Macintosh, Printing – Sony MX-C400P User Manual
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(1) Select [Color].
(2) Select color print settings.
To use the Mac OS Color Management function, select
the [ColorSync] checkbox
. When this is done, "Image
Type" cannot be selected.
(3) Select the color image type.
An image type to match the data to be printed can be
selected from the pull-down menu.
• Standard (for data that includes text, photos, graphs,
etc.)
• Graphics (for data with many drawings or illustrations)
• Photo (for photo data or data that uses photos)
• CAD (for engineering drawing data)
• Scan (for data scanned by a scanner)
• Custom (for data to be printed with special settings)
[Neutral Gray] can be used when [Custom] is selected.
(4) Select advanced color settings.
If you wish to select detailed settings, click the [Advanced
Color] button.
To configure color management settings, select the
desired settings from the menus. To use "CMYK
Simulation", select the [CMYK Simulation] checkbox
and then select the desired setting.
The following color management settings are available.
• Windows ICM*
1
checkbox: Color management method in a Windows environment
• ColorSync checkbox*
2
:
Color management method in a Macintosh environment
• Source Profile:
Select the color profile used to display the image on the computer screen.
• Rendering Intent:
Standard value used when converting the color balance of the image displayed on the
computer screen to a color balance that can be printed by the machine.
• Output Profile:
Selecting a color profile for the image to be printed
• CMYK Correction*
3
:
When printing a CMYK image, you can correct the image to obtain the optimum result.
• Screening:
Select the most suitable image processing method for the image being printed.
• Neutral Gray:
Select the toner color used to print gray areas.
• Pure Black Print*
4
:
Black text and vector graphics can be printed using black toner only.
• Black Overprint*
4
:
Prevents whitening of the outline of black text.
• CMYK Simulation*
4
:
The color can be adjusted to simulate printing using the process colors used by printing
presses.
• Simulation Profile*
4
:
Selecting a process color
*1 Cannot be selected when using the PS printer driver on Windows Vista/Server 2008.
*2 Cannot be selected in Mac OS X v10.2.8.
In Mac OS 9, can be selected in the "Color Matching" menu.
*3 Can only be used when using the PCL6 printer driver.
*4 Can only be used when using the PS printer driver (Windows/Macintosh).
Macintosh
(3)
(2)
(1)
(4)
• In Mac OS X v10.5 to 10.5.8 and 10.6, click the [Advanced] tab to configure advanced color settings.
• In Mac OS X v10.2.8, select the color image type from the "Image Type" menu.
• In Mac OS 9, select [Color], [Color2], and [Color3] to configure color print settings.