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Chapter 2 Using the Printer With Windows 2-17
Printing Speed Versus Color
The BJC-2000 Series Printer Driver for Windows can interpret and
translate the full spectrum of colors, up to 16.7 million colors. When
printing in color, there is a significant increase in the amount of
information that the driver has to interpret and translate. When printing
with black ink only, the driver has only one color to interpret.
By decreasing the amount of colors that the printer driver has to
interpret, you can significantly decrease the time needed to translate
the information. This will speed up the overall printing process.
Ways to Improve Print Speed in Windows
To improve printing speed, you can try the following:
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Turn off the Print Manager in the Windows Control Panel
(Windows 3.1 only)
This avoids the extra step of sending the print file to the Print
Manager and may increase your printing speed by as much as 25%,
depending on the computer you are using.
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Add a permanent swap file in Windows 3.1
Under the 386 Enhanced icon in the Windows Control Panel, add or
create a permanent swap file that is from 4 MB to 9 MB. The
computer will be able to prepare the print file faster. See your
Windows documentation for instructions.
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Avoid diffusion halftones
In the Quality tab, choose Diffusion for Halftoning only when
printing final output or photographic images. Choosing a
Halftoning setting of Fine/Fast allows documents to print as much
as 20% faster because the computer does not need to compute to
“best possible position” for each dot.
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Avoid color adjustment
In the Color tab, disable the Color Adjustment option. This feature
takes longer to process in the computer because it requires special
information.
Using the Printer
With Windows