HP 1500 Series - Manual (Page 48)

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Manual options (Macintosh)
If you select Manual, you can individually adjust the Halftoning, Neutral Grays, Edge Control,
and RGB Color options as global settings.
Halftone options
Halftone options affect the resolution and clarity of your color output. You can independently
adjust halftone settings for text, graphics, and photos. The two halftone options are Smooth and
Detail. If your program converts text and graphics to raster, the Photographic settings will also
control text and graphics.
● Smooth provides better results for large, solid-filled print areas. It also enhances photos by
smoothing out fine color gradations. Choose this option when uniform and smooth area fills
are the most important attributes.
● Detail is useful for text and graphics that require sharp distinctions among lines or colors, or
images that contain a pattern or a high level of detail. Choose this option when sharp edges
and details are the most important attributes.
Neutral Grays
Neutral Grays determines the method for creating neutral gray colors.
● Black Only generates neutral colors (grays and black) using only black toner. This option
guarantees that neutral colors do not have a color cast.
● 4-Color generates neutral colors by combining all four colors of toner. This option produces
smoother gradients and transitions to non-neutral colors. It also produces the darkest
possible black.
Edge Control
This option determines how edges are rendered. Edge Control consists of two components:
Adaptive Halftoning and Trapping. Adaptive Halftoning increases the edge sharpness. Trapping
reduces the effect of color plane misregistration by slightly overlapping the edges of adjacent
objects.
● On sets Trapping and Adaptive Halftoning to On.
● Off sets Trapping and Adaptive Halftoning to Off.
RGB Color
This option determines how colors are rendered.
● Default interprets RGB color as sRGB, which is the accepted standard for many software
companies and organizations, such as Microsoft and the World Wide Web Consortium.
● Device sets the printer to print RGB data in raw device mode. To render photographs
properly when this option is selected, you must manage color in the program in which you
are working or in the operating system.