Epson Stylus Pro 11880 User Manual

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Choosing Printer Color Management Options
Follow these instructions to use color management in the printer driver. 
1. Select 
Printer Color Management from the drop-down menu, then 
click 
Advanced Settings. You see this screen:
Watercolor Paper - Radiant White Watercolor Paper - Radiant White
PremierArt Water Resistant CanvasWatercolor Paper - Radiant White
Canvas Canvas
Enhanced Adhesive Synthetic Paper Synthetic Paper
Enhanced Matte Posterboard...

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2. Select one of the following settings:
 Color Controls to choose from three Color Adjustment modes and 
from two Gamma settings. Click the arrow next to 
Advanced 
Settings 
to specify individual values for brightness, contrast, 
saturation, and CMY inks. When you use the driver to perform 
color management, make sure you turn it off in your application.
 ColorSync for mapping colors to your printer’s profile. In most 
cases, you will get better results...

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2. Select the correct settings to match your ICC profile. These settings 
override any paper configuration settings you may have made using the 
printer’s control panel.
 Color Density lets you control the ink saturation level.
 Drying Time per Print Head Pass lets you print with non-Epson 
media and avoid smearing the ink. You can make the print head 
wait up to 5 seconds after each pass to allow ink to dry on the page. 
 Paper Feed Adjustment helps...

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Choosing Roll Paper Options
If you are printing on roll paper, make sure you choose one of the roll paper 
options as the 
Paper Size setting, as described on page 74. In addition, you 
need to check these settings for various cutting and feeding options.
1. Select 
Roll Paper Option from the drop-down menu. You see this 
screen:
2. Choose one of the following 
Auto Cut settings:
 allows margin space at the top and bottom of each 
image.
 Double Cut...

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3. Select either of the following options:
 Print Page Line prints trim lines on the right and bottom edges of 
your pages. 
 Save Roll Paper saves paper by not feeding the blank portion of 
the last page of your document. Available only when you’ve selected 
Roll Paper (Banner) as the Paper Source. 
Borderless Printing
For true borderless printing on roll paper, you can select either Auto 
Expand
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Make sure you set the margins to zero when printing a custom page size for 
borderless printing.
To control the amount of expansion (with the Auto Expand setting), select 
Expansion from the drop-down menu. You see this screen:
Adjust the slider to increase or decrease the amount of expansion.
The widths shown in the table on page 85 work with the Standard 
Expansion setting. 
Use the Min setting to minimize the amount of image clipping. You 
may see a...

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Controlling Image Processing
To make sure the printer runs at the maximum speed, halftone processing 
takes place in the printer, rather than on your computer. This involves image 
compression and decompression, and does not affect the quality of your 
output. You can turn off this feature if you want. 
1. Select 
Extension Settings from the drop-down menu. 
2. Uncheck 
Processed by Printer if you want to turn off halftone 
processing in the printer....

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1. Select Print Settings from the drop-down menu. You see this screen:
2. Choose the Media Type setting for the paper you have loaded in the 
printer. 
3. Choose
 Advanced B&W Photo as the Color setting. 
4. Uncheck 
High Speed for the best quality. 
Note: If you are printing 
from Photoshop, make 
sure you do not use 
Photoshop’s color 
management settings 
when using Advanced 
Black and White Photo 
mode. There are no 
profiles associated with 
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5. Select Printer Color Management from the drop-down menu. You see 
this screen:
6. Choose the settings that are best for your photo. You can use the photo 
on the screen as a guide. 
 Color Toning allows you to add tone (hue) to your black and white 
output. The default is Neutral, which will provide you with a 
neutral tonal scale print. You can also choose other popular presets 
such as Cool, Warm, and Sepia. Note that the presets will affect the...

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 Max Optical Density
 adjusts the overall density or focus of the 
print. Create a soft focus print by setting the density lower.
 Highlight Point Shift helps to reduce gloss differential by adding 
density to the highlights of your image.
The tone color circle adjusts the hue of your black and white print. 
Click on any portion of the color wheel or enter corresponding 
values to customize the tone (hue) to add to your print. The closer 
you select to...