Operation Manual

Printing basics | 603
To print to a PostScript device
1
Click File Print.
2 Click the General tab.
3 In the Destination area, choose a PostScript printer from the Printer list box.
4 Click the PostScript tab.
5 From the list box in the Compatibility area, choose the PostScript level that corresponds to the printer.
If you want to compress bitmaps when printing, choose an option from the Compression type list box in the Bitmaps area. If you
choose JPEG compression, you can move the JPEG quality slider to adjust the compression.
Bitmap compression settings can be saved in PostScript Interpreted (PS or PRN) files when you print to a file using a PostScript driver.
For information about printing to a file, see “To print to a file” on page 610.
To test fountain fills for banding
1
Click File Print.
2 Click the Preflight tab.
If there are no print job issues, the tab name displays as No issues.
3 Click Settings.
4 Double-click Printing.
5 Enable the Banded fountain fills check box.
If you want to optimize fountain fills to reduce complexity, enable the Optimize fountain fills check box on the PostScript tab.
Testing fountain fills for banding applies only to linear fountain fills.
To automatically increase fountain steps
1
Click File Print.
2 Click the PostScript tab.
3 Enable the Auto increase fountain steps check box.
To reduce curve complexity
1
Click File Print.
2 Click the PostScript tab.
3 Enable the Auto increase flatness check box.
Reducing curve complexity can help alleviate printing problems caused by curves that have too many nodes on each curve, but it
results in increased printing time.
To set color separations and font warning options
1
Click Tools Options.
2 In the list of categories, double-click Global, and click Printing.
3 Choose Spot color separations warning from the Special settings list.