Xerox DocuColor 12 User Manual

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7 Warm
The Warm option, illustrated in Figure 16, 
produces a soft image on the copy by 
transforming low density colours into light and 
reddish colours. Use this setting to apply a light 
pink tone to skin colours and to give a soft tone to 
dark, warm colours.
The Warm option decreases the Low and Medium 
density settings for Yellow and Cyan, and 
increases the Medium setting for Magenta.
Figure 16: Example of Warm 
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7 Cool
The Cool option, illustrated in Figure 17, produces 
a strong, clear blue tone on the copy. This setting 
can be used to make the blue colour of water or 
the sky stronger, and to make dark, cold colours 
clearer.
The Cool option decreases the Low, Medium, and 
High density settings for Yellow and Magenta, and 
increases the Low, Medium, and High setting for 
Cyan.
Figure 17: Example of Cool 
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7 Background Suppression
Background Suppression, illustrated in Figure 18, 
prevents undesired marks or images that are 
printed on the back of an original from appearing 
on the output copy.
The Background Suppression feature reduces the 
Medium density settings for Yellow, Magenta, 
Cyan, and Black. The High density level for Black 
is increased.
Auto Suppression
Auto Suppression increases contrast and 
sharpness for clearer output.Figure 18:...

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1Touch the Preset Colour Balance icon on the 
Image Quality tab to display the Preset Colour 
Balance screen, illustrated in Figure 19.
2Touch the appropriate button for the desired 
colour balance.
3Touch Save to return to the Image Quality tab.
Figure 19: Preset Colour Balance screen 
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Lighten/Darken
The Lighten/Darken feature (Figure 20) enables 
you to adjust the overall lightness or darkness 
(density) of the output copy. This feature offers an 
Auto Contrast option as well as seven lighten/
darken levels.
The Normal level is the copier/printer default for 
Lighten/Darken. Use the Normal setting to copy 
original documents that appear to have the 
desired overall lightness or darkness.
When the Auto Contrast option is selected,...

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The Background Suppression option in the Preset 
Colour Balance feature of the Image Quality tab 
may also be used to suppress background. Refer 
to the “Preset Colour Balance” section for more 
information.
1Touch the Lighten/Darken icon on the Image 
Quality tab to display the Lighten/Darken screen, 
as illustrated in Figure 24.
2Perform one of the following:
•Touch the Auto Contrast icon to have the 
copier/printer determine the darkness or...

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Colour Shift/Saturation
The Colour Shift/Saturation feature (Figure 25) 
allows you to shift all copy colours toward the 
adjacent hue as well as to adjust the overall 
richness of colour on the output copy.
Colour Shift
Colour shift is useful when the original does not 
have quite the correct colours for your needs. By 
touching one of the Colour Shift buttons, you can 
cause the overall copy colours to be shifted.
The illustration on the Colour...

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7 Saturation
The Saturation feature allows you to adjust the 
overall richness of colour on the output copy. 
Saturation is sometimes referred to as chroma. 
Colours with high saturation are sometimes called 
vivid colours. 
The flower illustrations on the Colour Shift/
Saturation screen help you anticipate the results 
of the requested shift. The left flower illustrates the 
lightest pastel setting of saturation. The right 
flower illustrates the...

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1Touch the Colour Shift/Saturation icon on the 
Image Quality tab to display the Colour Shift/
Saturation screen, as illustrated in Figure 32.
2Touch the button for the desired Colour Shift in 
the range from Coolest to Warmest.
3Touch the button for the desired Saturation in the 
range from Most Pastel to Most Vivid.
4Touch Save to return to the Image Quality tab.
Figure 32: Colour Shift/Saturation screen
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Sharpness
The Sharpness feature (Figure 33) allows you to 
adjust the amount of edge definition on the copies. 
Five adjustment levels, corresponding roughly to 
the illustrations on the screen, are available.
NOTE:For optimum sharpness on the copies, it is 
important to select the correct Original Type for 
your input document in the Image Quality tab.
The Normal level is the copier/printer default for 
Sharpness. Use the Normal setting to copy...