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Printer Driver Settings Overview

The following tables show the Windows printer driver settings. Note that not every setting is available in all versions of Windows.

For more details, see Help for the printer driver.

Printer settings

Note:

Depending on the type of printer, some functions may not be displayed.

Settings	Explanations
Paper Size	Select the size of the paper you want to use. If you do not see your paper size, use the scroll bar to scroll through the list. If your paper size is not included in the list, see Definition of Custom Paper Size for instructions.
Orientation	Select Portrait or Landscape.
Paper Source	Select the paper source you want to use.
Resolution/ Graphics Resolution	Select the printing resolution you want. The higher the resolution you select, the more detailed your printout will be; however, increasing the resolution slows printing.
Dithering	You can leave this option set to Fine, which is the default setting, or select another dithering pattern depending on the kind of printout you want.
Intensity	Move the slider to make your printout lighter or darker.
Print Quality	Select a print quality option from the Print quality list. If you set Hi-speed to On, you will enter bidirectional printing mode and printing speed will increase. Setting Hi-speed to Off will return the printer to unidirectional printing mode. Printing speed will decrease, but printing precision will improve. Printing with the default settings uses the settings stored in the printer.
Halftone Setup.../Halftone Color Adjustment...	Click this button to set the brightness and contrast, input the RGB gamma, or make other settings. The Halftone Color Adjustment dialog box appears. For details, click the Help button in this dialog box.
Halftoning	Select the type of halftoning to use when printing graphics. To let the printer determine the best halftone quality, use Auto Select.
Printer Fonts Support	Select a character table to use. You can select one of two character table, Standard and None (Bit Image printing). When Standard is selected, the printer uses the device fonts. When None is selected, the printer uses bit map images instead of the device fonts. For details on the fonts which are included in each table, see Electronic.
Print Text as Graphics*	Select Off when the printer uses the device fonts and select On when the printer does not use the device fonts.
Metafile Spooling*	Select whether to use EMF spooling.
Paper Order*	Select whether to print from front to back or back to front.
Pages Per Sheet*	Select the number of pages that you want to print onto a single page.
Copy Count*	When you select more than one in the Number of copies box, this check box appears and you can select whether to collate the pages of the copies.
Advanced Printing Features*	Select Enable or Disable for the metafile Spooling.
Print Optimizations*	Select Disable when the printer uses the device fonts and select Enable when the printer uses the device fonts.
Printable Area	If Standard is selected, the size of the top margin is 4.2mm. If Maximum is selected, it is 0mm.
Top Margin Priority**	Select which setting for the print-start position is to be used; driver setting or printer setting. For more details, see Help for the printer driver.
Packet Mode**	Ordinarily, there is no need to change this setting. If you change the printer's Packet Mode settings, change this setting to match. If the printer and printer driver settings are different, you may not be able to print correctly. For more details, see Help for the printer driver.
User Defined Paper**	If your paper is not included in the Paper Size drop-down list, you can add the size to the list. For more details, see Help for the printer driver.
Offset**	This setting allows you to offset the image on the page. That is, you can adjust the position of the printed image. If the offset you specify moves a portion of the image out of the printer's printable area, that portion will not be printed.

* For details, see Windows help.

** For Windows Vista and XP Professional x64 Edition.

Definition of Custom Paper Size

If your paper is not included in the Paper Size drop-down list, you can add the size to the list.

For Windows Me, 98, and 95:

Click Custom or User Defined Size and enter the paper size in the dialog box that appears.

For Windows XP, 2000, and Windows NT 4.0:

For Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4.0, click Start, point to Settings, and click to Printers.

For Windows XP Professional, click Start, and click Printers and Faxes.

For Windows XP Home Edition, click Start, and click Control Panel, then click Printers and Faxes.

Click the EPSON FX-2175 ESC/P icon.

Select Server Properties from the file menu.

Check the Create a New Form.

Enter the paper size in the Measurement fields.

Click Save From and then click OK.

Note:

You can use this method also on Windows Vista or XP Professional x64 Edition. To open the Server Properties screen on Windows Vista, you need to use the Run as administrator option.

For Windows Vista and XP Professional x64 Edition:

For Windows Vista, click Start, and click Control Panel, and click Hardware and Sound, then click Printers.

For Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, click Start, and click Printers and Faxes.

Right click your printer icon, and click Printing Preferences.

Select the User Defined Paper menu.

Enter the paper size in the Paper Size fields.

Click Apply and then click OK.

Note:

For more details, see Help for the printer driver.

Monitoring settings

Settings	Explanations
EPSON Status Monitor 3	You can access EPSON Status Monitor 3 when you click this button. To monitor the printer, make sure the Monitor the printing status check box is selected.
Monitoring Preferences	Click this button to open the Monitoring Preferences dialog box where you can make settings for EPSON Status Monitor 3. See Setting up EPSON Status Monitor 3 for more information.

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