Epson Stylus Pro 4800 User Manual

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 Paper Thickness
 helps reduce vertical banding and creates a 
sharper image when printing on unusually thick or thin paper.
 Paper Suction lets you decrease the paper suction level when 
printing on thinner papers (less than 12 lb), such as CAD drafting 
paper or backlight film.
 Cut Method decreases the cutting blade pressure for thinner media, 
or adjusts the speed for thick media. You may need to experiment to 
determine the best setting for your...

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2. Choose one of the following Auto Cut settings:
 allows margin space at the top and bottom of each 
image.
 Double Cut extends the space between the images and trims each 
print individually. This provides the cleanest edge for borderless 
printing.
 Single Cut causes the images to be printed end-to-end and saves 
paper. With borderless printing, you may see a sliver of the previous 
or next image.
disables automatic cutting. Choose this setting if you...

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Borderless Printing
For true borderless printing on roll paper, you can select either Auto 
Expand
 or Retain Size and create a custom paper size, as described above. 
Your image may be clipped on the left and right edges, but you can 
minimize clipping by sizing your image according to the page width and by 
adjusting the length. 
For either setting, you should add 0.1 inch to the length of your custom size. 
The Auto Expand setting provides the best...

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Creating a Custom Preset and Printing
Once you’ve made the correct settings for your print job, create a 
custom preset. This will save you time when you use the same 
profile/printer/ink/media combination for future print jobs.
1. Select 
Summary from the pop-up menu.
2. After verifying that your settings are correct, select 
Save As from the 
Presets pop-up menu.
You see the following:
3. Type a name, and click 
OK.
4. When you’re ready to print, click...

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Choosing Advanced Black and White Photo 
Settings
The Advanced Black and White Photo mode allows you to easily produce 
neutral and toned black-and-white prints using your Epson driver and offers 
an alternative black and white workflow. Advanced Black and White Photo 
mode also provides settings for more advanced black and white control. 
Whether your photo is color or grayscale, you can use this unique screening 
and color management technology to...

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4. Select Printer Color Management from the pop-up menu. You see 
this screen:
5. 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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 Shadow 
and Highlight Tonality: Allows 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 to lower.
 Highlight Point Shift: If your image is prone to gloss differential, 
checking Highlight Point Shift will help to reduce gloss differential 
by adding density to the highlights of your image.
 Tone Color...

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2. From here you can monitor the progress of your print job or do one of 
the following:
Click the print job, then click Delete to cancel the job
Click the print job, then click Hold to pause printing
Click a print job marked “Hold” and click Resume to resume 
printing
If multiple print jobs are listed, click a print job, then click the 
Priority arrow as necessary to reorder the jobs
3. When you’re finished, close the print job window, then close your...

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3. Select your printer and click OK. You see the Epson Printer Utility 
screen:
4. Click the 
Epson StatusMonitor icon. 
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The software checks the amount of ink in the printer and maintenance 
tank and displays the StatusMonitor window:
5. To recheck the ink levels, click the 
Update button. To close the Status 
Monitor, click 
OK.
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