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Printing with Windows

Modifying the printout style

Making the Paper menu settings
Making the Layout menu settings

You can modify the style of your printout using a variety of printer driver settings located on the Paper and Layout menus.

Note:

The Layout menu is not available in the Windows 3.1 printer driver.

On the Paper menu, you can specify 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 on both sides of the paper, print two or four pages on a single sheet of paper, print poster-size images by enlarging one page to cover several sheets, or place watermarks on documents. Refer to the appropriate section below for details.

Making the Paper menu settings

Use the settings on 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 on the Paper menu:

Paper Size	Select the paper size that you wish to use. You can also add a custom paper size.
Copies	Select the number of copies that you wish to print. You can select Collate to print one set at a time or Reverse Order to print your documents in reverse order, starting with the last page.
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	Select Centered to center the printout. Select Maximum to increase the printable area. Note: When Maximum is selected, 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 Maximum is selected, make sure that the paper loaded in the paper feeder is not curled.

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Making the Layout menu settings

Use the settings on the Layout menu to modify the page layout of your document by matching the document size to the paper size, or by allowing printing on both sides of the paper, printing two or four pages on a single sheet of paper, printing poster-size images by enlarging one page to cover several sheets, or printing watermarks.

Note:

The Layout menu is not available in the Windows 3.1 printer driver.

Fitting your document to the paper size

Use the Reduce/Enlarge options on the Layout menu to fit your document to the paper size that you will print on.

Note:

The Layout menu is not available in the Windows 3.1 printer driver.

You can select from the following settings.

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 that you select in the Paper Size list on the Paper menu.
Custom	Allows you to manually enlarge or reduce the size of your document. Use the arrows next to the Scale to box to select a percentage between 10% and 400%.

Printing on both sides of the paper

The EPSON Stylus COLOR 980 allows double-sided printing. There are two types of double-sided printing available. Standard double-sided printing allows you to print the odd-numbered pages first. Once these are printed, you can reload the printouts in the sheet feeder and print the even-numbered pages on the other side of the paper. Folded Booklet double-sided printing allows you to make single-fold booklets. Refer to the appropriate section below.

Note:

Double-sided printing via a network is possible when the EPSON high-speed port is set to ON in EpsonNet Direct Print Version 2 or higher, running on the server. For details, please refer to the Readme file on the Printer software CD-ROM.

You can load up to 30 sheets of paper at one time when double-sided printing; however, the loading capacity of the sheet feeder varies, depending on the media type.

Only use media types which are suitable for double-sided printing. Otherwise, the printout quality may deteriorate.

Depending on the type of paper and the amount of ink used to print text and images, ink may bleed through to the other side of the paper.

Standard double-sided printing

Follow the steps below to print first the odd-numbered pages, and then the even-numbered pages after you have reloaded the printouts.

Select the Double-Sided Printing check box on the Layout menu of your printer driver. For information on accessing the Layout menu, see Accessing the printer software.

Note:

The Layout menu is not available in the Windows 3.1 printer driver.

Click the Margins button. The following dialog box opens.

Specify which edge of the paper the binding will be on. You can choose between Left, Top, and Right.

Specify the width of the binding margin by entering a value in the Binding Margin text box. You can specify a value between 3 mm and 30 mm.

Note:

The actual binding margin may vary, depending on your application. Experiment by printing a few sheets using different binding margin values before printing the entire job; otherwise, the results may differ from what you expect.

Click OK to return to the Layout menu, then click OK to save your settings.

Load paper in the sheet feeder, then send the print job from your application. While the printer is printing the odd-numbered pages, instructions are displayed which explain how to reload the paper correctly.

Follow the instructions to reload the paper, or reload the paper as shown in the illustration below.

Note:

The paper may curl during printing, depending on the amount of ink used to print text and images. Flatten it or curl it slightly toward the opposite side before printing on the other side of the paper.

Tap the stack of paper on a flat surface to align the edges before reloading it.

Reload the printouts as instructed; otherwise, the paper may jam or the binding margin may differ from what you expect.

If the paper jams, see Paper Does Not Feed Correctly.

Once the paper is reloaded, click Resume to print the even-numbered pages.

Folded Booklet double-sided printing

You can also make single-fold booklets using the double-sided printing feature. When booklet printing, the printer first prints the pages which will be on the outside after you fold the paper, and then prints the inside pages after you reload the paper, as shown in the illustration below.

In this example, the printer would print pages 1 and 4 of your document on the first sheet of paper, pages 5 and 8 on the second sheet of paper, and pages 9 and 12 on the third sheet of paper. After you reload the printouts in the sheet feeder, the printer would then print pages 2 and 3 on the back of the first sheet of paper, pages 6 and 7 on the back of the second sheet of paper, and 10 and 11 on the back of the third sheet of paper. After printing is finished, you can fold each sheet of paper and bind them together.

Follow the steps below to print booklets.

Select the Double-Sided Printing check box on the Layout menu, then select the Folded Booklet check box.

Note:

The Layout menu is not available in the Windows 3.1 printer driver.

Click the Margins button. The Margins dialog box opens.

Specify which edge of the paper the binding will be on. You can choose between Left, Top, and Right.

Note:

While Portrait is selected as the Orientation setting on the Main menu of your printer driver, you can choose between Left and Right. While Landscape is selected as the Orientation setting, you can only select Top.

Specify the width of the binding margin by entering a value in the Binding Margin text box. You can specify a value between 3 mm and 30 mm. This margin width will be inserted on both sides of the fold. For example, if you specify a value of 10 mm, a 20-mm margin will be inserted, with 10 mm on each side of the fold.

Click OK to return to the Layout menu, then click OK to save your settings.

Load paper in the sheet feeder, then send the print job from your application.

While the printer is printing the outside pages, instructions are displayed which explain how to reload the paper correctly. Follow the on-screen instructions to reload the paper, or reload the paper as shown in the illustration in the previous section, Standard double-sided printing.

Once the paper is reloaded, click Resume to print the inside pages.

Once printing is complete, fold the printouts properly and bind them together using a stapler or other binding method.

Printing two or four pages on one sheet

Select N-up as the Multi-Page setting on the Layout menu to print two or four pages of your document on one sheet of paper.

Note:

The Layout menu is not available in the Windows 3.1 printer driver.

You choose from the following settings:

2 Pages 4 Pages	Prints two or four pages of your document on a single piece of paper.
Page Order	Opens the Print Layout dialog box, where you can specify the order in which the pages will be printed on the sheet of paper. Some settings may be unavailable, depending upon your Orientation selection on the Paper menu.
Print page frames	Prints a frame around each page that is printed on the sheet of paper.

Printing posters

A single document page can be enlarged to cover 4, 9, or 16 printed sheets of paper. Select Poster as the Multi-Page setting on the Layout menu to print a poster-size image.

Note:

The Layout menu is not available in the Windows 3.1 printer driver.

Click the Settings button to adjust the way that your poster will print. The Poster Settings dialog box opens.

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 that 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, click anywhere in the Watermark list box on the Layout menu and select from the list of predefined watermarks. To make settings for a predefined watermark, proceed to Making settings for your watermark.

Note:

The Layout menu is not available in the Windows 3.1 printer driver.

You can also add your own text-based or image-based watermarks to the Watermark list. To add a watermark to the list, click the Add/Del button. The following dialog box appears.

Refer to the appropriate section below to finish creating and configuring a custom watermark.

Creating an image-based watermark

Follow the steps below to finish creating an image-based watermark.

Select BMP.

Click the Browse button to specify the bitmap file that you want to use, then click OK.

Type a name for your watermark in the Name box, then click Save.

Click OK to return to the Layout menu.

Creating a text-based watermark

Follow the steps below to finish creating a text-based watermark.

Select Text.

Type the text for your watermark in the Text box. The text that you enter will also be assigned to the watermark as a watermark name. If you want to change the watermark name, type a new name in the Name box, then click Save.

Click OK to return to the Layout menu.

Making settings for your watermark

Follow the steps below to make settings for your watermark.

Select the desired Watermark in the Watermark list box on the Layout menu.

Click the Settings button. The following dialog box appears.

Make sure that the appropriate watermark is selected in the Watermark list box, then make Color, Position, Density, Size, Font, Font Style and Angle settings. For details, please see online help. Your settings are reflected in the display at the left side of the dialog box.

When you are finished making settings, click OK.

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