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.TH GIMPPRINT-INKTYPES 7 "@RELEASE_DATE@" "Version @GIMPPRINT_VERSION@" "Gimp-Print Manual Pages"
.SH NAME
gimpprint-inktypes \- Gimp-Print inkset types
.SH DESCRIPTION
Gimp-Print supports many different inksets, which are printer type specific.
The option names are case sensitive.  Two names are listed for each resolution;
the first (short) name is the \fIinktype\fP, and the second (long) name is
descriptive.  Not all ink types are supported on all printers.
.SH INK TYPES
.SS Epson and Lexmark (other than the 4076) printers
Six color printers can print using four color inks or all six colors.  Six
color mode is recommended for photographs.  Four color mode may be useful when
printing text with embedded graphics to reduce ink consumption, or to print
higher quality with Ordered, Fast, or Very Fast dithering (see below).
.PP
The "Composite" modes use only color inks (no black) to produce all colors and
black.  These ink types are rarely useful, but on certain types of paper they
may produce a smoother image than that produced by mixing black ink in.  The
Epson Stylus Color 1500 cannot mix black ink with colored inks; on this
printer, Three Color Composite must be used.
.PP
.TS
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lb lw(4i).
Ink Type	Description
_
Photo7	T{
.na
Seven Color Photo (CcMmYKk, for the Epson Stylus Photo 2100 and 2200, and
Stylus Pro 7600 and 9600)
T}
PhotoCMYK	Six Color Photo
PhotoCMY	Five Color Photo Composite
CMYK	Four Color Standard
RGB	Three Color Composite
Quadtone	T{
Quadtone grayscale inks (special third party inksets designed to produce
superior results for grayscale images)
T}
Gray2	T{
Two Level Grayscale (Kk, for the Epson stylus Photo 2100 and 2200, and Stylus
Pro 7600 and 9600)
.ad
T}
.TE
.SS Canon printers
.TS
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lb l.
Ink Type	Description
_
Gray	Black
RGB	Color
CMYK	Black/Color
PhotoCMY	Photo/Color
PhotoCMYK	Photo
.TE
.SS PCL (Hewlett-Packard and Lexmark 4076) color printers
.TS
li li
lb l.
Ink Type	Description
_
CMYK	Color + Black Cartridges
Photo	Color + Photo Cartridges (For Deskjet 69x only)
.TE
.PP
Black and white PCL printers (laser printers, in particular) do not
allow any value to be specified for the ink type.
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright \(co 2001 Michael Sweet (mike@easysw.com) and Robert Krawitz
(rlk@alum.mit.edu)
.PP
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
version.
.PP
This manual page was written by Roger Leigh (roger@whinlatter.uklinux.net)
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR gimpprint-color (7),
.BR gimpprint-dithers (7),
.BR gimpprint-imagetypes (7),
.BR gimpprint-mediasizes (7),
.BR gimpprint-mediasources (7),
.BR gimpprint-mediatypes (7),
.BR gimpprint-models (7),
.BR gimpprint-resolutions (7).
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