Epson EPL N3000DTS User Manual

							158Using the PostScript Printer Software (Macintosh) 8. Click Add. Your printer’s IP address is automatically added 
as a printer name to the Printer List.
9. Select your printer’s IP address from the list, and then select 
Show Info from the Printers menu. The Printer Info dialog box 
appears.
10. Select Installable Options from the pop-up list, and make the 
necessary settings.
11. Click Apply Changes, and then close the Printer Info dialog 
box.
12. Quit Print Center.
USB
Follow these steps to select the printer when it is connected using 
the USB interface:
Note:
❏Make sure to specify PS3 as the printer mode on the printer’s control 
panel for proper printing results.
❏Make sure to select the printer by using the procedure described 
below. The Plug and Play function automatically selects the printer 
when the printer is connected via the USB interface. However, this 
automated selection may not work properly.
1. Make sure that the printer is properly connected to your 
computer with an USB cable, and that the printer is turned on.
 
						

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2. Go to the Utilities folder located inside the Applications 
folder, and then double-click Print Center.
The Printer List window appears.
Note:
If you are launching the Print Center for the first time, or there is 
no printer added to the Print Center yet, the following screen 
appears.
Click Add, and proceed to step 3.
3. Click Add in the Printer List window. Alternatively, you can 
select Add Printer from the Printers menu.
 
						

							160Using the PostScript Printer Software (Macintosh) 4. In the window that appears, choose USB from the pop-up list.
Your printer name automatically appears in the Name list.
Note:
M a ke sur e to  c ho ose USB. Do not choose EPSON USB, because it 
cannot be used with the PostScript 3 printer driver.
5. Make sure that your printer model is selected in the Printer 
Model list.
Note:
If your printer model is not automatically selected in the Printer 
Model list, you need to reinstall the PostScript printer driver. See 
“Installing the printer driver” on page 151 for instructions.
6. Click Add. Your printer is automatically added to the Printer 
List.
7. Click on your printer name on the list, and then select Show 
Info from the Printers menu. The Printer Info dialog box 
appears.
 
						

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8. Select Installable Options from the pop-up list, and make the 
necessary settings.
9. Click Apply Changes, and then close the Printer Info dialog 
box.
10. Quit Print Center.
Rendezvous
There are two ways to select the printer when it is connected using 
Rendezvous.
Note:
Make sure to specify ASCII as the data format in the application. Binary 
data cannot be printed properly when using a Rendevous connection.
Selecting in the Print Center
Follow these steps to select the printer from the Print Center:
1. Go to the Utilities folder located inside the Applications 
folder, and then double-click Print Center.
The Printer List window appears.
 
						

							162Using the PostScript Printer Software (Macintosh)Note:
If you are launching the Print Center for the first time, or there is 
no printer added to the Print Center yet, the following screen 
appears.
Click Add, and proceed to step 3.
2. Click Add in the Printer List window. Alternatively, you can 
select Add Printer from the Printers menu.
3. In the window that appears, select Rendezvous from the 
pop-up list.
4. Select your printer from the Name list. The printer name 
should have (PostScript) attached to the end. 
 
						

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5. Make sure that your printer model is selected in the Printer 
Model list.
Note:
If your printer model is not automatically selected in the Printer 
Model list, you need to reinstall the PostScript printer driver. See 
“Installing the printer driver” on page 151 for instructions.
6. Click Add. Your printer is automatically added to the Printer 
List.
7. Click on your printer name on the list, and then select Show 
Info from the Printers menu. The Printer Info dialog box 
appears.
8. Select Installable Options from the pop-up list, and make the 
necessary settings.
9. Click Apply Changes, and then close the Printer Info dialog 
box.
10. Quit Print Center.
Selecting from an application
Follow these steps to select the printer from within an application:
1. Start an application, and then select Print from the File menu.
2. In the window that appears, select Rendevous Printer from 
the Printer pop-up list.
3. From the list of printers that appears, select your printer 
model.
 
						

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Changing the Printer Setup Settings
You can easily change or update the printer setup settings. They 
include the amount of installed memory and whether options 
such as the Duplex Unit and lower cassette units are installed on 
the printer or not.
Follow these steps to change the printer setup settings:
1. Go to the Utilities folder located inside the Applications 
folder, and then double-click Print Center.
The Printer List window appears.
2. Select the printer from the list.
3. Select Show Info from the Printers menu. The Printer Info 
dialog box appears.
4. Make necessary changes to the settings, and then close the 
dialog box.
5. Quit Print Center.
Printer Driver Settings
The printer driver enables you to change the settings for your 
print job. The printer driver settings can be accessed through the 
Page Setup and Print dialog boxes of the application that you are 
printing from. The various settings are grouped under the Page 
Setup and Print dialog boxes in the following manner:
❏Page Setup dialog box: Settings that affect the attributes of the 
page to be printed, such as the paper size, orientation, and 
margins are available here.
❏Print dialog box: All other print settings, such as the paper 
source, resolution, and other PostScript settings are available 
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The actual settings that are available might vary, depending on 
your application.
Page Setup dialog box
When you select Page Setup in the File menu of your application, 
the Page Setup dialog box appears. There are three setup option 
pages in this dialog box: Page Attributes, Custom Page Default, 
and Summary.
The settings and the buttons that appear in the Page Setup dialog 
box are explained below.
Cancel
Click this button to exit the dialog box without saving any 
changes you made.
Page Attributes
Paper
Select the desired paper size from the Paper pop-up menu. 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.
Orientation
Specify whether the page is to be printed in the portrait (vertical) 
or landscape (horizontal) orientation.
Scale
This setting enables you to shrink or enlarge the image to print. 
You can enter any percentage from 25% to 400%. The default is 
100%. To shrink the image, specify a percentage that is lower than 
100%. To enlarge the image, specify a percentage that is higher 
than 100%. However, if you can shrink or enlarge the image to 
print in the application that you are printing from, do so in the 
application and not through the printer driver.
 
						

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Paper Size
Enter the desired Width and Height values for the custom page.
Note:
❏When you use custom paper size, make sure Width and Height that 
you specify do not exceed the custom paper size supported by your 
printer.
❏Image data may not be printed properly when you use custom paper 
size.
Margins
Specify the desired Top, Bottom, Left, and Right margin values.
Custom Page Name
Enter a name for the custom page that you are creating.
Summary
Displays all setting values in the Page Setup dialog box.
Print dialog box
When you select Print in the File menu of your application, the 
Print dialog box appears. The dialog box you see might be slightly 
different, depending on your application. There are several setup 
option pages in this dialog box, such as Copies & Pages, Layout, 
Duplex, Output Options, Error Handling, Paper Feed, Printer 
Features, and Summary.
The settings and the buttons that appear in the Print dialog box 
are explained below.
Cancel
Click this button to exit the dialog box without saving any 
changes you made.
 
						

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Save Settings
Click this button to save changes to the settings. Until you make 
additional changes and click this button again, the changes saved 
will be used as the default settings for this printer.
Preview
Click this button to preview the printed image.
Save AS PDF...
Click this button to save the specified pages as a PDF file.
Copies & Pages
Copies
Specify how many copies of the document to print. Enter any 
number from 1 (default) to 32,000.
Select the Collate option when printing multiple copies of a 
multi-page document, so that each document copy will be printed 
out with the page in order.
Collated
Select this radio button to print multiple copies of the document 
in page order. If it is not selected, each page is printed out the 
specified number of times before the following page is printed.
Note:
If you enable the Collated option here, do not set the Collate option in 
the application itself.
Pages
All
Select this radio button to print out all the pages of the document.
From, To
Specify the range of pages to print.