Color Printing Problems; Cannot Print In Color; The Printout Color Differs When Printed From Different Printers; The Color Looks Different From What You See On The Computer Screen - Epson AcuLaser C3800N Series User Manual

EPSON AcuLaser C3800

Color Printing Problems

Cannot print in color

Cause
Black is selected as the Color setting in the
printer driver.
The color setting in the application you are
using is not appropriate for color printing.
One of the imaging cartridges may be the
end of its service life but printing was
continued by pressing N Start/Stop button.

The printout color differs when printed from different printers

Cause
Printer driver default settings and color tables
vary by printer model.

The color looks different from what you see on the computer screen

Cause
Printed colors do not exactly match the
colors on your monitor, since printers and
monitors use different color systems: monitors
use RGB (red, green, and blue), while printers
typically use CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow,
and black).
For Macintosh, the System Profile setting is not
in use.
PhotoEnhance may be selected in the printer
driver.
User's Guide
What to do
Change this setting to Color.
Make sure that the settings in your application are
appropriate for color printing.
If a Replace Toner uuuu error occurs, replace the
imaging cartridge without pressing the N Start/Stop
button. See "Imaging Cartridge" on page 228.
What to do
Set the Gamma setting to 1.8 in the More Settings
dialog box in the printer driver, then print again. If
you still do not get the printouts you expect, adjust
the color using the slide bar for each color. For
details about the More Settings dialog box, see the
printer driver's online help.
What to do
Although it is difficult to match colors perfectly,
selecting the printer driver's ICM setting (for Windows
XP, XP x64, Me, 98, 2000, Server 2003, or Server 2003
x64) or ColorSync setting (for Macintosh) can
improve color matching between different devices.
For details, see the printer driver's online help.
To apply ColorSync properly, your input device and
the application must support ColorSync, and a
System Profile must be used for your monitor.
The PhotoEnhance feature corrects the contrast and
brightness of the original image data, and so may
not be suitable for printing vivid images.
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Troubleshooting