Operation Manual

Printing from Windows – PCL > 19
H OW TO PERFORM COLOUR MATCHING
There are several ways to achieve colour matching with your printer. The range of options
available varies according to your computer platform, operating system, colour production
method, and printer driver type.
Descriptions
The following table provides a brief description of the available settings for colour
matching:
How to use
You can change these settings on the Colour tab.
SETTING DESCRIPTION
Automatic The printer driver will apply optimal settings based on the page
content of your document.
Manual PCL
Allows you to select the rendering intent and pure black.
See “Rendering intents - PCL5c driver only” on page 20.
See “Black generation” on page 15.
PCL 6
Allows you to select the rendering intent, pure black, and adjust
the brightness and saturation levels.
See “Rendering intents - PCL5c driver only” on page 20.
See “Black generation” on page 15.
See “Brightness and saturation” on page 21.
Greyscale This option prints all documents as monochrome using only
black toner. No colour prints.
The printer interprets all colours as a variation of greys.
Use Greyscale to speed up printing of proof copies or when you
don’t need to print a colour document in colour.
No Colour Matching Use this option to turn off all printer colour matching.
No colour correction occurs when selected.