Chapter 3 | Printing |
3.4Graphics
3.4.1Dithering
Notes:
∙Line art is grayed out, as it is not available for this model.
∙The setting made in this section can be saved in the file as a preferred setting for a particular print job.
See Section 3.3.4 for more detail.
This section describes in detail how to specify a graphic image that will be printed on a label, color control, color registration, and spot color setup.
Click the Graphics tab to open the Graphics property page.
Many application programs allow label or tag design with different colors and shades of gray. However each thermal print head can only print one color. So by outputting different
Select one of the following four settings to suit the print requirements.
∙None outputs the sharpest images when printing bitmap graphics that contain only standard solid colors, no shading.
∙Coarse does the best job of printing lots of different shades of color, but will soften the edges of graphic image the most.
∙Fine retains greater clarity in higher resolution graphic images than the “Coarse” setting, but cannot print as many different shades of color.
∙Error diffusion creates a random pattern to avoid the regular pattern received when using either the “Coarse” or the “Fine” setting.
Refer to the separate color print sample sheet, and compare the differences.
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