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Selecting Print Quality, Font Settings, Font Settings Options

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Imaging description language) or 600 dpi or 300 dpi. Kyocera Image Refinement smooths the edges of text and vector graphics and can be set to On or Off. For all of these selections, you can also select EcoPrint. Selecting Print Quality 1 In Imaging > Print Quality, select a print quality from the list. 2 Select: Custom You can select EcoPrint. Custom > Custom Quality Settings You can set the Resolution. For both of these selections, you can select EcoPrint. 3 Click OK. Font Settings A computer font is a data file containing a set of glyphs (visual representations of textual elements), characters, or symbols. Common terms for fonts are: Outline fonts, in contrast to bitmap fonts, are defined as a set of mathematical lines and curves. An outline font is more easily scalable (designed to display and print clearly at any point size) than a bitmap font. Bitmap fonts define each character as a pattern of pixels (the smallest resolvable rectangular areas of an image). Such fonts are not easily scalable and distort when reduced or enlarged. Native fonts are the basic or original fonts installed with the computer operating system. TrueType fonts are the native fonts used by Microsoft Windows. TrueType fonts are a type of scalable outline fonts. TrueType has long been the most common format for fonts on Microsoft Windows. System fonts are the primary fonts used by the operating system. They are typically accessed through an application interface or through a common font dialog box. Device fonts are stored either permanently or temporarily in the printing system memory. Font Settings Options In the Font Settings dialog box, you can specify how TrueType fonts are sent to the printing system. The chosen method affects the speed and quality of the print job: Download as outlines This method is best suited for large documents or print jobs using multiple fonts and font sizes. Print speeds are faster because of the optimization features in this setting. The repetition of similar font data sent to the printing system is reduced, thereby increasing the print speed. Print speed is not increased when using Asian fonts such as Japanese, Chinese, and Korean, because of the large amount of font information used for these particular fonts. Printer Driver 7-2

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Imaging
Printer Driver
7-2
description language) or
600 dpi
or
300 dpi
.
Kyocera Image Refinement
smooths the edges of text and vector graphics and can be set to
On
or
Off
.
For all of these selections, you can also select
EcoPrint
.
Selecting Print Quality
1
In
Imaging
>
Print Quality
, select a print quality from the list.
2
Select:
Custom
You can select
EcoPrint
.
Custom
>
Custom Quality Settings
You can set the
Resolution
.
For both of these selections, you can select
EcoPrint
.
3
Click
OK
.
Font Settings
A computer font is a data file containing a set of glyphs (visual representations
of textual elements), characters, or symbols. Common terms for fonts are:
Outline fonts
, in contrast to bitmap fonts, are defined as a set of
mathematical lines and curves. An outline font is more easily scalable
(designed to display and print clearly at any point size) than a bitmap font.
Bitmap fonts
define each character as a pattern of pixels (the smallest
resolvable rectangular areas of an image). Such fonts are not easily scalable
and distort when reduced or enlarged.
Native fonts
are the basic or original fonts installed with the computer
operating system. TrueType fonts are the native fonts used by Microsoft
Windows.
TrueType fonts
are a type of scalable outline fonts. TrueType has long been
the most common format for fonts on Microsoft Windows.
System fonts
are the primary fonts used by the operating system. They are
typically accessed through an application interface or through a common font
dialog box.
Device fonts
are stored either permanently or temporarily in the printing
system memory.
Font Settings Options
In the
Font Settings
dialog box, you can specify how TrueType fonts are sent
to the printing system. The chosen method affects the speed and quality of the
print job:
Download as outlines
This method is best suited for large documents or print jobs using multiple
fonts and font sizes. Print speeds are faster because of the optimization
features in this setting. The repetition of similar font data sent to the printing
system is reduced, thereby increasing the print speed. Print speed is not
increased when using Asian fonts such as Japanese, Chinese, and Korean,
because of the large amount of font information used for these particular
fonts.