COLOR AND PRINTING SPEEDS
Printing in color affects the speed with which the printer creates image.
Several factors affect printing speed:
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Your choice of colors and the number of colors per page.
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The computer’s processing speed.
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The amount of computer memory.
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Your software application.
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The complexity of the pages you are printing.
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The amount of the page covered by ink.
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The print options selected in the printer driver.
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The resolution at which you are printing.
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The print mode in which you are printing.
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Use of print spooling software.
Improving Printing Speed
To improve printing speed, you can try the following.
Windows Enhancements
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Turn off the Print Manager in the Windows Control Panel. This may
increase your printing speed by as much as 25%, depending on the
computer you are using.
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Under the 386 Enhanced icon in the Windows Control Panel, add or
create a permanent swap file that is from 4 MB to 9 MB. See your
Windows documentation for instructions.
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In the Printer Setup dialog box, choose Plain Paper and color when
printing color images. Screen-Matched color takes longer to process in
the computer.
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In the Options dialog box, choose Diffusion only when printing final
output or photographic images. Choosing Pattern allows documents to
print as much as 20% faster.
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Use only one software program at a time and unload any screen saving
utilities or programs stored in Windows background; this frees up more
memory for Windows processing.
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Summary of Contents for FAX880 MP
Page 20: ...GUIDE TO COMPONENTS GUIDE TO COMPONENTS 9...
Page 102: ...USING THE PRINTER USING THE PRINTER 91...
Page 147: ...CHANGING AN EMULATION SWITCH SETTING 136...
Page 148: ...REPORTS REPORTS 137...
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Page 164: ...SOLVING PROBLEMS SOLVING PROBLEMS 153...
Page 178: ...TECHNICAL REFERENCE TECHNICAL REFERENCE 167...
Page 197: ...PRINTER SPECIFICATIONS 186...
Page 198: ...APPENDIX A INSTALLING THE MACHINE INITIAL SETTINGS APPENDIX A 187...