[Print quality]

Introduction

Select the best print quality for your type of document. The choice of the print quality affects the speed of the job and the toner coverage.

The print quality values between Océ printers and Canon imagePROGRAF printers differ. Find the values in the corresponding table below.

Print quality values for Océ colour printers

The print quality values for Océ colour printers depend on the printer type.

Select [Océ Print Assistant] for an automatic selection of an optimal print quality.

NOTE

For the Océ ColorWave 700, the Océ ColorWave 500, the Océ ColorWave 3700 and the Océ ColorWave 3500 select the print quality from [High speed] to [High quality], in which the quality increases while the speed decreases. In case of a fast and standard mode, the fast mode is faster and uses less toner than the standard mode, while the standard mode output has a higher toner coverage.

Print quality values of the Océ ColorWave 700/3700:

Print Quality	Type of document
[High speed]	CAD drawings.
[Economy - fast]	CAD drawings.
[Economy]	CAD drawings.
[Production - fast]	CAD, maps, or POP.
[Production]	CAD, maps, or POP.
[Quality - fast]	Posters or artwork (paperlike media).
[Quality]	Posters or artwork (paperlike media).
[High quality - fast]	Posters or artwork (special media).
[High quality]	Posters or artwork (special media).

Print quality values of the Océ ColorWave 500/3500:

Print Quality	Type of document
[High speed]	CAD drawings.
[Economy]	CAD drawings.
[Production]	CAD, maps, or POP.
[Quality]	Posters or artwork.

Print quality values of the Océ ColorWave 810/900/910/9000:

Print Quality	Type of document
[Normal - uniform areas]	Black and white posters with large uniform areas. Colour posters with large uniform areas, with less saturated colours.
[Normal - fine details]	CAD drawings in black and white.
[Enhanced - uniform areas]	Colour posters with large uniform areas, with highly saturated colours.
[Enhanced - fine details]	CAD and GIS drawings in colour.

Print quality values of the Océ ColorWave 550/600/650:

Print Quality	Type of document
[Economy]	Fast printing of 2D-CAD drawings.
[Production], [Production Plus]	Use [Production] for regular pints, such as high-quality 2D-CAD drawings and low coverage area prints (GIS). Select [Production Plus], when you want to reduce print artefacts on the output.
[Presentation]	Excellent quality printing of high coverage area prints, such as 3D-CAD, posters, photos.

Print quality values for Océ black and white printers

The print quality values for Océ black and white printers depend on the printer type.

Print quality values of the Océ PlotWave systems:

Print Quality	Type of document
[Standard]	Standard is the default value.
[Lines/text]	Line drawings. The lines are sharpened.
[Photo] (or [Poster] )	Large photos. The printed output is optimised for large grey areas.

The Océ PlotWave 900 system offers additional values completed by the suffix: [Fine raster]. Prefer this option if you notice that your printed document contains either:

lines that are too thick,
or grey areas that are printed too dark,
or when the text is less sharp than expected.

Print quality values for Canon imagePROGRAF printers

Select the best print quality value for your type of document.