Epson Stylus Photo R800 User Manual

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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, wait until printing finishes before checking ink levels or 
attempting to replace a cartridge. If you must replace an ink cartridge in the 
middle of a print job, the quality of your printout may decline. For...

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You see the advanced settings:
3. 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 RPM for the highest print quality (5760 × 1440 dpi) on 
certain paper types. (Printing takes a bit longer in this mode.)
■High Speed: Speeds up printing by allowing printing back and forth across 
the page, instead of in just one direction.
■Mirror Image: Inverts the...

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4. To select Color Management options, do one of the following:
■OS X: Select Color Management from the pull-down menu.
■OS 8.6 to 9.x: Select a Color Management option on the right of the screen.
5. Select Color Management options as follows:
■Color Controls: Let you adjust the Brightness, Contrast, Saturation, 
Gamma, and individual colors in your printout.
■PhotoEnhance4: Improves the contrast, saturation, and color balance of 
low-resolution photos (affects only your...

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Selecting the Correct Media Type
Select the correct Type or Media Type setting so your printer knows what kind of 
paper you’re using and adjusts the ink coverage accordingly.
Paper or other media loadedType or Media Type setting
Plain paper sheets
Envelopes
Epson Premium Bright White PaperPlain Paper
Epson Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper
Epson Photo Quality Ink Jet Cards
Epson Photo Quality Self Adhesive SheetsPhoto Quality Ink Jet Paper
Epson Enhanced Matte Paper Enhanced...

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Printing Special Photos
When you need to print photos using the special Stylus Photo R800 printing features, 
follow the instructions in these sections:
■“Printing on Roll Paper” below
■“Using PRINT Image Matching” on page 42
■“Printing Borderless Cut Sheets” on page 43
■“Managing Color with Profiles” on page 48
Printing on Roll Paper
Before you print on roll paper, load roll paper as described on page 16. 
Then follow the steps in the next sections to select your roll paper settings, control...

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Selecting Roll Paper Print Settings
Follow the steps in one of these sections to select your roll paper print settings:
■“Windows” below
■“Macintosh OS X” on page 37
■“Macintosh 8.6 to 9.x” on page 39
Windows
1. Start your print application, open your photo file, and resize it as necessary.
2. Open the File menu, click 
Print, then 
click 
Properties or Preferences. 
3. Select the type of roll paper you loaded as 
the Type option:
■Premium Semigloss Photo Paper
■Premium Luster...

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7. Select the roll paper settings based on the type of printing you’re doing, then 
click
OK:
8. Click 
OK.
9. Click 
OK or Print. Follow the steps on page 41 to remove your printed photos.
Macintosh OS X
1. Start your print application, open your photo file, and resize it as necessary.
2. Click 
File > Page Setup.
3. Select one of the following as the Format for setting:
■Stylus Photo R800(Roll Paper)
■Stylus Photo R800(Roll Paper - Borderless)
■Stylus Photo R800(Roll Paper -...

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4. Select the photo size as the Paper Size setting.
If you’re printing a panoramic photo, click the 
Settings pull-down menu, select 
Custom Paper Size, and enter the size of your photo. Make sure the width of 
your photo is 4 or 8.3 inches maximum, depending on the width of the roll paper 
you loaded. Also set the margins to 
0 in your printing software.
5. Click 
OK to close the Page Setup dialog box.
6. Click 
File > Print to open the printer settings dialog box.
7. For the...

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10. Move the slider to the Quality setting.
11. Select 
Roll Paper Option from the pull-down menu. You see these options:
12. Select the settings based on the type of printing you’re doing:
13. When you’re finished, click 
Print.
14. Follow the steps on page 41 to remove your printed photos.
Macintosh 8.6 to 9.x
1. Start your print application, 
open your photo file, and resize 
it as necessary.
2. Click 
File > Page Setup.
3. Select the photo size as the 
Paper Size setting.
If...

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4. Choose Roll Paper as the Paper Source setting.
5. If you’ll be printing photos without any borders, click the 
Borderless checkbox.
6. Select the Roll Paper Option settings based on the type of printing you’re doing:
7. Click 
OK to close the Page Setup dialog box.
8. Click 
File > Print to open the printer settings dialog box.
9. Select the type of roll paper you loaded as the Media Type option:
■Premium Semigloss Photo Paper
■Premium Luster Photo Paper 
■Premium Glossy...