Printer Software Functions / For Windows

Making Settings on the Main Menu

Making Basic settings
Making Advanced settings

You can make Quality Type, Paper Options, Print Options, Orientation and Advanced settings and check the ink levels. Refer to the appropriate section below.

Making Basic settings

Quality Type

Under Quality Type on the Main menu, five levels of control over the printer software are available.

You can select one of the following quality types.

Draft	For economical, high-speed printing.
Text	For medium-quality, standard text printing.
Text & Image	For high-quality, standard text and graphics printing.
Photo	For high-quality photographic printing.
Best Photo	For top-quality photographic printing.

Paper Options

Sheet

Select this to leave a 3-mm margin on both the right and the left sides of the paper.

Roll

Select this to leave a 3-mm margin on both the right and the left sides of roll paper.

The Roll Paper Options dialog box appears when Roll is selected. See Printing on Roll Paper for the details.

Type

Select the Type setting that matches the media loaded in the printer.

The Type setting determines what other settings are available, so you should always make this setting first.

To find out what media type you are using, find your media in the Media Type Settings list.

Media Type Settings

Size

Select the paper size that you want to use. You can also add a custom paper size.

Borderless

Select this check box when you want to print without margins. With this feature, you can print to all four edges of the paper.

See Borderless Printing for the details.

Print Options

PhotoEnhance

This mode applies image correction settings specially designed for scanned or digitally captured photos.

Reverse Order

Lets you print your documents in reverse order, starting with the last page.

Print Preview

Lets you see a preview of your document before printing.

When you send a print job to the printer, the EPSON Print Preview window opens, allowing you to make changes before printing.

The EPSON Print Preview toolbar contains several icon buttons that you can use to perform the following functions.

Icon	Button name	Function
	Drag 'n' Drop	Click this button to select and move watermarks.
	Zoom	Click this button to enlarge or reduce the size of the previewed page.
	Fit To Screen	Click this button to scale the previewed page so that it fits the size of the window. This is convenient when you want to see the entire page at one time.
	Maximum Zoom	Click this button to display the previewed page at the maximum possible zoom ratio.
	Printable Area On/Off	Click this button to display or hide the borderlines which indicate the printable area. The printer cannot print anything which is outside of this area.
	Watermark	Click this button to open the Watermark dialog box, where you can add watermarks to the document and change any of the current watermark settings.
	Reset Watermark Settings	Click this button to return all watermark settings to what they were when the EPSON Print Preview dialog box was first opened. If no settings have been changed, this feature is not available.
	Previous Page	Click this button to display the page before the one currently being previewed. If there is no previous page, this feature is not available.
	Next Page	Click this button to display the next page in the document. If there is no next page, this feature is not available.

You can also manipulate the previewed document in the following ways:

Select and preview individual pages.

Reduce or enlarge the size of the preview window.

Magnify the previewed document. Click Magnify on the View menu to open the Magnify window, which magnifies the area of the previewed document that is outlined by the red box. By dragging the red box, you can change which part of the document is magnified.

View the individual pages that comprise a poster. The Poster window opens automatically when you send a print job while Poster Printing is selected under Multi-Page on the Page Layout menu. From this window, you can view the individual panels that make up a poster. You can also open this dialog box by clicking Poster on the View menu.

Apply watermarks. The watermark that you select will be displayed on the previewed image. For detailed information on customizing watermarks, see Watermark.

Specify which pages of the document you would like to print. To add or remove a page, click the page icon in the list at the left side of the preview window, and then add or remove it using the commands on the Print Options menu.

After you have previewed the document, click Print to print the document, or click Cancel to cancel printing.

Orientation

Select Portrait (tall) or Landscape (wide) to change the orientation of your printout.

Show Settings

When you click Show Settings, the Current Setting window appears. To hide the window, click Hide Settings on the Main menu or Close in the Current Setting window.

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Making Advanced settings

The settings in the Advanced dialog box give you complete control over your printing environment. Use these settings to experiment with new printing ideas or to fine-tune a range of print settings to meet your individual needs. Once you are satisfied with your new settings, you can give them a name and add them to the Custom Settings.

Note:

Advanced settings are recommended for experienced users only. Incorrect settings can reduce print speed or quality.

The screen captures in this procedure are taken from Windows 98. The Windows Me, XP, and 2000 screen captures may differ slightly.

Some settings may not be available, depending on the Paper Source, Media Type, Ink, and Print Quality settings that you make.

The PhotoEnhance feature only affects images, not text or graphs. For example, if Monochrome is chosen from the Tone list (available when PhotoEnhance is selected), only the images in a document will be printed in monochrome. Any colored text or graphs in the same document will be printed in color.

To open the Advanced menu, click Advanced on the Main menu. If the following Note dialog box appears, click Continue.

Paper & Quality Options

You can select paper source, media type, print quality, paper size and borderless printing.

Note:

The availability of the Print Quality setting depends on the Media Type setting. Therefore, make the Media Type setting before you set the Print Quality.

Orientation

Select Portrait (tall) or Landscape (wide) to change the orientation of your printout.

Print Options

Reverse order

Lets you print your documents in reverse order, starting with the last page.

Minimize Margins

Increases the printable area.

Note:

When the Minimize Margins check box is selected, the print quality may decline at the edges of the printout. Before printing large jobs using this setting, print a single sheet to confirm quality.

When the Minimize Margins check box is selected, make sure that the paper loaded in the sheet feeder is not curled.

High Speed

Activates bidirectional printing so your printer prints both left-to-right and right-to-left. High Speed mode speeds up printing, but decreases print quality.

Black Ink Only

Prints your printout in black and white or grayscale.

Edge Smoothing

Improves the print quality of low-resolution images by smoothing jagged edges and lines. This setting has no effect on high-resolution images or on text.

Print Preview

Shows a preview of your document before printing.

Color Management

Color Controls

For use with the color matching and image enhancement methods provided by the printer driver. When you select Color Controls, additional settings appear under Color Management, allowing you to select a Color Mode setting and to adjust the Color Enhancement sliders.

Gamma

To control image contrast by modifying the midtones and mid-level grays.

Note:

This option appears only when Color Controls is selected.

PhotoEnhance

This mode provides a variety of image correction settings that you can apply to your photos before printing. PhotoEnhance does not affect your original data.

Note:

This mode is only available when printing 16-, 24-, or 32-bit color data.

Printing with PhotoEnhance selected may increase the time required for printing, depending on your computer system and the amount of data contained in your image.

Do not print using the PhotoEnhance mode while Roll is selected under Paper Options on the Main menu, as this may cause gaps in your printout.

Tone:

You can select from the following settings.

Normal	Applies EPSON standard tone adjustment to your document.
Hard	Prints in high contrast, which sharpens the printed image.
Vivid	Intensifies the colors and lightens the midtones and highlights of an image. Use this setting for presentation graphics, such as charts and graphs.
Sepia	Applies a sepia tone to your photos.
Monochrome	Prints the image in black and white only.
None	Makes no tone adjustment to your document.

Effect:

You can select from the following settings.

Sharpness	Sharpens the overall image, particularly the outlines.
Soft Focus	Makes your photos look as if they were taken with a soft-focus lens.
Canvas	Makes the image look like a picture painted on canvas.
Parchment	Makes the image look as if it was printed on parchment.
None	Applies no effect to your document.

Selecting PhotoEnhance also make the Digital Camera Correction check box available. Select this check box when you are printing photos taken with a digital camera to give your printed images the smooth, natural appearance of photographs taken with a film camera.

ICM

This method automatically adjusts printout colors to match the colors on your screen. ICM stands for Image Color Matching.

Save Setting

To save your Advanced settings in the Custom Settings list, click Save Setting in the Advanced menu. The Custom Settings dialog box appears.

Type a unique name for your settings in the Name text box, and then click Save. Your Advanced settings will be added to the Custom Settings list.

To delete a setting from the Custom Settings list, select it in the Custom Settings dialog box, and then click Delete.

To use your saved settings, click Advanced on the Main menu, and then select your settings in the Custom Settings list.

If you change the settings while one of your customized settings is selected in the Custom Settings list, the selection shown in the list returns to Custom Settings. The customized setting that was previously selected is not affected by the change. To return to your customized setting, simply reselect it in the list.

Show this screen first

Shows the Advanced menu when accessing the Main menu in the printer software. The Advanced menu also appears when accessing the printer software from applications.

Basic

Shows the Basic menu.

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