Epson Stylus Pro 4880 User Manual

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Selecting 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 fine-tune your monochrome prints, select 
Advanced B&W Photo.
Selecting the Print Quality setting
Select a Quality option when print quality is more important than print speed, 
or select Speed (if available) when print speed is more important than print 
quality. For additional options, select Quality Options from the drop-down 
list.
Tracing...

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Selecting the Mode setting
Select Automatic or Custom for the Mode setting.
Automatic mode
Automatic mode is the quickest and easiest way to start printing. When 
Automatic is selected, the printer driver selects all of the detailed settings 
based on the Media Type and Color settings you select.
Color Control mode
When you select Color as the Color setting in Automatic Mode, the Color 
Control drop-down list appears in the Mode box.
You can select from the following settings....

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Color Toning
When you select Advanced B&W Photo as the Color setting in Automatic 
Mode, the Color Toning drop-down menu appears in the Mode box.
You can select from the following settings.
Custom mode
The Custom mode lets you select a wide range of settings with a single mouse 
click.
Note:
The preset custom settings may not appear, depending on the Media Type and Color 
setting you select.
NeutralProvides standard image correction for most photos. Try this 
first.
CoolGives a...

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The Custom drop-down list includes the following default custom settings.
Selecting the Advanced settings
The Advanced settings give 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 drop-down list.
To access the advanced settings, select...

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Color Controls
When Color Controls is selected as your Custom setting, the window you 
see will depend on your Color setting.
If you select Color as your Color setting, you see a window like this one. You 
can then adjust the color settings. For details on the settings, see the 
on-screen help.
Note:
When Black is selected as the Color setting, you see a similar window, but you can 
only adjust the Gamma, Brightness, and Contrast settings.
 

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When Advanced B&W Photo is selected as the Color setting, you see a 
window like this one. You can then adjust the advanced monochrome 
settings. For details on the settings, see the on-screen help.
PhotoEnhance
This setting provides a variety of image-correction settings that you can apply 
to your printed image before printing. PhotoEnhance does not affect your 
original image files. When you select this setting, you should select the Digital 
Camera Correction setting.
 

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❏This mode is available only with 16-, 24-, or 32-bit color image files.
❏Printing with PhotoEnhance selected may increase the print time, depending on 
your computer system and the amount of the data contained in your image file.
ICM
This setting uses Windows color matching to automatically adjust your 
printout’s colors to match the colors on your screen.
Note:
Ambient light and the age, quality, and settings of your monitor can affect the quality 
of color matching....

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ICM ModeSelect Driver ICM (Basic), Driver ICM (Advanced) 
or Host ICM.
Image, Graphics, and 
Text checkboxesThese checkboxes are available only when Driver 
ICM (Advanced) is selected as the ICM Mode. 
Select the checkbox you want to set.
Input ProfileSelect an input profile.
This setting is not available when Host ICM is 
selected as the ICM Mode setting.
IntentSelect a rendering intent or color mapping 
preference:
Saturation: 
Select this option when printing presentation...

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Paper Configuration
If you are using non-Epson paper and are experiencing problems with print 
quality when using Epson Media Type settings, click the Paper Config button, 
and then select settings as necessary.
The following settings in the Paper Configuration window let you select 
detailed paper settings.
Mode Description
Color  Density Adjusts the saturation of Colors. Use a value between –50% 
and +50%. Drag the slider to the right (+) to deepen the 
color saturation of your...

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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 Adjusts the Paper Suction value. Decreasing the air suction 
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saturated media, or eliminating vertical...