Canon Pixma Mx522 User Guide

Adjusting Colors with the Printer Driver
You can specify the color correction function of the printer driver to print sRGB data with color tints that
most people prefer through the use of Canon Digital Photo Color.
When printing from an application software that can identify ICC profiles and allows you to specify them,
use a printing ICC profile in the application software, and select settings for color management.
The procedure for adjusting colors with the printer driver is as follows:
1.
Open the...

Printing with ICC Profiles
When the image data has a specified input ICC profile, you can print by using the color space (Adobe RGB
or sRGB) of the data effectively.
The printer driver setting procedure varies depending on the application software used to print.
Specify an ICC Profile from the Application Software and Print the Data When you print the editing and touch-up results of Adobe Photoshop, Canon Digital Photo Professional, orany application software that allows you to specify input and printing...

Specify an ICC Profile with the Printer Driver, and then Print
Print from an application software that cannot identify input ICC profiles or does allow you to specify one by using the color space of the input ICC profile (sRGB) found in the data. When printing Adobe RGB data, you can print the data with the Adobe RGB color space even if the application software does not support
Adobe RGB.1.
Open the  printer driver setup window
2.
Select the manual color adjustment
On the  Main tab, select  Manual for...

Related Topics
 Setting the Print Quality Level (Custom)
 Specifying Color Correction
 Adjusting Color Balance
 Adjusting Brightness
 Adjusting Intensity
 Adjusting Contrast
 

Adjusting Color Balance
You can adjust the color tints when printing.
Since this function adjusts color balance of the output by changing the ink ratios of each color, it changes
the total color balance of the document. Use the application software when you want to change the color
balance significantly. Use the printer driver only when you want to adjust the color balance slightly. The following sample shows the case when color balance is used to intensify cyan and to diminish yellow
so that the overall...

You can also directly enter a value linked to the slider. Enter a value in the range from -50 to 50. Thecurrent settings are displayed in the settings preview on the left side of the printer driver.
After adjusting each color, click  OK.
Important
 Adjust the slider gradually.
4.
Complete the setup
Click  OK on the  Main tab.
When you execute print, the document is printed with the adjusted color balance.
Important
 When the  Grayscale Printing  check box on the Main tab is checked,  Cyan, Magenta , and...

Adjusting Color Balance Using Sample Patterns (Printer Driver)You can look at the print results of pattern print and adjust the color balance.
When you change the color balance or intensity/contrast of a document, the pattern print function prints the adjustment results in a list, together with the adjustment values.
Described below is the procedure for adjusting the color balance while looking at the pattern.
1.
Open the  printer driver setup window
2.
Select the manual color adjustment
On the  Main...

4.
Setting pattern printWhen the  Pattern Print  dialog box opens, set the following items, and then click  OK.
Parameters to Adjust
Select  Cyan/Magenta/Yellow .
Important
 When the Grayscale Printing  check box on the Main tab is checked,  Cyan/Magenta/Yellow
appear grayed out and are unavailable.
Printer Paper Size
Select the paper size to be used for pattern printing.
Note
 Depending on the paper size selected on the  Page Setup tab, there may be sizes that cannot
be selected.
Amount of Pattern...

On the Color Adjustment  tab, select OK to close the  Manual Color Adjustment  dialog box.
On the  Main tab, select  OK, and then execute printing. The machine then prints a pattern in which the
color balance that you set is the center value.
Important
 Normally, patterns are printed with the color balance settings as the center values. However,
when  Black Only  is selected for  Ink Cartridge Settings  on the Maintenance  tab, the color
balance settings are not applied to pattern printing.
6.
Adjusting...

 You can also set color balance on the Quick Setup tab by choosing  Photo Printing under
Commonly Used Settings , and then choosing Color/Intensity Manual Adjustment  under
Additional Features .7.
Complete the setup
Click  OK on the  Main tab.
Then when you execute printing, the document is printed with the color balance that was adjusted by
the pattern print function.
Important
 When  Print a pattern for color adjustment  is selected on the Color Adjustment  tab, the following
items are grayed out and...