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Various Printing Options

Double-Sided Printing

Standard double-sided printing
Folded Booklet double-sided printing

The EPSON Stylus Photo 925 supports 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 pages are printed, they can be reloaded to print the even-numbered pages onto the opposite side of the paper. Folded Booklet double-sided printing allows you to make single-fold booklets. Refer to the appropriate section below.

Note:

The double-sided printing feature is not available when the printer is accessed over a network, or is used as a shared printer.

Depending on the media type, stacks of up to 30 sheets can be loaded into the sheet feeder during double-sided printing.

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.

The surface of the paper may be smeared during the double-sided printing.

Standard double-sided printing

Follow the steps below to print odd and even numbered pages onto opposite sides of the sheet.

Access the printer driver.

Accessing the Printer Software for Windows

Accessing the Printer Software for Macintosh

Select Paper Source and Paper Size on the Paper menu (Windows) or Page Setup dialog box (Macintosh).

Select the Media Type that you want to use on the Main menu (Windows) or Print dialog box (Macintosh).

Select the Double-Sided Printing check box from the Layout menu (Windows) or Page Setup dialog box (Macintosh).

Click the Margins button. The following dialog box will appear.

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

Specify the width of the binding margin using the Binding Margin text box. You can specify any width from 3 mm to 30 mm.

Note:

The actual binding margin may vary from the specified settings depending on your application. Experiment with a few sheets to examine actual results prior to printing the entire job.

Click OK to return to the Layout menu (Windows) or Page Setup dialog box (Macintosh). Then click OK to save your settings.

Load paper in the sheet feeder, then send the print job from your application. Instructions for generating the even-numbered pages will be displayed while the odd-numbered pages are output.

Loading Single Sheets

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

Note:

The paper may curl during printing due to the amount of ink used. Should this occur, slightly curl the sheets in the opposite direction prior to reloading them into the printer.

Align the sheet stack by tapping its edges against a hard, flat surface prior to reloading the stack into the printer.

Follow the instructions provided when reloading the printouts. Paper jams or improperly placed binding margins may occur if the printouts are not reloaded correctly.

In the event of a paper jam, refer to Paper Does Not Feed Correctly.

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

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Folded Booklet double-sided printing

You can also make single-fold booklets using the double-sided printing feature. To create a single-fold booklet, the pages that appear on the outside (after the booklet is folded) are printed first. The pages that will appear inside the booklet can then be printed after the paper is reloaded into the printer as shown in the illustration below.

Single-fold booklet

: Binding Edge

A booklet can be created by printing pages 1 and 4 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 these sheets are reloaded into the sheet feeder, you can 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 pages 10 and 11 on the back of the third sheet of paper. The resulting pages can then be folded and bound together into a booklet.

Use the following steps to create a booklet as described above.

Access the printer driver.

Accessing the Printer Software for Windows

Accessing the Printer Software for Macintosh

Select Paper Source and Paper Size on the Paper menu (Windows) or Page Setup dialog box (Macintosh).

Select the Media Type that you want to use on the Main menu (Windows) or Print dialog box (Macintosh).

Select the Double-Sided Printing check box from the Layout menu (Windows) or Page Setup dialog box (Macintosh). Then select the Folded Booklet check box.

Click the Margins button. The Margins dialog box will appear.

Specify the edge of the paper where the binding will be placed. You can choose from Left, Top, and Right.

Note:

When Portrait is selected as the Orientation setting on the Main menu (Windows) or Page Setup dialog box (Macintosh), Left or Right binding positions are available. The Top binding position is supported when Landscape is selected as the Orientation setting.

Specify the width of the binding margin using the Binding Margin text box. You can specify any width from 3 mm to 30 mm. The specified margin width will be used on both sides of the fold. For example, if a 10-mm margin is specified, a 20-mm margin will be inserted (a margin of 10 mm will be placed on each side of the fold).

Portrait

Landscape

: Folding Edge

: Margin

Click OK to return to the Layout menu (Windows) or Print dialog box (Macintosh). Then click OK to save your settings.

Make sure that paper is loaded in the sheet feeder and send the print job from your application.

Loading Single Sheets

Instructions for printing the inside pages will be displayed while the outside pages are output. Follow the on-screen instructions for reloading the paper, or refer to the illustration in the previous section titled Standard double-sided printing.

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

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

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