Slow Color Output with DeskJet 500C (78993)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 3.0
  • Microsoft Windows 3.1
  • Microsoft Windows 3.11
This article was previously published under Q78993

SUMMARY

The Hewlett-Packard (HP) DeskJet 500C color inkjet printer prints color documents more slowly than it prints black-and-white documents. The changes made to Microsoft Windows version 3.1 to allow faster printing may increase the speed of color printing, but the listed speed rates will generally apply.

MORE INFORMATION

According to the "New HP DeskJet 500C Printer Product Brief" from Hewlett-Packard, operating the printer in Best Mode for color operation will result in a print speed of 7 minutes per page. The following information details the various print speeds available on the 500C: 
   Black Print Speed               Windows Color Print Speed
   -----------------               -------------------------
   Letter quality: 167 cps         Best Mode: 7 minutes per page (mpp)
   Draft quality: 240 cps          Normal Mode: 4 mpp
   Up to 3 pages/minute (draft)    Draft Mode: 3 mpp
Color mode takes so much longer than black-and-white mode because three passes must be made for each line in color mode as opposed to one pass per line in black-and-white mode.

The HP DeskJet 500C is manufactured by a vendor independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty, implied or otherwise, regarding this product's performance or reliability.

REFERENCES

The "New HP DeskJet 500C Printer Product Brief"
Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:7/19/2005
Keywords:KB78993
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