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Edge Control
The Edge Control setting determines how edges are rendered, to prevent a gap or white line on a
colored background. 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.
Four levels of edge control are available:
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Light sets trapping at a minimal level, and 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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Maximum is the most aggressive trapping setting. Adaptive halftoning is on for this setting.
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Off turns off both trapping and adaptive halftoning.
Halftone
Halftone options affect the resolution and clarity of the color output. It is possible to select halftone
settings for text, graphics, and photographs independently. The two halftone options are Smooth and
Detail.
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The Smooth option provides better results for large, solid-filled print areas. It also enhances
photographs by smoothing out fine color gradations. Choose this option when uniform and
smooth area fills are a priority.
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The Detail option 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. Choose this option when sharp
edges and details are a priority.
Neutral Grays
The Neutral Grays drop-down menu controls the selection of a device-dependent color table that is
embedded in the product firmware. You can adjust the Neutral Grays setting independently for text,
graphics, or photographs. The following options are available:
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Black Only. This option generates neutral colors (grays and black) by using only black toner.
This option guarantees that neutral colors do not have a color cast. Black Only is the default
setting for the Text and Graphics components.
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4-Color. This option generates neutral colors by combining all four colors of toner, which
produces smoother gradients and transitions to non-neutral colors. It also produces the darkest
possible black. 4-Color is the default setting for Photographs.
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