COLOUR TABLE GUIDELINE

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CUSTOMIZED COLOUR FOR EACH CUSTOMER

KYOCERA colour series offer several COLOUR TABLES to customers
Benefit
Easy replace: KYOCERA colour products can reproduce the similar colour image of
former competitors model

Offering several colour images to meet customers requirement

Effective at Demonstration with intensive and vivid colour output

Supported models
TASKalfa Colour Systems
Colour Printer (A4 / A3)

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NEW FUNCTION ON TASKALFA 3050CI - 4550CI AND TASKALFA 6550CI - 7550CI

With firmware version 3.00.0050 six different Colour Tables are implemented after the
installation of the firmware.
Installation:
- Install Firmware 3.00.0050 (or newer) via USB stick.
- After installation restart the system.
- Go to the Maintenance Mode and select U485.
- To activate the CTs connect the USB-Stick again, select "Install" and then confirm with
"Execute" to restart.
- Select the option "Colour Table".
- 4 new choices appear "ColourTable1" - "ColourTable2" - "Install" - "Uninstall"
- After about 15 seconds or restart you can select each of six different Colour Tables which
are available under "Table1" and "Table2".

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WHAT IS THE COLOUR TABLE?

COLOUR TRANSFORM:
Colour transform table for 3 kind of the objects (Photo image/ Text/ Chart) can
reproduce the best colour for these objects
Chart
Text
Photo image
RGB

CMYK

0, 0, 0

90, 90,40, 255

255, 0, 0

0, 255,255, 0

RGB
(255,0,0)

255,255,255

CMYK
(0,255,255,0)

0, 0, 0, 0

Colour conversion table

(LUT: Look Up Table)

COLOUR TABLES
There are two colour tables in each model, and as default 6 colour tables are
preinstalled
Table1
DEFAULT
TYPE_KY

Table 2
DEFAULT
TYPE_RH

Colour tables overview (selectable in U485)

Table 1

TYPE_CA

TYPE_FU

TYPE_KO

TYPE_KY
(KYOCERA)

TYPE_RH

TYPE TO

Table 2

TYPE_CA

TYPE_FU

TYPE_KO

TYPE_KY
(KYOCERA)

TYPE_RH

TYPE TO

Further additional TYPE can be developed by KMC based on SCs request

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REQUEST FOR DIFFERENT COLOUR TABLES?

If you need different colour tables
Please contact TCSD, because they have several colour tables stocks, maybe one of
them suits to your customers demand
If there is no suitable colour table at TCSD, please make customization request with
standard process and all important information
Based on SCs customization request, TCSD can arrange other types of colour tables,
which can be close to colour of former customers product
F/W can be installed via USB stick or via Network to the device. You can check the colour
table installation via U019 or at the Service Status Page.

Default / no colour table is installed

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Different colour table is installed

COLOUR TABLES REMARKS

Other colour tables could consume more toner than KYOCERA default colour table
Toner yield can not be reach the stated yield with different tables
These colour tables do not represent 100% colour image of reference models

Please keep in mind which colour table has been chosen at customers devices.
Otherwise, when additional device is installed to the customer, big colour difference
might be pointed out

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REFERENCE PATERN WITH OFFICE USE DOCUMENT

Coverage data with office use document

KYOCERA
K:9.46
C:6.63
M:7.37
Y:8.03

(%)

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TYPE CA

TYPE RH

TYPE KO

TYPE TO

K:12.46
C:3.37
M:4.54
Y:6.17 (%)

K:12.77
C:5.37
M:5.11
Y:5.86 (%)

K:12.60
C:5.54
M:4.77
Y:8.31 (%)

K:12.77
C:5.86
M:6.86
Y:8.54 (%)

REFERENCE PATERN WITH PRINT SAMPLE1

KYOCERA

TYPE CA

TYPE RH

TYPE KO

TYPE TO

Coverage
% K/C/M/Y

12.11/42.31/
33.23/39.23

13.40/45.69/
39.06/39.77

20.46/45.54/
33.43/39.06

18.14/44.83/
34.71/39.83

26.54/44.86/
31.91/40.97

Characters

Natural colour,
close to real colour
Eyes friendly
Green is good

image

strong colour
contrast
dark
not so vivid
not so clear

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Generally
stronger colour
than KYOCERA
vivid

Stronger than
TypeRH
more vivid

all colour is strong,

vivid, clear and sharp
Black is clear

REFERENCE PATERN WITH PRINT SAMPLE1

KYOCERA

TYPE CA

TYPE RH

TYPE KO

TYPE TO

Sample
2

skin has red

tinge in this
sample
natural

skin has blue

tinge in this
sample
not so vivid

strong with blue

in this sample,
skin is pale

clear and
healthy skin

Very dark

as a whole
smoky and dull
softly

All colour is clear

and sharp
Red is vivid

As a whole
colour is smoky

Vivid, all colour

is clear and
smooth

Strong colour
Dark colour
contrast objects

Sample
3

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KX DRIVER SETTING

KX DRIVER SETTING
RGB file printing :
Data consist on RGB type by business applications such as MS-Office
(picture taken by digital camera, charts and text)

Room1 colour table: available to print-out without driver setting

Room2 colour table: driver setting is required

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KX DRIVER SETTING FOR ROOM2

Click and open the Imaging tab
in KX driver
Select the Custom table in
Printer profile

!! Toner could be consumed more than default setting !!

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This technical publication is confidential information that is the property of Kyocera Document Solutions. It is solely for the
use of Kyocera Document Solutions authorized dealers. This information may not be published, reproduced, sold, or copied
in any media.
Its unauthorized use is prohibited. This document was developed as a support document and in no way replaces the
service manual.

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PRODUCT ENGINEERING
Technical Documentation
Released: October 2012