Printing From Your Computer

When you print from your computer, you can edit, enhance, and organize your photos using your photo software, such as Adobe^® Photoshop.^®

Before you start, make sure your PictureMate software is installed as described in the Using PictureMate With a Computer booklet.

Printing From a Windows Computer

Printing From a Macintosh OS X Computer

Tip: If your digital camera supports PRINT Image Matching (TM) (P.I.M. or P.I.M. II) or Exif Print, you can use these technologies to ensure the most accurate reproduction of your photographs. See Printing Photos Using Film Factory.

Printing From a Windows Computer

You can print your photos from an imaging application or you can use the Picture and Fax Viewer in Windows^®XP. For instructions on using Film Factory(TM) to print borderless snapshots, see Printing Photos Using Film Factory.

Locate the photo you want to print on your computer.

Right-click the photo, highlight Open With, and select Windows Picture and Fax Viewer. Your photo opens.

Click the

Print icon at the bottom of the screen. The Photo Printing Wizard opens.

Click Next. If you have more than one photo in the folder, you see a Picture Selection window like this:

Select the photo or photos you want to print, then click Next. You see the Printing Options window:

Select EPSON PictureMate 2005, then click the Printing Preferences button. You see the Properties window:

Choose from the following settings, then click OK:

Select Borderless to print a photo without any borders or choose Borders to print with a white border all around.

For borderless prints, your images are automatically expanded and cropped. If you find that too much of your pictures are cut off around the edges, set the Expansion slider to Min. If you see a white line on the edge of the picture, select Mid or Max. You can see the effect of the setting on the sample photo.

If your photo is longer than it is wide, select Portrait orientation; if it is wider than it is long, select Landscape.

If you want to adjust your photo colors, you can change the Color Option and see the effects on the sample photo. Select Auto Correction to improve the quality of photos that are too dark or have a color cast. Select Sepia to change the colors to brown for an old-fashioned look, or Black & White to change a color photo to black and white. These changes affect only the printed photo, not your original image.

If your photo was taken with a digital camera, select Digital Camera Correction to minimize common digital flaws.

To bring out the fine details of a particularly intricate photo, select Enhance Fine Details (printing may be slower).

To see what your photo will look like before you print, click Print Preview.

Select the number of copies you want to print.

Tip: For more information about printer settings, click the Help button.

When you see the Photo Printing Wizard screen, click Next. You see a Layout Selection window like this:

Select Full page photo print, then click Next to start printing.

During printing, this window appears and shows the progress of your print job. You can use the buttons to cancel, pause, or resume printing. You can also see how much ink you have left.

Your printer settings only apply to the program you're currently using. If you want, you can change the Windows default printer settings for all your programs.

Right-click the

printer icon in the lower right corner of your screen (taskbar).

Select Printer Settings. You see the Printing Preference or Properties window.

Select the default settings you want to be the default for all your applications, then click OK.

You can still change the printer settings in your individual programs whenever you print.

Printing From a Macintosh OS X Computer

You can print your photos from iPhoto or any other Macintosh^® imaging application. For instructions on using Film Factory to print borderless snapshots, see Printing Photos Using Film Factory. Follow the steps below to print a photo from an imaging application:

From the File menu, select Page Setup. You see this menu:

Open the Paper Size menu and place your cursor on a 4 × 6 in option. You see these extended options:

Select 4 × 6 in (Borderless) to print without any borders.

Select 4 × 6 in (Borders) to print with a white border all around.

Select the direction you want your photo to print as the Orientation setting. Select

for vertical orientation,

for horizontal facing right, or

for horizontal facing left.

When you're finished with the Page Setup settings, click OK.

From the File menu, select Print. You see a screen like this:

Select Print Settings from the pop-up menu. (In iPhoto, click Advanced options to see the pop-up menu.) You see your printing options:

Select your print settings as follows:

To bring out the fine details of a particularly detailed photo, select Enhance Fine Details (printing may be slower).

To print your photo in brown for an old-fashioned look, select Sepia; to print it in black and white, select Black & White.

Tip: For more information about printer settings, click ?.

You can also choose these options in the pop-up menu:

Copies & Pages, to select the number of copies or a page range

Layout, to select page layout options

Output Options, to save your print job as a PDF file

Summary, to view a list of all your selections

Click Print.

To monitor the progress of your print job, click the

PictureMate 2005 or

Print Center icon when it appears in the dock. If you clicked the Print Center icon, double-click PictureMate 2005. You see a screen like this:

From this window, you can do one of the following:

To cancel printing, click the print job, then click Delete

To pause printing, click the print job, then click Hold

To resume printing, click a print job marked "Hold" and click Resume

If multiple print jobs are listed and you want one to print before the other(s), select the job and click the Status arrow to move it up.

When you're finished, open the File menu and select Quit in the PictureMate or Print Center window.