Epson Stylus Pro 4400 User manual

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Reference Guide
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Color Ink Jet Printer
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Printer Parts
Front view
Rear view
Paper lever
Top cover
Control panel
Roll paper support
Maintenance tank
Paper tray cover
Paper tray
Front manual feed slot
ink compartment
Ink lever
Ink cartridge slot
Roll paper cover
Rear manual
feed slot
Rear cover
Knobs
AC inlet
USB interface connector
IEEE1394 interface connector
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Contents
Chapter 1 Printing with Windows
Printer Software Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Accessing the Printer Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
From Windows XP . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
From Windows Me and 98. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
From Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
From Windows applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Basic Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Making the printer driver settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Canceling printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Making Settings on the Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Making the Media Type setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Making the Color setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Making the Mode setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Making Advanced setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Checking the Ink Levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Previewing your printout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Using the Print Assistant function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Making Settings on the Paper Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Making the Paper Source setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Making the Borderless setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Making the Auto Cut setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Making the Paper Size setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Making the Copies setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Making the Orientation settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Making the Printable Area setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Making the Roll Paper Option settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Making Settings on the Layout Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Making the Reduce/Enlarge setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Making Double-sided Printing setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Making Multi-Page settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Using the Printer Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Checking the print head nozzles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Cleaning the print head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
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Aligning the print head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Using Printer and Option Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Starting EPSON LFP Remote Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Making the Speed & Progress settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79
Getting Information Through Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Checking Printer Status and Managing Print Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Using the Progress Meter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Using the EPSON Spool Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85
Using EPSON Status Monitor 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Increasing the Print Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
General tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Using Speed & Progress . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Sharing Your Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
For Windows XP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91
For Windows Me and 98 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94
For Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Updating and Uninstalling the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Updating the driver in Windows XP and 2000 . . . . . . . . . . .102
Updating to Windows Me. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Uninstalling the printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Uninstalling the USB Host Device Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Chapter 2 Printing with Mac OS 9.x
Printer Software Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Accessing the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Accessing the Print dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Accessing the Page Setup dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Accessing the Layout dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Accessing the Utility dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Basic Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Making the printer driver settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Canceling printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Making Settings in the Print Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Making the Media Type setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Making the Color setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Making the Mode setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Making Advanced setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
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Making the Copies setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Making the Pages setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Setting the print time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Previewing your printout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Making Settings in the Page Setup Dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Making the Paper Sizes setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Making the Paper Source setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
Making the Borderless setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Making the Auto Cut setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Making the Orientation setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Making Double-sided Printing setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Making the Reduce or Enlarge setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Making the Printable Area settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Making the Roll Paper Option settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
Making Settings in the Layout Dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Making the Fit to Page setting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Making Multi-Page settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Making Print Order settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Using the Printer Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Checking the print head nozzles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Cleaning the print head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
Aligning the print head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Getting Information Through Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Checking Printer Status and Managing Print Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Using the EPSON StatusMonitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Accessing EPSON StatusMonitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
Making Configuration Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
Using EPSON Monitor IV . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Accessing EPSON Monitor IV. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
Managing print jobs using EPSON Monitor IV . . . . . . . . . . 166
Sharing Your Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
Setting up your printer as a shared printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
Accessing the shared printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
Uninstalling the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
Chapter 3 Printing with Mac OS X
Printer Software Introduction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
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Accessing the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
Accessing the Page Setup dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .173
Accessing the Print dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174
Accessing the Utility dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174
Page Setup Dialog Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .174
Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
Format for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
Paper Size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
Orientation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177
Scale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177
Print Dialog Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .177
Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178
Presets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178
Copies & Pages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .178
Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .179
Output Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180
Print Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
Printer Color Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188
Paper Configuration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194
Roll Paper Option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .197
Expansion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202
Saving your settings in the Print dialog . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202
Using your saved settings in the Print dialog . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Preview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Performing Borderless Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .204
Canceling Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
Printer Utility Dialog. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
Accessing the EPSON Printer Utility. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .206
Using the Printer Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .207
Checking the print head nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209
Cleaning the print head. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211
Aligning the print head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
Starting EPSON LFP Remote Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
Using the Print Assistant function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
Getting Information Through Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
Uninstalling the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
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Chapter 4 The Control Panel
Buttons, Lights, and Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
Lights. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
Combination of buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
SelecType Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
When to use SelecType. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
SelecType menu list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
Basic SelecType setting procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
Details of SelecType . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
Checking the print head nozzles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Aligning the print head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Making the paper settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Printing a status sheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Setting the alert value of the paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
Chapter 5 Maintenance Mode
Maintenance Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Maintenance mode setting procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Maintenance mode list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Details of maintenance mode items . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Chapter 6 Paper Handling
Notes on Epson Special Media and Other Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Using Epson special media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
Using paper other than Epson special media . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Using Roll Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Attaching the roll paper to the spindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
Attaching the spacer to the spindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
Removing the roll paper from the spindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Loading roll paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Using the roll paper belt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Cutting the roll paper or printing page lines . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
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Using Cut Sheet Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269
Checking the paper path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269
Loading cut-sheet media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .270
Chapter 7 Maintenance and Transportation
Replacing Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289
Converting the Black Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .294
Updating the printer driver information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .300
Replacing the Maintenance Tank . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .302
Replacing the Paper Cutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .303
Cleaning the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .307
If you have not used your printer for a long time . . . . . . . . .308
Transporting the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309
Over a long distance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309
Over a short distance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310
Setting up the printer after transporting it . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
Chapter 8 Problem Solver
Troubleshooting. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313
Printer stops printing unexpectedly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .313
The printer does not turn on or stay on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321
The printer prints nothing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .321
Printouts are not what you expected. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .329
Print Quality Could be Better . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .332
Color documents print in black only. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .336
Printing could be faster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .336
Roll paper cannot be cut . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .337
Paper feed or paper jam problems occur frequently. . . . . . .338
Roll paper does not eject properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340
Clearing paper jams . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .340
Contacting Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .349
Technical Support Web Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .349
Paper Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350
Paper settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .350
Technical Support Web Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .353
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Chapter 9 Product Information
Printer Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Printable area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Standards and Approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
Ink cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
To use your printer with Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
To use your printer with Mac OS 9.x . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
To use your printer with Mac OS X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Interface Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
USB interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
IEEE1394 Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Chapter 10 Options and Consumable Products
Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Roll paper spindle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
Interface cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Borderless Print Spacer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Consumable Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Paper cutter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
Maintenance Tank. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Ink cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Black ink conversion cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Epson Special Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Roll paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
Cut sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
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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.
For information on making printer driver settings, see “Making
Settings on the Main Menu” on page 19, “Making Settings on the
Paper Menu” on page 44, and “Making Settings on the Layout
Menu” on page 59.
For information on the printer utilities, see “Using the Printer
Utilities” on page 72.
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),
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.)
Layout Reduce/Enlarge, Double-Sided Printing, Multi-Page
Utilities EPSON Status Monitor 3, Nozzle Check, Head Cleaning, Print
Head Alignment, Printer and Option Information (EPSON
Stylus Pro 4800 only), EPSON LFP Remote Panel, Speed &
Progress
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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 82.
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.
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.
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2. Right-click your printer icon, and click Properties. The
printer software window appears.
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.
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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.
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 20.
Note:
❏Check the media type and its paper path. See “Paper path list”
on page 269.
❏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 24.
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9. Click the Paper tab. The Paper menu appears.
10. Select a paper source from the Paper Source list.
11. Select Borderless to print your data with no margins. See
“Making the Borderless setting” on page 45.
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.
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 55.
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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
56.
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.
16. Select Reduce/Enlarge, and then adjust the size of printed
data, if necessary. See “Making the Reduce/Enlarge setting”
on page 60.
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17. Select Double-Sided Printing, and then make settings as
needed. See “Making Double-sided Printing setting” on page
61 for details.
18. Select Multi-Page, and then make settings as needed. See
“Making Multi-Page settings” on page 67 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.
P
Canceling printing
To cancel printing in progress, click Stop on the EPSON Progress
Meter.
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You can also pause or restart printing. To pause printing, click
Pause. To resume printing, click this button again.
cCaution:
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.
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.
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 257.
❏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 349.
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
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