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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 paper.
 Platen Gap lets you fine-tune the setting for various paper 
thicknesses. 
 Eject Roller Type lets you define the eject roller for printing on 
non-Epson media. You may need to experiment to determine the 
best setting for your paper.
Choosing Roll Paper Options
If you are printing on roll paper, make sure you choose one of the roll paper 
options under the size setting, as described on page 62. In addition, you need 
to check these settings for various cutting options.
1. Select 
Roll Paper Option from the pop-up menu shown below. You see 
this screen:
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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 want to 
operate the cutter manually, print multiple print jobs without 
cutting, or if you are printing on heavy media that must be cut by 
hand. 
See page 55 for instructions on using the button to operate the 
cutter. See page 48 for a list of media that do not work with the 
built-in cutter.
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. 
Note: These settings 
override settings made 
through the control panel.
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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 solution for borderless printing 
with minimal image clipping. Using this setting, you can create a custom 
paper width equal to the width of the roll media. If you use the Retain Size 
setting, you should create a custom paper width slightly wider than the 
actual width of the media.
The following table shows recommended image widths (in inches) for 
borderless printing using either the Auto Expand or Retain Size setting: 
* Non-Epson roll media widths 
Make sure you set the margins to zero when printing a custom page size for 
borderless printing. Recommended image widths (in inches) for borderless printing
Roll 
paper 
width
Image width 
(with Auto Expand)Image width 
(with Retain Size)Custom Paper Size 
(for Retain Size only)
8.3 8.06 8.35 8.3
10 9.7075 10.34 10.23
12* 11.8 12.34 12.23
14* 13.8 14.34 14.23
16 15.8 16.34 16.23
17 16.8 17.34 17.23
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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 the Print button. 
See page 77 for instructions on monitoring your print job. 
Note: If you check the 
settings on each screen 
in the pull-down menu, 
go through them carefully 
from top to bottom. 
Avoid cycling through 
them repeatedly, or you 
may lose your settings.
Caution: Do not open 
and close the Presets 
pop-up menu without 
typing a name, or you will 
lose your settings.
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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 create stunning black-and-white 
prints. This mode is only available when printing on select media types.
1. Select Print Settings from the pop-up 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 for the Color setting. Uncheck High 
Speed
 for the best quality. 
Note: If you are printing 
from Photoshop, make 
sure you turn off color 
management when using 
Advanced Black and 
White mode. There are 
no profiles associated 
with this screening and 
color management 
technology. 
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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 
target found in the Tone Color Circle.
: 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. 
 Brightness: Adjusts the overall lightness and darkness of your 
image.
 Contrast: Adjusts the difference between the light and dark areas of 
your image.
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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 Circle: Click on any portion of this color wheel or 
enter corresponding values to customize the tone (hue) to add to 
your black and white print. The closer you select to the edge of the 
wheel, the more color you will add to your black and white print.
 Preview: Approximates the image tone based on your settings. 
Please note this preview will always be of 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. 
Monitoring Print Jobs
After you click Print, you can monitor the progress of your print job using 
the Printer Setup Utility/Print Center. Follow these steps:
1. Click the icon for your printer or 
Print Center icon on the Dock. 
If necessary, double-click your printer (and print queue) name. 
You see a screen like this:
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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 
printer window or the Print Center window. 
Checking Ink Levels and Maintenance Tank
The EPSON Printer Utility lets you check the levels of ink in the printer and 
the level of the maintenance tank. You can also run maintenance utilities 
from this screen. See pages 104 to 105 for instructions.
1. Double-click the 
Applications folder on your hard drive.
2. Double-click 
EPSON Printer Utility. 
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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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