Epson Stylus Pro 10600 User Manual

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Choosing Basic Print Options
Once you have selected your page setup options, you need to select printing 
options. The EPSON driver offers automatic settings that optimize print 
quality and speed when you’re using EPSON media. You can also choose 
advanced settings for more control over your printer and color management 
options, as described on page 3-6. 
Follow these steps to make basic settings:
1. Choose 
Print from the File menu of your application....

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5. Set the Mode option as follows:
Click Automatic to have the printer driver analyze the contents of 
your image or file and make the appropriate printing adjustments. If 
a 
Quality/Speed slider appears in the Mode box, set it according to 
the priorities of your print job. (Depending on the Media Type 
setting, this slider may not appear.) 
Or click Custom. Then choose one of the print job types from the 
custom settings list, as described in the...

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7. Choose from the following buttons to access additional features:
Click   to access the printer monitoring and maintenance utilities. 
See page 3-14 for more information about the Status Monitor 
utility. See Chapter 6 for details about the maintenance utilities.
Click   if you want to reduce your image to fit on the page, or for 
other layout options. 
Click   to turn on background printing. This lets you work on 
your Macintosh while you’re...

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3. If necessary, you can change your Media Type and Ink settings.
4. Choose one of the following 
Print Quality settings:
Normal - 360dpi
For faster printing and everyday needs
Fine - 720dpi
For high quality photos and prints (deselect the High Speed 
checkbox to achieve photo lab quality)
SuperFine - 1440dpi
Better than photo lab quality
The available print quality settings are limited by the 
Media Type 
setting. Choose lower print quality for faster...

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6. Choose one of the following Color Management settings:
Color Controls 
Lets you specify individual values for adjusting brightness, contrast, 
saturation, and CMY inks, or choose from the three Color 
Adjustment modes. You can also choose from three Gamma 
settings, which control image contrast by modifying the midtones 
and midlevel grays. For descriptions of the available settings, see the 
table on page 3-9.
PhotoEnhance4
Allows you to correct...

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Color Management Settings
The following tables list the color management settings available when you 
choose either Color Controls, PhotoEnhance4, or ColorSync.
PhotoEnhance4 is designed to enhance images captured using video 
cameras, digital cameras, or scanners. Depending on your system and the 
size of the image, printing with PhotoEnhance4 may take longer.
Color control modes and Gamma settings
AutomaticAnalyzes the color information in your image...

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Paper Configuration Options
To access the paper configuration settings, click the Paper Config button in 
the Advanced dialog box (available with UltraChrome ink printers only). 
The following settings are available. They override any paper configuration 
settings you may have made using the printer’s control panel (page 2-28).  ColorSync Rendering Intent settings
PerceptualFor photographic images. Maintains the relationship 
between colors as it scales...

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Managing Print Jobs
Your printer comes with several utilities that let you check on your print jobs 
and schedule, cancel, pause, or restart them. First you need to set up 
background printing, so you can continue to work on your Macintosh while 
a file is being printed. Note that background printing is slower and may also 
slow down your system.
Setting Up Background Printing
You can set up background printing from the Chooser, as described on 
page...

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5. Click OK to save your settings and return to the printer settings dialog 
box. 
6. Click 
Print to print your document. 
If you selected 
Print at: or Hold, your document is spooled, but held in the 
print queue until the print time specified or until released using Monitor3, 
as described in the following section. 
Using Monitor3
The Monitor3 utility lets you prioritize and control your print jobs as well as 
monitor their progress. 
After you send...

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You can also do the following:
Double-click a file in the list to preview it
Double-click Copies to change the number of copies to be printed
Click   to check your ink levels
Click   to start the print head cleaning utility. See page 5-4 for more 
information about the cleaning utility. 
If you want to view details of a print job, click the job, then click the 
Show 
details arrow. The Priority list becomes active.
Click the print job whose priority...