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Printing with Macintosh

Making Changes to Printer Driver Settings

Making the Media Type setting
Using the Automatic settings
Using the Photo Enhance mode
Using the Custom mode
Using the Advanced settings
Saving and deleting your settings
Using your saved settings
Changing the page setup
Defining a custom paper size
Modifying the layout
Setting the print time
Previewing your printout
Saving print data in files

You will find the printer driver settings in the following dialog boxes.

• Print dialog box (click Print on the File menu of your application or click Options in the Page Setup dialog box)

• Page Setup dialog box (click Page Setup on the File menu of your application)

• Layout dialog box (click the Layout icon button in the Print dialog box)

• Background Printing dialog box (click the Background Printing icon button located in the Print dialog box)

• Preview dialog box (click the Preview icon button and then click Preview in the Print dialog box)

The Mode options in the Print dialog box 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 change page setup and layout using the Page Setup and the Layout dialog boxes. For information on page setup options, see Changing the page setup. For information on page layout options, see Modifying the layout.

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 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

Photo Paper

Photo Quality Glossy Film

Ink Jet Transparencies

Matte Paper-Heavyweight

Note:

The availability of special media varies by location.

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Using the Automatic settings

When Automatic is selected as the Mode option in the Print dialog box, 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.

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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.

The Custom mode provides the following ready-made settings.

Follow these steps to select a Custom setting.

Verify the Media Type and Ink settings in the Print dialog box. For details, see Making the Media Type setting.

Click the Custom button in the Print dialog box. This activates the Custom Settings list, located below and 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 you will print.

When you choose a Custom setting, other settings such as Print Quality, Halftoning, and Color are set automatically. Changes are shown in the display on the left side of the Print dialog box.

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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.

Click the Custom button in the Print dialog box, then click the Advanced button. The Advanced dialog box appears.

Select the Media Type that you loaded in the printer. For details, see Making the Media Type setting.

Choose Color or Black in 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 Print Quality, Media Type, and Ink settings you make.

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

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Saving and deleting your settings

To save your Advanced settings, 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 box, and click Save.

Note:

The names of the ready-made settings provided by EPSON cannot be applied to your new settings.

You can save up to 10 different custom settings. You can select the setting from the Custom Settings list in the Print dialog box.

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

Note:

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

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Using your saved settings

To select your settings, click the Custom button in the Print dialog box, then select your setting in the Custom Settings list, located below and to the right of the Custom button.

If you change the Media Type or Ink settings when 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.

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Changing the page setup

In the Page Setup dialog box, you can change the paper size, specify the orientation of your printout, and adjust the printable area.

Choose Page Setup on the File menu of your application. The Page Setup dialog box appears.

You can change the following settings.

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Defining a custom paper size

If your paper size is not included in the paper size list in the Page Setup dialog box, follow the steps below to define a custom paper size.

In the Page Setup dialog box, click Customize. The following dialog box appears.

To define a new paper size, click New. The dialog box updates to allow you to enter a name for the new size.

Type the paper size name in the New Paper Size box.

Specify the measurement unit as either Inches or cm.

Enter the width and the height of your paper.

Click OK. You return to the Page Setup dialog box.

You can define up to 30 paper sizes. The paper size names you create will appear in the Paper Size menu in the Page Setup dialog box.

To delete a custom paper size, click Customize in the Page Setup dialog box, select it from the list in the Custom Paper dialog box, and click Delete.

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Modifying the layout

You can modify the page layout of your document using the printer driver settings located in the Layout dialog box, shown below. To open this dialog box, click Print on the File menu of your application and click the Layout icon button in the Print dialog box. The Layout dialog box appears.

The Layout dialog box allows you to 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.

Fitting your document to the paper size

You can proportionally enlarge or reduce the size of the image to make it fit the paper size you select in the Paper Size list. To do this, select the Fit to Page check box, then specify the paper size you loaded in the printer in the Paper Size list.

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 in the Page Layout dialog box.

Select the Multi-Page check box and click N-up. 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.

Select the Multi-Page check box and click Poster. Then make the following settings.

If you only want to print a few of the panels without printing the entire poster, click Panel Selection, click the panels you don't wish to print, then click OK. Only the panels that you did not click will be printed.

Printing a watermark on your document

To print a watermark in the background of your printed documents or images, select the Watermark check box in the Page Layout dialog box.

Select the watermark you want to print from the Name list, then select its position, size, color, and intensity. You can change the position and size of the watermark by dragging it with your mouse in the preview window on the left.

You can also add your own text-based or image-based watermarks to the Name list. Follow these steps.

Click the Add/Del button beside the Name list. The following dialog box appears.

To use an image file as a watermark, click the Add PICT button. Select the desired image file from your hard drive, then click Open.

To create a text-based watermark, click the Add Text button. Type the text in the Text box, select a font and a text style, then click OK.

The image file name or the watermark text appears in the list in the Watermark dialog box. To change the name of the watermark, click it in the list, then type a new name.

Click OK to add your watermark to the Name list.

Note:

When a text watermark is selected in the Name list, you can edit the text and change the font and text style by clicking the Edit Text button.

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Setting the print time

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

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

Click On to turn on background printing, 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 you want to print the document.

Note:

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

Click OK. The Background Printing dialog box closes.

In the Print dialog box, make sure 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 Controlling Background Printing for details.

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Previewing your printout

Clicking the Preview icon button in the Print dialog box allows you to see how your document will look before actually printing it. Follow these steps to use this feature.

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 switch between the Print, Preview, and Save File modes. Click the icon to select the mode you want. For information on the Save File mode, see Saving print data in files.

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

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

	Selection	Lets you select, move, and resize watermarks.
	Zoom	Enlarges or reduces the viewing size of the previewed page.
	Margin Display/Non-Display	Shows or hides borderlines indicating the printable area.
	Watermark Editing	Shows or hides the Watermark Edit box. Use this box to apply watermarks to the document.
	Add Page Remove Page	Lets you select or deselect the pages you want to print from the left-side column.

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 more changes to the print settings.

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Saving print data in files

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

Note:

Use the Preview icon button to switch between the Print, Preview, and Save File modes. Click the icon 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 into the Save As box and click Save.

When you want to print the data, double-click the file to open EPSON Monitor 3. Click the Resume button to send the data to the printer.

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