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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 send a print job, the Progress Meter window appears:
You can use the 
Stop button to cancel your print job. You also see how 
much ink you have left and view printing tips. 
If you don’t want the Progress Meter to appear, you can turn it off. See the 
next section for instructions.
Note: If it is no longer 
spooling in the computer, 
you can also cancel a 
print job by pressing the 
button on the 
printer, selecting JOB 
CANCEL, and pressing 
the OK button.
Click to cancel 
printingMay not appear if 
you are printing 
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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 right.
 Show Progress Meter lets you control whether or not the Progress 
Meter is displayed when you send a print job. 
 Disable EPSON Status Monitor 3 disables the printer software 
utilities. Selecting this option is not recommended unless you 
experience conflicts with other software.
 Show Mouse Over Help lets you turn off the tool tips that appear 
when you move your cursor over the screen.
 Processed by Printer allows the halftone output processing to be 
performed by the printer. This feature speeds up processing, 
especially for older computers, and ensures that the printer runs at 
maximum speed. This involves image compression and 
decompression, and does not affect the quality of your output.
Note: If you want to 
disable display of the 
progress meter during 
printing, you can click the 
Show Progress Meter 
checkbox to deselect it.
 
						

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 Always spool RAW datatype
 lets you spool documents using the 
RAW format instead of the EMF (metafile) format. Because the 
RAW format requires fewer resources, printing is faster and you can 
avoid certain problems, such as insufficient memory or disk space.
 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 other non-image based application.
 Allow Applications to Perform ICM Color Matching allows the 
application to adjust the colors based on the printer’s ICC profile 
using the Image Color Matching system.
 Change Standard Resolution allows the printer to change the 
standard resolution.
3. Click 
OK to save your settings.
 
						

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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 Status Monitor 3 icon appear in your Windows 
taskbar, click the 
Shortcut Icon checkbox. Then select the icon to use.
When the shortcut is enabled, you can simply double-click the icon to 
open the Status Monitor 3 window or right-click it, then select 
Monitoring Preferences in the pop-up menu.
4. Select 
Allow monitoring of shared printers if your printer is shared 
and you want to let other users monitor it.
5. Click 
OK to save your settings.
 
						

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For the most precise color in your prints, you can use profiles designed 
specifically for your printer model and paper type. Basic profiles are installed 
with your printer driver. For a list of the profiles and their corresponding 
media types, see page 192 (roll paper types) or page 197 (cut sheet paper 
types).
Assigning a profile to your image doesn’t alter it, only the interpretation of it 
by your software and how it appears on your monitor and in a printout. This 
is the best way to improve the color balance and contrast in your image.
Follow the instructions in this chapter to use Photoshop 7, CS, CS2, or CS3 
to print with profiles using Photoshop color management. It’s important to 
turn off color management in your printer software when you use Photoshop 
color management or you’ll get unexpected results. See one of these sections 
for instructions:
“Mac OS X Printing With a Color Profile” below
“Windows Printing With a Color Profile” on page 141
Mac OS X Printing With a Color Profile
First you set up your color management environment in Photoshop and 
assign a profile to your image, then you select your print settings and print. 
Setting Up Photoshop and Assigning a Profile
1. Open Adobe Photoshop.
2. Select 
Color Settings from the Photoshop or Edit menu.
Chapter 5:  
Managing 
Color With 
Profiles
 
						

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You see this window:
3. Select 
U.S. Prepress Defaults or North America Prepress 2 from 
the 
Settings menu to set Adobe RGB (1998) as the color space. Click 
OK.
4. Open the photo you want to print.
If you see an Embedded Profile Mismatch message, select 
Use the 
embedded profile
 and click OK. 
If you see a Missing Profile message, select 
Assign working RGB: 
Adobe RGB (1998)
 and click OK.
5. When your image appears, evaluate the color balance and contrast. If 
they need improvement, select 
Image > Mode > Assign Profile or 
Edit > Assign Profile. Then select one of the following as the Profile 
setting: 
A different RGB working space, such as ColorMatch RGB or 
sRGB IEC61966-2.1

A scanner profile for your scanner
A camera profile for your digital camera
Also click the 
Preview box so you can see the effects of your profile 
choice on the screen.
Note: The settings 
shown are suggested 
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6. Select File, then click Print or Print with Preview.
7. Click 
More Options or Show More Options, then select Color 
Management
.
8. Click 
Page Setup, select page settings as necessary, and click OK.
9. Under 
Color Handling, select Let Photoshop Determine Colors or 
Photoshop Manages Colors.
10. Under 
Profile or Printer Profile, select a profile for your printer and 
the paper you’ll use, such as 
Epson Stylus Pro 9890_9908_7890_7908 
PremiumSemiglossPhotoPaper250
.
11. As the 
Intent or Rendering Intent setting, select Relative 
Colorimetric
 or Perceptual, and click the Black Point 
Compensation
 checkbox.
Note: If your image 
contains very saturated 
colors, select Perceptual. 
This reduces the color 
saturation so that the 
colors fit within the 
printer’s color gamut.
 
						

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Selecting Print Settings and Printing
1. Click the Print button, select Stylus Pro 7890 or Stylus Pro 9890, 
and select 
Printer Settings or Print Settings.
2. Select the 
Media Type setting for your paper (see page 104).
3. Set the rest of the print settings you want to use (beginning on page 87).
4. Make sure Color Mode is set to 
Off (No Color Management).
5. Click 
Print to print your photo.
Note: Make sure that you 
select Off (No Color 
Adjustment) or Off (No 
Color Management). If 
you don’t, the printer 
driver will apply additional 
correction to the image 
data, producing 
inaccurate results.
If you selected the wrong 
combination of source 
profile, printer profile, and 
color management 
settings, you’ll get 
unexpected results.