Epson Stylus Pro 4880 User Manual
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Printing with Windows61 Saving settings Follow these steps to save your settings. 1. Click Save/Del. You see a window like this one. 2. Type a unique name, up to 31 characters, for your settings in the Name text box. 3. Click Save. Your setting will be added to the Select Setting List. You can save up to 100 custom settings (including the preset custom settings). You can select your saved settings from the Select Setting pull-down menu on the Main tab. When you select your saved settings in the Select Setting list, remember that selecting new settings, for example, Media Type and Color settings, may change your custom settings. This may produce unexpected results in your printouts. If this happens, reselect your saved settings and try printing again. Note: The names of the included preset custom settings cannot be used for your new custom settings.
62Printing with Windows Deleting settings Follow the steps below to delete your settings. Note: You cannot delete the included preset custom settings from the Select Setting list. 1. Click Save/Del. You see the Saves or Deletes Select Settings window. 2. Select the name of custom settings you want to delete. 3. Click Delete. The setting will be deleted from the Select Setting list. Exporting and importing settings You can export the custom settings you saved, or import from a custom setting file created in another environment. Exporting the settings To export your custom settings, follow these steps: 1. Click Save/Del. You see the Saves or Deletes Select Settings window. 2. Select the custom setting you want to export. 3. Click Export. 4. Select the location where you want to save the file to, and then enter a file name.
Printing with Windows63 5. Click Save. 6. When the message “Processing complete.” appears, click OK. Importing settings Follow the steps below to import custom settings. 1. Click Save/Del. You see the Saves or Deletes Select Settings window. 2. Click Import. 3. Browse to the folder that contains the file you want to import, and then select the file. 4. Click Open. 5. When the message “Processing complete.” appears, click OK. Selecting the Paper Source setting You can select Paper Tray, Roll Paper, or Roll Paper (Banner), or Manual Feed from the Source drop-down list. Select the setting that matches the path you loaded paper in. Selecting the Borderless setting Note: ❏If your application has margin settings, make sure they are set to zero before printing. ❏When you print on cut sheet media, only the left and right margins are set to zero. Full borderless printing is available on roll paper only. ❏Ink may spray on the printer’s platen. If this happens, wipe the ink away using a cloth. ❏Printing with this feature takes longer than normal printing. ❏Smearing may occur at the top and bottom edges of the printout depending on the media.
64Printing with Windows ❏When you use Premium Glossy Photo Paper (250) roll paper or Premium Semigloss Photo Paper (250) roll paper, the top margin is always 20 mm. ❏Borderless printing is not available when the PPR SIZE CHK setting is turned off. Make sure that ON is selected for PPR SIZE CHK on the printer’s control panel. Follow these steps to select borderless print settings: 1. Click the Borderless checkbox. 2. Click the Expansion button. You see a window like this one.
Printing with Windows65 3. Choose Auto Expand or Retain Size, and the amount of enlargement. 4. Select your roll paper options. See Selecting the Roll Paper Option settings on page 68. 5. Click OK. 6. Start printing your image from your application. Auto ExpandSelect this setting if you want to enlarge the size of print data automatically and print without margins. You can choose the amount of enlargement by moving the slider. Note: Enlarged areas that exceed the paper size will not be printed on the paper. Retain SizeSelect this setting if you do not want to change the ratio of your print data. When you select this setting, you need to enlarge your image data to exceed the paper width, to avoid unprinted areas appearing along all four edges. Using your application, increase your image width by 0.25 in. (6.35 mm) and your image height by 0.1 inch (2.54 mm). Amount of EnlargementWhen you select Auto Expand, the slider becomes available, so you can control the amount of the image that extends beyond the edges of the paper during borderless printing. For most print jobs, Max is recommended in order to eliminate margins on all sides of the paper. Moving the slider towards Min decreases the amount of the image enlargement; however, as this amount decreases, a white border may appear on one or more sides of the print.
66Printing with Windows Selecting the Paper Size setting Select the paper size that matches the paper you loaded in the printer from the Size drop-down list. You can also add a custom paper size. Follow the steps below. 1. Click User Defined. You see a window like this one. Note: You cannot click User Defined when Borderless is selected if you’ve selected Paper Tray or Manual Feed as your Source setting. 2. Select a Unit setting, then enter a Paper Size Name, Paper Width, and Paper Height. 3. Click OK to save the custom paper size. Note: ❏You can save up to 100 custom paper sizes. ❏To delete a custom paper size, select the name of the paper size you want to delete and then click Delete. ❏You can enter up to 24 characters for the Paper Size Name.
Printing with Windows67 Selecting the Printable Area setting Printable area settings are available when you select Paper Tray or Manual Feed as the Source setting. Click Printable Area. You see a window like this one. Standard Select this setting to use the standard printable area. Note: This setting is only available for select media types. Maximum Select this setting to increase the printable area at the bottom edge. Note: ❏This setting is recommended for plain paper only, and it is only available for select media types. ❏The print quality may decline at the edges of printouts when this setting is selected. Before printing large jobs using this setting, print a single sheet to check the quality. When this setting is selected, make sure that paper loaded in the paper tray is not curled. Centered Select this setting to center printouts.
68Printing with Windows Selecting the Roll Paper Option settings Roll Paper Option settings are available when you select Roll Paper or Roll Paper (Banner) as the Source setting. Click Roll Paper Option. You see a window like this one. Auto Cut You can select the following cutting methods. Single Cut Select this setting if you want to save paper. If you select this setting, the boundary of a picture or the boundary of a page is cut. However, the cut position may shift slightly. Note: When you print on Premium Glossy Photo Paper (250) roll paper or Premium Semigloss Photo Paper (250) roll paper, do not select this setting; otherwise, print quality may decline.
Printing with Windows69 Double Cut Select this setting to avoid the slight gap that occurs with the Single Cut setting. A margin is created between the pictures, and 1 mm along the inside of each picture is cut. Normal Cut Select this setting to keep margins at the top and bottom of the printed data.
70Printing with Windows Off Select this setting to cut the printouts manually. To cut the printouts manually, follow the steps below. 1. Press the paper feed or paper feed button to match the cutting position on the paper with the cutting position on the left side of the print head. 2. Press the paper source button to select roll auto cut on. 3. Press and hold the paper source button for 3 seconds. The printer cuts the printout at the cutting position. Auto Rotate This function is effective only when the image length is shorter than the printable width of the roll paper. The image will automatically be turned 90 degrees, saving roll paper. Note: This function is available only when Roll Paper is selected as the Source setting. To enable this function, follow the steps below. 1. Click Auto Rotate, then click Roll Width. 2. In the Roll Paper Width window, select your roll paper width from the pull-down menu, then click OK.