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Designing Labels
Change Printer Settings
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Change Dithering Options
Dithering is a process of converting color or gray scale pictures to black and white pictures
that can be printed on thermal printers. Thermal printers normally cannot print color images
and can either print a dot on the label or not. There are no intermediate shades of gray.
During the dithering process all colors and shades of gray in the picture are converted to black
and white dots, creating the illusion of new colors and shades by varying the pattern of dots.
Different shades of gray are produced by varying the patterns of black and white dots. There
are no gray dots at all. In printing, dithering is usually called halftoning. Shades of gray are
called halftones.
To change the dithering settings, do the following:
1. From the File menu, select Printer Settings.
The window with the printer settings will open.
2. Open the Dithering tab.
3. Change the Dithering Type option to suit your needs. Look at the preview on the right side
to see the result of your selection on the label.
4. Click the OK button.
5. Save the label by clicking the button in the Standard toolbar or selecting Save in the
File menu.