DOCUCOLOR 12 USER GUIDE 6–7 IMAGE QUALITY1234567PhotoThe Photo option is the best selection forphotographs or lithographs. Examples includephotographs or lithographs (Figure 8) that portraypeople, or paintings that contain a variety of pastelcolours.The Photo option provides the most accuratecolour and density copy for continuous tonedocuments that contain a wide range of densitiesfrom very dark to very light images.The Photo option is also the best selection whentrue reproduction of light skin colours, lightcolours, or grey areas is important. The Photooption is appropriate for very high quality halftonedocuments.1 Touch the Original Type icon on the ImageQuality tab to display the Original Type screen.2 Touch the Photo icon to display the Photo detailscreen, illustrated in Figure 9.3 Touch the selection in the Photo Type columnwhich best describes the original document:• HalftoneUse this option for images created using a finescreen that varies the darkness and density ofdots that make up the image. Examples ofhalftone images can be found in magazinesand newspapers.• PhotographUse this option when copying photographs orextremely fine halftones.• Xerographic CopyUse this option when using a Xerographicreproduction (copy) as the original document.4 Touch Save to return to the Image Quality tab.Figure 8: Example of Photo OriginalFigure 9: Photo detail screen
