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Fine-tuning print jobs

You can decrease printing time by specifying driver compatibility for non-PostScript printing devices.

If a printing device has difficulty processing large bitmaps, you can divide a bitmap into smaller, more manageable chunks by setting an output threshold. If any lines appear when the printing device prints the chunks, you can set an overlap value to produce a seamless image.

When printing to a black-and-white printing device, you can specify to print color print jobs as grayscale.

To reduce file size, you can downsample images. Because images are made up of pixels, when you downsample an image, the number of pixels per line decreases, which decreases the file size.


To specify driver compatibility settings

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Click Tools Photo Paint onestep Fine tuning print jobs Options.
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In the list of categories, double-click Global, Printing, and click Driver compatibility.
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Choose a non-PostScript printing device from the Printer list box.
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Enable any of the check boxes that correspond to the settings you want to specify.

To choose a threshold and chunk overlap

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Click Tools Photo Paint onestep Fine tuning print jobs Options.
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In the list of categories, double-click Global, and click Printing.
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From the Option list, choose one of the following:
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Bitmap output threshold (K)
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Bitmap chunk overlap pixels
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Choose a value from the Setting list box.

To print color print jobs in grayscale

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Click File Photo Paint onestep Fine tuning print jobs Print.
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Click the Misc tab.
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Enable the All colors as grayscale option in the Proofing options area.

To downsample images

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Click File Photo Paint onestep Fine tuning print jobs Print.
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Click the Misc tab.
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Enable the Downsample to check box, and type a value in the corresponding box.

Fine-tuning print jobs