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Printing with Windows

Making Changes to Printer Driver Settings

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

The printer software features the following printer driver setting menus.

The Mode options on the Main menu are arranged to give you four levels of control over the printer driver, as explained below.

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.

Making the Media Type setting

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.

Plain Paper

360 dpi Ink Jet Paper

Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper

Matte Paper-Heavyweight

Photo Paper

Photo Quality Glossy Film

Ink Jet Transparencies

Note:

The availability of special media varies by location.

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Using the Automatic mode

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.

Note:

Depending on the media you choose in the Media Type list (while Automatic is selected), a slide bar appears in the Mode box that lets you choose Quality or Speed. Select Quality when print quality is more important than speed.

Most Windows applications feature paper size and page layout settings that override similar settings on the printer driver. However, if your application does not have these settings, verify the settings on the printer driver's Paper menu.

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Using the Photo Enhance mode

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.

Note:

This mode is available only when you are printing in color.

Printing with Photo Enhance selected may increase print time depending on your computer system and the amount of data contained in your image.

The Photo Enhance mode provides the following settings.

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Using the Custom mode

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.

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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Using the Advanced settings

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.

Note:

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.

Note:

The Photo Enhance 4 setting under the Color Management option only affects images, not text or graphs. For example, if Monochrome is selected from the Tone list, 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 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 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.

Note:

You cannot use the names of settings provided by EPSON for your custom settings.

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

You cannot delete the ready-made settings from the Custom Settings list.

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.

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Previewing your printout

To see a preview of your document before printing it, select the Print Preview check box on the Main menu. When you select the Print option in your application, the Print Preview window appears:

You can manipulate the previewed document in the following ways:

• Select and preview individual pages.

• Reduce or enlarge the size of the preview.

• Select and print any or all pages.

• Apply watermarks. The watermark you select will appear in the previewed image. For detailed information on customizing watermarks, see Printing a watermark on your document.

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

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Modifying the printout style

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.

Using the Paper menu settings

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:

Fitting your document to the paper size

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.

Printing 2 or 4 pages on one sheet

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.

Printing posters

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.

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.

Printing a watermark on your document

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 Watermark 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.

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