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Adjusting Tone

When printing black and white photos, you can produce the cooling effects of cool colors and the warming effects of warm colors.

figure:Cool Tone is selected
figure:Black and White is selected
figure:Warm Tone is selected

Cool Tone is selected

Black and White is selected

Warm Tone is selected

The procedure for adjusting tone is as follows:

  1. Open the printer driver setup window

  2. Select the media type

    For Media Type on the Main tab, select Photo Paper Plus Glossy II 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, Baryta Photo Paper, Premium Fine Art Smooth, Photo Paper Pro Premium Matte A, Photo Paper Pro Premium Matte, Heavyweight Fine Art Paper, Extra Heavyweight Fine Art Paper, Highest Density Fine Art Paper, Canvas, or Japanese Paper Washi.

  3. Set black and white photo printing

    Check the Black and White Photo Print check box.

    figure:Black and White Photo Print check box on the Main tab

  4. Select the manual color adjustment

    Select Manual for Color/Intensity, and click Set....

    The Manual Color Adjustment dialog box opens.

  5. Adjusting monochrome tones

    From the Tone pull-down menu, specify any of the following items.

    figure:Tone in the Manual Color Adjustment dialog box
    Cool Tone
    This item adjusts color tones to cool shades of gray (cool black). When you select this item, a value of -30 is entered for X, and a value of 0 for Y.
    Black and White
    This item adjusts color tones to neutral shades of gray. When you select this item, a value of 0 is entered for X, and a value of 0 for Y.
    Warm Tone
    This item adjusts color tones to warm shades of gray (warm black). When you select this item, a value of 30 is entered for X, and a value of 0 for Y.
    Custom
    You can adjust the color tones by using the horizontal and vertical sliders while checking the colors in the center adjustment area.
    Adjust the horizontal and vertical sliders by dragging them to the left/right or up/down, respectively.
    You can also adjust color tones by clicking or dragging the center adjustment area with the mouse.
    You can also directly enter values that are linked to the sliders. When you enter values, set values in the range of -100 to 100 for X, and -50 to 50 for Y.

    Note

    • Custom cannot be selected since it is displayed automatically when the adjustment value is directly entered.
    X, Y (Monochromatic adjustment value)
    If necessary, you can adjust monochromatic colors manually.
    To adjust the color tones, either enter values directly or click the up/down arrows.
    You can also adjust the color tones by clicking or dragging the adjustment area with the mouse.
    The value is also linked to the horizontal and vertical sliders.
    When you enter values, set values in the range of -100 to 100 for X, and -50 to 50 for Y.
    The selected value will be shown in the preview on the left side.

    After adjusting the tones, click OK.

  6. Complete the setup

    Click OK on the Main tab.
    When you execute print, the color document is converted to grayscale data with adjusted tones. It allows you to print the color document in monochrome.