Inconspicuous white streaks in color superposition (trapping function)

If white or colored streaks appear between overlapping objects, you can use the trapping function to make them less noticeable.

  • This function is not available to the Windows PCL printer driver when [Print Mode] is set to [Image].


For Windows PCL printer driver
  1. Open the file to be printed.
  2. Select [Print] from the [File] menu.
  3. Click [Preferences].
  4. Select the [Job Options] tab and click [Advanced].
  5. Change the setting of [Trapping] to [Narrow] or [Wide] according to the corrected amount, and click [OK].
  6. Specify other settings as necessary, and click [OK].
  7. Click [Print] in the [Print] screen.


For Windows PS printer driver
  1. Open the file to be printed.
  2. Select [Print] from the [File] menu.
  3. Click [Preferences].
  4. Select the [Job Options] tab.
  5. Change the setting of [Trapping] to [Narrow] or [Wide] according to the corrected amount.
  6. Specify other settings as necessary, and click [OK].
  7. Click [Print] in the [Print] screen.


For macOS
  1. Open the file to be printed.
  2. Select [Print] from the [File] menu.
  3. Select the [Print Options] panel.
  4. Select [Narrow] or [Wide] according to the corrected amount from [Trapping] in the [Quality1] tab.
  5. Specify other settings as necessary, and click [Print].

  • If there is no detail settings displayed in the [Print] screen, click [Show details] at the bottom of the screen.