Epson AcuLaser C2800N User Manual

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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.
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 tab.
 
						

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5. Click OK to apply the settings and return to the Advanced Layout tab.
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.
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.
Using a watermark
Follow the steps below to use a watermark on your document. On 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.
1. Click the Advanced Layout tab.
 
						

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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.
Note:
If you select User Name or Computer Name from the Water Mark drop-down list, the login account 
name or computer name is printed.
3. Select the color from the Color drop-down list, then adjust the image intensity of the watermark 
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4. Select Front (to print the watermark in the foreground of the document) or Back (to print the 
watermark in the background of the document) for the Position setting.
5. Select the location on the page where you want to print the watermark from the Location 
drop-down list.
6. Adjust the X (horizontal) or Y (vertical) Offset position.
7. Adjust the size of the watermark with the Size slider bar.
8. Click OK to apply the settings and return to the Advanced Layout tab.
Making a new watermark
You can make a new watermark as follows:
1. Click the Advanced Layout tab.
2. Click New/Delete. The User Defined Watermarks dialog box appears.
Note:
The User Defined Watermarks dialog box also appears by clicking New/Delete in the Watermark dialog 
box.
3. Select Text or BMP and type a name for the new watermark in the Name box.
Note:
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4. If you select Text, type the watermark text in the Text box. If you select BMP, click Browse, 
select the BMP file you want to use, then click OK.
5. Click Save. Your watermark will appear in the List box.
6. Click OK to apply the new watermark settings.
Note:
❏You can register up to 10 watermarks.
❏The saved watermarks can only be used with the printer driver you saved them to. Even if multiple 
printer names are set for a printer driver, the settings can be available only for the printer name in which 
you saved the settings.
❏When sharing the printer on a network, you cannot create an user defined watermark at the client.
Using headers and footers
You can print a header or footer on the top or bottom of a page. The items that can be printed as a 
header or footer include user name, computer name, date, date/time, or collate number.
1. Click the Advanced Layout tab.
2. Select the Header/Footer check box, then click Header/Footer Settings.
 
						

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3. Select the items to be printed for the header and the footer from the drop-down list.
Note:
❏If you select User Name or Computer Name from the drop-down list, the login account name or 
computer name is printed.
❏If you select Collate Number from the drop-down list, the number of copies is printed.
4. Click OK to apply the settings and return to the Advanced Layout tab.
Using an overlay
The Overlay Settings dialog box allows you to prepare standard forms, or templates, that you can 
use as overlays when printing other documents. This feature can be useful for creating corporate 
letterheads or invoices.
Note:
The overlay function is available only when High Quality (Printer) is selected for the Printing Mode in the 
Extended Settings dialog box from the Optional Settings tab.
Creating an overlay
Follow the steps below to create and save a form overlay file.
1. Open your application and create the file that you want to use as an overlay.
2. When the file is ready to be saved as an overlay, choose Print or Print Setup f r o m  t h e  F i l e  m e n u  
of your application, then click Printer, Setup, Options, Properties, or a combination of these 
buttons, depending on your application.
3. Click the Advanced Layout tab.
 
						

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4. Select the Form Overlay check box, then click Overlay Settings. The Overlay Settings dialog 
box appears.
5. Select Create Overlay Data, then click Settings. The Form Settings dialog box appears.
 
						

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6. Select the Use Form Name check box, then click Add Form Name. The Add Form dialog box 
appears.
Note:
If the Assign to Paper Source check box is selected, the form name is displayed in the Paper Source 
drop-down list on the Basic Settings tab.
7. Type the form name in the Form Name box and its description in the Description box.
8. Select To Front or To Back to specify whether the overlay will be printed as foreground or 
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9. Click Register to apply the settings and return to Form settings dialog box.
10. Click OK in the Form Settings dialog box.
11. Click OK in the Overlay Settings dialog box.
12. Print the file saved as overlay data. It is possible to save any kind of file as an overlay. The 
overlay data is created.
Printing with an overlay
Follow the steps below to print a document with overlay data.
1. Open the file to print with overlay data.
2. From the application, access the printer driver. Open the File menu, choose Print or Print 
Setup, then click Printer, Setup, Options, Properties, or a combination of these buttons, 
depending on your application.
3. Click the Advanced Layout tab.
4. Select the Form Overlay check box, and click Overlay Settings to open the Overlay Settings 
dialog box.
5. Choose the form from the Form drop-down list, then click OK to return the Advanced Layout 
tab.