Print Quality

Specify whether to prioritize print speed or quality.

• Speed Priority (Drawing)

  While print speed takes priority, printing is performed using the setting appropriate for diagrams with fine lines or CAD applications.

• Speed Priority

  Print speed takes priority for printing.

• Standard

  A balanced mix of print speed and quality is used for printing.

• Quality Priority

  Prints with a priority on print quality.

Default: [Speed Priority]

Select whether or not to conserve ink when printing.

Specify whether or not to perform image smoothing, or specify the threshold resolution to apply smoothing.

Default: [Off]

Select the compensation method to be used when converting RGB data into CMYK.

• Off

  Color settings are not modified.

• Fine

  Select this setting to perform color matching and CMYK conversion based on the color profile pattern selected for [Color Profile:]. Colors printed using this setting are equivalent to a monitor gamma setting of 1.8.

• Super Fine

  Select this setting to perform color matching and CMYK conversion based on the color profile pattern selected for [Color Profile:]. This setting is useful for emphasizing areas of light color.

  Colors printed using this setting is equivalent to a monitor gamma setting of 2.2.

Default: [Super Fine]

Select the color profile to be used when color matching RGB to CMYK.

This function is available only if [Fine] or [Super Fine] is selected in the [Color Setting:] list.

• Auto

  Automatically configures the best color profile pattern depending on the appearance of the document.

• Photographic

  Enhances mid-tone colors similar to those seen in photographs.

• Presentation

  Enhances basic colors used for text and graphics. This setting is best for printing tables, graphs, and presentation materials that contain color.

• Solid Color

  Reproduces the original colors of graphics and logos accurately.

• POP Display

  Prints the color red more vividly. It is an optimal setting for the POP display.

• Rich Color

  Enhances dark-tone colors over the whole area.

• User Setting

  Select this when you print images with CRD (Color Rendering Dictionary) downloaded from your application.

Default: [Auto]

This function simulates an offset color printing process. Select the appropriate profile to print the output colors so that you can check the colors of a draft document before proceeding to offset printing.

Default: [Off]

Select this setting when printing text and line art.

• Black/Gray by K (Text/Line Art)

  Prints black and gray text and graphics using black ink only.

• Black by K

  Prints black text and graphics using black ink only.

• CMYK

  Prints black and gray text and graphics using all ink colors.

• Black/Gray by K (Text only)

  Prints black and gray text using black ink only.

• Black by K (Text only)

  Prints black text using black ink only.

• Black/Gray by K (Strong UCR)

  Prints the entire document in shades of black and gray using only the black ink, regardless of whether the document is in [Color] or [Black and White].

Default: [Black/Gray by K (Text/Line Art)]

Specify whether or not to print black color over other colors. When this setting is set to [Off], the areas where black and other colors overlap becomes blank on each color separation other than black.

Default: [Off]

Select to separate the colors into CMYK and print in a combination of specified separations. This setting cannot be selected when [Black and White] is selected in [Color Mode:].

Default: [Do not Separate]

When this option is selected, the printer head prints in only one direction (unidirectional printing) instead of both directions (bidirectional printing), irrespective of the type of paper loaded. This option is effective when the print quality is inconsistent, or rule lines are printed uneven or poorly spaced. Unidirectional printing is slower but produces better print quality than bidirectional printing.

Default: [Off]