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Printer Software

Using the Printer Driver

Making the Media Type setting
Using the Automatic, PhotoEnhance, and Custom Modes
Adjusting page orientation and printable area
Fitting documents onto the page
Printing two or four pages on one sheet
Printing posters
Printing a watermark on your document
Previewing your printout

The printer driver software allows the computer to control the printer according to the settings you make for your printing requirements.

Making the Media Type setting

The Media Type setting determines what other settings are available, so you should always make this setting first.

On the Main menu (for Windows) and the Print dialog box (for Macintosh), select the Media Type setting that matches the paper loaded in the printer. Find your paper in the list below, then select a corresponding Media Type setting. For some kinds of paper, you have several Media Type settings to choose from.

Media Type setting	EPSON special media name
Archival Matte Paper	EPSON Archival Matte Paper
Premium Semigloss Photo Paper	EPSON Premium Semigloss Photo Paper
Professional Glossy Paper	EPSON Professional Glossy Paper
Watercolor Paper-Radiant White	EPSON Watercolor Paper-Radiant White
Plain Paper	-

Note:

The availability of special media varies by country.

If you are using paper other than EPSON special media, see Notes for Special Media and Other Media.

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Using the Automatic, PhotoEnhance, and Custom Modes

The settings are arranged to give you four levels of control over the printer driver, as explained below.

Automatic mode	The quickest and easiest way to start printing.
PhotoEnhance mode	Lets you choose from a variety of image-correction settings specially designed for photos.
Custom mode	Choose from a list of ready-made settings suited to the kind of document you want to print. You can also add your own settings to this list.

In addition to making groups of settings that affect the overall print quality, you can also modify individual aspects of the print style and layout using the Paper and Layout menus (for Windows) and Page Setup and Layout dialog boxes (for Macintosh). See Adjusting page orientation and printable area and Fitting documents onto the page.

Automatic mode

When Automatic is selected on the Main menu (for Windows) or in the Print dialog box (for Macintosh), 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 gray scale. To make the Media Type setting, see Making the Media Type setting.

Main menu (for Windows)

Print dialog box (for Macintosh)

Note:

Depending on the media you choose in the Media Type list while Automatic is selected, a slider may appear in the Mode box allowing you to choose Quality or Speed. Select Quality when print quality is more important than speed.

Most Windows applications feature paper size and page layout settings that override similar settings in the printer driver. However, if your application does not, you should verify the settings on the printer driver's Paper menu or Layout menu.

PhotoEnhance mode

The PhotoEnhance mode provides a variety of image-correction settings that you can apply to your photo images before printing. PhotoEnhance does not affect your original data. Click PhotoEnhance on theMain menu (for Windows) or in the Print dialog box (for Macintosh).

Selecting PhotoEnhance also enables the Digital Camera Correction check box. Select this check box 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.

Note:

This mode is only available with 16-, 24-, or 32-bit color data.

This mode is available only when 32-bit color is selected as your monitor display setting for Macintosh.

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.

You can select from the following settings. Click the arrow to the right of the drop-down menu.

Standard	This setting provides standard image correction for most photos. Try this first.
People	This setting is best for photos of people.
Nature	This setting is best for outdoor scenery such as mountains, the sky, and oceans.
Soft Focus	This setting makes your photos look as if they were taken with a soft-focus lens.
Sepia	This setting applies a sepia tone to your photos.

Custom mode

The Custom mode lets you make a wide range of changes with a single click of the mouse. In the Custom Settings list, you'll find ready-made settings provided by EPSON designed to match a particular kind of printout, such as graphs and charts for a presentation or images taken by a digital camera.

You can also create your own settings and add them to this list. See Advanced settings.

The Custom Settings list includes the following ready-made settings. Click the arrow on the right of the Custom Settings list.

Text/Graph	Good for printing presentation documents such as graphs and charts.
Economy	This setting is best for printing drafts of text.
ICM (For Windows Me, 98, 95 and 2000)	ICM (Image Color Matching) automatically adjusts printout colors to match the colors on your screen.
sRGB (For Windows)	Best for color matching with other sRGB devices.
ColorSync (For Macintosh)	This setting automatically adjusts printout colors to match colors on your screen
Advanced Photo	Good for printing scanned photos and digitally-captured images in high quality. Also helps prevent the misprinting of ink dots that may occur due to the movement of the print head and paper.

Follow the steps below to select a Custom setting.

Click the Custom button on the Main menu (for Windows) or in the Print dialog box (for Macintosh).

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 Management are set automatically. Changes are shown in the Current Settings display on the left side of the Main menu (for Windows) or on the left side of the Print dialog box (for Macintosh).

Before printing, be sure to verify the Media Type and Ink settings, as they may be affected by the Custom setting you select. See Making the Media Type setting.

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.

Follow the instructions below to make and save Advanced settings.

Note:

The printer driver screens that appear in this procedure are for Windows 98 and 95. The appearance of the Windows 2000 and NT 4.0 printer driver screens differ only slightly.

Click the Custom button on the Main menu (for Windows) or in the Print dialog box (for Macintosh) and then click Advanced. The following dialog box appears.

Advanced menu (for Windows)

Advanced dialog box (for Macintosh)

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

Choose Color or Black in the Ink options.

Select a Print Quality setting.

Make other settings as needed. For details, see online help.

Note:

Some settings are enabled or disabled depending on the Media Type, Ink, and Print Quality settings you make.

Click OK to apply your settings and return to the Main menu (for Windows) or Print dialog box (for Macintosh). If you want to return to the previous screen without applying your settings, click Cancel.

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

Custom Settings dialog box (for Windows)

Custom Settings dialog box (for Macintosh)

Type a unique name (up to 16 characters) for your settings in the Name box, and click the Save button. Your settings will be added to the Custom Settings list.

You can save up to 10 groups of settings. You can select your saved group of settings from the Custom Settings list on the Main menu (for Windows) or in the Print dialog box (for Macintosh).

When you select your saved settings in the Custom Settings list, be aware that making new settings, for example Media Type and Ink settings, may change your custom settings. This may cause unexpected results in your printout. If this happens, reselect your saved settings and try printing again.

Note:

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

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

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

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Adjusting page orientation and printable area

You can adjust the page orientation and printable area on the Paper menu (for Windows) or in the Page Setup dialog box (for Macintosh).

Paper menu (for Windows)

Page Setup dialog box (for Macintosh)

You can change the following settings:

Paper source	Use this setting to specify the paper path to load the paper. if any paper is set in the manual slots, the path is prior to others.
Orientation	Use this setting to specify the direction of printing on the page: Portrait (vertical), or Landscape (horizontal). If you need to print close to the bottom of the page, select Rotate by 180°.
Printable area	Select Centered to position your printout at equal distances from the edges of the paper.
Reduce or Enlarge (for Macintosh)	Define the percentage you want to enlarge or reduce an image. Make a setting from 10 to 400%.

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Fitting documents onto the page

You can fit the size of your document to the size of the paper you will print on. Open the Layout menu (for Windows) or the Layout dialog box (for Macintosh).

Layout menu (for Windows)

Use the Reduce/Enlarge options.

Fit to Page	Proportionally enlarges or reduces the size of your document to make it fit the paper size you select in the Output Paper Size list in the Reduce/Enlarge box.
Custom	Lets you define the percentage you want to enlarge or reduce an image. Click the arrows next to the Scale box to select a proportion from 10 to 650%.

To open the Layout dialog box in Macintosh, click Print on the File menu of your application, then click the Layout icon in the Print dialog box (for Macintosh).

Layout dialog box (for Macintosh)

Selecting this setting proportionally enlarges or reduces the size of the image to make it fit the paper size you selected in the Paper Size list. To use this function, select the Fit to Page check box and select the paper size you loaded in the printer from the Output Paper Size list.

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Printing two or four pages on one sheet

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

To print more than one page on one piece of paper, you should make 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 frame	Allows you to print a frame around each page that is printed on the sheet of paper.

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Printing posters

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

Click the Settings button to adjust the way your poster is printed. 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.

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Printing a watermark on your document

To print a watermark on your document, click anywhere in the Watermark list box on the Layout menu to open it, and select one from the list of predefined watermarks.

You can also add your own text-based or image-based watermarks to the Watermark list.

Click the Add/Del button on the Layout menu. The following dialog box appears.

Creating an image-based watermark:

Select BMP.

Click the Browse button to specify the bitmap file 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:

Select Text.

Type the text for your watermark in the Text box. The text that you enter will also be assigned as the name of the watermark.

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:

Click the Settings button on the Layout menu. The following dialog box appears.

Note:

Font Setting and Rotation can be seen if you make a text-based watermark above.

From the Watermark list box, select the watermark that you want to make settings for, then make Color, Position, Density, Size, Font, Font Style, and Angle settings. For details, please see the online help. Your settings are reflected in the display on the left side of the dialog box.

When you are finished making the settings, click OK.

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Previewing your printout

The Preview feature allows you to see how your document will appear before actually printing it.

For Windows

Open the Main menu (for Windows) and select the Print Preview check box. When you print your document, the Print Preview window opens. On the Print Preview window, click Print to print the document, or click Cancel to cancel printing.

For Macintosh

Click the Preview icon button in the Print dialog box (for Macintosh) until the Print button changes into a Preview button. Then click the Preview button. The Preview dialog box appears and displays a preview of your document. On the Preview dialog box click Print to print the document, or click Cancel to cancel printing.

Note:

The Print button changes between Print, Preview, and Save File by pressing the Preview icon button. See online help for more information.

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