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 then click Advanced. 
The Advanced dialog appears.
2. Make sure a media matching the media loaded in the printer 
is selected. See “Media Type setting list” on page 106. 
3. Make the Color setting.
For EPSON Stylus Pro 9400/7400:
Select Color/B&W Photo to print color or monochrome 
photos, or Black to print a draft or black text only. 
 
						

							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 details, see 
“Paper Configuration” on page 113. 
6. Make the Printer Color Management settings. For details, see 
“Printer Color Management” on page 115.
Note:
Some settings are enabled or disabled depending on the Media Type, 
Color, and Print Quality settings you have made.
7. Make other settings as needed. For details, see the online help.
8. Click OK to apply your settings and then return to the Print 
dialog. If you want to return to the previous screen without 
applying your settings, click Cancel.
 
						

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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 function when you print on paper other than 
Epson special media.
Set the scroll bar to the 0 position when you print on Epson 
special media.
Note:
Deepening of the color of printout may not be possible, 
depending on the printing mode.
 
						

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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. 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 Decreasing the air suction at the platen can avoid 
wrinkling or waving of thin or saturated media, or 
eliminating vertical banding. The relationship of the 
parameter and the suction power is indicated as follows:
Standard: 100%
-1:84%
-2:66%
-3:50%
-4:34%
Paper 
ThicknessThis value automatically appears according to the Media 
Type setting. If you use non-Epson media, modify this 
value for your media. Refer to the paper specifications, 
or print Thickness Pattern to find out the paper thickness. 
Cut Method Determines the best cutting method according to the 
paper thickness.
Standard:Normal speed and normal cut pressure
Thin Paper:Low cut pressure
Thick Paper, Fast:High speed and high cut pressure
Thick Paper, Slow:Low speed and high cut pressure Mode Description
 
						

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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 adjusting this parameter, you 
may produce better 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, printed data or the print 
head surface may be damaged. Use Wider or Wide in 
such case. Mode Description
 
						

							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 standard image 
correction for most photos. Try this first.
SepiaThis setting applies a sepia tone to your 
photos.
Neutral GrayThis setting applies a black and white 
tone to your print data.
Warm GrayThis setting applies a warmer black and 
white tone to your print data than 
Neutral Gray.
Cool GrayThis setting applies a cooler black and 
white tone to your print data than 
Neutral Gray.
Digital Camera CorrectionIf you are printing photos taken with a 
digital camera, select this check box to 
give your printed photos a smooth and 
natural appearance like that of photos 
taken with a film camera.
Select the Smooth Skin check box to 
adjust the image to make its skin color 
smooth.
 
						

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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 appears.
2. Type a unique name, up to 16 characters, for your settings in 
the Name text box.
 
						

							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, reselect 
your saved settings and try printing again.
Note:
The names of the ready-made settings provided by Epson cannot be 
applied to your new settings.
Deleting the Advanced settings
To delete your Advanced settings, follow the steps below.
Note:
You cannot delete ready-made settings from the Custom Setting list.
1. Open the Custom Settings dialog.
2. Select the name of settings you want to delete.
3. Click Delete. The setting will be deleted from the Custom 
Settings list.