Lexmark C734N, C734DW, C734DN, C734DTN, C736N User Manual

Color quality guide

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Color quality guide

The Color Quality guide helps users understand how operations available on the printer can be used to adjust and customize
color output.

Quality menu

Menu item Description

Print Mode

Color
Black Only

Color Correction

Auto
Off
Manual

Print Resolution

1200 dpi
4800 CQ

Toner Darkness

1–5

Specifies whether images are printed in monochrome grayscale or in color

Note: Color is the factory default setting.

Adjusts the color output on the printed page

Notes:

• Auto is the factory default setting. Auto applies different color conversion tables to each

object on the printed page.

• Off turns off color correction.

• Manual allows customization of the color tables using the settings available from the

Manual Color menu.

• Due to the differences in additive and subtractive colors, certain colors that appear on

computer monitors are impossible to duplicate on the printed page.

Specifies the printed output resolution

Notes:

• 4800 CQ is the factory default setting.

• 1200 dpi provides the highest resolution output, and increases gloss.

Lightens or darkens the printed output

Notes:

Enhance Fine Lines

On
Off

Color Saver

On
Off

• 4 is the factory default setting.

• Selecting a smaller number can help conserve toner.

• If Print Mode is set to Black Only, a setting of 5 increases toner density and darkness to

all print jobs.

• If Print Mode is set to Color, a setting of 5 is the same as a setting of 4.

Enables a print mode preferable for files such as ar chitectural drawings, maps, electrical circuit
diagrams, and flow charts

Notes:

• To set Enhance Fine Lines from the software program, with a document open, click

File  Print, and then click Properties, Preferences, Options, or Setup.

• To set Enhance Fine Lines using the Embedded Web Server, type the network printer IP

address in a browser window.

Reduces the amount of toner used for graphics and images. The amount of toner used for
text is not reduced.

Notes:

• Off is the factory default setting.

• On overrides Toner Darkness settings.

Menu item Description

Color quality guide

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RGB Brightness

-6–6

RGB Contrast

0–5

RGB Saturation

0–5

Color Balance

Cyan

-5–5

Magenta

-5–5

Yellow

-5–5

Black

-5–5
Reset Defaults
0

Adjusts brightness in color outputs

Notes:

• 0 is the factory default setting.

• -6 is the maximum decrease. 6 is the maximum increase.

• This does not affect files where CMYK color specifications are being used.

Adjusts contrast in color outputs

Notes:

• 0 is the factory default setting.

• This does not affect files where CMYK color specifications are being used.

Adjusts saturation in color outputs

Notes:

• 0 is the factory default setting.

• This does not affect files where CMYK color specifications are being used.

Adjusts color in printed output by increasing or decreasing the amount of toner being used
for each color

Note: 0 is the factory default setting.

Color Samples

sRGB Display
sRGB Vivid
Display—True Black
Vivid
Off—RGB
US CMYK
Euro CMYK
Vivid CMYK
Off—CMYK

Prints sample pages for each of the RGB and CMYK color conversion tables used in the printer

Notes:

• Selecting any setting prints the sample.

• Color samples consist of a series of colored boxes along with the RGB or CMYK

combination that creates the color observed. These pages can be used to help decide
which combinations to use to get the desired printed output.

• From a browser window, type the IP address of the printer to access a complete list of

color sample pages from the Embedded Web Server.