IBM INFOPRINT COLOR 1454, Help Manual

Color quality guide

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Should I use the PostScript or PCL driver for the best color? What driver settings should I use for the 
best color?

The PostScript driver is strongly recommended for best color quality. The default settings in the PostScript driver 
will provide preferred color quality for the majority of printouts.

Why doesn't the printed color match the color I see on my computer screen?

The color conversion tables used in Auto 

Color Correction

 mode generally approximate the colors of a standard 

computer monitor. However, because of technology differences that exist between printers and monitors, there 
are many colors that can be generated on a computer screen that cannot be physically reproduced on a color 
laser printer. Color match can also be affected by monitor variations and lighting conditions. Read the response 
to the question 

“How can I match a particular color (such as a color in a corporate logo)?”

 on page 5 for 

recommendations on how the printer Color Samples pages may be useful in solving certain color matching 
problems.

The printed page appears tinted. Can I slightly adjust the color?

Sometimes a user may consider printed pages to appear tinted (for example, everything printed seems to be too 
red). This can be caused by environmental conditions, paper type, lighting conditions, or user preference. In these 
instances, 

Color Balance

 may be used to create more preferable color. Color Balance provides the user with the 

ability to make subtle adjustments to the amount of toner being used in each color plane. Selecting positive (or 
negative) values for cyan, magenta, yellow, and black under the Color Balance menu will slightly increase (or 
decrease) the amount of toner used for the chosen color. For example, if a user believes the overall printed page 
to be too red, then decreases to both magenta and yellow could potentially improve color preference.

Is it possible to increase the gloss in the printed output?

Additional gloss can be obtained by printing using the 1200 dpi 

Print Resolution

 setting.

My color transparencies seem dark when projected. Is there anything I can do to improve the color?

This problem most commonly occurs when projecting transparencies with reflective overhead projectors. To 
obtain the highest projected color quality, transmissive overhead projectors are recommended. If a reflective 
projector must be used, then adjusting 

Toner Darkness

 settings to 1, 2, or 3 will lighten the transparency.

What is Manual Color Correction?

The color conversion tables applied to each object on the printed page when using the default Auto 

Color 

Correction

 setting will generate preferred color for the majority of documents. Occasionally a user may want to 

apply a different color table mapping. This customization is accomplished using the Manual Color menu and the 
Manual Color Correction setting.

Manual Color Correction applies the RGB and CMYK color conversion table mappings as defined in the Manual 
Color menu. Users may select any of four different color conversion tables available for RGB objects 
(sRGB Display, sRGB Vivid, Vivid, and Off) and any of four different color conversion tables available for CMYK 
objects (US CMYK, Euro CMYK, Vivid CMYK, and Off).

Note: The Manual Color Correction setting will not be useful if the software application does not specify 

colors with RGB or CMYK combinations, or in certain situations where the software application or 
the computer operating system adjusts the colors specified in the application through color 
management.