Epson Stylus Pro 4880 User Guide

Epson Stylus® Pro 4880

User’s Guide

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Copyrights and Trademarks

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Corporation’s operating and maintenance instructions.

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of any options or any consumable products other than those designated as Original Epson
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is a trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation.

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are trademarks, and Epson Preferred is a service mark of Epson America, Inc.

Microsoft, Windows, and Windows Vista are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.

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PremierArt is a trademark of Premier Imaging Products, Inc.

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Contents

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Chapter 1 Printing with Mac OS X 11

Page Setup Window Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Format for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Paper Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Orientation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Print Window Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Copies & Pages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Output Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Scheduler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Paper Handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

ColorSync . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Cover Page . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Print Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Printer Color Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Paper Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Roll Paper Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Saving your settings in the Print window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Using your saved settings in the Print window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Selecting Borderless Print Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Canceling Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Printer Utility Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Accessing the Epson Printer Utility2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Using the Printer Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37

Checking the print head nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Cleaning the print head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Aligning the print head. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Starting Epson LFP Remote Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

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Getting Information Through On-screen Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Uninstalling the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Chapter 2 Printing with Windows 45

Basic Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Selecting printer driver settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Canceling printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Selecting Settings on the Main Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Selecting the Media Type setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Selecting the Color setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Selecting the Print Quality setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Selecting the Mode setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Selecting the Advanced settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Paper Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Saving settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

Deleting settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Exporting and importing settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Selecting the Paper Source setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Selecting the Borderless setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Selecting the Paper Size setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Selecting the Printable Area setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Selecting the Roll Paper Option settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Selecting the Save Roll Paper setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Checking Ink Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Previewing your printout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Using the Manual function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Selecting Settings on the Page Layout Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Selecting the Orientation settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Selecting the Copies setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Selecting the Reduce/Enlarge settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Selecting Double-Sided Printing setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Selecting Multi-Page settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Selecting the Optimize Enlargement setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Selecting the Print Background Color setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Selecting the Job Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Using the Printer Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Checking the print head nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Cleaning the print head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Aligning the print head. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Selecting Monitoring Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Selecting Speed and Progress settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Selecting Menu Arrangement settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Starting Epson LFP Remote Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

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Getting Information Through On-screen Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95

Checking Printer Status and Managing Print Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Using the Progress Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Using Epson Status Monitor 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Increasing the Print Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

General tips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Using Speed and Progress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Sharing Your Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

For Windows Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

For Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Updating and Uninstalling the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Updating the driver in Windows Vista or XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Uninstalling the printer driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Chapter 3 The Control Panel 107

Buttons, Lights, Messages, and Icons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Menu Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

When to use Menu mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Basic Menu setting procedure. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Menu list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Details of Menu mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117

Checking the print head nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130

Aligning the print head. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Selecting paper settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Printing a status sheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Setting the alert value for paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Maintenance Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Maintenance mode setting procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

Maintenance mode list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138

Details of Maintenance mode items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Chapter 4 Paper Handling 143

Notes on Epson Media and Other Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Using Epson media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Using paper other than Epson media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Using Roll Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Attaching the roll paper to the spindle. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Removing the roll paper from the spindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

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Loading roll paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Cutting the roll paper or printing page lines. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149

Using Cut Sheet Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Checking the paper path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

Loading cut sheet media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Chapter 5 Maintenance and Transportation 169

Replacing Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169

Changing the Black Ink Cartridge. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173

Updating the printer driver information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Replacing the Maintenance Tank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Replacing the Paper Cutter Blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180

Cleaning the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182

If you have not used your printer for a long time. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 185

Transporting the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Preparing the printer for shipment. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186

Setting up the printer after transportation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188

Chapter 6 Problem Solver 191

Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

Printer stops printing unexpectedly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191

The printer does not turn on or stay on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

The printer prints nothing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Printouts are not what you expected . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Print quality could be better. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203

Color documents print in black ink only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Printing could be faster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206

Roll paper cannot be cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Paper feed or paper jam problems occur frequently . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Roll paper does not eject properly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Clearing paper jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209

Managing Color with Profiles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Macintosh Printing with a Color Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219

Windows Printing with a Color Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222

Paper Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Paper settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226

Where To Get Help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

Purchase Supplies and Accessories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229

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Chapter 7 Product Information 231

Printer Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Printable area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231

Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232

Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233

Standards and Approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234

Ink cartridges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Interface Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

USB interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Ethernet interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

Chapter 8 Options and Consumable Products 241

Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Roll paper spindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Consumable Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Paper cutter blade. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Maintenance tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Ink cartridges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Epson media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Safety Instructions 247

Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

When choosing a place for this product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

When setting up this product. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247

When using this product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

When handling the ink cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249

When transporting this product . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Warning, Cautions, and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250

Index 251

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Chapter 1

Printing with Mac OS X

Page Setup Window Settings

You can select Format for, Paper Size, Orientation, and Scale settings for

printing from the Page Setup window.

Note:

The Page Setup dialog is a standard feature of Mac OS X. See your operating

system’s documentation for details.

Settings

Page Attributes

Displays the page setup settings.

Format for

Select Stylus Pro 4880 in the Format for drop-down menu.

Note:

Always select the same printer in the Format for drop-down menu (in the Page Setup

window) and the Printer drop-down menu (in the Print window); otherwise, your

images may not be printed correctly.

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Paper Size

Select a paper size and a print area that you want to use.

The print area is listed when you click the arrow mark next to the Paper Size

you have selected.

The following table lists the print areas you can select.

Printer Description

Standard Prints on cut-sheet paper with 14-mm

bottom, and 3-mm top, left, and right
margins.

Maximum Prints on cut-sheet paper with 3-mm margins

in four directions.

Borderless (Auto Expand) Enlarges prints on cut-sheet paper with 3-mm

top, 14-mm bottom, and 0-mm left and right
margins.

Borderless (Auto Expand,
Maximum)

Roll Paper Prints on roll paper with 3-mm margins on all

Roll Paper - Borderless (Auto
Expand)

Roll Paper - Banner Prints multiple pages on roll paper

Borderless (Retain Size) Prints on cut-sheet paper with 3-mm top,

Borderless (Retain Size,
Maximum)

Roll Paper - Borderless
(Retain Size)

Prints data enlarged on cut-sheet paper with
3-mm top and bottom margins, and 0-mm
left and right margins.

four sides.

Enlarges prints on roll paper without margins.

continuously with 3-mm left and right margins
and 0-mm top and bottom margins.

14-mm bottom, and 0-mm left and right
margins, while retaining the ratio of the
original size.

Prints on cut-sheet paper with 3-mm top and
bottom margins and 0-mm left and right
margins, while retaining the ratio of the
original size.

Prints on roll paper without margins, while
retaining the ratio of the original size.

Roll Paper - Borderless
Banner

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Prints multiple pages on roll paper
continuously without margins.

Orientation

Select the Orientation setting that matches the orientation of your image.

Scale

Select a scale to reduce or enlarge the size of your printed image.

Print Window Settings

You can select Printer and Presets settings used for printing.

Note:

The Print window is a standard feature of Mac OS X. See your operating system’s

documentation for details.

Printer

Select Stylus Pro 4880 in the Printer drop-down menu.

Note:

Always select the same printer in the Format for drop-down menu (in the Page Setup

window) and the Printer drop-down menu (in the Print window); otherwise, your

images may not be printed correctly.

Presets

Select Standard or Save As.

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Standard

Prints with the current settings.

Save as

Prints with custom saved settings.

Copies & Pages

Select the Copies, Collated, and Pages settings that you want to use for

printing.

Copies

Enter the number of copies that you want to print in the Copies text box.

Collated

Select Collated to print one complete document set at a time when printing

multiple copies.

Pages

Select either All or From and to. If you select From and to, enter the first

page of the range of pages in the From text box and the last page in the to

text box.

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Layout

Select the Pages per Sheet, Layout Direction, and Border settings that you

want to use for printing.

Note:

Layout is a standard feature of Mac OS X. See your operating system’s

documentation for details.

Pages per Sheet

You can print multiple pages of your document on a single piece of paper.

Select from 1, 2, 4, 6, 9, or 16.

Layout Direction

You can specify the order in which the pages will be printed on the sheet of

paper.

Border

You can print a border around the pages printed on each sheet. You can

select from None, Single Hairline, Single Thin Line, Double Hairline, or

Double Thin Line.

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Output Options

You can print your image to a file if you click the Save as File checkbox, and

select a format from the Format drop-down menu.

If you want to print your image on paper, uncheck the Save as File checkbox.

Note:

❏ Output Options is a standard feature of Mac OS X. See your operating system’s

documentation for details.

❏ Output Options does not appear when you are using Mac OS X 10.4.x. In Mac OS

X 10.4.x, click the PDF button instead.

Scheduler

Select the Print Document (time) and Priority settings that you want to use

for printing.

Note:

Scheduler is a standard feature of Mac OS X. See your operating system’s

documentation for details.

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Paper Handling

Select the Page Order, Print (pages), and Destination Paper Size settings

that you want to use for printing.

Note:

Paper Handling is a standard feature of Mac OS X. See your operating system’s

documentation for details.

ColorSync

Select the Color Conversion and Quartz Filter settings that you want to use

for printing.

Note:

ColorSync is a standard feature of Mac OS X. See your operating system’s

documentation for details.

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Cover Page

Select the Print Cover Page, Cover Page Type, and Billing Info settings

that you want to use for printing.

Note:

Cover Page is a standard feature of Mac OS X. See your operating system’s

documentation for details.

Print Settings

Select Page Setup, Media Type, Color, and Mode settings.

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Page Setup

Shows the print area that was selected from the Paper Size list in the Page

Setup window.

When you print on cut sheet paper, select Paper Tray if you are using the

paper tray or select Manual Feed if you are using the front or rear manual

feed slot.

Media Type

The Media Type setting determines what other settings are available in the

printer driver, so make sure you always select this setting first.

Select the Media Type setting that matches the paper you loaded in the

printer. See the table below for a list of settings.

Note:

❏ The availability of Epson media varies by region.

❏ When you are using non-Epson papers, see "Notes on Epson Media and Other

Media" on page 143.

❏ For the latest information on the Epson media available in your area, see "Where

To Get Help" on page 229.

Media Type setting list

Media Type Setting Epson Media Name

Premium Luster Photo Paper (260) Premium Luster Photo Paper (260)

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

Premium Semigloss Photo Paper (250) Premium Semi-gloss Photo Paper (250)

Premium Semimatte Photo Paper (260) Premium Semimatte Photo Paper (260)

Premium Glossy Photo Paper (170) Premium Glossy Photo Paper (170)

Premium Semigloss Photo Paper (170) Premium Semi-gloss Photo Paper (170)

Premium Glossy Photo Paper Premium Photo Paper Glossy

Premium Glossy Photo Paper

Premium Semigloss Photo Paper Premium Photo Paper Semi-gloss

Premium Semigloss Photo Paper

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Media Type Setting Epson Media Name

Premium Luster Photo Paper Ultra Premium Photo Paper Luster

Premium Luster Photo Paper

Epson Proofing Paper White Semimatte Proofing Paper White Semimatte

Epson Proofing Paper Publication Proofing Paper Publication

Epson Proofing Paper Commercial Proofing Paper Commercial

Proofing Paper Commercial Semimatte

Velvet Fine Art Paper Velvet Fine Art Paper

Watercolor Paper - Radiant White Watercolor Paper - Radiant White

PremierArt Water Resistant Canvas for
Epson

Piezo Pro Matte Canvas

Textured Fine Art Paper Textured Fine Art Paper

UltraSmooth Fine Art Paper UltraSmooth Fine Art Paper

Singleweight Matte Paper Singleweight Matte Paper

Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper Presentation Paper Matte

Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper

Enhanced Matte Paper Ultra Premium Presentation Paper Matte

Enhanced Matte Paper

Plain Paper —

Plain Paper (line drawing) —

Tracing Paper —

Singleweight Matte Paper (line
drawing)

Singleweight Matte Paper

Color

Select Color to print color or monochrome photos, or Black to print a draft or

black text only. If you want to fine-tune your monochrome prints, select

Advanced B&W Photo.

Mode

You can select the Automatic or Advanced Settings.

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Automatic

Automatic is the quickest and easiest way to start printing. When Automatic

is selected, the printer selects all of the detailed settings based on the Media

Type and Color settings you choose.

Quality and Speed slider

Depending on the Media Type, Color, and Mode setting you selected, 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 is selected as the Color setting in Automatic mode, the Color

Control drop-down menu appears.

You can select from the following settings.

Charts and
Graphs

EPSON
Standard
(sRGB)

Adobe RGB Matches your image’s color to the Adobe RGB color space.

Enhances colors and lightens the midtones and highlights of
an image. Select this setting when printing presentation
graphics, such as charts and graphs.

Increases the contrast in your printouts. Select this setting
when printing color photographs.

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Advanced Settings

The Advanced Settings give you complete control over the 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 list.

Print Quality Select the print quality that you want to use for printing.

Super
MicroWeave

High Speed Activates bidirectional printing so your printer prints in both

Flip Horizontal Prints your image as it would appear in a mirror. Text and

Finest Detail Depending on the Print Quality setting you selected, you

Gives you slightly more detail, but the print time will be
longer.

left-to-right and right-to-left directions. This setting speeds
up printing, but may decrease print quality.

graphics appear reversed.

can turn on Finest Detail to print text, solid graphics, and
line art with very sharp edges. This setting is not
recommended when you are printing photographs.

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Color Toning When you select Advanced B&W Photo as the Color

setting, the Color Toning drop-down menu appears.

Neutral:

Provides standard image correction for most photos. Try
this first.

Cool:

Gives a cool tone to your printouts.

Warm:

Gives a warm tone to your printouts.

Sepia:

Applies a sepia tone to your printouts.

Fine Adjustment:

Appears when you change the Tone, adjust the settings
using the slide bars or the color circle, or select the
Highlight Point Shift checkbox in the Printer Color
Management window. See "Color Controls (for Advanced
B&W Photo)" on page 25.

Printer Color Management

This option gives you control over the color matching and adjustment methods

provided by the printer driver.

Use these settings to experiment with new printing ideas or to fine-tune a

range of printer settings to meet your individual needs. Once you are satisfied

with your new settings, you can add them to the Custom Setting list in the Print

window.

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Color Controls

Select this setting to use the color matching and adjustment methods provided

with the printer. Click the triangle next to Advanced Settings. You see a

window like this one.

Note:

When Black is selected as the Color setting, you see a similar window, but you can

only adjust the Gamma, Brightness, and Contrast settings.

Mode

Charts and
Graphs

EPSON
Standard
(sRGB)

Adobe RGB Matches your image’s color to the Adobe RGB color space.

Enhances colors and lightens the midtones and highlights of
an image. Select this setting when printing presentation
graphics, such as charts and graphs.

Increases the contrast in your printouts. Select this setting
when printing color photographs.

Gamma

Controls image contrast by modifying the midtones and mid-level grays.

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Advanced Settings

The color enhancement sliders adjust the indicated options in a range of

–25% to +25%.

Drag the slider to the right or left with your mouse to adjust the settings. You

can also type a value from –25% to +25% in the boxes next to the sliders.

Color Controls (for Advanced B&W Photo)

When Advanced B&W Photo is selected as the Color setting, you see a

window like this one. You can adjust the advanced monochrome settings. For

more information on the settings, see the on-screen help.

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ColorSync

This setting automatically adjusts printout colors to match colors on your

screen.

Note:

Ambient light and the age, quality, and settings of your monitor can affect the quality

of color matching.

Off (No Color Adjustment)

This setting does not allow the printer driver to enhance or adjust the color in

any way. Use this setting only when you create a new color profile or if the

other Mode settings do not produce satisfactory results. See "Managing Color

with Profiles" on page 218 for detailed information on applying color

management in your application.

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Paper Configuration

If you are using non-Epson paper and are experiencing problems with print

quality when using Epson Media Type settings, adjust the following settings,

as necessary.

Mode Description

Color Density Adjusts the saturation of Colors. Select a value between

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

Use this setting when you print on non-Epson papers.

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

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

Drying Time
per Print Head
Pass

Pauses the print head for a specified period of time
between passes.

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

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

Note:
If you use this setting, printing will take longer.

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Mode Description

Paper Feed
Adjustment

Paper
Thickness

Paper Suction Adjusts the Paper Suction value. Decreasing the air

Cut Method Determines the best cutting method according to the

Platen Gap The platen gap is the distance from the media loaded in

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

This value is set automatically according to the Media
Type setting. If you use non-Epson media, modify this
value for your media. Refer to the paper specifications, or
see "THICKNESS PAT" on page 126 to print a Thickness
Pattern to determine the paper thickness.

suction at the platen is useful to avoid wrinkling or waving
of thin or saturated media, or eliminating vertical
banding. You can select Standard (100% suction), -1 (50%
suction), -2 (30% suction), -3 (10% suction), or -4 (6%
suction).

paper thickness. You can select Standard (normal speed
and normal cut pressure), Thin Paper (low cut pressure),

Thick Paper, Fast (high speed and high cut pressure), or
Thick Paper, Slow (low speed and high cut pressure)

the printer to the print head. By adjusting this setting, you
can increase the print quality. This is set automatically
according to the Paper Thickness setting specified.

Note:
Setting Platen Gap to Narrow may produce better print
quality, but make sure the media does not wrinkle or
touch the print head; otherwise, the printout or the print
head may be damaged. If this happens, select the Wider
or Wide setting.

Eject Roller
Type

Default button Click this button to return the settings to their factory

Select the Eject Roller Type that best fits your media.

Auto: The printer selects the most appropriate setting
automatically. When you use Epson special media,
usually select this setting.

Starwheel-Sheet: If you want to print on cut-sheet paper
that is non-Epson media, select this setting.

Starwheel-Roll Curled: If you want to print on strongly
curled roll paper that is non-Epson media, select this
setting.

No Roller-Roll Normal: If you want to print on roll paper
that is non-Epson media, select this setting.

default values.

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Roll Paper Option

You can select Auto Cut, Print Page Line, and Save Roll Paper settings.

Auto Cut

You can select the following cutting methods.

Single Cut

Select this setting if you want to save paper.

If you select this setting, the boundary of a picture or the boundary of a page

is cut. However, the cut position may shift slightly.

Note:

When you print on Premium Glossy Photo Paper (250) roll paper or Premium

Semigloss Photo Paper (250) roll paper, do not select this setting; otherwise, print

quality may decline.

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Double Cut

Select this setting to avoid the slight gap that occurs with the Single Cut

setting. A margin is created between the pictures, and 1 mm along the inside

of each picture is cut.

Normal Cut

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

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