Epson Stylus Pro 9400PS User Manual

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CUSTOM PAPER
This menu contains the following items. To make the paper 
setting, see “Making the paper settings” on page 231.
PAPER NUMBER
When you select STANDARD, the printer determines the paper 
thickness automatically. You can also select No. X (X can be any 
number between 1 to 10) to register or recall the following settings 
you have made.
Note:
If you select STANDARD, the printer prints data according to the driver 
settings. If you select No....

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PLATEN GAP
You can adjust the distance between the print head and paper. 
Normally, leave this set to STANDARD. If you find that printed 
images are smeared, select WIDE. Select NARROW for printing on thin 
paper, or WIDER for printing on thick paper.
THICKNESS PATTERN
You can print the paper thickness detection pattern. If you select 
STANDARD in PAPER NUMBER, the pattern is not printed.
THICKNESS NUMBER
Check the paper thickness detection pattern, and then enter the 
number for the...

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M/W ADJUSTMENT
You can adjust the MicroWeave mode. The setting range is 
STANDARD, 1 and 2. Increase the value to give priority to the print 
speed, or decrease it to give priority to the print quality.
MAINTENANCE
This menu contains the following items.
CUTTER REPLACEMENT
You can see the procedure used to replace the paper cutter. Follow 
the instructions on the LCD.
BK INK CHANGE (for EPSON Stylus Pro 9800/7800 only)
You can change the black ink...

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PAPER THICKNESS
You can adjust the thickness of the paper to use. If you use Epson 
special media and its paper thickness is 0.2 mm or 1.2 mm, select 
STANDARD. If you use non-Epson special media, enter the paper 
thickness in the range of 0.1 to 1.5 mm.
ALIGNMENT
You can correct any head misalignment to obtain optimum 
printing results. For details, see “Aligning the print head” on page 
225.
Checking the print head nozzles
To find out if the nozzles are delivering ink properly, you...

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5. Press the Menu r button to display PRINT.
6. Press the Enter   button again to start printing a nozzle check 
pattern.
After a nozzle check pattern is printed, the printer exits the 
Menu mode and returns to the READY state.
Nozzle check pattern examples:
If you find that any dots are missing from the test lines in the 
pattern, you need to clean the print heads. Press the Menu r
 
button for more than 3 seconds or access the Head Cleaning utility...

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Aligning the print head automatically
1. Make sure that paper is loaded in the printer.
Note:
For best results in printing the head alignment pattern, use the same 
media that you normally use to print your data.
2. Press the Menu r button to enter the Menu mode.
3. Press the Paper Feed d button or Paper Feed u button to 
display HEAD ALIGNMENT, and then press the Menu r button.
4. When PAPER THICKNESS appears, press the Menu r button.
5. Press the Paper Feed d button or Paper Feed u...

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If you are not satisfied with the result of the BI-D ALL 
alignment, try UNI-D. 
You can also align the print head individually by selecting 
BI-D #1, BI-D #2, or BI-D #3. Select an ink dot size from 
BI-D #1 to BI-D #3 depending on the media you use and the 
print mode you want to try. The table below illustrates which 
parameter is available for the media type and print quality. 
For Print Quality, refer to the printer driver.
EPSON Stylus Pro...

228The Control PanelEPSON Stylus Pro 9800/7800:
Media Name Print Quality ✽
Main 
MenuCustom Print Quality
AB CD E F G
Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper
Singleweight Matte Paper
Doubleweight Matte Paper
Singleweight Matte Paper 
(line drawing)#1 #2 - #1 #2 #3 -
Enhanced Matte Paper
Archival Matte Paper#2 #3 - #1 #2 #3 #3
Watercolor Paper - Radiant 
White -#3-- #2#3-
Photo Glossy Paper
Photo Semigloss Paper
Premium Luster Photo Paper 
(250)
Premium Glossy Photo 
Paper (250)
Premium Semigloss Photo 
Paper (250)...

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English✽ Print Quality A: Speed, B: Quality, C: Draft, D: Normal-360dpi, E: Fine-720dpi, 
F: Super Fine-1440dpi, G: Super Photo-2880dpi
✽✽ When Super in the Advanced dialog box of the printer driver is selected, 
select #2. When Super is not selected, select #1.
11. Press the Pause  button to return to the READY state.
Aligning the print head manually
If you are not satisfied with the result of the automatic head 
alignment, you can perform the head alignment...

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 button. Then, press the 
Paper Feed d button or Paper Feed u button to select BI-D 
2-COLOR.
9. Press the Enter 
 button, and the printer starts printing.
Head alignment pattern examples:
EPSON Stylus Pro 9800/7800:
EPSON Stylus Pro 9400/7400:
10. After printing is finished, the pattern number and current set 
number are displayed. Select the set that has the smallest gaps, 
and then press the Paper Feed d button or Paper Feed u 
button to...