Change the Print Quality Settings (Mac OS X)

The Quality settting controls how finely ink droplets are placed on the printed page. Depending on the type of paper being used a higher Print Quality setting does not always insure a better print. Print speed will decrease as the Print Quality setting is increased. Follow the instructions below to change the print quality settings in the Canon printer driver for the Mac OS X operating system through a printing application.

1. From the 'File' menu, select 'Print' to open the Print dialog box..
   
   
   
   
2. In the Printer pop-up menu, select the printer you are using.
   
   
   
   
3. In the third pop-up menu, select 'Quality & Media'.
   
   
   
   
4. In Print Quality, select one of the choices, High, Standard or Fast according to your printing purpose. If you want to specify it by yourself, select 'Custom' radio button.
   
   
   
   
5. In the Custom setting, adjust the balance of print quality and print speed, using the ' Quality' slide bar.
   
   
   
   
   Note: Move the slide bar to the right to improve the print quality. Move it to the left to increase the print speed.
   
   

   Note: There are five levels in Print Quality, but some media types cannot utilize all of them.
   

   Halftoning:
   You can express halftone in the following two ways: Dither or Diffusion.
   

   Dither:
   Halftones can be created by arranging series of dots according to defined algorithms. This option is used for printing graphics where boundaries should be emphasized such as business graphs.
   

   Diffusion:
   Halftones are created by arranging dots in random order. This option is used for printing photos or graphics with fine gradations.

   
   
   
6. When the setting is finished, click 'Print' to perform printing.