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Select print quality
The printer has various print-quality options because best-quality printing requires some loss of speed,
while fast printing implies some reduction in print quality.
Therefore, the standard print-quality selector is a slider that allows you to choose between quality and
speed.
Alternatively, you can select from the custom options: Best, Normal, and Fast. There are also three
supplementary custom options that may have an effect on print quality: Maximum detail, More
passes, and Gloss enhancer. See
High-quality printing on page 48.
NOTE In the Windows driver dialog, the rendering resolution for your job is displayed in the
Custom Print Quality Options dialog box. In the Mac OS Print dialog, it is displayed in the
Summary panel.
You can select print-quality options in the following ways:
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In the Windows driver dialog: go to the Paper/Quality tab and look at the Print Quality section.
If you select Standard Options, you will see a simple slider with which you can select speed or
quality. If you select Custom Options, you will see the more specific options described above.
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In the Mac OS Print dialog: go to the Paper Type/Quality panel and select Paper. If you
select Standard quality options, you will see a simple slider with which you can select speed or
quality. If you select Custom quality options, you will see the more specific options described
above.
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Using the front panel: select the Setup menu icon
, then Printing preferences > Print
quality. This option is available only with the HP-GL/2 Upgrade.
NOTE If you have set the print quality from your computer, that overrides the print-quality
setting in the front panel.
NOTE You cannot change the print quality of pages that the printer is already receiving or has
already received (even if they have not started to print yet).
Select paper size
The paper size can be specified in the following ways.
NOTE The paper size specified here should be the paper size in which the document was
created. It is possible to rescale the document to a different size for printing. See
Rescale a
print on page 44.
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In the Windows driver dialog: select the Paper/Quality tab, then Document Size.
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In the Mac OS Page Setup dialog: select your printer in the Format for popup menu, then Paper
Size.
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Using the front panel: select the Setup menu icon
, then Printing preferences > Paper >
Select paper size. This option is available only with the HP-GL/2 Upgrade.
NOTE If you have set the paper size from your computer, that overrides the paper size
setting in the front panel.
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