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.TH GIMPPRINT-RESOLUTIONS 7 "@RELEASE_DATE@" "Version @GIMPPRINT_VERSION@" "Gimp-Print Manual Pages"
.SH NAME
gimpprint-resolutions \- Gimp-Print print resolutions
.SH 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.
.SH PRINT RESOLUTONS
.SS Epson Stylus printers
Within each specified resolution, the quality is generally listed from worst to
best (and generally higher quality means lower speed).  For example, \fI360 DPI
Unidirectional\fP is usually better than \fI360 DPI\fP.  Characteristics of
specific models and individual printers may affect the orderings to some
degree; on many printers, with certain papers, unidirectional printing will
improve quality substantially more than using an otherwise better quality
printing mode.
.PP
The difference between different quality settings lies in the number
of passes made over each line.  "High" and "Highest" quality settings
perform 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.
.PP
\fIMicroweave\fP modes use algorithms within the printer to generate the
sequence of rows printed.  These algorithms generally only work well at low
printing resolutions.  Many printers do not support this kind of printing at
resolutions of 720 DPI and above, and some printers that do actually print just
one row (using just one nozzle per color) at a time.  While this particular use
will produce extremely high quality (no banding whatsoever, normally), it is
extremely slow and may eventually damage the print head due to ink pooling.
All printers that we are aware of have no such trouble at 360 DPI.
.PP
We generally recommend the following resolutions for the following
purposes:
.PP
.IP
.TS
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Resolution	Recommended use
_
.T&
lb lw(4i)
lb ^.
360x90	T{
.na
Fast economy draft output on plain paper (output will be very banded and not
very dark).
T}
360x120	
.T&
lb l.
180	T{
Economy draft output on plain paper (output will not be very dark).
T}
.T&
lb l
lb ^.
360x180	T{
Draft output on plain paper (output will not be solidly black); economy draft
output on good quality inkjet paper.
T}
360x240	
.T&
lb l.
360	T{
Standard quality output on plain paper (output will be solidly black); draft
output on good quality inkjet paper.
T}
720x360	T{
High quality output on plain paper; standard output on good
quality inkjet paper.
T}
720	T{
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.
T}
1440x720	T{
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.
T}
2880x720	T{
Highest quality on photo paper.  While this may yield slightly improved
quality, it will generally not be markedly superior to 1440x720 Highest
Quality, except on the Stylus Color 980 and Stylus C70 and C80, where it may
yield a noticeable improvement.  It takes as long to print as 1440x720 highest
quality, but twice as long to generate the output.
T}
1440x1440	T{
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
advantage on smooth tones, but fine detail (particularly vertical, and to a
lesser extent near-horizontal) it shows noticeable improvement.  It takes as
long to print as 2880x720.  1440x1440 highest quality takes twice as long to
print.
T}
2880x1440	T{
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.
.ad
T}
.TE
.PP
The following resolutions are supported on printers other than the
Stylus Pro (5000, 5500, 7000, 7500, 9000, 9500, and 10000) printers.
Resolutions for those printers are listed in a later section.  Please
see the notes at the end of this section.
.PP
.TS
li li li
lb l l.
Quality	Description	Note
_
360x90dpi	360 x 90 DPI Fast Economy Draft	(1)
180dpi	180 DPI Economy Draft	(2)
360x180dpi	360 x 180 DPI Draft	(2)
360x180sw	360 x 180 DPI Draft	(3)
360x120dpi	360 x 120 DPI Economy Draft	(4)
360x120sw	360 x 120 DPI Economy Draft	(5)
360x240dpi	360 x 240 DPI Draft	(4)
360x240sw	360 x 240 DPI Draft	(5)
360dpi	360 DPI	(6)
360uni	360 DPI Unidirectional	(6)
360mw	360 DPI Microweave	(6, *)
360mwuni	360 DPI Microweave Unidirectional	(6)
360sw	360 DPI	(7, 17, *)
360swuni	360 DPI Unidirectional	(7, 17)
360hq	360 DPI High Quality	(7, 8, 17)
360hquni	360 DPI High Quality Unidirectional	(7, 8, 17)
720x360sw	720 x 360 DPI	(9, 10)
720x360swuni	720 x 360 DPI Unidirectional	(9, 10)
720mw	720 DPI Microweave	(11)
720mwuni	720 DPI Microweave Unidirectional	(11)
720sw	720 DPI	(9)
720swuni	720 DPI Unidirectional	(9)
720hq	720 DPI High Quality	(9)
720hquni	720 DPI High Quality Unidirectional	(9)
720hq2	720 DPI Highest Quality	(9)
1440x720mw	1440 x 720 DPI Microweave	(12)
1440x720mwuni	1440 x 720 DPI Microweave Unidirectional	(12)
1440x720sw	1440 x 720 DPI	(13)
1440x720swuni	1440 x 720 DPI Unidirectional	(13, 14)
1440x720hq	1440 x 720 DPI Highest Quality	(13)
2880x720sw	2880 x 720 DPI	(15)
2880x720swuni	2880 x 720 DPI Unidirectional	(15)
1440x1440sw	1440 x 1440 DPI	(16)
1440x1440hq2	1440 x 1440 DPI Highest Quality	(16)
2880x1440sw	2880 x 1440 DPI	(16)
.TE
.IP *
This resolution is the default on all printers supporting this setting.
.IP 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.
.IP 2
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.
.IP 3
Works on Stylus C70, C80, and C82; and Stylus Photo 950, 960, 2100, and 2200.
.IP 4
Works on older printers with dot spacing of 1/120 inch.  This includes the
Stylus Color Pro, Pro XL, 400, and 500.
.IP 5
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, 915, 925, 1270, 1280, 1290, and 2000P,
and the Stylus Scan 2000 and 2500.
.IP 6
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.
.IP 7
Works on all printers that do support variable drop sizes.  This includes all
supported Epson Stylus printers except for those listed in note (6).
.IP 8
Recommended only on processors slower than 200 MHz, the system is heavily
loaded with a faster processor, or if problems are experienced at 720x360.
.IP 9
Works on all supported printers except for Stylus Color, Stylus Color Pro,
Stylus Color Pro XL, Stylus Color 1500, 1520, and 3000.
.IP 10
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.
.IP 11
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.
.IP 12
Works on Stylus Color 600, 800, 850, 1520, and 3000.  Not recommended unless
other 1440x720 modes do not work.
.IP 13
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.
.IP 14
This is identical to 1440 x 720 Highest Quality (1440x720hq) on the Stylus
Color 900.
.IP 15
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, 790, 810, 820, 825, 830, 890, 915, 925, 950, 960, 1280, and 1290.
This resolution is offered on the Stylus Photo 2100 and 2200, but may not work
correctly.
.IP 16
Works on Epson Stylus Photo 825, 830, 925, 950, 960, 2100, 2200; Stylus C61,
C62, C70, C80, C82 ; Stylus Pro 7600 and 9600.  This resolution is not
supported by Epson on the C70 and C80, but it works correctly on at least some
such printers.
.IP 17
These resolutions print at particularly high speed on the Epson Stylus Photo
950, 960, 2100, and 2200 when printing in Four Color Standard or Three Color
Composite modes, or when printing in monochrome or grayscale with any ink type
other than Two Level Grayscale, Seven Color Photo, or Quadtone.
.PP
The Stylus Pro printers (Stylus Pro 5000, 5500, 7000, 7500, 7600,
9000, 9500, 9600, and 10000) support additional microweave modes known
as Full Overlap (FOL), Four Pass, and FOL2.  The Stylus Pro 5500,
7500, 7600, 9500, 9600, and 10000 additionally have a mode called MW2.
These modes can only be used at certain resolutions.  Stylus Pro
printers support the following resolutions:
.PP
.TS
li li
lb l.
Quality	Description
_
180dpi	180 DPI
360dpi	360 DPI
360uni	360 DPI Unidirectional
360mw	360 DPI Microweave
360mwuni	360 DPI Microweave Unidirectional
360fol	360 DPI Full Overlap
360foluni	360 DPI Full Overlap Unidirectional
360fol2	360 DPI FOL2
360fol2uni	360 DPI FOL2 Unidirectional
360mw2	360 DPI MW2
360mw2uni	360 DPI MW2 Unidirectional
720x360dpi	720 x 360 DPI
720x360uni	720 x 360 DPI Unidirectional
720x360fol	720 x 360 DPI FOL
720x360foluni	720 x 360 DPI FOL Unidirectional
720x360fol2	720 x 360 DPI FOL2
720x360fol2uni	720 x 360 DPI FOL2 Unidirectional
720x360mw2	720 x 360 DPI MW2
720x360mw2uni	720 x 360 DPI MW2 Unidirectional
720dpi	720 DPI
720uni	720 DPI Unidirectional
720mw	720 DPI Microweave
720mwuni	720 DPI Microweave Unidirectional
720fol	720 DPI Full Overlap
720foluni	720 DPI Full Overlap Unidirectional
720fourp	720 DPI Four Pass
720fourpuni	720 DPI Four Pass Unidirectional
1440x720dpi	1440 x 720 DPI
1440x720uni	1440 x 720 DPI Unidirectional
1440x720mw	1440 x 720 DPI Microweave
1440x720mwuni	1440 x 720 DPI Microweave Unidirectional
1440x720fol	1440 x 720 DPI FOL
1440x720foluni	1440 x 720 DPI FOL Unidirectional
1440x720fourp	1440 x 720 DPI Four Pass
1440x720fourpuni	1440 x 720 DPI Four Pass Unidirectional
.TE
.PP
In addition, the Stylus Pro 7600 and 9600 printers support the
following resolutions:
.PP
.TS
li li
lb l.
Quality	Description
_
2880x720dpi	2880 x 720 DPI
2880x720uni	2880 x 720 DPI Unidirectional
2880x720mw	2880 x 720 DPI Microweave
2880x720mwuni	2880 x 720 DPI Microweave Unidirectional
2880x720fol	2880 x 720 DPI FOL
2880x720foluni	2880 x 720 DPI FOL Unidirectional
2880x720fourp	2880 x 720 DPI Four Pass
2880x720fourpuni	2880 x 720 DPI Four Pass Unidirectional
1440x1440dpi	1440 x 1440 DPI
1440x1440uni	1440 x 1440 DPI Unidirectional
1440x1440mw	1440 x 1440 DPI Microweave
1440x1440mwuni	1440 x 1440 DPI Microweave Unidirectional
1440x1440fol	1440 x 1440 DPI FOL
1440x1440foluni	1440 x 1440 DPI FOL Unidirectional
1440x1440fourp	1440 x 1440 DPI Four Pass
1440x1440fourpuni	1440 x 1440 DPI Four Pass Unidirectional
2880x1440dpi	2880 x 1440 DPI
2880x1440uni	2880 x 1440 DPI Unidirectional
2880x1440mw	2880 x 1440 DPI Microweave
2880x1440mwuni	2880 x 1440 DPI Microweave Unidirectional
2880x1440fol	2880 x 1440 DPI FOL
2880x1440foluni	2880 x 1440 DPI FOL Unidirectional
2880x1440fourp	2880 x 1440 DPI Four Pass
2880x1440fourpuni	2880 x 1440 DPI Four Pass Unidirectional
.TE
.SS PCL printers (including Hewlett-Packard and Lexmark 4076)
.PP
In addition, the Stylus Pro 7600 and 9600 printers support the
following resolutions:
.PP
.TS
li li
lb lw(3i).
Quality	Description
_
150dpi	150x150 DPI (should work on all printers)
300dpi	T{
.na
300x300 DPI 
(should work on all printers, C-RET on DJ 850/855/870/890)
T}
600x300dpi	600x300 DPI (DJ 6xx/810/812/840/842/895)
600mono	T{
600x600 DPI monochrome (DJ 6xx (except 69x) /8xx/1100/1120)
T}
600dpi	T{
600x600 DPI (DJ 69x/840/9xx/1220/2000/2500,
PhotoSmart P1000/P1100, LJ5/5Si/6)
.ad
T}
.TE
.PP
Note: the higher resolutions of newer PCL printers using "Photo-Ret" are
not yet supported.
.SS Lexmark printers (other than the 4076)
.SS
.TS
li li
lb l.
Quality	Description
_
300x600dpi	300 DPI x 600 DPI
600dpi	600 DPI
600hq	600 DPI high quality
600uni	600 DPI Unidirectional
1200dpi	1200 DPI
1200hq	1200 DPI high quality
1200hq2	1200 DPI highest quality
1200uni	1200 DPI  Unidirectional
2400x1200dpi	2400 DPI x 1200 DPI (Z52)
2400x1200hq	2400 DPI x 1200 DPI high quality (Z52)
2400x1200hq2	2400 DPI x 1200 DPI highest quality (Z52)
.TE
.SS Canon printers
1200 DPI printers (BJC 7000, BJC 7100, BJC 8500):
.PP
.TS
li li
lb l.
Quality	Description
_
300x300dpi	300x300 DPI
300x300dmt	300x300 DPI DMT
600x600dpi	600x600 DPI
600x600dmt	600x600 DPI DMT
1200x600dpi	1200x600 DPI
1200x1200dpi	1200x1200 DPI
.TE
.PP
1440 DPI printers (BJC 30, BJC 50, BJC 55, BJC 80, BJC 85, BJC 210,
    BJC 240, BJC 250, BJC 1000, BJC 2000, BJC 3000, BJC 4300, BJC
    4400, BJC 6000, BJC 6100, BJC 6200, BJC 6500, BJC 8200, S400,
    S450, S800, S4500):
.PP
.TS
li li
lb l.
Quality	Description
_
360x360dpi	360x360 DPI
360x360dmt	360x360 DPI DMT
720x360dpi	720x360 DPI
720x720dpi	720x720 DPI
1440x720dpi	1440x720 DPI
1440x1440dpi	1440x1440 DPI
.TE
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2001 Michael Sweet (mike@easysw.com) and Robert Krawitz
(rlk@alum.mit.edu)
.PP
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.
.PP
This manual page was written by Roger Leigh (roger@whinlatter.uklinux.net)
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR gimpprint-color (7),
.BR gimpprint-dithers (7),
.BR gimpprint-imagetypes (7),
.BR gimpprint-inktypes (7),
.BR gimpprint-mediasizes (7),
.BR gimpprint-mediasources (7),
.BR gimpprint-mediatypes (7),
.BR gimpprint-models (7).
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