Increasing The Print Speed; General Tips - Epson Stylus Pro 10600 Reference Manual

Increasing the Print Speed

General tips

Printing color images using higher print quality settings takes
longer than printing black-and-white images in standard print
quality, as the volume of data in high quality color documents is
much greater. For this reason, it is important to be selective in
your use of color and print quality settings if you also require a
faster print speed.
Even if your document requires the highest print quality and
extensive use of color, 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.
The following table shows the factors that inversely affect print
speed and print quality (increasing one will decrease the other).
Print quality
Print speed
Printer driver
settings
Data
characteristics
Lower
Faster
Print Normal -
Quality 360 dpi
High On
Speed
Image size Small
Resolution Low
Higher Printer
Slower driver
menu
SuperFine - Advanced
1440 dpi dialog box
Off
Large -
High
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