Epson Stylus NX510, Stylus NX515 User's Guide

Epson Stylus NX510 Series Table of Contents

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Change the Language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Copy a Document or Photo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Copy Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Copy Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Restore or Crop Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Load Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Load Paper for Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Load Paper for Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Load Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

General Paper Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Sheet Feeder Capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Available Epson Papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Borderless Paper Types and Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Paper or Media Type Settings for Loaded Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Place Originals for Copying or Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Place Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Place Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Print From a Memory Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Insert Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Print Photos Using the LCD Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Select Individual Photos for Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Select All Photos for Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Print Photos by Date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Print Photos From a Slide Show . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Print Photos Using an Index Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Print Index Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Print Photos From Index Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Print Photos Pre-selected in Your Camera (DPOF) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Remove Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Print From Your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Windows Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Print From a Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Print From Windows Photo Gallery in Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Print From the Picture and Fax Viewer in XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Select Basic Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Change Print Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Select Advanced Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53

Print Your Document or Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Check Printing Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Change Default Print Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Macintosh Printing (Mac OS X 10.5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Open Your File for Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Select Basic Print Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Select Copies and Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Select Page Setup Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Select Advanced Print Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Change Print Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Manage Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Adjust Image Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Fix Red-Eye Effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

View Print Setting Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Schedule Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Print Your Document or Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Check Printing Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Macintosh Printing (Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Open Your File for Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Select Page Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Select Basic Print Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Select Advanced Print Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70

Change Print Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Select Copy/Collation Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Manage Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Adjust Image Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

View Print Setting Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Schedule Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Print Your Document or Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Check Printing Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Scan to Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Start Epson Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Scan From Another Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Scan from the Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Change Scan Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Scan to PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Scan to PDF . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Scan to E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Select a Scan Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Scan Automatically (Full Auto Mode) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Scan in Home Mode (Semi-Automatic) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Select Document or Image Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Select Scan File Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Select Scan Quality (Resolution) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Select Scanned Image Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Adjust Image Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Select Scanned Image Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Scan and View Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Scan in Office Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Select Scanned Image Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Adjust Image Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Scan and View Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Scan in Professional Mode (Fully Manual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Select Document or Image Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Select Scan File Destination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Select Scan Quality (Resolution) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Select Scanned Image Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Adjust Image Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Select Scanned Image Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Scan and View Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Restore Color as You Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Full Auto Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Home Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Professional Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Scan to a PDF File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Choose Scan File Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

View and Print Scanned Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Use Your Printer on a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Configure Epson Scan (Mac OS X) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Access a Memory Card (Mac OS X) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Transfer Files To/From a Memory Card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Transfer Files From a Memory Card to Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Transfer Files From Your Computer to a Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Print From a Connected Camera. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Connect the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Print Photos From the Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Replace Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Check Ink Status From Your Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Check Ink Status From Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123

Purchase Epson Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Remove and Install Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Adjust Print Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Clean the Print Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Check the Print Head Nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Clean the Print Head Nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Align the Print Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Clean the Paper Path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Adjust the LCD Screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Solve Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Checking for Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Problem-solving Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Check LCD Display Screen Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Run a Printer Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Problems and Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Setup Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Copying Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140

Paper Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141

Memory Card Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Problems Printing From a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Problems Scanning From a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Page Layout and Content Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Print Quality Problems (quality is correct on screen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Image Quality Problems (quality problem appears on screen) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Re-installing Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Getting More Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Clean and Transport Your Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Specifications and Notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Printer Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

General Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Ink Cartridge Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

LCD Display Screen Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Computer System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

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Welcome to the Epson Stylus® NX510 Series User’s Guide.

Change the Language

You can choose English, French, Spanish, or Portuguese as the language of the LCD display screen.

1. Press Setup.

2. Press or to select Maintenance, then press OK.

3. Press to select Language, then press OK.

4. Press or to select your language, then press OK.

Copy a Document or Photo

You can copy documents or photos in color or black-and-white. You can also make quick draft copies.

Copy Documents Copy Photos Restore or Crop Photos

Note:

Copies may not be exactly the same size as your original document.

Copy Documents

You can copy documents onto letter- or A4-size plain paper or Epson special paper (various types available) just like you would on a copy machine.

1. Load letter- or A4-size plain paper or Epson special paper in the sheet feeder.

Note:

Load only the recommended number of sheets.

2. Place your original document on the scanner glass.

3. Press the Copy button.

4. To print more than 1 copy, press + or – to select the number (up to 99).

5. Press or to select Color or B&W copies.

6. Press , then press to change the layout, if necessary.

Select With Border to leave a small margin around the image or select Borderless to expand the image all the way to the edge of the paper (slight cropping may occur).

Note: Layout must be set to With Border to select Plain Paper.

7. To change any of the print settings displayed on the screen, press Menu and select your

settings.

Copy Mode Print Settings

• To adjust the copy size, select Reduce/Enlarge and choose either Actual (to select a

percentage using + or –) or Auto Fit Page (to automatically size the image to fit your

paper).

• To change the paper type, select Paper Type and choose the type of paper you loaded.

Paper type Paper Type setting

Plain paper Plain Paper Epson Bright White Paper Epson Presentation Paper Matte Epson Premium Presentation Paper Matte Matte Epson Premium Photo Paper Glossy Prem. Glossy Epson Premium Photo Paper Semi-gloss Epson Ultra Premium Photo Paper Glossy Ultra Glossy Epson Photo Paper Glossy Glossy

• To change the paper size, select Paper Size and choose the size of paper you loaded.

Note: Paper Size options depend on the Paper Type setting you choose.

• If you chose Plain Paper as your Paper Type setting, you can change the copy quality.

Select Quality and choose Standard, Best, or Draft.

• To adjust the darkness or lightness of the copy, select Density and choose a higher

(darker) or lower (lighter) setting.

• To adjust the amount of image expansion when printing borderless photos, select

Expansion and choose Standard, Medium, or Minimum. Note:

You may see white borders on your printed photo if you use the Minimum setting.

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After you finish selecting your settings, press OK.

8. Press Start to begin copying. To cancel copying, press Stop/Clear Settings.

Copy Photos

You can copy photos onto 4 × 6-inch (102 × 152 mm), 5 × 7-inch (127 × 178-mm), letter-size, or A4-size Epson special paper (various types available) for instant photo reprints.

1. Load 4 × 6-inch (102 × 152 mm), 5 × 7-inch (127 × 178-mm), letter-size, or A4-size Epson special paper in the sheet feeder.

Note:

Load only the recommended number of sheets.

2. Place your original photo on the scanner glass.

3. Press the Copy button.

4. To print more than 1 copy, press + or – to select the number (up to 99).

5. Press or to select Color or B&W copies.

6. Press , then press to change the layout, if necessary. Select With Border to leave a small margin around the image or select Borderless to expand

the image all the way to the edge of the paper (slight cropping may occur).

Note: Layout must be set to With Border to select Plain Paper.

7. To change any of the print settings displayed on the screen, press Menu and select your settings.

Copy Mode Print Settings

• To adjust the copy size, select Reduce/Enlarge and choose either Actual (to select a

percentage using + or –) or Auto Fit Page (to automatically size the image to fit your paper).

• To change the paper type, select Paper Type and choose the type of paper you loaded.

Paper type Paper Type setting

• To change the paper size, select Paper Size and choose the size of paper you loaded.

Note: Paper Size options depend on the Paper Type setting you choose.

• If you chose Plain Paper as your Paper Type setting, you can change the copy quality.

Select Quality and choose Standard, Best, or Draft.

• To adjust the darkness or lightness of the copy, select Density and choose a higher

(darker) or lower (lighter) setting.

• To adjust the amount of image expansion when printing borderless photos, select

Expansion and choose Standard, Medium, or Minimum.

Note:

You may see white borders on your printed photo if you use the Minimum setting.

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8. After you finish selecting your settings, press OK.

9. Press Start to begin copying. To cancel copying, press Stop/Clear Settings.

Restore or Crop Photos

You can copy photos onto 4 × 6-inch (102 × 152 mm), 5 × 7-inch (127 × 178-mm), letter-size, or A4-size Epson special paper (various types available) for instant photo reprints.You can restore the colors in faded photos, convert color photos to black-and-white, and crop your photos.

Note:

To restore photos larger than 5 × 7 inches, use the software on your computer

1. Load 4 × 6-inch (102 × 152 mm), 5 × 7-inch (127 × 178-mm), letter-, or A4-size Epson special paper in the sheet feeder.

Note:

Load only the recommended number of sheets.

2. Place your original photo on the scanner glass.

3. Press the Photo button, then press OK.

4. To turn on Color Restoration to restore colors in faded photos as you copy, press , select On, then press OK. (If your photo is not faded, do not turn on Color Restoration.)

5. Press OK to prescan your photo. You see these settings over a preview of your photo:

6. To print more than 1 copy, press + or – to select the number.

7. If you want to crop your photos and enlarge the resulting image area to fit onto your paper, press Display/Crop.

Crop adjustments

• To resize the image area, press + or –.

• To move the image area, use the arrow buttons.

• To check the zoomed image, press OK.

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After you finish cropping your photos, press OK.

8. To change any of the print settings displayed on the screen, press Menu and select your settings.

Restore Mode Print Settings

• To change the paper type, select Paper Type and choose the type of paper you loaded.

Paper type Paper Type setting

Epson Premium Photo Paper Glossy Prem. Glossy Epson Premium Photo Paper Semi-gloss Epson Ultra Premium Photo Paper Glossy Ultra Glossy Epson Photo Paper Glossy Glossy Epson Premium Presentation Paper Matte Matte

• To change the paper size, select Paper Size and choose the size of paper you loaded.

Note: Paper Size options depend on the Paper Type setting you choose.

• To change the layout, select Layout and choose With Border to leave a small margin

around the image or select Borderless to expand the image all the way to the edge of the paper (slight cropping may occur).

• To adjust the amount of image expansion when printing borderless photos, select

Expansion and choose Standard, Medium, or Minimum.

Note: You may see white borders on your printed photo if you use the Minimum setting.

Note:

When you are restoring or cropping photos, the Quality setting is set to Standard. You cannot adjust it.

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After you finish selecting your settings, press OK.

9. Press Start to begin copying. To cancel copying, press Stop/Clear Settings.

Load Paper

Before you copy or print, load paper for the type of printing you will do. Load Paper for Photos Load Paper for Documents Load Envelopes General Paper Information

Load Paper for Photos

You can print photos on a variety of paper types and sizes, including borderless photos.

1. Open the paper support and pull up the extensions.

2. Open the output tray, pull out the extensions, and flip up the stopper.

3. Flip the feeder guard up, out of the way, then squeeze the edge guide and slide it left.

4. Insert paper, glossy or printable side up, short edge first, against the right side and beneath the tab.

Tip:

Load only the recommended number of sheets. Load paper short edge first, no matter which way your photo faces. Check the photo paper package for any additional loading instructions.

5. Slide the edge guide to the edge of the paper, but not too tightly.

See also: Load Paper for Documents Load Envelopes

Load Paper for Documents

You can print documents on a variety of paper types and sizes.

1. Open the paper support and pull up the extensions.

2. Open the output tray and pull out the extensions. Then flip up the paper stopper on the last extension, unless you’re printing on legal-size paper.

3. Flip the feeder guard up, out of the way, then squeeze the edge guide and slide it left.

4. Insert paper, printable side up, against the right side and beneath the tab.

Tip:

Load only the recommended number of sheets Load paper short edge first, no matter which way your document faces. Load letterhead or pre-printed paper top edge first. Do not load paper with holes punched in it. Do not load transparencies. Do not load paper above the arrow on the edge guide. Check the paper package for any additional loading instructions.

5. Slide the edge guide to the edge of the paper, but not too tightly.

See also: Load Paper for Photos Load Envelopes

Load Envelopes

You can print on plain paper envelopes in 4 1/8 × 9 1/2 inch (#10) (105 × 241 mm) size.

1. Open the paper support and pull up the extensions.

2. Open the output tray, pull out the extensions, and flip up the stopper.

3. Flip the feeder guard up, out of the way, then squeeze the edge guide and slide it left.

4. Load up to 10 envelopes against the right side and beneath the tab. Load them printable side up and flap edge left.

Tip:

Press each envelope flat before loading it or load one envelope at a time.

5. Slide the edge guide to the edge of the envelopes, but not too tightly.

See also: Load Paper for Photos Load Paper for Documents

General Paper Information

Sheet Feeder Capacity Available Epson Papers Borderless Paper Types and Sizes Paper or Media Type Settings for Loaded Paper

Sheet Feeder Capacity

Paper type Load up to this many sheets

Plain paper—letter-size (8.5 × 11 inches [216 × 279 mm]) Approximately 100 sheets* Epson Bright White Paper

80 sheets

Epson Presentation Paper Matte Epson Photo Paper Glossy

20 sheets Epson Premium Photo Paper Glossy Epson Ultra Premium Photo Paper Glossy Epson Premium Photo Paper Semi-gloss Epson Premium Presentation Paper Matte

Epson Premium Presentation Paper Matte Double-sided

1 sheet Epson Photo Quality Self-adhesive Sheets Epson Iron-on Cool Peel Transfer Plain paper—legal size (8.5 × 14 inches [216 × 356 mm])

* Based on 20-lb [75 g/m2] paper weight. Do not load paper higher than the arrow mark on the left edge guide.

Available Epson Papers

You can purchase genuine Epson ink and paper.

Paper type Size Part number

Sheet count

Epson Bright White Paper Letter (8.5 × 11 inches

[216 × 279 mm])

Epson Photo Paper Glossy Borderless 4 × 6 inches

(102 × 152 mm) Letter (8.5 × 11 inches

[216 × 279 mm])

Epson Premium Photo Paper Glossy Borderless 4 × 6 inches

(102 × 152 mm) Borderless 5 × 7 inches

(127 × 178 mm) Borderless 8 × 10 inches

(203 × 254 mm) Letter (8.5 × 11 inches

[216 × 279 mm])

S041586 500

S042038 S041809

S041141 S041649 S041271

S041808 S041727

100 50

20 50 100

40 100

S041464 20

S041465 20

S041667 50

Paper type Size Part number

Sheet count

Epson Ultra Premium Photo Paper Glossy

Epson Premium Photo Paper Semi-gloss Borderless 4 × 6 inches

Epson Presentation Paper Matte Letter (8.5 × 11 inches

Epson Premium Presentation Paper Matte Borderless 8 × 10 inches

Borderless 4 × 6 inches (102 × 152 mm)

Borderless 5 × 7 inches (127 × 178 mm)

Borderless 8 × 10 inches (203 × 254 mm)

Letter (8.5 × 11 inches [216 × 279 mm])

(102 × 152 mm) Letter (8.5 × 11 inches

[216 × 279 mm])

[216 × 279 mm]) Legal (8.5 × 14 inches

[216 × 356 mm])

(203 × 254 mm)

S042181 S042174

S041945 20

S041946 20

S042182 S042175

S041982 40

S041331 20

S041062 100

S041067 100

S041467 50

60 100

25 50

Letter (8.5 × 11 inches [216 × 279 mm])

Epson Premium Presentation Paper Matte Double-sided

Epson Photo Quality Self-adhesive Sheets

Epson Iron-on Cool Peel Transfer Letter (8.5 × 11 inches

Borderless Paper Types and Sizes

Borderless paper type Borderless paper size

Epson Photo Paper Glossy Epson Premium Photo Paper Semi-gloss

Letter (8.5 × 11 inches [216 × 279 mm])

A4 (8.3 × 11.7 inches [210 × 297 mm])

[216 × 279 mm])

4 × 6 inches (102 × 152 mm) Letter (8.5 × 11 inches [216 × 279 mm])

S041257 50 S042180 100 S041568 50

S041106 10

S041153 10

Borderless paper type Borderless paper size

Epson Premium Photo Paper Glossy Epson Ultra Premium Photo Paper Glossy

Epson Premium Presentation Paper Matte 8 × 10 inches (203 × 254 mm)

Paper or Media Type Settings for Loaded Paper

For optimal image quality, it is important to choose the correct Type or Media Type setting. It tells your printer what kind of paper you’re using and adjusts the ink coverage accordingly.

For this paper

Plain paper Epson Bright White Paper Epson Presentation Paper Matte

Epson Ultra Premium Photo Paper Glossy Ultra Premium Photo Paper Glossy Epson Premium Photo Paper Glossy Premium Photo Paper Glossy

4 × 6 inches (102 × 152 mm) 5 × 7 inches (127 × 178 mm) 8 × 10 inches (203 × 254 mm) Letter (8.5 × 11 inches [216 × 279 mm])

Letter (8.5 × 11 inches [216 × 279 mm])

Select this paper Type or Media Type setting

Plain Paper/Bright White Paper

Epson Photo Paper Glossy Photo Paper Glossy Epson Premium Photo Paper Semi-gloss Premium Photo Paper Semi-Gloss Epson Premium Presentation Paper Matte

Epson Premium Presentation Paper Matte Double-sided Epson Photo Quality Self-adhesive Sheets Epson Iron-on Cool Peel Transfer

Envelopes Envelope

Premium Presentation Paper Matte

Place Originals for Copying or Scanning

Before you copy or scan, place your documents or photos on the scanner. Place Documents Place Photos

Caution:

Do not place anything on top of the document cover or use the cover as a writing surface, or it could get permanently scratched.

Place Documents

Position your document on the scanner glass to copy or scan.

1. Open the document cover.

2. Place your original document face-down on the scanner glass with the top facing into the front right corner.

3. Close the document cover gently to keep your document in place.

Place Photos

Position your photos on the scanner glass to copy or scan.

1. Open the document cover.

2. Place your original photo face-down on the scanner glass with the top facing into the front right corner.

3. Close the document cover gently to keep your document in place.

Print From a Memory Card

You can print photos right from your digital camera’s memory card by inserting it into your printer’s memory card slot.

Before you begin, make sure to load photo paper. Follow the steps in these sections to print from a memory card: Insert Memory Card Print Photos Using the LCD Screen Print Photos Using an Index Sheet Print Photos Pre-selected in Your Camera (DPOF) Remove Memory Card

Insert Memory Card

Insert one card at a time into one of the printer’s memory card slots. Insert the type of card you have into the correct slot, as shown below.

Compatible memory cards

Slot Type of card

Right slot

CompactFlash® Type I and II Microdrive

™

Slot Type of card

Left slot SD

SDHC miniSD* miniSDHC* microSD* microSDHC* MultiMediaCard MMplus MMCmobile* MMCmicro* Memory Stick Memory Stick Duo* Memory Stick PRO Memory Stick PRO Duo* Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo* Memory Stick Micro* MagicGate Memory Stick MagicGate Memory Stick Duo* xD-Picture Card xD-Picture Card Type H xD-Picture Card Type M xD-Picture Card Type M+

* Requires adapter

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Compatible image files

File format JPEG with the Exif version 2.21 standard Image size 80 × 80 pixels to 9200 × 9200 pixels Number of files Up to 9990

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Note:

Also consult your memory card and adapter documentation for any special use instructions for your card or adapter.

1. Turn on your printer.

2. Insert your card into the correct slot as shown below:

Left slot

Memory card access light

Right slot

The memory card access light flashes and stays lit.

Caution:

Do not remove a card or turn off your printer when the memory card access light is flashing or you may lose photos on the card.

Now you can view

the photos on your card and select them for printing. You can also print the

photos on your card by selecting them from an index sheet. See also: Remove Memory Card

Print Photos Using the LCD Screen

After inserting your memory card, press the Memory Card button to view your photos on the LCD display screen.

See these sections for instructions on selecting the photos you want to print: Select Individual Photos for Printing Select All Photos for Printing Print Photos by Date Print Photos From a Slide Show See also: Print Photos Using an Index Sheet Print Photos Pre-selected in Your Camera (DPOF)

Note:

You can print only in color when printing directly from a memory card; you cannot print in blackand-white

Select Individual Photos for Printing

You can select individual photos for printing as you view them on the LCD display screen.

1. Press the Memory Card button. You see this screen:

2. Press OK to select View and Print Photos.

3. Press or to move through your photos and display one that you want to print.

4. Press the + or – button to select the number of copies you want of that photo.

5. If you want to crop your photo

and enlarge the resulting image area to fit onto your paper,

press Display/Crop.

6. After you finish cropping your photo, press OK.

7. Repeat steps 3 through 6 to select more photos, if you want.

8. To change any of the print settings displayed on the screen, press Menu and select your settings.

9. After you finish selecting your settings, press OK.

10. When you’re ready to print, press Start. To cancel printing, press Stop/Clear Settings.

Crop Adjustments

To crop your photos and enlarge the resulting image area to fit on your paper, press Display/ Crop.

• To resize the image area, press + or –.

• To move the image area, use the arrow buttons.

• To check the zoomed image, press OK.

• To rotate the image area, press the Menu button.

Memory Card Mode Print Settings

Press Menu to change these print settings while printing from a memory card:

• To change the paper type, select Paper Type and choose the type of paper you loaded.

Paper type Paper Type setting

Epson Premium Photo Paper Glossy Prem. Glossy Epson Premium Photo Paper Semi-gloss Epson Ultra Premium Photo Paper Glossy Ultra Glossy Epson Photo Paper Glossy Glossy Plain paper Plain Paper Epson Bright White Paper Epson Presentation Paper Matte Epson Premium Presentation Paper Matte Matte

• To change the paper size, select Paper Size and choose the size of paper you loaded.

Note: Paper Size options depend on the Paper Type setting you choose.

• To change the layout, select Layout and choose With Border to leave a small margin around the image or select Borderless to expand the image all the way to the edge of the paper (slight cropping may occur).

• To change the print quality, select Quality and choose Standard or Best.

Note: Standard is the default setting for Quality if you choose photo paper or matte.

• T o print the date on your photos and select the forma t for it, select Date and choose the format you want.

• To slow down printing to improve print quality, select Bidirectional and choose Off (choose

On for faster print speed).

• To adjust the amount of image expansion when printing borderless photos, select Expansion and choose Standard, Min, or Mid.

Note: You may see white borders on your printed photo if you use the Min setting.

Select All Photos for Printing

You can quickly select to print all of the photos on your memory card.

1. Press the Memory Card button.

2. Press or to select Print All Photos, then press OK.

3. To print one copy of all the photos on 4 × 6-inch (102 × 152 mm) Epson photo paper (various types available), press Start and continue with step 7.

To select multiple copies with different print settings, press OK and continue with step 4.

4. To print more than 1 copy, press + or – to select the number (up to 99).

5. To change any of the print settings

6. After you finish selecting your settings, press OK.

7. When you’re ready to print, press Start. To cancel printing, press Stop/Clear Settings.

Print Photos by Date

You can quickly print photos by the date they were taken.

, press Menu and select your settings.

1. Press or to select Print by Date, then press OK.

2. Highlight any date shown and press to select photos taken on that date.

3. Press OK.

4. To print more than 1 copy, press + or – to select the number (up to 99).

5. To change any of the print settings

6. After you finish selecting your settings, press OK.

7. When you’re ready to print, press Start. To cancel printing, press Stop/Clear Settings.

Print Photos From a Slide Show

You can view your photos one at a time in a slide show and select the ones you want for printing.

1. Press the Memory Card button.

2. Press or to select Slide Show, then press OK. (Press or to pause the photo or restart the slide show as necessary.)

, press Menu and select your settings.

3. Press OK to select a photo that you want to print.

4. To print more than 1 copy, press + or – to select the number (up to 99).

5. If you want to crop your photo press Display/Crop.

6. After you finish cropping your photo, press OK.

7. To change any of the print settings displayed on the screen, press Menu and select your settings.

8. After you finish selecting your settings, press OK.

and enlarge the resulting image area to fit onto your paper,

9. When you’re ready to print, press Start. To cancel printing, press Stop/Clear Settings.

Print Photos Using an Index Sheet

You can print an index sheet containing small versions of all the photos on your memory card, and then select the ones you want to print. Just mark them on the sheet and scan the sheet; your printer automatically prints them.

Follow the steps in these sections to print an index sheet, and select and print photos from it: Print Index Sheet Print Photos From Index Sheet

Print Index Sheet

1. Load several sheets of plain letter- or A4-size paper.

2. Insert a memory card in a memory card slot.

3. Press the Memory Card button.

4. Press or to select Print Index Sheet.

5. Press OK, then select the index sheet options you want and press OK again.

Index sheet options

• To select the photos to include in the index sheet, choose Select, then select All Photos,

Latest 30, Latest 60, or Latest 90.

• To print the date or file name of each photo on the index sheet, select Information and

choose Date or File Name.

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6. Press Start to print the index sheet. The most recent photos are printed on the first index sheet, up to 30 photos per page.

If you need to cancel printing, press the Stop/Clear Settings button.

Now you can select your photos on the sheet

, and scan and print them.

Print Photos From Index Sheet

Once you have printed an index sheet, you can mark the photos you want to print right on the sheet, scan the sheet, and print the photos automatically.

1. Load the type of photo paper on which you want to print your photos.

2. Use a dark pen or pencil to fill in the circles on the sheet.

Note:

Do not use a permanent marker or felt-tip pen to fill in the circles on the sheet; otherwise, the scanner glass could be damaged when you place the sheet on the glass.

Correct:

Incorrect:

• Select the paper type and size you loaded.

• Select a Borderless or With Border layout.

• If you want to print the date the photo was taken on each photo, select Print date on

photos.

• Fill in one circle beneath each photo you want to print. The numbers indicate how many

copies you want of that photo. If you want to print one copy of all the photos on the index sheet, fill in the ALL circle at

the top.

3. Open the document cover.

4. Place the index sheet face-down on the scanner glass, in the lower right corner so that the top of the sheet is aligned against the right edge of the glass.

5. Close the document cover.

6. Make sure your memory card from Index Sheet highlighted.

7. Press OK, then press Start to start scanning and printing. Wait until printing finishes before printing from any additional index sheets.

If you need to cancel printing, press the Stop/Clear Settings button.

When you finish printing, you can remove your memory card.

is still inserted and the LCD display screen shows Print Photos

Print Photos Pre-selected in Your Camera (DPOF)

If your camera supports DPOF (Digital Print Order Format), you can select the photos you want to print while your memory card is still in your camera. Then you can insert the card in your printer and quickly print them.

Note:

See your camera manual for instructions on selecting photos with DPOF.

1. Insert a memory card this screen:

containing photos selected with DPOF in a memory card slot. You see

2. Click OK.

3. To change any of the print settings

displayed on the screen, press Menu and select your

settings.

4. After you finish selecting your settings, press OK.

5. Press Start to print your photos. If you need to cancel printing, press Stop/Clear Settings.

Remove Memory Card

Before you remove your memory card or turn off your printer , make sure the memory card access light is not flashing:

Memory card access light

Caution:

Do not remove a card or turn off your printer when the memory card access light is flashing or you may lose photos on the card.

If your printer is not connected to your computer, pull the memory card straight out of its slot. If your printer is connected to your computer, do one of the following before removing the

memory card or turning it off:

• Windows: Click the or icon on the task bar and select Safely remove USB Mass Storage Device. Once you see a confirmation message, remove the card.

If you installed the NX510 Series on a network, make sure that the memory card light is not flashing, then remove the card from the slot.

• Macintosh: Drag the removable disk icon from your desktop into the trash, then remove the card.

Print From Your Computer

After you connect your printer to your computer and install its software, you can print documents and photos from your computer.

Tip:

It’s a good idea to check for updates to your printer software. See Checking for Software Updates for instructions.

Follow the instructions in these sections for your computer type: Windows Printing Macintosh Printing (Mac OS X 10.5) Macintosh Printing (Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4) Before you print, make sure you installed your software and connected your printer to your

computer or network; see the Start Here sheet or Network Installation Guide for instructions. Also be sure to load paper in the sheet feeder.

Windows Printing

You can print on your printer using any Windows printing program. For photos, it’s easiest to print using the Windows Photo Gallery on Windows Vista® or the Picture and Fax Viewer on Windows XP.

Note:

You can change the language used on the Windows driver screens, if desired. Follow the steps in these sections to print from your Windows computer: Print From a Program Print From Windows Photo Gallery in Windows Vista Print From the Picture and Fax Viewer in XP Select Basic Options Change Print Layout Select Advanced Options Print Your Document or Photo Check Printing Status Change Default Print Settings See also: Macintosh Printing (Mac OS X 10.5) Macintosh Printing (Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4)

Print From a Program

After you open a document or photo in a Windows program, follow these steps to access your print settings:

1. Open the File menu and select Print.

2. Select your Epson printer.

3. Click Properties or Preferences.

Note: If you don’t have these buttons, click Setup, Printer, or Options, then click Properties or Preferences on the next screen.

Your printer setting window opens:

Follow the steps in these sections to select settings, print, and control printing: Select Basic Options Change Print Layout Select Advanced Options Print Your Document or Photo Check Printing Status See also: Print From Windows Photo Gallery in Windows Vista Print From the Picture and Fax Viewer in XP Change Default Print Settings

Print From Windows Photo Gallery in Windows Vista

With Windows Vista, you can quickly print photos using the Windows Photo Gallery.

1. Locate a photo on your computer.

2. Right-click the photo, highlight Open With, and select Windows Photo Gallery.

3. Click the Print icon at the top of the screen, then select Print from the drop-down menu that appears.

4. Select your Epson printer, then choose the size and type

Paper size settings

You can load paper in these sizes:

A4 (8.3 × 11.7 inches [210 × 297 mm]) Letter (8.5 × 11 inches [216 × 279 mm]) 4 × 6 inches (102 × 152 mm) 5 × 7 inches (127 × 178 mm) 8 × 10 inches (203 × 254 mm)

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5. Select Photo or Best Photo as the Quality setting.

6. Click Options in the lower right corner of the screen.

7. Select Printer Properties. Your printer setting window opens:

of paper that you loaded in the printer .

8. Select your basic print options

9. Click OK.

10. When you return to the Windows Photo Gallery, click Print. Your photo prints.

During printing, you can check the print status. See also: Print From a Program Change Default Print Settings

Print From the Picture and Fax Viewer in XP

With Windows XP, you can quickly print photos using the Picture and Fax Viewer.

1. Locate a photo on your computer.

2. Right-click the photo, highlight Open With, and select Windows Picture and Fax Viewer.

, layout, and advanced options as necessary.

3. Click the print icon at the bottom of the screen.

4. Click Next.

5. Select the photos you want to print and click Next.

6. Select your Epson printer and click Printing Preferences. Your printer setting window opens:

7. Select your basic print options

8. When you’re ready to print, click OK.

9. Click Next. You see this screen:

, layout, and advanced options as necessary.

10. Select Full page photo print and click Next. Your photo prints.

During printing, you can check the print status

. See also: Print From a Program Change Default Print Settings

Select Basic Options

There are two ways to select basic printing options:

• Select a printing preset to quickly select settings for common paper types, sizes, and print

qualities.

• Select individual settings on the Main tab.

Select a Printing Preset

For quick access to the most common settings, click the Shortcuts tab. Point to one of the Printing Presets to view a list of the settings for it.

If the settings are correct for your print job, click the preset and print

To create your own presets, click the Save Settings button on the Advanced tab. T o delete a preset you created, click Add/Remove on the Shortcuts tab, select the preset, and click

Delete. T o reorder the list, highlight one of the Printing Presets and click the up or down arrow to move it.

Or click Reset to return the list to its original order.

Select Basic Settings on the Main Tab

Click the Main tab on the top of the printer settings window to select your basic print options.

1. Select a Quality Option that matches your document or photo, and the print quality you want.

Quality Option settings

• Draft: for rough drafts with reduced quality

• Text: for documents containing only text

• Text & Image: for documents with text and images

• Photo: for photos and graphics with good quality and print speed

• Best Photo: for photos or graphics with high print quality

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2. Select the paper Type setting that matches the paper you loaded.

3. Select the paper Size setting for the paper you loaded.

Paper size settings

You can load paper in these sizes and select the size in the printer software. (Wider papers are for use only when reducing large images with the Reduce/Enlarge Document option.) A User Defined option is also available so you can create a custom size.

A4 (8.3 × 11.7 inches [210 × 297 mm]) A6 (4.1 × 5.8 inches [105 × 148 mm])

Letter (8.5 × 11 inches [216 × 279 mm]) Legal (8.5 × 14 inches [216 × 356 mm]) 4 × 6 inches (102 × 152 mm) 5 × 7 inches (127 × 178 mm)

8 × 10 inches (203 × 254 mm) Envelope #10 (4 1/8 × 9 1/2 inches [105 × 241 mm])

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4. If you’re printing borderless photos, select Borderless. For documents or photos with borders,

select Borders.

Note:

For borderless photos, make sure you loaded a compatible borderless paper size and type

5. Choose Portrait or Landscape orientation for your document or photo. (Choose Landscape

for printing envelopes.)

You can also:

• Select Print Options

Basic Print Options

• Fix Photo: improves the color, contrast, and sharpness of flawed photos.

• Fix Red-Eye: reduces or removes red-eye in photos.

• Reverse Order: starts printing with the last page so that pages are stacked in the right

order.

• Print Preview: lets you preview your document or photo before printing it.

• Black/Grayscale: for printing text and graphics in shades of gray (not recommended for

printing black-and-white photos). Some color ink will still be used for print head maintenance.

• Quiet Mode: reduces the print speed for quieter operation at the same quality level.

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• Select different print layout settings

• Select advanced printing options

• See a summary of your settings (click Show Settings)

• Return to the default settings (click Reset Defaults)

• Access the Epson product support website (click Online Support) When you’re finished, you’re ready to print.

Change Print Layout You can select a variety of sizing and layout options on the Page Layout tab.

1. To size your printed document or photo, click the Reduce/Enlarge Document checkbox and

select sizing options.

Reduce/Enlarge Document Options

• By Output Paper Size: sizes your printed document or photo to fit on the paper you

loaded and selected in the box beneath the option.

• By Percentage: sizes your printed document or photo by the percentage you select in the

box next to the option.

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2. To print multiple pages on one sheet, or one image across multiple sheets, click the Multi-

Page checkbox and select multi-page options.

Multi-Page Options

• Pages Per Sheet: prints 2 (2-up) or 4 (4-up) document pages on each sheet of paper.

• Print Page Borders: prints borders around each page when you select Pages Per Sheet.

• Page Order: selects the order in which the 2 or 4 pages print on the sheet.

• Poster Printing: prints one page or image laid out on 2, 4, 9, or 16 sheets of paper to

make a large poster , with or without borders (depending on the paper type).

• Settings: accesses the poster portions, trim line, and alignment options you can use when you select Poster Printing.

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3. To add a watermark message to your printed document or photo, select a Watermark setting.

Watermark Settings

• Watermark drop-down list: offers a selection of pre-defined watermark text, such as Confidential.

• Add/Del button: lets you select or delete a previously added watermark.

• Settings button: accesses settings to customize the way your watermark appears.

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4. To print on both sides of your paper, select a 2-sided Printing setting.

2-sided Printing Settings

• On: prints on both sides of the paper by prompting you to reload the printed pages as necessary. Select Off to print on just one side of each page.

• Margins: customizes the margins used during double-sided printing.

• Folded Booklet: organizes double-sided printing page order to create a folded booklet.

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5. To select multiple copies and their print order, use the Copies, Reverse Order, and Collate

options.

6. To adjust the amount of image expansion when printing borderless photos, select Auto

Expand as the Enlargement Method, then adjust the Borderless Expansion slider to Min, Mid, or Max. (If you select Retain Size, the image is printed at its actual size without

scaling.)

Note:

You may see white borders on your printed photo if you use the Min setting.

7. To rotate or flip the image you’re printing, click the Rotate 180° or Mirror Image checkboxes. (If you are printing on Epson Iron-on Cool Peel Transfer Paper, turn on Mirror Image.)

See also: Select Basic Options Select Advanced Options Print Your Document or Photo

Select Advanced Options Click the Advanced tab on the top of the printer settings window to select Advanced options.

1. Select the paper type setting

that matches the paper you loaded.

2. Select the print quality setting for your document or photo.

Advanced Print Quality Settings

Available print quality settings depend on the selected paper Type setting.

• Economy: for fast printing with reduced quality

• Fast Economy: for the fastest printing with draft quality

• Normal: for everyday text and image printing

• Fine: for text and graphics with good quality and print speed

• Super Fine: for text and graphics with high quality and print speed

• Photo: for photos and graphics with good quality and print speed

• Best Photo: for photos or graphics with high print quality

• Photo RPM

(Max dpi): for the best print quality and slowest print speed (not available

when the Borderless setting is selected)

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3. Select the paper size setting for the paper you loaded.

Paper size settings

A4 (8.3 × 11.7 inches [210 × 297 mm])

A6 (4.1 × 5.8 inches [105 × 148 mm]) Letter (8.5 × 11 inches [216 × 279 mm]) Legal (8.5 × 14 inches [216 × 356 mm]) 4 × 6 inches (102 × 152 mm) 5 × 7 inches (127 × 178 mm) 8 × 10 inches (203 × 254 mm) Envelope #10 (4 1/8 × 9 1/2 inches [105 × 241 mm])

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4. If you’re printing borderless photos, select Borderless. For documents or photos with borders, select Borders.

Note:

For borderless photos, make sure you loaded a compatible borderless paper size and type

5. Choose Portrait or Landscape orientation for your document or photo. (Choose Landscape for printing envelopes.)

You can also:

• Select Print Options

Advanced Print Options

• Fix Red-Eye: reduces or removes red-eye in photos.

• High Speed: speeds up printing, but may reduce print quality

• Edge Smoothing: prints sharper edges on low-resolution images, such as bars in a graph

• Print Preview: lets you preview your document or photo before printing it.

• Black/Grayscale: for printing text and graphics in shades of gray (not recommended for

printing black-and-white photos). Some color ink will still be used for print head maintenance.

• Quiet Mode: reduces the print speed slightly for quieter operation at the same quality

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• Select Color Management options

Color Management Options

• Color Controls: lets you select a Color Mode. Click Settings to adjust Brightness,

Contrast, Saturation, Density, and individual Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow color tones. Color Mode: when using Color Controls, selects the main method of printing colors for

photos and graphics: EPSON Vivid or AdobeRGB. Gamma: when using AdobeRGB, adjusts the midtone density in the print.

• Fix Photo: improves the color, contrast, and sharpness of certain photos and provides

special effect options.

• ICM: lets you select Off (No Color Adjustment) to use only the color adjustments

provided by your printing program.

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• Select different print layout settings

• Select basic printing options

• Save all your selected settings for later use (click Save Settings and name the settings); to use saved settings later, select them from the Custom Settings list or from the Shortcuts tab

• Return to the default settings (click Reset Defaults)

• Access the Epson product support website (click Online Support)

When you’re finished, you’re ready to print.

Print Your Document or Photo

After selecting your print settings, click OK to save them and return to the Print window.

Click OK or Print to start printing. During printing, you can check printing status

Check Printing Status

During printing, you see this window showing the progress of your print job. It allows you to control printing and check ink cartridge status.

• To cancel printing, click Stop.

• For print information, click Tips.

If you see an error during printing, see Solve Problems

Change Default Print Settings

When you change your print settings from within a program, the changes apply only while you’re printing at that time. If you want to select different settings to use in all your Windows programs, you can change the default print settings.

1. Right-click the printer icon in the bottom right corner of your screen (the taskbar).

2. Select Printer Settings. You see the printer settings window:

for solutions.

3. Select the print settings

You can still change the default settings from within a program as needed.

you want to use as defaults in all your Windows programs.

Macintosh Printing (Mac OS X 10.5)

You can print using any Mac OS®X printing program. Follow the steps in these sections to print from your Macintosh: Open Your File for Printing Select Basic Print Options Select Copies and Pages Select Page Setup Options Select Advanced Print Options Change Print Layout Manage Color Adjust Image Expansion Fix Red-Eye Effects View Print Setting Summary Schedule Printing Print Your Document or Photo Check Printing Status See also: Windows Printing Macintosh Printing (Mac OS X 10.3 and 10.4)

Open Your File for Printing

You can open a file for printing by either:

• Starting a printing program and opening the document or photo from it

• Double-clicking the document or photo file icon on the screen.

When you’re ready to print, select print options

Select Basic Print Options

After opening your file for printing, open the Print window to select your print options.

1. Open the File menu and select Print.

2. Click the button to expand the Print window, if necessary.

and then print.

3. Select your Epson printer as the Printer setting.

4. Select the Copies and Pages

Note:

If you don’t see these settings here, check for them in your application before printing.

5. Select the page setup options

Note:

If you don’t see these settings here, check for them in your application before printing. For example, you may be able to select them by opening the File menu and selecting Page Setup.

6. Select any settings that are specific to the application you’re using. For example, if you’re printing from Preview, you see the application settings shown above.

7. Select Print Settings from the pop-up menu.

settings for your print job.

to choose the Paper Size and Orientation settings.

These settings appear on the screen:

8. Select the Media Type setting

9. Select Color or Black/Grayscale output in the Color pop-up menu. If you select Black/ Grayscale, some color ink will still be used for print head maintenance.

10. Select Automatic as the Mode setting for basic printing.

11. Move the Quality/Speed slider as necessary to select higher quality or faster print speed.

You can also:

• Select advanced printing options

• Select different print layout settings

• Select color management options

• Adjust the amount of image expansion when printing borderless photos

• Fix red-eye effects in photos

• See a summary of your settings

• Schedule printing

When you’re finished, you’re ready to print

for another time

that matches the paper you loaded.

Select Copies and Pages

Depending on your application, you may be able to change the number of copies to print, select collation, and select which pages to print from the Print window

Note:

If you don’t see these settings in the Print window, check for them in your application before printing.

1. To print multiple copies of your document, enter the number in the Copies field.

2. To collate the multiple copies into sets of documents, click Collated.

3. If you want to print only certain pages in your document, enter the page numbers in the Pages From and to fields.

When you’re finished, you’re ready to print.

Select Page Setup Options

Depending on your application, you may be able to select the paper size and orientation settings, and adjust the size of your printed document or photo, from the Print window.

Note:

If you don’t see these settings in the Print window, check for them in your application before printing. For example, you may be able to select them by opening the File menu and selecting Page Setup.

1. Select the Paper Size setting for the paper you loaded. If you want to print a borderless photo, select the paper size with a Sheet Feeder - Borderless

option.

Note:

For borderless photos, make sure you loaded a compatible borderless paper size and type

Paper size settings

You can load paper in these sizes and select the size in the printer software. A custom option is also available so you can create a custom paper size.

A4 (8.3 × 11.7 inches [210 × 297 mm]) A6 (4.1 × 5.8 inches [105 × 148 mm]) Letter (8.5 × 11 inches [216 × 279 mm])

Legal (8.5 × 14 inches [216 × 356 mm]) 4 × 6 inches (102 × 152 mm) 5 × 7 inches (127 × 178 mm) 8 × 10 inches (203 × 254 mm) Envelope #10 (4 1/8 × 9 1/2 inches [105 × 241 mm])

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2. Choose a portrait or landscape Orientation option for your document or photo. (Choose landscape for envelopes.)

3. To reduce or enlarge the size of your printed document or photo, select a different Scale percentage, if available.

Note: You can also adjust the scale by selecting Paper Handling from the pop-up menu. Select Scale to fit paper size, and then select any other scaling options.

Select Advanced Print Options

After selecting the basic options advanced options.

1. Click the Advanced button.

2. Select the Print Quality setting for your document or photo.

Advanced print quality settings

Available print quality settings depend on the selected Media Type setting.

• Fast Economy: for the fastest printing with draft print quality

on the Print window, you can click Advanced and select

• Economy: for fast printing with reduced print quality

• Normal: for everyday text and image printing

• Fine: for text and graphics with good print quality and speed

• Super Fine: for text and graphics with high print quality and speed

• Photo: for photos and graphics with good print quality and speed

• Best Photo: for photos and graphics with high print quality and speed

• Photo RPM: for the best print quality and slowest print speed (not available when

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3. Click High Speed to speed up printing (may reduce print quality).

4. To flip the image you’re printing, click Mirror Image. (If you are printing on Epson Iron-on Cool Peel Transfer Paper, turn on Mirror Image.)

5. Click Quiet Mode to print more quietly on plain paper (will reduce print speed).

When you’re finished, you’re ready to print

Change Print Layout

You can select a variety of layout options from the Print window.

1. Select Layout from the pop-up menu.

2. Select the following as necessary:

• T o print multiple pages on one sheet, select 2, 4, 6, 9, or 16 in the Pages per Sheet pop-up

menu.

• Select the order in which the multiple pages print on the sheet as the Layout Direction

setting.

• To print borders around each page, select one of the line settings in the Border pop-up

menu.

• To rotate the image you are printing 180°, click Reverse Page Orientation.

When you’re finished, you’re ready to print.

Manage Color

You can manage how colors are handled in your photos by selecting Color Management options from the Print window.

Note:

If you want to use ColorSync to manage color, select Color Matching from the pop-up menu, then select the profile for the paper you are using.

1. Select Color Management from the pop-up menu.

2. Select one of the following color management methods:

• Color Controls lets you select a color Mode for printing the colors in photos and

graphics: EPSON Vivid or AdobeRGB.

Advanced Settings adjust Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, and individual Cyan, Magenta, and Yellow color tones.

Gamma adjusts the midtone density in the print (available only when using AdobeRGB).

• Fix Photo automatically analyzes your photos and, if necessary, adjusts the brightness,

contrast, and saturation. You can select Scene Correction and choose Auto Correct, People, Landscape, Night Scene, Sepia, or Gray. Advanced Settings let you select additional options for Digital Camera Correction and Smooth Skin.

Note:

Fix Photo (or Auto Photo Correction) uses a sophisticated face recognition technology to optimize photos that include faces. For this to work, both eyes and the nose must be visible in the subject’ s face. If your photo includes a face with an intentional color cast, such as a statue, you may want to turn off Fix Photo to retain the special color effects.

• Off (No Color Adjustment) turns off printer software color adjustments so you can use

the color adjustments in your program only.

When you’re finished, you’re ready to print.

Adjust Image Expansion

You can adjust the amount of image expansion when printing borderless photos from the Print window.

1. Select Expansion from the pop-up menu.

Note: This option is available only when you chose a Paper Size setting of Sheet Feeder Borderless from the Print window

2. To adjust the borderless expansion, select Min, Mid, or Max in the pop-up menu. Note:

You may see white borders on your printed photo if you use the Min setting.

When you’re finished, you’re ready to print.

Fix Red-Eye Effects

To reduce or remove red-eye in photos, select the Extension Settings menu.

Click the Fix Red-Eye checkbox to turn on this feature. When you’re finished, you’re ready to print.

View Print Setting Summary To see a summary of your settings, select Summary from the pop-up menu.

Click the arrows to expand summary information for different types of settings. When you’re finished, you’re ready to print

Schedule Printing

You can print your documents or photos at specified times or print them according to priorities you set.

1. Select Scheduler from the pop-up menu.

2. To print at a specific time, click At and enter a time.

3. To hold the document or photo for printing when you later release it, click On Hold.

4. To set a priority for printing this document or photo in relation to others you will be printing, select a setting in the Priority pop-up menu.

When you’re finished, you’re ready to print.