Epson Stylus Photo 1200 User Manual

							


 
  
 
 
!   ,
$ / 0 
You can load up to 30 cards at a time. Always place the included support 
sheet under the cards and load them as shown below. 
Set the paper thickness lever to the + position, as shown in Envelopes
, to 
prevent smearing. When you’re ready to print, set the Media Type to 
Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper and the Paper Size setting to the card size 
in your printer software. 
!   Use these sheets of stickers to print small, decorated photos for use on 
cards, invitations, or other items. You’ll need to use an application that 
can create photo stickers, such as XLsoft’s StickerPiX.
™
Load one sheet of Photo Stickers at a time. Make sure to place support 
sheets A and B that came with the stickers beneath the sheet. 
Select Photo Quality Glossy Film as the Media Type setting and A6 
Index card 105
 ´ 148 mm as the Paper Size in your printer software.
 
						

							


 
  
 
 
!   ,
$     Use these sheets to print labels or stickers. You can load one sheet at a 
time. Make sure your adhesive sheets are fully adhered to their backing 
sheet before you load them.
When you’re ready to print, select Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper as the 
Media Type setting in your printer software.! /* 
  
 
You can print photos, company logos, or anything else you want on these 
transfer papers, and then iron your images onto T-shirts or other cloth 
items. Load one sheet of transfer paper at a time. 
Be sure to select 360 dpi Ink Jet Paper as the Media Type setting and 
reverse your image before you print it—especially if it includes text—so it 
will read correctly when it’s transferred. You can use the Flip Horizontal 
setting in your printer software to do this (see Customizing Print Quality and Special Effects
 for instructions).
After you print, follow the instructions that came with the paper to iron the 
image onto the shirt or other item.
 
						

							


 
  
 
 
! / 0 .
   )You can use EPSON Ink Jet Back Light Film to print crisp, translucent 
images for backlit display. Before loading the back light film, pull the 
paper support extension all the way up. Make sure the film is flat; if it 
curls, place it between two sheets of paper and put a heavy object on top 
to flatten it. Load one sheet at a time, with the white side face-up. 
Select Ink Jet Back Light Film as the Media Type setting; your printer 
software automatically makes a mirror image of your design so it appears 
correctly when viewed from the reverse side.
Don’t use the 
Maximum Printable 
Area setting on the 
Paper tab in your 
printer software when 
you’re printing on 
EPSON Ink Jet Back 
Light Film.
 
						

							 

 

 !
 

 
Your printer software includes several utilities for managing print jobs. 
You can use them to monitor your printer’s status and check on the 
current print job or jobs waiting to print. This chapter provides instructions 
for the following:
wManaging Print Jobs in WindowswManaging Print Jobs on a Macintosh
 
						

							 

 

 !
 	
##  -.  
Your printer software offers three ways to monitor your print jobs:
wProgress Meter, which shows the progress of your current print job 
and the status of your printer. The Progress Meter appears each time 
you send a print job, as described in Using the Progress Meter
. You 
can turn the Progress Meter on or off in the Speed & Progress dialog 
box; see Displaying the Progress Meter
 for details.
wSpool Manager (not available with Windows NT), which displays your 
current print job files and lets you pause and cancel individual jobs. 
The Spool Manager appears in the taskbar at the bottom of the screen 
each time you print, as described in Using the Spool Manager
.
wStatus Monitor 2, which provides detailed information about the 
status of your printer, as described in Using Status Monitor 2.
In addition, the Speed & Progress dialog box lets you optimize your 
system for the fastest transfer of data to your printer. See Optimizing Data 
Transfer
 for details.
Windows NT 4.0 
servers and 
workstations include 
a messenger service 
to alert you to printer 
errors or let you know 
when a print job is 
finished. If you have 
appropriate network 
access privileges or 
you’re controlling 
printing from the 
server, you can also 
set other options. See 
your Windows NT 
documentation for 
details.
 
						

							 

 

 !
 


    %After you send a print job, the Progress Meter window appears on your 
screen:
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. You can also click the Detail button to view the 
Status Monitor 2 Printer Status window. See Using Status Monitor 2
 for 
more information.
You can select whether or not to display the Progress Meter. See 
Displaying the Progress Meter
 for instructions.
Click to pause Click to cancel 
Click to restart Click to view the Status 
Monitor 2 Printer Status 
window
This information 
appears only if 
you installed 
Status Monitor 2 
 
						

							 

 

 !
 
   You can control whether or not the Progress Meter appears when you 
send a print job using the Speed & Progress dialog box. To access the 
dialog box, you must open your printer software from the Windows 
Printers utility as described below.
1Click Start, point to Settings, then click Printers.
2Right-click the EPSON Stylus Photo 1200 printer icon and select 
Properties (Windows 95 and 98) or Document Defaults 
(Windows NT) from the menu.
3Click the Utility tab. You see the Utility menu:
4Click the Speed & Progress button. 
Speed & 
Progress 
buttonUtility tab
The Speed & 
Progress button is 
grayed out when you 
open your printer 
software through an 
application. You can 
access the Speed & 
Progress dialog box 
only through the 
Windows Printers 
utility as described 
here.
 
						

							 

 

 !
  You see this dialog box:
5Click the Show Progress Meter checkbox to control whether or not 
the Progress Meter appears when you send a print job.
For information about other options in the Speed & Progress dialog box, 
see Optimizing Data Transfer
.
Select whether you 
want the Progress 
Meter to appear or not
 
						

							 

 

 !
 

    %

The Spool Manager (not available with Windows NT) displays the status 
of your print jobs and lets you control how they’re printed.
To open Spool Manager while you’re printing, click the EPSON 
Stylus Photo 1200 button on the taskbar at the bottom of the screen. 
You see the Spool Manager window:
To cancel, pause, resume, or restart a print job, click the job to highlight it; 
then click the corresponding command button on the bottom of the 
window.
If you’re having trouble printing, a print job may have stalled. Click on any 
print jobs marked Held, then click the Cancel button. 
Print job file
Command buttons
 
						

							 

 

 !
 

 
 % 1Status Monitor 2 lets you view information about your printer and your 
print jobs in its main window and these detailed status windows:
wStatus Alert Window, which reports printer errors, low ink levels, and 
other problems when they occur.
wPrinter Status Window, which gives troubleshooting tips and detailed 
information about printer errors.
wJob Status Window, which shows print jobs that are currently printing 
or waiting to be printed.
To use Status Monitor 2, follow the instructions in these sections:
wBefore you can view the main window or any of the status windows, 
you need to open Status Monitor 2, as described in Opening Status 
Monitor 2
.
wTo set up how you want printing monitored and to view a brief 
description of your printer status, see Using the Main Window
.
wTo access more detailed printer information, see Using the Detailed 
Status Windows
. 
wIf you want to adjust how often Status Monitor 2 checks your printer 
status, see Changing the Monitoring Interval
. 
You can check printer 
status using Status 
Monitor 2 only when 
your printer is turned 
on and connected 
directly to your 
computer via a 
bidirectional port.