KYOCERA KM-C4008 Quick start guide

Brand: KYOCERA

Model: KM-C4008

Type: Quick start guide

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Image Quality Adjustment Quick Guide (Copier Edition) Image Quality Adjustment Quick Guide (Copier Edition)

Image Quality Adjustment Quick Guide (Copier Edition)

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Press the “Function” tab and then the “Orig.

image quality” [“Image quality”] key on the

touch panel.

The “Orig.image quality” [“Image quality

orig.”] screen will be displayed.

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I. Image quality

You can select the image quality that is most appropriate to the type of original.

Press the “Color func.” [“Colour func.”] tab.

The “Color func.” [“Colour func.”] tab will be

displayed.

Press the “Color balance” [“Colour balance”]

key.

The “Color balance” [“Colour balance”] screen

will be displayed.

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Press the “On” key.

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Use the “O” key or the “P” key located to the

right of each color scale (Cyan, Magenta,

Yellow and Black) to adjust the value for that

color, as desired.

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Press the “Close” key.

One-touch image quality adjustment

One-touch selection of the image quality, for example “Vivid” or “Dull” [“Calm”], is possible

according to the type of copy image you want.

Adjusting the color hue

It is possible for you the change the color hue and create copies of interesting colors.

For example, turn reds into reddish-yellows or yellows into yellow-greens.

Gloss mode

Select the gloss mode when you want to make high-gloss copies. Originals that contain illustrations

and/or photographs will be copied with a glossier finish.

Press the “Function” tab and then the “N

Down” key.

The content of the next portion of the

“Function” tab will be displayed.

* For more detailed information, refer to the section in your Operation Guide that corresponds to the desired function or

mode.

* For more detailed information on adjusting color settings, refer to “Section 5 COLOR COPY SETTINGS” starting in

your Operation Guide.

Gloss mode selected

Original Copy

Adjusting the color balance

When the overall color of the copies is, for example, too red or too yellow, the color balance can be

fine-adjusted by increasing or decreasing the intensity of each of the colors: cyan, magenta, yellow

or black.

II. Color setting adjustments

You can fine-adjust the color and finish of copies as desired.

For example, when...

Text+Photo (text&photo mode)

Select this mode when the original contains a mixture of text, illustrations

and/or photographs. Each area of the original will be processed appropriately,

with text reproduced more clearly, and illustrations and photographs copied as

smoother images.

Text (text mode)

Select this mode when the original contains mostly text, such as with

documents and the like. The text will be reproduced more clearly.

Photo original (photo mode)

Select this mode when you are copying photographs, etc. Images on

photographic paper will be reproduced as smoother images.

Print original (printed photo mode)

Select this mode when you are copying from catalogs, magazine, etc., that

contain printed photographs. The moiré effect (the phenomenon where the

dots do not appear to be lined up properly but seem to be grouped together in

patterns) will be reduced.

Map (map mode)

Select this mode when you are copying a map. Text and lines on top of

background color will be reproduced more clearly.

* For more detailed information on the image quality modes, refer to “Selecting the image quality” in

your Operation Guide.

you think the overall color of the copies

is too yellow,

use the following procedure to adjust

the overall color balance.

Other settings are possible as well.

Adjusting the sharpness

Adjusting the sharpness setting makes the contours of the image softer or sharper, as appropriate.

If you increase the sharpness setting, texts and lines will be reproduced more clearly. If you

decrease the setting when copying, for example, from magazines and the like that contain printed

photographs, contours will be softened and the moiré effect (the phenomenon where the dots do not

appear to be lined up properly but seem to be grouped together in patterns) reduced.

Select the image quality mode most

appropriate to the originals being copied.

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Press the “Gloss Mode” [“Gloss print”] key.

The “Gloss Mode” [“Gloss Print”] screen will

be displayed.

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Press the “On” key or the “Off” key, as

appropriate.

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Image Quality Adjustment Quick Guide (Printer Driver Edition) Image Quality Adjustment Quick Guide (Printer Driver Edition)

Image Quality Adjustment Quick Guide

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Select “Printers and Faxes” via the Start menu.

Right-click on the icon for this printer in the “Printers

and Faxes” window.

Select “Printing Preference” from the resulting pulldown

menu. The “Printing Preference” window for this printer

driver will appear.

I. Color setting adjustments

You can change the settings in the “Color” tab of the printer driver’s “Printing Preference” window,

such as “Color Mode”, “Color Adjustment” and “Color Correction”, as desired.

* These settings can also be changed from the “Print” menu of the application in use.

* The following explains the procedure when using Windows XP as your operating system. If you are using any other

operating system, use this procedure merely as reference.

To display the “Color” tab in the “Printing Preference” window...

Click on the “Color” tab to display its contents.

*Refer to the following explanations for more information on each

setting in the “Color” tab.

Color Mode

You can select the desired color mode.

Click on the “Color” tab to display its contents.

Use the pulldown menu for the “Color Mode” field to

select the desired mode:

Color (CMYK) ... Color data will be printed in color.

Monochrome ... Printing will be accomplished in

monochrome (B/W).

Custom ... Lets you select from 3 different options.

Click on the “...” button to the right of the “Color Mode”

field. The “Color Mode Settings” dialogue box will appear

and you can select the desired options.

To make clearer prints, select “Continuous Tone”, and “Gloss Mode” if desired, under

the “Custom” setting.

Continuous Tone ... Printing will be accomplished with the same result as selecting the “Fine”

setting for the Tone mode.

Gloss Mode ... High-gloss printing will be accomplished.

Note: If you select the “Gloss Mode”, the prints will be clear and have a glossier finish, but

printing may take as much as twice as long. In addition, because a greater amount of memory is

required to use the “Continuous Tone” option, it may be necessary to increase your memory

capacity in order to perform certain print jobs when using that option.

Color Adjustment

You can adjust the color of prints as desired. You can also register a set of adjustments as a single

custom setting.

Click on the “Color” tab to display its contents.

Use the pulldown menu for the “Color Adjustment” field

to select the desired mode (Custom 1 through 3).

Click on the “...” button to the right of the “Color

Adjustment” field. The “Color Adjustment (Custom 1-3)”

dialogue box will appear and you can select the desired

options.

* If you do not want color adjustment to be performed, select

“None”. The default setting for color adjustment is “None”.

Select either “HSL (Hue, Saturation, and Lightness)” or “RGB” under “Color Space”. Make the

desired color adjustment settings for the selected option.

Once you are finished with the corresponding settings, click on the “OK” button. If you want to

return the settings to their default values, click on the “Reset” button.

Other settings are possible as well.

Automatic ... Color correction is accomplished based on the settings made on the printer’s operation

panel. The default setting for color correction is “Automatic”.

ICM (System Corrected) ... Color correction will be accomplished based on one of 3 different user-

selected color representation methods that will be available.

None (Application Corrected) ... Color correction is accomplished based on the settings made in the

application software.

If you don’t have any specific requirements for the color correction method, it is

recommended that you select “Automatic”.

Hue Adjustment

Use the slide bar to make the color adjustment as desired.

Select “Master” in the “Hue Adjustment” field to adjust all

colors at one time. You can also select to adjust the setting

for each color individually.

Saturation and Lightness

Saturation ... Adjusts the color saturation of the image.

Lightness ... Adjusts the brightness of the image.

Contrast ... Adjusts the contrast of the image.

RGB level

You can adjust each of the 3 primary

colors that make up all color on the

monitor: RGB (Red, Green, Blue).

Color Correction

You can select the method of color correction.

2, 3

If you don’t have any specific requirements for the color correction method, it is

recommended that you select “Auto 1”.

Color Reproduction

If you select “Automatic” as the color correction setting, you will be able to choose the desired color

reproduction mode from among the 7 different modes available.

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Model: KM-C4008

Type: Quick start guide

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