Epson Stylus Pro 9700 User Manual

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 Drying Time per Print Head Pass 
lets you print with non-Epson 
media and avoid smearing the ink. You can make the print head 
wait up to 5 seconds after each pass to allow ink to dry on the page.
 Drying Time per Page lets you print with non-Epson media and 
avoid smearing the ink.
 Paper Feed Adjustment helps reduce banding. Choose a lower 
value if you see white lines on your prints, or a higher value if you 
see dark lines.
 Paper Suction lets you...

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4. On the Main tab, select any other necessary setting for your paper in the 
Media Settings box. (See page 87 through page 93 for details.)
 

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5. Click the Custom Settings button. You see a window like this:
6. Verify that your settings are correct, type a name for the custom media 
type, and click 
Save.
7. After saving your settings, you can do the following:
To use the settings to print right away, select the name you gave 
them in the 
Media Type list. Select the rest of the necessary print 
settings and print.
To save the settings to a file that you can share, click the Custom 
Settings...

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Saving, Exporting, and Importing Custom 
Settings
You can save groups of settings so you can reuse them for future print jobs 
with the same profile/printer/ink/media combination. You can also export 
them as a file that you can share with others, who can import them for 
printing. 
In addition, the printer driver includes pre-defined setting groups for various 
types of printing. You can select them to set most of the settings you need, 
and then customize...

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4. After saving your settings, you can do the following:
To use the setting group to print right away, select the name you 
gave it in the 
Select Setting list, if necessary, and print.
To save the settings to a file that you can share, click the Save/Del 
button again, click the name of the setting group in the list, click 
Export, select a location, enter a file name, and click Save.
Importing a Custom Settings Group
1. To import settings from a file...

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Editing Printer Driver Settings
1. Click the Utility tab, then select Menu Arrangement.
2. Select the item you want to edit. You can do the following:
Drag and drop the items to rearrange them
Add or delete groups
Move unused items into the Not Display group
3. When you’re finished, click 
Save.
 

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Managing Print Jobs
Your printer comes with two utilities that let you check on your print jobs 
and cancel, pause, or restart them. 
The Progress Meter opens each time you send a print job. Status Monitor 3, 
which appears on the taskbar when you print, lets you check the printer’s 
status and monitor print jobs. You can control how these programs work 
using the 
Speed and Progress and Monitoring Preferences utilities.
Using the Progress Meter
After you...

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Optimizing Print Speed
You can use the Speed and Progress utility to improve printing speed. 
1. Click the 
Utility tab, then click the Speed and Progress button. You 
see this window:
2. Select from the following options:
 High Speed Copies speeds up printing of multiple copies of the 
same document using hard disk space as a cache. If you have 
multiple hard drives, you can select a different drive to spool to in 
the High Speed Copy Folder list to the...

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 Page Rendering Mode 
speeds printing by rendering the entire 
page. Use this setting if print speed is extremely slow or the print 
head stops for a few minutes while printing. Printing will take 
longer to start.
 Coarse Rendering allows you to override the length or width 
limitations in applications (such as Photoshop) that restrict the 
number of pixels you can print.
 allows large or complex vector graphics to print 
faster in Adobe Acrobat® or any...

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Setting Monitoring Preferences
You can choose when and how you want to be notified of problems, whether 
you want a Status Monitor 3 icon to appear on your Windows taskbar, and 
whether you want to allow monitoring by other users who share the printer.
1. Click the 
Utility tab, then click the Monitoring Preferences button. 
You see this window:
2. Select the notification options you want to use if various printing events 
occur. 
3. If you want to have the...