Canon MultiPASS C5500 User Guide - Page 48

Printing Speed Versus Color The MultiPASS Printer Driver for Windows can interpret and translate the full spectrum of colors, up to 16.7 million colors. When printing color, there is a significant increase in the amount of information that the driver has to interpret and translate. When printing black ink only, the driver has only one color to interpret. By decreasing the amount of colors that the printer driver has to interpret, you can significantly decrease the time needed to translate the information. This will speed up the overall printing process. Printing N You select the settings described below using the Windows tabs of the MultiPASS Printer Driver. See Using the Windows Tabs starting on page 2-8 for details. For Quick Color Printing In the MultiPASS Printer Driver for Windows, choose the following printing operations. These selections allow the printer driver to interpret and translate 256 colors, which will increase your printing speed. However, your print quality will not be optimized. r Media Type-Plain Paper r Print Quality-Standard; Fine is off r Color Model-Color r Print Model-Custom r Color Selection-Fast Color For High Quality Color Printing Chapter 2 For the MultiPASS, select the printing options shown below to allow the printer driver to interpret and translate up to 16.7 million colors. Keep in mind that your print speed will be slower than with other setting combinations. r Print Quality-High; Fine mode is on r Color Model-Color r Print Model-Automatic Printing With the MultiPASS C5500 2-13