GIMPPRINT-RESOLUTIONSGimp-Print Manual PaGIMPPRINT-RESOLUTIONS(7)NAMEgimpprint-resolutions - Gimp-Print print resolutions
DESCRIPTION
Gimp-Print supports many different resolutions, which are
printer type specific. The option names are case sensi-
tive. Not all resolutions are supported on all printers.
PRINT RESOLUTONS
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, 360 DPI Unidirectional
is usually better than 360 DPI. Characteristics of spe-
cific models and individual printers may affect the order-
ings to some degree; on many printers, with certain
papers, unidirectional printing will improve quality sub-
stantially 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 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.
Microweave modes use algorithms within the printer to gen-
erate the sequence of rows printed. These algorithms gen-
erally only work well at low printing resolutions. Many
printers do not support this kind of printing at resolu-
tions 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.
We generally recommend the following resolutions for the
following purposes:
Resolution Recommended use
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360x90 Fast economy draft output on plain paper
360x120 (output will be very banded and not very
dark).
180 Economy draft output on plain paper
(output will not be very dark).
360x180 Draft output on plain paper (output will
360x240 not be solidly black); economy draft
output on good quality inkjet paper.
360 Standard quality output on plain paper
(output will be solidly black); draft
output on good quality inkjet paper.
720x360 High quality output on plain paper;
standard output on good quality inkjet
paper.
720 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.
1440x720 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.
2880x720 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.
1440x1440 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.
2880x1440 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 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.
Quality Description Note
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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)
* This resolution is the default on all printers sup-
porting this setting.
1 Works on printers that have a basic vertical spac-
ing of 1/90". This includes the Stylus Color, Sty-
lus Color 440, 460, 600, 640, 660, 670, and 1500,
and Stylus Photo, Stylus Photo 700, 720, and EX.
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.
3 Works on Stylus C70, C80, and C82; and Stylus Photo
950, 960, 2100, and 2200.
4 Works on older printers with dot spacing of 1/120
inch. This includes the Stylus Color Pro, Pro XL,
400, and 500.
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 Sty-
lus 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.
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.
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).
8 Recommended only on processors slower than 200 MHz,
the system is heavily loaded with a faster proces-
sor, or if problems are experienced at 720x360.
9 Works on all supported printers except for Stylus
Color, Stylus Color Pro, Stylus Color Pro XL,
Stylus Color 1500, 1520, and 3000.
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.
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.
12 Works on Stylus Color 600, 800, 850, 1520, and
3000. Not recommended unless other 1440x720 modes
do not work.
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.
14 This is identical to 1440 x 720 Highest Quality
(1440x720hq) on the Stylus Color 900.
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 res-
olution is offered on the Stylus Photo 2100 and
2200, but may not work correctly.
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.
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.
The Stylus Pro printers (Stylus Pro 5000, 5500, 7000,
7500, 7600, 9000, 9500, 9600, and 10000) support addi-
tional 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. Sty-
lus Pro printers support the following resolutions:
Quality Description
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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
In addition, the Stylus Pro 7600 and 9600 printers support
the following resolutions:
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
PCL printers (including Hewlett-Packard and Lexmark 4076)
In addition, the Stylus Pro 7600 and 9600 printers support
the following resolutions:
Quality Description
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150dpi 150x150 DPI (should work on all printers)
300dpi 300x300 DPI (should work on all printers,
C-RET on DJ 850/855/870/890)
600x300dpi 600x300 DPI (DJ 6xx/810/812/840/842/895)
600mono 600x600 DPI monochrome (DJ 6xx (except
69x) /8xx/1100/1120)
600dpi 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.
Lexmark printers (other than the 4076)
Quality Description
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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)
Canon printers
1200 DPI printers (BJC 7000, BJC 7100, BJC 8500):
Quality Description
-------------------------------
300x300dpi 300x300 DPI
300x300dmt 300x300 DPI DMT
600x600dpi 600x600 DPI
600x600dmt 600x600 DPI DMT
1200x600dpi 1200x600 DPI
1200x1200dpi 1200x1200 DPI
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):
Quality Description
-------------------------------
360x360dpi 360x360 DPI
360x360dmt 360x360 DPI DMT
720x360dpi 720x360 DPI
720x720dpi 720x720 DPI
1440x720dpi 1440x720 DPI
1440x1440dpi 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 (roger@whin-
latter.uklinux.net)
SEE ALSOgimpprint-color(7), gimpprint-dithers(7), gimpprint-
imagetypes(7), gimpprint-inktypes(7), gimpprint-media-
sizes(7), gimpprint-mediasources(7), gimpprint-medi-
atypes(7), gimpprint-models(7).
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