Kyocera TASKalfa 620 TASKalfa 620/820 Print Driver Users Guide Rev 8.1 - Page 53

Optimization Settings, Halftone Screen, Setting the Halftone Screen

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KX Driver Imaging This setting prints images like a photo negative, reversing black and white areas of the image. Mirror print This setting prints the page content backwards, as it would appear in a mirror image. Optimization Settings Optimization is a process or methodology of improving a printing system's function or effectiveness. In the Imaging tab click Graphics to open the Graphics settings dialog box and access the Optimization settings. The settings are available when KPDL is selected in Device Settings > PDL > Select PDL. Fast printing This setting increases print speed and decreases spool size. It delivers images in binary format. It can be used for most everyday printing needs. Document portability This setting creates a PostScript file in ASCII text encoding. Unlike the binary format created in Fast printing, the ASCII text created with this selection can be edited. Halftone Screen Halftone Screen lets an experienced user print different shades of gray as are found in photographs. Shades are produced by printing dots of various sizes and shapes, and by spacing them closer or farther apart. Shading can also be adjusted by the number of rows of data, the angle of the rows, and the shape of the data. Halftone Screen is available when KPDL is selected as the PDL. It is unavailable if GDI compatible mode is selected in the PDL Settings dialog box. Setting the Halftone Screen Halftone Screen provides a means to apply shades of gray to black and white printed output. 1 In the Imaging tab, select Graphics > Graphics Settings > Halftone Screen. 2 Clear the Use printer's default settings check box. 3 Set the available options to the desired values: Ink Ink lists the halftone screens available. This option is grayed out and permanently set to black for black and white printers. Frequency Frequency displays the number of rows of dots per inch or centimeter. Set the range from 2.0 to 999.9, and select lines/inch or lines/cm. Angle This option sets the angle at which rows are aligned. Set the range from -180 to 180 degrees. Shape 7-5

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Optimization Settings
Halftone Screen
Setting the Halftone Screen
Imaging
This setting prints images like a photo negative, reversing black and white
areas of the image.
Mirror print
This setting prints the page content backwards, as it would appear in a mirror
image.
Optimization
is a process or methodology of improving a printing system's
function or effectiveness.
In the
Imaging
tab click
Graphics
to open the
Graphics settings
dialog box
and access the
Optimization
settings. The settings are available when
KPDL
is
selected in
Device Settings
>
PDL
>
Select PDL
.
Fast printing
This setting increases print speed and decreases spool size. It delivers
images in binary format. It can be used for most everyday printing needs.
Document portability
This setting creates a PostScript file in ASCII text encoding. Unlike the binary
format created in
Fast printing
, the ASCII text created with this selection
can be edited.
Halftone Screen
lets an experienced user print different shades of gray as are
found in photographs. Shades are produced by printing dots of various sizes
and shapes, and by spacing them closer or farther apart. Shading can also be
adjusted by the number of rows of data, the angle of the rows, and the shape of
the data.
Halftone Screen
is available when
KPDL
is selected as the PDL. It is
unavailable if
GDI compatible mode
is selected in the
PDL Settings
dialog
box.
Halftone Screen
provides a means to apply shades of gray to black and white
printed output.
1
In the
Imaging
tab, select
Graphics
>
Graphics Settings
>
Halftone Screen
.
2
Clear the
Use printer's default settings
check box.
3
Set the available options to the desired values:
Ink
Ink
lists the halftone screens available. This option is grayed out and
permanently set to black for black and white printers.
Frequency
Frequency
displays the number of rows of dots per inch or centimeter. Set
the range from 2.0 to 999.9, and select lines/inch or lines/cm.
Angle
This option sets the angle at which rows are aligned. Set the range from -180
to 180 degrees.
Shape
KX Driver
7-5