[Setup] Menu ([Quality Menu] Options)

NOTE

Table description

Bold values in the table indicate the default settings.

About the icons

:	The settings for the printer driver are prioritized for this item.
:	The settings in the control panel are enabled for this item because the settings are prioritized for the default settings for the printer driver. Check the settings in the control panel even when using the printer driver.

Setting Item

Setting Value

Setting

[Image Refinement]

[Off], [On]

Specifies whether the printer should use Image Refinement that enables to print jagged outlines of text or graphics smoothly.

If [On] is specified, the printer prints using Image Refinement.

If [Off] is specified, the printer prints without using Image Refinement.

[Gradation Level]

PCL Printer Driver:

[Standard], [High]

Specifies the gradation level for data.

[Standard] is suitable to print thin lines or data of low resolution.

[High] is suitable to print data of high resolution with complex gradations, such as photographs and graded images. You print data more clearly than when [Standard] is specified.

[Toner Save]

PCL/PS Printer Driver:

UFR II Printer Driver:

[Off], [On]

Specifies whether to use the toner save mode that is suitable for when printing a proof sheet.

[Density]

PCL/UFR II Printer Driver:

-4 to 0 to +11

Adjusts the print density for the print data. As the setting value increases, the print density becomes denser.

[Halftones]

PCL/UFR II Printer Driver:

PS Printer Driver:

[Text]: [Resolution], [Gradation], [Color Tone], [High Resolution]

[Graphics]: [Resolution], [Gradation], [Color Tone], [High Resolution]

[Image]: [Resolution], [Gradation], [Color Tone], [High Resolution]

Specifies the display pattern of subtle gradation (medium gradation) for each of the following parts in one document.

Text parts

Graphics parts such as graphics and graphs

Image parts such as picture images

For details, see Help of the printer driver.

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[Quality Change]

[Continue Printing], [Stop Printing]

Specifies whether the printer should continue printing with the image quality of the data being lowered automatically or stop printing displaying <Cannot print with the specified resolution.> when the memory required for the process runs out.