Epson Stylus Photo 1200 User Manual

							 



 

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  	 If you need the maximum control over your project, or you want to 
experiment with special effects, you can adjust the custom settings in 
your printer software. Follow these steps:
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
.
3Click Custom, and then click the Advanced button. You see the 
Advanced dialog box:
After you customize 
your print settings for 
a special project, you 
can save them as a 
group. Then you can 
reuse them whenever 
you print a similar 
project. See Saving Custom Settings
 for 
instructions.
Windows 
Click here to change 
your Print Quality 
(resolution)
Some of these 
options are 
automatically set 
or disabled by other 
settings you choose
 
						

							 



  4Choose the Media Type and Ink settings you want to use, following 
the guidelines in Printing from Windows
 and Printing from a Macintosh
. 
5Choose one of the following Print Quality options:
wEconomy
For low-resolution rough drafts on plain paper. Saves ink.
wNormal - 360 dpi
For most documents on plain paper, transparencies, or 360 dpi Ink 
Jet Paper.
wFine - 720 dpi
For high-resolution output on Photo Paper or Photo Quality Ink Jet 
Paper. Recommended for printing graphics and solid areas of color.
wPhoto - 720 dpi
For high-resolution output on plain paper, Photo Paper, Photo 
Quality papers, or Back Light Film. Recommended for delicate 
shading of lighter colors.
Macintosh
Some of these options 
are automatically set or 
disabled by other 
settings you chooseClick here to change your 
Print Quality (resolution)
The available Print 
Quality settings may 
be limited by the 
Media Type you 
choose.
 
						

							 



  wPhoto - 1440 dpi
For the highest-resolution output on plain paper, Photo Paper, 
Photo Quality papers, or Back Light Film.
6Choose one of the following Halftoning options:
wError Diffusion
For printing photographic images. Blends each color dot with the 
dots around it.
wFine Dithering
For printing graphs or other images that require precise, solid areas 
of bright colors. 
7Choose any of the following print options: 
wMicroWeave
For improved print quality. Prints graphic data in finer increments to 
eliminate unwanted banding (light horizontal lines). Always use for 
color printing.
wHigh Speed
For fast, bidirectional printing at lower quality. If vertical lines in your 
printout are misaligned when you use the High Speed setting, you 
may need to turn it off or align the print head; see Aligning the Print 
Head
 for instructions.
wFlip Horizontal
For printing a mirror image of your document. Use with iron-on 
transfer paper so your ironed-on printout will read correctly.
wFinest Detail
For printing text, graphics, and line art with very sharp edges. Slows 
print speed and increases your system memory requirements. 
In Automatic mode, 
the Halftoning setting 
is selected based on 
the data in your print 
job. In Custom mode, 
Halftoning is 
preselected for each 
project type setting. 
Some of the print 
option checkboxes in 
the Advanced dialog 
box are automatically 
selected or disabled 
by the Print Quality 
(resolution) you 
choose.
 
						

							 



  8Click OK if you’re ready to return to the printer settings dialog box, or 
see Customizing Color Settings
 if you want to adjust your document’s 
color settings.

%#  	#There are three ways to manage the color in your documents using your 
printer software:
wUsing PhotoEnhance3 and Digital Camera Correction
 to automatically 
correct digital photographs for exposure and other common flaws, and 
to adjust the tone or sharpness
wUsing Custom Color Adjustment
 to select individual color values to 
fine-tune the color in text, graphics, or economy mode documents
wUsing a Color Correction System to match the printed output to your 
on-screen colors
The appearance of the Color Management section of the Advanced 
dialog box changes, depending on the settings you’ve selected.

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To correct the exposure, tone, and sharpness of digital images, you can 
use PhotoEnhance3 and/or Digital Camera Correction.
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
.
 
						

							 



 	 3Click Custom, then select either PhotoEnhance3 or Digital Camera 
as described in Using Custom Project Types
.
4Click the Advanced button. The Color Management section of the 
Advanced dialog box appears as shown here:
5You can customize your image using these settings:
wSelect a Tone setting for your image: Normal for standard tones, 
Hard for high contrast, or Sepia for an old-fashioned photo look.
wTurn on Digital Camera Correction to correct noise and other 
flaws common to digital camera images.
wSelect Sharpness to sharpen the image, especially the edges.
6Click OK to return to the printer settings dialog box.
The Color 
Management section 
also changes to this 
view if you select the 
PhotoEnhance3 radio 
button in the 
Advanced dialog box. 
Don’t select 
PhotoEnhance3 
when you’re printing 
on Banner Photo 
Paper.
Windows 
MacintoshClick to select a 
Tone setting, if 
necessary. 
Changes appear 
in the example 
photograph.
Click to turn on 
Digital Camera 
Correction 
and/or sharpen 
the image.
 
						

							 



 


 
 
 #You can choose from several custom Color Adjustment modes or 
manually adjust brightness, contrast, saturation, and CMY (cyan, 
magenta, yellow) color values.
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
.
3Click Custom, then either select Text/Graph, Text, or Economy as 
described in Using Custom Project Types
, or don’t select any custom 
project type. 
4Click the Advanced button. The Color Management section of the 
Advanced dialog box appears as shown here:
Click the Color 
Adjustment radio 
button if you don’t 
see this view.
WindowsMacintosh Not available 
with 
Windows NT
 
						

							 



  5Choose one of the following Color Adjustment modes: 
wAutomatic
Analyzes the color information in your project and optimizes color 
correction accordingly.
wPhoto-realistic
For printing color photographs. 
wVivid
For printing graphics-intensive documents like presentations with 
graphs. Intensifies colors and lightens the midtones and highlights. 
wNo Color Adjustment 
Disables the color adjustment features of the printer software so 
you can use other color management software. 
6If you want to specify individual color correction values, use the sliders 
to increase (drag right) or decrease (drag left) the settings listed below. 
wBrightness
Makes your image lighter or darker.
wContrast
Increases or decreases the difference between the light and dark 
parts of an image.
wSaturation
Makes colors more vivid or less vivid.
wCyan, Magenta, Yellow
Increases or decreases the amount of the three main ink colors that 
combine to make a full-color printout. The Cyan and Magenta 
settings also affect the light cyan and light magenta inks.
7Click OK to return to the printer settings dialog box.
 
						

							 



 

 
 
 
 $To achieve the maximum color accuracy, you can use Image Color 
Matching (ICM; Windows 95 and 98 only), standard Red Green Blue 
(sRGB; recommended only with Windows 98), or ColorSync (Macintosh 
only), if your system is set up to use them.
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
.
3Click Custom, then select either ICM (Windows 95 or 98 only), sRGB 
(recommended only with Windows 98), or ColorSync (Macintosh only) 
as described in Using Custom Project Types
.
4Click the Advanced button. The Color Management section of the 
Advanced dialog box appears as shown here:
The Color 
Management section 
also changes to this 
view if you select the 
ICM, sRGB, or 
ColorSync radio 
button in the 
Advanced dialog box. 
Windows 
Macintosh Not available 
with 
Windows NT
For details, 
see Using ColorSync on the Macintosh
 
						

							 



  5Select one of these color correction systems:
wICM (Image Color Matching; Windows 95 and Windows 98 only)
For printing documents created in an ICM compatible application. If 
you’re using an ICM compatible monitor, adjusts printed colors to 
closely match the screen colors. 
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 match colors on the screen. 
See Using ColorSync on the Macintosh
 for more information.
6Click OK to return to the printer settings dialog box.
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   Every device you use for producing or viewing colors—your monitor, 
scanner, and printer—employs a different color technology. The 
Macintosh ColorSync system helps you control all your devices so their 
colors match your printer’s as closely as possible. 
 
						

							 



  ColorSync uses profile information from each device—including your 
EPSON Stylus Photo 1200 printer—to achieve accurate color matching. 
First you have to make sure your monitor’s profile is set. Then you can 
use your printer software to specify the exact method of color matching 
you want to use.
Follow the steps below to set your monitor’s ColorSync profile and use 
your printer software’s ColorSync features. The steps may be different, or 
there may be additional steps, depending on your Macintosh OS version; 
see your Macintosh documentation for more information on setting up 
ColorSync.
1Open the ColorSync System Profile under Control Panels on the 
Apple menu.
2Click the Set Profile button.
3Select your monitor from the list, and then click Select.
4Close ColorSync System Profile.
5Open an application and select a document to print.
6Open the File menu and click Print.
7Click Custom, then click Advanced. You see the Advanced dialog 
box.
8Click the ColorSync radio button.
9For Profile, choose EPSON Standard. This is the ColorSync profile 
created especially for your printer. 
Don’t choose any other printer 
profile you may have on your system.
When you install your 
printer software, you 
automatically install 
the ColorSync profile 
for your printer. If 
your system doesn’t 
have ColorSync, the 
installer also 
automatically installs 
ColorSync 2.0. If you 
already have 
ColorSync 2.0 or a 
later version, the 
installer doesn’t 
install ColorSync.