Image Smoothing

Use this to select the image smoothing type.

The following table shows the tabs or menus where you can select this function.

Windows 95 / 98 / Me	[Image Smoothing:] in the [Advanced] dialog box displayed when you click [Advanced...], after selecting [Manual] from [Color] on the [Print Quality] tab.
Windows 2000 / XP / Vista, Windows Server 2003 / 2003 R2	[Image Smoothing] on [Document Options] on the [Advanced] tab in the Printing Preferences dialog box.
Windows NT 4.0	[Image Smoothing:] on [Printer Features] on [Document Options] on the [Advanced] tab in the Document Defaults dialog box.
Mac OS	[Image Smoothing:] on [Printer Specific Options] in the print dialog box.
Mac OS X	[Image Smoothing:] on the [Features x] tab on [Printer Features] in the print dialog box.

Off

Disables image smoothing.

Performs image smoothing unconditionally.

Auto

Performs image smoothing automatically for images that have a resolution less than 25% of supported printer resolution.

Less than 90 ppi - Less than 300 ppi

Performs image smoothing only when the image has an image resolution (pixels per inch) less than the respective value you have selected in the list.

When [Auto] is selected, data processing may take a long time.
When Image Smoothing is used for a mask image, this function may have an undesired effect on the print result.