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C5100: Menu Functions • 77
NOTE
The printer automatically adjusts color balance and density
at appropriate intervals, optimizing the printed output for
bright white paper viewed in natural daylight conditions. The
items on this menu provide a means of changing the default
settings for special or particularly difficult print jobs.
Settings revert to their default values when the next print job
is complete.
Color Menu
Note: Factory default settings are shown in bold.
Item Settings Explanation
DENSITY
CONTROL
AUTO
MANUAL
AUTO = image density is automatically
adjusted:
• at power on
• when a new image drum or toner
cartridge is installed
• at intervals of 100, 300 and 500 drum
counts
Auto adjustment takes up to 55
seconds.
Switch to manual only if you wish to
initiate Density Control manually using
the printer menu.
ADJUST
DENSITY
[EXECUTE] Selecting this will perform the auto
density set up.
AJST
REGISTRATION
[EXECUTE] Performs automatic color registration
adjustment. Normally this is done at
power on and when the top cover is
opened and then closed. This process
accurately aligns the cyan, magenta and
yellow images to the black image.
C REG FINE
ADJUST
M REG FINE
ADJUST
Y REG FINE
ADJUST
-3 to + 3 in
increments of 1
Default = 0
Performs fine adjustment of image
timing in relation to the black image
component.
A positive setting will darken the color; a
negative setting will lighten the color.