Enhanced Print Settings

Click the Settings button to see options for enhanced print settings.
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Bi-Directional Printing

When Bi-Directional Printing is checked, the print head prints in both directions offering faster print speeds. When unchecked, the print head will only print in one direction giving higher quality printouts, but slower printing speeds.

Color Enhancement (True2Life®)

Checking Color Enhancement (True2Life®) option enables the True2Life® feature. This feature analyzes your image to improve its sharpness, white balance and color density. This process may take several minutes depending on the size of the image and the specifications of your PC.
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Color Density
Adjusts the total amount of color in the image. You can increase or decrease the amount of color in an image to improve a washed out or weak looking picture.
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White Balance
Adjusts the hue of the white areas of an image. Lighting, camera settings and other influences will effect the appearance of white. The white areas of a picture may be slightly pink, yellow or some other color. By adjusting the white balance you can adjust those white areas.
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Sharpness
Enhances the detail of an image, similar to adjusting the fine focus on a camera. If the image is not in true focus and you cannot see the fine details of the picture, then adjust the sharpness.
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Auto Image Enhance
Allows alteration of individual picture settings to improve the printed image and analyzes data from surrounding or neighboring pixels in the document.
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Brightness
Adjusts the brightness of the whole image. To lighten or darken the image, move the scroll bar to the left or right.
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Contrast
Adjusts the contrast of an image. This will make darker areas darker and lighter areas lighter. Increase the contrast when you want an image to be clearer. Decrease the contrast when you want an image to be more subdued.
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Red
Increases the intensity of Red in the image to make the image redder.
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Green
Increases the intensity of Green in the image to make the image greener.
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Blue
Increases the intensity of Blue in the image to make the image bluer.

Improve Pattern Printing (Windows® 2000/XP only)

Select the Improve Pattern Printing option if the pattern of printed fills are different from the pattern of the fills you see on your PC.