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Define the [Image] settings

Introduction

The print settings are retrieved from the document. You can optimize the printing process by configuring the print settings. This topic describes the [Image] settings.

Define the [Color quality] settings

Setting

Description

[Resolution]

The resolution that you can select depends on the printer.

[Color management]

Color management is the controlled conversion between the color representations of the document in the application to the Postscript file.

  • [No color management]

    Disable color management and use any embedded color profiles in the document.

  • [Printer\PostScript color management]

    The color profiles of the printer are used to convert the colors.

  • [Printer color profile]

    Select a color profile. The profile is used to convert the colors.

[Overprint simulation]

By default, when you print opaque, overlapping colors, the top colour knocks out the area underneath. Overprinting prevents knockouts and makes the topmost overlapping printing ink appear transparent in relation to the underlying ink.

This setting is used by Adobe Acrobat.

This setting is not available for all printer models.

[Use PDF output intent]

The PDF output intent describes how you plan to print the entire document.

If the file contains device-independent colors, the output intent provides data which defines how the color data must be printed. The output intent provides all the information required to ensure that the file can be printed consistently, even when device independent color data is used.

This setting is used by Adobe Acrobat.

This setting is not available for all printer models.

[Enhanced color rendering]

Color rendering relates to the color appearance of printed color pages under a given light source. You can select:

  • [Printer default]

    Use the color rendering algorithm of the selected printer.

  • [On]

    Use the color rendering algorithm of this application.

  • [Off]

    Disable color rendering.

This setting is not available for all printer models.

[Color bar]

You can add a color bar to the printed pages. The drop-down list contains the available color bars of the selected printer. You can define the location and the alignment of the color bar.

This setting is not available for all printer models.

[Information bar]

You can add an information bar to the printed pages. The drop-down list contains the available information bars of the selected printer. You can define the location and the alignment of the information bar.

This setting is not available for all printer models.

[Trapping]

Printer misregistration can cause gaps between colors on the printed pages. You can enable [Trapping] to compensate for potential gaps between colors.

[Trapping pre-sets]

A trapping preset is a collection of trap settings you can apply to pages in a PDF. The drop-down list contains the available [Trapping pre-sets] of the selected printer.

This setting is not available for all printer models.

[Image smoothing]

[Image smoothing] blends adjacent colors in an image to make color transitions less noticeable. Use this setting when the printer resolution is higher than the image resolution.

This setting is not available for all printer models.

[Fattening]

You can apply [Fattening] to the text and lines of the document. You can select:

  • [Printer default]

    Use the fattening algorithm of the selected printer.

  • [On]

    Use the fattening algorithm of this application.

  • [Off]

    Disable fattening.

This setting is not available for all printer models.

[Minimum line width]

Select this option to print all lines with a minimum line width. This option ensures that all lines are visible in the printed document. You can select:

  • [Printer default]

    Use the minimum line width of the selected printer.

  • [Fine]

  • [Normal]

  • [Off]

    Disable the [Minimum line width] option. Thin lines might not be printed in the document.

This setting is not available for all printer models.

Define the [Color adjustment] settings

Setting

Description

[Halftone]

Select the [Halftone] setting.

A halftone image is made up of a series of dots rather than a continuous tone. Larger dots are used to represent darker, more dense areas of the image, while smaller dots are used for lighter areas.

As long as the resolution of the image is high enough, the dots appear as a continuous image to the human eye.

This setting is not available for all printer models.

[Brightness]

You can overrule the defined [Brightness] settings in the document, without losing the original [Brightness] settings.

  • [Printer default]

  • [Custom]

This setting is not available for all printer models.

[Contrast]

You can overrule the defined [Contrast] settings in the document, without losing the original [Contrast] settings.

  • [Printer default]

  • [Custom]

This setting is not available for all printer models.

Define the [Color pre-set] settings

Setting

Description

[Color pre-sets]

The drop-down list contains the available color templates of the selected printer.

When the printer is not available, the color templates cannot be loaded. In this case, the default templates are loaded:

  • [Black and white mode]

    Select this template for black and white documents.

  • [Office documents]

    Select this template for documents that contain low quality images. For example, graphs.

  • [Photographic content]

    Select this template for documents that contain high quality images. For example, photos.

You can define custom color pre-sets. See Colour settings.

This setting is not available for all printer models.