Manual color options
Use manual color adjustment to adjust the Color (or Color Map) and Halftoning options individually for text, graphics, and photographs.
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In programs that convert text or graphics to raster images, the Photographs settings also control text and graphics.
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Manual color options
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Halftone
Halftone options (available for the HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers only) affect the color output resolution and clarity.
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| Smooth provides better results for large, solid-filled print areas and enhances photographs by smoothing color gradations. Select this option when uniform and smooth area fills are the top priority.
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| 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. Select this option when sharp edges and details are the top priority.
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Neutral Grays
The Neutral Grays setting (available for the HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers only) determines the method for creating gray colors used in text, graphics, and photographs.
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| Black Only generates neutral colors (grays and black) by using only black toner. This guarantees neutral colors without a color cast.
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| 4-Color generates neutral colors (grays and black) by combining all four toner colors. This method produces smoother gradients and transitions to other colors, and it produces the darkest black.
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Edge Control
The Edge Control setting determines how edges are rendered. Edge control has two components: adaptive halftoning and trapping. Adaptive halftoning increases edge sharpness. Trapping reduces the effect of color-plane misregistration by overlapping the edges of adjacent objects slightly.
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| Maximum is the most aggressive trapping setting. Adaptive halftoning is on.
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| Normal is the default trapping setting. Trapping is at a medium level and adaptive halftoning is on.
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| Light sets trapping at a minimal level, and adaptive halftoning is on.
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| Off turns off both trapping and adaptive halftoning.
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| Maximum is the most aggressive trapping setting.
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| Normal sets the trapping at a medium level.
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| Light sets trapping at a minimal level.
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| Off is the default trapping setting. Trapping is turned off.
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RGB Color (HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers only)
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| Default (sRGB) instructs the printer to interpret RGB color as sRGB. The sRGB standard is the accepted standard of Microsoft and the World Wide Web Consortium (http://www.w3.org).
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| Image optimization (sRGB) (HP Color LaserJet 3800 Series printer only) instructs the printer to use the best color matching for rendering sRGB images. Select this option to print raster objects, such as .BMP, .TIF, or .GIF files.
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| Adobe RGB (1998) (HP Color LaserJet 3800 Series printer only) instructs the printer to use the best color matching for documents or images that are in the Adobe RGB color space that some digital cameras and high-end graphics programs create. When printing with Adobe RGB from a professional software program, turn off the color management in the program and allow the printer software to manage the color space.
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| None instructs the printer to print RGB data in raw device mode. You must manage color in the program in which you are working or in the operating system in order to render photographs correctly when this option is selected.
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| Custom Profile instructs the printer to use a custom input profile to more accurately predict and control color output. Download custom profiles from www.hp.com.
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HP 3000 3600 3800 Manual color options