Image Smoothing - Ricoh 917F Operating Instructions Manual

Photographic
Performs dithering using an appropriate pattern for photographs.
Text
Performs dithering using an appropriate pattern for text.
User Setting
Use this setting to print images set in half tone in your application.

Image Smoothing

Select the image smoothing type.
The following table shows the tabs or menus where you can select this function.
Windows 2000 / XP / Vista, Windows Server
2003 / 2003 R2 / 2008
Mac OS
Mac OS X
You can select the following items:
Off
Disables image smoothing.
On
Performs image smoothing unconditionally.
Auto
Performs image smoothing automatically for images that have a resolution less than 25% of supported
printer resolution.
Less than 90 ppi - Less than 300 ppi
Performs image smoothing only when the image has an image resolution (pixels per inch) less than
the respective value you have selected in the list.
• When [Auto] is selected, data processing may take a long time.
• When Image Smoothing is used for a mask image, this function may have an undesired effect on the
print result.
[Image Smoothing] on [Print Quality] tab in the
Printing Preferences dialog box.
[Image Smoothing:] on [Printer Specific Options] in
the print dialog box.
[Image Smoothing:] on the [Features x] tab on
[Printer Features] in the print dialog box.
Printing a Document
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