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) 
or Exif Print, you can use these technologies to ensure the most accurate 
reproduction of your photographs. See Printing Photos Using Film Factory
. 
Printing From a Windows Computer
You can print your photos from imaging applications in Windows.®
1. Open your photo in your program. 
2. From the File menu, click 
Print. You see a Print window like this one:
Select EPSON PictureMate here
Click here to open 
your PictureMate 
software
 
						

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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 
than it is long, select 
Landscape.
■If you want to adjust your photo colors, you can change the Color Option. 
Select 
Auto Correction to automatically adjust colors, Sepia to change the 
colors to brown for an old-fashioned look, 
Black & White to change a color 
photo to a black and white one, or 
No Correction to leave the photo to print 
with no adjustment. 
■If your photo was taken with a digital camera, select Digital Camera 
Correction
 to minimize common digital flaws.
 
						

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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.
See Storing and Displaying Your Printed Photos
 for steps on properly storing your 
printed photos.
Selecting Default Settings
Your printer settings only apply to the program you’re currently using. If you want, 
you can change the Windows default printer settings for all your programs.
1. Right-click the   printer icon in the lower right corner of your screen (taskbar).
2. Select 
Printer Settings. You see the Printing Preference or Properties window.
3. Select the default settings you want to be the default for all your applications, then 
click 
OK.
You can still change the printer settings in your individual programs whenever you 
print.
Click to cancel printing
Click to pause or 
resume printing
 
						

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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 
4 × 6 in option. You see 
these extended options:
Select 
4 × 6 in (Borderless) to print without any borders.
Select 
4 × 6 in (Borders) to print with a white border all around.
3. Select the direction you want your photo to print as the Orientation setting. 
Select  for vertical orientation,  for horizontal facing right, or  for 
horizontal facing left.
Select PictureMate
Select the Orientation 
setting
Select 4 × 6 in (Borderless) 
or 4 × 6 in (Borders)
 
						

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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, 
select 
Black & White.
Tip: For more information about printer settings, click Help. 
8. You can also choose these options in the pop-up menu:
■Copies & Pages, to select the number of copies or a page range
Click here and select 
Print Settings 
Select PictureMate
 
						

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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
■To pause printing, click the print job, then click Hold
■To resume printing, click a print job marked “Hold” and click Resume 
■If multiple print jobs are listed and you want one to print before the other(s), 
select the job and click the 
Status arrow to move it up.
12. When you’re finished, choose 
File > Quit in the PictureMate or Print Center 
window.
See Storing and Displaying Your Printed Photos
 for steps on properly storing your 
printed photos.
 
						

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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 
Print. You see a window like the following:
6. Select the following print settings:
Make sure you see 
PictureMate
Select the 
orientation of 
your photo
 
						

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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.
Tip: For more information about printer settings, click the ? button. 
7. You can also do the following:
■Click   to change the Print button to Preview. You can then click it to 
preview your printout.
■Click   to check your ink levels.
8. Click 
Print to start printing. 
9. If you turned on background printing, you can open the EPSON MonitorIV 
window by selecting it in the Application menu in the upper-right corner of your 
screen. 
10. Monitor the progress of your print job or do one of the following:
■To cancel printing, click the print job, then click the  icon.
■To pause printing, click the print job, then click the  icon.
■To resume printing, click a print job marked “Hold” and click the  icon.
 
						

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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
Make sure you installed Film Factory as described in the Using PictureMate With a 
Computer booklet. 
Opening Your Photos in Film Factory
1. Start Film Factory. You see the main Film Factory screen: 
 
Select the folder 
containing your 
photos
 
						

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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 
print information for accurate image reproduction and color correction is included 
with your photo. Film Factory uses this information automatically when printing 
your photos. 
You can also import a photo into Film Factory from a disk, card, or scanner. See 
the on-screen Getting Started Guide that was installed with Film Factory for 
instructions.
3. To select a photo for printing, click its thumbnail on the screen. The thumbnail is 
highlighted.
PRINT Image 
Matching photos 
are marked here