HP Deskjet 5650 Printer series - selecting a print quality

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selecting a print quality

The printer offers two methods for selecting a print quality:

printer software

print quality selector

printer software

Follow these steps to select a print quality from the printer software:

1. Open the

Printer Properties

dialog box.

2. Select the

Paper/Quality

tab.

3. Select one of the following from the

Print Quality

drop-down list:

Use Print Quality Selector

: Enables the

Print Quality Selector

button.

FastDraft

: Prints at the fastest printing speed while using the least amount of ink.

Fast Normal

: Prints faster than

Normal

mode and at a higher print quality than

FastDraft

.

Normal

: Prints faster than Best and at a higher quality than Fast Normal. This

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mode is appropriate for most print jobs and is the minimum print quality required
to use

digital photography options

.

Best

: Provides high quality printing.

Maximum dpi

: Provides highest quality printing but requires longer to print than

Best and requires a large amount of disk space

print quality selector

Use the

Print Quality Selector

button to set print quality and print speed from the front of

the printer.

1. print quality selector button

enabling the print quality selector button

Before using the Print Quality Selector button, you must enable it from the printer software.

Follow these steps to enable the

Print Quality Selector

button:

1. Open the

Printer Properties

dialog box.

2. Select the

Paper/Quality

tab.

3. Select

Use Print Quality Selector

from the

Print Quality

drop-down list.

4. Click

OK

.

using the print quality selector button

Use the Print Quality Selector button to specify the print quality for documents you plan to
print. You cannot change the print quality for a document once the document begins
printing.

Follow these steps to use the

Print Quality Selector

button:

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1. Verify that the Print Quality Selector button is enabled from the printer software.

2. Press the

Print Quality Selector

button to select one of the following print qualities:

Fast
Normal

Normal

Best

FastDraft and Maximum dpi can only be selected from the

printer

software

. If a document is printed in either the FastDraft or Maximum dpi

mode, the currently selected print quality icon flashes until the
documented is finished printing.

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The Print Quality Selector icons light up or flash to indicate the selected print quality:

if...

then...

One icon is lit

The illuminated icon is the selected print quality.

One icon is lit and another flashes

The illuminated icon is the selected print quality

for the current print job.
The flashing icon is the selected print quality for

the next print job.

One icon flashes

Either

FastDraft

or

Maximum dpi

has been

selected as the print quality from the printer

software.