Printing with Windows
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Increasing the Print Speed
Follow the instructions in this section to increase the printing
speed of your printer.
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
Printer
software
menu
Printer
software
settings
Print Quality
Economy,
Normal
Photo
Advanced
dialog box
High Speed
On
Off
Finest Detail
Off
On
Data
characteristics
Image size
Small
Large
–
Resolution
Low
High
