Black Ice Software has released new Photo quality filters (dithering) to Improve FAX resolution and produce high-quality and high-resolution Black & White images for printing in the latest Printer Drivers!

For any customers using the Printer Driver for faxing, it is highly recommended to update to version 16.72.

Black Ice Software added several new filtering (dithering) methods such as; Floyd-Steinberg High Quality, Jarvis-Judice-Ninke high Quality, and Ordered Clustered dithering methods. In addition, we added a new Graphic Fax Resolution “204x196 DPI Fine Fax Downscaled”.

For Faxing, the default Photo Quality (dithering) settings in the Black Ice Printer Driver provide a good balance between file size and quality for an average documents mainly consisting of black text on white background with a few images (logos) here and there.
However, when printing Medical documents with very small fonts, such as 5 point gray text for archiving or faxing, the default dithering settings might not produce legible/readable fax. The solution is the “204x196 DPI Fine Fax Downscaled” resolution, with Floyd-Steinberg High Quality, and Intensity: 50.

The complete list of improvements in the latest Printer Driver includes the following:

DATE : 10-08-2021
Version : 16.72 (revision: 2722)

• Automatically optimizing the Photo Quality (Dithering) settings for faxing when the "Create Faxable Image" option is used. (#14479)
• Added "204x196 DPI Fine Fax Downscaled" option, to make small text in certain documents bolder for faxing. (#14479)

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