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NAME

       gimpprint-resolutions - Gimp-Print print resolutions


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.


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.  Char-
       acteristics of specific models and individual printers may  affect  the
       orderings to some degree; on many printers, with certain papers, unidi-
       rectional printing will improve quality substantially 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 per-
       form 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 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 eventu-
       ally 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 pur-
       poses:

              Resolution   Recommended use
              ------------------------------------------------------
              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 Sty-
       lus Pro (5000, 5500, 7000, 7500, 9000, 9500, and 10000) printers.  Res-
       olutions  for those printers are listed in a later section.  Please see
       the notes at the end of this section.

       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)

       *      This resolution is the default on all printers  supporting  this
              setting.

       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.

       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 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.

       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 processor, 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  out-
              put, which may be important on a heavily loaded system or a pro-
              cessor 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 recom-
              mended 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 resolu-
              tion  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 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:

       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

       In addition, the Stylus Pro 7600 and 9600 printers support the  follow-
       ing 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 follow-
       ing resolutions:

       Quality      Description
       -------------------------------------------------------
       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
       ---------------------------------------------------------

       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@whinlat-
       ter.uklinux.net)


SEE ALSO

       gimpprint-color(7),   gimpprint-dithers(7),    gimpprint-imagetypes(7),
       gimpprint-inktypes(7),     gimpprint-mediasizes(7),    gimpprint-media-
       sources(7), gimpprint-mediatypes(7), gimpprint-models(7).

Version 4.2.5                     24 Jan 2003         GIMPPRINT-RESOLUTIONS(7)

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