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Changing the Clear Coating Settings

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

  1. Open the printer driver setup window

  2. Select the manual color adjustment

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

    figure:Select Manual for Color/Intensity on the Media/Quality tab

    The Manual Color Adjustment dialog box opens.

  3. Configure clear-coating

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

    Note

    • The available menu items differ depending on the paper type and print quality.
    figure: Clear coating 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.
    Overall
    The printer clear-coats the entire area, including the margins outside the image area.
    Clear-coating the entire area improves the overall glossiness, including the margins.
    This option uses the most Chroma Optimizer (CO) ink.
    Printed Areas
    Use this option when you want to improve the glossiness only in the image area. White areas (including margins) are not clear-coated.
    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.

    Note

    • Select None if clear-coating is not required, such as when laminating after printing.

    Important

    • On the Basic Settings or Media/Quality tab, look at Media Type. If a media type other than Photo Paper Pro Premium Matte A, Photo Paper Pro Platinum, Photo Paper Pro Luster, Photo Paper Plus Semi-gloss, Lightweight Photo Paper, Heavyweight Photo Paper, Photo Paper (Long-form Printing), or Baryta Photo Paper is selected, you can select Auto only.

  4. Click OK

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

Important

  • The decorative effects of clear coating may diminish depending on the document to be clear coated.
  • Selecting Black and White Photo Print on the Basic Settings or Media/Quality tab may diminish the decorative effects of clear coating.