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increase print speed or quality
Using your HP Officejet, you can customize the speed and quality of the print
process with the following options:
• Best: Best mode produces the highest print quality for all media and
eliminates the banding effect that sometimes occurs in solid areas.
However, the Best setting prints more slowly than Normal mode for most
documents.
• Normal: Letter-quality printing. Normal mode delivers high-quality output
and is the recommended setting for speed and quality. Normal is the
default print-quality setting for most paper types.
• FastDraft: Draft-quality printing. FastDraft mode prints faster than the
Normal setting and produces lighter output. Using FastDraft will also
reduce the frequency of replacing your print cartridges because it uses less
ink.
Your printer might also have the option to print at 2400 dpi or higher. This may
or may not improve the quality of your output, which depends on the paper type
you are using and the image you are printing. For more information, see print
using 4800x1200 optimized dpi on page 59.
Your HP Officejet automatically sets the print quality depending on the paper-
type setting. See quality settings for specific papers on page 54 for more
information.
to increase print speed or increase print quality
1 In the Properties dialog box, click the Setup tab.
2 In the Print Quality area, do one of the following:
–Click Best to increase print quality.
–Click Normal for most letter quality print jobs.
–Click FastDraft to increase print speed.
choosing the print quality in the setup tab of the properties dialog box
3 Click OK.
Tip — Print quality in any setting is better on a high-quality paper,
such as premium or photo.