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Adjusting Tone

When printing black and white photos, you can produce the cooling effects of cool colors and the warming effects of warm colors.

figure:Cool is selected figure:Standard is selected figure:Warm is selected

Cool is selected

Standard is selected

Warm is selected

The procedure for adjusting tone is as follows:

  1. Open the printer driver setup window

  2. Select the media type

    For Media Type on the Main tab, select Photo Paper Plus Glossy II, Photo Paper Pro Platinum, Photo Paper Pro Luster, Photo Paper Plus Semi-gloss or Other Fine Art Paper.

  3. Set grayscale printing

    Check the Grayscale Printing check box.

    figure:Grayscale Printing check box on the Main tab
  4. Select the manual color adjustment

    Select Manual for Color/Intensity, and click Set....

    The Manual Color Adjustment dialog box opens.

  5. Adjusting monochrome tones

    Moving the Tone slider to the right brings out the warm colors (warm tones), and moving it to the left brings out the cool colors (cool tones).
    You can also directly enter a value linked to the slider. Enter a value in the range from -50 to 50.

    After adjusting the tones, click OK.

    figure:Tone in the Manual Color Adjustment dialog box
  6. Complete the setup

    Click OK on the Main tab.
    When you execute print, the color document is converted to grayscale data with adjusted tones. It allows you to print the color document in monochrome.

Related Topics

Printing a Color Document in Monochrome

Adjusting Brightness

Adjusting Intensity

Adjusting Contrast

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