Selecting The Media Type And Ink Type; Color Matching And Brightness Settings - Canon imagePROGRAF W8400 Driver Manual

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■ Selecting the Media Type and Ink Type

Use these settings to set the media and ink type.
1. Select the media type from the Media Type list under Media and Ink Settings.
• Here is a list of the types of media that can be selected.
Note
• The type of media that you can use for printing depends on the type of
• For the Media Type you must select the setting for the media actually
• Click the Media Detailed Settings button to open the Media Detailed
2. Use this setting to set the Ink Type.
Ink Type presents the following items for selection.
Ink Type
Photo Black (Bk)
Matte Black (MBk)
Important
3. Click the OK button.

■ Color Matching and Brightness Settings

Adjust Color Matching and Brightness to achieve the best color tones in printed drawings.
1. From the Color Matching list select the color matching method.
Color Matching presents these following items for selection.
Color Matching
Saturation
Perceptual
(Photographic)
Colorimetric
Setting Up a Print Job
Plain Paper, Fine Art, Coated Paper, Glossy Photo Paper, Synthetic
Paper, and others
black ink in use.
loaded in the printer. If the Media Type selection is not the same as the
media actually loaded in the printer, the print results will not be correct.
Settings dialog box. In this box you can perform the settings for the ink
drying time and other items. For more details, please refer to "Media
Detailed Settings" (p.3-7).
Setting Details
This selection is best suited for printing photographs due to its
superior color reproduction capabilities.
Due to its high density, this ink is ideal for printing line drawings,
or any type of document created with a CAD system.
• The type of media that can be selected for printing depends on the
ink type specification.
• If the black ink selected for Ink Type does not match the ink type of
the tank actually loaded in the printer, the printer will issue an alert on
the printer operation panel. You must then decide whether to execute
or stop the print job.
• To achieve the best possible results in printing, stop the print job
when the message appears on the operation panel, and then
perform the settings so the Ink Type selection and type of black ink
tank in the printer are the same.
Setting Details
This item does color matching with priority on saturation.
This item does color matching with priority on color tones to reproduce
the best results in printing photographic images.
This item places priority on reducing the differences between the color
tones you seen on the computer screen and those you see in the
printout, so the printout more closely resemble the colors of the
original (a color logo, for example).
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