Epson Stylus Photo R2400 User Manual

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Customizing Your Windows Print Settings
Follow these steps to print a document or image using advanced printer settings: 
1. On the Main tab, click the 
Advanced button in the bottom right corner. 
2. Click 
Continue. The Basic settings change to the Advanced settings: 
Note: If you want to use the Advanced screen each time you access your printer 
settings, select the Show this screen first checkbox.
3. The Advanced settings include the same options as the Basic settings, plus these: 
■Print quality: Lets you specify a print quality for your selected paper type, 
including 
Photo (1440 × 720), Best Photo (1440 × 1440), and 
Photo RPM® (5760 × 1440 dpi) for the highest print quality on certain paper 
types. (Printing takes longer in this mode.)
■High Speed: Speeds up printing by allowing printing back and forth across 
the page, instead of in just one direction. (Print quality may decrease.)
Print quality
 
						

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Edge Smoothing: Prints smoother edges on low-resolution images, such as 
bars in a graph.
■Color Controls: Lets you adjust the Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, and 
cyan, magenta, and yellow levels in your printout.
■Advanced B&W Photo: Lets you access Color Toning, Toning, and other 
image adjustments when printing black and white images. Choose a preset 
Color Toning with the menu or create a custom setting by clicking 
Settings. 
See “Advanced Black and White Photo Printing” on page 73 for more details.
Note: The availability of the Advanced B&W Photo setting depends on the 
ink cartridge installed (Photo Black or Matte Black), the Paper Type setting, 
and the print quality setting.
■
ICM: Uses standard color profiles for your printer to help match colors in 
your image, for use with certain ICM-enabled applications. If you’re using 
custom or Epson Premium ICC profiles in a program such as Photoshop, 
select 
ICM and then check the Off (No Color Adjustment) box.
Caution: Incorrectly applying this function or using it in an incomplete color 
management workflow may result in excessively light or dark prints. 
Note: To print with custom or Premium ICC color profiles using Photoshop, 
see “Managing Color With Profiles” on page 53.
4. Once you’ve finished selecting advanced settings, you can:
■Click OK to save your settings, return to the Print dialog box, and print.
■Click the Basic button to return to the Basic settings.
■Click the Page Layout tab and continue with step5 to select layout options.
 
						

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5. Select the following page layout settings as necessary:
Note: For more information on printer settings, or instructions on saving them as 
a group so you can reuse them later, click the Help or ? button. 
6. Click OK to save your settings, return to the Print dialog box, and print.
Basic Printing With Mac OS X
Follow the steps below to print a document or image on a Macintosh using the basic 
printer settings. 
For roll paper printing, see page 43. For borderless printing, see page 49.
Note: Make sure you added your printer in the Printer Setup Utility or Print 
Center, as described on the Start Here sheet.
1. From the File menu, select Page Setup.
Select image or 
document position 
options here
Select image or 
document resizing 
options here; these 
affect only your 
printed image
Add a watermark 
to your printed page 
hereSelect multi-page 
document options 
here and here
Adjust the size of 
borderless images 
here (available 
when borderless is 
selected on the 
Main tab)
 
						

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2. Open the Format for menu and select your printer. 
3. Open the Paper Size menu and select the size of the paper you loaded. Then select 
the source setting from the submenu for that size. 
■For prints on paper loaded in the sheet feeder with borders around the image, 
select just a paper size in the menu or submenu. 
■For borderless prints on paper loaded in the sheet feeder, select a size with 
Sheet Feeder - Borderless as the source. 
■For prints with borders around the image on paper loaded in the single sheet 
guide, select a size with 
Manual - Roll as the source. 
■For borderless prints on paper loaded in the single sheet guide, select a size 
with 
Manual - Roll(Borderless) as the source. 
Select Stylus Photo R2400
Select your document or 
image orientation
Choose a 
source 
setting
Choose the 
paper size 
 
						

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■For prints made on thick media loaded into the front path, choose 
Manual - Front as the source.
For roll paper printing instructions, see page 43. For details on borderless 
printing, see page 49.
Caution: When printing non-borderless print jobs using a custom paper size, 
make sure the selected size matches the paper you loaded and is within the 
printable area for your printer. For example, never choose a paper size wider than 
your printer’s sheet feeder or longer than your paper length. The maximum width 
for custom paper sizes is 12.95 inches.
4. Select the direction you want your image or document to print as the Orientation 
setting. Select  for vertical orientation,  for horizontal facing left, or  for 
horizontal facing right.
5. Click 
OK.
6. Select 
Print from the File menu. You see a screen like this:
7. Open the 
Printer menu and select Stylus Photo R2400.
8. Select 
Print Settings from the pop-up menu. 
Note: In certain programs you may need to select Advanced before you can 
select Print Settings.
Click here and select 
Print Settings  Select Stylus Photo 
R2400
 
						

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You see your basic print settings:
9. Select the type of paper you loaded as the Media Type setting; see page 41.
Note: If you don’t see the paper type you want to use, check your Page Setup 
settings to make sure you selected the correct paper size and source; see 
page 34, or that you have the correct black ink cartridge installed; see page 68.
10. For the color setting, select Color (for color documents and black and white 
photographs), or 
Advanced B&W Photo (for accessing Color Toning and other 
image adjustments when printing black and white photographs; see page 73), or 
Black (for black text documents).
Note: The availability of the Advanced B&W Photo setting depends on the ink 
cartridge installed (Photo Black or Matte Black), the Media Type setting, and the 
print quality setting.
11. Select Automatic as the Mode setting for the best results printing basic 
documents or images. (For instructions on using Advanced mode, see page 39.)
12. If available, move the slider to the 
Quality setting to print images or documents 
using higher print quality, or to the 
Speed setting for faster printing.
Note: For more information about printer settings, click ?. 
Select Quality or Speed Select your paper type 
(see page 41)
Select Automatic mode Select the ink setting
 
						

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13. You can also choose these options in the pop-up menu:
■Copies & Pages, to select the number of copies or a page range
■Layout, to select page layout options
■Output Options, to save your print job as a PDF file
■Scheduler, to specify a time for a document to print
■Paper Handling, to reverse page order and set other page options
■ColorSync, to select Quartz® filters through ColorSync® 
■Color Management, to select ColorSync (for use with certain 
ColorSync-enabled applications), adjust the color controls, change the gamma 
setting, or turn off color adjustments by the printer software (see page 40 for 
color management details) 
■Expansion (if you selected a Borderless option as the paper size/source 
setting), adjusts the image size to remove borders completely
■Extension Setting, select Thick paper to correct ink smearing when 
printing on thick paper 
■Summary, to view a list of all your selections
14. Click 
Print.
Caution: Don’t open Epson Status Monitor, pause printing, or respond to ink 
messages when your printer is printing. This may cause your printer to pause and 
leave an uneven surface on your printout. If ink is low, wait until printing finishes 
before checking ink levels or replacing a cartridge. If you replace an ink cartridge 
in the middle of a print job, the quality of your printout may decline. For best 
results, check ink levels and replace cartridges, if necessary, before printing large 
or high-resolution print jobs.
 
						

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15. To monitor the progress of your print job, click your printer’s  icon or the 
Print Center icon when it appears in the dock. Then double-click Stylus 
Photo R2400
. You see this screen:
16. Monitor the progress of your print job or do one of the following:
■Click the print job, then click Delete to delete the job
■Click the print job, then click Hold to pause printing
■Click a print job marked “Hold” and click Resume to resume printing
■If multiple print jobs are listed, click a print job, then click the Priority arrow 
as necessary to reorder the jobs
17. When you’re finished, close your printer’s status window (OS X 10.3 and 10.4) or 
Print Center (OS X 10.2).
 
						

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Customizing Your Macintosh Print Settings 
Follow these steps to print a document or image using advanced printer settings: 
1. From the File menu, select 
Print. 
2. Select 
Print Settings from the pop-up menu.
Note: In certain programs you may need to select Advanced before you can 
select Print Settings.
3. To access advanced settings, click Advanced.
4. In addition to the basic settings, you can select these advanced options: 
■Print Quality: Lets you specify a print quality for your selected paper type, 
including 
Photo (1440 × 720), Best Photo (1440 × 1440), and Photo RPM 
(5760 × 1440 dpi) for the highest print quality on certain paper types. 
(Printing takes longer in this mode.)
■High Speed: Speeds up printing by allowing printing back and forth across 
the page, instead of in just one direction. (Print quality may decrease.)
 
						

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Mirror Image: Inverts the image horizontally.
■Finest Detail: Places ink droplets in the most precise manner for high quality 
printing. (Printing takes longer in this mode.)
Note: For more information on printer settings, click ?.
5. To select Color Management options, select Color Management from the 
pop-up menu. Select Color Management options as follows:
■Color Controls: Lets you adjust the Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, 
Gamma, and cyan, magenta, and yellow levels in your printout. (Click the 
Advanced Settings arrow to access these adjustments.)
■ColorSync: Uses standard ColorSync profiles for your printer to help match 
colors in your image, for use with certain ColorSync-enabled applications. 
If you’re using custom or Epson Premium ICC profiles in a program such as 
Photoshop, select 
Off (No Color Adjustment) instead.
■Off (No Color Adjustment): Turns off your printer’s color management 
features so you can use ICC profiles in an ICC-aware application such as 
Adobe Photoshop instead.
Caution: Incorrectly applying this function or using it in an incomplete color 
management workflow may result in excessively light or dark prints. 
Note: To print with custom or Premium ICC color profiles using Photoshop, 
see “Managing Color With Profiles” on page 53.
6. Click Print.