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Enhancing photo print quality

Follow these basic guidelines to print high-quality photos from the All-In-One:

• Use photo paper. You can improve printout quality by using specialty photo paper. Look for photo paper brands made for inkjet printing:
• Inkjet photo paper—Provides photographic quality reproduction of illustrations, scanned images, and digital photography.
• High resolution inkjet paper—Excellent for reproduction of images and graphics. A special coating provides vivid, sharp output.
• Use a photo cartridge. For more information, see Print cartridges.
• Maximize the settings in the software application to obtain the highest photo print quality.

Enhancing photo print quality for basic printing jobs:

1. From the software application, click File  Print.
2. From the pop-up menu that says "Copies & Pages", choose Quality & Media.
   1. From the "Media Type" pop-up menu, select Glossy/Photo.
   2. From the Print Quality area, select Photo.

Enhancing photo print quality for scanning and copying jobs:

1. Open the Lexmark 3300 Series Center. The Lexmark 3300 Series Center Main Page appears.
2. If you are copying, select the Copy tab.
   1. From the Copy Quality area, select Photo.
   2. From "Output Paper Type:" menu, choose Glossy/Photo.
   3. Click Preview/Edit to fine-tune the copy settings. Go to the Copy dialog for details.

If you are scanning, select the Scan tab.

1. From the "What is being scanned?" menu, select Photo.
2. From the "How will the scanned image be used?" pop-up menu, choose To be printed or To be viewed on monitor/Web page. Photo scanning is optimized based on this selection.
3. Click Preview/Edit.
4. From the Settings tab, make sure you select one of the preset scan settings appropriate for the photo:
   • Color Photo - Print
   • Color Photo - Web
   • Black and White Photo

   Note:

   Select Custom Settings to manually adjust the color depth, resolution and set a descreen option.

5. Select the Adjustments tab and fine-tune the scan settings. Go to the Scan tab for details.

Related topics

Adjusting color settings

Paper type sensor

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