Changing the Clear Coating Settings

This section explains procedures for changing the clear coating settings.

1. Select Advanced Paper Settings from Printer Options in the Print Dialog

2. Set clear coating

   Select the Clear Coating item that matches your purpose (see below for the selections).

   

   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) ink 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.

   None

   Printing will proceed without clear coating.
   Compared to if clear coating is applied, the image quality may deteriorate, or the printed surface may be damaged.

   Important

   • You may not be able to select Overall or None depending on the paper type and print quality.
     For paper for which Overall or None can be used, select the paper you want to use from "Paper Information List" and check the information.
   • If Overall or None is selected and the media type is changed to one that cannot use Overall or None, the clear coating setting is changed to Auto.
   • If you selected None in Clear Coating, Chroma Optimizer (CO) ink will not be used during printing, but it will be used during print head maintenance.

3. Complete the setup

   Click Print
   When printing is executed, the clear coating effect that was set is added when the document is printed.

   Important

   • If Auto (Use Printer Settings) is selected for Media Type in Quality & Media, Clear Coating is grayed out and cannot be set. Clear coating occurs according to printer settings.