Increasing the Print Speed

Printing color images using higher print quality settings takes longer than printing black-and-white images with normal print quality, because the volume of data in a high-quality color document is much greater. For this reason, it is important to be selective in your use of color and print quality settings if you also require a faster print speed.

Even if your document requires the highest print quality and extensive use of color, it may still be possible to optimize the print speed by adjusting other printing conditions. Keep in mind that changing some conditions to increase the print speed may also lower print quality.

The following table shows the factors that inversely affect print speed and print quality (increasing one will decrease the other).

The table below shows the factors related to print speed only.

*Varies depending on the printer driver and application software you are using.