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 Paper —
Singleweight Matte Paper (line 
drawing)Singleweight Matte Paper Media Type Setting Epson Media Name
 
						

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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.
Charts and 
GraphsEnhances colors and lightens the midtones and highlights of 
an image. Select this setting when printing presentation 
graphics, such as charts and graphs.
EPSON 
Standard 
(sRGB)Increases the contrast in your printouts. Select this setting 
when printing color photographs.
Adobe RGBMatches the color in your image to the Adobe RGB color 
space.
 
						

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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 cool tone to your printouts.
WarmGives a warm tone to your printouts.
SepiaApplies a sepia tone to your printouts.
 
						

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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 Custom from the Main tab, and then 
click Advanced. The window you see will depend on the Color and Custom 
settings you have selected.
Color ControlsThis setting lets you select color matching and 
image-enhancement features. See the next section below 
for detailed information.
PhotoEnhanceThis setting lets you select image-correction settings 
specially designed for scanned or digitally captured 
photos. See the next section below for detailed 
information.
No Color 
AdjustmentThis setting turns off the printer driver color management, 
which is useful if you are using a color management suite 
to print with ICC profiles. See Managing Color with Profiles 
on page 218 for detailed information.
ICMThis setting uses Windows color matching to automatically 
adjust your printout’s colors to match the colors on your 
screen. Select this setting when printing scanned 
photographs or computer graphics. See the next section 
below for detailed information.
 
						

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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.
Digital Camera 
CorrectionIf you are printing photos taken with a digital 
camera, select this checkbox to give your printed 
photos a smooth and natural appearance like that 
of photos taken with a film camera.
Adjust the slider to the Smooth Skin setting to make 
skin color smooth in your images.
 
						

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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 
graphics to accurately reproduce vivid colors. Use 
of this setting is not recommended when printing 
photos.
Perceptual: 
Select this option when you want an image’s color 
to appear natural, or when rendering a wide color 
range of an image. Use this setting when printing 
photos.
Relative Colorimetric:
Select this setting to render an image by 
maintaining a relative color range, or when most of 
the color range before conversion is found in the 
image after conversion. Use this setting when 
printing photos.
Absolute Colorimetric:
Select this setting to render an image by 
maintaining an absolute color range so that there 
is a 1-to-1 ratio of absolute lab coordinates. This 
setting is not recommended when printing photos 
or normal conversions.
Printer ProfileSelect a printer profile.
Printer Profile 
DescriptionShows the description of the selected printer 
profile.
Show all profilesShows all profiles in the Input Profile and the Printer 
Profile pull-down menu.
 
						

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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 printout or left (–) to lighten the 
color saturation. You can also type a number (–50 to +50) 
in the text box next to the slider.
Use this setting when you print on non-Epson papers.
Set the slider to the 0 position when you print on Epson 
media.
Note:
Adjusting the color saturation of a printout may not be 
possible, depending on the printing mode.
Drying Time 
per Print Head 
PassPauses the print head for a specified period of time 
between passes.
Set this value using the slider or text box. To improve 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 setting, printing will take longer.
 
						

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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 
a t  t h e  p l a t e n  i s  u s e f u l  t o  a v o i d  w r i n k l i n g  o r  w a v i n g  o f  t h i n  o r  
saturated media, or eliminating vertical banding. You can 
select Standard (100% suction), -1 (50% suction), -2 (30% 
suction), -3 (10% suction), or -4 (6% suction).
Paper 
ThicknessThis value is set automatically according to the Media 
Type setting. If you use non-Epson media, modify this value 
for your media. Refer to the paper specifications, or see 
THICKNESS PAT on page 126 to print a Thickness Pattern to 
determine the paper thickness.
Cut Method Determines the best cutting method according to the 
paper thickness. You can select Standard (normal speed 
and normal cut pressure), Thin Paper (low cut pressure), 
Thick Paper, Fast (high speed and high cut pressure), or 
Thick Paper, Slow (low speed and high cut pressure).
Platen Gap The platen gap is the distance from the media loaded in 
the printer to the print head. By adjusting this setting, you 
can increase the 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, the printout or the print head 
may be damaged. If this happens, select the Wider or 
Wide setting.
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 media, select this setting.
Starwheel-Roll Curled: If you want to print on strongly 
curled roll paper that is non-Epson media, select this 
setting.
No Roller-Roll Normal: If you want to print on roll paper that 
is non-Epson media, select this setting.
Default button Click this button to return the settings to their factory 
default values. Mode Description