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Printer / Using the Printer Software for Macintosh

Making Changes to Printer Driver Settings

Making the Media Type settings
Using the Automatic setting
Using Photo Enhance Mode
Using the Custom Mode
Using the Advanced settings
Changing the page setup
Defining a custom paper size

You will find the printer driver settings in the following dialog boxes.

Note:
  • The driver settings are not saved from one application to the next. Whenever you exit one application and open a new one, you will have to make the driver settings again.
  • If you make settings from the Page Setup dialog box, they will be saved with your document. The next time you open the document, the settings will return to what they were when you saved the document.

The settings are arranged to give you four levels of control over the printer driver, as explained below.

Automatic

The quickest and easiest way to start printing. See Using the Automatic setting.

PhotoEnhance

Lets you apply a variety of image-correction settings specially designed for photos. See Using Photo Enhance Mode.

Custom

Choose from a list of ready-made settings suited to the kind of document you want to print. You can also add your own settings to this list. See Using the Custom Mode.

Advanced

Allows you to make detailed settings to fit your individual needs. You can also add your settings to the Custom settings list. See Using the Advanced settings.

In addition to making groups of settings that affect overall print quality, you can also change page setup and layout using the Page Setup and the Layout dialog boxes. For information on page setup options, see Changing the page setup. For information on page layout options, see Modifying the Layout.

Making the Media Type settings

The Media Type setting determines what other settings are available, so you should always make this setting first.

In the Print dialog box, select the Media Type setting that matches the paper loaded in the Stylus Scan. Find your paper in the list below, then select a corresponding Media Type setting (shown in bold). For some kinds of paper, there are several Media Type settings to choose from.

Plain Paper

Plain paper

Envelopes

EPSON Premium Ink Jet Plain Paper (A4)

S041214

360 dpi Ink Jet Paper

EPSON 360 dpi Ink Jet Paper (A4)

S041059
S041025

EPSON 360 dpi Ink Jet Paper (Letter)

S041060
S041028

EPSON Iron-On Cool Peel Transfer Paper (A4)

S041154

EPSON Iron-On Cool Peel Transfer Paper (Letter)

S041153
S041155

Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper

EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper (A4)

S041061
S041026

EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper (Letter)

S041062
S041029

EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper (Legal)

S041067
S041048

EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet Card (A6)

S041054

EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet Card (5 x 8")

S041121

EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet Card (8 x 10")

S041122

EPSON Photo Quality Self Adhesive Sheet (A4)

S041106

EPSON Ink Jet Note Cards A6 (with envelopes)

S041147

EPSON Ink Jet Greeting Cards 5 x 8" (with envelopes)

S041148

EPSON Ink Jet Greeting Cards 8 x 10" (with envelopes)

S041149

Matte Paper-Heavyweight

EPSON Matte Paper-Heavyweight (A4)

S041256
S041258
S041259

EPSON Matte Paper-Heavyweight (Letter)

S041257

Photo Paper

EPSON Photo Paper (A4)

S041140

EPSON Photo Paper (Letter)

S041141

EPSON Photo Paper (4 x 6")

S041134

EPSON Photo Paper (100 x 150 mm)

S041255

EPSON Photo Paper (200 x 300 mm)

S041254

EPSON Panoramic Photo Paper (210 x 594 mm)

S041145

EPSON Photo Paper Cards (A4)

S041177

Photo Quality Glossy Film

EPSON Photo Quality Glossy Film (A4)

S041071

EPSON Photo Quality Glossy Film (Letter)

S041072

EPSON Photo Quality Glossy Film (A6)

S041107

EPSON Photo Stickers 16 (A6)

S041144

EPSON Photo Stickers 4 (A6)

S041176

Ink Jet Transparencies

EPSON Ink Jet Transparencies (A4)

S041063

EPSON Ink Jet Transparencies (Letter)

S041064

Note:
The availability of special media varies by location.


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Using the Automatic setting

When Automatic is selected as the Mode setting in the Print dialog box, the printer driver takes care of all detailed settings based on the current Media Type and Ink settings. To make the Ink setting, click Color to print in color, or Black to print in black-and-white or grayscale. To make the Media Type setting, see Making the Media Type settings.

Note:
Depending on the media you choose in the Media Type list when Automatic is selected, a slide bar appears in the Mode box that lets you choose Quality or Speed. Select Quality when print quality is more important than speed.


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Using Photo Enhance Mode

The Photo Enhance option provides a variety of image-correction settings that you can apply to your photo images before printing. Photo Enhance does not affect your original data.

If you are printing photos taken with a digital camera, you can also select the Digital Camera Correction check box to give your printed images the smooth, natural appearance of photographs taken with a film camera.

Note:
  • This mode is available only when you are printing in color.
  • Printing with Photo Enhance may increase print time depending on your computer system and the amount of data contained in your image.

The Photo Enhance mode provides the following settings.

Standard

Standard image correction for most photos. Try this setting first.

People

Best for photos of people.

Nature

Best for outdoor scenery such as mountains, sky, and oceans.

Soft Focus

Makes your photos look as if they were taken with a soft-focus lens.

Sepia

Applies a sepia tone to your photos.


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Using the Custom Mode

The Custom Settings list lets you make a wide range of changes. In this list, you'll find ready-made settings provided by EPSON designed to match a particular kind of printout, such as graphs and charts for a presentation or images taken by a digital camera.

You can also create your own settings and add them to this list. See Using the Advanced settings.

The Custom Settings list includes the following ready-made settings.

Text/Graph

Good for printing presentation documents such as graphs and charts.

Economy

Good for printing drafts of text.

ColorSync

This feature automatically adjusts printout colors to match colors on your screen.

Follow these steps to select a custom setting.

First, verify the Media Type and Ink settings in the Print dialog box. For details, see Making the Media Type settings.

Click the Custom button in the Print dialog box. This activates the Custom Settings list, located below and to the right of the Custom radio button.

From the Custom Settings list, select the most appropriate setting for the type of document or image you will print.

When you choose a custom setting, other settings such as Print Quality, Halftoning, and Color are set automatically. Changes are shown in the Current Settings display on the right side of the Print dialog box.


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Using the Advanced settings

The Advanced settings give you complete control over your printing environment. Use these settings to experiment with new printing ideas, or to fine-tune a range of print settings to meet your individual needs. Once you are satisfied with your new settings, you can give them a name and add them to the Custom Settings list.

Making settings

Click the Custom button in the Print dialog box, then click the Advanced button. The Advanced dialog box appears.

Select the Media Type that you loaded in the EPSON Stylus Scan. For details, see Making the Media Type settings.

Choose Color or Black as the Ink option.

Select the Print Quality setting.

Make other settings. For details, see online help.

Note:
Some settings are enabled or disabled depending on the Print Quality, Media Type, and Ink settings you make.

Click OK to apply your settings and return to the Print dialog box. Click Cancel to return to the Print dialog box without applying your settings. To save your Advanced settings, see the next section.

Saving and deleting your settings

To save your Advanced settings as a group, click Save Settings in the Advanced dialog box. The Custom Settings dialog box appears.

Type a unique name (up to 16 characters) for your settings in the Name box, and click Save.

Note:
The names of the ready-made settings provided by EPSON cannot be applied to your new settings.

You can save up to 10 groups of settings. You can select your saved group of settings from the settings list in the Print dialog box.

To delete a setting, select the setting in the Custom Settings dialog box and click Delete.

Note:
You cannot delete the ready-made settings from the Custom Settings list.

Using your saved settings

To select your settings, click the Custom button in the Print dialog box, then select your setting from the Custom Settings list, located below and to the right of the Custom button.

If you change the Media Type or Ink option when one of your customized settings is selected in the settings list, the selection shown in the list changes to a new custom setting. The customized setting that was previously selected is not affected by this change. To return to the previously selected custom setting, simply select it from the list again.


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Changing the page setup

In the Page Setup dialog box, you can change the paper size, specify the orientation of your printout, and adjust the printable area.

Choose Page Setup from the File menu of your application. The Page Setup dialog box appears.

You can change the following settings.

Paper Size

Select the paper size you want to use. If you want to define a custom paper size, see Defining a custom paper size.

Orientation

Use this setting to specify the direction of printing on the page: Portrait (tall) or Landscape (wide). If you need to print close to the bottom of the page, click Rotate by 180 degrees.

Reduce or Enlarge

Use this setting to reduce or enlarge the size of your image.

Printable Area

Select Maximum to increase the printable area.

Note:
Print quality may decline at the edges of the expanded printable area. Print a single sheet to confirm quality before printing large jobs using this setting. Also, make sure the paper loaded in the sheet feeder is not curled.

Click Centered to position your printout at equal distances from the edges of the paper.


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Defining a custom paper size

If your paper size is not included in the paper size list in the Page Setup dialog box, follow the steps below to define a custom paper size.

In the Page Setup dialog box, click Customize. The following dialog box appears.

To define a new paper size, click New. The dialog box changes to allow you to enter a name for the new size.

Type the paper size name in the New Paper Size box.

Specify the measurement unit as either Inches or cm.

Type in the width and the height.

Click OK. You return to the Page Setup dialog box.

You can define up to 30 paper sizes. The paper size names you create will appear in the Paper Size menu in the Page Setup dialog box.

To delete a custom paper size, click Customize in the Page Setup dialog box, select its name from the list in the Custom Paper dialog box, and click Delete.


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