Epson Stylus Photo R800 User Manual

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5. Select one of these document types as the Quality Option setting:
■Draft: For rough drafts with reduced print quality
■Text: For text-only documents (like letters) with good print quality
■Text & Image: For documents with text and images with higher print quality
■Photo: For photos and graphics with good print quality and speed
■Best Photo: For photos or graphics with high print quality
6. Select the way your paper is loaded as the Source setting:
■Sheet: For paper or...

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11. Click OK. You return to the Print window. 
12. Click 
OK or Print to start printing.
During printing, this window appears. Use it to cancel, pause, or resume printing and 
see how much ink you have left.
Caution: Don’t open Epson Status Monitor, pause printing, or respond to any 
on-screen, low ink messages when your printer is in the middle of a print job. This 
may cause your printer to pause and leave an uneven surface on your printout. If 
your ink is running low,...

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Customizing Your Windows Print 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...

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Color Controls: Lets you adjust the Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, and 
individual colors in your printout.
■ICM: Uses standard color profiles for your printer to help match colors in 
your image. If you’re using custom profiles in an application such as 
Photoshop, select 
ICM then click No Color Adjustment.
Note: To print with custom color profiles using Photoshop, see “Managing 
Color with Profiles” on page 48.
■
Gamma: Adjusts the midtone density in the print.
4....

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Basic Printing With Macintosh OS X
If you’re using an OS X compatible application, follow the steps below to print a 
document or image using the basic settings. (If you’re using a Macintosh Classic 
mode application, follow the steps on page 29 instead.)
Make sure you added your printer to Print Center, as described on the Start Here 
sheet.
1. From the File menu, select 
Page Setup.
2. Open the 
Format for menu and select your printer and any optional feature. 
(For roll...

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6. Select Print from the File menu. You see a screen like this:
7. Open the 
Printer menu and select the same printer and feature setting you chose 
in the Page Setup window.
Note: Always select the same setting as the Format for option in the Page Setup 
window and the Printer option in the Print window. If the settings are different, 
you may get unexpected results.
8. Select Print Settings from the pull-down menu. You see your basic print 
settings: 
9. Select the type...

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10. For the ink setting, select Color (for color documents and black and white 
photographs) or 
Black (for black text documents).
11. Select 
Automatic as the Mode setting for the best results printing basic 
documents or images. (For instructions on using Advanced mode, see page 31.)
12. 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...

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15. To monitor the progress of your print job, click the Print Center icon when it 
appears in the dock. Then double-click 
Stylus Photo R800. 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...

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Basic Printing With Macintosh OS 8.6 to 9.x
Follow the steps below to print a document or image using the basic print settings.
Before you print, make sure you selected your printer in the Chooser as described on 
the Start Here sheet.
1. From the File menu, select 
Page Setup. You see a screen like this:
2. Select the size of paper you loaded as the Paper Size setting.
Caution: When printing non-borderless print jobs using a custom paper size, 
make sure the selected size...

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4. Select the direction you want your image or document to print as the Orientation 
setting. Select 
Portrait for vertical orientation or Landscape for horizontal.
5. Click 
OK to close the Page Setup window. 
6. From the File menu, select 
Print. You see a screen like this:
7. Select the type of paper you loaded as the Media Type setting (see page 34).
8. As the ink setting, select 
Color (for color documents and black and white 
photographs) or 
Black (for black text...