Epson Stylus Photo 1200 User Manual

 



 
 
  When you change printer settings through your software application, the 
settings apply only to the application you’re using. To adjust the default 
settings for 
all
 your Windows applications, access your printer software 
through the Windows Printers utility. Close all your applications before 
you start. If you don’t, you may have to close and reopen them to use the 
new default settings.
1Click Start, point to Settings, and select Printers....

 



 

   
After you send a print job, the Progress Meter window appears on your 
screen to report how the job is doing:
The Progress Meter shows the progress of your print job and the status of 
your printer. You can use the buttons to cancel, pause, or restart your 
print job. 
If you installed Status Monitor 2, you also see information about how 
much ink you have left and can view the Status Monitor 2 Printer Status 
window. See Using Status Monitor 2
 for more...

 



 
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  When you print with a Macintosh, you need to check the printer software 
settings in each application you use. This section describes the settings 
you’ll need to check for all your everyday printouts. See Custom Printing
 
for information about advanced settings for special print jobs. 
Follow these steps to print from a Macintosh:
1Open a Macintosh application and select a file you want to print.
2Open the File menu and click Page Setup (Document Setup in...

 



  You see the main printer settings dialog box:
5Choose the number of copies and indicate which pages you want 
to print.
6Choose the Media Type you want to print on from the following list:
wPlain Paper
w360 dpi Ink Jet Paper 
wPhoto Quality Ink Jet Paper
wPhoto Paper
wPhoto Quality Glossy Film
wInk Jet Transparencies
wInk Jet Back Light Film
The type of paper you choose determines the print quality you can use. 
It’s very important to select the correct Media Type setting for your...

 



 	 7Choose Color or Black ink.
8Make sure the Mode option is set to Automatic. This is the easiest 
way to get good printing results for all kinds of documents, on all types 
of paper.
9Set the slider to Quality or Speed. This lets you choose between the 
fastest printing or a high resolution for the paper you’re using. To 
select 1440 dpi or any other available resolution for your paper, you 
need to access the Advanced dialog box; see Customizing Print 
Quality and Special Effects...

 



 


   
If you turned on background printing, EPSON Monitor3 automatically 
displays this dialog box when you send a print job to the printer:
You can use the Monitor3 dialog box to check on your print jobs and 
cancel, pause, or restart them.
The progress bar tracks the progress of the current print job. To pause, 
cancel, or restart a print job (either the current one or any job waiting to 
print), click the document’s name to highlight it. Then click one of the...

 



 



When your presentation graphics, photographs, or other projects have 
special printing requirements, you can use the custom settings in your 
EPSON Stylus Photo 1200 software. You can choose custom project 
types or adjust individual settings like brightness, contrast, sharpness, 
and halftoning. For professional-quality color accuracy, you can use a 
color matching mode.
Your printer software’s print layout options let you print almost any size 
image on your...

 



 
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Custom project types provide an easy way to fine-tune your printer 
settings for a specific type of project. Follow these steps to print with 
custom project types:
1Create your image or document in your application software.
2Access the printer settings dialog box as described in Printing from 
Windows
 or Printing from a Macintosh
. You see one of the following:
3Choose the Media Type you want to print on. (If you’re not sure which 
setting to choose,...

 



  5Click Custom, then click Custom Settings. You see a list of project 
types.
6Choose the right setting for your project and Media Type, following 
these guidelines:
wPhotoEnhance3 
For printing images captured using a video camera, digital camera, 
or scanner. Produces sharper images and more vivid colors by 
automatically adjusting the contrast, saturation, and brightness. 
Corrects for overall under- or over-exposure of the original image.
wDigital Camera
For printing images...

 



  wsRGB (standard Red Green Blue; recommended only with 
Windows 98)
For printing documents created in an sRGB compatible application 
using sRGB colors, such as those designed for the World Wide 
Web. Before using this setting, set up your sRGB compatible 
devices (such as your monitor and printer) to use an sRGB color 
profile; see your Windows 98 online help for details.
wColorSync (Macintosh only)
Automatically adjusts printout colors to closely match the colors on 
your screen....