Print Modes - Canon QY8-1360-000 Service Manual

Part 4: Technical Reference

2.2 Print Modes

The printer selects the carriage operation and bubblejet drive method on the basis of
the media and print quality selected by the driver, and the print data that is received
from the host PC. This enables the printer to achieve optimum print quality, free of
smears and fragmentation.
To improve the quality of images, the printer is designed to print the data using
multiple passes of the carriage.
By increasing the number of passes for the data as a whole, the time required for the
ink for each piece of data to dry is split up, making ink smears less likely.
The printer selects the optimum print mode according to the type of BJ cartridge(s)
installed, the ink system being used, and the various settings, such as print media and
print quality, selected using the printer driver.
TABLE 4-1 NUMBER OF PASSES VS NUMBER OF OPERATIONAL HEAD NOZZLES
1. 7-color (photo ink used) printing is carried out only for shaded in modes
2. The number of passes is each mode and the paper feed amount per pass are as follows:
3. Carriage Speed
4. The Black + Color mode is operable even if the photo BJ cartridge is attached on the printer.
Quality
Draft
Direction
BJ
Bi-directional
Dithering
Cartridge
Media
Fine(fast) / Fine / Auto
Plain
300 300 dpi
X
Paper 1 p 24
Transparancy
Black
BPF
+
Photo
Fabric
sheet
Glossy
photo
paper
Glossy
photo
film
High
Resolution
paper
Plain
300 300 dpi
X
Paper
1 p 24
Transparancy
Black
BPF
+
Color
Fabric
sheet
Glossy
photo
paper
Glossy
photo
film
High
Resolution
paper
4-color printing is used for all other modes. The ink optimizer is used only for items marked "POP."
1P: During 1 pass printing/Bk printing only, 304 nozzles. Otherwise, 60 nozzles
3P: 3-pass printing/always 24 nozzles
4P: 4-pass printing/always 16 nozzles
8P: 8-pass printing/always 8 nozzles
4&3P: Bk 4-pass and color 3-pass printing/Bk printing only, 40 nozzles. Otherwise, 24 nozzles
4+P: 4-pass printing/24 nozzles and 16 nozzles alternately repeated
24: 24 inch/sec
16: 16 inch/sec
17: 17.5 inch/sec
Standard Standard
HQ
(HS) (HQ)
Auto Uni-directional
Diffusion (* Auto is selectable)
600 600 dpi 300 300 dpi
X X
3 p 17
1p 16 POP
POP
300 300 dpi
X
3 p 17
600 600 dpi
X
3 p 17
600 600 dpi
300 300 dpi
600 600 dpi X
X X
3 p 17 POP
1 p 16 3 p 17 POP
POP
300 300 dpi 600 600 dpi
X
X
3 p 17 4 p 17
300 300 dpi
X
3 p 16
600 600 dpi 600 600 dpi
X X
3 p 17 4 p 17
.
4-8
BJC-7100
Fine
300 300 dpi
X
4 p 17 POP
300 300 dpi
X
4 p 17
600 600 dpi
X
4 p 17
300 300 dpi
X
3 p 16
600 600 dpi
X
4 p 17
600 600 dpi
X
4+ p 17
POP
*
600 1200 dpi
X
8 p 17