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diff --git a/man/gimpprint-resolutions.7.in b/man/gimpprint-resolutions.7.in new file mode 100644 index 0000000..42f0a92 --- /dev/null +++ b/man/gimpprint-resolutions.7.in @@ -0,0 +1,431 @@ +.\" t +.\" $Id: gimpprint-resolutions.7.in,v 1.1.6.5 2003/12/13 12:09:58 rleigh Exp $ +.\" Copyright (C) 2000 Roger Leigh <roger@whinlatter.uklinux.net> +.\" +.\" 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, or (at your option) +.\" any later version. +.\" +.\" This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, +.\" but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of +.\" MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the +.\" GNU General Public License for more details. +.\" +.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License +.\" along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software +.\" Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. +.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 +\fIInterleave\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 +li li. +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 Interleave (6, *) +360mwuni 360 DPI Interleave 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 Interleave (11) +720mwuni 720 DPI Interleave 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 Interleave (12) +1440x720mwuni 1440 x 720 DPI Interleave 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 interleave 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 Interleave +360mwuni 360 DPI Interleave 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 Interleave +720mwuni 720 DPI Interleave 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 Interleave +1440x720mwuni 1440 x 720 DPI Interleave 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 Interleave +2880x720mwuni 2880 x 720 DPI Interleave 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 Interleave +1440x1440mwuni 1440 x 1440 DPI Interleave 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 Interleave +2880x1440mwuni 2880 x 1440 DPI Interleave 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) +.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). +.\"# +.\"# The following sets edit modes for GNU EMACS +.\"# Local Variables: +.\"# mode:nroff +.\"# fill-column:79 +.\"# End: |