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							Note:
Depending on the version of the operating system, Apply may not appear. If this is the case, continue
with the next step.
8. Select the General tab.
9. Click Printing Preferences.
Printing Preferences dialog box appears.
10. Select the default settings for your printer, such as the default media format you use, in the
appropriate tabs.
11. Click Apply.
12. Click OK to exit from the Printing Preferences dialog box.
13. Click OK to exit from the Properties dialog box.
Uninstalling the Printer Driver (for Windows)
1. Close all applications.
2. Choose the uninstall program.
3. When the Uninstall dialog box appears, select the printer to be deleted, and then click Uninstall
button.
4. Click Uninstall.
5. Click OK, and restart your computer.
6. The printer driver will be uninstalled from your computer.
Using the PostScript and PCL Printer Driver
Common Buttons
The buttons described below appear on each tab.
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							OK
Click to exit the Properties dialog box, saving any changes made.
Cancel
Click to exit the Properties dialog box without saving any changes made.
Apply
Click to save all changes without exiting the Properties dialog box.
Help
Click to view the help.
Favorite Setting
This allows the current settings to be saved. To save the current settings, specify the desired settings,
and then click Add. Specify the settings described below, and then click OK.
❏Name: Type in the name of the settings to be saved.
❏Icon: Select an icon from the icon list to easily identify the settings.
The selected icon appears in the drop-down list.
❏Sharing: Specify whether or not the settings to be saved can be used by other users logged onto the
computer.
❏Comment: Add a simple comment to the settings to be saved.
Afterward, the saved settings can be selected from the drop-down list. To change the registered
setting, click Edit.
In addition, predefined settings can be selected.
The predefined settings are those for “2-up”, “Photo” and “Grayscale”.
Select Defaults from the drop-down list to reset the functions in all tabs to their default values.
❏Printer View
Click the button to display an image of the printer in the figure area. When this button is clicked, it
changes to the Paper View button (when a tab other than the Quality tab is selected) or the Quality
View button (when the Quality tab is selected).
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							Note:
This button does not appear on the Advanced tab.
❏Paper View
Click the button to display a sample of the page layout in the figure area. When this button is clicked, it
changes to the Printer View button.
Note:
This button does not appear on the Quality tab.
❏Quality View
Click the button to display a sample of the settings selected in the Quality tab. When this button is
clicked, it changes to the Printer View button.
Note:
This button appears only when the Quality tab is selected.
❏Printer Information
Click this button to start up Web-Based EpsonNet Config.
Note:
This button is available only if a network connection has been established.
❏Default
Click the button to reset the settings to their defaults.
Note:
❏This button does not appear on the Advanced tab.
❏When this button is clicked, the settings in the displayed dialog box are reset to their defaults. The
settings on other tabs are not changed.
Advanced Tab (PostScript Printer Driver Only)
The Advanced tab allows you to
❏Select whether to enable or disable the settings for advanced printing functions (such as booklet
printing)
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							❏Specify the PostScript output method
❏Specify whether or not the error messages of a print job are printed
❏Print a mirror image
❏Specify whether or not the application can directly output PostScript data
My Tab
My Tab allows you to
❏Display the most frequently used functions (from each tab) whose settings are often changed
❏Add or remove displayed functions by clicking Edit My Tab. In addition, functions can be added
to My Tab by right-clicking them on their original tabs.
Basic Tab
The Basic tab allows you to
❏Specify the orientation of the media
❏Specify the size of the original document
❏Select the output media size
❏Zoom (expand/reduce) documents
❏Specify the paper source
❏Specify the type of media
❏Specify the number of copies
❏Turn on/off job collation
❏Save a print job on the printer and print it later (Job Retention)
❏Save a confidential job on the printer and protect it with a password
❏Print a single copy for proofing
❏Specify user authentication and account track settings
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							❏Print on the back side of paper that has already been printed on
Note:
❏Use paper that has been printed on with this printer.
In addition, the page printed with this setting is not guaranteed.
❏Do not use the following types of paper.
- Paper that has been printed on with an inkjet printer
- Paper that has been printed on with a monochrome/color laser printer/copier
- Paper that has been printed on with any other printer or fax machine
Layout Tab
The Layout tab allows you to
❏Print several pages of a document on the same page (N-up printing)
❏Print a single copy for enlargement and print several pages (PCL printer driver only)
❏Specify booklet printing (Epson AcuLaser C3900DN only)
❏Rotate the print image 180 degrees
❏Specify duplex (double-sided) printing (Epson AcuLaser C3900DN only)
❏Specify whether or not blank pages are printed (PCL printer driver only)
❏Adjust the binding margin
❏Adjust the printing position (PCL printer driver only)
❏Specify the position on the paper where the document is to be printed
Cover Page Tab
The Cover Page tab allows you to
❏Print front and back cover pages and separator pages
❏Specify the tray that contains the paper for the front and back cover pages and separator pages
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							Watermark/Overlay Tab
Note:
Be sure to use overlays with print jobs with a media size and orientation that matches the overlay form. In
addition, if settings have been specified for “N-up” or “Booklet” in the printer driver, the overlay form
cannot be adjusted to match the specified settings.
The settings in the “Watermark” function of the Watermark/Overlay tab allows you to
❏Select the watermark to be used
❏Create, edit or delete watermarks
❏Adjust the watermark position
❏Print a frame around watermarks
❏Print transparent (shaded) watermarks
❏Print the watermark on only the first page
❏Print the watermark repeatedly throughout the all pages
The settings in the “Overlay” function of the Watermark/Overlay tab allows you to
❏Select the form to use
❏Add or delete overlay files
❏Create a form (PCL printer driver only)
❏Specify that the document and form are printed overlapping (PCL printer driver only)
❏Display the form information (PCL printer driver only)
❏Print the form on All Pages, First Page, Even Pages and Odd Pages
❏Place the form in back of the document or in front on the printed document (PCL printer driver
only)
Quality Tab
The Quality tab allows you to
❏Specify whether to print in color or black and white
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							❏Control the darkness of an image (Brightness)
❏Specify the printer color settings (Quick Color)
❏Perform color separation
❏Select whether or not economy printing is used
❏Set the edge strength to Low, Middle or High
❏Specify the amount of details in graphic patterns (PCL printer driver only)
❏Specify the format of fonts that are to be downloaded (PCL and Postscript printer driver only)
❏Print using the printer’s fonts (PCL and Postscript printer driver only)
❏Control the tones of an image (Contrast) (PCL printer driver only)
❏Specify the image compression method (PCL printer driver only)
❏Select whether or not Auto Trapping function is used (Postscript printer driver only)
❏Specify the Black Over Print function (Postscript printer driver only)
Other Tab
The Other tab allows you to
❏Select that Microsoft Excel sheets are not to be divided when printing
❏Select that the white background of Microsoft PowerPoint data does not hide overlay files (PCL
printer driver only)
❏Send a notification by e-mail when printing is finished
❏Shows the version information for the printer driver
❏Prevent loss when printing fine lines (PCL printer driver only)
Limitations on printer driver functions installed with Point and Print
If Point and Print is performed with the following server and client combinations, there are limitations
on some printer driver functions.
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							❏Server and client combinations
Server: Windows Server 2003/XP/2000/Server 2008/Vista
Client: Windows Server 2003/XP/2000/Server 2008/Vista
❏Functions with limitations applied
Booklet, Skip Blank Pages, Front Cover Page, Back Cover Page, Separator Page, Create Overlay,
Print in Overlay, Watermark
*JOBNAME, USERNAME, and HOSTNAME output of PJL
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							Chapter 3
Printer Control Panel and Configuration Menu
About the Control Panel
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MESSAGE
WINDOW
Control Panel Indicators and Keys
No. Key Function
1
❏Press to cancel the setting that is currently displayed
❏Cancels one or all print jobs that are currently being printed or processed:
1. Press the Cancel key.
2. Press the 
 or  keys to select either CURRENT JOB or ALL JOBS.
3. Press the Menu/Select key.
2
❏Enters the menu system
❏Moves down in the menu structure
❏Applies the selected setting
❏
appears in the message window
3
❏Moves up and down through menus, options, or choices
❏
, , ,  appears in the message window
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							No. Key Function
4 
❏Moves left and right through menus, options, or choices
❏
,  appears in the message window
Message Window
2
4
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No. Details
1 The printer status is indicated by the color of the indicator and lighting/flashing of the message window.
❏READY: Indicator lit up in blue and window lit up
❏PROCESSING or PRINTING: Indicator flashing and window lit up
❏ENERGY SAVER: Indicator lit up in blue and window goes off
❏ERROR: Indicator lit up in red and window lit up
2 The current status of the printer is displayed.
❏If the operator or service representative must be called, the symbol
and the error status are
displayed.
❏If a warning occurs, the symbol
appears.
❏W h e n  a  U S B  m e m o r y  d e v i c e  i s  p l u g g e d  i n t o  t h e  U S B  m e m o r y  p o r t ,  t h e  s y m b o l
appears on the right
side of the message window.
❏While a print job is being received, the symbol
appears on the right side of the message window.
While a memory direct print job is being received, the symbol
appears.
3❏Error messages are displayed.
❏While a print job is being received, the user name and the print progress are displayed.
4 Key information is displayed.
5 The approximate amount of toner remaining is displayed.
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