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Using the Standard Printer Driver

Standard printer driver settings

Making the print quality setting
Resizing printouts
Modifying the print layout
Using a watermark
Using an overlay
Using HDD Form Overlay
Printing with the Duplex Unit
Making Extended Settings
Making the Optional Settings

Making the print quality setting

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.

To change the print quality of printouts

Follow these steps to change the print quality setting:

Click the Basic Settings tab.

Choose the desired resolution from the Print Quality pop-up list.

If necessary, click the More Settings button to make the desired settings, and then click OK.

Note:

For details on each setting in the More Settings dialog box, see online help.

Click OK to accept the settings.

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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

Follow these steps to resize the pages:

Click the Layout tab.

Select the Zoom Options check box. Then 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 the Upper Left button (to print the reduced page image at upper left corner of the paper) or the Center button (to print the reduced page image with centering) for the Location setting.

Click OK to accept the settings.

To resize pages by a specified percentage:

Follow these steps to resize the pages by percentage:

Click the Layout tab.

Select the Zoom Options check box.

Select the Zoom To check box. Then specify the magnification percentage in the box.

Note:

The percentage can be set between 50% and 200% in 1% increments.

Click OK to accept the settings.

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 by automatically resizing the pages to fit the specified paper size. You can also choose to print the pages surrounded by a frame.

Follow these steps to modify the print layout:

Click the Layout tab.

Select the Print Layout check box, and then click Print Layout Settings. The Print Layout Settings dialog box appears.

Select the number of pages you want to print on one sheet of paper. Then select the page order in which the pages are printed on each sheet.

Select the Print the Frame check box if you want to print the pages surrounded by a frame.

Note:

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.

Click OK to accept the settings and return to the Layout menu.

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Using a watermark

Your printer enables you to print with watermarks. You can select from a list of predefined watermarks, or you can make an original watermark with text or a bitmap file. 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.

Follow these steps to print with watermark:

Click the Special tab.

Select the Watermark check box. Then click Watermark Settings. The Watermark dialog box appears.

Select a watermark from the Watermark Name drop-down list.

Adjust the image intensity of the watermark with the Intensity slider bar.

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.

Select the location on the page where you want to print the watermark from the Location drop-down list.

Adjust the horizontal or vertical Offset position.

Adjust the size of the watermark with the Size slider bar.

Click OK to accept the settings and return to the Special menu.

Making a new watermark

Follow these steps to create a new watermark:

Click the Special tab.

Select the Watermark check box.

Click Watermark Settings. The Watermark dialog box appears.

Click New/Delete. The User Defined Watermarks dialog box appears.

Select Text or BMP and type a name for the new watermark in the Name box.

Note:

This screen appears when you select the Text button.

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.

Click Save. Your watermark will appear in the List box.

Click OK to register the new watermark settings.

Note:

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.

Note:

The overlay function is available only when High Quality (Printer) is selected for the Graphic Mode setting in the Extended Settings dialog box from the Optional Settings menu.

Creating an overlay

Follow these steps to create and save a form overlay file:

Open your application and create the file that you want to use as an overlay.

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.

Click the Special tab.

Select the Form Overlay check box, and then click Overlay Settings. The Overlay Settings dialog box appears.

Click the Create Overlay Data button, and then click Settings. The Form Settings dialog box appears.

Select the Use Form Name check box, and then click Add Form Name. The Add Form dialog box appears.

Type the form name in the Form Name box and its description in the Description box.

Click the To Front or To Back button to specify whether the overlay will be printed as the background or foreground of the document.

Click Register to accept the settings and return to the Form settings dialog box.

Click OK in the Form Settings dialog box.

Click OK in the Overlay Settings dialog box.

Print the file saved as overlay data. It is possible to save any kind of file as an overlay. The overlay data is created.

Printing with an overlay

Follow these steps to print a document with overlay data:

Open the file to print with overlay data.

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 are using.

Click the Special tab.

Select the Form Overlay check box, and click Overlay Settings to open the Overlay Settings dialog box.

Choose the form from the Form list, and then click OK to return to the Special menu.

Click OK to print the data.

Different printer settings overlay data

The overlay data is made with the current printer settings (such as 600 dpi for the resolution). If you want to make the same overlay with different printer settings (such as 300 dpi), follow the instructions below.

Re-access the printer driver as described in step 2 in Creating an overlay.

Make the desired printer settings and exit the printer driver.

Send the same data that you made in the application to the printer, as in step 12 under Creating an overlay.

This setting is available only for Form Name data.

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Using HDD Form Overlay

This function enables faster printing with form overlay data. Windows users can use the form data registered in the optional Hard Disk Drive installed in the printer. However, only an administrator can register or delete form data in the Hard Disk Drive. You can access this function from the Form Selection dialog box in the printer driver.

Note:

This function is not available if the optional Hard Disk Drive is not installed.

Use this function by inputting the registered form name after printing the Print List.

When the document's resolution, paper size or paper orientation settings are different from the form overlay data that you use, you cannot print the document with the form overlay data.

This function is available only in the ESC/Page mode.

Registering the form overlay data on the Hard Disk Drive

Only a network administrator using Windows XP/2000/NT 4.0 is allowed to register the form overlay data on the optional Hard Disk Drive. See the Network Guide for details.

Printing with HDD form overlay

All Windows users can use the registered form data in the optional Hard Disk Drive.

Follow these steps to print with form data registered in the Hard Disk Drive:

Select the Special tab.

Select the Form Overlay check box, and then click the Overlay Settings button. The Overlay Settings dialog box appears.

Select No Form name in the Form text box, and then click Details. The Form Selection dialog box appears.

Note:

Make sure that No Form Name is selected. If any form name is selected, another dialog box will appear.

Click Printer's HDD, and then enter the registered form name.

Note:

If you need the list of the registered form data, click Print List to print it and confirm the form name. Also, if you need a sample print-out of the form data, enter the form name and then click the Print Sample button.

Choose To Back or To Front to print the form data as the background or foreground of the document. Then click OK and return to the Special menu.

Click OK to print the data.

Deleting the form overlay data in the Hard Disk Drive

Only a network administrator using Windows XP/2000/NT 4.0 is allowed to delete or edit the form overlay data in the optional Hard Disk Drive. See the Network Guide for details.

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Printing with the Duplex Unit

By installing the optional Duplex Unit, you can print 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 duplex printing function. Refer to ENERGY STAR^® Compliance for more information on the ENERGY STAR^® program.

Follow these steps to print using the Duplex Unit:

Click the Layout tab.

Select the Duplex check box. Then select the Left, Top, or Right button as the 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. Then select whether the front or back side of the paper is to be printed as the Start Page.

When printing for binding as a booklet, click the Binding Method check box and make the appropriate settings. For details on each setting, see online help.

Click OK to accept the settings and return to the Layout menu.

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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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Making the Optional Settings

You can update the installed option information manually if you have installed options to your printer.

Follow these steps to update your printer's settings after installing options:

Click the Optional Settings tab, and then select the Update the Printer Option Info Manually button.

Click Settings. The Optional Settings dialog box appears.

Make the settings for each installed option, and then click OK.

Using the 4-Bin Mailbox

You need to make the setting for the output tray to use the optional 4-Bin Mailbox.

Follow these steps to select the output tray:

Click the Basic Settings tab.

Select the output tray that you want to use from the Output Tray drop-down list, and then click OK.

Note:

See 4-Bin Mailbox for information on paper that you can output to the 4-Bin Mailbox.

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