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Learn about colour adjustments

In most cases a printer calibration is sufficient to deliver the required colour quality. However, there may be situations where you still want to make a colour adjustment.

Colour and printer adjustment options
IMPORTANT

It is advised to always perform a printer calibration before you perform one of the procedures below. (Learn about calibration)

When

Task

Media family calibration does not deliver the required quality for a specific media

Adjust CMYK curves for a media family

Standardised colour are required for unique brand colours for logos or business graphics

Create a spot colour

Unwanted white edges between colour planes appear

Create a trapping preset

Shadings close to the edges of the sheet are not correct

Perform a manual shading correction

Calibration for maximum print quality does not deliver the required colour quality

Correct the colour tones with the ACCT function

Custom media for automatic gradation adjustment is used

Register the custom media for automatic gradation adjustment

Colours are not aligned correctly

Automatic colour mismatch correction