Epson AcuLaser C4200DN User Manual

							
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Note:
You can register up to 10 watermarks.
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  from the File menu 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.
 
						

							
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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.
 
						

							
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7 . T y p e  t h e  f o r m  n a m e  i n  t h e  F o r m  N a m e  b o x  a n d  i t s  d e s c r i p t i o n  in the Description box.
8. Select  To Front or To Back  to specify whether the overlay will 
be printed as background or foreground of the document.
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.
 
						

							
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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.
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. You can also select th e form without accessing the 
dialog box above.
6. Click  OK to print the data.
 
						

							
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Different printer settings overlay data
The overlay data is made with the current printer settings (such 
as Orientation: Portrait). If you want to make the same overlay 
with different printer settings (such as Landscape), follow the 
instructions below.
1. Re-access the printer driver as described in step 2 in Creating an overlay on page 81.
2. Make the printer settings and exit the printer driver.
3. Send the same data that you made by application to the  printer like step 12 in Creating an overlay on page 81.
This setting is available only for Form Name data.
Using HDD form overlay
N ew :Using  HDD
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 availableThis function enables faster printing with form overlay data. 
Windows users can use the form data registered on the optional 
Hard Disk Drive installed in the printer though only an 
administrator can register or delete the form data on the Hard 
Disk Drive. You can access this function from the Form Selection 
dialog box in the printer driver.
Note:
❏ This function is not available if the optional Hard Disk Drive is not 
installed.
❏ When the document’s resolution, paper size or paper orientation 
settings are different from the form  overlay data that you use, you 
cannot print the document with the form overlay data.
❏ This function is available in the High Quality (Printer) mode.
 
						

							
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Register the form overlay data on the Hard Disk Drive
Only a network administrator using Windows XP, 2000, or Server 
2003 is allowed to register the form overlay data on the optional 
Hard Disk Drive, using the following steps.
Note:
❏The form name must use only the characters shown below. A - Z, a 
- z, 0 - 9, and ! ’ ) ( - _ %
❏ If you are using the color printer driver, monochrome form overlay 
data created in the black mode is not displayed.
1. Prepare the form overlay data to register on the local PC Hard  Disk Drive.
2. Log in to Windows XP, 2000, or Server 2003 as an  administrator.
3. For Windows 2000, click  Start, point to  Settings, and then 
click  Printers .
For Windows XP or Server 2003, click  Start, point to  Control 
Panel , and then double-click the  Printers and Faxes icon.
4. Right-click the  EPSON AL-C4200 Advanced  icon and then 
click  Properties .
5. Click the  Optional Settings  tab.
6. Click  Register. The Register to HDD dialog box appears.
 
						

							
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7. Select the form name from the Form Names list, and then click Register .
Note:
Only form names that can be regis tered appear on the Form Name 
list.
8. If you plan to distribute the form list to the clients, click  Print 
List  to print the list.
9. Click  Back to close the Register to HDD dialog box.
10. Click  OK to close the window.
Printing with HDD form overlay
All Windows users can use the registered form data on the 
optional Hard Disk Drive. Follow the steps below to print with 
HDD form data.
1. Click the  Advanced Layout  tab.
2. Select the  Form Overlay  check box, and click  Overlay 
Settings . The Overlay Settings dialog box appears.
 
						

							
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3. Select 
No Form name  in the Form drop-down list, and click 
Details . The Form Selection dialog box appears.
Note:
Make sure that  No Form name  is selected. If any form name is 
selected, another dialog box will appear.
4. Click  Printer’s HDD . Type the form name in the text box, or 
click  Browse  and select the registered form name if the printer 
is connected through a network.
Note:
❏ If you need the list of th e registered form data, click  Print List to 
print it and confirm the form name.
Also, if you need a sample print-o ut of the form data, enter the 
form name, then click  Print Sample.
❏ You can view thumbnails of the forms using a Web browser by 
clicking the  Thumbnail  button if the printer is connected 
through a network and the Java Runtime Environment has been 
installed.