Adjusting Printing Options

Selecting Properties for an Individual Job (Mac)

To select print settings for a particular job, change the driver settings before sending the job to the printer.

1.With the document open in your application, click File, then click Print.

2.Select the desired printing options from the menus and drop-down lists that are displayed.

Note

In Macintosh OS X, click Save Preset on the Print menu screen to save the current printer settings. You can create multiple presets and save each with its own distinctive name and printer settings. To print jobs using specific printer settings, click the applicable saved preset in the Presets list.

3.Click Print to print the job.

Selecting Print-Quality Modes

To select the print-quality mode in a supported driver:

■Windows 98, Windows Me PostScript driver: On the Setup tab select a print quality mode.

■Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 Windows NT PostScript driver: On the Paper/Quality tab, select a print-quality mode.

■Mac OS 9 driver:

In the Print dialog box, click General, select Print Quality from the drop-down list, then select the desired mode for Quality.

■Mac OS X (version 10.1 and higher) driver:

In the Print dialog box, select the Printer Features drop-down list, then select the Print Quality/Color tab. Select the desired mode for Quality.

Type of Print Job

Print-Quality Mode

 

 

Fastest full-color mode, useful for many images and previewing your

Fast Color

work. Rapidly produces review documents; useful for rush jobs. Not

 

recommended for documents containing small text, fine detail, or large

 

areas of bright solid fill.

 

 

 

General-purpose mode for full-color printing. Produces crisp, bright prints

Standard

at high speed. Recommended for vibrant, saturated color prints.

 

 

 

Best mode for business presentations. Produces superior text resolution

Enhanced

and very smooth light colors. This mode takes longer to process and print

 

than Standard or Fast Color.

 

 

 

Highest-quality mode for color prints. Provides the best detail and

High-Resolution/Photo

smoothness for photographic images. Produces highest-quality color

 

prints, with the best text resolution and smoothest light colors. This mode

 

takes longer to process and print than the other modes.

 

 

 

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8400 specifications

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