Epson Stylus Pro 3880 User Manual
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2-41 Handling Paper and Other Media | 41 6. Press the d button to feed the paper into printing position. 7. Use both hands to pull out and extend the output tray, lifting it slightly as you pull. You’re ready to print. When you finish printing, push the front tray back in. Caution: Do not leave paper in the printer for a long period of time; its quality will deteriorate. Epson recommends that you remove the paper from the printer after printing.
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2-42 42 | Handling Paper and Other Media Adjusting the Platen Gap for Thick or Thin Paper When you print on unusually thick or thin paper, you may need to adjust the platen gap setting. Normally, the STANDARD setting allows the printer to adjust automatically. However, if print quality is not satisfactory when using very thin or very thick stock, you may need to change this setting using the printer’s menu system. 1. Press the Menu r button. 2. Press r to select the Printer Setup menu. 3. Press r...
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2-43 Handling Paper and Other Media | 43 Using Special Paper Configurations When you choose a media type in your Epson printer software, the driver automatically determines the best settings for your paper. However, you may want to fine-tune how the printer handles certain media—especially if you use non-Epson paper or a paper not supported by the driver. For these situations, you can create a special configuration, or group of settings, for each paper type (up to ten types) and select the desired...
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2-44 44 | Handling Paper and Other Media 9. Make sure the paper you are creating the configuration for is loaded in the correct paper path in the printer. Then press r and Enter to print a paper thickness pattern. The printer prints a pattern similar to the following: 10. Examine the printed pattern for the most evenly overlapping lines, and choose that pattern number. (In the example shown above, the lines of pattern 4 are the most even.) 11. After printing the pattern, THICKNESS NUMBER is...
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2-45 Handling Paper and Other Media | 45 15. Press d or u to set the paper feed amount for the bottom margin area that is 0.79 or 1.18 inches (2 or 3 cm) from the bottom of the paper (labelled Bin the illustration to the right). Then press Enter. 16. Press l and then d to select DRYING TIME, then press r. 17. Press d oru to select the number of seconds (from 1 to 10) that you want the print head to wait between passes to allow the ink to dry. Then press Enter to save the setting. 18. When you...
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47 47 Your Epson Stylus Pro 3880 comes with drivers and utilities that let you print and manage print jobs. For the best black-and-white photography output, the Epson Stylus Pro 3880 driver offers Advanced Black and White mode. ICC profiles for ColorSync ® are included, so you can use color management features in Adobe® Photoshop® or other applications, or in the driver itself. A color-managed workflow using Photoshop and a color-calibrated monitor will give you the most accurate colors and best...
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3-48 48 | Printing with Epson Drivers for Macintosh Printing With Mac OS X If you’re using Mac OS X 10.5.8 or higher, follow the instructions below. Choosing Page Setup and Basic Print Options You can choose from several options for printing. You can also select the orientation of your image and the paper size. 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...
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3-49 Printing with Epson Drivers for Macintosh | 49 4. If necessary, click the arrow next to the Printer setting or the Show Details button to expand the print window. You see the expanded printer settings window for your product: 5. Select the Copies and Pages settings as necessary. Note: The print window may look different, depending on the version of Mac OS X and the application you are using.
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3-50 50 | Printing with Epson Drivers for Macintosh 6. Click the Paper Size drop-down menu and choose the size of the paper you are using and one of the options listed below. The following settings are available, depending on the size you choose: Borderless (Auto Expand) prints on cut sheets and enlarges your image (up to 3%) to fit the width of the paper (without side borders). Borderless (Retain Size) prints your image at the size you specify in your application. You need to size it slightly...