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Printing with Macintosh

Making Settings in the Print Dialog Box

Making the Media Type setting
Making the Color setting
Making the Mode setting
Setting the print time
Previewing your printout
Saving spool data as a file

You can make Media Type, Mode, Color, Copies, and Pages settings in the Print dialog box. From this dialog box, you can also access other dialog boxes, from which you can set the print time, preview the document before printing, and save spool data as a file. Refer to the appropriate section below.

Making the Media Type setting

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

In the Print dialog box, select the Media Type setting that matches the paper that is loaded in the printer. To find out what media type you are using, find your media in the list below, and refer to the corresponding media type under which it is grouped (shown in bold). For some media, there are several Media Type settings from which to choose.

Plain Paper

Bright White Ink Jet Paper

Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper

Matte Paper-Heavyweight

Double-Sided Matte Paper

Archival Matte Paper

Ink Jet Transparencies

Premium Glossy Photo Paper

Premium Semigloss Photo Paper

Note:

The availability of special media varies by location. For the latest information on media available in your area, contact EPSON customer services. See Regional Customer Services for details.

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Making the Color setting

The Color setting allows you to print in color or black-and-white. Click Color to print in color, or Black to print in black-and-white or grayscale.

Note:

The following media cannot be printed with black ink. Black colors on these media are created by combining cyan, magenta, and yellow inks.

Premium Glossy Photo Paper

Premium Semigloss Photo Paper

Ink Jet Transparencies

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Making the Mode setting

The Mode settings in the Print dialog box give you three levels of control over the printer software, as explained below:

In addition to making comprehensive Mode settings that affect overall print quality, you can also modify individual aspects of your printout using the settings contained in the Page Setup and Layout dialog boxes. See Making Settings in the Page Setup Dialog Box or Making Settings in the Layout Dialog Box for details.

Using the Automatic mode

When Automatic is selected as the Mode setting in the Print dialog box, the printer software takes care of all detailed settings based on the current Media Type and Color settings. To make the Color setting, see Making the Color setting. To make the Media Type setting, see Making the Media Type setting.

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Depending on the media selected in the Media Type list (while Automatic is selected), a slider appears to the right of the Mode options that lets you choose Quality, Speed or the middle level. Select Quality when print quality is more important than speed.

Using the PhotoEnhance mode

The PhotoEnhance 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 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.

You can select from the following settings.

Selecting PhotoEnhance also enables the Digital Camera Correction check box. 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.

Using the Custom mode

Selecting Custom as the Mode option enables the Custom Settings list, from which you can choose a ready-made setting designed for printing text and graphs. Or, you can select ColorSync, a color-matching method. You can also create and save your own custom settings. For details on making your own custom settings see Making Advanced settings.

By default, you can choose from the following:

When you select a custom setting, other settings such as Print Quality, Halftoning, and Color Management are made automatically. Changes to these settings are reflected in the display at the left side of the Print dialog box.

Follow the steps below to select a custom setting.

Select Custom as the Mode setting in the Print dialog box. This enables the Custom Settings list, located to the right of the Custom radio button.

From the Custom Settings list, select the most appropriate setting for the type of document or image that you want to print.

Confirm that the Media Type and Color settings in the Print dialog box are correct. For details, see Making the Color setting or Making the Media Type setting.

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 list in the Print dialog box.

Follow the instructions below to make Advanced settings.

Select Custom as the Mode setting in the Print dialog box and then click Advanced. The Advanced dialog box opens.

Select a Media Type setting that is appropriate for the media loaded in the printer. For details, see Making the Media Type setting.

Choose Color or Black as the Color setting.

Specify a Print Quality setting.

Make other settings as necessary. For details, see online help.

Note:

The PhotoEnhance feature only affects images, not text or graphs. For example, if Monochrome is selected from the Tone list (enabled 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.

Some settings may be unavailable, depending on the Media Type, Ink, and Print Quality settings that you make.

Click OK to apply your settings and return to the Print dialog box. To return to the Main menu without applying your settings, click Cancel. To save your Advanced settings, proceed to the next section.

Saving and deleting your settings

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

Type a unique name (up to 16 characters) for your settings in the Name text box, then click Save. Your Advanced settings will be added to the Custom Settings list. You can save up to 10 different custom settings.

Note:

You cannot apply the names of EPSON ready-made settings or color-matching methods to your custom settings.

You cannot delete the ready-made settings or color-matching methods from the Custom Settings list.

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

Using your saved settings

To use your saved settings, select Custom as the Mode setting in the Print dialog box, then select your setting in the Custom Settings list.

If you change the Media Type or Color 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.

Making the Copies setting

To make the Copies setting, enter the number of copies that you want to print in the Copies text box.

Making the Pages setting

To make the Pages setting, select either All or Range. If you select Range, enter the appropriate range of pages in the Range text boxes.

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Setting the print time

You can specify the time that you want the printer to begin printing your document. Follow the steps below.

Click the Background Printing icon button in the Print dialog box. The Background Printing dialog box opens.

Select On as the Background Printing option, if necessary.

Select Urgent, Normal, Print at, or Hold as the Print Time option.

If you select Print at, use the arrows beside the date and time boxes to specify the date and time that you want to print the document.

Note:

Make sure that the computer and printer are turned on at the date and time you specify.

Click OK. The Background Printing dialog box closes.

In the Print dialog box, make sure that your print settings are as you want them, then click Print.

Note:

You can check or change the priority of print jobs using the EPSON Monitor3 utility. See Using EPSON Monitor3 for details.

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Previewing your printout

The Preview feature allows you to see how your document will look before actually printing it. Follow these steps to preview your document.

Make your printer driver settings.

Click the  Preview icon button in the Print dialog box. The Print button changes into a Preview button.

Note:

Use the  Preview icon button to toggle between the  Print,  Preview, and  Save File modes. Click the icon button to select the mode that you want. For information on the Save File mode, see Saving spool data as a file.

Click the Preview button. The Preview dialog box opens and displays a preview of your document.

The Preview dialog box contains several icon buttons that you can use to perform the following functions.

	Edit Watermark	Click this button to select, move, and resize watermarks.
	Zoom	Click this button to enlarge or reduce the size of the previewed page.
	Show/Hide Printable Area	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.
	Show/Hide Watermark Settings	Click this button to open the Watermark Edit dialog box, where you can add watermarks to the document and change any of the current watermark settings.
	Add page	Click these buttons to add or remove selected pages from the list of pages to be printed.
	Remove page

If you are satisfied with the previewed image, click Print.

If you are not satisfied with the appearance of the image, click Cancel. The Preview and Print dialog boxes close with the current print settings preserved. Open the Print dialog box again to make additional changes to the print settings.

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Saving spool data as a file

You can save spool data as a file using the  Save File icon button in the Print dialog box. This feature lets you use the saved spool data to print the document at a later time simply by double-clicking the saved file. Follow the steps below.

Note:

Use the  Preview icon button to toggle between the  Print,  Preview, and  Save File modes. Click the icon button to select the mode you want.

Make your printer driver settings.

Click the  Preview icon button in the Print dialog box repeatedly until the Print button changes into the Save File button.

Click the Save File button. The following dialog box appears.

Select the location where you want to save the file, then type a file name in the Save As text box and click Save.

When you want to print the document, double-click the file to open EPSON Monitor3, make sure that the correct document is selected, then click the  Resume button to send the data to the printer.

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