Advanced Features and Troubleshooting Manual
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Chapter
6Using Color
Print-quality modes
Mode Resolution
(dots-per-inch) Printing speed
on laser paper
(pages-per-
minute)
Description
Fast
Monochrome 600 x 600 dpi 16 ppm ■Fastest gray scale printing.
■Recommended for documents
containing large amounts of black
text.
Fast Color 600 x 600 dpi 5.3 ppm ■Fastest full-color output.
■When printing raster image data or
color graphics, this mode provides
excellent output using CMY toners.
■Not recommended for documents
containing large amounts of black
text, which can have a brownish
hue.
Presentation 600 x 600 dpi Color
4 ppm
Monochrome
16 ppm
■Smoothest and brightest
large-area fills.
■Useful for printing paper copies of
overhead presentations.
Standard 600 x 600 dpi Color
4 ppm
Monochrome
16 ppm
■General-purpose mode for
full-color printing.
Premium
Monochrome 1200 x 1200 dpi Monochrome
8 ppm ■Highest quality monochrome (gray
scale).
Premium 1200 x 1200 dpi Color
2 ppm
Monochrome
8 ppm
■Requires the Plus Features set
(option FP, order number Z740FP).
■Highest-quality color prints.
■Near-photographic detail.
■If you select Premium mode but
the printer does not have the Plus
Features set and sufficient
memory installed, prints are made
in Standard mode.