Printing with Macintosh OS 9

Before you begin, make sure you selected your printer in the Chooser as described on the Start Here sheet.

  1. From the File menu, choose Page Setup and select the following settings:



  2. Click OK to close the Page Setup window.
  3. From the File menu, select Print and change the following print settings as necessary:



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

    The Quality setting on this screen gives you the best combination of quality and print speed for most prints. For the highest print quality (Photo RPM) on selected papers, click Custom, then click the Advanced button and see Customizing Mac OS 9 Print Settings.

  4. You can also do the following:
    • Click to reduce or enlarge your image, print multiple layouts, or add a watermark.
    • Click to turn on background printing.
    • Click to change the Print button to Preview. You can then click it to preview your printout.
    • Click to check your ink levels.
  5. Click Print.
  6. If you turned on background printing, you can select Epson Monitor IV from the Application menu in the upper right corner of your screen. You see the Epson Monitor window:



    7. Note: If you're not using background printing and you need to cancel printing, hold down the  key and press the . (period) key. Or press the paper button on the printer.

Customizing Mac OS 9 Print Settings

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

  1. On the printer settings window, select Custom, then click Advanced.
  2. Select these advanced settings as necessary:



    3. Note: When you select Photo RPM for the highest print quality, printing will take longer.

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

  3. Click OK to save your settings, then click Print.