Epson Stylus CX6500, Reference Manual

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Printing / Other Information
Increasing the Print Speed
General tips
Using the Speed & Progress dialog box (Windows only)
Follow the instructions in this section to increase the printing speed of the CX6500.
General tips
Just as printing at a high resolution requires more processing time than printing at a low resolution,
printing in color takes longer than printing in black-and-white because the volume of data in a color
document is much greater. For this reason, it is important to be selective in your use of color if you also
require a fast print speed.
However, even if your document requires the highest resolution and extensive use of color — for
example, when you are printing a camera-ready composite that includes color photographs — it may
still be possible to optimize the print speed by adjusting other printing conditions. Keep in mind that
changing some conditions to increase the print speed may also lower print quality.
The following table shows the factors that inversely affect print speed and print quality (increasing one
will decrease the other).
Print quality
Print speed Lower
Faster Higher
Slower Menu or
dialog box
Printer software
settings Paper & Quality
Options
(Windows), Print
Quality
(Macintosh) Economy,
Normal Photo Advanced
dialog box
High Speed On Off