Epson STYLUSPro4400, STYLUSPro4800 User Manual

Reference Guide

English

Color Ink Jet Printer

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Printer Parts

Front view

Roll paper cover

Rear manual feed slot

Ink lever

Rear view

Ink cartridge slot

Paper lever

Front manual feed slot

ink compartment

English

Top cover

Control panel

Roll paper support

Maintenance tank

Paper tray cover

Paper tray

Knobs

Rear cover

AC inlet

USB interface connector

IEEE1394 interface connector

Chapter 1 Printing with Windows

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Canceling printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Making Settings on the Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

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

Making the Color setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Making the Mode setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Making Advanced setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Checking the Ink Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Previewing your printout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Using the Print Assistant function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Making Settings on the Paper Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Making the Paper Source setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Making the Borderless setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Making the Auto Cut setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Making the Paper Size setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Making the Copies setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Making the Orientation settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Making the Printable Area setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Making the Roll Paper Option settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Making Settings on the Layout Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Making the Reduce/Enlarge setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Making Double-sided Printing setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

Making Multi-Page settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Using the Printer Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Checking the print head nozzles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Cleaning the print head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Aligning the print head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

Using Printer and Option Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81

Starting EPSON LFP Remote Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Making the Speed & Progress settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83

Getting Information Through Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86

Checking Printer Status and Managing Print Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Using the Progress Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Using the EPSON Spool Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90

Using EPSON Status Monitor 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91

Increasing the Print Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

General tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Using Speed & Progress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

Sharing Your Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

For Windows XP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95

For Windows Me and 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99

For Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Updating and Uninstalling the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

Updating the driver in Windows XP and 2000 . . . . . . . . . . .108

Updating to Windows Me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

Uninstalling the printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108

Uninstalling the USB Host Device Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

English

Chapter 2 Printing with Mac OS 9.x

Printer Software Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

Accessing the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Accessing the Print dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Accessing the Page Setup dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Accessing the Layout dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Accessing the Utility dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Basic Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

Making the printer driver settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113

Canceling printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116

Making Settings in the Print Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Making the Media Type setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Making the Color setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Making the Mode setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120

Making Advanced setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

Making the Copies setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Making the Pages setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Setting the print time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135

Previewing your printout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Making Settings in the Page Setup Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Making the Paper Sizes setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Making the Paper Source setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Making the Borderless setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Making the Auto Cut setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Making the Orientation setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Making Double-sided Printing setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Making the Reduce or Enlarge setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Making the Printable Area settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Making the Roll Paper Option settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Making Settings in the Layout Dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Making the Fit to Page setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Making Multi-Page settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Making Print Order settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Using the Printer Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

Checking the print head nozzles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Cleaning the print head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Aligning the print head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166

Getting Information Through Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Checking Printer Status and Managing Print Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Using the EPSON StatusMonitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Accessing EPSON StatusMonitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

Making Configuration Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Using EPSON Monitor IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Accessing EPSON Monitor IV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170

Managing print jobs using EPSON Monitor IV . . . . . . . . . . 172

Sharing Your Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174

Setting up your printer as a shared printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

Accessing the shared printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176

Uninstalling the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

Chapter 3 Printing with Mac OS X

Printer Software Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178

Accessing the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180

Accessing the Page Setup dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180

Accessing the Print dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180

Accessing the Utility dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180

Page Setup Dialog Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181

Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181

Format for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182

Paper Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182

Orientation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183

Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183

Print Dialog Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184

Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184

Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .184

Copies & Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .185

Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186

Output Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187

Print Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

Printer Color Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196

Paper Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202

Roll Paper Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205

Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209

Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210

Saving your settings in the Print dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210

Using your saved settings in the Print dialog . . . . . . . . . . . .211

Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211

Performing Borderless Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212

Canceling Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214

Printer Utility Dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214

Accessing the EPSON Printer Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .214

Using the Printer Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .215

Checking the print head nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .217

Cleaning the print head. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219

Aligning the print head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220

Starting EPSON LFP Remote Panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220

Using the Print Assistant function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221

Getting Information Through Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .221

Uninstalling the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222

English

Chapter 4 The Control Panel

Buttons, Lights, and Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223

Lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225

Combination of buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227

SelecType Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

When to use SelecType. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228

SelecType menu list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Basic SelecType setting procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Details of SelecType . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Checking the print head nozzles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246

Aligning the print head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248

Making the paper settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Printing a status sheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Setting the alert value of the paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Chapter 5 Maintenance Mode

Maintenance Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

Maintenance mode setting procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

Maintenance mode list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259

Details of maintenance mode items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260

Chapter 6 Paper Handling

Notes on Epson Special Media and Other Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Using Epson special media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263

Using paper other than Epson special media . . . . . . . . . . . . 264

Using Roll Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Attaching the roll paper to the spindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Attaching the spacer to the spindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Removing the roll paper from the spindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Loading roll paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

Using the roll paper belt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273

Cutting the roll paper or printing page lines . . . . . . . . . . . . 274

Using Cut Sheet Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .276

Checking the paper path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .276

Loading cut-sheet media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277

Chapter 7 Maintenance and Transportation

Replacing Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295

Converting the Black Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300

Updating the printer driver information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .306

Replacing the Maintenance Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .308

Replacing the Paper Cutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310

Cleaning the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .314

If you have not used your printer for a long time . . . . . . . . .315

Transporting the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .316

Over a long distance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .316

Over a short distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .317

Setting up the printer after transporting it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .318

Chapter 8 Problem Solver

Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320

Printer stops printing unexpectedly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .320

The printer does not turn on or stay on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .328

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

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

Print Quality Could be Better . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .339

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

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

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

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

Roll paper does not eject properly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .346

Clearing paper jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .347

Contacting Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .355

Technical Support Web Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .355

Paper Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356

Paper settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .356

English

Chapter 9 Product Information

Printer Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359

Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359

Printable area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361

Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362

Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363

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

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

Standards and Approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365

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

Ink cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367

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

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

To use your printer with Mac OS 9.x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369

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

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

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

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

Chapter 10 Options and Consumable Products

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

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

Interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373

Interface cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

Borderless Print Spacer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374

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

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

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

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

Black ink conversion cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377

Epson Special Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377

Roll paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378

Cut sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379

Appendix A Corrections

About paper margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .381

About Platen Gap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .382

Cleaning the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .383

About the Black Ink Conversion Kit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .386

Glossary

Index

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Chapter 1

Printing with Windows

Printer Software Introduction

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

The printer software includes the following menus.

Menu Settings and Utilities

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

Assistant

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

Layout Reduce/Enlarge, Double-Sided Printing, Multi-Page

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

Copies, Orientation, Printable Area (When Paper Tray or Manual Feed is selected as the Paper Source), Roll Paper Option (When Roll Paper or Roll Paper (Banner) is selected as the Paper Source.)

Head Alignment, Printer and Option Information (EPSON Stylus Pro 4800 only), EPSON LFP Remote Panel, Speed & Progress

For information on making printer driver settings, see “Making Settings on the Main Menu” on page 21, “Making Settings on the Paper Menu” on page 47, and “Making Settings on the Layout Menu” on page 63.

For information on the printer utilities, see “Using the Printer Utilities” on page 76.

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Note:

❏ The specific features available in the printer software vary

depending on the version of Windows you are using.

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

for EPSON Stylus Pro 4800 running on Windows XP. The screens of EPSON Stylus Pro 4400 and EPSON Stylus Pro 4800 are almost the same, except as noted.

The online help provides more information on the printer software.

See “Getting Information Through Online Help” on page 86.

Accessing the Printer Software

To access the printer software installed in your computer, follow

the steps below.

Note:

The specific features available in the printer software vary depending on

the versions of Windows you are using.

From Windows XP

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

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

From Windows Me and 98

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

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

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From Windows 2000

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

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

The printer software window appears.

From Windows applications

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

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

Basic Settings

Making the printer driver settings

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

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

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

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

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

4. From Media Type, select a media that matches the paper loaded in the printer. See “Media Type setting list” on page 22.

Note:

❏ Check the media type and its paper path. See “Paper path list”

on page 276.

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❏ The Media Type setting determines what other settings are

available; therefore, always make this setting first.

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

you have selected.

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

For EPSON Stylus Pro 4800 only: If you want to print advanced monochrome photos, select Advanced B&W Photo.

Note:

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

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

7. Adjust Speed and Quality in the Mode box if a slider appears. Drag the slider to the left or right depending on which is more important.

For EPSON Stylus Pro 4800 only: If you have selected Advanced B&W Photo as the Color setting, select the Color Toning setting from the pull-down menu.

Note:

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

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

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

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

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

“Making the Borderless setting” on page 48.

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

Note:

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

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

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14. When Paper Tray or Manual Feed is selected as the Paper

Source setting, make the Printable Area settings as needed. See “Making the Printable Area setting” on page 58.

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

60.

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

Note:

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

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

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

functions may not be available.

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16. Select Reduce/Enlarge, and then adjust the size of printed data, if necessary. See “Making the Reduce/Enlarge setting” on page 64.

17. Select Double-Sided Printing, and then make settings as needed. See “Making Double-sided Printing setting” on page 65 for details.

18. Select Multi-Page, and then make settings as needed. See “Making Multi-Page settings” on page 72 for details.

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

20. Click Print to start printing.

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

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Canceling printing

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

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

Caution:

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

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

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Making Settings on the Main Menu

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

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Making the Media Type setting

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

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

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Note:

❏ The availability of special media varies by country.

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

Epson Special Media and Other Media” on page 263.

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

refer to the Epson customer support website. See “Contacting Customer Support” on page 355.

Media Type setting list

Media Type Setting Epson Special Media Name/

Description

Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper

Singleweight Matte Paper Singleweight Matte Paper

Enhanced Matte Paper Enhanced Matte Paper

Archival Matte Paper Archival Matte Paper

Photo Glossy Paper Photo Glossy Paper

Photo Semigloss Paper Photo Semigloss Paper

Premium Glossy Photo Paper Premium Glossy Photo Paper

Premium Semigloss Photo Paper Premium Semigloss Photo Paper

Premium Luster Photo Paper Premium Luster Photo Paper

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

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

Premium Semigloss Photo Paper (250)

Premium Semimatte Photo Paper (250)

Photo Paper Gloss 250 Photo Paper Gloss 250

Proofing Paper Semimatte EPSON Proofing Paper Semimatte

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Premium Semigloss Photo Paper (250)

Premium Semimatte Photo Paper (250)

(Commercial)

Watercolor Paper - Radiant White Watercolor Paper - Radiant White

Textured Fine Art Paper Textured Fine Art Paper

Velvet Fine Art Paper Velvet Fine Art Paper

UltraSmooth Fine Art Paper UltraSmooth Fine Art Paper

Plain Paper -

Plain Paper (Line drawing) -

Singleweight Matte Paper (line drawing)

Tracing Paper -

Making the Color setting

EPSON Stylus Pro 4400

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

Note:

When printing on any media other than tracing paper, we recommend

Color/B&W Photo even if the data to print is black.

Singleweight Matte Paper

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EPSON Stylus Pro 4800

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

Note:

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

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Making the Mode setting

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

Automatic mode

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

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Quality and Speed slider

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

Color Control mode

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

You can select from the following settings.

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

in printouts.

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

Charts and Graphs

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

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EPSON Standard (sRGB)

Adobe RGB For EPSON Stylus Pro 4800 only:

For EPSON Stylus Pro 4800 only: Increases the contrast in images. Use this setting for color photographs.

Matches image color to Adobe RGB.

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Color Toning (for EPSON Stylus Pro 4800 only)

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

You can select from the following settings.

Neutral This setting provides standard image

Cool This setting gives a cool tone to your photos.

Warm This setting gives a warm tone to your photos.

Sepia This setting applies a sepia tone to your photos.

correction for most photos. Try this first.

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Custom mode

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

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Note:

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

Advanced Photo

Advanced Photo 2880

PhotoEnhance This mode lets you select image-correction

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

settings specially designed for scanned or digitally captured photos.

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Making Advanced setting

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

To make Advanced settings, follow the steps below.

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

2. Make sure a media matching the media loaded in the printer is selected. See “Media Type setting list” on page 22.

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

Note:

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

4. Select a Print Quality setting.

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5. If you are using non-Epson special media, click the Paper Config button, and then make settings as needed. For details, see “Paper Configuration” on page 30.

6. Make the Printer Color Management settings. For details, see “Printer Color Management” on page 33.

Note:

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

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

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

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Paper Configuration

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

Mode Description

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

range of -50% to +50%. Drag the slider to the right (+) to deepen the color of your printout or left (-) to lighten its color. You can also type a number (-50 to +50) in the box next to the slider.

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

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

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

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Contents

Printing with Windows

Printer Software Introduction

Accessing the Printer Software

From Windows XP

From Windows Me and 98

From Windows 2000

From Windows applications

Basic Settings

Making the printer driver settings

Canceling printing

Making Settings on the Main Menu

Making the Media Type setting

Making the Color setting

Making the Mode setting

Making Advanced setting