Canon large format printer imagePROGRAF iPF6400 User Manual
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4 Drag each slider to the left or right to adjust. SettingDetailsToneYou can adjust the brightness of intermediate tones in an image. Selecting Hard tone gives ahard impression with more definition. Selecting Soft tone gives a soft impression.BrightnessAdjusts the brightness of the entire image. When the results of the printout are brighter than theoriginal images such as the original photo before scanning and graphics created on the display,or when you want to print in different degrees of brightness, use this feature.ContrastAdjusts the relative brightness between the brightest and darkest portions of the image. *For soft gradation, decrease the contrast. For hard gradation, increase the contrast.HighlightAdjusts the brightness of the brightest areas.ShadowAdjusts the brightness of the darkest areas. Note •You can also click the up or down arrow, or enter the number directly to increase or decrease the value.•The availability of settings depends on the selected the media type. Matching Matching You can set the matching. Important•If No color correction is selected under Color Mode, the Matching is not displayed.iPF6400 Matching (Mac OS X)User's Guide Mac OS X Software Preview 401
• Matching Mode You can select a matching mode to suit the print job. SettingDetailsDriver Matching Mode→P.404Enables printing of optimal color tones using a driver specific color profile. You should normallyselect this mode.ICC Matching Mode→P.405Enables color matching using ICC profiles. Select this if you want to print by specifying the inputprofile, printer profile, and matching method in detail. This allows you to use ICC profiles for digitalcameras and scanners, ICC profiles created using the profile creation tool, etc.ColorSync→P.406Enables color matching by using the ColorSync function of Mac OS. Select this if you want toperform soft proofing using ColorSync before printing. Note •You need to set each correction on the printer driver.•ColorSync needs to be selected in the Color Matching panel of the driver in order to select ColorSync.• Matching Method You can select a matching method to suit the print job. • Color Space Select the color space. Matching (Mac OS X) iPF6400 User's Guide Mac OS X Software Preview 402
Note •You can select only after Driver Matching Mode has been selected in Matching Mode.• Gamma You can adjust the gradation of intermediate tones in an image. 2.2 is normally selected. If you want a softer im- pression than 2.2, select 1.8. Note •You can select only after Driver Matching Mode has been selected in Matching Mode.• Input Profile Select the input profile. Note •You can select only after ICC Matching Mode has been selected in Matching Mode.• Printer Profile Select the printer profile. Note •You can select only after ICC Matching Mode has been selected in Matching Mode.• Soft Proof When you place a checkmark here, ColorSync applies to the preview area. Note •You can select only after ColorSync has been selected in Matching Mode.iPF6400 Matching (Mac OS X)User's Guide Mac OS X Software Preview 403
Driver Matching Mode Driver Matching Mode 1 Under Matching Mode , select Driver Matching Mode . 2 Click the Matching Method list, and then select a setting. SettingDetailsAutoAutomatically selects the best color matching method for each Image, Graphics, Text.PerceptualColor-matching optimized for printing typical photos attractively. Smooth gradation is a feature.This is also an easy-to-use mode when performing color adjustment using application software.SaturationColor-matching optimized for printing posters, etc., vividly.ColorimetricColor-matching optimized for printing image data with accurate colors in input color space. Thisis the easiest-to-use mode when you want to adjust the color and print. However, gradationmay be lost for colors of wider range than the color reproduction range of the printer. Generally,this is also called relative colorimetric.Perceptual (People, Dark Areas)Color-matching optimized for printing subdued photos such as indoor shots of people or darkscenes. Along with preventing the gradation loss of dark areas, you can realize photos of peo-ple in warm tones.3 Select Color Space for the print output. SettingDetailssRGBUses color space for a standard monitor. This selection is ideal for most software applications. Driver Matching Mode (Mac OS X) iPF6400 User's Guide Mac OS X Software Preview 404
SettingDetailsAdobe RGBUses wide color space. Use this setting to print images created with Adobe RGB color space. ICC Matching Mode ICC Matching Mode 1 Under Matching Mode , select ICC Matching Mode . 2 Click the Matching Method list, and then select a setting. SettingDetailsPerceptualColor-matching optimized for printing typical photos attractively. Smooth gradation is a feature.This is also an easy-to-use mode when performing color adjustment using application software.SaturationColor-matching optimized for printing posters, etc., vividly.ColorimetricColor-matching optimized for printing image data with accurate colors in input color space. Thisis the easiest-to-use mode when you want to adjust the color and print. However, gradationmay be lost for colors of wider range than the color reproduction range of the printer. Generally,this is also called relative colorimetric.Colorimetric (No White-Point Cor-rection)The processing method of color-matching is identical to Colorimetric. Use this when you wantto further reproduce the target paper material color of the image data. Generally, this also iscalled absolute colorimetric.3 Click the Input Profile list and select an input profile. iPF6400 ICC Matching Mode (Mac OS X)User's Guide Mac OS X Software Preview 405
4 Click the Printer Profile list and select a printer profile. ColorSync ColorSync 1 Check that ColorSync is selected in Matching Mode . 2 To apply ColorSync to previews, check the Soft Proof check box. Preferences Dialog Box Preferences Dialog Box This dialog box appears when you select Preferences from the imagePROGRAF Advanced Preview menu. You can set the preferences for Preview. • Units Set the unit for paper length, margins, and so on. ColorSync (Mac OS X) iPF6400 User's Guide Mac OS X Software Preview 406
Zoom Dialog Box Zoom Dialog Box This dialog box appears when you select Zoom from the View menu. You can enlarge or reduce the screen display. • Scaling Set the magnification for enlargement or reduction of the screen display. Note •You can input between 10 and 400.•You can change the numbers by clicking ▼ button. Go to Page Dialog Box Go to Page Dialog Box This dialog box appears when you select Go to Page from the View menu. Note •You can not select Go to Page if the document is only one page.• Page Input the page number in numerical characters to display in the preview area. Note •You can change the numbers in the range of the page of the documents. Print with No Borders Print with No Borders You can use the borderless printing function to print without margins surrounding the image. Note •With some media borderless printing can be performed only between two edges.•To use the borderless printing function, the specified media must be set to the printer.1 On the Paper Settings Panel→P.389 , select Roll Paper in Paper Source . 2 On the Output Settings Panel→P.394 , click the Enlarged/Reduced Printing check box on. 3 Select Fit Roll Paper Width . iPF6400 Zoom Dialog Box (Mac OS X)User's Guide Mac OS X Software Preview 407
4 Click the Borderless Printing check box on. 5 Click the Print button. Borderless printing begins. Print on the Center Print on the Center You can print on the center of the media loaded in the printer. Note •This is not displayed when a checkmark is placed in Borderless Printing.1 On the Output Settings Panel→P.394 , click the Print Centered check box on. 2 Click the Print button. Printing on the center begins. Not Print Spaces at the Top/Bottom Not Print Spaces at the Top/Bottom You can save paper on not to feed roll paper for the empty spaces when the print data contains spaces at the top or bottom. Note •This is not displayed when a checkmark is placed in Borderless Printing. Print on the Center (Mac OS X) iPF6400 User's Guide Mac OS X Software Preview 408
1 On the Paper Settings Panel→P.389 , select Roll Paper in Paper Source . 2 On the Output Settings Panel→P.394 , click the No Spaces at Top or Bottom check box on. 3 Click the Print button. Printing on the settings with no spaces at top or bottom begins. Print Page Rotated 90 Degrees Print Page Rotated 90 Degrees You can save paper by printing in landscape orientation on roll paper. 1 On the Paper Settings Panel→P.389 , select Roll Paper in Paper Source . 2 On the Output Settings Panel→P.394 , click the Rotate Page check box on. 3 Select Rotate Right 90 Degrees or Rotate Left 90 De- grees . 4 Click the Print button. Printing on rotating 90 degrees begins. iPF6400 Print Page Rotated 90 Degrees (Mac OS X)User's Guide Mac OS X Software Preview 409
Display with Fitting to the Width of the Paper Display with Fitting to the Width of the Paper In the preview area, you can display to the width of the paper. 1 Select Fit to Width from the tool bar. 2 Fitting to the width of the paper, it is displayed. Display with All Display with All In the preview area, you can display all. 1 Select Fit Screen from the tool bar. 2 All is displayed. Display with Actual Size Display with Actual Size In the preview area, you can display the actual size. 1 Select Actual Size from the tool bar. Display with Fitting to the Width of the Paper (Mac OS X) iPF6400 User's Guide Mac OS X Software Preview 410