Canon MP-C635 user manual Print Colors As, Dithering

❍Print Colors As

Use this menu to choose whether to output your document in full color, grayscale, or black and white.

Full Color: In this mode, documents are printed in full color.

Grayscale: When this option is selected, color objects are printed as different levels of gray using the dithering method selected.

Black & White: Select this option for black and white output. This mode is faster when printing text documents.

8 Colors: This mode is faster than full color, but output is limited to

8 colors: black, white, blue, cyan, green, magenta, red and yellow. This option will appear dimmed if your computer does not support this feature.

❍Dithering

Dithering is the process used to select the pattern of dots that make up a particular color or shade of gray. Select the method best suited to your output requirements. This option is available when either Grayscale or Full Color is selected in the Print Colors As menu.

Pattern: Select this option if you are printing graphics from drawing packages or business graphics with uniform color regions such as blocks, graphs, or lines.

Pattern dither uses a regular dot pattern to create different shades of color when printing. Pattern dither is fast and produces output of good quality, especially if printing large regions of a single color.

Halftone: Select Halftone dithering if you are printing in grayscale output.

Halftone dithering uses a 45° screen pattern similar to that used by PostScript laser printers. Halftoning is as fast as Pattern dithering, and it tends to work better for grayscale rather than color documents. Use halftone dithering if pattern dithering produces noticeable geometric patterns or banded output.

Printing

Chapter 2 Printing With the MultiPASS C635 2-13