Tektronix 340 manual Selecting print features, Print quality modes

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Selecting print features

The printer provides TekColor color corrections that you can select to customize the look of your prints. In addition to the 300 dpi print-quality mode, the Phaser 340 with extended features provides a user selectable 600 x 300 dpi print quality mode. There are several ways to select print features:

■Through a printer driver. Print selections made using a supported printer driver override the settings on the printer’s front panel. Refer to the Phaser 340 Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference for information on using printer drivers.

■From the printer’s front panel. Settings you make on the front panel are only used when printing from a non-supported driver. Refer to the instructions included in this chapter.

■By sending a PostScript utility file to the printer. Printer settings downloaded to the printer’s front panel are only used when printing from a non-supported driver. Refer to the Phaser 340 Drivers and Utilities Printing Reference for information on sending utility files to the printer.

■From your World Wide Web browser. Refer to the PhaserShare Status Software User Manual for more information.

Print quality modes

The Phaser 340 provides a 300 dpi resolution print quality mode. 600 x 300 dpi resolution is optionally available.

300 dpi The default print-quality setting. This is the fastest mode for full color printing on paper and transparencies. In this mode, the printer operates at 4 ppm (pages-per-minute) for paper and 2 ppm for transparencies.

600 x 300 dpi Available with the Phaser 340 extended features option. The extended features also include 24 Mbytes of memory and a total of 69 fonts. 600 x 300 dpi resolution produces better looking text and the smoothest color blends on paper. In this mode, the printer operates at 2 ppm. This print mode is not available for transparency printing.

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