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Improving print speed
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There are different ways to improve print speed, such as by upgrading to EtherTalk on a Macintosh, to Novell on a PC, or to TCP/IP on a workstation. For more information, request a document catalog from HAL or EuroHAL, the Xerox automated fax systems. Refer to If you need help for instructions on using these systems.
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Relative port speed
Ethernet and Token Ring are the fastest ports, followed by the parallel port, the LocalTalk port, then the serial port.
Fastest print time
The total print time depends on the following:
- Image complexity
- Image size
- Type of port used and network traffic
- Printer's memory configuration
- Print quality mode
- Fusing mode
- If Image Smoothing is activated
- Number of non-resident fonts used
Of these elements, only the time contributed by the printer's paper-marking speed (the time it takes the printer to put the ink on the paper once it has received the processed image) is predictable; the others can vary greatly depending on your system configuration and the type of image you are printing. However, the printer printer's PostScript interpreter combines very fast image processing and communication with sophisticated memory management to keep the total print time to a minimum.
The printer's optimum image processing throughput via a dedicated Ethernet connection is about 200 Kbytes per second. Actual throughput will generally be somewhat slower than this, depending on network traffic, image complexity, color correction, and memory configuration. For details on the printer's paper-marking speed, see Specifications.
Printing bitmapped images
If you tried to print a document with bitmapped images, but are dissatisfied with the speed of the output, here are some suggestions.
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All users
- When you use any color correction option (other than None), your printer can take longer to process bitmapped images. Select color corrections from the supported drivers, with downloadable utility files, or from the printer's front panel; see Color corrections for instructions.
- The Standard print quality option prints faster than Enhanced. Select print quality modes from the supported drivers, with downloadable utility files, or from the printer's front panel. See Print quality modes for details on the print quality modes.
Macintosh users
- If you are using Adobe Photoshop, you can print using the Xerox PhaserPrint plug-in to improve the image data transfer time from your Macintosh to the printer. For instructions on installing and using the plug-in, refer to Using the PhaserPrint Plug-in for Photoshop and World Wide Web topics.
Windows 3.1 users (using the Xerox driver)
- From the Control Panel, double-click Printers.
- Select the Xerox Phaser 600 printer in the Printers dialog box.
- Disable Use Print Manager in the Printers dialog box. Printing via the Print Manager is slower, but turning it off ties up the PC longer.
- From the Printers dialog box, click Setup.
- From the Setup dialog box, click Options.
- From the Options dialog box, click Advanced.
- Make sure that the Use PostScript Level 2 Features check box in the Advanced Options dialog box is turned on.
- From your application, choose the Xerox Phaser 600 as your printer.
- Try printing the document again.
Windows 95 users
- Click the Start icon in the taskbar on your screen; a menu appears.
- Move the cursor over Settings; another menu appears.
- In the menu, click Printers; the Printers window appears.
- In the Printers window, select the Phaser 600 printer icon, then select Properties from the File menu.
- Click the PostScript tab, then click the Advanced button.
- Select Use PostScript Level 2 features.
- Click OK when finished.
- Try printing the document again.
UNIX workstation users
Workstation users can use the PhaserPrint software for UNIX to increase printer performance when printing bitmapped images. Refer to Printing from UNIX workstations for details.
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