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Reference Guide
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How To / Using the Printer Software
Making Changes to Printer Settings
Choosing the print quality
Resizing printouts
Modifying the print layout
Using a watermark
Using an overlay
Printing with the Duplex Unit
Making Extended Settings
Making Optional Settings
Choosing the print quality
You can change the print quality of printouts through settings in the printer driver. With the printer driver, you can make the print settings by choosing from a list of predefined settings, or customizing the settings.
You can change the print quality of printouts to favor speed or detail. There are two levels of print output, 300 dpi and 600 dpi. 600 dpi provides high quality, precise printing, but requires more memory and slows the printing speed.
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Online help provides more information on printer driver settings.
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Click the Basic Settings tab.
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Select the desired printing resolution from the Print Quality drop-down list.
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Click OK to accept the setting.
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If printing is unsuccessful or a memory-related error message appears, selecting a lower resolution may allow printing to proceed.
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Resizing printouts
You can have your document enlarged or reduced during printing.
To automatically resize pages to fit the output paper
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Click the Layout tab.
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Select the Zoom Options check box.
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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.
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Click the Upper Left button (to print reduced page image at upper left corner of the paper) or the Center button (to print reduced page image with centering) for Location setting.
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Click OK to accept the settings.
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To resize pages by a specified percentage:
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Click the Layout tab.
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Select the Zoom Options check box.
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Select the Zoom To check box.
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Specify the magnification percentage in the box, then click OK. The percentage can be set between 50% and 200% in 1% increments.
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If necessary, select the paper size to be printed from the Output Paper drop-down list.
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Modifying the print layout
Your printer can print either two or four pages onto a single page and specifies the printing order, automatically resizing each page to fit the specified paper size. You can also choose to print documents surrounded by a frame.
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Click the Layout tab.
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Select the Print Layout check box, and click Print Layout Settings. The Print Layout Settings dialog box appears.
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Select the number of pages you want to print on one sheet of paper.
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Select the Page Order in which the pages are printed on each sheet. Select the Print the Frame check box when you want to print the pages surrounded by a frame.
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The Page Order choices depend on the number of pages selected above, and the paper orientation (Portrait or Landscape) selected on the Basic Settings menu.
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Click OK to close the Print Layout Settings dialog box.
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Click OK on the Layout menu to accept the settings.
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Using a watermark
Follow the steps to use a watermark on your document. In the Watermark dialog box, you can select from a list of predefined watermarks, or you can make an original watermark with text or a bitmap. The Watermark 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.
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Click the Special tab.
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Select the Watermark check box.
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Click Watermark Settings. The Watermark dialog box appears.
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Select a watermark from the Watermark Name drop-down list.
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Select the location on the page where you want to print the watermark from the Location drop-down list.
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Adjust the horizontal or vertical Offset position.
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Adjust the image intensity of the watermark with the Intensity slider bar.
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Adjust the size of the watermark with the Size slider bar.
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Select Front (to print the watermark in the foreground of the document) or Back (to print the watermark in the background of the document) for the Position setting.
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Click OK to accept the settings.
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Making a new watermark
You can make a new watermark as follows:
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Click the Special tab.
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Select the Watermark check box.
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Click Watermark Settings. The Watermark dialog box appears.
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Click New/Delete. The User Defined Watermarks dialog box appears.
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Select Text or BMP and type a name for the new watermark in the Name box.
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If you select Text, type the watermark text in the Text box. If you select BMP, click Browse, select the BMP file you want to use, then click OK.
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Click Save. Your watermark will appear in the List box.
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Click OK to register the new watermark settings.
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You can register up to 10 watermarks.
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Using an overlay
The Overlay Settings dialog box allows you to prepare standard forms, or templates, that you can use as overlays when printing other documents. This feature can be useful for creating corporate letterheads or invoices.
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The overlay function is available only when the High Quality (Printer) is selected for the Graphic Mode in the Extended Settings dialog box from the Optional Settings menu.
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Creating an overlay
Follow these steps to create and save a form overlay file.
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Open your application and create the file that you want to use as an overlay.
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When the file is ready to be saved as an overlay, choose Print or Print Setup from the File menu of your application. Then click Printer, Setup, Options, Properties, or a combination of these buttons, depending on your application.
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Click the Special tab.
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Select the Form Overlay check box, and click the Overlay Settings to open the Overlay Settings dialog box.
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Click the Create Overlay Data button, then click Settings. The Form Settings dialog box appears.
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Select the Use Form Name check box. Then click Add Form Name. The Add Form dialog box appears.
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In the Add Form dialog box, type the form name in the Form Name box and its description in the Description box.
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Click the To Front or To Back button to specify whether the overlay will be printed as background or foreground of the document.
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In the Add Form dialog box, click Register.
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In the Form Settings dialog box, click OK.
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In the Overlay Settings dialog box, click OK.
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Print the file saved as overlay data. It is possible to save any kind of file as an overlay. The overlay data is created.
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Printing with an overlay
Follow the steps to print a document with overlay data.
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Open the file to print with overlay data.
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From the application, access the printer driver. Open the File menu and choose Print or Print Setup. Then click Printer, Setup, Options, Properties, or a combination of these buttons, depending on the application you use.
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Click the Special tab.
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Select the Form Overlay check box, and click Overlay Settings to open the Overlay Settings dialog box.
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In the Overlay Settings dialog box, choose the form from the Form list, then click OK.
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Click OK to print the data.
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Different printer settings overlay data
The overlay data is made with the current printer settings (such as Resolution: 600 dpi). If you want to make the same overlay with different printer settings (such as 300 dpi), follow the instructions below.
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Make the printer settings and exit the printer driver.
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Send the same data that you made by application to the printer like step 12 in Creating an overlay.
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This setting is available only for Form Name data.
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Printing with the Duplex Unit
Duplex printing with the optional Duplex Unit 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.
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.
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Click the Layout tab.
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Select the Duplex check box.
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Select the Left, Top, or Right button as a Binding position.
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Click Duplex Settings to open the Duplex Settings dialog box.
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Specify the Binding Margin for the front and back sides of the paper.
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Select whether the front or back side of the paper is to be printed as the Start Page.
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When printing for binding as a booklet, click the Binding Method check box and make appropriate settings. For details about each setting, see online help.
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Click OK to close the Duplex Settings dialog box.
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Click OK on the Layout menu to accept the settings.
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Making Extended Settings
You can make detailed settings such as font setting or offset setting in the Extended Settings dialog box. To open the dialog box, click Extended Settings on the Optional Settings menu.
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Graphic Mode
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Set whether printer tasks are performed mainly by the computer or by the printer.
When you select High Quality (PC), you cannot select the Print True Type fonts as bitmap button.
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Print True Type fonts as bitmap button:
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Select this button to print, as bitmap, the True Type fonts that are not substituted with device fonts in the document.
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Print True Type fonts with substitution button:
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Select this button to print the True Type fonts in the document as device fonts. This function is not available when the Graphic Mode setting is set to High Quality (PC).
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Setting button:
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Click this button to open the Font Substitution dialog box. This button is available when the Print True Type fonts with substitution button is selected.
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Uses the settings specified on the printer button:
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Select this button to use the Offset, the Skip blank page, and the Ignore the selected paper size settings on the control panel.
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Uses the settings specified on the driver button:
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Select this button to use the Offset, the Skip blank page, and the Ignore the selected paper size settings in the printer driver.
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Offset
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Makes fine adjustments to the printing position on the front and the back of data on a page in 0.5 mm increments.
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Density
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Select the density of the printout.
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Skip Blank Page check box:
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When you select this check box, the printer skips blank pages.
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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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High Speed Graphics Output check box:
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Select this check box to optimize the printing speed of graphics composed of line drawings such as overlaid circles and squares.
Clear this check box if graphics do not print correctly.
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Uses the spooling method provided by the operating system check box:
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Select this check box to enable the Spool function for Windows XP, 2000, or NT 4.0.
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OK button:
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Click this button to save your settings and to exit the dialog box or printer driver.
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Cancel button:
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Click this button to exit the dialog box or printer driver without saving your settings.
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Help button:
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Click this button to open online help.
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Default button:
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Click this button to return the driver settings to the initial settings.
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Making Optional Settings
You can update the installed option information manually if you have installed options to your printer.
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Click the Optional Settings tab, then select the Update the Printer Option Info Manually button.
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Click Settings. The Optional Settings dialog box appears.
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Make settings for each installed option, then click OK.
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