Epson AcuLaser C2800N User Manual

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❏If the printer driver is installed in the client beforehand, you need to select either the new printer 
driver or the current printer driver. When the prompt to select the printer driver appears, select the 
printer driver according to the message.
❏If the additional driver for the corresponding Windows is installed in the print server, go to the next 
step.
6. Select whether to use the printer as the default printer or not, then click Next.
7. Make sure of the settings, then click Finish.
Installing the printer driver from the CD-ROM
This section describes how to install the printer driver in the clients when setting the network 
system without installing the additional drivers in the print server.
The on-screen displays on the following pages may differ depending on the version of Windows 
OS.
Note:
❏When installing in Windows XP, XP x64, or 2000 clients, you must access Windows XP, XP x64, or 
2000 as the Administrator.
❏For Windows Vista or Vista x64, even if you are not an administrator or power user, you can install the 
printer driver by clicking Continue when the prompt to continue the installation appears.
❏If the additional drivers are installed or the computers of the server and clients use the same OS, you do 
not have to install the printer drivers from the CD-ROM.
1. Access the shared printer and a prompt may appear. Click OK, then follow the on-screen 
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2. Insert the CD-ROM, type the appropriate drive and folder names in which the printer driver for 
clients is located, then click OK.
When installing drivers, “Digital Signature is not found.” may appear. Click Yes (for Windows 
2000) or Continue Anyway (for Windows Vista, Vista x64, XP, XP x64, Server 2003, or Server 
2003 x64) and continue installing.
The folder name differs depending on the OS being used.
3. Select the name of the printer, click OK, then follow the on-screen instructions.
Client’s OS Folder Name
Windows Vista, XP, or 2000\\WINVISTA_XP_2K
Windows Vista x64 or XP x64 \\VISTA_XP64
 
						

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Chapter 5 
Using the Printer Software with Macintosh
About the Printer Software
The printer driver lets you choose from a wide variety of settings to get the best results from your 
printer. EPSON Status Monitor lets you check the status of your printer. See “Monitoring Your 
Printer using EPSON Status Monitor” on page 126 for more information.
Note:
❏Instructions in this section that are common to all operating systems are for Mac OS X 10.3 as an 
example. They may slightly differ from what actually appears on your screen depending on your 
operating system; however, the functions are the same.
❏You have to re-install the printer driver after major operating system updates such as OSX 10.3 to 10.4, 
but you do not have to re-install it for minor updates such as 10.3.1 to 10.3.2.
Accessing the printer driver
To control your printer and change its settings, use the printer driver. The printer driver allows you 
to easily make all the print settings, including paper source, paper size, and orientation.
Mac OS X
To access the printer driver, register your printer in Printer Setup Utility (for Mac OS X 10.3 and 
10.4) or Print Center (for Mac OS X 10.2), click Print on the File menu of any application, then select 
your printer.
From an application
❏To open the Paper Setting dialog box, select Page Setup from th e Fil e men u on  a ny appl ica tion.
❏To open the Basic Settings tab, select Print from the File menu on any application.
Note:
The printer driver’s online help provides details on printer driver settings.
 
						

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Making Changes to Printer Settings
Making the print quality settings
You can change the print quality of printouts through settings in the printer driver. With the 
printer driver, you can make the print settings by choosing from a list of predefined settings, or 
customizing the settings.
Choosing the print quality by using the Automatic setting
You can change the print quality of printouts to favor speed or detail. There are three levels of print 
output, Fast, Fine, and Maximum. Fine and Maximum provide high quality, precise printing, but 
requires more memory and slows the printing speed.
When Automatic is selected on the Basic Settings tab, the printer driver takes care of all detailed 
settings according to the color setting you select. Color and resolution are the only settings you 
need to make.
Note:
Maximum cannot be selected from the Automatic settings. Select Advanced settings to select 
Maximum.
For Mac OS X users
1. Open the Print dialog box.
2. Select Printer Settings from the drop-down list, and select the Basic Settings tab.
 
						

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3. Click Automatic, then choose the resolution from the drop-down list.
Using the predefined settings
The predefined settings are provided to help you optimize print settings for a particular kind of 
printout, such as presentation documents or images taken by a video or digital camera.
Follow the steps below to use the predefined settings.
For Mac OS X users
1. Open the Print dialog box.
2. Select Printer Settings from the drop-down list, and select the Basic Settings tab.
 
						

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3. Select Advanced. You will find the predefined settings in the list on the right of Automatic.
4. Select the most appropriate setting from the list according to the type of document or image 
you want to print.
When you choose a predefined setting, other settings such as Printing Mode, Print Quality, 
Screen, and Color Management are set automatically. Changes are shown in the Summary 
drop-down list in the Print dialog box.
Note:
The printer driver’s online help provides details on printer driver settings.
 
						

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Customizing print settings
Your printer provides for customized print settings if you need more control over the printout, 
want to make the most detailed settings available, or just want to experiment.
Follow the steps below to customize your print settings.
For Mac OS X users
1. Open the Print dialog box.
2. Select Printer Settings from the drop-down list, and select Basic Settings tab.
3. Click Advanced, then click More Settings. The following dialog box appears.
4. Choose Color or Black as the Color setting.
5. Choose the desired print quality from the drop-down list.
Note:
When making the other settings, click the   button for details on each setting.
6. Click OK to apply the settings and return to the Basic Settings dialog box.
Note:
For details on each setting, see the online help.
Saving your settings
For Mac OS X users
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Save your custom settings by Save or Save As in the Presets on the Print dialog box. Type a name 
for your custom settings in the name box. Your settings will be saved with this name in the Presets 
drop-down list.
Note:
The Custom Setting option is a standard feature of Mac OS X.
Resizing printouts
You can enlarge or reduce the size of your documents during printing according to the specified 
paper size.
For Mac OS X users
Note:
This function is not available with Mac OS X 10.2 and 10.3.
1. Open the Print dialog box.
2. Select Paper Handling from the drop-down list.
3. Select Scale to fit paper size and select the desired paper size from the drop-down list.
Note:
❏If you select Scale down only, your documents are not enlarged even if you select the large paper 
size.
❏The Paper Handling settings are a standard feature of Mac OS X 10.4.
 
						

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Modifying the print layout
You can print a maximum of 16 pages onto a single page and to specify the printing order, 
automatically resizing each page to fit the specified paper size by using Layout printing. You can 
also choose to print documents surrounded by a frame.
For Mac OS X users
1. Open the Print dialog box.
2. Select Layout from the drop-down list.
3. Select the number of pages you want to print on one sheet of paper from the drop-down list.
4. Click Print to start printing.
Note:
The Layout settings are a standard feature of Mac OS X.
 
						

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Using a watermark
Follow the steps below to use a watermark on your document. In the Stamp Function dialog box, 
you can select from a list of predefined watermarks, or you can select a image file (PDF, PNG, or 
JP G) or tex t fil e a s your own cu stom wa termar k. For example, you can select the size, intensity, and 
position of your watermark.
For Mac OS X users
1. Open the Print dialog box.
2. Select Printer Settings from the drop-down list, and select the Basic Settings tab.
3. Click Stamp Function.