HP Designjet T1500 HP Designjet T920 and T1500 ePrinter series - User's Guide - Page 79
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● In the Windows driver dialog: go to the Paper/Quality tab and look at the Print Quality section. Move the print-quality slider to the extreme right ('Quality'). ● In the Mac OS X Print dialog: go to the Paper/Quality panel and move the print-quality slider to the extreme right ('Quality'). ● On the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page (T1500 series): select Basic settings > Print quality > Standard options > Quality. ● Using the front panel: press Quality level > Best. , then , then Setup > Printing preferences > Print quality > NOTE: If the print quality is set from your computer, it overrides the print-quality setting in the front panel. TIP: For the highest-quality printing on photo paper, see Manual printing with the stacker open on page 54. If you have a high-resolution image If your image has a resolution greater than the rendering resolution (which you can see in the Custom Print Quality Options box under Windows), print sharpness may be improved by selecting the Maximum Detail option. This option is available only if you are printing on photo paper and you have selected Best print quality. ● In the driver dialog (Mac OS X Print dialog): select Custom instead of Standard print-quality options, then check the Maximum Detail box. ● On the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page (T1500 series): select Basic settings > Print quality > Custom. Set Quality level to Best, and Maximum detail to On. ● Using the front panel: press Maximum detail. , then , then Setup > Printing preferences > Print quality > NOTE: The Maximum Detail option results in slower printing with photo papers, but it does not increase the amount of ink used. If you have printhead problems If your printheads have an excessive number of clogged nozzles (which may cause banding or white streaks on your prints), print quality can be improved by selecting the More Passes option. ● In the driver dialog (Mac OS X Print dialog): select custom instead of standard print-quality options, then check the More Passes box. ● On the Embedded Web Server's Submit Job page: select Basic settings > Print quality > Custom. Set Quality level to Best, and More passes to Yes. NOTE: The More Passes option results in slower printing, but it does not increase the amount of ink used. TIP: Instead of using this option, consider using the Image Diagnostics Print to identify the printhead or printheads that are causing the problem, and then clean or replace them. See The Image Diagnostics Print on page 171. Print in gray shades You can convert all colors in your image to shades of gray: see Printing in grayscale on page 99. ENWW Advanced print settings 71