Switches the Color Modes. You can use the following three color modes.
Color: All documents are copied in full color.
Mono: All documents are copied in black and white.
Auto: This machine detects the color of each page automatically. (Default) Color documents are copied in full color, black and white documents are copied in black and white. Copying becomes slow.
When [Auto] is selected, printout's colors may not look as you expected in the following cases. In such a case, set [Color] or [Mono].
Here are some examples.
Documents with extremely small colored part
Dark-colored documents
Pale documents
Yellowish documents
Documents with colored background
You can change the criteria for determining color document and black and white document from [Device Settings] > [Admin Setup] > [Scanner Setup] > [Scanner Adjust] > [Auto Color Judge Level].