Printing With Windows

After you create a document in a software program, follow these steps to print it using the basic printer settings:

From the File menu, click Print. You see a Print window like this one:

Make sure EPSON Stylus Photo RX500 is selected.

Click the Preferences or Properties button.

(If you see a Setup, Printer, or Options button, click it. Then click Preferences or Properties on the next screen.)

Select the following settings on the Main tab in your printer settings window:

Note: For more information about printer settings, click the ? or Help button.

The Quality Options settings on this screen give you the best combination of quality and print speed for most prints. For the highest print quality (Photo RPM) on selected papers, click the Advanced button on the Main tab. Then see Customizing Windows Print Settings for instructions on selecting Photo RPM.

You return to the Print window. Click OK or Print 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.

Selecting Default Settings

Your printer settings apply only 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 window shown in Printing From an Application.

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

Customizing Windows Print Settings

You can use advanced settings for color matching, printing at a higher resolution, or selecting a variety of special effects and layouts.

For more information about advanced settings, or instructions on saving them as a group so you can reuse them later, click the Help or ? button.

On the Main tab, click the Advanced button in the bottom right corner of the window. If you see a message that advanced settings are recommended for experienced users, click Continue.

You see this screen:

Make any of the following settings, as necessary:

Click Borderless to print without borders on selected paper types. (You must select a supported paper type first. See Printing BorderFree Photos (Windows).)

Select a paper type from the drop-down list. See Selecting Your Paper Type in the Printer Software.

Select print quality in the print quality drop-down list. For best print quality on certain paper types, select Photo RPM (5760 × 1440 dpi).

Select your paper size from the paper size drop-down list.

Select the print orientation.

Click Reverse Order if you're printing a multi-page document and you want your printout to be stacked in the correct order.

Select High Speed for fast, bidirectional printing.

Click Black Ink Only to print black text or drafts; saves color ink.

Select Edge Smoothing to improve the print quality of low-resolution images.

Click Print Preview to see a preview of the printout before you print.

Select Color Management options, as necessary.

Note: Color Controls gives you the greatest control since it lets you change the Gamma or Color Mode setting, as well as use the slider bars to modify brightness, contrast, saturation, and the amount of cyan, magenta, and yellow used. Use the PhotoEnhance settings to improve color on low-resolution images, reduce noise and jagged edges in digital camera images, or add special effects, such as a sepia tint. ICM settings let you turn off color adjustment in the printer driver so that you can use standard or custom ICC/ICM profiles.

Click Show this screen first if you want to use the Advanced screen each time you access your printer driver.

Once you've finished selecting advanced settings, you can:

Click OK to save your settings, return to the Print window, and print.

Click the Basic button to return to the Basic settings.

Click the Page Layout tab and continue with step 5 to select layout options.

Select the following page layout settings as necessary:

Note: For more information on page layout settings, click the Help or ? button.

Click OK to save your settings, return to the Print window, and print.

Printing BorderFree Photos (Windows)

You can print your photos with no margins, extending the image all the way to the edges of the page. Although BorderFree printing is a bit slower (especially near the edges), you get beautiful snapshots or enlargements, without trimming.


EPSON paper name	Sizes	Menu setting on control panel	Type or Media Type setting in software
Premium Glossy Photo Paper	4 × 6 8 × 10	Prem. Glossy	Premium Glossy Photo Paper
Matte Paper Heavyweight	8 × 10	Matte	Matte Paper - Heavyweight

You can print BorderFree photos using the EPSON Stylus Photo RX500 LCD menus and control panel buttons, or your printer software.

Start your printing application and open your photo file.

Access the printer settings window (see Printing From an Application).

Select Photo or Best Photo as the Quality Option setting.

Select your paper type as the Type setting.

Click the Borderless checkbox, then select your paper size as the Size setting.

Select Portrait or Landscape as the Orientation setting.

Click OK.

Click OK or Print.