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Increasing the Print Speed
Follow the instructions in this section to increase the print speed
of your printer.
General tips
Just as printing at a high resolution requires more processing time
than printing at a low resolution, printing in color takes longer
than printing in black-and-white 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 printing if you also require a
fast print speed.
However, even if your document requires the highest resolution
and extensive use of color—for example, when you are printing
a camera-ready composite that includes color photographs—it
may still be possible to optimize the print speed by adjusting other
printing conditions. For example, we recommend using a USB 2.0
cable with an IEEE 1394 port to gain the highest rates of data
transfer. 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
Lower
Faster
Higher
Slower
Printer
software
menu
Printer
software
settings
Paper &
Quality Options
(Windows),
Print Quality
(Macintosh)
Economy,
Normal
Photo Advanced
dialog box
High Speed On Off
Data
characteristics
Image size Small Large -
Resolution Low High
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