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 best results, 
check your ink levels and replace ink cartridges, if necessary, before printing large 
or high-resolution print jobs.
13. If you turned on background printing, select EPSON MonitorIV from the 
Application menu in the upper right corner of the screen. You see this window:
Note: If you’re not using background printing and you need to cancel printing, 
hold down the J key and press the 
.(period) key.
Customizing Your Macintosh Print Settings
1. From the File menu, select Print.
2. To access advanced settings, do one of the following:
OS X: Click 
Advanced.
OS 8.6 to 9.x: Click 
Custom, then click Advanced.
Select your print job, then 
click here to cancel printingClick to check ink levels
 
						

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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 image horizontally.
■Finest Detail: Places ink droplets in the most precise manner for high quality 
printing. (Printing takes a bit longer in this mode.)
■Edge Smoothing: Prints sharper edges on low-resolution images, such as bars 
in a graph (Mac OS 8.6 to 9.x only).
■Gloss Optimizer: Applies gloss optimizer on certain paper types.
■Thick paper and envelopes: If printing is smeared on thick paper or 
envelopes, click this checkbox and try printing again.
Macintosh OS 8.6 to 9.x
Macintosh OS X
 
						

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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 printout).
■ColorSync®: Uses standard ColorSync profiles for your printer to help match 
colors in your image. (If you’re using custom profiles in an application such as 
Adobe Photoshop, select 
No Color Adjustment instead.)
■No Color Adjustment: Turns off your printer’s color management features 
so you can use profiles in an application such as Adobe Photoshop instead.
Note: To print with custom color profiles when you’re using Photoshop, see 
“Managing Color with Profiles” on page 48.
■
Gamma: Adjusts the midtone density in the print.
Note: For more information on advanced settings, or instructions on saving them 
as a group so you can reuse them later, click Help (OS X) or ? (OS 8.6 to 9.x).
6.OS X: Click Print.
OS 8.6 to 9.x: Click 
OK to save your settings, then click Print.
 
						

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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 Matte Paper
Epson Matte Paper Heavyweight
PremiereArt Matte Scrapbook Photo Paper 
for EpsonMatte Paper - Heavyweight
Epson Premium Glossy Photo Paper  Premium Glossy Photo Paper
Epson Premium Luster Photo Paper  Premium Luster Photo Paper
Epson Premium Semigloss Photo Paper  Premium Semigloss Photo Paper
Ink-jet printable CDs or DVDs CD/DVD
Ink-jet printable CDs or DVDs with a 
premium surfaceCD/DVD Premium Surface
 
						

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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 
printing, and remove and store roll paper.
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 best results, 
check your ink levels and replace ink cartridges, if necessary, before printing large 
or high-resolution print jobs.
 
						

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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 Photo Paper 
■Premium Glossy Photo Paper
4. If you’ll be printing photos without any 
borders, click the 
Borderless box.
5. Select the photo size as the 
Size setting.
If you’re printing a panoramic photo, select 
User Defined from the Size list 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.
Note: Don’t select any of these settings when 
printing on roll paper: PhotoEnhance, Reverse 
Order, or Sheet or Manual (for Source).
6. Choose Roll as the Source setting. The Roll 
Paper Options dialog box pops up:
 
						

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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 - Borderless Banner)
(If you’ll be printing photos without any borders, select either the Borderless or 
Borderless Banner option. For panoramics, select the Borderless option.)
Type of printing
Borderless 
checkbox
Roll Paper Options
Borderless photos
(only available with 4-, 8-, or 
8.27-inch paper widths)CheckedCut Sheet Mode or 
Banner Mode
Photos with borders or panoramics UncheckedCut Sheet Mode
Select a Stylus Photo R800 Roll 
Paper setting for your printer here
Select the size of the photo you’re 
printing here
 
						

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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 Printer setting, select the same 
Roll Paper setting that you chose on the 
Page Setup window in step 3.
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.
9. Select the type of roll paper you loaded as the Media Type option:
■Premium Semigloss Photo Paper
■Premium Luster Photo Paper 
■Premium Glossy Photo Paper
Select the same Roll 
Paper setting here
 
						

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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 you’re printing a panoramic photo, click the 
Customize 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.
Type of printing
Borderless 
option
Roll Paper Option
Borderless photos
(only available with 4-, 8-, or 8.27-inch 
paper widths)SelectedCut Sheet or Banner
Photos with borders or panoramics Not selectedCut Sheet
 
						

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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 Photo Paper
10. Move the slider to the Quality setting.
11. Click 
Print.
Type of printing
Borderless 
checkbox
Roll Paper Options
Borderless photos
(only available with 4-, 8-, or 8.27-inch 
paper widths)CheckedCut Sheet or Banner
Photos with borders or panoramics UncheckedCut Sheet