Epson AcuLaser C9100B User Manual

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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 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.
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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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3. Select the number of pages you want to print on one sheet of 
paper. Then 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.
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Using a watermark
Follow the steps to use a watermark on your document. In the 
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 Special tab.
2. Select the Watermark check box, then click Watermark 
Settings. The Watermark dialog box appears.
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3. Select a watermark from the Watermark Name drop-down 
list, then select the color from the Color drop-down list.
4. Adjust the image intensity of the watermark with the 
Intensity slider bar.
5. 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.
6. Select the location on the page where you want to print the 
watermark from the Location drop-down list.
7. Adjust the X (horizontal) or Y (vertical) Offset position.
8. Adjust the size of the watermark with the Size slider bar.
9. Click OK to apply the settings and return to the Special menu.
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Making a new watermark
You can make a new watermark as follows.
1. Click the Special tab.
2. Select the Watermark check box.
3. Click Watermark Settings. The Watermark dialog box 
appears.
4. Click New/Delete. The User Defined Watermarks dialog box 
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5. Select Text or BMP and type a name for the new watermark 
in the Name box.
Note:
This screen appears when you select Text.
6. 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 Open.
7. Click Save. Your watermark will appear in the List box.
8. Click OK to apply the new watermark settings.
Note:
You can register up to 10 watermarks.
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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 menu.
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 Special tab.