Selecting A Colour Mode; Selecting Quality Modes - Oce CS 5050 User Manual

Selecting a colour mode

Colour mode gives you the option of printing in colour or monochrome.
To choose a colour mode
Press
1 Setup/Print Mode/Colour Mode
Choose
2
Press
3 OK

Selecting quality modes

You can select five print quality modes, depending on the type of image you
are printing (i.e. line art or photographs).
A single-pass mode that optimises printing speed over quality. Useful as
Draft
a check for position, layout, colour, etc., but not for finished quality images.
Production
paper. Use it for line drawings or images with small areas of fill and large areas
of white space.
Note: Draft
modes are not recommended for printing images, because bleeding may occur
in areas of heavy fill or dark shading.
Quality
on paper media.
Photo
high-quality continuous-tone images.
User-defined
direction, and the carriage speed.
Use multi-pass modes for continuous tone images, blends, and solid fills.
Note:
Because these modes split inking into three or four passes, it reduces print
anomalies such as banding (stripes through fills) and over-inking. However, it
takes longer to print. Experiment with different modes to pick the best one for
your needs.
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Colour Mono
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A two-pass mode that gives fast, average-quality prints on bond
and
Production
A three-pass mode that gives fast, better-than-average-quality prints
A four-pass mode that optimises quality over printing speed, used for
This option lets you select the number of print passes, the print
.
modes are suitable for line drawings (CAD). These