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Printqualityandcolorsettings
ChoosingaPaperforPrinting
Choosingtherightpaperforyourparticularprintingapplicationwillgiveyouthebestprintingresults.
Mediatype
Theprinterandprinterdriverofferprintsettingsoptimizedforvariouspapercharacteristics.
Note
•Forinformationonthetypesofpapertheprintersupports,refertothePaperReferenceGuide.(→P.108)
•Thepapertypesettingintheprinterdriverandrelatedsoftware(aswellasontheControlPanel)is
updatedwhenyouinstalltheMediaCongurationToolfromtheUserSoftwareCD-ROMorifyouchange
paperinformationbyusingtheMediaCongurationTool.ForinformationabouttheMediaConguration
Tool,seetheMediaCongurationToolGuide(Windows)orMediaCongurationToolGuide(Macintosh).
•AnerrormessageisdisplayedontheprinterControlPanelifthepapertypeasspeciedintheprinter
driverdoesnotmatchthetypespeciedontheprinter.Althoughyoucanprintundertheseconditions,
theprintingresultsmaynotbesuitable.
Ifthepapertypeisnotlistedforselection
Ifthetypeofpaperloadedcannotbeselected,tryspecifyingglossypaperorproongpaperasaspecial
paper(Special1toSpecial5,inthisorder).BK(BlackInk)isusedastheblackink.Tryspecifyingother
typesofpaperasSpecial6toSpecial10.MBK(MatteBlackInk)isusedastheblackink.Notethathigher
numbersinthissettingenablemorevividcolorsbutmayalsocausecolorstoruntogether.
Forinstructionsonspecifyingthepapertypebeforeprinting,refertothefollowingtopics,asappropriatefor
yourcomputerandoperatingsystem.
•SelectingthePaperType(Roll)(→P.124)
•SelectingthePaperType(Sheet)(→P.162)
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