Epson Stylus Pro 3880 User Manual
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4-71 Printing with Epson Drivers for Windows | 71 Choosing Paper and Layout Options You can select a variety of settings for margins, orientation, sizing your image, and double-sided printing. Follow the instructions below to select paper settings. Choosing Paper Options 1. On the Main tab, you see a window like this one: 2. Select the paper source you’re using (Sheet, Manual - Rear, or Manual - Front) from the Paper Source list. 3. Select the Paper Size you loaded in the printer. If your paper size is not listed, select User Defined to create a custom paper size. Note: Many application settings override settings in the printer driver. Always verify settings to get the results you expect.

4-72 72 | Printing with Epson Drivers for Windows You see a window like this one: Type a name for your custom size, then enter the size in hundredths of an inch (or centimeters) and click Save, then click OK. 4. If you want to print to the edges of the page, click Borderless. Click the Expansion button, then choose one of the following: Auto Expand enlarges your image up to 3% to fit the size paper without borders. If too much of your image’s edges are cut off, you can adjust the expansion slider to choose Min, Mid, or Max. The Min setting retains the entire image in your print, but there may be a small white border on the edges of the print. The Max setting expands the image to ensure that there are no unprinted edges, but the edges of the image may be cropped. Note: If your application has margin settings, make sure they’re turned off for borderless printing. Borderless printing takes longer than normal printing. Borderless printing is not available when using the front manual feed slot.

4-73 Printing with Epson Drivers for Windows | 73 Retain Size prints your image at the size you specify in your application. You need to size your image slightly larger than the paper if you want to print without borders. 5. If you want to reduce or enlarge your image or print on both sides of the paper, click the Page Layout tab. 6. If you’re ready to print, click OK. Choosing Layout Options You can print a poster-size image, even if your application does not support poster printing. Follow these steps to reduce or enlarge your image: 1. On the Properties or Preferences window, click the Page Layout tab. You see this window: 2. Select the correct Copies and Orientation settings as necessary.

4-74 74 | Printing with Epson Drivers for Windows 3. Click Reduce/Enlarge to have the driver resize your image. You can select Fit to Page and select the paper size you loaded in the Output Paper list. Or select Custom and enter a percentage to scale your image. 4. If you are enlarging your image beyond the limits of your application program, click Optimize Enlargement. The driver will increase the image size up to 400% and decrease the output resolution to stay within the pixel limitations. Depending on the resolution of your original image and the print size, you may see reduced quality in the print. Choosing Paper Configuration Options 1. If you are using non-Epson media and you need to fine-tune its performance, select the Main tab and click the Paper Config button. You see a window like this one: 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 (for example, when you turn off color management in your printer software). 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. Note: You may need to change the Color Density setting if your custom profile was created to optimize D-max and color gamut.

4-75 Printing with Epson Drivers for Windows | 75 Paper Feed Adjustment helps reduce banding. Choose a lower value if you see white lines on your prints, or a higher value if you see dark lines. Paper Thickness helps reduce vertical banding and creates a sharper image when printing on unusually thick or thin paper. Platen Gap lets you fine-tune the setting for unusually thick or thin paper. When you’re finished selecting Paper Configuration settings, click OK. 3. 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. 4. When you’re finished setting advanced printer options, click OK. Choosing Advanced Black and White Photo Settings Advanced Black and White Photo mode allows you to easily produce neutral and toned black-and-white prints using your Epson driver. This mode offers an alternative black-and-white workflow with settings for more advanced control. Whether your photo is color or grayscale, you can use this unique screening and color management technology to create stunning black-and-white prints. This mode is available only when printing on certain media types. 1. On the Properties or Preferences window, make sure the Main tab is selected. 2. Select a Media Type setting that corresponds to the paper you are printing on. 3. For the Color setting, choose Advanced B&W Photo. 4. For the Mode setting, select Custom, then click Advanced. 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 this screening and color management technology. Note: If Advanced Black and White Photo is not available for your media type, you may need to change your black ink type.

4-76 76 | Printing with Epson Drivers for Windows You see this screen: 5. Choose the settings that are best for your photo. You can use the preview image on the screen as a guide. 6. You can adjust the following advanced black and white photo settings: 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 target found in the tone color circle. Tone allows you to easily change the entire tonal scale of your black and white output. While Darker is the default setting, you may see better results if you choose Dark. adjusts the overall lightness and darkness of your image. adjusts the difference between the light and dark areas of your image. Shadow Tonality and Highlight Tonality allow you to control tonality only in the shadow or highlight areas of your image. Max Optical Density adjusts the overall density or focus of the print. Create a soft focus print by setting the density lower. Tone color circle Note: The preview image will always be the same image and is not color managed. It is just to be used to give you a level of feedback as you make changes.

4-77 Printing with Epson Drivers for Windows | 77 Highlight Point Shift helps to reduce gloss differential by adding density to the highlights of your image or the full page. 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) you want to add. The closer you select to the edge of the wheel, the more color you add. 7. When you finish selecting settings, click OK. Saving, Exporting, and Importing Custom Settings You can save groups of settings so you can reuse them for future print jobs with the same profile/printer/ink/media combination. You can also export them as a file that you can share with others, who can import them for printing. In addition, the printer driver includes pre-defined setting groups for various types of printing. You can select them to set most of the settings you need, and then customize them for your particular print job. You can also add, delete, or hide items in the printer driver window to customize the driver for your uses. Saving and Exporting a Custom Settings Group 1. Follow the instructions in this chapter to select all the correct settings for a print job. 2. Click the Save/Del button at the top of the Main or Page Layout screen. 3. Verify that your settings are correct, type a name for the settings group, and click Save. 4. After saving your settings, you can do the following: To use the setting group to print right away, select the name you gave it in the Select Setting list, if necessary, and print.

4-78 78 | Printing with Epson Drivers for Windows To save the settings to a file that you can share, click the Save/Del button again, click the name of the setting group in the list, click Export, select a location, enter a file name, and click Save. Importing a Custom Settings Group 1. To import settings from a file shared with you that does not exist in your Select Setting list, click the Save/Del button. 2. Click Import, select the file you want to import, and click Open. 3. When you return to the settings list window, click Cancel. 4. To use the setting group to print right away, select the name you gave it in the Select Setting list, if necessary, and print. Loading a Pre-Defined Settings Group 1. To view the settings associated with the pre-defined setting groups that came with your printer driver, click the Save/Del button. Then click the following category and name, and check the Registered Settings column: > Highest Quality > Monochrome Proofing > ICM > Chroma Saturation > 2Page N-up 2. Click Cancel. 3. To load a pre-defined setting group, select its category name in the Select Setting list (if necessary), customize any of the settings that do not match your print job, and print.

4-79 Printing with Epson Drivers for Windows | 79 Editing Printer Driver Settings 1. Click the Utility tab, then select Menu Arrangement. 2. Select the item you want to edit. You can do the following: Drag and drop the items to rearrange them Add or delete groups Move unused items into the Not Display group 3. When you’re finished, click Save.

4-80 80 | Printing with Epson Drivers for Windows Managing Print Jobs Your printer comes with two utilities that let you check on your print jobs and cancel, pause, or restart them. The Progress Meter opens each time you send a print job. Status Monitor 3, which appears on the taskbar when you print, lets you check the printer’s status and monitor print jobs. You can control how these programs work using the Speed and Progress and Monitoring Preferences utilities. Using the Progress Meter After you send a print job, the Progress Meter window appears: You can use the Stop button to cancel your print job or Pause button to temporarily stop or restart it. 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 the next section for instructions. Note: If it is no longer spooling in the computer, you can also cancel a print job by pressing the button on the printer, selecting JOB CANCEL, and pressing the OK button. Click to cancel printingClick for more details on the displayed printing tip May not appear if you are printing over a network