Increasing The Print Speed - Epson 400 User Manual

Increasing the Print Speed

Just as printing at a high resolution requires more processing
time, printing in color takes longer than printing in black
because the volume of data in a color document is much
greater. For this reason, it is important to be selective in your
use of color if you also require a faster print speed.
Even if your document requires the highest resolution and
extensive use of color, for example when printing a
camera-ready composite that includes color photographs, it
may still be possible to optimize the print speed by adjusting
other printing conditions. Keep in mind that changing some
conditions to increase the print speed may also lower print
quality.
The following table shows the factors that inversely affect print
speed and print quality (increasing one will decrease the other).
Print quality
Print speed
Printer driver settings
Print Quality
High Speed
Halftoning
Data characteristics
Image size
Resolution
*The Economy and Normal - 360 dpi settings print at about the same
speed. However, Economy saves ink and prints lower quality output.
Lower
Faster
Economy*, Normal - 360 dpi
On
No Halftoning
Small
Low
Higher
Slower
Fine - 720 dpi
Off
Error Diffusion
Large
High
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