Epson 7400 User Manual

User’s Guide

English

Color Ink Jet Printer

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Printer Parts

Front view

roll paper spindles

mounting brackets

paper basket

Rear view

USB interface connector

roll paper cover

paper lever

control panel

ink cartridge compartment

front cover

IEEE1394 interface

connector

English

AC inlet

Optional interface

card slot cover

Chapter 1 Printing with Windows

Printer Software Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Accessing the Printer Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

From Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

From Windows Me and 98. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

From Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

From Windows applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Basic Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Making the printer driver settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Canceling printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Making Settings on the Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Making the Media Type setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Making the Color setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Making the Mode setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Making Advanced setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Checking the Ink Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Previewing your printout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Using the Print Assistant function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Making Settings on the Paper Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Making the Paper Source setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Making the Borderless setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Making the Auto Cut setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50

Making the Paper Size setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Making the Copies setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Making the Orientation settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Making the Printable Area setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Making the Roll Paper Option settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Making Settings on the Layout Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Making the Reduce/Enlarge setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Making Multi-Page settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Making the Optimize Enlargement setting

(for Windows XP and 2000 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Using the Printer Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Checking the print head nozzles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Cleaning the print head. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70

Aligning the print head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

Using Printer and Option Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .71

Starting EPSON LFP Remote Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72

Making the Speed & Progress settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73

Getting Information Through Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .76

Checking Printer Status and Managing Print Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

Using the Progress Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77

Using the EPSON Spool Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Using EPSON Status Monitor 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

Increasing the Print Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

General tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Using Speed & Progress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

Sharing Your Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

For Windows XP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

For Windows Me and 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

For Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Updating and Uninstalling the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Updating the driver in Windows XP and 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . .96

Updating to Windows Me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97

Uninstalling the printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97

Uninstalling the USB Host Device Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .98

English

Chapter 2 Printing with Mac OS 9.x

Printer Software Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

Accessing the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Accessing the Print dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Accessing the Page Setup dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Accessing the Layout dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Accessing the Utility dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

Basic Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Making the printer driver settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Canceling printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Making Settings in the Print Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Making the Media Type setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105

Making the Color setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107

Making the Mode setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

Making Advanced setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Making the Copies setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Making the Pages setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Setting the print time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Previewing your printout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Making Settings in the Page Setup Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Making the Paper Sizes setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Making the Paper Source setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Making the Borderless setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Making the Auto Cut setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Making the Orientation setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Making the Reduce or Enlarge setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Making the Printable Area settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Making the Roll Paper Option settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Making Settings in the Layout Dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Making the Fit to Page setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Making Print Order settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Using the Printer Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Checking the print head nozzles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Cleaning the print head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Aligning the print head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Getting Information Through Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Checking Printer Status and Managing Print Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Using the EPSON StatusMonitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Accessing EPSON StatusMonitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Making Configuration Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Using EPSON Monitor IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Accessing EPSON Monitor IV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Managing print jobs using EPSON Monitor IV . . . . . . . . . . 149

Sharing Your Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Setting up your printer as a shared printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Accessing the shared printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Uninstalling the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Chapter 3 Printing with Mac OS X

Printer Software Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Accessing the Printer Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Accessing the Page Setup dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .156

Accessing the Print dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

Accessing the Utility dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

Page Setup Dialog Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157

Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

Format for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

Paper Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

Orientation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .159

Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160

Print Dialog Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160

Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160

Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161

Copies & Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161

Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .162

Output Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163

Print Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164

Printer Color Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171

Paper Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177

Roll Paper Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180

Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183

Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184

Saving your settings in the Print dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185

Using your saved settings in the Print dialog . . . . . . . . . . . .185

Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185

Performing Borderless Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186

Canceling Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

Printer Utility Dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189

Accessing the EPSON Printer Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189

Using the Printer Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190

Checking the print head nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .192

Cleaning the print head. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194

Aligning the print head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195

Starting EPSON LFP Remote Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195

Using the Print Assistant function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196

Getting Information Through Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196

Uninstalling the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196

English

Chapter 4 The Control Panel

Buttons, Lights, Messages, and Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200

Combination of buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Icons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Menu Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

When to use Menu mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Menu list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Basic Menu setting procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Details of Menu mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Checking the print head nozzles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224

Aligning the print head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Making the paper settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Printing a status sheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Setting the alert value of the paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Chapter 5 Maintenance Mode

Maintenance Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Maintenance mode setting procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Maintenance mode list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Details of maintenance mode items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Chapter 6 Paper Handling

Notes on Epson Special Media and Other Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Using Epson special media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Using paper other than Epson special media . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Using Roll Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Attaching the roll paper to the spindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Removing the roll paper from the spindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

Attaching and removing the spindle from the printer . . . . 248

Loading roll paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Using the roll paper belt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Cutting the roll paper or printing page lines . . . . . . . . . . . . .255

Using the Auto Take-up Reel Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .257

Using Cut Sheet Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271

Loading cut sheet media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .271

Printing on thick paper (0.5 to 1.5 mm). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275

Setting the Paper Basket . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278

For EPSON Stylus Pro 9800/9400 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .278

For EPSON Stylus Pro 7800/7400 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282

Chapter 7 Maintenance and Transportation

Replacing Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .285

Converting the Black Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290

Updating the printer driver information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .297

Replacing the Maintenance Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .299

Replacing the Paper Cutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300

Attaching the Manual Cutter Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .304

Removing the Manual Cutter Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306

Cleaning the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307

If you have not used your printer for a long time . . . . . . . . .310

Transporting the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311

Over a long distance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311

Over a short distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .312

Setting up the printer after transporting it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .317

English

Chapter 8 Problem Solver

Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319

Printer stops printing unexpectedly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .319

The printer does not turn on or stay on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .327

The printer prints nothing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .328

Printouts are not what you expected. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .335

Print quality could be better . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .339

Color documents print in black only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .342

Printing could be faster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .343

Roll paper cannot be cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .344

Paper feed or paper jam problems occur frequently. . . . . . .345

Roll paper does not eject properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347

When feeding paper forward . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348

When feeding paper backward. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

Clearing paper jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349

Troubleshooting on the Optional Auto Take-up Reel Unit 351

Contacting Customer Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 352

Technical Support Web Site. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353

Paper Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353

Roll paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354

Cut sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356

Chapter 9 Product Information

Printer Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358

Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358

Printable area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360

Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

Standards and Approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364

Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

Ink cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368

System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

To use your printer with Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

To use your printer with Mac OS 9.x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370

To use your printer with Mac OS X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370

Interface Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

USB interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371

IEEE1394 Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372

Chapter 10 Options and Consumable Products

Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

Roll paper spindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

Auto Take-Up Reel Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

Manual Cutter Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

Interface card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .374

Interface cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375

Consumable Products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375

Paper cutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375

Maintenance Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375

Ink cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .375

Epson Special Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .378

Roll paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .379

Cut sheets. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .382

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Chapter 1

Printing with Windows

Printer Software Introduction

The printer software that comes with your printer includes a printer driver and printer utilities. The printer driver lets you choose from a variety of settings to get the best results from your printer. The printer utilities help you check the printer and keep it in top condition.

The printer software includes the following menus.

Menu Settings and Utilities

Main Media Type, Color, Mode, Ink Levels, Print Preview, Print

Assistant

Paper Paper Source, Borderless, Auto Cut, Paper Size (Page Size),

Layout Reduce/Enlarge, Multi-Page, Optimize Enlargement

Utility EPSON Status Monitor 3, Nozzle Check, Head Cleaning, Print

Copies, Orie ntation, Printable Area (Whe n Sheet is selected as the Paper Source), Roll Paper Option (When Roll Paper or Roll Paper (Banner) is selected as the Paper Source.)

Head Alignment, Printer and Option Information (EPSON Stylus Pro 9800/7800 only), EPSON LFP Remote Panel, Speed & Progress

For information on making printer driver settings, see “Making Settings on the Main Menu” on page 20, “Making Settings on the Paper Menu” on page 45, and “Making Settings on the Layout Menu” on page 59.

For information on the printer utilities, see “Using the Printer Utilities” on page 66.

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Note:

❏ The specific features available in the printer software vary

depending on the version of Windows you are using.

❏ The printer driver screens that appear in this manual are provided

for EPSON Stylus Pro 9800 running on Windows XP. The screens of EPSON Stylus Pro 9400/7800/7400 and EPSON Stylus Pro 9800 are almost the same, except as noted.

The online help provides more information on the printer

software. See “Getting Information Through Online Help” on

page 76.

Accessing the Printer Software

To access the printer software installed in your computer, follow

the steps below.

Note:

The specific features available in the printer software vary depending on

the versions of Windows you are using.

From Windows XP

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1. Click Start, click Control Panel, click Printers and Other Hardware, and then click Printers and Faxes.

2. Right-click your printer icon, and click Printing Preferences. The printer software window appears.

From Windows Me and 98

1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then select Printers.

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2. Right-click your printer icon, and click Properties. The

printer software window appears.

From Windows 2000

1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then select Printers.

2. Right-click your printer icon, and click Printing Preferences.

The printer software window appears.

From Windows applications

1. Click Print or Page Setup on the File menu.

2. Make sure your printer is selected, and click Printer, Setup, Options, Properties, or Preference. Depending on your application, you may need to click a combination of these buttons. The printer software window appears.

Basic Settings

Making the printer driver settings

This section describes the basic printer driver settings for printing your data.

To make the basic printer driver settings, follow the steps below.

1. Click Print on the File menu of your application. The Print dialog box appears.

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2. Make sure your printer is selected, and then click Properties or Options. You may need to click a combination of these buttons. The driver settings window appears.

3. Click the Main tab. The Main menu appears.

4. From Media Type, select a media that matches the paper loaded in the printer. See “Media Type setting list” on page 21.

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Note:

❏ The Media Type setting determines what other settings are

available; therefore, always make this setting first.

❏ Some media types are not available for the Paper Source setting

you have selected.

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5. Make the Color setting.

For EPSON Stylus Pro 9400/7400: Select Color/B&W Photo to print color or monochrome photos, or Black to print a draft or black text only.

For EPSON Stylus Pro 9800/7800: Select Color to print color or monochrome photos, or Black to print a draft or black text only. If you want to print advanced monochrome photos, select Advanced B&W Photo.

Note:

When printing on any media other than tracing paper, we recommend Color or Color/B&W Photo even if the data to print is black.

6. Make the Mode setting. Check that Automatic is selected.

7. Adjust Speed and Quality in the Mode box if a slider

appears. Drag the slider to the left or right depending on which is more important.

For EPSON Stylus Pro 9800/7800 only: If you have selected Advanced B&W Photo as the Color setting, select the Color Toning setting from the pull-down menu.

Note:

Depending on the Media Type setting you choose, a slider may not appear in the Mode box.

8. Select the color control mode from the pull-down menu in the Mode box. For detailed information, see “Color Control mode” on page 25.

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9. Click the Paper tab. The Paper menu appears.

10. Select a paper source from the Paper Source list.

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11. Select Borderless to print your data with no margins. See

“Making the Borderless setting” on page 46.

12. From the Paper Size list, select the size of paper loaded in the printer.

Note:

Most Windows applications feature paper size settings that override similar settings in the printer driver.

13. Make settings for Copies and Orientation, as necessary.

14. When Sheet is selected as the Paper Source setting, make the Printable Area settings as needed. See “Making the Printable Area setting” on page 56.

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When Roll Paper or Roll Paper (Banner) is selected as the Paper Source setting, make the Roll Paper Option settings as needed. See “Making the Roll Paper Option settings” on page

57.

15. Click the Layout tab. The Layout menu appears.

Note:

❏ The functions on the Layout menu are not available when Roll

Paper (Banner) is selected as the Paper Source setting.

❏ Depending on the paper source you choose, some of the

functions may not be available.

16. Select Reduce/Enlarge, and then adjust the size of printed

data, if necessary. See “Making the Reduce/Enlarge setting” on page 61.

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17. Select Multi-Page, and then make settings as needed. See “Making Multi-Page settings” on page 62 for details.

18. Click OK. The screen returns to the Print Setup dialog box (or a similar dialog box) of your application.

19. Click Print to start printing.

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While printing is in progress, the EPSON Progress Meter appears, showing the printing progress and the status of your printer.

Canceling printing

To cancel printing in progress, click Stop on the EPSON Progress Meter.

You can also pause or restart printing. To pause printing, click Pause. To resume printing, click this button again.

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Caution:

If you stop printing in progress, you may need to start printing

again from the beginning for best result; otherwise, misalignment or banding may appear in the printed image.

Making Settings on the Main Menu

From this menu, you can make the Media Type, Color, and Mode settings, and also check the remaining ink of the installed ink cartridges. You can also access the User’s Guide, the paper information, and the Technical Support Web Site by clicking the Print Assistant button.

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Making the Media Type setting

The Media Type setting determines what other settings are available; therefore, always make this setting first.

From Media Type, select a media that matches the paper loaded in the printer. Locate your paper in the list, and then select a corresponding Media Type setting. For some types of paper, several Media Type settings are available for selection.

Note:

❏ The availability of special media varies by country.

❏ When using paper other than Epson special media, see “Notes on

Epson Special Media and Other Media” on page 244.

❏ For the latest information on the special media available in your area,

refer to the Epson customer support website. See “Contacting Customer Support” on page 352.

Media Type setting list

Media Type Setting Epson Special Media

Name/Description

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Premium Luster Photo Paper (250) Premium Luster Photo Paper (250)

Premium Glossy Photo Paper (250) Premium Glossy Photo Paper (250)

Premium Semigloss Photo Paper (250)

Premium Semimatte Photo Paper (250)

Premium Glossy Photo Paper Premium Glossy Photo Paper

Premium Semigloss Photo Paper Premium Semigloss Photo Paper

Premium Luster Photo Paper Premium Luster Photo Paper

Photo Paper Gloss 250 Photo Paper Gloss 250

Premium Semigloss Photo Paper (250)

Premium Semimatte Photo Paper (250)

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Photo Glossy Paper Photo Glossy Paper

Photo Semigloss Paper Photo Semigloss Paper

Proofing Paper Semimatte EPSON Proofing Paper Semimatte

(Commercial)

Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper

Singleweight Matte Paper Singleweight Matte Paper

Doubleweight Matte Paper Doubleweight Matte Paper

Enhanced Matte Paper Enhanced Matte Paper

Archival Matte Paper Archival Matte Paper

Watercolor Paper - Radiant White Watercolor Paper - Radiant White

Textured Fine Art Paper Textured Fine Art Paper

Velvet Fine Art Paper Velvet Fine Art Paper

UltraSmooth Fine Art Paper UltraSmooth Fine Art Paper

Canvas Canvas

Enhanced Matte Poster Board Enhanced Matte Posterboard

Plain Paper -

Plain Paper (Line drawing) -

Singleweight Matte Paper (line drawing)

Tracing Paper -

Enhanced Synthetic Paper Enhanced Synthetic Paper

Enhanced Adhesive Synthetic Paper

Singleweight Matte Paper

Enhanced Adhesive Synthetic Paper

Making the Color setting

EPSON Stylus Pro 9400/7400

Make the Color setting. Select Color/B&W Photo to print color or monochrome photos, or Black to print a draft or black text only.

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Note:

When printing on any media other than tracing paper, we recommend Color/B&W Photo even if the data to print is black.

EPSON Stylus Pro 9800/7800

Make the Color setting. Select Color to print color or monochrome photos, or Black to print a draft or black text only. If you want to print advanced monochrome photos, select Advanced B&W Photo.

Note:

When printing on any media other than tracing paper, we recommend Color even if the data to print is black.

Making the Mode setting

You can select either the Automatic or Custom mode. These modes are provided to give you two levels of control over the printer driver.

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Automatic mode

Automatic mode is the quickest and easiest way to start printing. When Automatic is selected, the printer driver takes care of all detailed settings based on the current Media Type and Color settings.

Quality and Speed slider

Depending on the media you choose in the Media Type setting while Color (or Color/B&W Photo) or Black is selected as the Color setting and Automatic as the Mode setting, a Quality or Speed slider appears in the Mode box. Select Quality when print quality is more important than print speed. Select Speed when print speed is more important than print quality.

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Color Control mode

When Color (or Color/B&W Photo) is selected as the Color setting and Automatic as the Mode setting, the Color Control pull-down menu appears in the Mode box.

You can select from the following settings.

EPSON Vivid Select this setting to produce vivid blue and green tones

in printouts.

Note: Because this setting reproduces blue and green tones that cann ot be displayed by your monitor, you r printouts may differ from the screen images when this function is selected.

Charts and Graphs

EPSON Standard (sRGB)

Adobe RGB For EPSON Stylus Pro 9800/7800 only:

Color Toning (for EPSON Stylus Pro 9800/7800 only)

Intensifies the colors and lightens the midtones and highlights of an image. Use this setting for presentation graphics, such as charts and graphs.

For EPSON Stylus Pro 9800/7800 only: Increases the contrast in images. Use this setting for color photographs.

Matches image color to Adobe RGB.

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When you select Advanced B&W Photo as the Color setting while Automatic is selected, the Color Toning pull-down menu appears in the Mode box.

You can select from the following settings.

Neutral This setting provides standard image

correction for most photos. Try this first.

Cool This setting gives a cool tone to your photos.

Warm This setting gives a warm tone to your photos.

Sepia This setting applies a sepia tone to your photos.

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Custom mode

The Custom mode lets you make a wide range of changes with a single click of the mouse. In the Custom Settings pull-down menu, you will find ready-made settings provided by Epson.

Note:

These ready-made settings may not appear, depending on the Media Type and Color settings.

Advanced Photo

Advanced Photo 2880

PhotoEnhance This mode lets you select image-correction

Good for printing scanned photos and digitally captured images in high quality. Helps prevent misprinting of ink dots that may occur due to movement of the print head and paper.

settings specially designed for scanned or digitally captured photos.

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Making Advanced setting

The Advanced setting gives 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 pull-down menu.

To make Advanced settings, follow the steps below.

1. Select Custom from the Main menu, and then click Advanced. The Advanced dialog box appears.

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2. Make sure a media matching the media loaded in the printer is selected. See “Media Type setting list” on page 21.

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3. Make the Color setting.

For EPSON Stylus Pro 9400/7400: Select Color/B&W Photo to print color or monochrome photos, or Black to print a draft or black text only.

Note:

When printing on any media other than tracing paper, we recommend Color or Color/B&W even if the data to print is black.

4. Select a Print Quality setting.

5. If you are using non-Epson special media, click the Paper Config button, and then make settings as needed. For details, see “Paper Configuration” on page 29.

6. Make the Printer Color Management settings. For details, see “Printer Color Management” on page 32.

Note:

Some settings are enabled or disabled depending on the Media Type, Color, and Print Quality settings you have made.

7. Make other settings as needed. For details, see the online help.

8. Click OK to apply your settings and then return to the Main menu. If you want to return to the previous screen without applying your settings, click Cancel.

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Paper Configuration

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The following settings in the Paper Configuration dialog box let you make the detailed paper settings.

Mode Description

Color Density Adjusts the strength of Color Density. Use a value in the

range of -50% to +50%. Drag the slider to the right (+) to deepen the color of your printout or left (-) to lighten its colo r. Yo u can a ls o type a numbe r ( -50 to +50) in the box next to the slider.

Use this function when you print on paper other than Epson special media.

Set the slider to the 0 position when you print on Epson special media.

Note: Deepening of the color of printout may not be possible, depending on the printing mode.

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Mode Description

Drying Time per Print Head Pass

Paper Feed Adjustment

Paper Suction Decreasing the air suction at the platen can avoid

Paper Thickness

Adds a waiting time when the print head reaches the end of every pass.

Set this value using the slider or text box. To improve the print quality by using slow ink absorption on the media, set a higher value.

The drying time per print head pass can be set from 0 to 5 seconds, in 0.1 second increments.

Note: If you use this feature, the printing time will be longer.

Controls the paper feeding value, in 0.01% increments. If the paper feeding value is too large, white horizontal micro banding may appear. If the paper feeding value is too small, dark horizontal micro banding may appear.

wrinkling or waving of thin or saturated media, or eliminating vertical banding. The relationship of the parameter and the suction power is indicated as follows:

Standard:100%

-1:84%

-2:66%

-3:50%

-4:34%

This value automatically appears according to the Media Type setting. If you use non-Epson media, modify this value for your media. Refer to the paper specifications, or print "Thickness Pattern" to find out the paper thickness.

Cut Method Determines the best cutting method according to the

paper thickness.

Standard:Normal speed and normal cut pressure Thin Paper:Low cut pressure Thick Paper, Fast:High speed and high cut pressure Thick Paper, Slow:Low speed and high cut pressure

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Mode Description

Platen Gap Platen Gap is the height from the media loaded in the

printer to the print head. By adjusting this parameter, you may produce better print quality. This is set automatically according to the Paper Thickness setting specified.

Note: Setting Platen Gap to Narrow may produce better print quality, but make sure the media does not wrinkle or touch the print head; otherwise, printed data or the print head surface may be damaged. Use Wider or Wide in such case.

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Printer Color Management

Color Controls

This setting provides the color matching and image-enhancement methods. When you select this setting, additional settings appear under the Printer Color Management box where you can select a Mode setting and adjust the color enhancement sliders. For details on the additional settings, see the online help.

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When Advanced B&W Photo is selected as the Color setting, the following screen appears. You can then adjust the advanced monochrome settings. For details on the additional settings, see the online help.

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PhotoEnhance

This setting provides a variety of image-correction settings that you can apply to your photo images before printing. PhotoEnhance does not affect your original data. When you select this setting, you can make the Tone and Digital Camera Correction settings.

Note:

❏ This mode is available only with 16-, 24-, or 32-bit color data.

❏ Printing with PhotoEnhance selected may increase the time required

in printing, depending on your computer system and the amount of the data contained in your data.

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❏ The Tone setting appears for EPSON Stylus Pro 9400/7400 only.

Tone Auto Correct Provides standard image correction for

most photos. Try this first.

Sepia Applies a sepia tone to your photos.

Neutral Gray Applies a black and white tone to your

print data.

Warm Gray Applies a warmer black and white tone

to your print data than Neutral Gray.

Cool Gray Applies a cooler black and white tone

to your print data than Neutral Gray.

Digital Camera Correction If you are printing photos taken with a

digital camera, select this check box to give your printed photos a smooth and natural appearance like that of photos taken with a film camera.

Select the Smooth Skin check box to adjust the image to make its skin color smooth.

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Off (No Color Adjustment)

This setting turns off the printer driver color management, which is useful when you use the color management function of the application to apply an ICC profile.

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ICM

This setting uses the Windows color matching method to automatically adjust printout colors to match colors on your screen. Select this setting when printing scanned photographs or computer graphics.

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Note:

❏ Be aware that the ambient light and the age, quality, and settings of

the monitor can affect the quality of your color matching.

❏ The following settings are available for Windows XP/2000 only.

ICM Mode S el ec t t he IC M m od e f ro m H os t I CM , Dr iv er IC M (B a si c) ,

or Driver ICM (Advanced).

Image, Graphics, and Text check boxes

These check boxes are available only when Driver ICM (Advanced) is selected as the ICM Mode.

Select the check box you want to set.

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Input Profile Select an input profile.

This setting is not available when Host ICM is selected as the ICM Mode setting.

Intent Select the rendering intent or color mapping

Printer Profile Select a printer profile.

Printer Profile Description

preference.

Saturation: This setting is the best option for presentation graphics to accurately reproduce vivid colors. Use of this setting is not recommended when printing photo data.

Perceptual: This setting renders an image’s color to appear naturally, and is often used to render the wide color range of the original image. Use of this setting is recommended when printing photo data.

Relative Colorimetric: This setting renders an image by maintaining a relative color range, and is often used when most of the color range before conversion is found in the image after conversion. Use of this setting is recommended when printing photo data.

Absolute Colorimetric: This setting renders an image by maintaining an absolute color range so that there is a 1-to-1 ratio of absolute lab coordinates. This setting is not recommended when printing photo data and normal conversions.

Shows the description of the selected printer profile.

Show all profiles Shows all profiles in the Input Profile and the Printer

Profile pull-down menu.

This setting is not available when Host ICM is selected as the ICM Mode setting.

Saving the Advanced settings

To save your Advanced settings, follow the steps below.

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1. Click Save Settings. The Custom Settings dialog box appears.

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2. Type a unique name, up to 31 characters, for your settings in the Name text box.

3. Click Save. Your setting will be added to the Custom Setting List.

You can save up to 100 custom settings (including the imported settings). You can select your saved settings from the Custom Settings pull-down menu in the Mode box on the Main menu.

When you select your saved settings in the Custom Settings list, be aware that making new settings, for example Media Type and Color settings, may change your custom settings. This may cause unexpected results in your printouts. If this happens, reselect your saved settings and try printing again.

Note:

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

Deleting the Advanced settings

To delete your Advanced setting, follow the steps below.

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Note:

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

1. Click Save Settings. The Custom Settings dialog box appears.

2. Select the name of settings you want to delete.

3. Click Delete. The setting will be deleted from the Custom

Settings list.

Exporting and importing the Advanced settings

You can export the custom settings you saved, or import from a custom setting file created in another environment.

Exporting the Advanced settings

To export your custom settings, use the following steps.

1. Click Save Settings. The Custom Settings dialog box appears.

2. Select the custom settings you want to export.

3. Click Export.

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4. Select the location where you want to save the file, and then enter the file name.

5. Click Save.

6. When the message “Processing complete.” appears, click OK.

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Importing the Advanced settings

To import custom settings, use the following steps.

1. Click Save Settings. The Custom Settings dialog box appears.

2. Click Import.

3. Select the folder where the file for importing settings is located, and then select the file.

4. Click Open.

5. When the message “Processing complete.” appears, click OK.

Note:

The custom setting that includes ICM options cannot be transferred between Windows XP/2000 and Windows Me/98.

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Checking the Ink Levels

You can check the amount of the remaining ink of each ink cartridge.

Note:

If EPSON Stylus Pro 9800/7800 is not connected properly or EPSON Status Monitor 3 is not installed, Cartridge Option appears instead. The Cartridge Option is not displayed for EPSON Stylus Pro 9400/7400.

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Previewing your printout

If you select the Print Preview check box, you can see how your printout will look before printing. When you send a print job to the printer, the EPSON Print Preview window appears, allowing you to make changes before printing.

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The EPSON Preview toolbar contains several buttons that you can use to perform the following functions.

Zoom Click this button to enlarge or reduce the

size of the previewed image.

Fit-to-screen Click this button to scale the previewed

image so that it fits the current window size. This is convenient when you want to see the entire image at one time.

Maximum zoom Click this but ton to display the prev iewed

image at the maximum possible zoom ratio.

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Printable area on/off

Click this button to display a rectangle indicating the printable area on the previewed image. The printer cannot print anything which is outside of this rectangle. Click this button again to turn this feature off.

Previous page Click this button to display the previous

Next page Click this button to disp lay the next page .

page. If there is no previous page, this button is not available.

If there is no next page, this button is not available.

You can also manipulate the previewed data in the following ways.

❏ Select and preview individual pages.

❏ Reduce or enlarge the size of preview.

❏ Select and print any or all pages.

❏ Magnify the previewed document: Click View and then select

Magnify to open the Magnify window, which magnifies the area of the previewed document outlined by the red box. By dragging the red box, you can change the part of the document to magnify.

❏ Specify which pages in the document you want to print: Click

Print Option, and then select Remove Page or Add Page.

After you previewing the data, click Print to print the data, or click Cancel to cancel printing.

Using the Print Assistant function

You can access the following information by clicking the Print Assistant button:

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❏ Reference Guide (Troubleshooting page)

❏ Paper information that is most suitable for printing

❏ Technical Support Web Site

Making Settings on the Paper Menu

You can make Paper Source, Borderless, Auto Cut, Paper Size (Page Size), Copies, Orientation, and Printable Area or Roll Paper Option settings on this menu.

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Note:

❏ When Sheet is selected as the Paper Source setting, Printable Area

appears on the menu. When Roll Paper or Roll Paper (Banner) is selected as the Paper Source setting, Roll Paper Option appears on the menu.

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❏ Most Windows applications feature paper size and page layout

settings that override similar settings in the printer driver. However, if your application does not have these features, verify the settings on the printer driver’s Paper menu.

Making the Paper Source setting

You can select Roll Paper, Roll Paper (Banner), or Sheet from the Paper Source setting. Select one that matches the paper loaded in the printer.

Making the Borderless setting

You can print your data without margins on paper.

For this printing mode, Epson recommends the following media conditions.

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Accommodate media width:

❏ 10 inch, 254 mm

❏ 300 mm

❏ 13 inch, 329 mm (Super A3/B)

❏ 16 inch, 406.4 mm

❏ 17 inch, 431.8 mm

❏ 515 mm (B2)

❏ 594 mm (A1)

❏ 24 inch, 609.6 mm

❏ 728 mm (B1)*

❏ 36 inch, 914.4 mm*

❏ 44 inch, 1117.6 mm*

* for EPSON Stylus Pro 9800/9400 use only.

Note:

❏ If your application has margin settings, make sure they are set to

zero before printing.

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❏ When printing on cut-sheet media, only the left and right margins

are set to zero. The top margin is always 3 mm, and the bottom margin is always 14 mm. The back side of the paper may smear.

❏ The ink may contaminate the platen of the printer. In this case, wipe

the ink away using a cloth.

❏ Printing with this feature takes longer time than normal printing.

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❏ When Premium Glossy Photo Paper (250) roll paper or Premium

Semigloss Photo Paper (250) roll paper is used in printing, the top margin is always 20 mm.

❏ The following media may smear in the top area when selecting

Single Cut or Double Cut for the Auto Cut setting: Doubleweight Matte Paper, Singleweight Matte Paper, Enhanced Matte Paper, Textured Fine Art Paper, and UltraSmooth Fine Art Paper.

❏ Smear may result in the top and bottom areas depending on the

media.

To print your data with this feature, follow the steps below.

1. Select Borderless.

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2. Click the Expansion button. The Expansion dialog box appears.

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3. Choose Auto Expand or Retain Size, and the amount of enlargement.

Auto Expand Select this setting if you want to enlarge the size of

print data automatically and print with no margins. You can choose the amount of enlargement by moving the slider.

Note: Enlarged areas that exceed the paper size will not be printed on the paper.

Retain Size Select this setting if you do not want to change the

ratio of your print data.

If you select this setting, you need to enlarge your image data to exceed the paper width, to avoid unprinted areas appearing along the left and right edges. Enlarging 3 mm in both the left and right directions is recommended, using the application that created the data.

To use this feature, see “Making the Paper Size setting” on page 53.

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Amount of Enlargement

When you select Auto Expand, the slider becomes available. Using the slider, you can control the amount of the image that extends beyond the edges of the paper during borderless printing.

For most print jobs, Standard is recommended in order to eliminate margins on all sides of the paper.

In a very humid environment, the width of paper may expand due to moisture absorption. In this case, move the slider to Max to eliminate margins around the image. If Max is selected, the center of the image may move about 1 mm to the right.

Moving the slider towards Min decreases the amount of the image enlarge ment; however, as this amount decreases, margins may appear on one or more sides of the paper.

4. Make the Auto Cut setting. For details, see “Making the Auto Cut setting” on page 50.

5. Click OK.

6. Start printing your data from your application.

Making the Auto Cut setting

This setting is available only when Roll Paper or Roll Paper (Banner) is selected as the Paper Source setting. You can select

how the paper is cut after printing.

Single Cut

Select this setting if you want to save paper. If you select this setting, the boundary of a picture or the boundary of a page is cut. However, the cut position may shift slightly.

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Note:

This setting appears only when the Borderless check box is selected.

Double Cut

Select this setting to avoid the slight gap that occurs with the Single Cut setting. A margin is created between pictures, and 1 mm along the inside of each picture is cut.

Note:

This setting appears only when the Borderless check box is selected.

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Normal Cut

Select this setting to keep margins at the top and bottom of the printed data.

Off

Select this setting to cut printouts manually. To cut printouts manually, follow the steps below.

Note:

When you print on Canvas, only this setting is available.

1. Press the Paper Source l button to select Roll Auto Cut Off

2. Press the Enter button.

3. The printer automatically feeds the paper to the cutter guide, and the printer becomes offline. Pause appears on the LCD.

4. If necessary, adjust the cutting position by using the Paper Feed d button or Paper Feed u button.

5. Cut the paper along the cutter guide using the manual cutter unit.

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6. After cutting the paper, press the Pause button. The printer

becomes online.

Making the Paper Size setting

You can select a paper size that you want to use. Select the proper paper size from the Paper Size list.

You can also add a custom paper size, using the steps below.

1. Select User Defined from the Paper Size list. The User Defined

Paper Size dialog box appears.

2. Enter Paper Size Name, Paper Width and Paper Height, and then select Unit.

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Note:

If you are using Windows Me or 98, the maximum paper height is

90.55 inches (230 cm).

3. Click OK to save the custom paper size.

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Making the Copies setting

You can specify the number of copies to print. Enter a number in the Copies box, or click the arrow next to the box. You can enter any number from 1 to 9999. When printing multiple copies of your document, select Collate to print one complete document set at a time. Select Reverse Order to print your documents in reverse order, starting with the last page.

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Making the Orientation settings

You can specify the direction of printing on the page.

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Portrait Print direction is short edge first, like most magazines.

Landscape Print direction is long edge first, like many

spreadsheets.

Rotated by 180° Prints your document upside down.

Note: This function is not available when Roll Paper (Banner) is selected as the Paper Source setting.

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Making the Printable Area setting

This setting is available when you select Sheet as the Paper Source setting. You can make the following setting.

Centered

Select this setting to center printouts.

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Making the Roll Paper Option settings

This setting is available when you select Roll Paper or Roll Paper (Banner) as the Paper Source setting. You can make the following

settings.

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Auto Rotate

Note:

This function is available only when Roll Paper is selected as the Paper Source setting.

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This function is effective only when the print data length is shorter than the printable width of the roll paper. The print data will automatically be turned 90 degrees to print crosswise, saving roll paper.

Original Auto Rotate onAuto Rotate off

To enable this function, follow the steps below.

1. Select Auto Rotate. The Roll Width button is activated.

2. Click Roll Width. The Roll Paper Width dialog box appears.

3. Select the installed roll paper size from the pull-down menu.

4. Click OK.

Print Page Line

This function lets you specify whether to print a page line on the right side, and also below the document for manual cutting. To enable this function, select Print Page Line.

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The Print Page Line operation changes according to the Auto Cut setting. Check these settings as necessary by referring to the printer’s operation.

Auto Cut Print Page Line Printer’s Operation

Single Cut Double Cut Normal Cut

Off Selected Prints page lines on the right side

Off Not selected Does not print page lines or cut

Save Roll Paper

Note:

This function is available only when Roll Paper (Banner) is selected as the Paper Source setting.

This function is effective if you wish to save roll paper, because the blank portion of the last page of your printed data is not fed through the printer.

Selected Prints page line on the right side

only, and cuts paper automatically after the print job.

Not selected Does not pri nt page line, but cuts

paper automatically after the print job.

and below the document, but does not cut paper automatically after the print job.

paper.

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To enable this function, select Save Roll Paper.

Making Settings on the Layout Menu

You can make the Reduce/Enlarge, Multi-Page, and Optimize Enlargement settings on this menu.

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Note:

❏ The functions on the Layout menu are not available when Roll

Paper (Banner) is selected as the Paper Source setting.

❏ According to the paper source you choose, some of the functions are

not available.

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Making the Reduce/Enlarge setting

You can fit the size of your data to the size of paper you to print on. To enable this function, select Reduce/Enlarge. When this function is enabled, you can make the following settings.

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Fit to Page Proportionally enlarges or reduces the size of your

data to make it fit the paper size you have selected in the Output Paper Size.

Custom Lets you define the percentage you want to enlarge

or reduce a data. Click the arrows next to the Scale box to select a proportion from 10 to 400%.

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Making Multi-Page settings

Selecting Multi-Page lets you choose between the N-up and Poster settings.

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Making N-up settings

Select N-up as the Multi-Page setting to print two or four pages of your document on one sheet of paper.

When N-up is selected, you can make the following settings.

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2 Pages 4 Pages

Page Order Opens the Print Layout dialog box, where you

Print page frames Prints frames around the pages printed on each

Prints two or four pages of your data on a single sheet of paper.

can specify the order in which the pages will be printed. Some settings may be unavailable, depending on the Orientation selection on the Paper menu.

sheet.

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Making Poster settings

A single page can be enlarged to cover 4, 9, or 16 printed sheets of paper. Select Poster as the Multi-Page setting to print a poster-size image.

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Click Settings to adjust the way your poster will print. The Poster Settings dialog box opens.

You can make the following settings.

Print Cutting Guides

Overlapping Alignment Marks

Check this box to turn the cutting guide options on.

Slightly overlaps the images and prints alignment ma rk er s so th at they ca n b e ali gn ed mor e p recis el y.

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Trim Lines Prints border lines on the images to guide you when

trimming the pages.

If you only want to print a few of the panels without printing the entire poster, click the panels that you do not want to print, and then click OK to close the Poster Settings dialog box.

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Making the Optimize Enlargement setting (for Windows XP and 2000 only)

Select this check box to optimize an enlargement to achieve long poster or panoramic printing without using a particular application. Clear this check box if text or graphics are distorted; however, output length may be limited depending on the application.

Using the Printer Utilities

The EPSON printer utilities let you check the current printer status and perform printer maintenance from your screen.

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Note:

❏ The letter in parentheses after the utility name indicates the shortcut

key for that utility. Press ALT and the letter on the keyboard to open that utility.

❏ Do not use the Nozzle Check, Head Cleaning, or Print Head

Alignment utilities if your printer is connected to your computer through a network.

❏ Do not use the Nozzle Check, Head Cleaning, or Print Head

Alignment utilities while printing is in progress; otherwise, your printout may be marred.

EPSON Status Monitor 3

This utility provides you with printer status information, such as the amount of ink remaining, the free space of the maintenance tank, and it also checks for printer error.

Note:

This utility is available when your system is configured to support bi-directional communication.

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Nozzle Check

This utility checks the print head nozzles for clogging. Check the nozzles when you notice the print quality has declined and after cleaning to confirm that the print head nozzles have been cleaned. See “Checking the print head nozzles” on page 68.

If you click Auto in the Nozzle Check dialog box, or turn on AUTO CLEANING from the control panel on the printer, this utility not only checks the clogging nozzles, but also performs head cleaning automatically.

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Head Cleaning

This utility cleans the print head. You may need to clean the print head if you notice the print quality has declined. Use this utility to perform head cleaning. See “Cleaning the print head” on page

70.

Print Head Alignment

This utility can be used to improve the print quality of your printed data. The alignment of the print head may need to be adjusted if vertical lines appear out of alignment or if white or black banding noise appear in your printed data. Use this utility to realign the print head. See “Aligning the print head” on page

71.

Printer and Option Information

This function enables the printer driver to check the printer configuration information. You can check or select the black ink set on the printer. See “Using Printer and Option Information” on page 71.

Note:

This function is supported by EPSON Stylus Pro 9800/7800 only.

EPSON LFP Remote Panel

This utility lets you optimize your printer. See “Starting EPSON LFP Remote Panel” on page 72.

Checking the print head nozzles

If you find that the printed data is unexpectedly faint or dots in the printed data are missing, you may be able to identify the problem by using the Nozzle Check utility.

To use the Nozzle Check utility, follow the steps below.

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Note:

Do not start the Nozzle Check utility while printing is in progress; otherwise, your printout may be marred.

1. Make sure paper is loaded in the printer.

2. Click Nozzle Check.

3. Click Print if you want to visually check if any print head nozzles are clogged, if you are using non-Epson special media, or if the width of paper you are using is less than 210 mm. Click Auto if you want to perform an automatic nozzle check, and if the nozzle check indicates it is necessary.

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Note:

If you turn on AUTO CLEANING from the control panel on the printer even though Print has been selected, the Nozzle Check utility not only checks for the clogged nozzles, but also performs head cleaning automatically. If you are using non-Epson special media, or if the width of paper you are using is less than 210 mm, turn off AUTO CLEANING from the control panel on the printer.

4. Follow the on-screen instructions to print a nozzle check pattern.

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If you find missing dots, clean the print head nozzle. See “Cleaning the print head” on page 70.

Cleaning the print head

If you find that the printed data is unexpectedly faint or dots in the printed data are missing, you may be able to solve these problems by using the Head Cleaning utility to clean the print head, which ensures that the nozzles are delivering ink properly.

To use the Head Cleaning utility, follow the steps below.

Note:

❏ Do not start the Head Cleaning utility while printing is in progress;

otherwise, your printout may be marred.

❏ To save ink, use the Nozzle Check utility first to confirm that the

print head needs to be cleaned. This is because the cleaning process consumes some ink.

❏ When the ink check light is flashing or on, you cannot clean the print

head. Replace the appropriate ink cartridge first. See “Replacing Ink Cartridges” on page 285.

1. Make sure the printer is turned on and the ink check light is off.

2. Click Head Cleaning.

3. Follow the on-screen instructions.

4. Click Print Nozzle Check Pattern in the Head Cleaning dialog box to confirm that the head is clean and to reset the cleaning cycle.

If you still find missing dots after cleaning, try the following solutions.

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❏ Select POWER CLEANING from the control panel on the printer.

See “POWER CLEANING” on page 223.

❏ Repeat this procedure four or five times, turn the printer off

and leave it alone overnight, and then try head cleaning again.

❏ Replace some of ink cartridges as they may be old or

damaged.

If the print quality remains a problem after you have tried these solutions, contact your dealer. See “Contacting Customer Support” on page 352.

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Aligning the print head

If you find misaligned lines or black or white banding on the printed data, you may be able to solve these problems by using the Print Head Alignment utility to align the print head.

To use the Print Head Alignment utility, follow the steps below.

1. Make sure paper is loaded in the printer.

2. Click Print Head Alignment.

3. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Using Printer and Option Information

You can check or select the black ink set on the printer.

Note:

This function is supported by EPSON Stylus Pro 9800/7800 only.

1. Make sure the printer is turned on.

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2. Click Printer and Option Information. The following dialog box appears.

The printer driver usually obtains the ink cartridge information automatically, and prints in the appropriate print mode. If this is not possible, a message appears in the Current Setting box to prompt you to select an ink cartridge. In this case, select the correct ink cartridge according to the actual ink cartridge set on the printer.

3. Click OK.

Starting EPSON LFP Remote Panel

You can optimize your printer using this utility. To start EPSON LFP Remote Panel, see the steps below.

1. Make sure the printer is turned on.

2. Click EPSON LFP Remote Panel.

3. Follow the on-screen instructions. See the EPSON LFP Remote Panel online help for details.

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Making the Speed & Progress settings

You can make settings related to print speed and progress. To make the Speed & Progress settings, click Speed & Progress on the Utility menu. The Speed & Progress dialog box appears.

Note:

The specific features available in the printer software vary depending on the printer model and the version of Windows that you are using.

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High Speed Copies

To print multiple copies of your data faster, select High Speed Copies. This speeds up printing by using your hard disk space

as a cache when printing multiple copies of your data.

Show Progress Meter

To display the Progress Meter every time you print, select Show Progress Meter. Then, you can monitor the progress of your print

job.

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Always spool RAW datatype (for Windows XP and 2000 only)

To enable NT-based clients spool documents to use the RAW format instead of the EMF (metafile) format, select the Always Spool Raw datatype check box (Windows NT-based applications use the EMF format by default).

Try using this option if documents spooled in the EMF format do not print correctly.

Depending on the data to print, spooling RAW datatype requires fewer resources than EMF, so some problems (“Insufficient Memory/Disk Space to Print”, “Slow print speed”, etc) can be solved by selecting this option.

Note:

When you spool RAW datatype, the print progress as displayed by the Progress Meter may differ from the actual printing progress.

Page Rendering Mode (for Windows XP and 2000 only)

Use this function when the print speed is extremely slow or when the print head stops for a few minutes while printing. When this check box is selected, the print speed may improve by rendering as page.

However, the following problems may occur.

❏ Print progress displayed in the Progress Meter window may

differ from the actual print progress.

❏ Printing may take a longer time to start.

Coarse Rendering (for Windows XP and 2000 only)

Use this function if the output length (number of pixels) is limited by the application. Longer print output is made possible by reducing the resolution to restrict the number of pixels to within the application’s limit.

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Print as Bitmap (for Windows XP and 2000 only)

Use this function when the print speed is extremely slow or when the print head stops for a few minutes while printing. Try this option if Always spool RAW datatype and Page Rendering Mode do not solve the problem.

Monitoring Preferences

This function lets you specify the monitoring feature of EPSON Status Monitor 3.

To make settings for EPSON Status Monitor 3, follow the steps below.

1. Click Monitoring Preference. The Monitoring Preference

dialog box appears.

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2. Make the following settings.

Select Notification Displays the current error item notification

Select Shortcut Icon Select the Shortcut Icon check box to display

Allow Monitoring of shared printers

settings. Select the appropriate check boxes to specify the error types for which you wish to receive notification.

a shortcut icon in your Windows taskbar. Clicking the shortcut icon in the taskbar will open EPSON Status Monitor 3. Click the icon you prefer as shortcut icon, and you can confirm the icon at the right.

Allows monitoring o f a shared printer by other computers.

3. Click OK.

Getting Information Through Online Help

Your printer software has extensive online help, which provides instructions on printing, making printer driver settings, and using printer utilities.

To access help from your application, follow the steps below.

1. Choose Print or Page Setup from the File menu.

2. Click Printer, Setup, Options, or Properties. Depending on your application, you may need to click a combination of these buttons. You can also access the printer software.

3. You can view a detailed explanation using the following ways.

❏ Click the (?) button on the top right of the printer driver

window, and then click the item.

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❏ Right-click the item, and then click the What's this?

button.

❏ Click Help on the Main, Paper, Layout, or Utility menu

for help related to the item on that menu.

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Checking Printer Status and Managing Print Jobs

Using the Progress Meter

When you send a print job to the printer, the Progress Meter window opens.

The Progress Meter indicates the progress of the current print job and provides printer status information when bi-directional communication between the printer and your computer is established. This meter also displays helpful tips for better printing and error messages.

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Note:

The Progress Meter window does not appear when the Show Progress Meter check box is turned off in the Speed & Progress dialog box. See

“Making the Speed & Progress settings” on page 73 for more information.

EPSON Printing Tips

Tips on getting the most out of your Epson printer driver appear at the bottom of the Progress Meter window. A new tip appears every 30 seconds. For more details on a displayed tip, click Details.

Error messages

If a problem occurs during printing, an error message appears in the text box at the top of the Progress Meter window. Check the message and solve the problem accordingly.

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When the ink runs low or out, or when the maintenance tank becomes full, the How to button appears in the Progress Meter window. Click How to, and EPSON Status Monitor will lead you step by step through a procedure to replace the cartridge or the maintenance tank.

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Using the EPSON Spool Manager

Note:

EPSON Spool Manager is not available for Windows XP and 2000.

EPSON Spool Manager is similar to Windows Print Manager. If it receives two or more print jobs at one time, it puts them on a print queue in the order received. When a print job reaches the top of the print queue, the EPSON Spool Manager sends the job to the printer.

From the Spool Manager, you can view print status information on the print jobs that have been sent to your printer. You can also cancel, pause, and resume the selected print jobs.

To open EPSON Spool Manager, follow the steps below.

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1. Send a print job to your printer. A short cut icon of your printer appears on the taskbar.

2. Click the EPSON Stylus Pro XXXX icon. The EPSON Spool Manager dialog box appears.

3. If you want to cancel printing, select a print job and then click Cancel. If you want to pause or resume printing, select a print job and then click Pause/Resume.

Using EPSON Status Monitor 3

EPSON Status Monitor 3 displays detailed information on the printer status.

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Accessing EPSON Status Monitor 3 from the shortcut icon

To access EPSON Status Monitor 3 from the shortcut icon, double-click the printer-shaped shortcut icon on the Windows taskbar.

Note:

To add a shortcut icon to the taskbar, see “Monitoring Preferences” on page 75.

Accessing EPSON Status Monitor 3 from the printer driver

To access EPSON Status Monitor 3 from the printer driver, follow the steps below.

1. Access the printer driver. See “Accessing the Printer Software” on page 13.

2. Click the Utility tab to open the Utility menu.

3. Click EPSON Status Monitor 3.

Viewing information in EPSON Status Monitor 3

EPSON Status Monitor 3 provides the following information.

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Current Status

EPSON Status Monitor 3 provides you with detailed printer status information, a graphic display, and status messages. If the ink runs low or out, or the maintenance tank becomes full, the How to button appears in the EPSON Status Monitor 3 window. Click How to to display instructions on how to replace the cartridge or the maintenance tank.

Information

EPSON Status Monitor 3 provides a graphic display of the remaining amount of ink and the free space of the maintenance tank.

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Increasing the Print Speed

General tips

Printing color data using higher print quality settings takes longer than printing black-and-white data using standard print quality, as the volume of high quality color data is much greater. For this reason, it is important to be selective in your use of color and print quality settings if you also require a faster print speed.

However, even if your data requires the highest print quality and extensive use of color, it may still be possible to optimize the print speed by adjusting other printing conditions.

The following table shows the factors that inversely affect print speed and print quality.

Print quality Higher Lower

Print speed Slower Faster

Advanced menu settings

Data characteristics

Print Quality SuperFine -

1440dpi

High Speed Off On

Image Size Large Small

Resolution High Low

Normal 360dpi

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The following table shows the factors related to print speed only.

Print speed Faster Slower

Advanced menu settings

Color Black Color or

Flip Horizontal

Off On

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Color/B&W Photo

Print speed Faster Slower

Data characteristics

Hardware resources

Software status Running

Variety of colors

System speed

HDD free space

Memory free space

applications

Virtual memory

Grayscale Full color

Fast Slow

Large Small

One Many

Not in use In use

Using Speed & Progress

You can make certain print speed settings in the Speed & Progress dialog box. To access this dialog box, click Speed & Progress on the Utility menu. For details, see “Making the Speed & Progress settings” on page 73.

Sharing Your Printer

This section describes how to share your printer so that other computers on a network can use it.

The computer on a network can share the printer that is directly connected to one of them. The computer that is directly connected to the printer is the printer server, and the other computers are the clients which need permission to share the printer with the printer server. The clients share the printer via the printer server.

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Note:

To connect your printer directly to a network without setting it up as a shared printer, consult your network administrator.

For Windows XP

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Setting up your printer as a shared printer

To share a printer that is connected directly to your computer with others on a network, follow the steps below.

1. Click Start, and then click Printers and Faxes.

2. Right-click your printer icon, and click Sharing. If the following menu appears, click Network Setup Wizard or If

you understand the security risks but want to share printers without running the wizard, click here, and follow

the on-screen instruction.

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3. Select Share this printer, and type the name in the Share name

box.

4. Click OK.

Note:

Do not choose any drivers from the Additional Drivers list.

Accessing the shared printer

To access the shared printer from another computer on a network, follow the steps below.

Note:

Your printer must be set up as a shared resource on the computer to which it is directly connected before you can access it from another computer.

1. Install the printer driver to the client computer from the software CD-ROM.

2. Click Start, and then click Printers and Faxes. Right-click your printer's icon, and open the Properties for your printer.

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3. Click the Ports tab, and click Add Port.

4. Select Local Port, and then click New Port.

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5. In the text box, type the following information:

\\name of computer that is connected to the printer\name of the shared printer

Then click OK.

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6. Close the Printer Ports dialog box to return to the Ports menu.

7. On the Ports menu, make sure that the new port is added and the check box is selected. Click OK to close the Properties.

For Windows Me and 98

Setting up your printer as a shared printer

To share a printer connected directly to your computer with other computers on a network, follow the steps below.

1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.

2. Double-click Network.

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3. Click File and Print Sharing.

4. Click the I want to be able to allow others to print to my printer(s) check box, and click OK.

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5. In the Network window, click OK.

6. In the Control Panel, double-click Printers.

Note:

❏ If a dialog box requesting the Windows Me or 98 CD-ROM

appears, insert the CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive, then follow the on-screen instructions.

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❏ If a dialog box appears requesting you to restart your computer,

do so. Then open the Printers folder, and continue from step 7.

7. Select your printer, and choose Sharing on the File menu.

8. Select Shared As, enter the printer information as needed, and click OK.

Accessing the shared printer

To access the shared printer from another computer on a network, follow the steps below.

Note:

Your printer must be setup as a shared resource on the computer to which it is directly connected before you can access it from another computer.

1. On the computer you want to access the printer from, click Start, point to Settings, and then click Printers.

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2. Double-click Add Printer. The Add Printer Wizard screen

appears.

3. Click Next.

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4. Click Network printer, then click Next.

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5. Click Browse.

6. Double-click the icon of the computer that is directly connected to the printer. Then click the printer’s icon.

7. Click OK and follow the on-screen instructions.

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For Windows 2000

Setting up your printer as a shared printer

To share a printer that is connected directly to your computer with others on a network, follow the steps below.

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1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Printers.

2. Select your printer, then click Sharing on the File menu.

3. Select Shared as, and enter the name in the Share Name text

box.

4. Click OK.

Note:

Do not choose any drivers from the Additional Drivers list.

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Accessing the shared printer

To access the shared printer from another computer on a network, follow the steps below.

Note:

Your printer must be set up as a shared resource on the computer to which it is directly connected before you can access it from another computer.

1. Install the printer driver to the client computer from the software CD-ROM.

2. Open the Printer folder from the Control Panel, right-click your printer’s icon, and open the Properties for your printer.

3. Click the Ports tab, and click Add Port.

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4. Select Local Port, and click New Port.

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5. In the text box, type the following information:

\\name of computer that is connected to the printer\name of the shared printer

Then click OK.

6. When you enter the information, the Cancel button on the Printer Ports dialog box changes to the Close button. Click Close to return to the Ports menu.

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7. On the Ports menu, make sure that the new port is added and

the check box is selected. Click OK to close the printer driver.

Updating and Uninstalling the Printer Software

This section describes how to upgrade your Windows operating system, update the printer software in Windows XP, Me, or 2000, and uninstall the printer driver from your computer.

Updating the driver in Windows XP and 2000

When you update the printer driver in Windows XP and Windows 2000, you must uninstall the previous printer driver before you install the new driver. Installing over the existing printer driver results in a failure to update. To uninstall the printer driver, see “Uninstalling the printer driver” on page 97.

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Updating to Windows Me

If you have upgraded your computer’s operating system from Windows 98 to Windows Me, you must uninstall your printer software, and install it again. To uninstall the printer driver, see “Uninstalling the printer driver” on page 97.

Uninstalling the printer driver

To uninstall the printer driver, follow the steps below.

Windows XP

1. Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click Add or Remove Programs.

2. Select EPSON Printer Software to uninstall the printer driver from the software list.

3. Click the Change/Remove button.

4. Select the target printer icon.

5. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete uninstallation.

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Windows Me, 98, and 2000

1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then select Control Panel.

2. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.

3. Select EPSON Printer Software to uninstall the printer driver from the software list.

4. Click the Add/Remove button (for Windows Me and 98 users) or the Change/Remove button (for Windows 2000 users).

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5. Select the target printer icon.

6. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete uninstallation.

Note:

If you are using the USB port to connect the printer in Windows Me or 98, you need to uninstall an additional USB components. See “Uninstalling the USB Host Device Driver” on page 98.

Uninstalling the USB Host Device Driver

To uninstall the USB Host Device Driver, follow the steps below.

Note:

❏ This function is for Windows Me and 98 only.

❏ This function activates only when you are using a USB conversion

cable.

1. Click Start, point to Settings, and then select Control Panel.

2. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.

3. Select EPSON USB Printer Devices.

4. Click the Add/Remove button

Note:

If EPSON USB Printer Devices does not appear in the Add/Remove Program list, double-click EPUSBUN.EXE on the printer software CD-ROM.

5. Follow the on-screen instructions.

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Chapter 2

Printing with Mac OS 9.x

Printer Software Introduction

The printer software includes the following dialogs.

Dialog Settings and Utilities

Print Media Type, Color, Mode, Copies, Pages

Page Setup Paper Size, Paper Sou rce, Borderless, Auto Cut, Orientation,

Reduce or Enlarge, Printable Area, Roll Paper Option

Layout Fit to Page, Print Order

Utility EPSON StatusMonitor, Nozzle Check, Head Cleaning, Print

Head Alignment, Configuration

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For information on making printer driver settings, see “Making Settings in the Print Dialog” on page 105, “Making Settings in the Page Setup Dialog” on page 124, and “Making Settings in the Layout Dialog” on page 136.

For information on the printer utilities, see “Using the Printer Utilities” on page 139.

The online help provides more information on the printer software. See “Getting Information Through Online Help” on page 143.

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Accessing the Printer Software

To access the printer software installed in your computer, follow the steps below.

Accessing the Print dialog

To access the Print dialog, click Print on the File menu of your application, or click Options in the Page Setup dialog.

Accessing the Page Setup dialog

To access the Page Setup dialog, click Page Setup on the File menu of your application.

Accessing the Layout dialog

To access the Layout dialog, click the Layout icon button in the Print dialog.

Accessing the Utility dialog

To access the Utility dialog, click the Utility icon button in the Print or Page Setup dialog.

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Epson 7400 User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Contents

Printing with Windows

Printer Software Introduction

Accessing the Printer Software

From Windows XP

From Windows Me and 98

From Windows 2000

From Windows applications

Basic Settings

Making the printer driver settings

Canceling printing

Making Settings on the Main Menu

Making the Media Type setting

Making the Color setting

Making the Mode setting

Making Advanced setting

Checking the Ink Levels

Previewing your printout

Using the Print Assistant function

Making Settings on the Paper Menu

Making the Paper Source setting

Making the Borderless setting

Making the Auto Cut setting

Making the Paper Size setting

Making the Copies setting

Making the Orientation settings

Making the Printable Area setting

Making the Roll Paper Option settings

Making Settings on the Layout Menu

Making the Reduce/Enlarge setting

Making Multi-Page settings

Making the Optimize Enlargement setting (for Windows XP and 2000 only)

Using the Printer Utilities

Checking the print head nozzles

Cleaning the print head

Aligning the print head

Using Printer and Option Information

Starting EPSON LFP Remote Panel

Making the Speed & Progress settings

Getting Information Through Online Help

Checking Printer Status and Managing Print Jobs

Using the Progress Meter

Using the EPSON Spool Manager

Using EPSON Status Monitor 3

Increasing the Print Speed

General tips

Using Speed & Progress

Sharing Your Printer

For Windows XP

For Windows Me and 98

For Windows 2000

Updating and Uninstalling the Printer Software

Updating the driver in Windows XP and 2000

Updating to Windows Me

Uninstalling the printer driver

Uninstalling the USB Host Device Driver

Printing with Mac OS 9.x

Printer Software Introduction

Accessing the Printer Software

Accessing the Print dialog

Accessing the Page Setup dialog

Accessing the Layout dialog

Accessing the Utility dialog