Epson Stylus Pro Series Installation and operation manual

Mac OS X Leopard
Printer Driver Guide
NPD3699-00

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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
Contents

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Using the Printer
Software
Printer Software
Introduction
Adding the printer
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.
ATurn on the printer.
BDouble-click the Applications folder, and
then double-click the System Preferences
folder. Then double-click the Print & Fax
folder.
CClick +.
Note:
The screen may differ depending on the printer you
use.
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.

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DSelect your printer, and then click Add.
EMake sure the printer you just added is
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.
Make the settings as necessary, and then start
printing.
Getting Information
Through Online Help
To access the online help, click the button in
the dialog of the printer driver.

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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
AClick the Printer icon in the Dock.
BYou can check the jobs waiting and their
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.
AClick the Printer icon in the Dock.
BClick the job you want to delete, and then
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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Using Printer Utilities
The Epson printer utilities let you check the
current printer status and perform printer
maintenance from your screen.
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.
Nozzle Check
This utility checks the print head nozzles to see if
they are clogged and need to be cleaned. Check
the nozzles when you notice the print quality has
declined and after cleaning to confirm that the
print head nozzles have been cleaned. If the print
head nozzles are clogged, perform head cleaning.
Head Cleaning
This utility cleans the color and black print heads.
You may need to clean the print head if you notice
the print quality has declined.
Printer Head Alignment
This utility can be used to improve the print
quality of your printed data. The alignment of the
print head may need to be adjusted if vertical
lines appear out of alignment or if white or black
banding noise appear in your printed data. Use
this utility to realign the print head.
EPSON LFP Remote Panel
This utility lets you optimize your printer. You
can start this utility only if it is installed. See the
EPSON LFP Remote Panel online help for
detailed information.
Manual/Print Assist
You can access the User’s Guide. If the User’s Guide
is not installed, it will access a technical support
Web site.
Print Firmware Update
EPSON LFP Remote Panel is started and updates
the printer firmware. To use this function, you
need to download the latest firmware from the
Epson Web site beforehand.
Note:
The buttons appearing on the printer utilities dialog
may differ depending on the printer you use.

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Accessing EPSON Printer
Utility3
You can access the EPSON Printer Utility3 using
the following ways.
❏Double-click the Applications folder, and
then double-click the EPSON Printer Utility3
icon.
❏In the Print dialog, select Print Settings, and
then click the icon.
Using EPSON StatusMonitor
EPSON StatusMonitor provides you with
detailed printer status information, a graphic
display of the ink cartridge status and the free
space of the maintenance tank, and status
messages.
Accessing EPSON StatusMonitor
Open the EPSON Printer Utility3 window, and
then click EPSON StatusMonitor.
Note:
There is no the icon in the Print dialog,
depending on the printer you use.
Note:
The printer error message appears automatically on
your screen even if EPSON StatusMonitor is not
opened.

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Viewing information in EPSON
StatusMonitor
EPSON StatusMonitor provides you with
detailed printer status information, a graphic
display of the ink cartridge status and the free
space of the maintenance tank, and status
messages. If a problem occurs during printing, an
error message appears. Check the message and
solve the problem accordingly.
Uninstalling the Printer
Software
To uninstall the printer software, follow the steps
below.
Uninstalling the printer driver
To uninstall the printer driver and EPSON Printer
Utility3, follow the steps below.
ATurn off the printer, and unplug the
interface cable connected with the
computer and printer.
BClose the all application software.
CDouble-click the Applications folder, and
then double-click the System Preferences
folder. Then double-click the Print & Fax
folder.

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DSelect the printer, and then click -.
After clicking -, close the dialog.
EInsert the printer software CD-ROM into
the CD-ROM drive.
FDouble-click the Printer Driver folder.
GDouble-click the EPSON_IJ_Printer icon.
HIf the Authenticate dialog appears, enter the
password or phrase and then click OK.
To uninstall the printer driver, you must
log in as a user with administrator rights.
IClick Continue, and then click Accept.
JSelect Uninstall from the pull-down menu,
and then click the Uninstall button.
KFollow the on-screen instructions to
uninstall the printer driver.
Uninstalling EPSON LFP
Remote Panel
Drag the EPSON LFP Remote Panel folder to the
Trash. See the EPSON LFP Remote Panel online
help for more information.
Note:
If the folder does not appear, double-click the
EPSON icon on the desk top.

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Using Color
Management
The printer driver provides a setting for
performing color management to printing data
and a color adjustment that produces better
looking prints by using only the printer driver.
Color adjustment is performed without adjusting
the color of the original data.
See “Methods for color management” on page
15.
Color management
About color management system
(CMS)
Since devices such as a digital camera, scanner,
monitor, or printer produce color differently, the
printing result looks different from the image you
see on the display. To adjust the color between
devices, use the color management system. Both
Windows and Mac OS X have a color
management system as their standard feature.
Also, some image editing software support the
color management system.
Each operating system supports the color
management system, such as ICM for Windows
and ColorSync for Mac OS. When performing
color management using the printer driver, the
color management system of the operating
system is also used. In this color management
system, a color definition file called the ICC
profile is used for performing color matching
between devices. The ICC profile is prepared for
each printer model and each media type. For a
digital camera, the color domain of sRGB,
AdobeRGB, etc., may be specified as the profile.
In color management, the profile of an input
device is called an input profile (or source
profile), and an output device, such as a printer, is
called a printer profile (or output profile).
Note:
When you print an image taken by a digital camera or
scanner, usually the printing result looks different
from what you see on the display. This variance
occurs because each device such as a digital camera,
scanner, monitor, or printer, produces colors
differently. In order to reduce the differences in color
between each device, please perform color
management between each device.

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Methods for color management
Color management by application
Color management by printer driver
Application Printer driver Printer
Color
management by
application
Specify the input
profile.
Specify the printer
profile.
The color management is performed by specifying the input profile and the printer profile by the
application. You can select this method when an application supports its own color management function.
Color compensation should be turned off (no color adjustment) in the printer driver.
See “Color management by application” on page 16.
Application Printer driver Printer
Color
management by
ColorSync
Specify the input
profile.
Specify the printer profile.
You need to perform color matching with the printer driver before printing. An application needs to support
ColorSync color management.
See “Color management by ColorSync” on page 17.

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Color management by
application
The following procedures are for Adobe
Photoshop CS3.
Refer to the application’s user manual for details
of the settings.
AFrom the File menu, select Print.
BSelect Color management, and then select
Document for the Print. Select Photoshop
Manages Colors for the Color Handling.
Next, select the Print Profile and the
Rendering Intent, then click Done.
In Adobe Photoshop CS2, select Color
Management, and select Document for the
Print. Select Let Photoshop Determine
Colors for the Color Handling. Select the
Printer Profile and the Rendering Intent.
Then click Done.
COpen the Print dialog.
See “Accessing the Printer Driver” on
page 6.
Intent Explanation
Saturation Performs conversion,
keeping the current
saturation unchanged.
Perceptual Performs conversion so
that a more visually
natural image is
produced. This feature is
used when a wider gamut
of color is used for image
data.
Relative
Colorimetric
Performs conversion so
that a set of color gamut
coordinates and white
point (or color
temperature)
coordinates in original
data match their
corresponding print
coordinates. This feature is
used for many types of
color matching.
Absolute
Colorimetric
Assigns absolute color
gamut coordinates to
both of original and print
data and performs
conversion. Therefore,
color tone adjustment is
not performed on any
white point (or color
temperature) for the
original or print data. This
feature is used for special
purposes such as logo
color printing.

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DSelect Print Settings and select Off (No
Color Adjustment) for the Color Settings in
the dialog.
ECheck other settings, and then start
printing.
Color management by ColorSync
The following procedures are for Adobe
Photoshop Elements 4.0.
AFrom the File menu, select Print.
BSelect the Show More Options check box to
display Color Management. Select Printer
Color Management for the Printer Profile.
Then click Print.
Note:
❏Use image data in which an input profile has
been embedded.
❏The application needs to support ColorSync.
❏If you use the specific Adobe applications (Adobe
Photoshop CS2/CS3 and Adobe Photoshop
Lightroom), you cannot use the following
procedures. Use other color management
methods.

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CSelect Color Matching and select
ColorSync in the dialog.
DSelect Print Settings and select Off (No
Color Adjustment) for the Color Settings in
the dialog.
ECheck other settings, and then start
printing.
Color adjustment by the
printer driver
You can perform color management by the
printer driver only. Also, you can use the Photo
Enhance function to adjust the color of the image
data automatically.
Color adjustment by the Color
Controls
You can perform color management by the
printer driver. Use this function if the application
does not support color management or if you
want to manually perform color management.
AOpen the Print dialog.
See “Accessing the Printer Driver” on
page 6.
Note:
When you select Color Controls in the Print
Settings dialog, you cannot perform color
management.
Note:
If you use the color management of the printer driver
from an application such as Adobe Photoshop CS3,
turn off the color management function of the
application.

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BSelect Print Settings, and select Color for
the Color, and change Color Settings if
necessary, then click Advanced Color
Settings.
CMake the necessary settings.
See the online help of the printer driver for
detailed information.
DCheck other settings, and then start
printing.
Black-and-White Photo
Printing
Advanced black-and-white photo printing is
available by making the settings in the Color
Controls dialog box, without using the
application software. The print image is adjusted
without affecting the original data.
AOpen the Print dialog.
See “Accessing the Printer Driver” on
page 6.
Note:
This function can be used for the printers that support
Epson UltraChrome K3 ink.
Note:
If you use the color management of the printer driver
from an application such as Adobe Photoshop CS3,
turn off the color management function of the
application.

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BSelect Print Settings.
CSelect Advanced B&W Photo for the Color.
DClick Advanced Color Settings.
EMake the necessary settings, and then start
printing.
For more detailed information, see the
online help of the printer driver.