Epson Stylus Pro 9400PS User Manual

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Making the Reduce/Enlarge setting
You can fit the size of your data to the size of paper you to print 
on. To enable this function, select Reduce/Enlarge. When this 
function is enabled, you can make the following settings.
Fit to PageProportionally enlarges or reduces the size of your 
data to make it fit the paper size you have selected 
in the Output Paper Size.
CustomLets you define the percentage you want to enlarge 
or reduce a data. Click the...

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Making Multi-Page settings
Selecting Multi-Page lets you choose between the N-up and 
Poster settings.
 

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Making N-up settings
Select N-up as the Multi-Page setting to print two or four pages 
of your document on one sheet of paper.
When N-up is selected, you can make the following settings.
2 Pages
4 PagesPrints two or four pages of your data on a single 
sheet of paper.
Page OrderOpens the Print Layout dialog box, where you 
can specify the order in which the pages will be 
printed. Some settings may be unavailable, 
depending on the Orientation...

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Making Poster settings
A single page can be enlarged to cover 4, 9, or 16 printed sheets 
of paper. Select Poster as the Multi-Page setting to print a 
poster-size image.
 

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Click Settings to adjust the way your poster will print. The Poster 
Settings dialog box opens.
You can make the following settings.
If you only want to print a few of the panels without printing the 
entire poster, click the panels that you do not want to print, and 
then click OK to close the Poster Settings dialog box.
Print Cutting 
GuidesCheck this box to turn the cutting guide options on.
Overlapping 
Alignment MarksSlightly overlaps the...

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Making the Optimize Enlargement setting (for 
Windows XP and 2000 only)
Select this check box to optimize an enlargement to achieve long 
poster or panoramic printing without using a particular 
application. Clear this check box if text or graphics are distorted; 
however, output length may be limited depending on the 
application.
Using the Printer Utilities
The EPSON printer utilities let you check the current printer 
status and perform printer maintenance from your screen.
 

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Note:
❏The letter in parentheses after the utility name indicates the shortcut 
key for that utility. Press ALT and the letter on the keyboard to open 
that utility.
❏Do not use the Nozzle Check, Head Cleaning, or Print Head 
Alignment utilities if your printer is connected to your computer 
through a network.
❏Do not use the Nozzle Check, Head Cleaning, or Print Head 
Alignment utilities while printing is in progress; otherwise, your 
printout may...

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Head Cleaning
This utility cleans the print head. You may need to clean the print 
head if you notice the print quality has declined. Use this utility 
to perform head cleaning. See “Cleaning the print head” on page 
70.
Print Head Alignment
This utility can be used to improve the print quality of your 
printed data. The alignment of the print head may need to be 
adjusted if vertical lines appear out of alignment or if white or 
black banding noise appear in your printed data....

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Note:
Do not start the Nozzle Check utility while printing is in progress; 
otherwise, your printout may be marred.
1. Make sure paper is loaded in the printer.
2. Click Nozzle Check.
3. Click Print if you want to visually check if any print head 
nozzles are clogged, if you are using non-Epson special 
media, or if the width of paper you are using is less than 
210 mm. Click Auto if you want to perform an automatic 
nozzle check, and if the nozzle...

70Printing with Windows If you find missing dots, clean the print head nozzle. See 
“Cleaning the print head” on page 70.
Cleaning the print head
If you find that the printed data is unexpectedly faint or dots in 
the printed data are missing, you may be able to solve these 
problems by using the Head Cleaning utility to clean the print 
head, which ensures that the nozzles are delivering ink properly.
To use the Head Cleaning utility, follow the steps below.
Note:
❏Do not start the Head Cleaning utility...