Available Operations in the [Quality] Tab

In the [Quality] tab, you can configure settings for the image quality of the original. You can specify image processing and font processing.

Items that can be specified vary depending on your printer driver.

Settings

Description

[Print with Black] (PCL/XPS)

According to the selected settings, prevent colored text, lines, or figures from being printed faint.

[Quality Adjustment]

The image quality is fine tuned according to the original.

  • [Simple]: The image quality of the entire original is adjusted.

  • [Detail]: The image quality of the original is adjusted in detail for each element such as text, photos, figures, tables, and graphs.

[Resolution] (PCL/PS)

Select the print resolution.

  • [600dpi]: Printed with 600 dpi.

  • [1200dpi (Rasterize on Device)]: Printed with 1200 dpi after drawing processing is carried out by the machine.

* Printing speed may decrease when printing in 1200 dpi 1200 dpi mode, or when printing on paper other than plain paper.

[Pattern] (PCL/XPS)

Select the pattern density.

[Image Compression] (PCL only)

Select the compression mode for the image data contained in the original.

  • [Best Quality]: The process prioritizes quality. Quality is improved, but printing takes a long time.

  • [High Compression]: The process prioritizes speed. The printing time is shortened, but the printing quality is deteriorated.

  • [High/Smaller Image Size]: The image data is compressed and reduced, and the process prioritizes speed. For some image data, its print time can be reduced than the [High Compression] mode.

[Toner Save]

Select this check box to save the amount of toner consumed. The printing density is reduced.

[Edge Enhancement]

Select this check box to sharply print small or faint text. Sharpen the edges of images such as text in the table and graphics to improve legibility.

[Font Settings] (PCL/PS)

Specify how to process texts.

Select a type of fonts to be downloaded from the PC to this machine. Also specify whether to replace the TrueType fonts by printer fonts when printing.

If characters are garbled in an environment using the PCL driver, we recommend that you select [Bitmap] in [Download Font Format] and clear the [Use Printer Fonts] check box.