Epson Stylus Pro 9900 User Manual

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Choosing Advanced Black and White Photo Settings
Advanced Black and White Photo mode allows you to easily produce neutral 
and toned black-and-white prints using your Epson driver. This mode offers 
an alternative black and white workflow with settings for more advanced 
control.
Whether your photo is color or grayscale, you can use this unique screening 
and color management technology to create stunning black-and-white 
prints. This mode is only...

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4. Uncheck High Speed for the best quality. 
5. Click 
Advanced Color Settings. You see this screen:
6. Choose the settings that are best for your photo.
 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 affect the 
target found in the tone color...

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 Contrast
 adjusts the difference between the light and dark areas of 
your image.
 Shadow Tonality and Highlight Tonality allow you to control 
tonality only in the shadow or highlight areas of your image. 
 Max Optical Density adjusts the overall density or focus of the 
print. Create a soft focus print by setting the density lower.
 Highlight Point Shift helps to reduce gloss differential by adding 
density to the highlights of your image.
The tone...

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2. After verifying that your settings are correct, select Save As from the 
Presets drop-down menu. 
3. Type a name for your custom preset and click 
OK.
4. When you’re ready to print, click the 
Print button.
Whenever you want to print with your custom preset, select it from the 
Presets drop-down menu.
Caution: Do not open 
and close the Presets 
menu without typing a 
name, or you will lose 
your settings.
 

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Managing Print Jobs
After you click Print, you can monitor the progress of your print job. Follow 
these steps:
1. Click the icon for your printer on the Dock. If necessary, double-click 
your printer (and print queue) name. You see a screen like this:
2. From here you can monitor the progress of your print job or do one of 
the following:
Click the print job, then click Delete to cancel the job
Click the print job, then click Hold to pause printing
Click...

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Printing With Mac OS X 10.4
If you’re using Mac OS X 10.4, follow the instructions below. If you’re using 
Mac OS X 10. 5, see page 89.
Choosing Page Setup Options
Page Setup options let you choose from several options for printing on cut 
sheets or roll paper. You can also select the orientation of your image and the 
paper size. For printing on roll media, creating a custom page size is 
recommended to make the best use of your paper.
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3. Click the Paper Size drop-down menu. 
If you’re printing on a cut sheet, choose the size of the paper you are 
using and one of the options listed below. Then continue with 
step 5.
If you’re using roll paper, Epson recommends that you create a 
custom paper size to make the best use of your paper. See step 4 for 
instructions. Also be sure to select roll paper options, as described 
on page 114.
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 Roll Paper - Borderless (Auto Expand) 
prints without borders on 
roll paper and enlarges your image (up to 3%) to fit the size of the 
paper. This selection is recommended for borderless printing with 
minimal clipping of your image. See page 88 for more information.
 Roll Paper - Borderless (Retain Size) prints your image on roll 
paper at the size you specify in your application. You need to size it 
slightly wider than the paper width to print...

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Choosing Basic Print Options
Once you have selected your page setup options, you need to select printing 
options. The Epson driver offers automatic settings that optimize print 
quality and speed when you’re using Epson media. You can also choose 
additional settings for more control over your printer and color output.
1. Select 
Print in your application. You see the screen shown below:
2. Choose your printer from the 
Printer menu. 
Select your 
printer
 

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3. Select Print Settings from the Copies & Pages drop-down menu. You 
see this screen:
4. If you created a custom paper size for your roll paper, select the 
Auto 
Expand
 or Retain Size option in the Page Setup drop-down menu. 
See page 88 for details.
5. Select the 
Media Type that corresponds to the paper you are printing 
on. See the table on page 121 for more information.
If you are using a color-managed workflow, make sure you choose media 
type and...