Epson AcuLaser 2600N User Manual

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When you choose a predefined setting, other settings such as 
Printing Mode, Resolution, Screen, and Color Management are 
set automatically. Changes are shown in the current settings list 
on the Setting Information dialog box that appears by pressing 
the Setting Info. button on the Optional Settings menu.
This printer driver provides the following predefined settings:
Draft
Suitable for printing inexpensive drafts.
Text
Suitable for printing documents that include mainly text.
Text & Image
Suitable for printing documents that include text and images.
Photo
Suitable for printing photos.
Web
Suitable for printing web screens that include many icons, 
symbols, and colored text. This setting is effective for screens that 
include full color 24 or 36 bit images. It is not effective for screens 
that include only illustrations, graphs, and text, and do not 
include any images.
Text/Graph
Suitable for printing documents that include text and graphs, 
such as presentation documents.
Graphic/CAD
 
						

							72Using the Printer Software with Windows Suitable for printing graphics and charts.
PhotoEnhance
Suitable for printing video captures, images taken with a digital 
camera, or scanned images. EPSON PhotoEnhance4 
automatically adjusts the contrast, saturation, and brightness of 
the original image data to produce sharper, more vivid color 
printouts. This setting does not affect your original image data.
ICM (Except for Windows NT 4.0)
ICM stands for Image Color Matching. This feature automatically 
adjusts printout colors to match colors on your screen.
sRGB
When using equipment which supports sRGB, the printer 
performs Image Color Matching with these pieces of equipment 
before printing. To confirm that your equipment supports sRGB, 
contact your equipment dealer.
Advanced Text/Graph
Suitable for printing high-quality presentation documents that 
include text and graphs.
Advanced Graphic/CAD
Suitable for printing high-quality graphs, charts, and photos.
Advanced Photo
Suitable for printing high-quality scanned photos and 
digitally-captured images.
 
						

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Customizing print settings
If you need to change detailed settings, make the settings 
manually.
Follow the steps below to customize your print settings.
1. Click the Basic Settings tab.
2. Click Advanced, then click More Settings.
3. Choose Color or Black as the Color setting, then choose 
desired printing resolution with the Resolution slider bar.
Note:
❏This screen may vary depending on your operating system 
version.
❏When making the other settings, see online help for details on 
each setting.
 
						

							74Using the Printer Software with Windows❏The Web Smoothing check box is not available when 
PhotoEnhance is selected. Note this setting is effective for 
screens that include full color 24 or 36 bit images. It is not 
effective for screens that include only illustrations, graphs, and 
text, and do not include any images.
4. Click OK to apply the settings and return to the Basic Settings 
menu.
Saving your settings
To save your custom settings, click Advanced, then click Save 
Settings on the Basic Settings menu. The Custom Settings dialog 
box appears.
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Save. Your settings will appear in the list to the right of 
Automatic in the Basic Settings menu.
Note:
❏You cannot use a predefined setting name for your custom settings.
❏To delete a custom setting, click Advanced, click Save Settings 
in the Basic Settings menu, select the setting in the Custom Settings 
dialog box, then click Delete.
 
						

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❏You cannot delete predefined settings.
If you change any setting in the More Settings dialog box when 
one of your custom settings is selected in the Advanced Settings 
list on the Basic Settings menu, the setting selected in the list 
changes to Custom Settings. The custom setting that was 
previously selected is not affected by this change. To return to 
your custom setting, simply reselect it from the current settings 
list.
Resizing printouts
You can have your document enlarged or reduced during 
printing.
To automatically resize pages to fit the output paper
1. Click the Advanced Layout tab.
 
						

							76Using the Printer Software with Windows 2. Select the Zoom Options check box, then select the desired 
paper size from the Output Paper drop-down list. The page 
will be printed to fit on the paper you have selected.
3. Select Upper Left (to print reduced page image at upper left 
corner of the paper) or Center (to print reduced page image 
with centering) for Location setting.
4. Click OK to apply the settings.
Resizing pages by a specified percentage
1. Click the Advanced Layout tab.
2. Select the Zoom Options check box.
 
						

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3. Select the Zoom To check box, then specify the magnification 
percentage in the box.
Note:
The percentage can be set between 50% and 200% in 1% 
increments.
4. Click OK to apply the settings.
If necessary, select the paper size to be printed from the Output 
Paper drop-down list.
 
						

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Modifying the print layout
Your printer can print either two or four pages onto a single page 
and specifies the printing order, automatically resizing each page 
to fit the specified paper size. You can also choose to print 
documents surrounded by a frame.
1. Click the Advanced Layout tab.
2. Select the Print Layout check box and the number of pages 
you want to print on one sheet of paper. Then click More 
Settings. The Print Layout Settings dialog box appears.
 
						

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3.  Select the Page Order in which the pages are printed on each 
sheet.
4. Select the Print the Frame check box when you want to print 
the pages surrounded by a frame.
Note:
The Page Order choices depend on the number of pages selected 
above, and the paper orientation (Portrait or Landscape) selected on 
the Basic Settings menu.
5. Click OK to apply the settings and return to the Layout menu.
Using a watermark
Follow the steps below to use a watermark on your document. In 
the Advanced Layout tab or Watermark dialog box, you can 
select from a list of predefined watermarks, or you can make an 
original watermark with text or a bitmap. The Watermark dialog 
box also allows you to make a variety of detailed watermark 
settings. For example, you can select the size, intensity, and 
position of your watermark.
 
						

							80Using the Printer Software with Windows 1. Click the Advanced Layout tab.
2. Select a watermark that you want to use from the Watermark 
drop-down list. If you want to make detailed settings, click 
Watermark Settings. The Watermark dialog box appears.