Lexmark 812 manual Quality Menu, PictureGrade, Print Resolution, Purpose, Values

39 Quality Menu

Use the Quality Menu to change printer settings affecting the quality of printed characters and images.

Select a menu item for more details:

•PictureGrade

•Print Resolution

•Toner Darkness

Note: Values marked by an asterisk (*) are the factory default settings.

PictureGrade

Purpose:

To improve the quality of grayscale printing at 300 and 600 dots per inch (dpi) in PCL emulation and PostScript emulation.

Values:

On* Uses modified screening parameters to improve print quality of graphics.

Off Uses standard screening parameters.

Print Resolution

Purpose:

To define the number of dots printed per inch (dpi). The higher the value, the sharper the clarity of printed characters and graphics.

Values:

300 dpi	Offers a lower resolution printing option when memory is at a premium.
600 dpi*	Produces high quality output for print jobs that are mostly text.
1200 Image Q	Uses line screening for print jobs that contain bitmapped images, such as
	scanned photos.

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