Printer Software

For FX-2175 Users

Using the printer driver with Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000 and NT 4.0
Using the printer driver with Windows Me, 98, and 95
Printer driver settings overview

Using the printer driver with Windows 7, Vista, XP, 2000 and NT 4.0

You can access the printer driver from your Windows applications or from the Start menu.

To check and change printer driver settings, see Changing the printer driver settings.

Note:
While many Windows applications override the settings made with the printer driver, some do not, so you must verify that the printer driver settings match your requirements.

Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications

Follow these steps to access the printer driver from a Windows application:

Note:
The examples in the following section are from the Windows 2000 operating system. They may vary in appearance from what actually appears on your screen; however, the instructions are the same.

Select Print Setup or Print from the File menu of your application software. In the Print or Print Setup dialog box displayed, make sure that your printer is selected in the Name drop-down list.

Click Printer, Setup, Properties, or Options. (You may need to click a combination of these buttons.) The Document Properties window appears, and you see Page Setup and Advanced menus (Windows NT 4.0) or Layout and Paper/Quality menus (Windows XP (x86) and 2000) or Layout, Paper/Quality, User Defined Paper and Extension Settings menus (Windows 7, Vista, and XP (x64)). These menus contain the printer driver settings.

To view a menu, click the corresponding tab at the top of the window. See Changing the printer driver settings to change the settings.

Accessing the printer driver from the Start menu

Follow these steps to access the printer driver from the Start menu:

Note:
The screen shots used in this procedure are from the Windows 2000 operating system. They may vary in appearance from what actually appears on your screen; however, the instructions are the same.

For Windows 7:
Click Start, and click Devices and Printers.

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

For Windows XP Professional edition:
Click Start, and click Printers and Faxes.

For Windows XP Home edition:
Click Start, click Control Panel first, and then click Printers and Faxes.

For Windows 2000 or Windows NT 4.0:
Click Start, point to Settings, and then select Printers.

Right-click your printer icon, and click Printing Preferences (in Windows 7, Vista, XP or 2000) or Document Defaults (in Windows NT 4.0). The screen displays the Document Properties window, which contains the Layout and Paper/Quality menus (Windows XP (x86) or 2000) or Page Setup and Advanced menus (Windows NT 4.0) or Layout, Paper/Quality, User Defined Paper and Extension Settings menus (Windows 7, Vista, or XP (x64)). These menus display the printer driver settings.

When you click Properties (Windows Vista, XP, 2000 or Windows NT 4.0) or Printer properties (Windows 7) in the menu displayed by right-clicking the printer icon, the printer software window appears, which includes menus used to make the printer driver settings.

Note:
Do not click Properties though both Properties and Printer properties are displayed in the menu of Windows 7.

To view a menu, click the corresponding tab at the top of the window. See Printer driver settings overview for information on how to change the settings.

Changing the printer driver settings

Your printer driver has two menus from which you can change the printer driver settings; Layout and Paper/Quality. You can also change settings on the Utility menu in the printer software. For an overview of the available settings, see Printer driver settings overview. For Windows XP or 2000, you can also view online help by right-clicking items in the driver and selecting What's this?

If you are using Windows Vista or XP (x64), click the Help button on the Printer Driver screen.

When you finish making your printer driver settings, click OK to apply the settings, or click Cancel to cancel your changes.

Once you have checked your printer driver settings and changed them if necessary, you are ready to print.


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Using the printer driver with Windows Me, 98, and 95

You can access the printer driver from your Windows applications or from the Start menu.

See Changing the printer driver settings to check and change printer driver settings.

Note:
While many Windows applications override the settings made with the printer driver, some do not, so you must verify that the printer driver settings match your requirements.

Accessing the printer driver from Windows applications

Follow these steps to access the printer driver from a Windows application:

Select Print Setup or Print from the File menu of your application software. In the Print or Print Setup dialog box displayed, make sure that your printer is selected in the Name drop-down list.

Click Printer, Setup, Properties, or Options. (You may need to click a combination of these buttons.) The Properties window appears, and you see the Paper, Graphics, and Device Options menu. These menus contain the printer driver settings.

To view a menu, click the corresponding tab at the top of the window. See Changing the printer driver settings for information on how to change the settings.

Accessing the printer driver from the Start menu

Follow these steps to access the printer driver from the Start menu:

Click the Start button, and then go to Settings.

Click Printers.

Right-click your printer icon, and click Properties. The screen displays the Properties window, which contains the Paper, Graphics, Device Options, and Utility menus. These menus display the printer driver settings.

To view a menu, click the corresponding tab at the top of the window. See Changing the printer driver settings for information on how to change the settings.

Changing the printer driver settings

Your printer driver has four menus: Paper, Graphics, Device Options, General, Details, Utility, and Sharing. For an overview of the available settings, see Printer driver settings overview. You can also view online help by right-clicking items in the driver and selecting What's this?

When you finish making printer driver settings, click OK to apply the settings, or click Restore Defaults to return the settings to their default values.

Once you have checked your printer driver settings and made any necessary changes, you are ready to print.


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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.

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 7, 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 7, Vista, and XP Professional x64 Edition:

For Windows 7, click Start, and click Devices and Printers.

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.

For Windows XP, 2000, and Windows NT 4.0:

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.

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

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 Me, 98, and 95:

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

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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