Epson Stylus Pro 9880 User Manual

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You see this screen:
5. You can adjust the following advanced black and white photo settings:
 Color Toning allows you to add tone (hue) to your black and white 
output. The default is 
Neutral, which will provide you with a 
neutral tonal scale print. You can also choose other popular presets 
such as 
Cool, Warm, and Sepia. Note that the presets will affect 
the target found in the tone color circle.
 Tone allows you to easily change the entire tonal...

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 Highlight Point Shift
 helps to reduce gloss differential by adding 
density to the highlights of your image or the full page.
The tone color circle adjusts the hue of your black and white print. 
Click on any portion of the color wheel or enter corresponding 
values to customize the tone (hue) you want to add. The closer you 
select to the edge of the wheel, the more color you add.
The preview image approximates the image tone based on your settings....

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2. Select the correct settings to match your ICC profile. These settings 
override any paper configuration settings you may have made using the 
printer’s control panel. 
 Color Density lets you control the ink saturation level (for example, 
when you turn off color management in your printer software).
 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...

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4. On the Main tab, select any other necessary setting for your paper in the 
Media Settings box. (See page 97 through page 103 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, 
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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
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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...