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3. Select the color from the Color drop-down list, then adjust the image intensity of the 
watermark with the Intensity slider bar.
4. Select Front (to print the watermark in the foreground of the document) or Back (to 
print the watermark in the background of the document) for the Position setting.
5. Select the location on the page where you want to print the watermark from the 
Location drop-down list.
6. Adjust the X (horizontal) or Y (vertical) Offset position.
7. Adjust the size of the watermark with the Size slider bar.
8. Click OK to apply the settings and return to the Advanced Layout tab.
 
						

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Making a new watermark
You can make a new watermark as follows:
1. Click the Advanced Layout tab.
2. Click New/Delete. The User Defined Watermarks dialog box appears.
Note:
The User Defined Watermarks dialog box also appears by clicking New/Delete in the 
Watermark dialog box.
3. Select Text or BMP and type a name for the new watermark in the Name box.
Note:
This screen appears when you select Text.
4. If you select Text, type the watermark text in the Text box. If you select BMP, click 
Browse, select the BMP file you want to use, then click OK.
5. Click Save. Your watermark will appear in the List box.
6. Click OK to apply the new watermark settings.
Note:
You can register up to 10 watermarks.
 
						

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Using headers and footers
You can print a header or footer on the top or bottom of a page. The items that can be 
printed as a header or footer include user name, computer name, date, date/time, or collate 
number.
1. Click the Advanced Layout tab.
2. Select the Header/Footer check box, then click Header/Footer Settings.
3. Select the items to be printed for the header and the footer from the drop-down list.
Note:
❏If you select User Name or Computer Name from the drop-down list, the login account 
name or computer name is printed.
❏If you select Collate Number from the drop-down list, the number of copies is printed.
4. Click OK to apply the settings and return to the Advanced Layout tab.
 
						

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Using an overlay
The Overlay Settings dialog box allows you to prepare standard forms, or templates, that 
you can use as overlays when printing other documents. This feature can be useful for 
creating corporate letterheads or invoices.
Note:
The overlay function is available only when High Quality (Printer) is selected for the Printing Mode 
in the Extended Settings dialog box from the Optional Settings tab.
Creating an overlay
Follow the steps below to create and save a form overlay file.
1. Open your application and create the file that you want to use as an overlay.
2. When the file is ready to be saved as an overlay, choose Print or Print Setup from the 
File menu of your application, then click Printer, Setup, Options, Properties, or a 
combination of these buttons, depending on your application.
3. Click the Advanced Layout tab.
4. Select the Form Overlay check box, then click Overlay Settings. The Overlay Settings 
dialog box appears.
 
						

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5. Select Create Overlay Data, then click Settings. The Form Settings dialog box 
appears.
6. Select the Use Form Name check box, then click Add Form Name. The Add Form 
dialog box appears.
Note:
If the Assign to Paper Source check box is selected, the form name is displayed in the Paper 
Source drop-down list on the Basic Settings tab.
 
						

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7. Type the form name in the Form Name box and its description in the Description box.
8. Select To Front or To Back to specify whether the overlay will be printed as foreground 
or background of the document.
9. Click Register to apply the settings and return to Form settings dialog box.
10. Click OK in the Form Settings dialog box.
11. Click OK in the Overlay Settings dialog box.
12. Print the file saved as overlay data. It is possible to save any kind of file as an overlay. 
The overlay data is created.
Printing with an overlay
Follow the steps below to print a document with overlay data.
1. Open the file to print with overlay data.
2. From the application, access the printer driver. Open the File menu, choose Print or 
Print Setup, then click Printer, Setup, Options, Properties, or a combination of these 
buttons, depending on your application.
3. Click the Advanced Layout tab.
4. Select the Form Overlay check box, and click Overlay Settings to open the Overlay 
Settings dialog box.
 
						

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5. Choose the form from the Form drop-down list, then click OK to return the Advanced 
Layout tab.
Note:
If the Assign to Paper Source check box is selected, the form name is displayed in the Paper 
Source drop-down list on the Basic Settings tab. You can also select the form without 
accessing the dialog box above.
6. Click OK to print the data.
Different printer settings overlay data
The overlay data is made with the current printer settings (such as Orientation: Portrait). If 
you want to make the same overlay with different printer settings (such as Landscape), 
follow the instructions below.
1. Re-access the printer driver as described in step 2 in Creating an overlay on page 64.
2. Make the printer settings and exit the printer driver.
3. Send the same data that you made by application to the printer like step 12 in Creating 
an overlay on page 64.
This setting is available only for Form Name data.
 
						

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Using storage form overlay
This function enables faster printing with form overlay data. Windows users can use the 
form data registered on the USB memory installed in the printer’s USB Host interface or 
delete the form data on the USB memory. You can access this function from the Form 
Selection dialog box in the printer driver.
Note:
❏This function is not available if the USB memory is not installed on the USB Host interface of 
the printer.
❏When the document’s resolution, paper size or paper orientation settings are different from the 
form overlay data that you use, you cannot print the document with the form overlay data.
❏This function is available only in ESC/Page mode.
❏This function is available in the High Quality (Printer) mode.
❏We recommend using a USB memory that has less than 2 GB of memory. Accessing USB 
memories that have more than 2 GB of memory may take too long.
❏If a large numbers of files are in the USB memory, accessing the USB memory may take too 
long.
❏If accessing the USB memory takes too long, try formatting it to improve the access speed.
Register the form overlay data on the USB memory
Only a network administrator using Windows XP, XP x64, 2000, Server 2003, or Server 
2003 x64 is allowed to register the form overlay data on the USB memory, using the 
following steps.
Note:
The form name must use only the characters shown below. A - Z, a - z, 0 - 9, and ! ’ ) ( - _ %
1. Prepare the form overlay data to register on the local PC Hard Disk Drive.
2. Log in to Windows XP, XP x64, 2000, Server 2003, or Server 2003 x64 as an 
administrator.
3. For Windows 2000, click Start, point to Settings, and then click Printers.
For Windows XP, XP x64, Server 2003, or Server 2003 x64 click Start, point to Control 
Panel, and then double-click the Printers and Faxes icon.
4. Right-click the EPSON xxx xxx icon and then click Properties.
5. Click the Optional Settings tab.
6. Click Register. The Register to Storage dialog box appears.
 
						

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7. Select the form name from the Form Names list, and then click Register.
Note:
Only form names that can be registered appear on the Form Name list.
8. If you plan to distribute the form list to the clients, click Print List to print the list.
9. Click Back to close the Register to Storage dialog box.
10. Click OK to close the window.
Printing with storage form overlay
All Windows users can use the registered form data on the USB memory. Follow the steps 
below to print with storage form data.
1. Click the Advanced Layout tab.
2. Select the Form Overlay check box, and click Overlay Settings. The Overlay Settings 
dialog box appears.
3. Select No Form name in the Form drop-down list, and click Details. The Form 
Selection dialog box appears.
Note:
Make sure that No Form name is selected. If any form name is selected, another dialog box will 
appear.
 
						

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4. Click Printer’s Storage. Type the form name in the text box, or click Browse and select 
the registered form name if the printer is connected through a network.
Note:
❏If you need the list of the registered form data, click Print List to print it and confirm the form 
name.
Also, if you need a sample print-out of the form data, enter the form name, then click Print 
Sample.
❏You can view thumbnails of the forms using a Web browser by clicking the Thumbnail 
button if the printer is connected through a network and the Java Runtime Environment has 
been installed.
5. Select To Front or To Back to print the form data as foreground or background of the 
document, then click OK to return to the Advanced Layout tab.
6. Click OK to print data.
Delete the form overlay data on the USB memory
Only a network administrator using Windows XP, XP x64, 2000, Server 2003, or Server 
2003 x64 is allowed to delete or edit the form overlay data on the USB memory, using the 
following steps.
1. Log in to Windows XP, XP x64, 2000, Server 2003, or Server 2003 x64 as an 
administrator.
2. For Windows 2000, click Start, point to Settings, and then click Printers.
For Windows XP, XP x64, Server 2003, or Server 2003 x64 click Start, point to Control 
Panel, and then double-click the Printers and Faxes icon.
3. Right-click the EPSON xxx xxx icon and then click Properties.