Epson Stylus Pro 9400PS User Manual

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Making Advanced setting
The Advanced setting gives 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 list.
To make Advanced settings, follow the steps below.
1. Select Custom in the Print dialog, and...

112Printing with Mac OS 9.xFor EPSON Stylus Pro 9800/7800:
Select Color to print color or monochrome photos, or Black 
to print a draft or black text only. 
If you want to print advanced monochrome photos, select 
Advanced B&W Photo.
Note:
When printing on any media other than tracing paper, we 
recommend Color or Color/B&W Photo even if the data to print 
is black.
4. Select a Print Quality setting.
5. If you are using non-Epson special media, click Paper 
Config, and then make settings as needed. For...

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Paper Configuration
The following settings in Paper Configuration let you make the 
detailed paper settings.
Mode Description
Color Density Adjusts the strength of Color Density. Use a value in the 
range of -50% to +50%. Drag the slider with your mouse to 
the right direction (+) to deepen the color of your printout 
or left direction (-) to lighten its color. You can also type 
a number (-50 to +50) in the box next to the slider.
Use this...

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Drying Time 
per Print 
Head PassAdds a waiting time when the print head reaches the end 
of every pass.
Set this value using the slider or text box. To improve the 
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 feature, the printing time will be longer.
Paper Feed 
AdjustmentControls the paper feeding value, in 0.01% increments....

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Printer Color Management
Color Controls
This setting provides the color matching and image-enhancement 
methods. When you select this setting, additional settings appear 
under the Printer Color Management box where you can select a 
Mode setting and adjust the color enhancement sliders. For details 
on the additional settings, see the online help.
Platen Gap Platen Gap is the height from the media loaded in the 
printer to the print head. By...

116Printing with Mac OS 9.x When Advanced B&W Photo is selected as the Color setting, 
the following screen appears. You can then adjust the advanced 
monochrome settings. For details on the additional settings, see 
the online help.
PhotoEnhance
This setting provides a variety of image-correction settings that 
you can apply to your photo images before printing. 
PhotoEnhance does not affect your original data. When you select 
this setting, you can make the Tone and Digital Camera 
Correction settings.
 

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Note:
❏This mode is available only with 16-, 24-, or 32-bit color data.
❏This mode is available only when 32-bit color is selected as your 
monitor display setting for Macintosh.
❏Printing with PhotoEnhance selected may increase the time required 
in printing, depending on your computer system and the amount of 
the data contained in your data.
❏The Tone setting appears for EPSON Stylus Pro 9400/7400 only.
Tone Auto CorrectThis setting provides...

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ColorSync
This setting automatically adjusts printout colors to match colors 
on your screen. Select this setting when printing scanned 
photographs or computer graphics.
Note:
Be aware that the ambient light and the age, quality, and settings of the 
monitor can affect the quality of your color matching.
 

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Off (No Color Adjustment)
This setting is generally not recommended, because it does not 
allow the printer driver to enhance or adjust the color in any way. 
Only use this setting when you create a new color profile or if the 
other Mode settings do not produce satisfactory results.
Saving the Advanced settings
To save your Advanced settings, follow the steps below.
1. Click Save Settings in the Advanced dialog. The Custom 
Settings dialog...

120Printing with Mac OS 9.x 3. Click Save. Your settings will be added to the Custom 
Settings pull-down menu.
You can save up to 100 groups of settings. You can select your 
saved group of settings from the Custom Settings pull-down 
menu in the Print dialog.
When you select your saved settings in the Custom Settings, be 
aware that making new settings, for example Media Type and 
Color settings, may change your custom settings. This may cause 
unexpected results in your printouts. If this happens,...