Printing is too slow

Possible cause

Solution

Your printer software

For the fastest printing, try the following printer software settings:

options are set

Set Print Quality to Economy.

incorrectly.

Turn MicroWeave off.

 

Turn High Speed on.

 

Choose Black ink and No Halftoning.

 

See Advanced Printing for instructions.

 

 

Your system doesn’t

Clear space on your hard disk or run a defragmentation utility.

have enough

Don’t run too many applications at the same time.

resources.

Turn off virtual memory.

 

Increase your system’s memory (RAM) and/or processor speed.

 

 

You’re using

Choose Get Info from the File menu when the application is active or

background printing

EPSON Monitor3 is selected and increase the memory requirements.

on a Macintosh.

See Using Monitor3 for more information.

 

If that doesn’t work, turn off background printing in the Chooser or in

 

your printer software; see Setting Up Background Printing Options for

 

instructions.You won’t be able to use Monitor3.

 

 

You’re not using ECP

If your computer supports ECP or Enhanced mode and/or DMA

or Enhanced mode

transfers, turn them on to speed up printing. See your computer

and/or DMA transfers.

documentation for details.

 

 

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