HP FS-8000C Tone Mode, Tone Normal, Paper size Simplex Normal Fine Duplex Color Mono A4/Letter

3.8 Setting Print Quality

3.8.3Tone Mode

The Tone Mode selects the way the printer handles a pixel for representing the color and halftoning for each pixel — Normal or Fine. The Fine tone mode uses four-bit smooth halftone for photographs, image, etc.; and the Normal tone mode uses a one-bit halftone for text, solid objects, etc. Either of these tone modes consistently affects all objects on a page.

The Fine tone mode provides the print quality better than Normal, but the printing speed is slower and more memory is required. A summary of memory requirement depending on the tone mode follows:

Paper size	Simplex/		Normal		Fine
	Duplex
		Color	Mono.	Color	Mono.
A4/Letter	Simplex	64 MB	64 MB	64 MB	64 MB
	Duplex	64 MB	64 MB	96 MB	64 MB
A3/B4	Simplex	64 MB	64 MB	96 MB	64 MB
	Duplex	96 MB	64 MB	160 MB	64 MB

Table 3-4

The amount of memory actually required may vary depending on the data to print.

Note

The default tone mode is Normal. To confirm and change the tone mode, proceed as follows:

1	Press the MENU key.
2	Press the U or V key repeatedly until Print Quality > appears.
		Print Quality >
3	Press the Z key.
4	Press the U or V key repeatedly until >Tone appears.
		>Tone
		Normal

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