Epson PictureMate User Manual

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Printing From Your Computer
When you print from your computer, you can edit, enhance, and organize your 
photos, using your photo software, such as Adobe
® Photoshop.® 
Before you start, make sure your PictureMate software is installed as described in the 
Using PictureMate With a Computer booklet. 
Follow the instructions for your computer:
■Printing From a Windows Computer
■Printing From a Macintosh Computer
Tip: If your digital camera supports PRINT Image MatchingTM (P.I.M. or P.I.M. II) 
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3. Make sure EPSON PictureMate is selected.
4. Click the 
Preferences or Properties button. (If you see a Setup, Printer, or 
Options button, click it. Then click Preferences or Properties on the next 
screen.)
You see the Printing Preferences or Properties window:
5. You can do the following: 
■Select Borderless to print a photo without any borders or choose Borders to 
print with a white border all around.
■If your photo is longer than it is wide, select Portrait orientation; if it is wider 
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■To bring out the fine details of a particularly intricate photo, select Enhance 
Fine Details
 (printing may be slower).
Tip: For more information about printer settings, click the ? or Help button.
6. Click OK.
7. At the Print window, click 
OK or Print to start printing.
During printing, this window appears and shows the progress of your print job. You 
can use the buttons to cancel, pause, or resume printing. You can also see how much 
ink you have left.
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Printing From a Macintosh Computer
Follow the steps below for the operating system you are printing from: 
■Macintosh OS X
■Macintosh OS 9
Macintosh OS X
If you’re printing from an OS X compatible application, follow the steps below to 
print a photo. (If you’re using an application that’s compatible only with Macintosh
® 
Classic mode, follow the steps in Macintosh OS 9
 instead.)
1. From the File menu, select 
Page Setup. You see this menu:
2. Open the Paper Size menu and place your cursor on a 
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4. When you’re finished with the Page Setup settings, click OK.
5. Select 
Print from the File menu. You see a screen like this:
6. Select 
Print Settings from the pop-up menu. (In iPhoto,™ click Advanced 
options
 to see the pop-up menu.) You see your printing options:
7. Select your print settings as follows:
■To bring out the fine details in your photo, select Enhance Fine Details 
(printing may be slower).
■To print your photo in color, select Color; to print it in black and white, 
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■Layout, to select page layout options
■Output Options, to save your print job as a PDF file
■Summary, to view a list of all your selections
9. Click 
Print.
10. To monitor the progress of your print job, click the 
PictureMate or Print 
Center
 icon when it appears in the dock. If you clicked the Print Center icon, 
double-click PictureMate. You see a screen like this:
11. From this window, you can do one of the following:
■To cancel printing, click the print job, then click Delete
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1. From the File menu, select Page Setup. You see the following:
2. Make sure PictureMate
 is selected. If not, you need to select it in the Chooser.
3. Select these print settings:
■Select Borderless to print a photo without any borders or choose Borders to 
print with a white border all around.
■If your photo is longer than it is wide, select Portrait orientation; if it is wider 
than it is long, select 
Landscape.
4. Click 
OK. 
5. From the File menu, select 
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■If you want to adjust your photo colors, you can change the Color Option. 
Select 
Auto Correction to automatically adjust colors, or Sepia to change 
the colors to brown for an old-fashioned look, or 
Black & White to change a 
color photo to a black and white one.
■To bring out the fine details in your photo, select Enhance Fine Details 
(printing may be slower).
■If your photo was taken with a digital camera, select Digital Camera 
Correction
 to minimize common digital flaws.
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■To check your ink levels, click  .
Note: If you’re not using background printing and you need to cancel printing, 
hold down the Jkey and press the.(period) key. 
See Storing and Displaying Your Printed Photos for steps on properly storing your 
printed photos.
Printing Photos Using Film Factory
You can use Film FactoryTM to organize, retouch, and print your photos. Follow the 
steps in these sections:
■Opening Your Photos in Film Factory
■Printing Your Photos in Film Factory
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Note: If you need help with Film Factory, select it from the Help menu or check 
the on-screen Getting Started Guide that was installed with Film Factory.
2. Select the folder on your computer that contains your photos. Thumbnails of 
your photos appear on the screen. 
Note: Film Factory can open these file types: JPEG, PICT, BMP, TIF, FPX (read 
only), PNG, GIF (read only), MacPaint, Photoshop, QuickTime,® SGI and Targa. 
Note: If your digital camera supports P.I.M. (PRINT Image Matching), special...