Making Changes to Printer Driver Settings

The Media Type setting determines what other settings are available, so you should always make this setting first.

In the Print dialog box, select the Media Type setting that matches the paper you loaded in the printer. Find your paper in the list below, then select a corresponding Media Type setting (shown in bold). For some kinds of paper, you have several Media Type settings to choose from.

Note:

The availability of special media varies by country.

The Custom settings let you make a wide range of changes with a single click of the mouse. In the Custom settings list, you'll find ready-made settings provided by EPSON and designed to match a particular kind of printout, such as graphs and charts for a presentation or images taken by a digital camera.

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

Click the Custom button in the Print dialog box and then click the Advanced button. The Advanced dialog box appears.

Select the Media Type that you loaded in the printer. For details, see Making the Media Type setting.

Choose Color or Black in the Ink option.

Select the Print Quality setting.

Make other settings. For details, see online help.

Note:

Some settings are enabled or disabled depending on the Print Quality, Media Type, and Ink settings you make.

Click OK to apply your settings and return to the Print dialog box. Click Cancel to return to the Print dialog box without applying your settings. To save your Advanced settings, see the next section.

To save your Advanced settings as a group, click Save Settings in the Advanced dialog box. The Custom Settings dialog box appears:

Type a unique name (up to 16 characters) for your settings in the Name box, and click Save.

You can save up to 10 groups of settings. You can select your saved group of settings from the settings list in the Print dialog box.

The names of the ready-made settings provided by EPSON cannot be applied to your new settings.

To delete a setting, select the setting in the Custom Settings dialog box and click Delete.

You cannot delete the ready-made settings from the Custom Settings list.

To select your settings, click Custom in the Print dialog box, then select your setting in the Custom settings list, located below and to the right of the Custom button.

If you change the Media Type or Ink option when one of your customized settings is selected in the settings list, the selection shown in the list returns to Custom Settings. The customized setting that was previously selected is not affected by this change. To return to your customized setting, simply reselect it in the list.

In the Page Setup dialog box, you can change the paper size, specify the orientation of your printout, and adjust the printable area.

Choose Page Setup from the File menu of your application. The Page Setup dialog box appears:

You can change the following settings:

If your paper size is not included in the paper size list in the Page Setup dialog box, follow the steps below to define a custom paper size.

In the Page Setup dialog box, click Customize. The following dialog box appears:

To define a new paper size, click New. The dialog box changes to allow you to enter a name for the new size.

Type the paper size name in the New Paper Size box.

Specify the measurement unit as either Inches or cm.

Type in the width and the height.

Click OK. You return to the Page Setup dialog box.

You can define up to 8 paper sizes. The paper size names you create will appear in the Paper Size menu in the Page Setup dialog box.

To delete a custom paper size, click Customize in the Page Setup dialog box, select its name from the list in the Custom Paper dialog box, and click Delete.