To obtain the highest speed while retaining print quality when printing from Windows 95:

1. Print directly to the printer, rather than spooling the print job.

   To print directly to the printer under Windows 95:

   • Open My Computer on the Windows 95 desktop.
   • Open Printers.
   • Using the right mouse button, click on the printer you want to print to. A pop-up menu is displayed.
   • Choose Properties from the pop-up menu. The property sheet of the printer is displayed.
   • Click the Details tab, then the Spool Settings button. The Spool Settings box is displayed.
   • Click Print directly to the printer and click OK.
   • On the Details tab, click the Port Settings button.
   • Uncheck Spool MS-DOS Print Jobs and click OK.

     Note: Some programs work better when you spool the print job, rather than printing directly to the printer. However, Design Essentials works better printing directly to the printer.

     Note: For extremely high quality printing, set the resolution to 720x720. Note, however, that this increases the amount of time it takes to print a design.

   
   
2. If you are printing to a Canon BJC-610, you must manually adjust some settings to ensure optimum quality printing. All other Canon BJC printers are automatically set up correctly.
   
   
   • In the BJC-610 properties sheet, click the Graphics and Color tab.
   • Set the color mode to Manually Set Color. The Manual Color Settings box is displayed.
   • Check the Disable Color Matching checkbox and press OK, then set halftoning to Smooth.
   • Click the Quality tab.
   • Set your printer resolution to 360x360, the media choice to Plain Paper, and print quality to High Quality Graphics.
   • Click OK.