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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 2000/XP/Vista, Windows Server 2003/2003 R2/2008

[Image Smoothing] is displayed on the [Print Quality] menu in the [Printing Preferences] 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.

On

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.

Note

  • 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.