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Printing with Windows
Making the Media Type setting
Using the Automatic mode
Using the Photo Enhance mode
Using the Custom mode
Using the Advanced settings
Previewing your printout
Modifying the printout style
Making changes to printer driver settings for Windows 3.1
The printer software features the following printer driver setting menus.
Main |
Media Type, Ink, Mode |
Paper |
Paper size, Copies, Orientation, Printable Area |
Layout |
Reduce/Enlarge, Multi-Page, Watermark |
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The Layout menu is available only for Windows 95, 98 and NT 4.0 users. |
The Mode options on the Main menu are arranged to give you four levels of control over the printer driver, as explained below.
Automatic |
The quickest and easiest way to start printing. See Using the Automatic mode for Windows 95, 98 and NT 4.0 or Using the Automatic setting for Windows 3.1. |
PhotoEnhance |
Lets you apply a variety of image-correction settings specially designed for photos. See Using the Photo Enhance mode. |
Custom |
Choose from a list of ready-made settings suited to the kind of document you want to print. You can also add your own settings to this list. See Using the Custom mode for Windows 95, 98 and NT 4.0 or Using the Custom settings for Windows 3.1. |
Advanced |
Allows you to make detailed settings to fit your individual needs. You can also add your settings to the Custom Settings list. See Using the Advanced settings for Windows 95, 98 and NT 4.0 or Using the Advanced settings for Windows 3.1. |
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PhotoEnhance setting is available only for Windows 95, 98 and NT 4.0 users. |
In addition to making groups of settings that affect overall print quality, you can also modify individual aspects of the print style and layout using the Paper and Layout menus. See Modifying the printout style for Windows 95, 98 and NT 4.0 or Modifying the printout style for Windows 3.1.
The Media Type setting determines what other settings are available, so you should always make this setting first.
On the Main menu, select the Media Type setting that matches the paper you loaded in the printer. Find your paper in the list below, then select a corresponding Media Type setting (shown in bold ). For some kinds of paper, you have several Media Type settings to choose from.
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For Windows 3.1, if the Media Type you want to select does not appear in the list, change the Print Quality setting in the More Settings dialog box first. To access this box, click Advanced on the Main menu, then click More Settings. |
Plain paper |
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Envelopes |
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EPSON Premium Ink Jet Plain Paper (A4) |
S041214 |
EPSON 360 dpi Ink Jet Paper (A4) |
S041059 |
EPSON 360 dpi Ink Jet Paper (Letter) |
S041060 |
EPSON 360 dpi Ink Jet Paper (A3) |
S041065 |
EPSON 360 dpi Ink Jet Paper (Super A3/B) |
S041066 |
EPSON Iron-On Cool Peel Transfer Paper (A4) |
S041154 |
EPSON Iron-On Cool Peel Transfer Paper (Letter) |
S041153 |
EPSON Iron-On Cool Peel Transfer Paper (A3) |
S041238 |
EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper (A4) |
S041061 |
EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper (Letter) |
S041062 |
EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper (Legal) |
S041067 |
EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper (A3) |
S041068 |
EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper (Super A3/B) |
S041069 |
EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper (B) |
S041070 |
EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet Card (A6) |
S041054 |
EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet Card (5 x 8") |
S041121 |
EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet Card (8 x 10") |
S041122 |
EPSON Photo Quality Self Adhesive Sheet (A4) |
S041106 |
EPSON Ink Jet Note Cards A6 (with envelopes) |
S041147 |
EPSON Ink Jet Greeting Cards 5 x 8" (with envelopes) |
S041148 |
EPSON Ink Jet Greeting Cards 8 x 10" (with envelopes) |
S041149 |
EPSON Matte Paper-Heavyweight (A4) |
S041256 |
EPSON Matte Paper-Heavyweight (Letter) |
S041257 |
EPSON Matte Paper-Heavyweight (A3) |
S041260 |
EPSON Matte Paper-Heavyweight (Super A3) |
S041263 |
EPSON Photo Paper (A4) |
S041140 |
EPSON Photo Paper (Letter) |
S041141 |
EPSON Photo Paper (A3) |
S041142 |
EPSON Photo Paper (Super A3/Super B) |
S041143 |
EPSON Photo Paper (B) |
S041156 |
EPSON Photo Paper (4 x 6") |
S041134 |
EPSON Photo Paper (100 x 150 mm) |
S041255 |
EPSON Photo Paper (200 x 300 mm) |
S041254 |
EPSON Panoramic Photo Paper (210 x 594 mm) |
S041145 |
EPSON Photo Paper Cards (A4) |
S041177 |
EPSON Photo Quality Glossy Film (A4) |
S041071 |
EPSON Photo Quality Glossy Film (Letter) |
S041072 |
EPSON Photo Quality Glossy Film (A3) |
S041073 |
EPSON Photo Quality Glossy Film (Super A3/B) |
S041074 |
EPSON Photo Quality Glossy Film (B) |
S041075 |
EPSON Photo Quality Glossy Film (A6) |
S041107 |
EPSON Photo Stickers 16 (A6) |
S041144 |
EPSON Photo Stickers 4 (A6) |
S041176 |
EPSON Ink Jet Transparencies (A4) |
S041063 |
EPSON Ink Jet Transparencies (Letter) |
S041064 |
EPSON Ink Jet Back Light Film (A3) |
S041131 |
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The availability of special media varies by location. |
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If you are using Windows 3.1, see Making changes to printer driver settings for Windows 3.1. |
When Automatic is selected on the Main menu, the printer driver takes care of all detailed settings based on the current Media Type and Ink settings. To make the Ink setting, click Color to print in color, or Black to print in black-and-white or grayscale. To make the Media Type setting, see Making the Media Type setting.
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The Photo Enhance option provides a variety of image-correction settings that you can apply to your photo images before printing. Photo Enhance does not affect your original data.
If you are printing photos taken with a digital camera, you can also select the Digital Camera Correction check box to give your printed images the smooth, natural appearance of photographs taken with a film camera.
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The Photo Enhance mode provides the following settings.
Standard |
Standard image correction for most photos. Try this setting first. |
People |
Best for photos of people. |
Nature |
Best for outdoor scenery such as mountains, sky, and oceans. |
Soft Focus |
Makes your photos look as if they were taken with a soft-focus lens. |
Sepia |
Applies a sepia tone to your photos. |
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If you are using Windows 3.1, see Making changes to printer driver settings for Windows 3.1.
The Custom mode offers ready-made settings designed for printing text and graphs and for applying a color-matching method. You can also create and save your own Custom settings. See Using the Advanced settings for details.
The Custom mode provides the following ready-made settings.
Text/Graph |
Good for printing presentation documents such as graphs and charts. |
Economy |
Good for printing drafts of text |
ICM (For Windows 95 and 98) |
ICM means Image Color Matching. This feature automatically adjusts printout colors to match colors on your screen. |
sRGB |
Best for color matching with other sRGB devices. |
Follow the steps below to select a Custom setting.
Click the Custom button on the Main menu. |
Click anywhere in the list box to open it, then select the most appropriate setting for the type of document or image you will print. |
When you choose a Custom setting, other settings such as Print Quality, Halftoning, and Color Adjustment are set automatically. Changes are shown in the display on the left side of the Main menu. |
Before printing, be sure to verify the Media Type and Ink settings, as they may be affected by the Custom setting you select. See Making the Media Type setting. |
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If you are using Windows 3.1, see Making changes to printer driver settings for Windows 3.1.
The Advanced settings 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.
Follow the instructions below to make and save Advanced settings.
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The printer driver screens that appear in this procedure are for Windows 95 and 98. The Windows NT 4.0 printer driver screens differ only slightly. |
Click the Custom button on the Main menu and then click Advanced. The following dialog box appears. |
Select the Media Type you loaded in the printer. For details, see Making the Media Type setting. |
Choose Color or Black as the Ink setting. |
Select the Print Quality setting. |
Make other settings as necessary. For details, see online help. |
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Click OK to apply your settings and return to the Main menu. If you want to return to the Main menu without applying your settings, click Cancel. |
To save your Advanced settings, click Save Settings in the Advanced dialog box. The Custom Settings dialog box appears.
Type a unique name for your settings in the Name box, and click Save. Your settings will be added to the Custom Settings list.
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When you select your saved settings in the Custom Settings list, be aware that making new settings (for example Media Type and Ink settings) may change your custom settings. This may cause unexpected results in your printout. If this happens, reselect your saved settings and try printing again.
To see a preview of your document before printing it, select the Print Preview check box on the Main menu. When you print your document, the Print Preview window appears:
The Preview dialog box contains several icon buttons you can use to perform the following functions.
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Zoom |
This option enlarges the size of the previewed page by a factor of 2. |
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Fit-to-screen |
This option scales the previewed page sot that it just fits the size of the page display window. Select this option if you want to see the entire page at one time. |
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Maximum zoom |
This option displays the previewed page at the maximum possible zoom ratio. |
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Printable area on/off |
Selecting this option will display a rectangle on the page being previewed. This rectangle is the printable area for the page. The printer cannot print anything which exceeds this rectangle. |
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Watermark |
This option displays the watermark settings dialog. This dialog allows you to change any of the current watermark settings. |
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Reset watermark settings |
This option returns all watermark settings to what they were when the Preview was first opened. If nothing has been changed, this option appears grayed out. |
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Previous page |
This option displays the page previous to the page currently being previewed. (If there is no previous page then this option is grayed out) |
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Next page |
This option displays the next page in the document. (If there is no next page then this option is grayed out) |
You can also manipulate the previewed document in the following ways:
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Add page |
The highlighted pages will be added to the list of pages to be printed. |
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Remove page |
The highlighted pages will be removed from the list of pages to be printed. |
After you have previewed the document, click Print to print the document, or click Cancel to cancel printing.
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If you are using Windows 3.1, see Making changes to printer driver settings for Windows 3.1.
You can modify your printout style using a variety of printer driver settings located on the Paper and Layout menus.
On the Paper menu, you can make settings for the paper size, the number of copies, the orientation of your printout, and the printable area. On the Layout menu, you can automatically match the document size to the paper size, print 2 or 4 pages on a single sheet, print poster-size images by enlarging one page to cover several sheets, or place watermarks on documents.
Use the Paper menu to change the paper size, set the number of copies and other copy parameters, specify the paper orientation, and adjust the printable area.
You can make the following settings:
Paper Size |
Select the paper size you want to use. You can also add a custom paper size. |
Copies |
Select the number of copies you wish to print. You can select Collate (print a set at a time) or Reverse Order to determine the order in which you print multiple copies of your document. |
Orientation |
Select Portrait (tall) or Landscape (wide) to change the orientation of your printout. If you need to print closer to the bottom of the page, select the Rotate by 180° check box. |
Printable Area |
Use the options in the Printable Area box to adjust the total area available for printing. If you want to center the printout, click Center. If you need to increase the printable area, click Maximum. Do not select Maximum when using EPSON Ink Jet Back Light Filmm.
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To fit the size of your document to the size of the paper you will print on, use the Reduce/Enlarge options on the Layout menu.
You can select the following.
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 Proportion box to select a percentage from 10% to 400%. |
To print 2 or 4 pages of your document on one sheet of paper, use the Multi-Page option on the Layout menu.
Select N-up as the Multi-Page option, then make the following settings.
2 Pages |
Prints 2 or 4 pages of your document on a single piece of paper. |
Page Order |
Allows you to specify the order in which the pages will be printed on the sheet of paper. |
Print page frames |
Allows you to print a frame around each page on the sheet of paper. |
You can use the Poster setting in the Multi-Page option to print a poster-size image. A single document page can be enlarged to cover 4, 9, or 16 printed sheets of paper.
To adjust the way your poster will print, click the Settings button. The Poster Settings dialog box appears.
You can make the following settings.
Overlapping Panels |
Slightly overlaps the images so that they can be aligned more precisely. |
Print Cutting Guidelines |
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 you don't wish to print, then click OK to close the Poster Settings dialog box.
To print a watermark on your document, on the Layout menu, click anywhere in the Watermark list box to open it, and select from the list of predefined watermarks.
You can also add your own text-based or image-based watermarks to the Watermark list. Follow these steps.
Click the Add/Del button. The following dialog box appears. |
To use an image file as a watermark, select BMP. Click the Browse button to select the bitmap file you want to use, then click OK. To create a text-based watermark, select Text, then type your text in the Text box. |
Type a name for your watermark in the Name box, then click Save. Click OK to return to the Layout menu. |
To make settings for your watermark, click the Settings button. The following dialog box appears. |
From the Watermark list box, select the watermark you want to make settings for, then make color, position, density, and size settings. Your settings appear on the left side of the dialog. After you make settings, click OK. |
When Automatic is selected on the Main menu, the printer driver takes care of all detailed settings based on the current Media Type and Ink settings. To make the Ink setting, click Color to print in color, or Black to print in black-and-white or grayscale. To make the Media Type setting, see Making the Media Type setting.
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The Custom settings let you make a wide range of changes with a single click of the mouse. In the Custom settings list, you'll find ready-made settings provided by EPSON designed to match a particular kind of printout, such as graphs and charts used in a presentation, or images taken by a digital camera.
You can also create your own settings and add them to this list. See Using the Advanced settings for details.
The Custom settings list includes the following ready-made settings.
Text/Graph |
Good for printing presentation documents such as graphs and charts. |
PhotoEnhance |
Best for printing images captured using a video or scanner or digital camera. This setting automatically adjusts the contrast, saturation, and brightness of the original image data to produce sharper, more vivid color printouts. PhotoEnhance does not affect your original image data.
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Economy |
Good for printing drafts of text. |
Follow the steps below to select a Custom setting.
Click the Advanced button on the Main menu. |
From the Custom settings list, select the most appropriate setting for the type of document or image you will print. |
When you choose a Custom setting, other settings such as Print Quality, Halftoning, and Color Adjustment are set automatically. Changes are shown in the Current Settings display at the bottom of the Main menu. |
Before printing, be sure to verify the Media Type and Ink settings, as they may be affected by the Custom setting you select. See Making the Media Type setting. |
The Advanced settings 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.
Follow the instructions below to make and save Advanced settings.
Click Advanced, then click More Settings. The following dialog box appears. |
Select the Media Type you loaded in the printer. For details, see Making the Media Type setting. |
Choose Color or Black in the Ink option. |
Select the Print Quality setting. |
Make other settings as needed. For details, see online help. |
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Some settings may be disabled depending on the Media Type, Ink, and Print Quality settings you make. |
Click OK to apply your settings and return to the Main menu. If you want to return to the Main menu without applying your settings, click Cancel. |
To save your Advanced settings, click Save Settings on the Main menu. The Custom Settings dialog box appears.
Type a unique name for your settings in the Name box, and click the Save button. Your settings will be added to the Custom settings list.
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When you select your saved settings in the Custom settings list, be aware that making new settings (for example Media Type and Ink settings) may change your custom settings. This may cause unexpected results in your printout. If this happens, reselect your saved settings and try printing again.
You can modify your printout style using a variety of printer driver settings located on the Paper menus.
On the Paper menu, you can set the number of copies and other copy parameters, specify the orientation of your printout, and adjust the printable area.
You can adjust the page orientation and printable area from the Paper menu.
Use the options in the Printable Area box to adjust the total area available for printing. If you want to center the printout, click Centered. If you need to increase the printable area, click Maximum.
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