Image Quality
ColorQube 9301/9302/9303 Multifunction Printer
User Guide
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Image Enhancement
Image Enhancement provides options for improving the quality of the output by reducing the
background or adjusting the contrast. The options are:
• Background Suppression enhances originals that have colored backgrounds by reducing or
eliminating the background on the output copy. This option is useful when the original is on
colored paper.
• Select Auto Suppression to suppress the unwanted background automatically.
• Select Off to turn off the Background Suppression feature, particularly when:
•The Darken adjustment does not produce a satisfactory output from light originals.
• The original has a gray or colored border, such as a certificate.
• You want to bring out the fine detail that was lost due to a dark edge when using bound
originals.
• Contrast controls the image density on the output and compensates for an original that has too
much or too little contrast on the image.
• Select Manual Contrast to set the level of contrast yourself. Move the indicator toward the
More setting to reproduce more vivid blacks and whites for sharper text and lines but less
detail in pictures. Move the indicator toward the Less setting to reproduce more detail in the
light and dark areas of the original.
• Select Auto Contrast to set the contrast level automatically, depending on the original being
scanned.
Color Presets
Color Presets provide options for enhancing the quality of the color copies. Selecting a color preset
option optimizes all the image quality features. The options are:
• Off removes any color presets.
• Lively increases the depth of color of the copies.
• Bright increases the lightness of the copies.
• Warm brings out the red tones in the output.
• Cool brings out the blue tones in the output.
Color Balance
Color Balance enables you to adjust the balance between individual colors and the overall amount of
color on the copies. The options are:
• Normal leaves the color the same as the original.
• Basic Color adjusts the individual density levels for each of the four process colors, yellow,
magenta, cyan, and black. Move the indicator up the scale for increased density and down the
scale for less density for each color.
• Advanced Color adjusts the highlight, mid-tone, and shadow density levels in each of the four
process colors. Select a process color and move the indicator up the scale for increased density and
down the scale for less density for each of the three options.