Epson Stylus Pro 4400 User Manual

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Making the Color setting
EPSON Stylus Pro 4400
Make the Color setting. Select Color/B&W Photo to print color 
or monochrome photos, or Black to print a draft or black text only. 
Note:
When printing on any media other than tracing paper, we recommend 
Color/B&W Photo even if the data to print is black.
Premium Luster Photo Paper (250)  Premium Luster Photo Paper (250)
Premium Glossy Photo Paper (250) Premium Glossy Photo Paper (250)
Premium Semigloss Photo Paper 
(250)Premium Semigloss Photo Paper 
(250)
Premium Semimatte Photo Paper 
(250)Premium Semimatte Photo Paper 
(250)
Photo Paper Gloss 250 Photo Paper Gloss 250
Proofing Paper Semimatte EPSON Proofing Paper Semimatte 
(Commercial)
Watercolor Paper - Radiant White Watercolor Paper - Radiant White
Textured Fine Art Paper Textured Fine Art Paper
Velvet Fine Art Paper Velvet Fine Art Paper
UltraSmooth Fine Art Paper UltraSmooth Fine Art Paper
Plain Paper -
Plain Paper (Line drawing) -
Singleweight Matte Paper (line 
drawing)Singleweight Matte Paper
Tracing Paper -
 
						

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EPSON Stylus Pro 4800
Make the Color setting. Select Color to print color or monochrome 
photos, or Black to print a draft or black text only. If you want to 
print advanced monochrome photos, select Advanced B&W 
Photo.
Note:
When printing on any media other than tracing paper, we recommend 
Color even if the data to print is black.
Making the Mode setting
You can select either the Automatic or Custom mode. These 
modes are provided to give you two levels of control over the 
printer driver.
 
						

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Automatic mode
Automatic mode is the quickest and easiest way to start printing. 
When Automatic is selected, the printer driver takes care of all 
detailed settings based on the current Media Type and Color 
settings.
Quality and Speed slider
Depending on the media you choose in the Media Type setting 
while Color (or Color/B&W Photo) or Black is selected as the 
Color setting and Automatic as the Mode setting, a Quality or 
Speed slider appears in the Mode box. Select Quality when print 
quality is more important than print speed. Select Speed when 
print speed is more important than print quality.
 
						

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Color Control mode
When Color (or Color/B&W Photo) is selected as the Color 
setting and Automatic as the Mode setting, the Color Control 
pull-down menu appears in the Mode box.
You can select from the following settings.
Color Toning (for EPSON Stylus Pro 4800 only)
When you select Advanced B&W Photo as the Color setting 
while Automatic is selected, the Color Toning pull-down menu 
appears in the Mode box.
You can select from the following settings.
EPSON VividSelect this setting to produce vivid blue and green tones 
in printouts.
Note:
Because this setting reproduces blue and green tones 
t h a t  c a n n o t  b e  d i s p l a y e d  b y  y o u r  m o n i t o r ,  y o u r  p r i n t o u t s  
may differ from the screen images when this function is 
selected.
Charts and 
GraphsIntensifies the colors and lightens the midtones and 
highlights of an image. Use this setting for presentation 
graphics, such as charts and graphs.
EPSON 
Standard 
(sRGB)For EPSON Stylus Pro 4800 only:
Increases the contrast in images. Use this setting for color 
photographs.
Adobe RGBFor EPSON Stylus Pro 4800 only:
Matches image color to Adobe RGB.
NeutralThis setting provides standard image 
correction for most photos. Try this first.
CoolThis setting gives a cool tone to your photos.
WarmThis setting gives a warm tone to your photos.
SepiaThis setting applies a sepia tone to your photos.
 
						

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Custom mode
The Custom mode lets you make a wide range of changes with a 
single click of the mouse. In the Custom Settings pull-down menu, 
you will find ready-made settings provided by Epson. 
Note:
These ready-made settings may not appear, depending on the Media 
Type and Color settings.
Advanced Photo
Advanced Photo 
2880Good for printing scanned photos and 
digitally captured images in high quality. 
Helps prevent misprinting of ink dots that 
may occur due to movement of the print 
head and paper.
PhotoEnhanceThis mode lets you select image-correction 
settings specially designed for scanned or 
digitally captured photos.
 
						

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Making Advanced setting
The Advanced setting gives you complete control over your 
printing environment. Use these settings to experiment with new 
printing ideas, or to fine-tune a range of print settings to meet 
your individual needs. Once you are satisfied with your new 
settings, you can give them a name and add them to the Custom 
Settings pull-down menu.
To make Advanced settings, follow the steps below.
1. Select Custom from the Main menu, and then click 
Advanced. The Advanced dialog box appears.
2. Make sure a media matching the media loaded in the printer 
is selected. See “Media Type setting list” on page 20. 
 
						

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3. Make the Color setting. Select Color or Color/B&W to print 
color or monochrome photos, or Black to print a draft or black 
text only. If you want to print advanced monochrome photos, 
select Advanced B&W Photo.
Note:
When printing on any media other than tracing paper, we 
recommend Color or Color/B&W even if the data to print is black.
4. Select a Print Quality setting.
5. If you are using non-Epson special media, click the Paper 
Config button, and then make settings as needed. For details, 
see “Paper Configuration” on page 28.
6. Make the Printer Color Management settings. For details, see 
“Printer Color Management” on page 31.
Note:
Some settings are enabled or disabled depending on the Media Type, 
Color, and Print Quality settings you have made.
7. Make other settings as needed. For details, see the online help.
8. Click OK to apply your settings and then return to the Main 
menu. If you want to return to the previous screen without 
applying your settings, click Cancel.
 
						

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Paper Configuration
The following settings in the Paper Configuration dialog box let 
you make the detailed paper settings.
Mode Description
Color Density Adjusts the strength of Color Density. Use a value in the 
range of -50% to +50%. Drag the slider to the right (+) to 
deepen the color of your printout or left (-) to lighten its 
color. You can also type a number (-50 to +50) in the box 
next to the slider.
Use this function when you print on paper other than 
Epson special media.
Set the slider to the 0 position when you print on Epson 
special media.
Note:
Deepening of the color of printout may not be possible, 
depending on the printing mode.
 
						

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Drying Time 
per Print 
Head PassAdds a waiting time when the print head reaches the end 
of every pass.
Set this value using the slider or text box. To improve the 
print quality by using slow ink absorption on the media, 
set a higher value. 
The drying time per print head pass can be set from 0 to 
5 seconds, in 0.1 second increments.
Note:
If you use this feature, the printing time will be longer.
Paper Feed 
AdjustmentControls the paper feeding value, in 0.01% increments. If 
the paper feeding value is too large, white horizontal 
micro banding may appear. If the paper feeding value 
is too small, dark horizontal micro banding may appear.
Paper Suction Decreasing the air suction at the platen can avoid 
wrinkling or waving of thin or saturated media, or 
eliminating vertical banding. The relationship of the 
parameter and the suction power is indicated as follows:
Standard : 100%
-1: 50%
-2: 30%
-3: 10%
-4: 6%
Paper 
ThicknessThis value automatically appears according to the Media 
Type setting. If you use non-Epson media, modify this 
value for your media. Refer to the paper specifications, 
or print Thickness Pattern to find out the paper thickness. 
Cut Method Determines the best cutting method according to the 
paper thickness.
Standard: Normal speed and normal cut pressure
Thin Paper: Low cut pressure
Thick Paper, Fast: High speed and high cut pressure
Thick Paper, Slow:Low speed and high cut pressure Mode Description
 
						

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Platen Gap Platen Gap is the height from the media loaded in the 
printer to the print head. By adjusting this parameter, you 
may produce better print quality. This is set automatically 
according to the Paper Thickness setting specified.
Note:
Setting Platen Gap to Narrow may produce better print 
quality, but make sure the media does not wrinkle or 
touch the print head; otherwise, printed data or the print 
head surface may be damaged. Use Wider or Wide in 
such case.
Eject Roller 
TypeSelect the Eject Roller Type that best fits your media. 
Auto:
The printer selects the most appropriate setting 
automatically. When you use Epson special media, 
usually select this setting.
Starwheel-Sheet: 
If you want to print on cut-sheet paper that is non-Epson 
special media, select this setting.
Starwheel-Roll Curled: 
If you want to print on strongly curled roll paper that is 
non-Epson special media, select this setting. 
No Roller-Roll Normal: 
If you want to print on roll paper that is non-Epson special 
media, select this setting.  Mode Description