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How to / Using the Printer Software with Macintosh
Making the print quality setting
Resizing printouts
Modifying the print layout
Using a watermark
Printing with the duplex unit
Making the Extended Settings
You can change the print quality of printouts through settings in the printer driver. The printer driver provides you with the choice of letting the printer make the settings automatically, choosing from a list of predefined settings, or customizing the settings.
You can change the print quality of printouts to favor speed or detail. If you need high quality output, choose a higher number. Please note that doing so reduces the print speed.
When the Automatic button is selected on the Basic Settings dialog box, the printer driver takes care of all detailed settings according to the color setting you select. Color and resolution are the only settings you need to make. You can change other settings such as paper size or orientation in most applications.
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Online help provides more information on printer driver settings. |
There are three levels of print output, 300 dpi, 600 dpi and 1200 dpi. 1200 dpi provides high quality, precise printing, but requires more memory and slows the printing speed.
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Open the Basic Settings dialog box. |
Click the Automatic button on Print Quality. Then choose desired printing resolution from Fast (300 dpi) or Fine (600 dpi) with the slider bar. |
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The predefined settings are provided to help you optimize print settings for a particular kind of printout, such as presentation documents or images taken by a video or digital camera.
Follow these steps to use the predefined settings.
Click the Advanced button on the Basic Settings dialog box. You will find the predefined settings in the list on the right of the Automatic button. |
Select the most appropriate setting from the list according to the type of document or image you want to print. |
When you choose a predefined setting, other settings such as Printing Mode, Resolution, Screen, and Color Management are set automatically. Changes are shown in the current settings list on the left of the Basic Settings dialog box.
This printer driver provides the following predefined settings:
Suitable for regular printing, especially photos.
Suitable for printing documents that include text and graphs, such as presentation documents.
Suitable for printing graphs and charts.
Suitable for printing photos.
Suitable for printing images captured using the video input, a digital camera, or scanner. EPSON PhotoEnhance 4 automatically adjusts the contrast, saturation, and brightness of the original image data to produce sharper, more vivid color printouts. This setting does not affect your original image data.
Automatically adjusts printout colors to match colors on your screen.
Suitable for regular printing that gives priority to high-quality printing.
Suitable for printing high-quality presentation documents that include text and graphs.
Suitable for printing high-quality graphs, charts, and photos.
Suitable for printing high-quality scanned photos and digitally-captured images.
Many users will never need to make their own print settings manually. However, your printer provides for customized print settings if you need more control over the printout, want to make the most detailed settings available, or just want to experiment.
Follow these steps to customize your print settings.
Click the Advanced button on the Basic Settings dialog box, then click More Setting. The following dialog box appears. |
Choose Color or Black as the Color setting. |
Choose desired printing resolution from 300 dpi, 600 dpi or 1200 dpi with the Resolution slider bar, then make other settings. For details on each setting, see online help. |
Click OK to apply your settings and return to the Basic Settings dialog box. Click Cancel to return to the Basic Settings dialog box without applying your settings. |
To save your custom settings, click the Advanced button and click Save Settings on the Basic Settings dialog box. The Custom Settings dialog box appears.
Type a name for your custom settings in the Name box, and click Save. Your settings will appear in the list on the right of the Automatic button in the Basic Settings dialog box.
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If you change any setting in the Advanced Settings dialog box when one of your custom settings is selected in the Advanced Settings list on the Basic Settings dialog box, the setting selected in the list changes to User Settings. The custom setting that was previously selected is not affected by this change. To return to your custom setting, simply reselect it from the current settings list.
The Fit to Page function in the Layout dialog box allows you to have your documents enlarged or reduced during printing according to the specified paper size.
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Click the Layout icon on the Basic Settings dialog box. The Layout dialog box appears. |
Select the Fit to Page check box. |
Select the desired paper size from the Output Paper drop-down list. The page will be printed to fit on the paper you have selected. |
Click OK to accept the settings. |
You can prints either two or four pages onto a single page and specify the printing order, automatically resizing each page to fit the specified paper size by using Layout printing. You can also choose to print documents surrounded by a frame.
Click the Layout icon on the Basic Settings dialog box. The Layout dialog box appears. |
Select the Print Layout check box, then click Print Layout Settings. The Print Layout Setting dialog box appears. |
Select the number of pages you want to print on one sheet of paper. |
Select the page order in which the pages are printed on each sheet. |
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Page Order choices depend on the number of pages selected above, and the orientation. |
Click OK to close the Print Layout Setting dialog box. |
Select the Print the Frame check box on the Layout dialog box when you want to print the pages surrounded by a frame. |
Click OK on the Layout dialog box to accept the settings. |
Follow the steps below to use a watermark on your document. In the Layout dialog box, you can select from a list of predefined watermarks, or you can make an original watermark with text or a bitmap (PICT). The Layout dialog box also allows you to make a variety of detailed watermark settings. For example, you can select the size, intensity, and position of your watermark.
Click the Layout icon on the Basic Settings dialog box. The Layout dialog box appears. |
Select the Watermark Settings check box and a watermark from the Watermark drop-down list. |
Select the location on the page where you want to print the watermark by dragging the watermark image on the preview window. Also, when you want to resize the watermark, drag its handle. |
Adjust the image intensity of the watermark with the Intensity slider bar. |
For your own custom text watermark, you can rotate it by inputting the degrees in the Angle box. Or select the Rotate by mouse check box, and rotate the text watermark with the pointer on the preview window. |
Click OK to accept the settings. |
You can make a new text or bitmap watermark with the following procedures.
Click the Layout icon on the Basic Settings dialog box. The Layout dialog box appears. |
Select the Watermark Settings check box and click New/Delete. The Custom Watermark dialog box appears. |
Click Add Text on the Custom Watermark dialog box. |
Type the watermark text in the Text box, and select the Font and Style, then click OK. |
Type the file name in the Name box, and click Save. |
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Select the saved custom watermark from the Watermark drop-down list on the Layout dialog box. Then click OK. |
Before making a custom watermark, you should prepare a bitmap (PICT) file.
Click the Layout icon on the Basic Settings dialog box. The Layout dialog box appears. |
Select the Watermark Settings check box and click New/Delete. The Custom Watermark dialog box appears. |
Click Add PICT on the Custom Watermark dialog box. |
Select the PICT file and click Open. |
Type the file name in the Name box, and click Save. |
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To remove the saved watermark, select it from the List box, and click Delete. After removing it, be sure to click Save to close the dialog box. |
Select the saved custom watermark from the Watermark drop-down list on the Layout dialog box. Then click OK. |
Duplex printing prints on both sides of the paper. When printing for binding, the binding edge can be specified as required to produce the desired page order.
You can enable the Duplex Unit by closing Chooser after selecting the AL-C4000 icon. However, the Duplex Unit is enabled automatically when this unit is installed and the printer is connected with the computer correctly.
As an ENERGY STAR® partner, EPSON recommends the use of the double-sided printing function. Refer to ENERGY STAR® Compliance for more information on the ENERGY STAR® program.
Click the Layout icon on the Basic Settings dialog box. The Layout dialog box appears. |
Select the Duplex check box. |
Select the Left, Top, or Right button as a Binding position. |
Click Duplex Settings to open the Duplex Settings dialog box. |
Specify the Binding Margin for the front and back sides of the paper. |
Select whether the front or back side of the paper is to be printed as the Start Page. |
Click OK to close the Duplex Settings dialog box. |
Click OK on the Layout dialog box to accept the settings. |
You can make various settings in the Extended Setting dialog box, for example Page Protect. To open the dialog box, click the Extended Setting icon on the Basic Settings dialog box.
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Uses the settings specified on the printer check box: |
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Select this button to use the Offset, Skip blank page, and Ignore the selected paper size settings in the control panel. |
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Offset: |
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Makes fine adjustments to the printing position of data on a page. |
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Adjusts the vertical printing position of data on the front of a page. |
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Adjusts the horizontal printing position of data on the front of a page. |
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Adjusts the vertical printing position of data on the back of a page when printing with the duplex unit. |
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Adjusts the horizontal printing position of data on the back of a page when printing with the duplex unit. |
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Ignore the selected paper size check box: |
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When you select this check box, the printer prints on loaded paper, regardless of size. |
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Skip Blank Page check box: |
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This feature enables you to not print blank pages. |
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Automatically change to monochrome mode check box: |
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Select this check box to have the printer driver analyze the printing data, and automatically switch to monochrome mode if the printing data is black and white. |
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Add Coated to the Paper Type settings check box: |
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When you select this check box, Coated appears in the Paper Type list on the Basic Settings dialog box and become available. |
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Adjust line thickness check box: |
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Adjusts the width of the lines printed. |
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Default button: |
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Returns to initials settings. |
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Select button: |
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Selects spool file saving folder. |
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Cancel button: |
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Clicking this button exits the dialog box or printer driver without saving your settings. |
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OK button: |
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Clicking this button saves your settings and exit the dialog box or printer driver. The settings are effective until you make new settings and click OK again. |
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