ChoosingPaperforPrinting
ChoosingPaperforPrinting
ChoosingaPaperforPrinting
Choosingtherightpaperforyourparticularprintingapplicationwillgiveyouthebestprintingresults.
MediaType
Theprinterandprinterdriverofferprintsettingsoptimizedforvariouspapercharacteristics.
Note
•Forinformationonthetypesofpapertheprintersupports,refertothePaperReferenceGuide.(→P.95)
•Thetypesofpaperindicatedintheprinterdriverandrelatedsoftware(aswellasontheControl
Panel)areupdatedwhenyouinstalltheMediaCongurationToolfromtheUserSoftwareCD-ROM
orifyouchangepaperinformationbyusingtheMediaCongurationTool.Forinformationaboutthe
MediaCongurationTool,seetheMediaCongurationTool(Windows)orMediaCongurationTool
(Macintosh).
•AnerrormessagemaybedisplayedontheprinterControlPanelifthetypeofpaperasspeciedin
theprinterdriverdoesnotmatchthetypespeciedontheprinter.Althoughyoucanprintunderthese
conditions,theprintingresultsmaynotbesuitable.
Ifthepapertypeisnotlistedforselection
Ifthetypeofpaperloadedisnotlistedamongtheoptionsforselection,tryprintingonSpecial1,Special2,
andsoon.Notethathighernumbersinthissettingenablemorevividcolorsbutmayalsocausecolorsto
runtogether.
Forinstructionsonspecifyingthepapertypebeforeprinting,refertothefollowingtopics.
•ChangingtheTypeofPaper(→P.195)
194EnhancedPrintingOptions
