Sharp AL-840 - Manual (Page 17)

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Printing
SETTING PRINT CONDITIONS FROM PRINTER DRIVER
Tricks
The Tricks tab is used to accommodate programs that interface with printer drivers in non-
standard ways. Most users need never access these options.
Color Document Check this option if the application does not recognize the inherent
color-handling capabilities of your printer. One application that
requires this setting to be on is Microsoft PowerPoint. (default
setting: mark)
Graphics In general, if performance when rendering complex graphics is
either very slow, or yields unsatisfactory output, you should try
toggling setting. (default setting: mark)
Dither Text With the Dither Text option on (default), your printer gives you
accurate grays even if it has to dither them. You get exactly what
you ask for. However, small dithered text is difficult to read. With
the Dither Text option off, your printer maps text and lines to the
nearest gray. (default setting: mark)
Dither Line With the Dither Lines option on (default), your printer gives you
accurate grays even if it has to dither them. You get exactly what
you ask for. However, fine dithered lines appear dashed instead
of solid. With the Dither Lines option off, your printer maps text
and lines to the nearest gray. (default setting: mark)
Accept Larger Bitmap When an application sends a bitmap fill pattern (also called a
Pattern “pattern brush”) to the printer, the expected, standard size is 8
pixels square. Some applications are able to send larger patterns.
If Accept Larger Bitmap Pattern is on, and you encounter output
where your bitmap fills have repeating pattern anomalies in them,
try turning it off. (default setting: non-mark)
Scale Your printer has a process that automatically enlarges the bitmap
fill patterns so that the output more closely matches the screen.
Scale 0: patterns that come from a VGA system (96x96 logical
pixels per inch) are enlarged three times to (almost) match the
300x300 dpi of a laser printer. Scale 1: no scaling. You can also
force your printer to scale by 2,3,4, or more times. (default
setting: 0)
TrueType Turning the TrueType checkbox on speeds up handling of
TrueType fonts by sending them as text. With this option off, fonts
are handled as graphics. If you are printing with characters found
in language like Japanese or Chinese (also called double-byte
characters), the True Type checkbox should be off. (default
setting: mark)
Adobe Type manager The Adobe Type Manager checkbox accesses a “back door” to
ATM. Turning this option on uses this back door to speed up
handling of Type 1 PostScript fonts by handling them as text.
With this option turned off, fonts are handled as graphics. (default
setting: non-mark)