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NAME

gimpprint-resolutions - Gimp-Print print resolutions

DESCRIPTION

Gimp-Print supports many different resolutions, which are printer type

specific. The option names are case sensitive. Not all resolutions are supported on all printers. PPRRIINNTT RREESSOOLLUUTTOONNSS EEppssoonn SSttyylluuss pprriinntteerrss Within each specified resolution, the quality is generally listed from worst to best (and generally higher quality means lower speed). For

example, 360 DPI Unidirectional is usually better than 360 DPI. Char-

acteristics of specific models and individual printers may affect the

orderings to some degree; on many printers, with certain papers, unidi-

rectional printing will improve quality substantially more than using an otherwise better quality printing mode. The difference between different quality settings lies in the number of

passes made over each line. "High" and "Highest" quality settings per-

form more passes, printing fewer dots with each pass over the same line and using different nozzles for each pass. This reduces banding effects, but requires more time.

We generally recommend the following resolutions for the following pur-

poses: Resolution Recommended use

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336600xx9900 Fast economy draft output on plain paper 336600xx112200 (output will be very banded and not very dark). 118800 Economy draft output on plain paper (output will not be very dark). 336600xx118800 Draft output on plain paper (output will 336600xx224400 not be solidly black); economy draft output on good quality inkjet paper. 336600 Standard quality output on plain paper (output will be solidly black); draft output on good quality inkjet paper. 772200xx336600 High quality output on plain paper; standard output on good quality inkjet paper. 772200 Maximum quality on plain paper; high quality on good inkjet paper; proofs on

photo-quality paper. On many printers,

there will be little difference between this and 720x360 on plain paper. 11444400xx772200 High quality on photo paper; use 1440x720 Highest Quality to reduce microbanding if needed. While this will work on plain paper, it usually offers little improvement over 720 DPI. 22888800xx772200 Highest quality on photo paper. While

this may yield slightly improved qual-

ity, it will generally not be markedly superior to 1440x720 Highest Quality,

except on the Stylus Color 980 and Sty-

lus C70 and C80, where it may yield a noticeable improvement. It takes as

long to print as 1440x720 highest qual-

ity, but twice as long to generate the output. 11444400xx11444400 An unsupported mode that offers higher quality than 2880x720 for certain types of images on very high quality paper.

It does not appear to offer any advan-

tage on smooth tones, but fine detail (particularly vertical, and to a lesser

extent near-horizontal) it shows notice-

able improvement. It takes as long to print as 2880x720. 1440x1440 highest quality takes twice as long to print. 22888800xx11444400 An unsupported mode that may offer higher quality than 2880x720 for certain types of images on very high quality paper. Experiments conducted thus far demonstrate little if any improvement over 1440x1440. It takes twice as long to print as 2880x720 or 1440x1440, and as long to print as 1440x1440 highest quality.

The following resolutions are supported on printers other than the Sty-

lus Pro (5000, 5500, 7000, 7500, 9000, 9500, and 10000) printers. Res-

olutions for those printers are listed in a later section. Please see the notes at the end of this section. Quality Description Note

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336600xx9900ddppii 360 x 90 DPI Fast Economy Draft (1) 336600xx9900ssww 360 x 90 DPI Fast Economy Draft (2) 118800ddppii 180 DPI Economy Draft (3) 118800ssww 180 DPI Economy Draft (2) 336600xx118800ddppii 360 x 180 DPI Draft (3) 336600xx118800ssww 360 x 180 DPI Draft (4) 336600xx112200ddppii 360 x 120 DPI Economy Draft (5) 336600xx112200ssww 360 x 120 DPI Economy Draft (6) 336600xx224400ddppii 360 x 240 DPI Draft (5) 336600xx224400ssww 360 x 240 DPI Draft (6) 336600ddppii 360 DPI (7) 336600mmww 360 DPI High Quality (7, *) 336600ssww 360 DPI (8, 9, *) 772200xx336600ssww 720 x 360 DPI (10, 11, 12) 772200ssww 720 DPI (13) 772200hhqq 720 DPI High Quality (13) 772200hhqq22 720 DPI Highest Quality (13) 772200mmww 720 DPI (14) 11444400xx772200ssww 1440 x 720 DPI (15) 11444400xx772200hhqq 1440 x 720 DPI Highest Quality (16) 22888800xx772200ssww 2880 x 720 DPI (17) 22888800xx772200hhqq 2880 x 720 DPI Highest Quality (18) 11444400xx11444400ssww 1440 x 1440 DPI (19) 22888800xx11444400ssww 2880 x 1440 DPI (20) 22888800xx22888800ssww 2880 x 2880 DPI (21)

* This setting is the default on all printers supporting this set-

ting except for the PM-930C and PM-970C, which support no reso-

lution lower than 720x360 DPI. 1 Works on printers that have a basic vertical spacing of 1/90". This includes the Stylus Color, Stylus Color 440, 460, 600, 640, 660, 670, and 1500, and Stylus Photo, Stylus Photo 700, 720, and EX. 2 Works on the Stylus Color 640 and 660. 3 Works on most printers that have a basic vertical spacing of 1/90, 1/180, or 1/360 inch. This includes Stylus Color, Stylus Color 440, 460, 600, 640, 660, 670, 800, 850, 900, 980, 1500, 1520, 3000, and Stylus Photo, Stylus Photo 700, 720 and EX. 4 Works on Stylus Color 640 and 660; Stylus C70, C80, and C82; and

Stylus Photo 950, 960, 2100, 2200, and PM-950C

5 Works on older printers with dot spacing of 1/120 inch. This includes the Stylus Color Pro, Pro XL, 400, and 500. 6 Works on newer printers with dot spacing of 1/120 inch. This includes the Stylus C20, C40, C41, C42, C60, C61, and C62; the Stylus Color 480, 580, 680, 740, 760, 777, 860, 880, 83, and 1160, and the Stylus Photo 750, 780, 785, 790, 810, 820, 825, 830, 870, 875, 890, 895, 900, 915, 925, 1270, 1280, 1290, and 2000P, and the Stylus Scan 2000 and 2500. 7 Works on all printers that do not support variable drop sizes. This includes the Stylus Color, Stylus Color 400, 440, 460, 500, 600, 640, 660, 800, 850, 1500, 1520, and 3000, Stylus Color Pro, Stylus Color Pro XL, and Stylus Photo, Stylus Photo 700, and EX. 8 Works on all printers that do support variable drop sizes. This includes all supported Epson Stylus printers except for those listed in note (6).

9 This setting prints at particularly high speed on the Epson Sty-

lus Photo 950, 960, 2100, and 2200, and the PM-950C when used in

color with three or four color mode, or with grayscale in any mode other than two or seven color. 10 Works on all supported printers except for Stylus Color, Stylus Color Pro, Stylus Color Pro XL, Stylus Color 1500, 1520, and 3000. On printers that do not support variable drop size (see note (4)), this will print as fast as 360 DPI, and faster than 360 DPI High Quality. It will take twice as long to generate output, which may be important on a heavily loaded system or a processor slower than 200 MHz.

11 This is the default resolution on the PM-930C and PM-970C.

12 This setting prints at particularly high speed on the Epson

PM-930C and PM-970C when used in color with three or four color

mode, or with grayscale in any mode other than two or seven color.

13 Works on certain printers that do not support 1440x720 DPI: Sty-

lus Photo (original), Stylus Color 440, 460, 480, Stylus C20SX, and Stylus C20UX. 14 Works on some older printers, including the Stylus Color, Stylus Color 400, 500, 600, 800, 850, 1500, 1520, and 3000, Stylus Color Pro, and Stylus Color Pro XL. Not recommended except for the Stylus Color, Stylus Color 1500, 1520, and 3000. 15 Works on all printers that support 1440x720 DPI. This includes all supported printers except for the Stylus Color, Stylus Color Pro, Pro XL, 400, 440, 460, 480, 500, and 1500, and Stylus Photo. In addition, this may not work correctly on Stylus Color 1520 and Stylus Color 3000. 16 Works on printers that support 1440x720 DPI, but not any higher resolution. This includes the Stylus Color 580, 670 740, 760, 860, 900, and 1160, Stylus Photo EX, EX3, 700, 720, 750, 870, 875, 1200, 1270, and 2000P, Stylus C40, C41, C42, and C50, and Stylus Scan 2000 and 2500. 17 Works on all printers that support 2880x720 DPI. This includes the Stylus C60, C61, C62, C70, C80, and C82, the Stylus Color 680, 777, 880, 83, and 980, and Stylus Photo 780, 785, 790, 810, 820, 825, 830, 890, 895, 900, 915, 925, 950, 960, 1280, and 1290. It specifically does not include the Stylus Photo 950,

960, 2100, and 2200, and the PM-930C, PM-950C, and PM-970C.

18 Works on printers that support 2880x720 DPI, but not any higher resolution. This includes the Stylus C60, the Stylus Color 680, 777, 880, 83, and 980, and Stylus Photo 780, 785, 790, 810, 820, 890, 895, 900, 915, 1280, and 1290. 19 Works on Epson Stylus Photo 825, 830, and 925, and Stylus C61, C62, C70, C80, C82. This resolution is not listed by Epson, but

experimentally has been verified to work on at least some print-

ers. It offers the same total resolution as 2880x720, but the more even distribution of dots may yield better results in some cases. 20 Works on all printers that support 2880x1440 DPI. This includes the Stylus C62, Stylus Photo 825, 830, 925, 950, 960, 2100, and

2200, and the PM-930C, PM-950C, and PM-970C.

21 Works on all printers that support 2880x2880 DPI. This includes

the PM-930C and PM-970C.

The Stylus Pro printers (Stylus Pro 5000, 5500, 7000, 7500, 7600, 9000, 9500, 9600, and 10000) support the following Quality settings: Quality Description

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118800ddppii 180 DPI 336600xx118800ddppii 360 x 180 DPI 336600pprroo 360 DPI 772200xx336600mmww 720 x 360 DPI 772200mmww 720 DPI 11444400xx772200mmww 1440 x 720 DPI

In addition, the Stylus Pro 7600 and 9600 printers support the follow-

ing resolutions: Quality Description

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22888800xx772200mmww 2880 x 720 DPI 11444400xx11444400mmww 1440 x 1440 DPI 22888800xx11444400mmww 2880 x 1440 DPI

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In addition, the Stylus Pro 7600 and 9600 printers support the follow-

ing resolutions: Quality Description

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115500ddppii 150x150 DPI (should work on all printers) 330000ddppii 300x300 DPI (should work on all printers,

C-RET on DJ 850/855/870/890)

660000xx330000ddppii 600x300 DPI (DJ 6xx/810/812/840/842/895) 660000mmoonnoo 600x600 DPI monochrome (DJ 6xx (except 69x) /8xx/1100/1120) 660000ddppii 600x600 DPI (DJ 69x/840/9xx/1220/2000/2500, PhotoSmart P1000/P1100, LJ5/5Si/6)

Note: the higher resolutions of newer PCL printers using "Photo-Ret"

are not yet supported. LLeexxmmaarrkk pprriinntteerrss ((ootthheerr tthhaann tthhee 44007766)) Quality Description

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330000xx660000ddppii 300 DPI x 600 DPI 660000ddppii 600 DPI 660000hhqq 600 DPI high quality 660000uunnii 600 DPI Unidirectional 11220000ddppii 1200 DPI 11220000hhqq 1200 DPI high quality 11220000hhqq22 1200 DPI highest quality 11220000uunnii 1200 DPI Unidirectional 22440000xx11220000ddppii 2400 DPI x 1200 DPI (Z52) 22440000xx11220000hhqq 2400 DPI x 1200 DPI high quality (Z52) 22440000xx11220000hhqq22 2400 DPI x 1200 DPI highest quality (Z52) CCaannoonn pprriinntteerrss 1200 DPI printers (BJC 7000, BJC 7100, BJC 8200, BJC 8500): Quality Description

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330000xx330000ddppii 300x300 DPI 330000xx330000ddmmtt 300x300 DPI DMT 660000xx660000ddppii 600x600 DPI 660000xx660000ddmmtt 600x600 DPI DMT 11220000xx660000ddppii 1200x600 DPI 11220000xx11220000ddppii 1200x1200 DPI 1440 DPI printers (BJC 1000, BJC 2000, BJC 3000, BJC 4300, BJC 4400, BJC 5100, BJC 5500, BJC 6000, BJC 6100, BJC 6500, BJC 8200): Quality Description

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336600xx336600ddppii 360x360 DPI 336600xx336600ddmmtt 360x360 DPI DMT 772200xx336600ddppii 720x360 DPI 772200xx772200ddppii 720x720 DPI 11444400xx772200ddppii 1440x720 DPI 11444400xx11444400ddppii 1440x1440 DPI COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2001 Michael Sweet (mike@easysw.com) and Robert Krawitz (rlk@alum.mit.edu) This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version. This manual page was written by Roger Leigh (rleigh@debian.org)