Increasing The Print Speed; General Tips - Epson Stylus Pro 4000 Reference Manual

Increasing the Print Speed

General tips

Printing color data using higher print quality settings takes longer
than printing black-and-white data in standard print quality, as
the volume of high quality color data is much greater. For this
reason, it is important to be selective in your use of color and print
quality settings if you also require a faster print speed.
However, even if your data requires the highest print quality and
extensive use of color, it may still be possible to optimize the print
speed by adjusting other printing conditions.
The following table shows the factors that inversely affect print
speed and print quality.
Print quality
Print speed
Advanced
menu settings
Data
characteristics
The following table shows the factors related to print speed only.
Print speed
Advanced
menu settings
Print Quality
High Speed
Image Size
Resolution
Faster
Ink Black
Flip Off
Horizontal
Higher
Slower
SuperFine -
1440dpi
Off
Large
High
Slower
Color/B&W Photo
Color
On
Printing with Windows
Lower
Faster
Normal - 360
dpi
On
Small
Low
117
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3