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Printing with Macintosh

Modifying the page layout

Fitting your document to the paper size
Printing two or four pages on one sheet
Printing posters
Printing a watermark on your document
Setting the Print Time
Saving spool data as a file

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, then 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, place watermarks on documents, print two or four pages on a single sheet of paper, print poster-size images by enlarging one page to cover several sheets, or set the order in which you would like the pages of your document to print.

You can also specify the printing order for your print job. When printing multiple copies of your document, select Collate to print one complete document set at a time. Select Reverse Order to print your documents in reverse order, starting with the last page.

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.

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Printing two or four pages on one sheet

To print two or four pages of your document on one sheet of paper, select the Multi-Page check box in the Page Layout dialog box, then select N-up.

You can make the following settings.

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Printing posters

A single document page can be enlarged to cover 4, 9, or 16 printed sheets of paper. To print a poster-size image, select the Multi-Page check box in the Page Layout dialog box, then select Poster.

You can make the following settings.

How to make a poster from your printouts

Here is an example of how to make a poster from 4 sheets of your printout. Refer to the accompanying illustrations as well.

Vertically cut the margin of Sheet 1 along the line connecting the alignment markers as shown in the illustration.

Place Sheet 1 on Sheet 2 and align the cross markers on both sheets, then temporary tape them from the back side of the paper.

Cut off the taped sheets along the line between the alignment markers.

Align the paper using the alignment markers and tape them from the back side of the paper.

Repeat the instructions from step 1 to step 4 to tape Sheets 3 and 4 as well.

Repeat the instructions from step 1 to step 4 to tape top and bottom faces of the paper.

Cut off the remaining margins.

Caution:

Be careful when using edged tools.

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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 specify 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 at 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. Specify the desired image file, 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 Mark Name list in the Watermark dialog box. To change the name of an image watermark, click it in the list, then type a new name. 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.

Click OK to add your watermark to the Name list in the Page Layout dialog box.

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Setting the Print Time

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

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 you want to print the document.

Note:

Make sure the computer and printer will be turned on at the date and time you specify.

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 Using EPSON Monitor3 for details.

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Saving spool data as a file

You can save spool data as a file by using the Save File icon button in the Print dialog box. This feature lets you print the document using the saved spool 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 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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