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EPSON Stylus COLOR 440

Manual

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: Other product names used herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks

emblem does not represent EPA endorsement of any product or service.

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FCC Compliance Statement

For United States Users

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio or television reception. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause interference to radio and television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures.

◗ Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. ◗ Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. ◗ Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected. ◗ Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

WARNING

The connection of a non-shielded equipment interface cable to this equipment will invalidate the FCC Certification of this device and may cause interference levels which exceed the limits established by the FCC for this equipment. It is the responsibility of the user to obtain and use a shielded equipment interface cable with this device. If this equipment has more than one interface connector, do not leave cables connected to unused interfaces. Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

For Canadian Users

This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada.

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Introduction

Windows System Requirements 10 How To Use Your Manuals 11

Warnings, Cautions, Notes, and Tips 12 ENERGY STAR Compliance 12 Year 2000 Ready 13 Important Safety Instructions 13 Identifying Printer Parts 16

Basic Printing

Printing from Windows Applications 17

Setting Printer Options from Windows Applications 18

Setting Default Printer Options 21 Checking Printer Status 25

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Advanced Printing

Using Predefined Advanced Settings 29 Customizing Print Quality and Special Effects 32 Adjusting Color Settings 36

Adjusting Colors in Photos and Scanned Images

(Windows 95, 98, and NT only) 36

Making Custom Color Corrections 38 Selecting Paper Size and Orientation 41 Selecting Print Layout Options 47

Reducing and Enlarging Your Document Size 48

Using Multiple Print Layouts and Page Frames 52

Adding a Watermark 54 Saving Custom Settings 58

Redefining Custom Settings 59

Deleting Custom Settings 60

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Printing on Special Media

Selecting Special Media 62 Media Loading and Handling Guidelines 64

Letterhead, Preprinted Forms, and Legal-size Paper 66

Envelopes 67

EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet and Note Cards 69

EPSON Ink Jet Paper 69

EPSON Photo Quality Glossy Paper, Film,

and Transparencies 70 EPSON Ink Jet Transparencies 76 EPSON Photo Quality Self Adhesive Sheets 76 EPSON Photo Stickers 77 EPSON Iron-On Cool-Peel Transfer Paper 78

Managi ng Print Jobs

Managing Print Jobs in Windows 95, Windows 98,

and Windows NT 4.0 80 Selecting the Speed & Progress Options 81 Using the Spool Manager 83 Using Status Monitor 2 85

Managing Print Jobs in Windows 3.1x 94

Using the Spool Manager 95

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Network Printing in Windows 95 and Windows 98 97

Setting Up Your Printer as a Shared Printer 100

Maintenance and Transportation

Cleaning the Print Head 103

Using the Head Cleaning Utility 103 Using the Control Panel 105 Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern 106

Replacing an Ink Cartridge 107

Removing an Empty Ink Cartridge 109 Installing the New Cartridge 111 Replacing an Outdated Ink Cartridge 114

Aligning the Print Head 115 Cleaning the Printer 116 Transporting the Printer 117

Troubleshooting

Diagnosing Problems 119

Checking the Control Panel Lights 120 Running a Printer Check 123

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Improving Print Quality 125 Solving Printing Problems 131

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Solving Printer Software Problems 135 Fixing Paper Problems 139 Solving Miscellaneous Printout Problems 142 Uninstalling Printer Software 144 Where To Get Help 146

Specifications Glossary Index

148

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Introduction

Your EPSON Stylus® COLOR 440 printer is the perfect printer for small office or home use. You can print anything from reports and resumes to photos and greeting cards. With resolutions up to 720 by 720 and EPSON ’s Micr o P iezo™ t echnology, you get amazingly realistic photogr aphi c im ages, vivid col or gr aphi cs, a nd r azor-shar p black text.

EPSON’s speciall y form ulated ink car tri dge s an d wide var iety of ink jet papers offer the greatest flexibility for getting the results you want.

This chapter gives you general information about your printer in these sections:

◗ Windows System Requirements ◗ How To Use Your Manuals ◗ ENERGY STAR Compliance ◗ Year 2000 Ready ◗ Important Safety Instructions ◗ Identifying Printer Parts

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Windows System Requirements

To use your printer and its software with a PC, your system should have:

◗ Windows® 3.1x, Windo w s 95, Windows 98 , or W indo ws N T® 4.0 ◗ An IBM

for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0; 486/66 MHz processor for Windows 98; and 386/25 MHz processor for Windows 3.1. A Pentium® processor or its equivalent is recommended.

◗ 16MB RAM (32MB recommended) ◗ At least 50MB of free hard disk space for storing images

(100MB recommended)

◗ VGA or better display adapter and monitor ◗ Double-speed CD-ROM drive (quad-speed or faster

recommended)

◗ A shielded, twisted- pair parallel printe r cable (6 to 10 feet l ong)

to connect your com pute r to th e print er. T he cab le must h ave a D-SUB, 25-pi n, male connector fo r your co mputer a nd a 36-p in, Centronics® compatible connector for the printer.

compatible PC with at least a 486/25 MHz processor

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How To Use Your Manuals

This manual contains the following information:

Basic Printing covers the basics of printing with Windows. Advanced Printing tells you how to print special projects with

custom settings for print quality, col or man agement, and distinct ive layouts.

Printing on Special Media gives guidelines for selecting and using

the right paper or other media for your print job and instructions for loading it in your printer.

Managing Print Jobs explains how to manage print jobs, check

printer status, and handle network printing.

Maintenance and Tr ansportatio n gives ins tructions for replacing ink

cartridges, cleaning and aligning the print heads, and cleaning and transporting the printer.

Troubleshooting provides sol utio ns fo r a ny pr oblem s you ma y hav e

with your printer software.

Specifications provides the technical details of your printer, ink

cartridges, and EPSON media. A Glossary and an Index are included at the end of the manual.

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Warnings, Cautions, Notes, and Tips

You’ll find this information throughout your manual:

Warnings must be followed carefully to avoid bodily injury.

Cautions must be observed to avoid damage to your equipment.

Notes contain important information about your printer.

Tips contain additional hints for great printing.

ENERGY STAR Complianc e

As an E product meets the E

The EPA E partnership with the computer and office equipment industry to promote the introduction of energy-efficient personal computers, monitors, printers, fax machines, and copiers in an effort to reduce air pollution caused by power generation.

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NERGY STAR

Partner, EPSON has determined that this

NERGY STAR

Office Equipment program is a voluntary

guidelines for energy efficiency.

Year 2000 Ready

Your EPSON printer is the other parts of your computer system are also ready for the year 2000.

Year 2000 Ready

. However, be sure

Important Safety Instructions

Before using your printer, read the following safety instructions to make sure you use the printer safely and effectively.

◗ Always use the Ppower button to turn the printer on or off.

Never use an external switch—such as a power strip—to turn off the printer.

◗ Turn off and unplug the printer before cleaning. Clean with a

damp cloth only. Do not spill liquid on the printer.

◗ Do not place the printer on an unstable surface or near a

radiator or heating vent.

◗ Do not block or cover the openings in the printer’s cabinet or

insert objects through the slots.

◗ Use only the type of power source indicated on the printer’s

label.

◗ Connect all equipment to properly grounded power outlets.

Avoid using outlets on the same circuit as photocopiers or air control systems that regularly switch on and off.

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◗ Place the printer near a wal l outlet where the plug can be ea sily

unplugged.

Placez l’imprimante près d’une prise de contacte où la fiche

peut être débranchée facilement.

◗ Do not let the power cord become damaged or frayed. ◗ If you use an extension cord with the printer, make sure the

total ampere rating of the devices plugged into the extension cord does not exceed the cord’s ampere rating. Also, make sure the total of all devices pl ugged into the wall outlet does not exceed 15 amperes.

◗ Except as specifically explained in this

Manual

, do not attempt

to service the printer yourself.

◗ Unplug the printer and refer servicing to qualified service

personnel under the following conditions: If the power cord or plug is damaged; if liquid has entered the

printer; if the p rinter has b een dropped or the cabi net damag ed; if the printer does not operate normally or exhibits a distinct change in performance. Adjust only those controls that are covered by the operating instructions.

◗ Do not put your hand inside the printer or touch the cartridge

during printing.

◗ Under normal circumstances, ink will not come out of the

cartridge. If it does get on your skin, wash it off with soap and water. If it gets in your eyes, flush them immediately with water.

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◗ Keep ink cartridges out of the reach of children. ◗ Do not dismantle the ink cartridges or try to refill them. This

could result in damage to the print head.

◗ Once you install an ink cartridge, do not open the clamp or

remove the cartridge except to replace it with a new one. The cartridge may become unusable otherwise.

◗ Install the ink cartridge immediately after you remove it from its

foil package. Leaving the cartridge unpacked for a long time before use may result in reduced print quality.

◗ Do not use an ink cartridge beyond the date printed on the

cartridge carton. For best results, use up the ink cartridges within six months of installing them.

◗ Do not shake an ink cartridge; this can cause leakage. ◗ Always turn the printer off using the Ppower button. When this

button is pressed, the Ppower light flashes briefly then goes out. Do not unplug the printer or turn off the power to the outlet until the Ppower light is off.

◗ Before transporting the printer, make sure the print head is

capped in the far right position and the ink cartridges are in place.

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Identifying Printer Parts

If you need help identifying the parts of the printer, refer to the following illustrations:

paper support

sheet feeder

left edge guide

right edge guide

printer cover

output tray

output t ray ext ension s

thickness lever

ink cartridge clamp

control panel

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Basic Printing

It’s easy to print with your new EPSON Stylus COLOR 440. First set up and install the printer software, following the instructions in the

Printer Basics

◗ Printing from Windows Applications ◗ Checking Printer Status

Printing from Windo ws Applications

To print from your Windows application, click the print icon or choose Print from the File menu. You can then choose which pages to print, the number of copies, and other options. The settings that describe your print job—whe ther you want to use color or black ink, for example—are part of your printer driver software.

The following sections tell you how to set printer options from Windows applications, how to change the default printer settings, and how to check your printer’s status.

guide. Then read this chapter to learn about:

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Note: The settings you select th rough your applicat ion usuall y apply only until you exit that application.

Setting Printer Options from Windows Applications

This section describes the settings you’ll need to make for all your everyday printouts. See Using Predefined Advanced Settings for information about special settings like PhotoEnhance3 (PhotoEnhance in Windows 3.1).

Follow these steps to check printer settings from your graphics application or other Windows software:

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

You see a printing dialog box. If you choose Print, you first see a Print dialog box that

contains the settings you change most often, including the number of copies and the pages you want printed.

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2 Make sure your EPSON S tylus COL OR 440 p rinter is sel ected,

and then click the Printer, Setup, Properties, or Options button. (You may have to click a sequence of these buttons.) You see a dialog box like the following:

For more in fo rm ation about print er settings, click the Help button. You can right-click any item on the screen an d t hen click What’s Th is ? (N ot available in Windows 3.1.)

Note: Choose Automatic for your ever yd ay print jobs. If you want to print a special jo b, su c h as a photograph on special paper, ch oos e Custom.

Using Predefined

See

Advanced Settings

Main tab

Click for more information

If you don’t see the d ialog box show n above, click the Main tab. (The Windows 3.1 dialog box is slightly different.)

3 Make sure the Mode option is set to Automatic. This lets the

printer software determine the best settings for your print job and is the easiest way to get good printing results on all types of paper.

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4 Choose the M edi a T y pe you want to print on from the followin g

list. If you are not sure which setting to select, refer to Media

Loading and Handling Guidelines.

◗ Plain paper ◗ 360 dpi Ink Jet Paper ◗ Photo Qualit y Ink Je t Paper ◗ Photo Paper ◗ Photo Quality Glossy Film ◗ Ink Jet Transparencies

Your media choice may restrict the available range of settings such as print quality or resolution.

5 For the Ink setting, choose Color or Black.

If you’re printing grayscale images, choose Black as the Ink setting for faster output or choose Color for higher quality.

6 Set the slider in the Mode box to Quality or Speed. This lets

you choose between the highest resolution or the fastest printing for the media you’re using. (The slider only appears when Plain paper is selected.)

7 If necessary, click the Paper tab and choose your paper size,

number of copies, orientation, and printable area. See

Selecting Paper Size and Orientation for detailed instructions.

8 If you’re using Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT 4.0,

click the Layout tab and check the reduce/enlarge (proportional printing), print layout, and watermark options to make sure they’re cor rect fo r your prin t job. S ee Selecting Print

Layout Options for details.

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Note: Some application settings override default printer settings (such as Paper Size or Orientat ion), so it’s a good ide a t o c hec k the settin gs in y our application before you print.

9 Click OK when you’re finished checking your settings. 10 Click OK or Print in your application’s printing dialog box. You

may need to click a sequence of these buttons, depending on the application you are using.

While your document is printing, the EPSON Progress Meter (Windows 95 and Windows 98) or the EPSON Despooler dialog box (Windows 3.1) appears, showing the printing progress and the status of your printer. (See Checking Printer

Status for more information.)

Setting Default P ri n te r O p tions

When you change printer settings through your software application, the settings apply only to the application you’re using. To adjust the default setting s for all your Windows app lications, you can access the dialog box through the Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT 4.0 Printers utility or the Windows 3.1 Control Panel.

Make sure all your software applications are closed before you start. If not, you’ll have to close and then reopen them to have the new default settings take effect.

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Setting Default Options in Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT 4.0

Follow these steps:

Note: If you’re printing over a network, you can access the default Window s NT printer software settings only if you have the appropr iat e network access pr iv ileges, such as Administrator or Power U s er.

1 Click Start, point to Settings, and then select Printers. 2 Right-click the EPSON Stylus COLOR 440 icon in the Prin ter s

window.

3 Select Properties (Document Defaults in Windows NT). Then

click the Main tab.

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You see the Main dialog box, as shown below. Any changes you make will become the default settings for all your applications and documents. Click OK when finished.

Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT 4.0

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Setting Default Options in Windows 3.1

1 Double-click the Control Panel icon in the Main group. 2 Double-click the Printers icon. 3 Select EPSO N Styl us COLOR 44 0 from the list of installed

printers and click Setup. You see the dialog box, shown below.

4 Make any changes you want to become the def ault settings for

all your applications and documents, and click OK when you are finished.

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Checking Printer Status

While your document is printing, your printer software reports how the job is doing. See the section for your operating system below.

Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0

After you send a pri nt job in Windows 95, Windows 98, or Window s NT 4.0, the Progress Meter dialog box appears on your screen:

The name of th e f ile you’re printing

This information appears only if you installed Status M onitor 2 and are not printing over a network

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Pages print ed/ pages in job

Click to cancel printing

Click to reprint the current pa ge

Click to pause and resume printing

Click to view the Print er Status Window

The Progress Meter shows the progress of your print job and the status of your printer. You can use the buttons to cancel, pause, and restart your print job, or to reprint a page. You can select whether to display the Progress Meter dialog box or not; see

Selecting the Speed & Progress Options for instructions.

If you installed Status Monitor 2, you also see information about how much ink you have left. See Using Status Monitor 2.

Windows 3.1

After you send your print job, the EPSON Despooler dialog box appears on your screen:

Click to pause and resume printing

Click to stop printing

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Click to re print or reque ue a document

This dialog box shows the progress of your print job and the status of your printer. If you run out of paper while printing, for example, the Despooler warns you. You can use the buttons to cancel, pause, and restart your print job, requeue your document for later printing, or reprint all or part of the document.

Windows NT 4.0

Windows NT 4.0 servers and workstations include a messenger service to ale rt yo u to pr inter er rors or let you know when a pr int job is finished. If you have appropriate network access privileges or you’re controlling printing from the server, you can also cancel, pause, or restart print jobs and set other options. See your Windows NT documentation for details.

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Advanced Printing

When your presentation graphics, photographs, or other projects have special printing requirements, you can use the custom settings in your EPSON Stylus COLOR 440 software. You can choose predefined settings or adjust individual options like brightness, contrast, sharpness, and halftoning.

Your printer software’s print layout options let you print almost any size image on your printer, print multiple pages on one sheet of paper, and add watermarks (not available with Windows 3.1).

This chapter includes the following information:

◗ Using Predefined Advanced Settings ◗ Customizing Print Quality and Special Effects ◗ Adjusting Color Settings ◗ Selecting Paper Size and Orientation ◗ Selecting Print Layout Options ◗ Saving Custom Settings

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Using Predefined Advanced Settings

Predefined settings provide an easy way to fine-tune your printer’s operation for special image types, such as graphics downloaded from the Internet or images produced by a digital camera. Follow these steps to print with predefined settings:

1 Create your image or document in your application software. 2 Access your printer software, as described in Printing from

Windows Applications. You see one of the following dialog

boxes:

Click Custom, then click here to see a list of p roject types

Windows 95, 98, NT

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Click Advanced, then click here to see a list of project types

Windows 3.1

Note: Choose your Media Type and Ink settings before you se lec t a project from t he Custom Settings list. Some settings may not be available with the Media Type or Ink setting you c hoose.

Printing with Advanced Photo, Ph ot oEnhance , or PhotoEnhance3 may take lo nger, dependin g on your computer system and image.

3 Choose the Media Type you want to print on. (If you’ re not sure

which setting to select, see Media Loading and Handling

Guidelines.)

4 Choose Color or Black ink. 5 Click Custom (in Windows 3.1, click Advanced), and the n click

Custom Settings. You see the list of project types.

6 Choose the right setting for your project and Medi a Typ e

following these guidelines:

◗ PhotoEnhance3 (Windows 95, 98, NT) or

PhotoEnhance (Windows 3.1)

For printing images captured using a video camera, digital camera, or scanner. Produces sharper images and more vivid colors by automatically adjusting the contrast, saturation, and brightness. Corrects for overall under- and over-exposure of the original image.

◗ Digital Camera (not available with Windows 3.1)

For printing images taken with a digital camera. Corrects noise or other flaws common to digital camera images.

◗ Text/Graph

For printing graphics-intensive documents like presentation pages with charts and graphs. Intensifies colors and lightens the midtones and highlights.

◗ Economy

For rough drafts of text only. Saves ink (only available when you set Media Type to Plain paper).

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◗ ICM (Windows 95 and Windows 98 only)

For printing documents created in an ICM compatible application. If you’re using an ICM compatible monitor, adjusts colors to closely match the screen color.

◗ sRGB (recommended for Windows 98 only)

For printing documents created in an sRGB compatible application using sRGB colors, such as those designed for the World Wide Web. First set up your sRGB compatible devices (such as your monitor and printer) to use an sRGB color profile; see your Windows 98 online help for details.

7 Click the Paper tab and Layout tab (not available on

Windows 3.1) to check or change any necessary settings, as described in Selecting Paper Size and Orientation and

Selecting Print Layout Options.

8 When you’re finished, click OK. Then click any other buttons

that your application uses for printing.

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After you customize your print s et t ings for a specia l project, you can save them as a group. Then you can reuse th em w henever you print a s im ilar project. See Saving Custom Settings for instructions.

Customizing Print Quality and Special Effects

Your printer software automatically selects the best settings for the Media Type you choose. However, if you need maximum control over your project, or you want to experiment with special effects, you can adjust individual settings. For example, you can adjust the

resolution, or print quality, of your printout. Follow these steps:

1 Create your image or document in your application software. 2 Access the printer software, as described in Printing from

Windows Applications.

3 On the Main dialog box, click Custom and then click the

Advanced button. (I n Wi ndows 3.1, cli ck Advan ced, then click the More Settings button .)

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Click h

Click here to change your Print Quality (resolution select Media Type.

Some of these options are autom atically set or disabled by ot her settings you choose.

your Print Quality (resolution) after you select Media Type.

Some of these options are automatically set or disabled by other settings you choose.

) after you

ere to change

You see the Advanced dialog box:

Click here t o s elect the Media Type.

Windows 95, 98, NT

Click here to select the Media Type.

Windows 3.1

4 Choose the Media Type and Ink settings you want to use,

following the guidelines in Selecting Special Media.

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Note: You may not see certain P rint Quality settings, since available settings are limited by y our Media Type. Always select Media Type before you choo s e Print Quality.

5 Choose one of the following Print Quality options:

◗ Economy

For low-resolution rough drafts on plain paper. Saves ink.

◗ Normal - 360 dpi

For most documents on plain paper, transparencies, or 360 dpi Ink Jet Paper.

◗ Fine - 720 dpi

For high-resolution output on plain paper, Photo Paper, or Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper.

6 Choose one of the following Halftoning options:

◗ No Halftoning

For printing black text only.

You may also find that other opt ions don’t appear o n y our screen. F or example, in Custom mode, No Halftoning is available only when you select Black as the Ink setting.

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◗ Error Diffusion

For printing photographic or video/digital camera images. Blends each color dot with the dots around it.

◗ Fine Dithering

For printing graphs or other images that require precise, solid areas of bright colors.

If vertical lines in your printout a re misalign ed w hen you use the High Speed setting, you may need to turn it off or align the print he ads. See Aligning the Print Head for instructi ons.

7 Choose any of the following print options:

◗ MicroWeave

For improved print quality. Always use for color printing. Prints graphic data in finer increments to eliminate unwanted banding effects (light horizontal lines).

◗ High Speed

For fast, bidirectional printing at lower resolution.

◗ Flip Horizontal

Prints a mirror imag e of your document. Use for print ing with iron-on transfer paper so your ironed-on printout will read correctly.

◗ Finest Detail

For printing text, graphics, and line art with very sharp edges. Slows print speed and increases your system memory requirements.

8 Click OK if you’ re re ady to retur n to t he Ma in di alog b ox, or see

Adjusting Color Settings if you want to adjust your document’s

color settings.

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Before adjusting the colors in a photograph, try pr inti ng on better quality pa per. Colors appear truer on photo quality pa per than on plain pape r. Che c k the Media Pack that came with your printer for paper samples.

Note: If you’re running Window s 3.1, use PhotoEnhance to optimize your photographs and scanned images. See Using Predefined Advanced Settings.

Adjusting Color Settings

Generally, you won’t need to adjust color settings since the printer software automatically detects appropriate settings for your Media Type and project (see Using Predefined Advanced Settings). However, if you want to experiment with color, your software provides a range of options. For example, you can increase or decrease the amount of a specific color, apply a sepia tone to a photograph for an old-fashioned look, or correct the imperfections often found in a digital camera image.

Adjusting Colors in Photos and Scanned Images (Windows 95, 98, and NT only)

The EPSON Stylus COLOR 440 makes it easy to increase color saturation an d con trast and impro ve de tail in your photo graphs and scanned images.

Follow these steps: 1 Access the printer software as described in Printing from

Windows Applications. If necessary, click the Main tab.

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Note: If your Co lor Management section looks di fferent, make sure the PhotoEnhance 3 radio button is selected.

2 Click Custom, then select either PhotoEnhance3 or Digital

Camera in the Custom Settings list box.

3 Click the Advanced button.

You see the Advanced dialog box. The Color Management section on the right side of the dialog box appears:

Click to select a Tone settin g, if nec essary

Click to turn on Digital Camera Correc ti on or Sharpn es s

Windows 95, 98, NT

You can also display this screen by selecting the PhotoEnhance3 radio button shown above.

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4 Customize your im age usi ng these sett ings (some se ttings may

be preselected, depending on what you selected in step 2): ◗ Select a Tone setting for your image: Normal for standard

tones, Hard for high contrast, or Sepia for an old-fashioned photo look.

◗ Turn on Digital Camera Correction to correct noise or

other flaws common to digital camera images.

◗ Select Sharpness to sharpen the image, especially the

edges.

5 Click OK to return to the Main dialog box.

Making Custom Color Corrections

Follow these steps to customize your colors: 1 Access the printer software as described in Printing from

Windows Applications. If necessary, click the Main tab.

2 Click Custom. (In Windows 3.1, click Advanced.) 3 In the Custom Settings list box, select Custom Settings (not

available for Windows 3.1), Text/Graph, or Economy, depending on the document you’re printing. See Using

Predefined Advanced Settings for information about the

Custom Settings list box.

4 Click the Advanced button. (In Windows 3.1, click the More

Settings button.)

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Note: If your Co lor Management section looks different, make sure the Colo r Adjustment radio button is selected.

You see the Advanced dialog box. The Color Management section appears:

Not available with Window s 3.1

You can also display this screen by selecting the Color Adjustment radio button shown above.

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5 Choose one of the following Color Adjustment Modes:

◗ Automatic

Analyzes the col or in form ation in yo ur project a nd optimize s color correction accordingly.

◗ Photo-realistic

For printing color photographs.

◗ Vivid

For printing graphics-intensive documents like presentation pages with charts and graphs. Intensifies colors and lightens the midtones and highlights.

◗ No Color Adjustment

Disables the color adjustment features of the printer software so you can use a stand-alone color management utility.

6 If you want to specify individual color correction values, use the

sliders to increase (drag right) or decrease (drag left) the settings listed below.

◗ Brightness

Makes your image lighter or darker.

◗ Contrast

Increases or d ecrea ses th e d iffere nce betwee n th e bright or dark parts of an image.

◗ Saturation

Makes colors more vivid or less vivid.

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◗ Cyan, Magenta, Yellow

Increases or decreases the amount of the three ink colors that combine to make a full-color picture. Use these sliders to fine-tune the color balance in your printout.

7 Click OK to return to the Main dialog box.

Selecting Paper Size and Orientation

Your printer can print on paper up to 9.5 inches wide and up to 44 inches long in eith er portrait or l andscape orien tation. If you print multi-page documents or multiple copies of documents, you can print the pages collated and in reverse order. You can even rotate the printed document by 180 degrees to make it closer to the bottom of the paper (not available with Windows 3.1).

Follow these steps to select paper options on the Paper tab:

1 Create your image or document in your application software. 2 Access the printer software, as described in Printing from

Windows Applications.

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3 Click the Paper tab. You see the Paper dialog box:

Printer graphic reflects changes to Orientation and Printable Area settings .

Rotate by 180° is not available with Windows 3.1.

4 Click the Paper Size drop-down list to select the size of paper

Click to select your Paper Size.

Page gra phics change to show Collate and Reverse Order settings.

you loaded in the printer.

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Note: If you select one of the paper s iz es marked with an asterisk (*), you may see a dialog box asking you to select a paper si ze tha t fits your print er. See Reducing and Enlargin g Your Document Size for more information.

Sizes marked with an asterisk (*) are not available with Windows 3.1. These sizes are larger than you can load in the printer and can be used only with the Reduce/Enlarge setting on the Layou t tab; see Reducing and En larging Your D ocument

Size for more information.

A4 210 × 297 mm B5 182 × 257 mm A5 148 Letter 8 1/2 Legal 8 1/2 Executive 7 1/4

210 mm

11 in

14 in

10 1/2 in

Half Letter 5 1/2 × 8 1/2 in

8 in 10 in

× ×

148 mm

9 1/2 in

220 mm

162 mm

A6 Index card 105 Index card 5 Index card 8

× ×

Envelope #10 4 1/8 Envelope DL 110 Envelope C6 114

Envelope 132 Photo Paper 4 × 6 in Panoramic 210 × 594 mm B4 257 US B 11

364 mm *

A3 297 × 420 mm * Super A3/B 329 B3 364 × 514 mm * A2 420 × 594 mm * US C 17 × 22 in * User Defined (See Creating

User Defined Paper Sizes for

instructions.)

17 in *

220 mm

483 mm *

5 If you did not or cannot select the numb er of copies you want to

print in your application program’s Print dialog box, choose the number (from 1 to 9999) in the Copies box. If you select the

number of copies here you don’t need to s elect the numb er of copies in your application’s Print dialog box.

6 If you’re printing multiple copies of a multi-page document and

you want the copies p rinted in se ts, cli ck th e Collate checkb ox. The page graphics change to show collated documents.

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Note: The Rotate by 180° setting lets you prin t the opposite portio n of a document first, with a bottom margin as small as 0. 12 inch (3 mm) an d a top margin as s m all as

0.55 inch (14 mm). This option is not available with Window s 3. 1.

7 If you’re pr inti ng a mu lti-page document and want the last page

printed first so the pages come out without needing to be reordered, click the Reverse Order checkbox. The page graphics change to show later pages printing first.

8 Select the direction of printing on the page using the

Orientation options. To print your document oriented as shown

in one of the following printer grap hics, select the options l isted below it.

Portrait orientation

Landsc ape orienta tio n

Portrait orientation Rotate by 180

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Landsc ape orienta t ion Rotate by 180

Note: When Maximum Printable Area is selected, print quality may decrease in the extended bottom margin.

9 The Standard Printable Area setting uses a minimum bottom

margin of 0.55 inch (14 mm). To decrease the minim um bottom margin to 0.12 inch (3 mm), set the Printable Area setting to Maximum. To center your document on the page using either setting, select the Centered checkbox.

10 Click a tab for the sett ings you want to check or ch ange next, or

click OK to print your document.

Creating User Defined Paper Sizes

You can create up to 10 custom paper sizes (only one in Windows 3.1) and add them to the Paper Size list using the User Defined option. This is useful if you’re printing a custom size document, such as a banner. You can select any width from 3.5 to

9.5 inches, and any height (length) from 3.5 to 44 inches. Follow these steps to create a custom paper size with the User

Defined option: 1 Follow the steps in Printing from Windows Applications to

access the printer software, then click the Paper tab.

2 Click the Paper Size list and scroll to the bottom of it using the

arrows or scroll bar.

3 Click the User Defined option.

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Note: In Windows 95, 98, and NT, the Paper Width an d Paper Height u nit s are in hundre dt h of an inch (or ce nt im eter) increments. For exampl e, 850 equals 8. 50 inches.

You see one of the following dialog boxes:

Windows 3.1

Windows 95, 98, NT

4 Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT

Type a name (up to 24 characters) for your custom paper size in the Paper Size Name field. Then select a Paper Width and Paper H eight for the paper. When you’re finished, click Save. The paper size name appears in the Paper Size list. Add more sizes if you want, and click OK when you’re done.

Windows 3.1

You can create only one User Defined paper size. Type the width in the Paper Width field and the length in the Paper

Height field. Then click OK.

5 You see the Paper tab again. T he paper size name you defi ned

is added to the Paper Size list and selected as the current setting. (In Windows 3.1, the setting is named User Defined.)

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Note: Layout options are not available when you’re using Win dows 3 . 1.

To change or delete a custom paper size:

◗ Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT

Click User Defined in th e Paper Size li st. Then, on th e User Defined Paper Size dialog box, select the custom paper name in the Paper Size list and change the Paper Width,

Paper H eight, and/or Unit settings as necessary, or click Delete. Click OK when you’re done.

◗ Windows 3.1

You can change the custom pape r size, but cann ot delete i t. Click User Defined in th e Paper Size li st. Then, on th e User Defined Paper Size dialog box, change the Paper Width and Paper Height settings as necessary. Click OK when you’re done.

Selecting Print Layout Options

Your printer software lets you reduce or enlarge almost any size document to print on your printer. You can also select options to proof multiple pages (with or without page frames) on one sheet of paper and add a predefined or custom watermark.

Follow the steps in these sections to use options on the Layout tab:

◗ Reducing and Enlarging Your Document Size ◗ Using Multiple Print Layouts and Page Frames ◗ Adding a Watermark

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Reducing and Enlarging Your Document Size

When you want to make the printed size of a document different from its actual size, you can use your printer software’s Reduce/Enlarge settings. You can make the document fit into the printable area on a selected paper size or you can choose to reduce or enlarge it to a selected percentage.

Follow these steps to reduce or enlarge your document size: 1 Follow the steps in Printing from Windows Applications to

access the printer software, then click the Paper tab.

2 Click the Paper Size list and select the actual size of the

document you want to print. For example, if your document size is 11 × 22 inches, select

US C 17 × 22 in. This paper size is too large to fit in your printer, so you’ll need to proportion it to fit on a smaller paper size (by reducing the document size). If your document size is 5 × 8 inches, but you want it to fit in the maximum area on Letter-size paper, you’ll need to proportion it to fit on a larger paper size (by enlarging the document size).

3 If the Paper Size setting you selected for your document is

within the maximum paper size that can fit on your printer, but

you want to enlarge or reduce the document, you need to select the reduction/enlargement manually. Go to step 5.

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4 If the Paper Size setting you

selected is larger than the maximum size that can be printed on your printer, you see the following dialog box:

In the Output Paper list, select the actual size of the paper loaded in the printer and click OK. This automatically turns on the Fit to Page setting so your document fits into the printable area on the output paper.

The selected Paper Size, reduction percentage, and Output Paper settings now appear on the printer graphic. If you want to adjust the p roportion s or sizes, go to step 5. If you’ re ready to print, go to step 7.

Paper Size setting reducti on percentage Output Paper setting

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5 Click the Layout tab. You see the Layout dialog box:

Reduce/Enlarge

settings

Not available with Window s 3. 1

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Note: If you prev iously selected a Paper Size setting that is larger than the maximum paper size for your pri nt er and then choose Normal, the printer software changes the Paper Size to Lett er 8 1/2 × 11 in.

6 Select one of the following Reduce/Enlarge settings:

◗ Select Normal to set the print proportion to 100%. ◗ Select Fit to Page to automatically reduce or enlarge the

document to fit on the paper size loaded in the printer. The Paper Size option beneath the F it to Page setting becomes active; select the size of paper loaded in the printer.

Select Fit to Page, then select the size of paper lo aded in the print er here

◗ Select Custom, then select a percentage (10% to 400%) in

the Scale to: field to reduce or enlarge the document by a specific amount.

7 If you’re finished selecting Layout options, click OK.

If you want to select more options, see Using Multiple Print

Layouts and Page Frames.

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Note: Layout options are not available when you’re using W indows 3.1.

Using Multiple Print Layouts and Page Frames

If you’re printing a multiple page document, but you want a quick proof of the images on each page printed on one piece of paper, you can select Print Layout op ti ons in the printer softwar e. You can choose the way the pages are placed on the pap er and ad d a lined frame to each page, if you want.

Follow these steps to use the Print Layout options: 1 To print multiple pages of your document on one sheet of

paper, select either the 2 Pages or 4 Pages radio button.

Click a button to select a mu lt iple page print layout

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2 If the page order of the layout shown in the printer graphic is

how you want your document printed, go to step 3.

Current page ord er appears here

Click the P age Order button to change page order

To change the page order, click the Page Order button. You see the Layout dialog box. Select the page order you want to use and click OK to return to the Layout dialog box.

3 If you want to frame each pa ge’s contents with a bl ack line, one

dot wide, click the Print page frames checkbox.

4 If you’re finished selecting Layout options, click OK.

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Note: To add a custom watermark, you must firs t create the watermark as a bitmap in an applicat ion program that can create bitmap files. See your application’s docum ent ation for instructions.

If you selected a multiple page print layout op t ion as describ ed in Using Multiple Print Layout s and Page Frames, your watermark will appear on each page in the layout.

Adding a Watermark

You can add a watermark to each page in your document to indicate how the document should be handled. For example, you can add “Confidential” to documents you don’t want distributed to other people. Or you can add a custom bitmap of your company logo so your document looks like printed letterhead.

Follow these steps to add a watermark: 1 Follow the steps in Printing from Windows Applications to

access the printer software, then click the Layout tab.

2 To select a watermark, click in the WaterMark drop-down list.

WaterMark drop-do w n lis t

Then highlight one of the following predefined watermarks:

Confidential Draft Urgent Priority Hot

To turn off your watermark, select None from the drop-down list.

Do Not Copy For Your Eyes Only Review Copy Top Secret Duplicate

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See how your selections will look in the Layout graphic shown here

3 To change the watermark or specify how it appears, click the

Settings button. You see the following dialog box:

Click here to select a predefined waterm ark

Click here t o load a custom watermark you’ve created

Specify how you wan t your watermark to appear using these options

If you want to use a bitmap file to create a custom watermark, continue with step 4. Otherwise, go to step 5.

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Note: You can c reate up to 10 custom watermarks. In Windows 95 and Windows 98, you can use any bitma p fil e up to 15MB in size. With Windows NT, the file can be any size.

4 To load a custom watermark you’ve created as a bitmap in an

application program, click the User Defined button. You see the following dialog box:

Click Browse to select yo ur bitmap file

Then type a name for your custom watermark here and click Save

To delete a custom watermark you’ve added to the list, cl ic k the User Defined button. Then select the watermark and click Delete. Click OK to close th e dialog box.

Click the Browse button. You see the Select a bitmap File dialog box. Navi gate t o the f older c ontai ning the b itmap f ile you want to use, select the file, and click OK. The path to your bitmap file appears in the File Name field.

Type a name for the custom watermark (up to 19 characters long) in the Watermark field. Click the Save button to add it to the list, then click OK.

The custom watermark no w appears as the selected w atermark in the Watermark Settings dialog box and is shown in the Layout graphic.

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Note: If your monitor displays only 16 colors, the Intensity adjustments are not shown in the Layout graphic. If you choose the No Halftoning setting, the Intensity setting does not determi ne how your watermark is printe d.

5 Select the way you want the watermark to appear by choosing

the following op tions. T he on -scree n gra phic chan ges to r eflect all the settings you choose.

◗ Position selects where you want the watermark to appear

on your page: Center, Top-Left, Top-Center, Top-Right,

Left, Right, Bottom-Left, Bottom-Center, or Bottom-Right.

◗ Size adjusts the size of the watermark, either larger or

smaller, as you move the slide bar.

◗ Color lets you choose a color for your predefined

watermark: Red, Black, Blue, Aqua, Lime, Fuchsia, or Yellow. You cannot select a color for a custom watermark; it is printed in its original colors.

◗ Intensity sets the lightness or darkness of the watermark

(from 5% to 100% ) ba sed on wh ere you move the slide b ar.

6 Click OK to accept the settings and return to the Layout dialog

box.

7 If you’re finished changing Layout options, click OK to close

the Layout dialog box. Your changes are applied to the current print job.

If you want to save your settings as a group to use with future print jobs, continue with Saving Custom Settings.

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Saving Custom Settings

After you’ve fine-tuned your printer settings for a special project, you can save the settings as a group. Then you can quickly reuse them the next time you print a similar project.

You can save advanced settings changes, but you can also save more basic settings, such as changes you make on the Paper or Layout tabs. You can save up to 10 groups of setting s. Follow the se steps:

1 Customize your printer settings, then access the Advanced

dialog box, as described in Customizing Print Quality and

Special Effects. (In Windows 3.1, access the Main dialog box,

as described in Printing from Windows Applications.)

2 Click the Save Settings button. You see this dialog box:

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3 Type a unique name for your settings (up to 16 charac ters) and

click the Save button.

4 Click OK to close the Advanc ed dialog bo x (not ne cessary wit h

Windows 3.1).

The name you choose will now be available in the Custom Settings list on the Main dialog box. To use the settings, click Custom (in Windows 3.1, click Advanced). Then select the name of your settings group in the Custom Settings list.

To redefine o r dele te your custom setti ng s, see Rede fi ning Cust om

Settings or Deleting Custom Settings.

Redefining Custom Settings

To change the options in a customized settings group but keep the same name for it, follow these steps:

1 From the Main dialog box, click Custom (in Windows 3.1, click

Advanced) . Then select the name of the custom sett ings group

you want to redefine in the Custom Settings list.

2 Click the Advanced button (in Windows 3.1, click the More

Settings button) and change the printe r setti ng s as necess ary.

(If you change the Media Type and Ink settings, the custom settings group name reverts to Custom Settings; this doesn’t affect your customized setting, but you need to reselect the name in step 4.)

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3 Click Save Settings. (In Windows 3.1, click OK, then click

Save Settings on the Main dialog box.)

4 Select the name of the custom settings grou p you’ re re defining

in the Custom Settings dialog box.

5 Click Save. You se e a me ssage askin g if you w an t to over write

the previous set tings. Cl ick OK to save yo ur r edefi n ed sett ings. (Click Cancel to cancel your changes.)

Deleting Custom Settings

1 From the Main dialog box, click Custom, then click the

Advanced button. Click Save S ettings on the Advance d dialog

box. (In Windows 3.1, click Save Settings on the main printer settings dialog box.)

2 Select the custom settings group in the Custom Settings box,

and click Delete. Then click OK to confirm the deletion. (You cannot delete any of the predefined document types.)

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Printing on Special Media

Your EPSON Stylus COLOR 440 lets you print on just about any kind of paper you wa nt to use . Yo u can ge t gre at resu lts printi n g on various sizes of plain paper, letterhead, and envelopes. You’ll get even better results with specially coated ink jet paper.

For the best output, use EPSON’s photo-quality paper: ink jet paper, glossy paper, glossy film, note cards, and photo paper. For special projects, you can use a variety of EPSON media designed for ink jet printers, ranging from transparencies to iron-on transfer paper.

This chapter covers the following:

◗ Selecting Special Media ◗ Media Loading and Handling Guidelines

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Selecting Special Media

When you print on special media, you need to choose the correct Media Type and Paper Size settings in your printer software. The table below lists t he available EPSON med ia and the corresponding

Media Type setting for each one.

Media name S ize Part number Media Type setting

EPSON 360 dpi Ink Jet Paper Letter

EPSON Iron-On Cool Peel Transfer Paper

EPSON High Quality Ink Jet Paper

EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper

EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet Cards

EPSON Ink Jet Note Cards (with en v elopes)

EPSON Photo Quality Self Adhesive Sheets

Letter S041153 (10 sheets)

Letter A4

Letter A4 Legal

A6 8 × 10 inches

A4 S04110 6

S041060 S041059

S04115 5 (50 shee ts ) S041111

S041117 S041062

S041061 S041067/S041048

S041054 S041122

S041147

360 dpi In k Jet Paper

Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper

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Media name S ize Part number Media Type setting

EPSON Photo Quality Glossy Paper

Letter A4

EPSON Phot o Paper 4 × 6 inches

Letter A4 Panora m ic

EPSON Photo Quality Glossy Film

EPSON Photo Stickers Kit

Letter A4

(CD-ROM and sticker sheets)

EPSON Photo Stickers

(refill, st ic k er s heets only ) EPSON Ink Jet Transparencies Letter

A6 paper size is 4.1 × 5.8 inc hes.

To order EPSON media, contact your dealer or call EPSON Accessories at (800) 873-7766 (U.S. only). In Canada, please call (800) 873-7766 for dealer referral.

S041124 S041126

S04113 4 S04114 1 S04110 4 S04114 5

S041072 S041071 S041107

S041144-KIT S041144

S041064 S041063

Photo Paper

Photo Quality Glossy Film

Ink Jet Transparencies

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Caution: Don’t use the cleaning sheets that may be in c luded with your special media; they may damage the printer.

Media Load in g an d Han dl in g G uid el in es

The type of paper or other media you use is one of the most important factors in determining the quality of your printed output. The following tips will help you get the best results on any type of paper or other media.

◗ Be sure to load the printable (whiter) side of the media face up

in the sheet feeder.

◗ You can load paper up to the arrow mark on the left edge

guide.

◗ Always handle sheets by the edges, and don’t touch the

printable surface.

◗ In addition to the Media Type option, remember to select the

correct Paper Size for your media on the Paper menu.

◗ If the special media has protective sheets between the sheets

of media, be sure to remove the protective sheets before printing.

◗ For most types of paper, set the thickness lever to the 0

position.

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◗ Set the thickness lever to the

envelopes or if ink smears when you print on other thick med ia. Open the printer cover and position the lever as shown below. Then close the cover and print. (Make sure you return the l eve r to the 0 position before you print on regular media.)

◗ Use ink jet papers within one year of purchase. Use glossy

media and transparencies within six months. Return unused sheets and envelopes to their original packages as soon as possible. See Paper for more media storage information.

position when you print on

◗ If paper is curled, make sure to flatten it or curl it slightly in the

opposite directi on b efore loading. Printing on curled paper may result in a smeared printout, especially if you select as the Printable Area setting.

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◗ Some media require additional loading instructions. See the

following sections for more information about printing on these media:

◗ Letterhead, Preprinted Forms, and Legal-size Paper ◗ Envelopes ◗ EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet and Note Cards ◗ EPSON Ink Jet Paper ◗ EPSON Photo Quality Glossy Paper, Film, and

Transparencies

◗ EPSON Photo Paper ◗ EPSON Photo Quality Self Adhesive Sheets ◗ EPSON Photo Stic kers ◗ EPSON Iron-On Cool-Peel Transfer Paper

Letterhead, Preprinted Forms, and Legal-size Paper

Load the top edge first. When you load legal-size paper, pull up the paper support extension and both output tray extensions. Load a maximum of 100 sheets.

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Click the picture on the right to play a short movie.

Note: If the stack of envelopes is more than 0.4-inch (10 mm) thick, press each envelope flat befo re stacking it or load one envelope at a time .

Envelopes

You can load up to 10 envelopes flap edge first, with the printable side up, as shown below:

Select Plain paper as the Media Type and choose the correct envelope size as the Paper Size setting in the printer software.

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Click the pi cture on the right to play a short movie.

If ink smears when you prin t on envelo pes or oth er thi ck medi a, set the paper thickness lever to the + position, as shown below. (Return to the 0 position before printing on other media.)

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EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet and Note Cards

Use these cards to print photos or postcards. You can load up to 30 cards at a time. Always place the included

support sheet under the cards. Be sure the cards are against the right edge guide and the left edge guide is against the left edge of the cards.

When you’re ready to print, use your so ftware to set the Paper Size option for the size card you’re using and set the Media Type to Photo Qualit y Ink Je t Paper.

If ink smears on the card s, set the thickness lever to the + position before printing, as shown on the preceding page.

EPSON Ink Jet Paper

Load up to 65 letter size or 25 legal size sheets. For EPSON 360 d pi Ink Je t P aper , select 360 dpi Ink Jet Paper as

the Media Type. For EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper, select Photo Quality Ink

Jet Paper as the Media Type.

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EPSON Photo Quality Glossy Paper, Film, and Transparencies

Before you load glossy film or transparencies, pu t a support sheet (packed with the media) or a plain paper sheet beneath the stack. (Don’t use a support sheet with Photo Quality Glossy Paper.)

Load up to 20 sheets of glossy paper or glossy film, or up to 30 transparencies.

For Photo Quality Glossy Film, you may get better results by loading one sheet at a time. With multiple sheets loaded, the minimum top margin you can use is 1 .2 inches (30 mm). If you want to use a smaller top margin, load and print one sheet at a time.

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Click the pi cture on the right to play a short movie.

Note: It’s best not to use

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the printable area setting in the printer software when printing on paper with a cut corner. Part of your document may print in the cut out area.

If your media has a cut corner, position it in the printer as shown here.

Remove each sheet from the output tray immediately after it’s printed. Make sure each sheet is dry before stacking.

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Note: It’s best not to use the

Maximum

printable area setting in the printer software when printing on paper with a cut corner. Part of your document may print in the cut out area.

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EPSON

Photo Paper

You can use EPSON Photo Paper to print photographs that look almost as good as the ones you get from film processing. EPSON Photo Paper is available in several sizes. 4 × 6-inch Photo Paper is perforated around the edges, so you can trim your printouts and “bleed” the photo (extend it to the edge of the paper) on all sides.

You can load up to 20 sheets of 4 × 6-inch, letter-size, or A4-size Photo Paper at a time, or 1 sheet of Panoramic paper at a time. Make sure you place a support sheet behind the paper if it is included in the paper package.

To keep your printouts l ooking their best , store them in a rese alable plastic bag or other airtight covering and protect them from heat, humidity, and direct sunlight. Return unused paper to the original package as soon as you finish printing.

Keep the following in mind when using EPSON Photo Paper:

◗ Load the paper with the whiter (glossier) side facing up. ◗ If you’re loading Panoramic Photo Paper, pull up the paper

support extensio n. T hen loa d the Panoramic paper and hol d its top edge while your press the E load/eject button to feed it into the printer.

Press the

load/eject button to feed Panoramic paper

For the Paper size setting, choose P ano ra mic 210 × 594 mm. Be sure to support your Panoramic Photo Paper as it ejects

from the printer so it doesn’t fall onto the floor.

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◗ If you’re using 4 × 6-inch Photo Paper, follow these steps:

1 Load the paper again st the right edge guide with the glossy

side facing up and the perforated margins positioned as shown:

You can load up to 20 sheets of Photo Paper at a time. Make sure you place the included support sheets A and B beneath the stack, but don’t print on them. Also, make sure you load the sheets in portrait orientation (short edge first).

2 Slide the left edge guide against the left edge of the paper.

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3 When you create the image in your application software, size it

to 4.25 × 6.25 inches. You can also use your printer software’s Reduce/Enlarge settings, as described in Reducing and

Enlarging Your Document Size.

0.67 in

0.24 in

0.12 in

0.24 in0.12 in

trim size printed im age size

4 Choose Photo Paper 4 × 6 in as the Paper Size setting and

Maximum as the Printable Area setting.

5 Choose Photo Paper as the Media Type

setting.

6 After you print your picture, fold the paper

back and forth along the perforations and carefully tear the margins off.

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EPSON Ink Jet Transparencies

Before you load transpar encies, place the included support sheet or a plain paper sheet beneath the stack. You can load up to 30 transparencies. However, you may get better results by loading one sheet at a time. Select Ink Jet Transparencies as the Media Type in the printer software.

EPSON Photo Quality Self Adhesive Sheets

Use these sheets to print la bels or stickers. You can load one sheet at a time. Make sure your adhesi ve sheets are fully adher ed to their backing sheet before you load them. Set the Media Type to Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper in the printer software.

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EPSON Photo Stickers

Use these sheets of stickers to print small, decorated photos for use on cards, invitations, or other items. You’ll need to use an application that creates photo stickers, such as StickerPIX®,

Load one sheet of Photo Stickers at a time. Make sure to place support sheets A and B that came with the stickers beneath the sheet. Always load the sticker sheet in portrait orientation (short edge first).

Select Photo Quality Glossy Film as the Media Type and A6 Index 105 × 148 mm as the Paper Size setting in the printer software.

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EPSON Iron-On Cool-Peel Transfer Paper

You can print photos, company logos, or anythin g else you want on these transfer papers, and then iron your images onto T-shirts or other cotton cloth items.

Load one sheet of transfer paper at a time. Select 360 dpi Ink Jet Paper as the Media Type setting.

Make sure you reverse your imag e befor e you print i t—esp ecially if it includes text—so it will read correctly when it’s transferred. You can use the Flip Horizontal option in your printer software to do this (see Customizing Print Quality and Special Effects for instructions).

After you print, follow the instructions that came with the paper to iron the image onto the shirt or other item.

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Managing Print Jobs

Your printer software includes several utilities for managing print jobs. You can use the m to moni tor your pri nter’s sta tus, set up lar ge jobs to print later, and handle network printing.

This chapter provides instructions for the following:

◗ Managing Print Jobs in Windows 95, Windows 98, and

Windows NT 4.0

◗ Managing Print Jobs in Windows 3.1x ◗ Network Printing in Windows 95 and Windows 98

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Note: You can us e St at us Monitor 2 o nly if it is installed a nd your printer is connected directly to the computer or connected to a remote serv er in a Windows network.

Managing Print Jobs in Wind ows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT 4.0

Your printer softwa re offers three w ays to ma nage and monitor your print jobs in Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0:

◗ The Progress Meter , w hich app ears e ach tim e you se nd a p rint

job, as described in Checking Printer Status. You can turn the Progress Meter on or off and se lect other printing options using the Speed & Progress button; s ee Selecting the Speed &

Progress Options for details.

◗ The Spool Manager, which appe ars in the taskbar at the bottom

of the screen each time you print, as described in Using the

Spool Manager.

◗ Status Monitor 2, which provides a variety of print monitoring

options, as described in Using Status Monitor 2.

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Selecting the Speed & Progress Options

You can set up the way your printer software sends print jobs and select whether to display the Progress Meter using the Speed & Progress dialog box. To access the dialog box, you mu st open your printer software from the Windows Printers utility, as described below.

1 Click Start, point to Settings, then click Printers. 2 Right-click the EPSON Stylus COLOR 440 printer icon and

select Properties from the drop-down menu. You see the EPSON Stylus COLOR 440 Properties dialog box.

3 Click the Utility tab. You see the Utility menu:

Speed & P rogress button

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Note: The fold er y ou select in the Hig h Speed Copy Folder section is the defa ult s pool directory. Change this folder if you get an error.

4 Click the Speed & Progress button. You see this dialog box:

This section appears only if you have more than one hard disk dr ive.

Select from the following options: ◗ High Speed Copies speeds up printing of multiple copies

of the same document by using your hard disk space as a cache.

◗ Show Progress Meter lets you control whether or not the

Progress Meter is displ ayed when you send a print job. S ee

Checking Printer Status for information on the Progress

Meter.

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◗ EPSON Printer Port lets you optimize the transfer rate of

your printer port for EPSON printers instead of using the Windows default printer port.

◗ High speed (DMA) transfer enabled tells you that you’re

already using fast DMA transfer mode.

◗ For higher data tr ansfer r ates, use DMA tr ansfer lets you

know that you can speed up printing by enabling DMA transfers on your system. See your computer documentation for details.

5 Click OK to close the dialog box and return to the Utility menu.

Then click OK again to close the printer software window.

Using the Spool Manager

The Spool Manager creates a temporary print job file, stores it in the C:\TEMP or C:\WINDOWS\TEMP folder or directory, and assigns it to a print queue. The software then sends the file to your printer at the right time.

To open Spool Manager while you’re printing, click the Spool Manager icon that appears on the taskbar at the bottom of the screen.

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You see the Spool Manager window:

The Spool Manager window displays the status of your print job files and lets you control them. To cancel, pause, resume, or restart a print job, click the job to highlight it; then click one of the command buttons on the bottom of the window.

Deleting a Stalled Print Job

If you’re having tr ouble pri nting , it may b e beca use of a stal led p rint job. Follow these steps to delete the stalled job and continue printing:

1 Click the EPSON Stylus COLOR 440 button on the taskbar. 2 Click on any print jobs marked Held. 3 Click the Cancel button. 4 Exit the Spool Manager and try printing again.

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Using Status Monitor 2

Note: ScanD is k wi ll not run if Status Monitor 2 is perform ing background monito ring. To disa ble background monitoring, right-click the icon on the Win dows taskb ar in the bottom right corner of your screen and select St op monitoring now.

Status Monitor 2 lets you view detailed information about your print jobs and control how you want printing monitored. You can check printer status when your printer is connected directly to your computer or if it is connected to a remote server in a network. Before using Status Monitor 2, you must enable background monitoring, as described in Enabling Background Monitoring.

Enabling Background Monitor ing

You can enable background monitoring for your printer if you want Status Monitor 2 to alert you to any error conditions while you’re working on o ther tas ks. T his le ts yo u know if pa per ha s r un out, or if any other printing problem has occurred, without having to open Status Monitor 2.

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To turn on background monitoring, follow these steps: 1 Click Start, point to Programs, point to the Epson folder, and

click EPSON Status Monit or 2 to open Status Monitor 2.

2 Click the name o f the pr inter you want to monitor in the I nstalled

Printers list. The printer name is highlighted.

3 Open the Settings menu and select Background Monitoring. 4 Select either Monitor from restart (to begin background

monitoring after your next system restart) or Monitor no w (to begin background monitoring right away).

Now set your monitoring preferences for the printer, as described below.

Setting Up Monitoring Preferences

Note: Background monitoring must be turned on to change the Background Monitoring and Status Alert pref erences for individual printers in the Monitoring Preferences window. See Ena bling Backgro und Monitor ing for instructions.

Short mo nit oring interval s may cause some ap plic ations to run slowe r.

You can select the way you want Status Monitor 2 to monitor each printer you use in the Monitoring Preferences window. There are several ways to open the window:

◗ Click the printer name in the Installed Printers list to highlight it

and click the icon or select Monitoring Preferences from the Settings menu.

◗ Right-click the printer name in the Installed Printers list and

select Monitoring Preferences from the menu.

You see the Monitoring Preferences window:

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If you turn on one or more of the Status Alert options, you’ll see the Status Alert dialog box when the selected condition occurs. For example, if you turn on Show when errors occur, the dialog box will appear only if a printing error occurs. If you select all the options, the dialog box will appear whenever you print, encounter an error, or have low ink levels.

The color of the printer icon in the Status Alert dialog box indicates the type of error, as described in Using the Installed Printer Icon.

Click the printer name to highlight it, then click Details to open the Printer Status window. See the table on th e next page for m ore informa ti on.

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You can ch ange the shape of th e Status Mo nit or 2 printer ico n by clicking th e Select backgro und monitori ng ic on in the Settings menu and selec ti ng t he icon you want to use.

Using the Status Mo nitor 2 Main Window

Once you’ve enabled background monitoring for your printer and set preferences, there are several ways to access the Status Monitor 2 main window:

◗ Double-click the icon on the Windows taskbar in the bottom

right corner of your screen.

◗ Click Start, point to Programs, click the Epson folder, and

click EPSON Status Monit or 2.

When you start Status Monitor 2, you see the main window:

If you have mo re t han o ne pr inter you w an t to m onitor , you can a dd them using the Ad d Printer option in the Settings menu. To save system resources, you may want to delete any printers from the Status Monit or 2 list that you do n’ t nee d to monito r. T o do this , click the printer in the Installed Printers list and select Delete Printer from the Settings menu.

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Using the Installed Printer Icon

The color of the Installed Printer icon indicates the printer status as follows:

You can customize the appearance of items on t he Status Monito r 2 m ain window us ing the View me nu options or options on the butto n bar.

If you’re m onitoring multip le printers, you can reorder them in the Installed Printers list by clicking in the Printer N ame, Status , or Job Count title bar.

Installed Printer icon co lor Status message

Green Ready to print . Yellow Paper and/ or ink leve l is lo w . Red Paper an d/ or ink is out, paper is jammed , or a print

or communication error has occurred.

Gray Printer not detected.

Using the Printer Statu s Window

For more details on the status of your printer, you can use the Printer Status window. There are several ways to open the window:

◗ Double-click the printer name in the Installed Printers list. ◗ Click the printer name in the Installed Printers list to highlight it

and click the icon or select Printer Status from the Printer menu.

◗ Right-click the printer name in the Installed Printers list and

select Printer Status from the drop-down menu.

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◗ If you’re currently using the printer software, click the Utility

tab, then click the EPSON Status Monitor 2 icon. (For instructions on accessing your printer software, see Setting

Printer Options from W indows A pplicati on s and Setting Default Options in Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT 4.0.)

◗ You can also access the Printer Status window by clicking the

Detail button on the Progress Meter (see Checking Printer

Status) or the Status Alert dialog box (see Setting Up Monitoring Prefer ences ).

You see the Printer Status window. The Current Status tab gives printing status and error correction information.

Illustrati ons of what to do if an error occu rs appear h ere

If your printer runs out of ink, click this button to dis play cartridg e replacement steps on the right and illustrations in the printer graphic area

Printer status messages appear h ere

If an erro r occurs, troubleshooting tips appear here

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The printer graphic in the Printer Status window gives status and error condition information:

Status and Error Conditions

Graphic Condition

Ready to print

Paper isn’t loaded correctly

Paper is ja m m ed

Black ink is out

Color ink is out

A communication error has o ccurred

Another type of pri nt er error has occ urred

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To check the amount of ink you have, click the Consumables tab.

The Printer Information tab does not monitor information for this printer.

Note:

Using the Job Status Window

The Job Status window is v ery similar to the Spool Manager window. Both allow you to pa us e, cancel, and resta rt print jobs. See Usin g th e Spool Manager for information on the Spool Manager.

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To view detailed information on the print jobs waiting to print on your printer, you ca n use th e Job Status window. The re are seve ral ways to open the window:

◗ Click the printer name in the Installed Printers list to highlight it

and click the icon or select Job Status from the Printer menu.

◗ Right-click the printer name in the Installed Printers list and

select Job Status from the menu.

You see the Job Status window:

Printing information appears here

Options in the Printer menu let you pause printing or purge all print jobs for the printer, select or deselect the printer as your Windows default, and access the printer software to change default settings.

The Document menu options let you pause or cancel printing of individual printing jobs. Click the print job you want to pause or cancel in the Document Name list to highlight it.

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Managing Print Jobs in Wind ows 3.1x

Your Windows 3.1x printer software includes two management utilities: the Spool Manager and Despooler.

◗ The Spool M anager starts au tomaticall y when yo u send a job to

the printer. It allows you to print in the background while you continue to wor k on your compu ter and to ho ld jobs t o pr i nt at a later time. If you’re using your printer on a network, it also handles multiple print jobs that come in at the same time. See

Using the Spool Manager for details.

◗ The Despooler also starts auto matically whe n you send a jo b to

the printer. It displays printer status, as described in Checking

Printer Status.

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Using the Spool Manager

The Spool Manager works like the Windows 3.1x Print Manager. When you send a job to your printer, your printer software creates a temporary print file, stores it in the C:\TEMP or C:\WINDOWS\TEMP folder or directory, and assigns it to a print queue. The software then sends the file to your printer at the right time.

Note: You may not see the Spool Manager ico n if the Program Manager or current w indow is maximized. Make the window smaller to see the Spool Manage r icon.

◗ To open it while you’re printing, click the Spool Manager icon

that appears at the bottom of your desktop.

◗ You can open the Spool Manager at any time by

double-clicking the Spool Manager4 icon in the EPSON program group.

You see the Spool Manager window:

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The Spool Manager window displays the status of your print queues and print jobs and lets you control them. You can also control the display of the Despooler and the default spool direct ory. Click Help in the Spool Manager menu bar for detailed information.

Deleting a Stalled Print Job

If you’re having tr ouble pri nting , it may b e beca use of a stal led p rint job. Follow these steps to delete it and continue printing:

1 Open the Spool Manager as described above. 2 Click on any print jobs marked Held, then open the Document

menu and click Delete. 3 Click Yes. 4 Exit Spool Manager and try printing again.

Changing the Default Spool Directory

If you get an erro r mess age when you try to print, o r print in g is very slow, you can try changing your default spool directory.

1 Make a directory on your hard disk where you want

Spool Manager to store print job files, for example,

C:\SPLTEMP. 2 Open the Spool Manager as described in Using the Spool

Manager.

3 Choose Default Spool Directory from the Options menu.

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4 In the dialog box, change the spool directory to the one you

created in step 1. Then click OK. 5 Make sure EPSON Stylus COLOR 440 is selected, and then

choose Setup from the Queue menu. The Queue Setup dialog

box appears. 6 Make sure the spool directory is the one you created in step 1.

Also make sure Use Print Manager for this port is checked.

Then click OK. 7 Close Spool Manager.

Network Printing in Windows 95 a nd Windows 98

If you want to print to a remote printer through a Windows network in Windows 95 or Windows 98, you must first set up you r system as a client computer which can use the printer on a remote server. To set up the p rint server , see your Windows d ocumentation . To set u p your system as a client, follow the instructions below:

1 Make sure your printer software is installed (see the

Basics

2 Click Start, point to Settings, then click Printers. 3 Right-click the icon of your printer, and click Properties.

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guide for installation instructions).

Printer

4 Click the Details tab. Then click the Add Port button.

Click this tab

Then click here

5 In the following dialog box, click Browse.

Click here to specify the network path

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6 Double-click the icon of the computer that is directly connected

to the printer. Then click the icon of the printer you plan to use

on the network.

Select the comput er th at is connected to the printer

Select the printer

7 Click OK and follow the messages on the screen. Now you can use the printer connected to the print server over the

network from the client computer.

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Setting Up Your Printer as a Shared Printe r

Follow these steps to share your printer with others on the network:

1 Click Start, point to Settings, then click Control Panel. 2 Double-click Network. 3 Click File and Print Sharing. The following dialog box

appears:

4 Click the I want to be able to allow others to print to my

printers check box, then click OK. 5 In the Network window, click OK. Then restart your computer. 6 In the Control Panel window, double-click Printers.

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Epson stylus 440 schematic

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Copyright Notice

Contents

Introduction

Windows System Requirements

How To Use Your Manuals

Warnings, Cautions, Notes, and Tips

ENERGY STAR Complianc e

Year 2000 Ready

Important Safety Instructions

Identifying Printer Parts

Basic Printing

Printing from Windo ws Applications

Setting Printer Options from Windows Applications

Setting Default P ri n te r O p tions

Checking Printer Status

Advanced Printing

Using Predefined Advanced Settings

Customizing Print Quality and Special Effects

Adjusting Color Settings

Adjusting Colors in Photos and Scanned Images (Windows 95, 98, and NT only)

Making Custom Color Corrections

Selecting Paper Size and Orientation

Selecting Print Layout Options

Reducing and Enlarging Your Document Size

Using Multiple Print Layouts and Page Frames

Adding a Watermark

Saving Custom Settings

Redefining Custom Settings

Deleting Custom Settings

Printing on Special Media

Selecting Special Media

Media Load in g an d Han dl in g G uid el in es

Envelopes

EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet and Note Cards

EPSON Ink Jet Paper

EPSON Photo Quality Glossy Paper, Film, and Transparencies

EPSON Ink Jet Transparencies

EPSON Photo Quality Self Adhesive Sheets

EPSON Photo Stickers

EPSON Iron-On Cool-Peel Transfer Paper

Selecting the Speed & Progress Options

Using the Spool Manager

Using Status Monitor 2

Using the Spool Manager

Setting Up Your Printer as a Shared Printe r