Epson STYLUS PRO 7880, STYLUS PRO 11880, STYLUS PRO 4880, STYLUS PRO 9880, STYLUS PRO 11880C User Manual

Mac OS X Leopard
Printer Driver Guide

NPD3699-00

Mac OS X Leopard Printer Driver Guide

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Contents

Copyrights and Trademarks

Using the Printer Software

Printer Software Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Adding the printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .4

Printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

EPSON Printer Utility3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5

EPSON StatusMonitor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Accessing the Printer Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Accessing the Page Setup dialog . . . . . . . . . . . .6

Accessing the Print dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .7

Getting Information Through Online Help . . . . .7

Basic Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Setting the printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Checking the printer status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8

Canceling printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .9

When problem occurs during printing. . . . . . .9

Using Printer Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Accessing EPSON Printer Utility3. . . . . . . . . .11

Using EPSON StatusMonitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11

Uninstalling the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Uninstalling the printer driver. . . . . . . . . . . . .12

Uninstalling EPSON LFP Remote Panel. . . . .13

Variety of Printings

Using Color Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Color management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Color adjustment by the printer driver. . . . . .18

Black-and-White Photo Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . .19

Borderless Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Supported media type. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Application settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Printer driver settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Roll paper cut for borderless printing. . . . . . .23

Enlarge or Reduce Size Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Custom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Pages Per Sheet Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Printing on Custom Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Banner Printing on Roll Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Application settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Printer driver settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

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Using the Printer Software

Printer Software Introduction

Note:

The screen may differ depending on the printer you
use.

Adding the printer

Double-click the Applications folder, and

B

then double-click the System Preferences
folder. Then double-click the Print & Fax
folder.

After you have installed the printer software on
your computer, you need to select your printer.
You must select a printer the first time you use it
or whenever you want to switch to another
printer. Your computer will always print using
the last printer selected.

Note:

When you use the printer via a network, assign an IP
address to the printer using the printer's control panel
or EpsonNet Config, before adding the printer.

Turn on the printer.

A

Click +.

C

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Select your printer, and then click Add.

D

Make sure the printer you just added is

E

listed. Then, close the Print & Fax dialog.

Printer driver

The printer driver lets you print documents from
applications to the printer.
The following are main functions of the printer
driver:

❏ Sends the print data to the printer.

❏ Makes the printer settings, such as the media

type, paper size. You can register these
settings, and you can also easily import or
export these registered settings.

EPSON Printer Utility3

You can execute the printer maintenance
functions, such as Nozzle Check, Head Cleaning.
EPSON Printer Utility3 is installed with the
printer driver automatically.

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EPSON StatusMonitor

This utility provides you with printer status
information, such as the ink cartridge status, the
free space of the maintenance tank, and a printer
error.

Accessing the Printer Driver

To access the printer driver, follow the steps
below. The following procedures may differ
depending on the application you use.

❏ Page Setup dialog

You can make the paper settings, such as
media type, paper size.

❏ Print dialog

You can make the settings related to print
quality.

Accessing the Page Setup dialog

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

The Page Setup dialog is displayed. You can select
a paper size, borderless printing, a paper source,
and a print area in the Paper Size setting.

Note:

Depending on your application, the Page Setup menu
may not appear on the File menu. If so, click Print on
the File menu of your application, select the
appropriate settings.

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Accessing the Print dialog

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

The Print dialog is displayed. Click the
button.

Getting Information Through Online Help

To access the online help, click the button in
the dialog of the printer driver.

Make the settings as necessary, and then start
printing.

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Basic Settings

This section describes how to print your data
from an application using the Epson printer
driver.

Setting the printer driver

First, make the print data using the application
software.
Before printing, open the printer driver window,
and confirm the print settings such as the media
type, paper size.

Checking the printer status

Click the Printer icon in the Dock.

A

You can check the jobs waiting and their

B

information, and also cancel the printing.

EPSON Printer Monitor

The EPSON Printer Monitor appears on your
display when you start printing, depending on
the printer type.

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Canceling printing

You can cancel a print job waiting from the
computer.

Click the Printer icon in the Dock.

A

Click the job you want to delete, and then

B

click Delete.

When problem occurs during printing

If a problem occurs during printing, an error
message appears. If you are not sure how to solve
the problem, cancel printing, and then start
EPSON StatusMonitor that leads you step by step
through a procedure to solve a problem.

Note:

❏ You can delete a job waiting with the same

procedures above.

❏ You cannot cancel a print job that has been

sent to the printer. In this case, cancel the
print job by the printer.

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