Printing on Macintosh

Before you start, make sure your printer is set up and its software is installed as described on the Start Here sheet.

Use the right paper.
For the best-looking photos, most vivid colors, and greatest detail, always use genuine EPSON papers and EPSON inks.

Choose the right printer settings.
Your printer automatically adjusts itself for each type of paper. That's why printer settings are important. They tell your printer what kind of paper you're using and what type of print you want. Make sure you check your printer settings every time you print.

Printing with Macintosh OS 8.6 to 9.x

Printing with Macintosh OS X

Printing with Macintosh OS 8.6 to 9.x

Before you begin make sure you selected your printer in the Chooser as described in your Printer Basics book.

From the File menu, select Page Setup. Select the following settings:

Click OK to close the Page Setup window.

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

Select the following settings:

Choose your paper from the Media Type list. See Selecting the Correct Paper Type for details.

Select Color to print a color document or black and white photograph. To print a black text document, click Black.

Choose Automatic to get good printing results for most projects.

Set the slider to Quality to select high-quality printing, or Speed for faster printing. (The slider is not available for all paper types.)

Note: 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 Macintosh Print Settings for instructions on selecting Photo RPM.

You can also do the following:

Click

to reduce/enlarge your printed image, print multi-page layouts, or add a watermark.

Click

to control background printing and schedule print jobs.

Click

, then click Preview to preview your printout.

Click

to check your ink levels.

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

Click Print.

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:

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

Printing with Macintosh OS X

If you're using an OS X compatible printing application, follow the steps below to print a document. (If you're using an application that's compatible only with Macintosh Classic mode, follow the steps in Printing with Macintosh OS 8.6 to 9.x instead.)

Before you begin, make sure you added your printer to the Print Center as described on the Start Here sheet.

From the File menu, select Page Setup. Select the following settings:

Select your printer from the Format for drop-down list.

Tip: To print with minimized margins feature, select Stylus Photo 900(Standard - Minimize Margins) from the Format for list. Make sure you choose the same option as the printer setting in the Print window.

Caution: When printing non-borderless print jobs using a custom page size, make sure the selected size matches the paper you loaded and is within the printable area for your printer. For example, never choose a size wider than 9 inches or longer than 44 inches.

Click OK to close the Page Setup window.

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

Select your printer name from the Printer drop-down list.

Note: Make sure you chose the same printer that you selected in step 2.

Select Print Settings from the list.

Select the following Print Settings as necessary:

Note: For more information about printer settings, click the Help 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 Macintosh Print Settings.

You can also choose other print settings by selecting these options in the pull-down 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

Color Management, to select ColorSync,^® adjust the color controls, change the gamma setting, or turn off color adjustments in the printer software

Summary, to view a list of all your selections

Save Custom Setting (OS X 10.1.x only), to save your selections for future use (With OS X 10.2.x, select Save As from the Presets pull-down menu instead)

Click Print.

To monitor the progress of your print job, click the

Print Center icon when it appears in the dock on the bottom of your desktop.

With OS X 10.2.x, double-click Stylus Photo 900 in the Printer List window.

You see a screen like this: