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Printer Software Settings / For Mac OS 9

Print Dialog Box

Basic settings
Advanced settings
Setting the print time
Previewing your printout
Saving spool data as a file

Basic settings

Copies

Enter the number of copies that you want to print in the Copies text box.

Pages

Choose All or Range. If you select Range, enter the appropriate range of pages in the Range text boxes.

Media Type

Determines what other settings are available, so you should always make this setting first.

Select the Media Type setting that matches the paper that is loaded in the printer. To find out what media type you are using, find your media in the Media Type Settings list.

Media Type Settings

Color

Mode

The Mode settings give you three levels of control over the printer software, as explained below.

Automatic mode

When Automatic is selected, the printer software takes care of all detailed settings based on the current Media Type and Color settings.

Note:

Depending on the media selected in the Media Type list (while Automatic is selected), a slider appears to the right of the Mode options, which lets you choose Quality, Speed, or a level in between. Select Quality when print quality is more important than speed.

Custom mode

Custom Settings
You can select your personalized settings from the list.

Advanced Settings
You can create and save your own custom settings.
See Advanced settings

When you select a custom setting, other settings, such as Print Quality and Color Management, are made automatically. Changes to these settings are reflected in the display at the left side of the Print dialog box.

Follow the steps below to select a custom setting.

Confirm that the Media Type and Color settings in the Print dialog box are correct.

Select Custom. This makes the Custom Settings list available to the right of the Mode settings.

From the Custom Settings list, select the most appropriate setting for the type of document or image that you want to print.

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Advanced settings

The settings in the Advanced dialog box 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 in the Print dialog box.

To open the Advanced dialog box, select Custom and click Advanced.

Note:

The PhotoEnhance feature only affects images, not text or graphs. For example, if Sepia is selected from the Tone list (available when PhotoEnhance is selected), only the images in a document will be printed in sepia. Any colored text or graphs in the same document will be printed in color.

Some settings may not be available, depending on the Media Type, Color, and Print Quality settings that you make.

Media Type

Determines what other settings are available, so you should always make this setting first.

Select the Media Type setting that matches the paper that is loaded in the printer. To find out what media type you are using, find your media in the Media Type Settings list.

Media Type Settings

Color

Print Quality

Select the desired setting from the Print Quality list.

Note:

The availability of the Print Quality setting depends on the Media Type setting. Therefore, make the Media Type setting before you set the Print Quality.

High Speed

This setting activates bidirectional printing so your printer prints both left-to-right and right-to-left. High Speed mode speeds up printing, but decreases print quality.

Mirror Image

Prints an image as it would appear in a mirror. Text and graphics appear reversed.

Finest Detail

Depending on the Print Quality setting you select, you can turn on Finest Detail to print text, solid graphics, and line art with very sharp edges. Finest Quality takes longer to print and increases your memory requirements. Also, you may not be able to print some larger images, and some patterns may not print correctly. If you experience problems printing in this mode, turn it off or add more memory.

Edge Smoothing

Improves the print quality of low-resolution images by smoothing jagged edges and lines. This setting has no effect on high-resolution images or on text.

Thick paper

Adjusts the size of the gap between the platen and print head. Select this check box if your printouts are rubbed while printing.

Color Management

Color Controls

For use with the color matching and image enhancement methods provided by the printer driver. When you select Color Controls, additional settings appear under Color Management, allowing you to select a Mode setting and to adjust the color enhancement sliders.

PhotoEnhance

This mode provides a variety of image correction settings that you can apply to your photos before printing. PhotoEnhance does not affect your original data.

Note:

Printing with PhotoEnhance selected may increase the time required for printing, depending on your computer system and the amount of data contained in your image.

Tone

You can select from the following settings.

Selecting PhotoEnhance also makes the Digital Camera Correction check box available. Selecting this check box makes the Smooth Skin check box available. Use this when you are printing photos taken with a digital camera to give your printed images the smooth, natural appearance of photographs taken with a film camera.

ColorSync

This mode automatically adjusts the printout colors to match the colors on your monitor. Selecting ColorSync displays the following two menus.

Profile:

Matches the printout colors to the colors displayed on your monitor according to the information stored in the selected profile. EPSON Standard is a custom-designed profile that works with your printer.

Rendering Intent:

You can select from the following settings.

Off (No Color Adjustment)

This setting prints without any color adjustment.

Advanced B&W Photo:

To access the Advanced B&W Photo settings, select Advanced B&W Photo as the Color setting.

Here you can use the following tools to make detailed adjustments to your photos.

Note:

Advanced B&W Photo is available depending on the ink cartridge installed (Photo Black or Matte Black), the media type setting, and the print quality setting. For most media types, select Best Photo or Photo RPM as the print quality setting.

Color Toning

Select one of the following settings.

Tone

Adjusts the tone by five levels.

Slide Bars

The tone enhancement slide bars adjust the following options. Drag the slide bar to the right or left to adjust the settings. You can also enter a value in the boxes next to the slide bars.

Highlight Point Shift

Select this check box to add a little more ink to white areas to give it a glossy look.

Color circle

Click in the color circle to adjust the color tone of your black-and-white photo. You can also adjust the color tone by entering a value in the Horizontal and Vertical text boxes.

Default button

Click the default button to return the settings to their default values.

Paper Config

This mode allows you to make the following detailed paper settings.

Color Density

Use this to adjust the strength of color density when printing on non-EPSON media. You can adjust the density by dragging the scroll bar to the left or right, or by entering a value between -50 and 50 in the text box.

Drying Time per Print Head Pass

Use this to add a waiting time when the print head reaches the end of every pass to allow the ink to dry. You can adjust the setting by dragging the scroll bar to the left or right, or by entering a value between 0 and 50 in the text box.

Save Settings

To save your Advanced settings in the Custom Settings list, click Save Settings in the Advanced dialog box. The Custom Settings dialog box appears.

Type a unique name for your settings in the Name text box, then click Save. The name can contain a total of up to 16 letters and numerals. You can also use up to eight, double-byte characters; however, they may not be displayed correctly on the screen depending on your operating system settings. Your custom setting will be added to the Custom Settings list, and the latest custom setting will be selected. You can save up to 100 custom settings.

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

Using your saved settings

To use your saved settings, select Custom as the Mode setting in the Print dialog box, then select your setting in the Custom Settings list.

If you change the Media Type, Color, or other settings on the Advanced menu and then click OK while one of your custom settings is selected in the Custom Settings list on the Basic menu, the selection shown in the list returns to Custom Settings. The custom setting that was previously selected is not affected by the change and remains in the list. To return to your custom setting, simply reselect it from the Custom Settings list.

If you delete a custom setting that was active when deleted or if it was the only custom setting, the Custom Settings list selection on the Basic menu returns to Custom Settings. To activate a remaining custom setting, simply select it from the Custom Settings list.

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Setting the print time

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

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

Make the appropriate Background Printing setting.

Select Urgent, Normal, Print at, or Hold as the Print Time setting.

If you select Print at, use the arrows beside the date and time boxes to specify the date and time when you want the document to be printed.

Note:

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

Click OK. The Background Printing dialog box closes.

In the Print dialog box, make sure that 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 MonitorIV utility. See Using EPSON MonitorIV

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Previewing your printout

The Preview feature allows you to see how your document will look before actually printing it. Follow these steps to preview your document.

Make your printer driver settings.

Click the Preview icon button in the Print dialog box. The Print button changes into the Preview button.

Note:

Use the Preview icon button to cycle through the Print,  Preview, and  Save File modes. Click the icon button to select the mode that you want, and click the button to the right of the icon to use the mode you have selected. See Saving spool data as a file

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

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

Icon	Button name	Function
	Edit Watermark	Click to select, move, and resize watermarks.
	Zoom	Click to enlarge or reduce the size of the previewed page.
	Show/Hide Printable Area	Click to display or hide the borderlines which indicate the printable area. The printer cannot print anything that is outside of this area.
	Show/Hide Watermark Settings	Click to open the Watermark Edit dialog box, where you can add watermarks to the document and change any of the current watermark settings.
	Add page	Click to add or remove selected pages from the list of pages to be printed.
	Remove page

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 additional changes to the print settings.

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Saving spool data as a file

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

Note:

Use the Preview icon button to cycle through the Print,  Preview, and Save File modes. Click the icon button to select the mode you want, and click the button to the right of the icon to use the mode you have selected.

Make your printer driver settings.

Click the Preview icon button in the Print dialog box repeatedly until the Print button changes into the SaveFile button.

Click the SaveFile button. The following dialog box appears.

Select the location where you want to save the file, then type a file name in the Save As text box and click Save.

When you want to print the document, double-click the file to open EPSON MonitorIV, make sure that the correct document is selected, then click the Resume button to send the data to the printer.

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