Increasing the Print SpeedJust as printing at a high resolution requires more processingtime, printing in color takes longer than printing in blackbecause the volume of data in a color document is muchgreater. For this reason, it is important to be selective in youruse of color if you also require a faster print speed.Even if your document requires the highest resolution andextensive use of color, for example when printing acamera-ready composite that includes color photographs, itmay still be possible to optimize the print speed by adjustingother printing conditions. Keep in mind that changing someconditions to increase the print speed may also lower printquality.The following table shows the factors that inversely affect printspeed and print quality (increasing one will decrease the other).Print qualityPrint speedLowerFasterHigherSlowerPrinter driver settingsPrint Quality Economy*, Normal - 360 dpi Fine - 720 dpiHigh Speed On OffHalftoning No Halftoning Error DiffusionData characteristicsImage size Small LargeResolution Low High*The Economy and Normal - 360 dpi settings print at about the samespeed. However, Economy saves ink and prints lower quality output.6TroubleshootingTroubleshooting 6-23
