Printer Software Functions / For Windows Users

Making Settings on the Layout Menu

Making the Reduce/Enlarge setting
Making Double-Sided Printing Settings
Making the Multi-Page setting
Making the N-up setting
Making the Poster setting
Making the Watermark setting

You can make Reduce/Enlarge, Double-Sided Printing, Multi-Page, and Watermark settings on the Layout menu. Refer to the appropriate section below.

Making the Reduce/Enlarge setting

Use the Reduce/Enlarge options on the Layout menu to fit your document to the paper size that you will print on.

You can select from the following settings:

Normal	Prints your document at its normal size.
Fit to Page	Proportionally enlarges or reduces the size of your document to make it fit the paper size you select in the Paper Size list on the Paper menu.
Custom	Allows you to manually reduce or enlarge an image. Click the arrows next to the Scale to box to select a percentage between 10% and 400%.

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Making Double-Sided Printing Settings

The EPSON Stylus Photo 925 supports double-sided printing. There are two types of double-sided printing available. Standard double-sided printing allows you to print the odd-numbered pages first. Once these pages are printed, they can be reloaded to print the even-numbered pages onto the opposite side of the paper. Folded Booklet double-sided printing allows you to make single-fold booklets. Refer to the appropriate section below.

Note:

The double-sided printing feature is not available when the printer is accessed over a network, or is used as a shared printer.

Depending on the media type, stacks of up to 30 sheets can be loaded into the sheet feeder during double-sided printing.

Only use media types which are suitable for double-sided printing. Otherwise, the printout quality may deteriorate.

Depending on the type of paper and the amount of ink used to print text and images, ink may bleed through to the other side of the paper.

The surface of the paper may be smeared during the double-sided printing.

Standard double-sided printing

Follow the steps below to print odd and even numbered pages onto opposite sides of the sheet.

Select the Double-Sided Printing check box from the Layout menu of your printer driver.

Accessing the Printer Software for Windows

Click the Margins button. The following dialog box will appear.

Specify the edge of the paper where the binding will be placed. You can choose between Left, Top, and Right.

Specify the width of the binding margin using the Binding Margin text box. You can specify any width from 3 mm to 30 mm.

Note:

The actual binding margin may vary from the specified settings depending on your application. Experiment with a few sheets to examine actual results prior to printing the entire job.

Click OK to return to the Layout menu, then click OK to save your settings.

Load paper in the sheet feeder, then send the print job from your application. Instructions for generating the even-numbered pages will be displayed while the odd-numbered pages are output.

Follow the instructions displayed to reload the paper, or reload the paper as shown in the illustration below.

Note:

The paper may curl during printing due to the amount of ink used. Should this occur, slightly curl the sheets in the opposite direction prior to reloading them into the printer.

Align the sheet stack by tapping its edges against a hard, flat surface prior to reloading the stack into the printer.

Follow the instructions provided when reloading the printouts. Paper jams or improperly placed binding margins may occur if the printouts are not reloaded correctly.

In the event of a paper jam, refer to Paper Does Not Feed Correctly.

Once the paper is reloaded, click Resume to print the even-numbered pages.

Folded Booklet double-sided printing

You can also make single-fold booklets using the double-sided printing feature. To create a single-fold booklet, the pages that appear on the outside (after the booklet is folded) are printed first. The pages that will appear inside the booklet can then be printed after the paper is reloaded into the printer as shown in the illustration below.

Single-fold booklet

: Binding Edge

A booklet can be created by printing pages 1 and 4 on the first sheet of paper, pages 5 and 8 on the second sheet of paper, and pages 9 and 12 on the third sheet of paper. After these sheets are reloaded into the sheet feeder, you can then print pages 2 and 3 on the back of the first sheet of paper, pages 6 and 7 on the back of the second sheet of paper, and pages 10 and 11 on the back of the third sheet of paper. The resulting pages can then be folded and bound together into a booklet.

Use the following steps to create a booklet as described above.

Select the Double-Sided Printing check box from the Layout menu, then select the Folded Booklet check box.

Click the Margins button. The Margins dialog box will appear.

Specify the edge of the paper where the binding will be placed. You can choose from Left, Top, and Right.

Note:

When Portrait is selected as the Orientation setting on the Main menu of your printer driver, Left or Right binding positions are available. The Top binding position is supported when Landscape is selected as the Orientation setting.

Specify the width of the binding margin using the Binding Margin text box. You can specify any width from 3 mm to 30 mm. The specified margin width will be used on both sides of the fold. For example, if a 10-mm margin is specified, a 20-mm margin will be inserted (a margin of 10 mm will be placed on each side of the fold).

Portrait

Landscape

: Folding Edge

: Margin

Click OK to return to the Layout menu, then click OK to save your settings.

Make sure that paper is loaded in the sheet feeder and send the print job from your application.

Instructions for printing the inside pages will be displayed while the outside pages are output. Follow the on-screen instructions for reloading the paper, or refer to the illustration in the previous section titled Standard double-sided printing.

Once the paper is reloaded, click Resume to print the inside pages.

Once printing is complete, fold the sheets and bind them together using a stapler or other binding method.

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Making the Multi-Page setting

Selecting the Multi-Page check box allows you to choose between the N-up and Poster settings. Refer to the appropriate section below.

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Making the N-up setting

Select N-up as the Multi-Page setting on the Layout menu to print two or four pages of your document on one sheet of paper.

To print more than one page on a sheet of paper, you should make the following settings:

2 Pages 4 Pages	Prints two or four pages of your document on a single piece of paper.
Page Order	Opens the Print Layout dialog box, where you can specify the order in which the pages will be printed on the sheet of paper. Some settings may be unavailable, depending upon your Orientation selection on the Paper menu.
Print page frames	Prints a frame around each page that is printed on the sheet of paper.

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Making the Poster setting

A single document page can be enlarged to cover 4, 9, or 16 printed sheets of paper. Select Poster as the Multi-Page setting to print a poster-size image.

Click the Settings button to adjust the way your poster is printed. The Poster Settings dialog box opens.

You can make the following settings:

Print Cutting Guides	Check this box to turn the cutting guide options on.
Overlapping Alignment Marks	Slightly overlaps the images and prints alignment markers so that they can be aligned more precisely.
Trim Lines	Prints border lines on the images to guide you when trimming the pages.

If you only want to print a few of the panels without printing the entire poster, click the panels that you do not wish to print, then click OK to close the Poster Settings dialog box.

How to make a poster from your printouts

Here is an example of how to make a poster from 4 sheets of your printout. Refer to the accompanying illustrations as well.

Vertically cut the margin of Sheet 1 along the line connecting the alignment markers as shown in the illustration.

Place Sheet 1 on Sheet 2 and align the cross markers on both sheets, then temporarily tape them from the back side of the paper.

Cut off the taped sheets along the line between the alignment markers.

Align the paper using the alignment markers and tape them from the back side of the paper.

Repeat the instructions from step 1 to step 4 to tape Sheets 3 and 4 as well.

Repeat the instructions from step 1 to step 4 to tape the top and bottom faces of the paper.

Cut off the remaining margins.

Warning:

Be careful when using edged tools.

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Making the Watermark setting

To print a watermark on your document, click anywhere in the Watermark list box on the Layout menu, and select from the list of predefined watermarks that appears.

You can also add your own text-based or image-based watermarks to the Watermark list. To add a watermark, click the Add/Del button. The following dialog box appears.

Refer to the appropriate section below to finish creating a custom watermark.

Creating an image-based watermark

Follow the steps below to create an image-based watermark.

Select BMP.

Click the Browse button to specify the bitmap file you want to use, then click OK.

Type a name for your watermark in the Name box, then click Save. Click OK to return to the Layout menu.

Creating a text-based watermark

Follow the steps below to create a text-based watermark.

Select Text.

Type your text in the Text box. The text that you enter will also be assigned to the watermark as the watermark name.

If you want to change the watermark name, type a new name in the Name box, then click Save. Click OK to return to the Layout menu.

Making settings for your watermark

Follow the steps below to make settings for your watermark.

Select the desired watermark in the Watermark list box from the Layout menu.

Click the Settings button. The following dialog box appears.

Make sure that the appropriate watermark is selected in the Watermark list box, then make Color, Position, Density, Size, Font, Font Style, and Angle settings. For details, please see online help. Your settings will be reflected in the display at the left side of the dialog box.

When you are finished making settings, click OK.

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