Printer Driver Settings Overview

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# Printer Driver Settings Overview

Printer settings
Monitoring settings
Setting Utility
The following tables show the Windows printer driver settings. Note that not every setting is available in all versions of Windows. For more details, see Help for the printer driver.

## Printer settings

Settings | Explanations
Paper Size | Select the size of the paper you want to use. If you do not see your paper size, use the scroll bar to scroll through the list. If your paper size is not included in the list, see Definition of Custom Paper Size for instructions.
Orientation | Select Portrait or Landscape.
Paper Source | Select the paper source you want to use.
Graphic - Print Quality | Select the printing resolution you want. The higher the resolution you select, the more detailed your printout will be; however, increasing the resolution slows printing.
Halftoning | Select the type of halftoning to use when printing graphics. To let the printer determine the best halftone quality, use Auto Select.

Printer Font Setting

Select a character table group to use. You can select one of three character table groups, Standard, Expanded, and None (bit image printing).
When Standard or Expanded is selected, the printer uses the device fonts. Expanded includes more fonts than Standard.
When None is selected, the printer uses bit map images instead of the device fonts.
For details on the fonts which are included in each table, see your printer’s documentation.

Page Order* | Select whether to print from front to back or back to front.
Pages Per Sheet* | Select the number of pages that you want to print onto a single page.
Copy Count* | When you select more than one in the Number of copies box, this check box appears and you can select whether to collate the pages of the copies.
Advanced Printing Features* | Select Enable or Disable for the metafile Spooling.
Print Optimizations* | Select Disable when the printer does not use the device fonts and select Enable when the printer uses the device fonts.
Printable Area | If Standard is selected, the normal printable area for Epson impact printers is used. If Maximum is selected, the printer’s maximum printable area is used.
Top Margin Priority | Select which setting for the print-start position is to be used; driver setting or printer setting. For more details, see Help for the printer driver.
Packet Mode | Ordinarily, there is no need to change this setting. If you change the printer’s Packet Mode settings, change this setting to match. If the printer and printer driver settings are different, you may not be able to print correctly. For more details, see Help for the printer driver.
User Defined Paper | If your paper is not included in the Paper Size drop-down list, you can add the size to the list. For more details, see Help for the printer driver.
Offset | This setting allows you to offset the image on the page. That is, you can adjust the position of the printed image. If the offset you specify moves a portion of the image out of the printer’s printable area, that portion will not be printed.
Print Speed | This setting allows you to select print speed. Select Printer Setting when you want to print using the settings stored in the printer. When Standard is selected, prints in standard printing mode. When High Speed is selected, prints in high-speed printing mode.
Print Direction | This setting allows you to select bidirectional printing. Selecting the Printer Setting will use the setting stored in the printer. Selecting Bidirectional will print in bidirectional printing mode. Selecting Unidirectional will print in unidirectional printing mode.

* For details, see Windows help.

### Definition of Custom Paper Size

If your paper is not included in the Paper Size drop-down list, you can add the size to the list.

| For Windows 7: Click Start, and click Devices and Printers.

For Windows Vista:
Click Start, click Control Panel, click Hardware and Sound, and then click Printers.
For Windows XP Professional x64 Edition:
Click Start, and click Printers and Faxes.
For Windows XP Professional:
Click Start, and click Printers and Faxes.
For Windows XP Home Edition;
Click Start, click Control Panel, and then click Printers and Faxes.
For Windows 2000:
Click Start, point to Settings, and then click Printers.

| Right click your printer icon, and click Printing Preferences.

| Select the User Defined Paper menu.

| Enter the paper size in the Paper Size fields.

| Click Apply and then click OK.

Note:

For more details, see Help for the printer driver.

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## Monitoring settings

Settings | Explanations
EPSON Status Monitor 3 | You can access EPSON Status Monitor 3 when you click this button. To monitor the printer, make sure the Monitor the printing status check box is selected.
Monitoring Preferences | Click this button to open the Monitoring Preferences dialog box where you can make settings for EPSON Status Monitor 3. See Setting up EPSON Status Monitor 3 for more information.

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## Setting Utility

Settings | Explanations
Bi-D Adjustment | Click this button to open the Bi-D Adjustment dialog box where you can adjust misalignment in vertical lines.
Printer Setting | Click this button to open the Printer Settings utility dialog box where you can change the printer settings.

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