Optimizing Print Quality; Performing Color Calibration - Xerox Docucolor 2060 NPS/IPS Troubleshooting Manual

Performing color calibration

Troubleshooting Guide
5.

Optimizing print quality

This chapter discusses methods of checking and improving print
quality.
NOTE: One way to test print quality is to print a sample
document. For information on printing sample documents, refer
to:
• The Guide to Configuring and Managing the System, if using
the command line interface
• The online help, if using the graphical user interface.
Calibration is essential to insuring good color quality. The
purpose of calibration is to measure how the printer prints the
requested colors and to then make any corrections that are
required.
Calibration should be done any time you notice a degradation in
the color, or any time there is the possibility that the printer colors
may have changed from what they were in an earlier calibration.
Some of the reasons to calibrate are:
• Color may change after adding dry ink or having service
performed on the system.
• Color will display differently on identical printer models
produced by the same manufacturer.
• The temperature of machinery as it warms up will affect color
intensity.
• Image quality and color reproduction on uncalibrated
equipment will lead to unpredictable, unreliable results.
For the calibration procedure, refer to the Guide to Configuring
and Managing the System .
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