Increasing The Print Speed; General Tips - Epson Stylus Photo 1290 User Manual

Increasing the Print Speed

Follow the instructions in this section to increase the printing
speed of your printer.

General tips

Just as printing at a high resolution requires more processing time
than printing at a low resolution, printing in color takes longer
than printing in black-and-white 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.
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
software
settings
Data
characteristics
Lower
Faster
Print Quality Economy,
Normal
High Speed On
Finest Detail Off
Image size Small
Resolution Low
Higher
Slower
Photo
Off
On
Large
High
Printing with Windows
Printer
software
menu
Advanced
dialog box
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