Epson AcuLaser C9100B User Manual

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Mac OS 9
To access the printer driver, open the appropriate dialog box, 
select Chooser from the Apple menu, then click your printer’s 
icon.
Opening the dialog boxes from the application
❏To open the Paper Setting dialog box, select Page Setup from 
the File menu on any application.
❏To open the Basic Settings dialog box, select Print from the File 
menu on any application.
Note:
The printer driver’s online help provides details on printer driver 
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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 two levels of print output, 300 dpi and 600 dpi. 
600 dpi provides high quality, precise printing, but requires more 
memory and slows the printing speed.
When Automatic is selected on the Basic Settings dialog box, 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. You can change other settings such as paper 
size or orientation in most applications.
Note:
The printer driver’s online help provides details on printer driver 
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.
 
						

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3. Click Automatic, then choose the resolution from the 
Resolution drop-down list.
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1. Open the Basic Settings dialog box.
2. Click Automatic on Print Quality, then choose desired 
printing resolution from Fast (300 dpi) or Fine (600 dpi) with 
the slider bar.
Note:
If printing is unsuccessful or a memory-related error message 
appears, selecting a lower resolution may allow printing to proceed.
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.
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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. 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.
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1. Open the Basic Settings dialog box.
2. Select Advanced. You will find the predefined settings in 
the list on the right of Automatic.
Note:
For details about the RITech function, see the Online Help.
3. 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, Resolution, Screen, and Color Management are 
set automatically. Changes are shown in the Summary 
drop-down list in the Print dialog box (Mac OS X), or in the current 
settings list on the left of the Basic Settings dialog box (Mac OS 9).
This printer driver provides the following predefined settings:
Automatic (Standard)
Suitable for regular printing, especially photos.
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Text/Graph
Suitable for printing documents that include text and graphs, 
such as presentation documents.
Graphic/CAD
Suitable for printing graphs and charts.
Photo
Suitable for printing photos.
PhotoEnhance4 
Suitable for printing images captured using the video input, a 
digital camera, or scanner. EPSON PhotoEnhance4 automatically 
adjusts the contrast, saturation, and brightness of the original 
image data to produce sharper, more vivid color printouts. This 
setting does not affect your original image data.
Note:
This function is not available with Mac OS X.
ColorSync
Automatically adjusts printout colors to match colors on your 
screen.
Automatic (High Quality)
Suitable for regular printing that gives priority to high-quality 
printing.
Advanced Text/Graph
Suitable for printing high-quality presentation documents that 
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Advanced Graphic/CAD
Suitable for printing high-quality graphs, charts, and photos.
Advanced Photo
Suitable for printing high-quality scanned photos and 
digitally-captured images.
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 and 9 users
1. Open the Basic Settings dialog box.
2. Click Advanced, then click More Settings. The following 
dialog box appears.
 
						

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3. Choose Color or Black as the Color setting.
4. Choose desired printing resolution from Fast ( 3 0 0  d p i )  o r  Fine 
(600 dpi).
Note:
When making the other settings, see the   button for details on 
each settings.
5. Click OK to apply the settings and return to the Basic Settings 
dialog box.
Note:
For details on each settings, see the Online help.
Saving your settings
For Mac OS X users
Use the following procedures to save your custom settings.
For Mac OS X 10.1.x users, save your custom settings in Save 
Custom Setting. Your settings will be saved as Custom in the 
Preset drop-down list. You can save only one set of custom 
settings.
For Mac OS X 10.2 or 10.3 users, save your custom settings by 
Save or Save As in the Preset 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 Preset drop-down list.
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To save your custom settings, select Advanced, then click Save 
Settings on the Basic Settings dialog box. The Custom Settings 
dialog box appears.
Type a name for your custom settings in the Name box, click 
Save. Your settings will appear in the list on the right of 
Automatic in the Basic Settings dialog box.
Note:
❏You cannot use a predefined setting name for your custom settings.
❏To delete a custom setting, select Advanced, click Save Settings 
on the Basic Settings dialog box, select the setting in the User 
Settings dialog box, then click Delete.
❏You cannot delete predefined settings.
If you change any setting in the Advanced Settings dialog box 
when one of your custom settings is selected in the Advanced 
Settings list on the Basic Settings dialog box, the setting selected 
in the list changes to User Settings. The custom setting that was 
previously selected is not affected by this change. To return to 
your custom setting, simply reselect it from the current settings 
list.
Resizing printouts
The Fit to Page function in the Layout dialog box allows you to 
have your documents enlarged or reduced during printing 
according to the specified paper size.
Note:
❏This function is not available with Mac OS X.
❏The enlarging or reducing rate is automatically specified according 
to the paper size selected in the Paper Setting dialog box.