Xerox 560 User Manual

 

There are different ways to improve print speed, such as by upgrading to 
EtherTalk on a Macintosh, to Novell NetWare on a PC, or to TCP/IP on a 
workstation.  For more information, request a document catalog from HAL 
or EuroHAL, the Tektronix automated fax systems. Refer to page 7-3 for 
instructions on using these systems. 

 

Ethernet and Token Ring are the fastest ports, followed by the parallel port, 
the LocalTalk port, then the serial port.

 

The total print time depends on the following:

 

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Image complexity

 

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Image size

 

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Type of port used and network traffic

 

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Printer’s memory configuration

 

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Print quality mode selected

 

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Color correction mode selected

 

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 is activated

 

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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 toner 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 Phaser 560 printer’s PostScript interpreter combines 
very fast image processing and communication with sophisticated memory 
management to keep the total print time to a minimum.  

For the fastest printing speed, refer to “Using simple color conversions” on 
page 5-23.