Epson AcuLaser M2400DN User Manual

							3. Select Advanced, then click More Settings.
4. Set the appropriate setting in the Advanced dialog box.
When you choose a predefined setting, other settings such as Print Quality and Graphics are set
automatically. Changes are shown in the Summary drop-down list in the Print dialog box.
Customizing print settings
If you need to change detailed settings, make the settings manually.
Note:
To print the highest resolution, set Print Quality to Maximum.
For Windows users
1. Click the Basic Settings tab.
2. Select Advanced, then click More Settings.
3. Make appropriate settings. For details about each setting, see online help.
4. Click OK.
For Mac OS X users
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							1. Open the Print dialog box.
2. Select Printer Settings from the drop-down list, and select Basic Settings.
3. Select Advanced, then click More Settings.
4. Make appropriate settings. For details about each setting, click the 
 button.
5. Click OK.
Saving your settings
You can save your custom settings.
Note:
❏You cannot use a predefined setting name for your custom settings.
❏The saved custom settings 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.
❏You cannot delete predefined settings.
For Windows users
Note:
When sharing the printer on a network, the Save Settings is grayed out and you cannot create a custom
setting at the client.
1. Click the Basic Settings tab.
2. Select Advanced, then click Save Settings to open the Custom Settings dialog box.
3. Type a name for your custom settings in the Name box, then click Save.
Your settings will appear in the list on the Basic Settings tab.
Note:
To delete a custom setting, follow the step 1 and 2, select the setting in the Custom Settings dialog box,
then click Delete.
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							You can create new settings in the More Settings dialog box. When you create new settings, Custom
Settings is displayed in the list on the Basic Settings tab. In this case, the original setting is not
overwritten. To save the new settings, save them under a new name.
For Mac OS X users
1. Open the Print dialog box.
2. Click Save or Save As in the Presets.
3. Type a name for your custom settings in the Name box, then click OK.
Your settings will appear in the Presets drop-down list.
Note:
❏To delete a custom setting, select the setting, then select Delete in the Presets drop-down list.
❏The Custom Setting option is a standard feature of Mac OS X.
Toner Save mode
To reduce the amount of toner used in printing documents, you can print rough drafts using the Toner
Save mode.
For Windows users
1. Click the Basic Settings tab.
2. Select Advanced, then click More Settings to open the More Settings dialog box.
3. Select the Toner Save check box, then click OK.
For Mac OS X users
1. Open the Print dialog box.
2. Select Printer Settings from the drop-down list, and select Basic Settings.
3. Select Advanced, then click More Settings.
4. Select the Toner Save check box, then click OK.
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							Setting the Advanced Layout
Note for Macintosh users:
The procedure below uses Mac OS X 10.4 as an example.
Duplex printing
This function allows you to print on both sides of the paper automatically.
For Windows users
1. Click the Basic Settings tab.
2. Select the Duplex check box, then select Left, Top, or Right as the binding position.
3. If you want to make detailed settings, click Duplex Settings to open the Duplex Settings dialog
box.
4. Make appropriate settings. For details about each setting, see online help.
5. Click OK.
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							Note:
The alert screen appears on the computer. Click OK.
For Mac OS X users
1. Open the Print dialog box.
2. Select Printer Settings from the drop-down list, and select Basic Settings.
3. Select the Duplex check box, then select Left, Top, or Right as the binding position.
4. If you want to make detailed settings, click Duplex Settings to open the Duplex Settings dialog
box.
5. Make appropriate settings. For details about each setting, see online help.
6. Click Print.
Modifying the print layout
This function allows you to print multiple pages on single sheets of paper.
For Windows users
1. Click the Advanced Layout tab.
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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.
3. If you want to make detailed settings, click More Settings. The Print Layout Settings dialog box
appears.
4. Make appropriate settings. For details about each setting, see online help.
5. Click OK.
For Mac OS X users
1. Open the Print dialog box.
2. Select Layout from the drop-down list.
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							3. Select the number of pages you want to print on one sheet of paper from the drop-down list.
4. Click Print.
Note:
The Layout settings are a standard feature of Mac OS X.
Resizing printouts
This function allows you to enlarge or reduce your document.
For Windows users
1. Click the Advanced Layout tab.
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							2. Select the Zoom Options check box.
3. If you want to resize pages automatically to fit the output paper, select the desired paper size from
the Output Paper drop-down list.
If you want to resize pages to a specified magnification, select the Zoom To check box, then specify
the percentage. You can also select the output paper size.
4. 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.
Note:
This setting is not available when you select Zoom To check box.
5. Click OK.
For Mac OS X users
Note:
The enlarging or reducing rate is automatically specified according to the paper size you select.
1. Open the Print dialog box.
2. Select Paper Handling from the drop-down list.
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							3. Select Scale to fit paper size and select the desired paper size from the drop-down list.
Note:
If you select Scale down only, your documents are not enlarged even if you select the large paper
size.
Printing watermarks
This function allows you to print a text-based or image-based watermark on your document.
For Windows users
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.
3. If you want to make detailed settings, click Watermark Settings, and make appropriate settings.
For details about each setting, see online help.
4. Click OK.
For Mac OS X users
1. Open the Print dialog box.
2. Select Printer Settings from the drop-down list, and select Basic Settings.
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