Quality Menu - Lexmark X850E Reference Manual

Menu item Purpose
Offset Pages Offsets the output of each print job
or each copy of a print job, making it
easier to separate the documents
stacked in the finisher output bin.
Note: This menu item only appears
when an optional finisher is
installed.

Quality Menu

Use these menu items to change settings that affect print quality and save toner. Printing from an application may override
user default settings.
Menu item Purpose
Print Resolution To select printed output resolution.
Toner Darkness Lightens or darkens printed output
and conserves toner.
A scale appears on the control
panel LCD shown as follows. A
vertical bar ( | ) indicates the factory
default value. An arrow symbol ( V )
indicates a user default value and
the V moves left or right on the scale
while touching the left arrow or right
arrow buttons. When the default of 8
is selected, the V covers the vertical
bar as shown:
Brightness Adjusts the gray value of printed
images.
Contrast Adjusts the contrast of printed
images.
Enhance Fine Enables a print mode preferable for
Lines certain files containing fine line
detail, such as architectural
drawings, maps, electronic circuit
diagrams, and flow charts.
Note: Enhance Fine Lines is not a
menu item available from the control
panel. This setting is only available
on the PCL emulation driver or
PostScript driver or on the MFP
Embedded Web Server.
Gray Correction Automatically adjusts the contrast
enhancement applied to images.
Settings
Values and descriptions
None*
Between Copies
Between Jobs
Values and descriptions
600 dpi
1200 dpi
2400 Image Q*
1–10 (8*)
-.......v..+
-6 to +6 (0*)
0–5 (0*)
On
Off*
Auto
Off*
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Stacks all sheets directly on top of
each other.
Offsets each copy of a print job.
Offsets each print job.
Produces high quality output for print
jobs that are mostly text.
Produces highest quality output for
jobs where print speed is not important
and memory is abundant.
Uses line screening for print jobs that
contain bitmapped images, such as
scanned photos.
• Select a lower value for finer line
width, lighter grayscale images, and
to lighten printed output.
• Select a higher value for bolder line
widths or darker grayscale images.
• Select 10 for very bold text.
• Select a value less than 7 to
conserve toner.
-6 is maximum decrease.
+6 is maximum increase.
0 is maximum decrease.
5 is maximum increase.
In the driver, select the check box.
In the driver, clear the check box.
In the driver, select the check box.
In the driver, clear the check box.