Adjusting and Processing Scanned Colors When Copying

You can erase a certain color in the original or adjust the color tone when copying. Use these functions to copy using less toner whose remaining amount is low or to reproduce the original color more clearly.

Erasing only a specified color (Erase Color)

Copy after erasing a certain color in the image of the original.

Illustration of erase color

Replacing a Specified Color with Another (Convert Color)

For example, the blue part of the original can be replaced with orange when copying. Up to four colors can be replaced at the same time.

Illustration of convert color

Adjusting the color tone of the specified color (Adjust Color)

Adjusts the specific colors (yellow, red, magenta, blue, cyan, and green) by mixing them with adjacent colors in the color circle.

Adjusting the overall color tone (Adjust Color Balance)

When the copied result is more reddish or bluish than the original, adjust the color balance.

Overlaying Colors on the Entire Sheet (Color Overlay)

This function overlays a specified color on the entire output sheet.

Illustration of color overlay

Important

  • Color Overlay may change the color of the image, because the entire original will be colored.

Copying after Erasing a Specified Color

The Erase Color function is enabled when [Full Color] or [Black & White] is selected in Color Mode.

  1. Press [Copy] on the Home screen.
    Operation panel screen illustration

  2. Select [Full Color] or [Black & White] on the Copy screen.
    Operation panel screen illustration

  3. Press [Erase Color] on the Copy screen.
    Operation panel screen illustration
    If the key is not found, select it from [Edit/Color].

  4. Select the color to erase, and then press [OK].
    Operation panel screen illustration
    Up to four colors can be erased at the same time.

  5. Place the original.
    Basic Procedure for Copying Documents

  6. Press [Start].

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Copying an Original While Replacing a Specified Color with Another

Convert Color is enabled when selecting [Full Color] in Color Mode.

Register a combination of color before and after conversion.

  1. Press [Copy] on the Home screen.
    Operation panel screen illustration

  2. Select [Full Color] on the Copy screen.
    Operation panel screen illustration

  3. Press [Convert Color].
    Operation panel screen illustration
    If the key is not found, select it from [Edit/Color].

  4. Select the [Conversion 1].

  5. Specifying the Color and Density to Convert.
    Operation panel screen illustration

    1. Press [Current] to specify the color to convert in the original.

    2. Press [New] to specify the color that will be used instead of the specified color in the original.

    3. Adjust the density of New, and then press [OK].

  6. To convert another color, press [Conversion 2] to [Conversion 4] to specify a combination of color and density.

  7. Press [OK].

  8. Place the original.
    Basic Procedure for Copying Documents

  9. Press [Start].

Note

  • In [Color Sensitivity], you can adjust the color range before conversion in five levels. When the color range of red has been set to [Wider], all the colors that are close to magenta and orange are identified as red.
    Color/Density (Copier/Document Server Settings)

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Copying by Adjusting the Color Tone of the Specified Color

The Adjust Color function is enabled when [Auto Color Select] or [Full Color] is selected in Color Mode.

  1. Press [Copy] on the Home screen.
    Operation panel screen illustration

  2. Select [Auto Color Select] or [Full Color] on the Copy screen.
    Operation panel screen illustration

  3. Press [Adjust Color] on the Copy screen.
    Operation panel screen illustration
    If the key is not found, select it from [Edit/Color].

  4. Drag of the adjusted color right or left.
    Operation panel screen illustration

    • While monitoring the display on the screen, drag to adjust the color.

    • Up to three colors can be adjusted at the same time.

  5. Press [OK].

  6. Place the original.
    Basic Procedure for Copying Documents

  7. Press [Start].

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Copying by Adjusting the Overall Color Tone

  1. Press [Copy] on the Home screen.
    Operation panel screen illustration

  2. Press [Adjust Color Balance] on the Copy screen.
    Operation panel screen illustration
    If the key is not found, select it from [Edit/Color].

  3. Adjust the color balance, and then press [OK].
    Operation panel screen illustration
    Drag of the adjusted color right or left.

    Registering the color balance

    After adjusting the color balance, press [Color Balance Program] to register the current adjusted value. To copy the same original again, you can use these settings.

    Operation panel screen illustration

    • To register the color balance, select [Program], and then select the program key to register.

    • To recall the registered color balance, select [Recall], and then select the program key to recall.

  4. Place the original.
    Basic Procedure for Copying Documents

  5. Press [Start].

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Copying While Overlaying Colors on the Entire Sheet

Color Overlay is enabled when [Full Color]/[Black & White] is selected in Color Mode.

Specify a color and density to overlay.

  1. Press [Copy] on the Home screen.
    Operation panel screen illustration

  2. Select [Full Color] or [Black & White] on the Copy screen.
    Operation panel screen illustration

  3. Press [Color Overlay].
    Operation panel screen illustration
    If the key is not found, select it from [Edit/Color].

  4. Select a color and adjust the density to overlay, and then press [OK].
    Operation panel screen illustration

  5. Place the original.
    Basic Procedure for Copying Documents

  6. Press [Start].

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