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How to / Using the Printer Software with Macintosh

Making Changes to Printer Settings

Making the print quality setting
Resizing printouts
Modifying the print layout
Using a watermark
Printing with the Duplex Unit
Making Extended Settings

Making the print quality setting

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.

Choosing the print quality by using the Automatic setting

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.

Note:

Online help provides more information on printer driver settings.

Open the Basic Settings dialog box.

Select the Automatic radio button on Print Quality. Then choose desired printing resolution from Fast (300 dpi) or Fine (600 dpi) with the slider bar.

Note:

For details about the RITech function, click the help button.

If printing is unsuccessful or a memory-related error message appears, selecting a lower resolution may allow printing to proceed.

Using the predefined settings

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.

Select the Advanced radio button on the Basic Settings dialog box. You will find the predefined settings in the list on the right of the Automatic radio 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:

Automatic (Standard)

Suitable for regular printing, especially photos.

Text/Graph

Suitable for printing documents that include text and graphs, such as presentation documents.

Graphic/CAD

Suitable for printing graphs and charts.

Photo

Suitable for printing photos.

PhotoEnhance4

Suitable for printing images captured using the video input, a digital camera, or scanner. EPSON PhotoEnhance4 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.

ColorSync

Automatically adjusts printout colors to match colors on your screen.

Automatic (High Quality)

Suitable for regular printing that gives priority to high-quality printing.

Advanced Text/Graph

Suitable for printing high-quality presentation documents that include text and graphs.

Advanced Graphic/CAD

Suitable for printing high-quality graphs, charts, and photos.

Advanced Photo

Suitable for printing high-quality scanned photos and digitally-captured images.

Customizing print settings

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 radio button on the Basic Settings dialog box, then click More Settings. The following dialog box appears.

Choose Color or Black as the Color setting.

Choose desired printing resolution from 300 dpi or 600 dpi with the Resolution slider bar, then make other settings. For details on each setting, see the button.

Click OK to apply your settings and return to the Basic Settings tab. Click Cancel to return to the Basic Settings dialog box without applying your settings.

Saving your settings

To save your custom settings, select the Advanced radio 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 radio button in the Basic Settings dialog box.

Note:

You cannot use a predefined setting name for your custom settings.

To delete a custom setting, select the Advanced radio button and click Save Settings on the Basic Settings dialog box, select the setting in the User Settings dialog box and then click Delete.

You cannot delete predefined settings.

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.

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Resizing printouts

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.

Note:

The enlarging or reducing rate is automatically specified according to the paper size selected in the Paper Setting dialog box.

The modifying or reducing rate selected in the Paper Setting dialog box is not available.

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.

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Modifying the print layout

You can print either two or four pages onto a single page and to 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.

Note:

Page Order choices depend on Pages selected above, and 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.

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Using a watermark

Follow the steps to use a watermark on your document. In the Layout dialog box, you can select from a list of predefined watermarks, or you can select a bitmap (PICT) file or text file as your own custom watermark. 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.

Making a new watermark

You can make a new text or bitmap watermark with the following procedures.

To make a text watermark

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, and then click OK on the Text Watermark dialog box.

Type the file name in the Name box, and click Save.

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To edit the saved text watermark, select it from the List box, and click Edit Text. After editing, be sure to click OK to close the dialog box.

To remove the saved text 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.

To make a bitmap watermark

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. The Custom Watermark dialog box appears.

Select the Watermark Settings check box and click New/Delete.

Click Add PICT on the Custom watermark dialog box.

Select the PICT file and click Convert. When you click Create, the watermark is displayed on the preview window.

Type the file name in the Save converted file as box, and click Save.

Note:

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.

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Printing with the Duplex Unit

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.

To use Printing for Binding, the optional Duplex Unit must be installed and enabled in the printer driver. To enable the Duplex Unit, select the AL-C8600 icon and close Chooser. However, the Duplex Unit is enabled automatically when this unit is installed and the printer is connected with the computer correctly.

Click the Layout icon on the Basic Settings dialog box. The Layout dialog box appears.

Select the Duplex check box.

Select a Binding position from Left, Top, or Right.

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.

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Making Extended 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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