Lexmark X850e Connection Guide

 

Color quality guide
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This section helps answer some basic color-related questions and describes how some of the features provided 
in the Quality Menu can be used to solve typical color problems.

Note: Read the quick reference page entitled “Print quality and troubleshooting guide” which provides 

solutions for common print quality problems, some of which may affect the color quality of the 
printed output.

Red, green, and blue light can be added together in various amounts to produce a large range of colors observed 
in nature. For example, red and green light can be combined to create yellow light. Televisions and computer 
monitors create colors in this manner. RGB color is a method of describing colors by indicating the amount of red, 
green, and blue light needed to reproduce a particular color.

Cyan, magenta, yellow, and black inks or toners can be printed in various amounts to produce a large range of 
colors observed in nature. For example, cyan and yellow can be combined to create green. Printing presses, 
inkjet printers, and color laser printers create colors in this manner. CMYK color is a method of describing colors 
by indicating the amount of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black needed to reproduce a particular color.

Software applications typically specify document color using RGB or CMYK color combinations. Additionally, they 
commonly let users modify the color of each object in a document. Since the procedures to modify colors vary 
depending on the application, see the software application Help section for instruction.

When a user prints a document, information describing the type and color of each object in the document is sent 
to the printer. The color information is passed through color conversion tables that translate the color into 
appropriate amounts of cyan, magenta, yellow, and black toner needed to produce the desired color. The object 
type information lets different color conversion tables be used for different types of objects. For example, it is 
possible to apply one type of color conversion table to text while applying a different color conversion table to 
photographic images.

A selection to enable a print 
mode preferable for certain 
files containing fine line 
detail, such as architectural 
drawings, maps, electronic 
circuit diagrams, and flow 
charts.

Enhance Fine Lines is not a 
menu item. This setting is 
only available on the PCL 
emulation driver, PostScript 
driver, or on the printer 
Embedded Web Server.

 

On

In the driver, enable the check box.

Off*

In the driver, disable the check 
box.