Epson EPL N3000DT User Manual

							98Using the PostScript Printer Software (Windows) Restore Defaults
Click this button to reset the settings on this sheet to their default 
values.
Device Options tab settings
Available printer memory (in KB)
Specify the amount of available printer memory. If the entered 
value does not match the actual amount of memory on the printer 
and printing problems occur, change the setting.
Available font cache (in KB)
Displays the amount of font cache memory available to Type 32 
fonts. The printer driver automatically adjusts the font cache size 
according the memory setting specified under Installable options.
RITech
Select whether to use RITech when printing. RITech improves the 
appearance of printed lines, text, and graphics. The options are 
On and Off.
Toner Save Mode
Select whether to use the Toner Save Mode when printing. When 
the Toner Save Mode is turned on, the printer uses about 50% less 
toner than normal. The options are On and Off.
Image Protect
This setting enables you to specify whether to use lossy 
compression when memory runs low during printing. The 
options are On and Off. When Image Protect is set to On, lossy 
compression is not used. If it is set to Off, lossy compression is 
used when memory resources are too low.
 
						

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Installable options
The settings available under Installable options enable you to 
specify whether certain options are installed into the printer, and 
if so, what they are. Use the Change setting for drop-down list to 
specify the details of the options installed.
Restore Defaults
Click this button to reset the settings on this sheet to their default 
values.
PostScript tab settings
PostScript output format
Specify the format for PostScript files. The options are PostScript 
(optimize for speed), PostScript (optimize for portability-ADSC), 
Encapsulated PostScript (EPS), and Archive format. See online 
help for details on each of these formats.
PostScript header
This setting enables you to specify how header information is sent 
to the printer. The options are Download header with each print 
job and Assume header is downloaded and retained.
Send Header Now
Click this button to send the PostScript header information to the 
printer immediately. This button is available only when the 
Download header with each print job radio button is selected. If 
you click the Send Header Now button and then click OK, the 
Assume header is downloaded and retained radio button is 
automatically selected.
Print PostScript error information
Select this check box to have the printer automatically print out a 
page with PostScript error messages when an error occurs in the 
print job. Turn this option on if you are having printing problems.
 
						

							100Using the PostScript Printer Software (Windows) Job timeout
Specify the maximum number of seconds that can elapse for a 
print job to get from the computer to the printer before the printer 
stops trying to print the document. If you enter “0” (zero), the 
printer will continue trying to print indefinitely.
Wait timeout
Specify the maximum number of seconds that the printer will wait 
to get more PostScript information from the computer before the 
print job is automatically canceled. After the specified time 
elapses, the printer will stop trying to print the document and 
prints an error message instead. If you enter “0” (zero), the printer 
will wait indefinitely.You may want to increase this value when 
printing complicated documents.
This setting enables you to prevent the printer from stalling if and 
when the computer that sends the print job stalls.
Advanced
Click this button to specify the following advanced PostScript 
options:
PostScript language level
Specify the PostScript language level to use. Select the highest 
PostScript language level that your printer supports to optimize 
its features. Use a lower PostScript language level only if you are 
experiencing printing problems or if you intend to print the file 
using another printer.
Data format
Select the data format to use. The options are ASCII data and 
Tagged binary communications protocol. You cannot use Binary 
communications protocol nor Pure binary data, although they 
may appear as options.
If ASCII data is selected, print data is sent in the ASCII (7-bit) 
format, which may take longer to print, but which can be sent 
through any I/O channel, including serial, parallel, and Ethernet.
 
						

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If you select Tagged binary communications protocol, all data 
except for special control characters is sent in binary (8-bit) format. 
The binary format can be sent over parallel or serial 
communications ports and are faster then sending data in the 
ASCII format. The Pure binary data setting sends all data in pure 
binary format, which is the fastest format to print in, but that can 
be sent only over AppleTalk.
Send CTRL+D before job
Select this check box to specify for the CTRL+D character to be 
sent at the beginning of every PostScript document. CTRL+D at 
the beginning-of-file (BOF) will reset your printer to its default 
settings to ensure that prior print jobs will not affect the current 
print job. However, activating this setting may cause the print job 
to fail if it is connected through a network instead of the parallel 
or serial interface.
Send CTRL+D after job
Select this check box to specify for the CTRL+D character to be 
sent at the end of every PostScript document. CTRL+D at the 
end-of-file (EOF) will reset your printer to its default settings to 
ensure that the current print job will not affect future print jobs. 
However, activating this setting may cause the print job to fail if 
it is connected through a network instead of the parallel or serial 
interface.
Display alert for applications incompatible with driver features
Select this check box if you want the printer driver to display 
messages to alert you to incompatibilities between the printer’s 
features and those of the application that you are using to print.
Restore Defaults
Click this button to reset the settings on this sheet to their default 
values.
 
						

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Watermark tab settings
Select a watermark
Specify whether to use a watermark when printing. The options 
are None, CONFIDENTIAL, COPY, and DRAFT.
Edit
Click this button to edit the selected watermark. This button is not 
available when None is selected under Select a watermark.
New
Click this button to create a new watermark.
Delete
Click this button to delete the selected watermark. This button is 
not available when None is selected under Select a watermark.
Print watermark
Specify how the selected watermark should be printed. The 
options are On first page only, In background, and As outline only.
Windows NT 4.0 users
To print in the PostScript mode with Windows NT 4.0, you will 
have to install the printer driver. See the appropriate sections 
below for installation instructions according to the interface that 
you are using to print.
Note:
The USB interface is not available for printing under Windows NT 4.0.
Installing the printer driver for the parallel interface
Follow these steps to install the printer driver for the parallel 
interface:
 
						

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1. Insert the printer software CD-ROM into your CD-ROM 
drive.
2. Click Start, then Settings, and finally Printers.
3. Double-click the Add Printer icon.
4. The Add Printer Wizard will be displayed. Follow the
on-screen instructions until the screen asking you to select the 
printer model is displayed.
5. Click Have Disk and specify the path to the appropriate INF 
file necessary for installation. If your CD-ROM drive is D:, the 
path will be D:\ADOBEPS\ENGLISH\WINNT4\PS_SETUP 
(change the drive letter as needed for your system).
6. Select the INF file for the version of the Windows operating 
system that you are running and continue with the 
installation according to the on-screen instructions.
7. When installation is done, click Finish.
Installing the printer driver for the network interface
Follow these steps to install the printer driver for the network 
interface:
1. Insert the printer software CD-ROM into your CD-ROM 
drive.
2. Click Start, then Settings, and finally Printers.
3. Double-click the Add Printer icon.
4. The Add Printer Wizard will be displayed. Select Network 
printer server, and then click Next.
5. Enter the name of the printer or select the printer from the list 
of available printers on the network, and then click OK.
 
						

							104Using the PostScript Printer Software (Windows) 6. Click OK once the following message appears.
“The server on which the XXX printer resides does not have the 
correct printer driver installed.”
7. Click Have Disk and specify the path to the appropriate INF 
file necessary for installation. If your CD-ROM drive is D:, the 
path will be D:\ADOBEPS\ENGLISH\WINNT4\PS_SETUP 
(change the drive letter as needed for your system).
8. Select the INF file for the version of the Windows operating 
system that you are running and continue with the 
installation according to the on-screen instructions.
9. When installation is done, click Finish.
Notice for Windows NT 4.0 Users
Unavailable paper sizes may appear in the paper size list for the 
selected paper source. See “Paper Sources” on page 15 to confirm 
the available paper sizes.
Print dialog box settings
The Print dialog box, which is accessed by selecting Print on the 
File menu of the application that you are using, enables you to 
specify print settings for the current document. The available 
settings are grouped under the Page Setup and Advanced tabs. 
See below for a brief description of each available setting.
Page Setup tab settings
Paper Size
Select the desired paper size. This setting must match the size of 
the paper loaded in the printer. The paper sizes that are available 
will differ according to the printer. The default setting is either A4 
or Letter, depending on your country of purchase.
 
						

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Paper Source
Select the paper source for your print job. The options are Auto 
Tray Select, MP Tray, Cassette 1, Cassette 2, Cassette 3, Manual 
Feed 1st Page, and Manual Feed EachPage. However, the actual 
paper sources that are available will differ according to the 
options installed.
Copy Count
Specify the number of copies to print.
Collate Copies
This check box appears only if more than one copy is specified for 
Copy Count. Select this check box to print multiple copies of the 
document in page order. If this check box is not selected, each 
page is printed out the specified number of times before the 
following page is printed.
Note:
If you select the Collate option in the printer driver, do not set the 
Collate option in the application itself.
Orientation
Specify how the document is to be positioned on the page. The 
options are Portrait (vertical), Landscape (horizontal), and 
Rotated (rotated 90  counterclockwise).
Color Appearance
Specify whether to print the document in grayscale or color. The 
options are Monochrome and Color.
 
						

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Advanced tab settings
EPSON EPL-N3000 PS3 Document Settings
Undo Changed Option/s
Click this button to undo all the changes that have been made to 
the settings. The settings return to their default values. This 
button is enabled only if one or more of the default values have 
been changed.
About Adobe PostScript Printer Driver
Click this button to view information on the currently installed 
PostScript printer driver.
Paper/Output
Paper Size
If you specified the Paper Size setting on the Page Setup sheet, 
that setting is reflected here. To change this setting, select the 
desired paper size from the options displayed at the bottom of the 
dialog box. For more information on this setting, see “Paper Size” 
on page 104.
Orientation
If you specified the Orientation setting on the Page Setup sheet, 
that setting is reflected here. To change this setting, select the 
desired orientation from the options displayed at the bottom of 
the dialog box. For more information on this setting, see 
“Orientation” on page 105.
Paper Source
If you specified the Paper Source setting on the Page Setup sheet, 
that setting is reflected here. To change this setting, select the 
desired paper source from the options displayed at the bottom of 
the dialog box. For more information on this setting, see “Paper 
Source” on page 105.
Media
Select the desired paper type to print on. The options are Normal, 
Thick, Transparency, and Extra Thick. Make sure to select the 
correct paper type to avoid smearing or wasting ink.
 
						

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Copy Count
If you specified the Copy Count setting on the Page Setup sheet, 
that setting is reflected here. To change this setting, enter the 
desired number of pages to print into the text box at the bottom 
of the dialog box. For more information on this setting, see “Copy 
Count” on page 105.
Graphic
Resolution
Select the resolution that you want to print in. The options are 
Fast and Quality. The Quality setting prints at a higher resolution, 
but the printing time will be longer.
Color Appearance
If you specified the Color Appearance setting on the Page Setup 
sheet, that setting is reflected here. To change this setting, select 
the desired setting from the options displayed at the bottom of 
the dialog box. For more information on this setting, see “Color 
Appearance” on page 105.
Scaling
This setting enables you to shrink or enlarge the image to print. 
You can enter any percentage from 1% to 1000%. To shrink the 
image, specify a percentage that is lower than 100%. To enlarge 
the image, specify a percentage that is higher than 100%. When 
you enlarge a document, only the portion of the document that 
fits on the selected paper will be printed. If you can shrink or 
enlarge the image to print in the application that you are printing 
from, do so in the application.
TrueType Font
Specify how TrueType fonts in the document are printed. Select 
Substitute with Device Font to use equivalent PostScript fonts for 
printing documents that contain TrueType fonts. Select Download 
as Softfont to download TrueType fonts to the printer instead of 
using PostScript fonts.