Sharp AL-840 operation manual Tricks

SETTING PRINT CONDITIONS FROM PRINTER DRIVER

Tricks

The Tricks tab is used to accommodate programs that interface with printer drivers in non- standard ways. Most users need never access these options.

Color Document	Check this option if the application does not recognize the inherent
	color-handling capabilities of your printer. One application that
	requires this setting to be on is Microsoft PowerPoint. (default
	setting: mark)
Graphics	In general, if performance when rendering complex graphics is
	either very slow, or yields unsatisfactory output, you should try
	toggling setting. (default setting: mark)
Dither Text	With the Dither Text option on (default), your printer gives you
	accurate grays even if it has to dither them. You get exactly what
	you ask for. However, small dithered text is difficult to read. With
	the Dither Text option off, your printer maps text and lines to the
	nearest gray. (default setting: mark)
Dither Line	With the Dither Lines option on (default), your printer gives you
	accurate grays even if it has to dither them. You get exactly what
	you ask for. However, fine dithered lines appear dashed instead
	of solid. With the Dither Lines option off, your printer maps text
	and lines to the nearest gray. (default setting: mark)
Accept Larger Bitmap	When an application sends a bitmap fill pattern (also called a
Pattern	“pattern brush”) to the printer, the expected, standard size is 8
	pixels square. Some applications are able to send larger patterns.
	If Accept Larger Bitmap Pattern is on, and you encounter output
	where your bitmap fills have repeating pattern anomalies in them,
	try turning it off. (default setting: non-mark)
Scale	Your printer has a process that automatically enlarges the bitmap
	fill patterns so that the output more closely matches the screen.
	Scale 0: patterns that come from a VGA system (96x96 logical
	pixels per inch) are enlarged three times to (almost) match the
	300x300 dpi of a laser printer. Scale 1: no scaling. You can also
	force your printer to scale by 2,3,4, or more times. (default
	setting: 0)
TrueType	Turning the TrueType checkbox on speeds up handling of
	TrueType fonts by sending them as text. With this option off, fonts
	are handled as graphics. If you are printing with characters found
	in language like Japanese or Chinese (also called double-byte
	characters), the True Type checkbox should be off. (default
	setting: mark)
Adobe Type manager	The Adobe Type Manager checkbox accesses a “back door” to
	ATM. Turning this option on uses this back door to speed up
	handling of Type 1 PostScript fonts by handling them as text.
	With this option turned off, fonts are handled as graphics. (default
	setting: non-mark)

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