Epson AcuLaser C1100 User Manual

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Windows Me, 98 or 95 users
To access the printer driver, click Start, point to Settings, then 
click Printers. Right-click your printer icon, then click Properties.
Windows 2000 users
To access the printer driver, click Start, point to Settings, then 
click Printers. Right-click your printer icon, then click Printing 
Preferences.
Windows NT 4.0 users
To access the printer driver, click Start, point to Settings, then 
click Printers. Right-click your printer icon, then click Document 
Defaults.
Note:
The printer driver’s online help provides details on printer driver settings.
Making Changes to Printer Settings
Making the print quality setting
You can change the print quality of printouts through settings in 
the printer driver. With the printer driver, you can make the print 
settings by choosing from a list of predefined settings, or 
customizing the settings.
Choosing the print quality by using the Automatic setting
You can change the print quality of printouts to favor speed or 
detail. There are two levels of print output, 300 dpi and 600 dpi. 
600 dpi provides high quality, precise printing, but requires more 
memory and slows the printing speed. 
 
						

							42Using the Printer Software with Windows When Automatic is selected in the Basic Settings menu, the 
printer driver takes care of all detailed settings according to the 
color setting you select. Color and resolution are the only settings 
you have to make. You can change other settings such as paper 
size or orientation in most applications.
Note:
The printer driver’s online help provides details on printer driver 
settings.
1. Click the Basic Settings tab.
2. Click Automatic. Then choose desired printing resolution 
from Fast (300 dpi) or Fine (600 dpi) with the slider bar.
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3. Click OK to apply the settings.
Note:
If printing is unsuccessful or a memory-related error message 
appears, selecting a lower resolution may allow printing to proceed.
Using the predefined settings 
The predefined settings are provided to help you optimize print 
settings for a particular kind of printout, such as presentation 
documents or images taken by a video or digital camera.
Follow the steps below to use the predefined settings.
1. Click the Basic Settings tab.
2. Select Advanced. You will find the predefined settings in 
the list on the right of Automatic.
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This screen may vary depending on your operating system version.
3. Select the most appropriate setting from the list according to 
the type of document or image you want to print.
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 left of the Basic Settings menu. 
This printer driver provides the following predefined settings:
Automatic (Standard)
Suitable for regular printing, especially photos.
Text/Graph
Suitable for printing documents that include text and graphs, 
such as presentation documents.
Graphic/CAD
Suitable for printing graphics and charts.
Photo
Suitable for printing photos.
PhotoEnhance4
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.
 
						

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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.
Automatic (High Quality)
Suitable for printing high-quality documents.
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.
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.
 
						

							46Using the Printer Software with Windows 3. Choose Color or Black as the Color setting, then choose 
desired printing resolution from 300 dpi or 600 dpi with the 
Resolution slider bar.
Note:
When making the other settings, see online help for details on each 
setting.
Note:
This screen may vary depending on your operating system.
4. Click OK to apply the settings and return to the Basic Settings 
menu.
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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.
❏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 
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Resizing printouts
You can have your document enlarged or reduced during 
printing.
To automatically resize pages to fit the output paper
1. Click the Layout tab.
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 the reduced page image in the 
upper left corner of the paper) or Center (to print the reduced 
page image in the center of the paper) for Location setting.
4. Click OK to apply the settings.
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Resizing pages by a specified percentage
1. Click the Layout tab.
2. Select the Zoom Options check box.
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 Layout tab.
2. Select the Print Layout check box, then click Print Layout 
Settings. The Print Layout Settings dialog box appears.
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