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Changing the Clear Coating Settings

When you execute clear coating, the printer applies chroma optimizer (CO) ink onto the printing surface and allows you to adjust the glossiness.

This section explains procedures for changing the clear coating settings.

  1. Open the printer driver setup window

  2. Select the manual color adjustment

    On the Main tab, select Manual for Color/Intensity, and click Set....

    figure:Select Manual for Color/Intensity on the Main tab

    The Manual Color Adjustment dialog box opens.

  3. Set clear coating area

    Click the Clear Coating tab, select the Clear Coating Area item that matches your purpose (see below for the selections), and then click OK.

    figure: Clear coating area in the Manual Color Adjustment dialog box
    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.

    Important

    • On the Quick Setup or Main tab, look at Media Type. If a media type other than Photo Paper Pro Premium Matte A, Photo Paper Plus Glossy II, Photo Paper Pro Platinum, Photo Paper Pro Luster, Photo Paper Plus Semi-gloss, Lightweight Photo Paper, Heavyweight Photo Paper, or Baryta Photo Paper is selected, you cannot select Overall.
    • 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.

  4. Complete the setup

    Click OK on the Main tab.
    When printing is executed, the clear coating effect that was set is added when the document is printed.