Clear Coating

Clear Coating Area

Set the clear coating area.

Auto

The printer automatically sets the areas to be clear-coated and whether clear coating is to be executed.
It may be possible to reduce the ink consumption of the chroma optimizer (CO) or to accelerate the print speed.

Overall

The printer clear-coats the entire print area.
If selecting Auto produced unsatisfactory clear coating effects, selecting Overall may improve the results.

Custom

Use a form to specify the clear coating areas.
Select this option also when you are creating or deleting a form.

Form Composite Print

Select this item to combine forms and patterns that specify clear coating areas and to print the document by adding decorative effects.
Note that you must first create a form file to execute form composite print.

Create/Delete Form File

Select this item to create or delete a form file to be used in form composite print.

Important

• On the Quality & Media, look at Media Type. If a media type other than Photo Paper Plus Glossy II, Photo Paper Pro Platinum, Photo Paper Pro Luster, Photo Paper Plus Semi-gloss, Other Glossy Paper (Wide Margins), or Other Glossy Paper is selected, you cannot select Overall or Custom.
• Depending on which print quality is set on the Quality & Media, you may not be able to select Custom.
• If Overall is selected and the media type is changed to one that cannot use Overall, the clear coating area setting is changed to Auto.
• If Custom is selected and the media type or the print quality is changed to one that does not support form composite print or form file creation, the clear coating area setting is changed to Auto.

Form Files

This function displays a list of the saved form files.

Form Name

Displays the form name.

Created date and time

Displays the form file creation date and time.

Size

Displays the paper size of the form.

Pages

Display the number of pages in the form.

Borderless (Extension)

Displays the borderless print setting of the form. When the borderless print setting is enabled, the extension amount is also displayed.

Invert Form

Selecting Form Composite Print allows you to reverse the clear coating areas specified in the form.

No

The printer prints the data without reversing the clear coating areas.

Yes

The printer reverses the clear coating areas and prints the data.

Apply Form

Select the method for applying the form to the document pages, when Form Composite Print is selected.

Same to All Pages

The first page of the selected form is applied to all pages of the document.

Individual Page

If the page count of the form file is 2 or more, the printer matches the document and form pages in sequence from the first page during printing.
If the document page count is larger than the form page count, the printer applies the Overall function of Clear Coating Area to the remaining pages.
When multiple copies are printed, the number of copies that was set for the document must also be set for the applicable form during form file creation.

Pattern

Select the pattern type and size, when Form Composite Print is selected.
The pattern is applied to areas that are not clear coated.

Delete

Deletes the form file that you selected in form files.
If the print queue contains a form composite print job, do not delete the form specified by that job.

Form Name

Enter the name of the form to be created.