...Chapter 5 and is available only in the Windows PostScript and PCL drivers The difference with job spooling is that the document is not automatically deleted from the printer s hard disk after printing...

Page 104: ...es as described in the section starting on page 101 in Chapter 5 for printing a secure document In this case the document will not be deleted from the hard disk after it has been printed DELETING A ST...

Page 105: ...olour printing black 16 17 18 Composite black 15 Cover page 77 Windows PCL 79 Cover print different cover page 79 Custom page size general 81 Windows 98 Me PS 83 Windows XP 2000 PCL 84 Windows XP 2000...

Page 106: ...C9600 Printing Guide 106 S Secure documents printing 101 sending 99 Separator page 77 T Toner Black 15 True pure black 15 True black 16 17 18...

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