Canon BJC-8500 - Manual (Page 116)

Some advice about colour printing 111
Some advice about
colour printing
Printing speed and colour
Printing in colour affects the speed with which the printer creates an image.
Many factors affect printing speed:
■ Choice of colour and the number of colours on a page
■ Computer processing speed
■ Amount of computer memory available
■ The software application
■ Complexity of the page being printed
■ Coverage (the amount of the page covered by ink)
■ Print options selected in the print setup feature
■ Resolution selected for printing with the print setup feature
■ The print mode that you are using
■ Whether or not a print spooling program is being used
To improve printing speed, try one of the following measures:
■ Increase the amount of memory in your computer
■ To free more memory space, use only one software application at a time
in a multi-task environment
■ Limit the number of colours used on a page
■ Limit the number of colours to the primary colours: black, cyan, magenta,
yellow
■ When you are in a hurry, use draft mode printing
■ Print drafts in black only, or use draft colour mode. This will speed up
printing and reduce your colour BJ Cartridge ink consumption
Be sure to review the problems associated with colour printing
described under
Troubleshooting. ( ☞ 113)