General Tips - Epson 2000 Reference Manual

General tips

Just as printing at a high resolution requires more processing
time, printing in color takes longer than printing in black because
the volume of data in a color document is much greater. For this
reason, it is important to be selective in your use of color if you
also require a fast print speed.
However, even if your document requires the highest resolution
and extensive use of color, for example when you are printing a
camera-ready composite that includes color photographs, it may
still be possible to optimize the print speed by adjusting other
printing conditions. Keep in mind that changing some conditions
to increase the print speed may also lower print quality. See the
tables in this section when making adjustments.
The following table shows the factors that inversely affect print
speed and print quality (increasing one decreases the other).
Printer driver settings
Print Quality
High Speed
Halftoning
Finest Detail
Data characteristics
Image size
Image resolution
Lower Print Quality
Faster Print Speed
Economy, Normal
On
No Halftoning
Off
Small
Low
Using the Printer Software for Windows
Higher Print Quality
Slower Print Speed
Photo
Off
Error Diffusion
On
Large
High
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