Epson Stylus Pro 10600 User Manual

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5. Choose any of the following: 
Super MicroWeave or MicroWeave
Eliminate unwanted banding effects. These settings are 
automatically selected for most media types. If you notice banding 
with the standard 
MicroWeave setting, select Super 
MicroWeave
.
High Speed
For fast, bidirectional printing at lower quality. If vertical lines in 
your printout are misaligned when you use the 
High Speed setting, 
you may need to turn it off or align the print head.
Flip Horizontal
For printing a mirror image of your file. Use with backlight film.
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 two Color Control 
modes, described in the table on page 4-9. You can also choose from 
three Gamma settings, which control image contrast by modifying 
the midtones and midlevel grays. 
PhotoEnhance4
Allows you to correct noise and other problems common to digital 
camera images. Also lets you see a sample image that reflects the 
photographic tone and special effect settings you choose. See 
page 4-10 for a description of the available settings. 
No Color Adjustment
Disables color management in the printer driver. Choose this mode 
if you want to use a standalone color management module.
sRGB
Adjusts colors using the small-gamut sRGB (standard red green 
blue) color space. Best for color matching with other sRGB devices, 
or for images designed for the Web. 
ICM
Adjusts colors based on the printer’s ICC profile, using the Image 
Color Matching system (Windows 98/Me/2000/XP only). If you 
have an ICM-compatible monitor, adjusts printed colors to closely 
match screen colors.
Note
Leave Photo Printing 
Accelerator turned on. 
See page 1-33 for details. 
TIP
If you turn off color 
management, you can 
still control the ink 
density. See “Paper 
Configuration Settings” 
on page 4-10. 
 
						

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7. Click Save Settings if you want to have your advanced settings 
available for reuse. Then type a name for the group of settings and click 
Save. The name is added to your list of custom settings.
8. When you’re finished setting advanced printer options, click 
OK. 
Color Management Settings
The following tables list the color management settings available when you 
choose either 
Color Controls or PhotoEnhance4.
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
AutomaticProvides output that closely matches the original image 
data.
Photo-realisticProduces sharper images and more vivid colors by 
automatically adjusting the contrast, saturation, and 
brightness. Corrects for overall under- or over-exposure of 
the original image.
VividIntensifies colors and lightens the midtones and highlights. 
Best for print jobs with non-photographic images. 
1.5 GammaProduces the same contrast values as earlier EPSON ink jet 
printers. 
1.8 GammaIncreases contrast.
2.2 GammaMatches image colors with sRGB devices.
Notice: Output Viewing 
Conditions
Due to the nature of all 
pigment inks, lighting 
conditions can affect the 
appearance of printer 
output. For example, a 
print viewed under daylight 
may appear to have a 
slightly different color 
balance when viewed 
under tungsten lighting. 
Care should be taken that 
the prints are produced 
for the lighting conditions 
in which they will be 
displayed.
The EPSON printer 
driver was designed to 
represent color accurately 
when prints are illuminated 
with a D50 (daylight) light 
source. For optimum results, 
understand your output 
display conditions 
before printing.
 
						

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Paper Configuration Settings
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). PhotoEnhance4 settings
ToneLets you choose from Normal for standard tone correction, 
Hard for high contrast, Vivid for more intense colors (as 
defined above), Sepia, Monochrome, and None (no tone 
adjustment).
EffectLets you choose from four special effects (and set the 
intensity using the Low/High slider): Sharpness, Soft 
Focus, Canvas, and Parchment.
Digital Camera 
CorrectionCorrects noise and other flaws common to digital camera 
images.
Paper Configuration settings
Color DensityControls the ink saturation level (for example, when you turn 
off color management in your printer software).
Drying Time 
per Print Head 
PassYou can make the print head wait up to 5 seconds after each 
pass to allow ink to dry on the page. 
Paper Feed 
AdjustmentEliminates light or dark horizontal bands when printing at 
high speeds. 
Paper 
ThicknessEliminates vertical banding and creates a sharper image 
when printing on unusually thick or thin paper (0 to 1.5 mm). 
Paper SuctionDecreases the paper suction level when printing on thinner 
papers (less than 12 lb), such as CAD drafting paper or 
backlight film. Eliminates the vertical banding that can be 
caused when thinner papers become saturated with ink.
Cut MethodDecreases the cutting blade pressure for thinner papers, to 
provide a cleaner cut. 
 
						

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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. The Progress Meter opens each 
time you send a print job. The Spool Manager (not available with 
Windows NT) appears on the taskbar when you print. 
Status Monitor 3, which also appears on the taskbar, also lets you check the 
printer’s status and monitor print jobs. See page 4-12 for more information 
about Status Monitor 3.
Using the Progress Meter
After you send a print job, the Progress Meter window appears on your 
screen:
You can use the buttons to cancel, pause, or restart your print job. You also 
see how much ink you have left and view printing tips. 
If you don’t want the Progress Meter to appear, you can turn it off. See 
page 4-14 for instructions.
Click to cancel
Click to pause/resume 
printing
Click for more details 
on the displayed 
printing tip May not appear if you 
are printing over a 
network
 
						

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Using the Spool Manager
The Spool Manager (not available with Windows NT) displays the status of 
your print job files and lets you control them.
To open the Spool Manager while you’re printing, click the 
EPSON Stylus 
Pro 10600
 icon that appears on the taskbar at the bottom of the screen.
You see the Spool Manager window:
To cancel, pause, resume, or restart a print job, click the job to highlight it; 
then click the corresponding command button on the bottom of the 
window.
Using Status Monitor 3
The Status Monitor 3 utility lets you check individual levels of ink in your 
printer and warns you when errors occur. 
You can open Status Monitor 3 either from a running application or from 
the Windows Printers utility. 
Print job 
file
Command buttons
 
						

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1. To open Status Monitor 3 from an application, access the Properties 
dialog box, as described on page 4-2. 
Otherwise, do the following:
Windows XP: Click Start and select Control Panel. Double-click 
Printers and Other Hardware, then double-click Printers and 
Faxes
. Right-click your printer icon and select Printing 
Preferences. 
All other versions of Windows: Click Start, point to Settings, 
then select 
Printers. Right-click your printer icon and select 
Properties (Windows 95, 98, or Me), Document Defaults 
(Windows NT), or 
Printing Preferences (Windows 2000).
2. Click the 
Utility tab. You see the Utility menu:
Click to run 
Status Monitor 3
 
						

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3. Click the EPSON Status Monitor 3 button. The following window 
appears. (It also opens automatically when an error occurs.)
4. To view information about your printer’s ink cartridges, click the 
Information button. 
Setting Monitoring Preferences
You can choose when and how you want to be notified of problems, whether 
you want a Status Monitor 3 icon to appear on your Windows taskbar, and 
whether you want to allow monitoring by other users who share the printer. 
Follow these steps:
1. Do one of the following:
Windows XP: Click Start and select Control Panel. Double-click 
Printers and Other Hardware, then double-click Printers and 
Faxes
. Right-click your printer icon and select Printing 
Preferences. 
All other versions of Windows: Click Start, point to Settings, 
then select 
Printers. Right-click your printer icon and select 
Properties (Windows 95, 98, or Me), Document Defaults 
(Windows NT), or 
Printing Preferences (Windows 2000).
Note
If there’s a printing 
problem, such as low ink 
or jammed paper, Status 
Monitor 3 displays a 
How To button that you 
can click for instructions 
on solving the problem.Printer status messages 
appear here
Click for information 
about each cartridge
 
						

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2. Click the Utility tab, then click the Speed & Progress button. You see 
the Speed & Progress dialog box. (See page 1-34 for more information 
about using the Speed & Progress utility.)
3. Click the 
Monitoring Preferences button. You see the Monitoring 
Preferences dialog box:
4. Select the Notification options you want to use. 
Note
If you want, you can click 
the Show Progress 
Meter checkbox to 
deselect it and disable 
display of the progress 
meter during printing.
Appears only if 
you are connected 
to a parallel port
Appears only if you 
have more than one 
hard driveNot available with 
Windows NT
 
						

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5. If you want to have the Status Monitor 3 icon appear in your Windows 
taskbar, click the 
Shortcut Icon checkbox. Then select the icon you 
want to use. 
After you enable the shortcut, you can simply double-click the icon to 
open the Status Monitor 3 window (shown on page 4-14) or right-click 
it, then select 
Monitoring Preferences in the pop-up menu.
6. Select 
Allow monitoring of shared printers if your printer is shared 
and you want to let other users monitor it. 
7. Click 
OK to save your settings.
 
						

							1 The EPSON Stylus Pro 10600 printer requires very little maintenance to 
keep working its best. This chapter describes the following routine 
procedures:
Checking printer status and part life
Running a cleaning cycle
Aligning the print head
Replacing ink cartridges
Switching between black ink modes
Replacing the paper cutter blade
Cleaning the printer
Transporting or storing the printer
Replacing the waste ink system
Chapter 5: 
Maintaining 
and 
Transporting 
the Printer