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Contents

Introduction

About the EPSON Stylus Series printing system

Using the EPSON Stylus Series printing system

Quick Tour

Questions and Answers

Copyright and Trademark Information


Introduction

Welcome to the EPSON Stylus world, where printing is fast and effortless and your output is customized for your specific printing needs.

With the EPSON Stylus Series printing system, your application software releases from the printing process more quickly than with conventional Microsoft® Windows™ printing technology. In addition, you can leave all your print-quality options turned on without sacrificing performance.


About the EPSON Stylus series printing system

Printing from the EPSON Stylus Series printing system

The EPSON Stylus series printing system is installed in the same way as any other Microsoft Windows printer driver, but has some major advantages over conventional Windows printing technologies:

It's easy to select the printing options you need because with most selections, the EPSON Stylus printer driver shows you on-screen graphics of how they will appear once printed.

It's simple to use and understand the printer driver because it uses the new tabbed style of user interface popularized in recent Microsoft software and the visual graphic style of Windows printing systems.

The software release time is much quicker than from conventional printer drivers especially when using sophisticated print options such as diffusion.

Colors are richer and more true to the screen image because the EPSON Stylus printer driver uses color correction for screen-to-printer color WYSIWYG.

Photographs look realistic and graphics appear smoother and of higher quality because of the EPSON Stylus printer driver's advanced diffusion halftoning and MicroWeave banding reduction technology.

Over all, print time is significantly shorter than with other ink jet printers, even when the EPSON Stylus printer driver is working in color or interfacing with advanced devices operating at 24 bits per pixel.

Technical Description


EPSON Stylus Printing System

The EPSON Stylus Series printing System consists of a number of distinct elements:

The Printer Driver(s) for the EPSON Stylus 800+ and the Stylus COLOR.

The EPSON Spool Manager.

The EPSON Despooler.

Supporting files.

Each of these elements work together to provide an optimum printing environment for your EPSON Stylus printer.


EPSON Stylus Printer Driver

The printer driver is generally accessed through your softwares Printer Setup option or from the Printers icon of the Microsoft Windows Control Panel.

The printer driver allows your computer to use all of the features and capabilities of your EPSON Stylus printer.


Release Time

This is the time that it takes for control to return to you from the Print option within your application.

The EPSON Stylus Series printing system returns you to your application quickly so that you can continue working while your printing completes in background.


WYSIWYG

What You See Is What You Get.  Generally with the EPSON Stylus Series printing system, what you see on the screen is what you get on the printer in terms of colors, image size, density etc.


Diffusion

Most printing systems use dithering to represent an image which can give quite a grainy result.  The EPSON Stylus Series printing system supports diffusion printing and uses an advanced rendering technique to generate a smoother image.  Graduated fills look better, images look clearer and photographs look much closer to the original.

With very complex images, diffusion printing can sometimes take a little longer than dithering but generally the results are well worth it.  You will have to experiment with the halftone that best suits the picture that you are printing.


Dithering

When images are printed using the dithering selections from the halftoning tab, the EPSON Stylus Series printing system uses a matrix of dots to represent the image.  This is in common with other Windows printer drivers.  You will have to experiment with the halftone that best suits  the picture that you are printing.  Note that in general the diffusion setting should give the best results in the majority of cases.


MicroWeave

When MicroWeave is selected, the EPSON Stylus printer driver enhances the quality of printed images. This is done by passing the print head over the page multiple times laying down parts of the image on each pass. This technique reduces unwanted banding in images.

Images printed by other ink jet printers often have distracting horizontal bands which appear darker or lighter than the rest of the image. With the MicroWeave option turned on, these bands in images are minimized and your EPSON Stylus output looks truly professional. MicroWeave does not affect text output quality.

Since MicroWeave requires several passes during printing, output is slower for monochrome printing. To save time you should use it only for presentation quality images.

MicroWeave does not affect color printing speed significantly so you should use it for all color printing.


High Speed

When High Speed is selected, the EPSON Stylus printer driver passes the print head over the page both left-to-right and right-to-left (bi-directional print head motion). If High Speed is not selected, printing is uni-directional and slower, but graphics print quality may be slightly higher.

If you notice that print quality declines when High Speed is selected, you may need to calibrate your printer. Use the calibration utility CALIBRAT.EXE included on your driver disk. See the attached README file for details.

Note:

These two print modes can be selected independently of one another. You need to experiment with these settings on your printer to determine the best combination for your printing needs.


The EPSON Stylus printing system - A Technical Description

For those users who are familiar with the internal operations of Microsoft® Windows™, the following technical description may be of interest.

The EPSON Stylus Series printing system is an advanced Windows GDI-style software printing system which operates as follows:

The application is told by the printer driver that the printer is a raster device but can render the entire image in a single band. The driver also reports that certain advanced printing options are supported.  All of these special capabilities save the application work and avoid the overhead of having to replay the picture multiple times.

The GDI commands necessary to represent the image are encoded into a highly-optimized journal file.  The application releases when generation of the journal is complete.  In comparison with the spool files generated by standard Windows drivers, Journal files are very compact and are the same size regardless of whether the print is in color or monochrome.  Holding the information in a journal means that the entire document can be replayed to simulate multiple hardware copies or to provide last-to-first printing options.

The EPSON Spool Manager is responsible for initiating the EPSON Despooler which replays the journal file back to the mini-driver for the target device.  Both the EPSON Spool Manager and EPSON Despooler use a highly-efficient, multi-threaded tasking system to ensure minimum impact on the foreground application.


Windows GDI

Graphics Device Interface (GDI).  This is the part of the Microsoft Windows environment that allows programmers to draw lines, circles, polygons, text and control other graphics elements on the output device (screen, printer, plotter etc.).


Using the EPSON Stylus series printing system

The following sections give you information about using the EPSON Stylus Series printing system.

Printer Setup

The EPSON Spool Manager Window

The EPSON Despooler


Printer Setup

The EPSON Stylus Series printing system is designed to provide the best print output default settings for your Stylus ink jet printer. If you need to alter the default settings, the EPSON Stylus printer driver provides you with easy-to-use tab dialog boxes.

The setup options for the EPSON Stylus printer driver can be reached through the Windows Control Panel and through the Print Setup option of most software.

Paper

Ink/Resolution

Media/Options

Image Settings

Halftoning

About


Paper

The Paper tab allows you to specify what source the paper will be fed from, the size of the paper that you want to use, the orientation of the printed output, the order in which the pages will be ejected, the number of copies that you want generated and whether copies are collated or not.

Paper Size

Orientation

Paper Source

Copies

See Also

OK Button, Cancel Button,  Defaults Button


Paper Size

Click the paper size that you want to use.  If the paper size required is not displayed, use the scroll bar to locate the correct one.  You can also click one of the sizes displayed and then use the arrow keys on your keyboard to move up and down the list.  The graphic below the list displays the currently selected paper size, orientation and printable area (shown by the dimensions within the dotted lines).

EPSON Stylus 800+ users should note that some smaller paper sizes and envelopes must be fed manually into the printer using the Manual feed slot.


Orientation

Portrait and Landscape orientations define the way that the image is printed on paper.  For most paper types portrait is tall:

Portrait

and Landscape is wide

Landscape

The orientation for envelope sizes is treated differently than for standard paper sizes (Letter, A4, etc.). To confirm the correct orientation for envelopes, select an envelope size and the graphic below displays the paper selection using the appropriate size and orientation.


Paper Source

The EPSON Stylus 800+ and the EPSON Stylus COLOR printers have differing mechanisms for feeding paper. Use the drop-down list to select a paper source for your Stylus printer.

EPSON Stylus 800+ users should note that some smaller paper sizes and envelopes must be fed manually into the printer using the Manual feed slot.


Copies

Enter the number of copies that you would like to generate for your print job. (The driver replays its print journal file to simulate a hardware copy function.)

Collate

When this option is selected, all pages of the document are printed before the next copy set is generated.

Reverse Page Order

Selecting this option causes your print job to begin printing with the last page of the document. This function is commonly called Last-to-first printing.


Journal File

The EPSON Stylus Series printing system generates a compact journal file which contains a complete description of your print job in a form that can be processed easily.  This journal file is similar to a tape recording in that it can be played, replayed, and rewound in order to process your print job.


Ink/Resolution

The Ink/Resolution tab allows you to select black and white (monochrome) or color (for the EPSON Stylus COLOR printer) printing.  It also allows you to choose the print quality in terms of dots-per-inch (resolution).

Ink

Resolution

See Also

OK Button, Cancel Button,  Defaults Button


Ink

If you have an EPSON Stylus 800+ printer driver, you can print in monochrome (black-and-white). If you have an EPSON Stylus COLOR printer driver, you can print in color and monochrome.


Resolution

The EPSON Stylus Series printing system displays the number of dots per inch that can be selected for your printer. The EPSON Stylus COLOR printer supports up to 720 dots-per-inch resolution. The Stylus 800+ has a maximum resolution of 360 dots per inch.

Note:

Certain combinations of Media/Options and resolutions are not allowed. The EPSON Stylus printer driver removes media options from the list of selectable items if they are not appropriate to the current resolution setting.

In general, use 180-dpi resolution for draft documents and proof reading purposes. Use 360-dpi resolution for most of your printing needs. (With the EPSON Stylus COLOR, use 360-dpi resolution for overhead transparencies and for presentations printed on plain paper or special coated paper for 360-dpi printing.)

Note:

When using the EPSON Stylus COLOR printer with 720-dpi printing, you may select only special paper for 720 dpi. Also, you cannot use special paper for 720-dpi printing with the 360-dpi resolution.


Halftoning

The Halftoning tab allows you to select the fine dot pattern with which images are created when they are printed. In general, pattern dithering produces textured images and is suitable for general word processing and simple, solid graphics. The No halftoning option can be selected if you only want to print plain (non-dithered) text. Use one of the diffused options if you want to enhance photographs and produce smoother-looking quality pictures. Text output quality is excellent for all halftoning methods.

Caution:

Make sure you choose the diffusion option that is appropriate to the type of picture you are printing. Otherwise, the print results may be unsatisfactory. Use the following halftoning table as a guide.

Halftone method	Use for...
No halftoning	text and no graphics. This is the fastest setting.
Line art pattern	simple line art and computer graphics.
Fine dither pattern	graphic images with significant detail but limited shading.
Coarse dither pattern	graphic images with limited detail and shading.
Diffused (Pencil art)	line art with fine gradations, such as pencil drawings.
Diffused (High speed)	less-detailed images. This is a faster halftoning setting.
Diffused (Images)*	photographic images or equivalent drawings.
Diffused (Complex diagrams)	detailed diagrams or drawings, such as those produced with CorelDRAW!.
*	Default setting.

Note:

You should experiment with different Halftone options to learn which ones are best suited to your output needs.

See Also

OK Button, Cancel Button,  Defaults Button


Media/Options

Using the Media Type and Print Options selections on the Media/Options tab, you can tell the EPSON Stylus Series printing system which media (plain paper, special coated paper, transparency film) and printing modes it should use to provide the best possible output.

Media Type

This option tells the EPSON Stylus Series printing system what type of paper you will be using.  Note that with the EPSON Stylus COLOR printer driver, the list of available paper types is reduced depending on the resolution that you select on the Ink/Resolution tab.

Print Options

Using this option, the EPSON Stylus printer driver allows you to select the options that affect the speed or print quality of your printer.

MicroWeave

When MicroWeave is selected, the EPSON Stylus printer driver enhances the quality of printed images. This is done by passing the print head over the page multiple times laying down parts of the image on each pass. This technique reduces unwanted banding in images.

Images printed by other ink jet printers often have distracting horizontal bands which appear darker or lighter than the rest of the image. With the MicroWeave option turned on, these bands in images are minimized and your EPSON Stylus output looks truly professional. MicroWeave does not affect text output quality.

Since MicroWeave requires several passes during printing, output is slower for monochrome printing. To save time you should use it only for presentation quality images.

MicroWeave does not affect color printing speed significantly so you should use it for all color printing.

High Speed

When High Speed is selected, the EPSON Stylus printer driver passes the print head over the page both left-to-right and right-to-left (bi-directional print head motion). If High Speed is not selected, printing is uni-directional and slower, but graphics print quality may be slightly higher.

If you notice that print quality declines when High Speed is selected, you may need to calibrate your printer. Use the calibration utility CALIBRAT.EXE included on your driver disk. See the attached README file for details.

Note:
These two print modes can be selected independently of one another. You need to experiment with these settings on your printer to determine the best combination for your printing needs.

See Also

OK Button, Cancel Button,  Defaults Button


Image Settings

The Image Settings tab allows you to override the default image settings used by the EPSON Stylus printer driver. Since the EPSON Stylus printer driver uses default settings designed to give you the best results, you should not need to alter these settings. This dialog box is provided for those users who require additional custom control.

If you select Monochrome using the Ink/Resolution tab, you may control the brightness, contrast and ink density correction settings in the Image Settings dialog box. Color saturation (the amount of color ink printed), the relative strengths of Red, Green and Blue and ink color correction can also be modified if you have selected Color in your EPSON Stylus COLOR printer driver.

The image to the right of these controls provides feedback and gives an impression of the final result of your changes to the settings. The image may not appear exactly as you would expect if your color monitor does not support enough colors.

If you want to load another bitmap file (.BMP) in place of the default, you can do so by double-clicking the image. This displays a Change Image Control Bitmap file dialog box and will allow you to choose another bitmap file. Depending on the size of the bit map you choose, only a portion of the bit map may be displayed. Bit maps must be 1-bit, 4-bit, or 8-bit types.

See Also

OK Button, Cancel Button,  Defaults Button, Ink Density Correction,  Ink Color Correction


About

The About tab gives you information about the version number of your EPSON Stylus Series printing system, the EPSON Stylus printer driver that you are using and trademark and copyright information.

If you need technical support for EPSON Stylus Series printing system, it is helpful to make a note of the version information from this dialog before you call.


The EPSON Spool Manager

When the EPSON Stylus Series printing system releases your application software from printing, a journal file is created in the default spool directory.  When a journal file is created, the EPSON Spool Manager is notified and assigns it to the appropriate queue.  When the journal file comes to the front of the queue it is submitted to the EPSON Despooler and replayed to the target printer.

The spool manager allows comprehensive control over the EPSON Despooler, print queues, print journal files and also allows remote network printing to be enabled.

The EPSON Spool Manager Window.

The Queue Menu.

The Document Menu.

The View Menu.

The Options Menu.

The Help Menu.

See Also

OK Button, Cancel Button,  Defaults Button


Default Spool Directory

The default directory that journal files are sent to is normally specified by the DOS environment string SET TEMP=.

If you want to alter this you can do so by selecting the Default Spool Directory item from the Options menu in the EPSON Spool Manager.


The EPSON Spool Manager Window

The Spool Manager window shows the list of EPSON Stylus printer queues and journals currently printing or waiting for printing.

Queues

Queues shown in normal intensity represent printers that are supported by the EPSON Stylus Series printing system.  Queues shown in low intensity are supported by other (conventional) Windows printer drivers.

You can change the options of an EPSON Stylus print queue by double-clicking on it or by clicking once to select it and then choosing an option from the Queue menu.

Journals

Journal files are shown in their relevant queue.  You can stop journal files printing, place journals on hold, delete a journal or re-queue a journal for later printing by double-clicking a journal entry in the queue.

Alternatively you can click a journal entry and then choose an option from the Document menu.


Queues

A queue is a list of journal files currently printing or waiting to print.  Queues are always associated with a print device and can be local to the workstation or remote (directed across a network to another  workstation).

An icon representing your print device is displayed against the queue.  When you hold a queue, journal files will not be printed but will wait until the queue is released.  The EPSON Spool Manager places a wait symbol against the icon when the queue is on hold.


The Queue Menu

The Queue menu allows you to place EPSON Stylus print queues on hold, release them to allow journal files to be printed and identify queues as local or remote (network printing).  The following options are available:

Holding or Releasing a queue

1.	Click the queue.

2.	Select the Hold option from the Queue menu.

A check mark beside the Hold option indicates the queue is currently on hold. Additionally, when a queue is on hold, the spool manager places a wait symbol beside the printer icon associated with the queue, and journal files are not submitted for printing.

Using The Windows Print Manager

The EPSON Despooler normally prints directly to the printer. If you are using a network or wish to schedule print jobs through the conventional Windows Print Manager, follow these steps:

1.	Click the queue.

2.	Either double-click the queue or select the Setup option from the Queue menu.

3.	Select the Use Print Manger for this port option and choose the OK button.

Network Printing

The EPSON Stylus Series printing system allows you to send journal files from your workstation (Host) to a shared directory on a network server. These can then be printed by another workstation (Remote) set up to run the EPSON Spool Manager and associated EPSON Stylus printer driver(s). You can do this as follows:

Host Setup

1.	Click on the queue.

2.	Either double-click the queue or select the Setup option from the Queue menu.

3.	Select the Spool to remote printer option.

4.	Click the Browse button and select the spool directory on the remote server which should receive journal files from the spool manager.

Remote Setup

1.	Install the EPSON Stylus Series printing system and the required printer driver(s) using the Windows control panel.

2.	Run the EPSON Spool Manager by executing EPSPLMGR.EXE from the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory.

3.	Either double-click the queue or select the Setup option from the Queue menu.

4.	Select the Remote Despool tab and click the Printing from remote queues option.

5.	Click the Browse button and select the spool directory on the remote server which will hold journal files from host workstations.

6.	Journals will be identified by the EPSON Spool Manager and submitted for printing.

Note:
This feature is quite different from the traditional remote-printer spooling provided by most network operating systems. Use your network to redirect the printer LPTx: ports in the usual way to take advantage of that feature. You may also need to enable the Windows Print Manager as described above on some network operating systems when port re-direction is utilized.


The Document Menu

The Document menu allows you to control journal files in your EPSON Stylus print queue.  Journals can be held, re-queued for printing later, deleted or kept for subsequent re-printing.

To select options appropriate to a journal file, either double-click it or select options from the Document menu.


The View Menu

The View menu allows you to limit the amount of information that the EPSON Spool Manager gives you. In addition, you can control the display of the EPSON Despooler pop-up. When options in the View menu are selected, the EPSON Spool Manager places a check mark beside them.

If the Show Despool Popup is cleared (no check mark is beside it), the EPSON Despooler window will not appear when journal files are submitted for printing. It will appear, however, if an error is reported by the printer.


The Options Menu

The Options menu controls the default spool directory, timer and font selections as follows:

Default Spool Directory

Choose this option from the Options menu to override the default TEMP directory setting. Journal files will be sent to this directory instead. This option is equivalent to the Spool Directory setting in the Queue Menu Setup option except that it applies to all queues.

Timers

Update Timer

The Update Timer tells the EPSON Spool Manager how often to refresh the information displayed in the EPSON Spool Manager window.

Remote Timer

The Remote Timer tells a remote EPSON Spool Manager how often to look for new journal files in a network directory.

See the Queue Menu for more details about network printing.

Font

This option allows you to set the default font that the EPSON Spool Manager uses for displaying information in the spool manager window.


The Help Menu

The Help menu provides copyright, trademark and version information about the EPSON Spool Manager through the About option.


The EPSON Despooler

When a journal file is processed by the EPSON Spool Manager, it is submitted to the EPSON Despooler.  The EPSON Despooler shows the progress of the current print job and identifies printer status information such as paper out, printer off line etc.

The progress of the current page is shown by the image of a document in the upper right of the despooler window. Each page of the document is divided into one or more horizontal bands for processing.  Once a band is complete, that data is sent to the printer and the despooler starts to process the next band. If your document is very simple, there may be only one band per page. If your document is complex (such as a graphic image) or your computer has little free memory, there will be many bands.

Status messages and symbols representing error conditions are displayed on the image of your printer in the despooler window.

When you correct a problem with the printer the despooler senses this and continues with the print job.  If a serious error occurs, such as printer power failure, it is suggested that you re-queue the journal and print it again.

Note:
If you have cleared (no check mark is beside it) the Show Despool Popup option in the View Menu of the EPSON Spool Manager, then the EPSON Despooler pop-up will only appear if a printer status error occurs.

Journal Control

You can use the EPSON Despooler to control journal files much as with the Document option(s) in the EPSON Spool Manager. The stop
, pause [image] and rewind [image] buttons allow full journal print control..

About and Help

The About and Help buttons provide supplementary information about the EPSON Despooler.


Printer Status

The EPSON Despooler pops up on standard errors, such as Paper out and Printer off line, when these errors are reported by your EPSON Stylus printer. Try taking the printer off line or removing paper from the input tray while printing to demonstrate this capability.


Questions and Answers

The following common questions and answers provide important information about using the EPSON Stylus Series printing system:

Q.	Do I really need to change ink or Halftone options in the printer driver setup?

A.	Not really! You can simply use the default printer driver settings for most printing needs. However, if have an EPSON Stylus COLOR printer, and you want to use 720-dpi resolution or special paper for presentations, you'll need to change some settings.

Q.	What does the Defaults button do?

A.	It restores the driver settings to those you have when the EPSON Stylus driver is first installed on your system.

Q.	Although I have selected one of the Diffusion halftone options, my pictures do not appear to be diffused. Why?

A.	Your software may be overriding the driver's halftone processing. Look at your software for an option that allows you to use printer halftones so that the EPSON Stylus printer driver can do its job.

Q.	I am trying to print an image. Whatever Halftone option I select in the printer driver, the resulting output always looks the same. What is the problem?

A.	It may be that the image you are trying to print has already been halftoned by your software and the software is overriding the driver's halftone setting. Look at your software for an option that allows you to use printer halftones so that the EPSON Stylus printer driver can do its job. You can also try printing the image with another software.

Q.	I am printing a word processing document and my print time is quite slow. What is the reason for this?

A.	The Diffusion (Images) option in the halftone settings dialog box is the default setting. Although this generally gives the best print quality for graphics, when printing text-intensive documents, the dither options provide greatly-enhanced print performance.  You can also try turning off MicroWeave, turning on High Speed printing, and setting the Ink to monochrome.

Q.	I cannot seem to print to a Windows remote printer from my Windows for WorkGroups or LAN setup. What is the problem?

A.	You need to direct the EPSON Spool Manager to print through the standard Windows Print Manager. Do this by running EPSPLMGR.EXE. Double-click the printer queue that you wish to direct through Print Manager. Select the Use Print Manager for this port option. Choose the OK button and close the application. Subsequent prints will be sent through the Windows Print Manager by the EPSON Despooler.

Q.	I am using a NEC PC-98 series computer and cannot print to LPT or COM from the EPSON Stylus Series printing system.

A.	You may need to direct EPSON Spool Manager to print through the standard Windows Print Manager. The procedure for doing this is described in the answer above.

Q.	I cannot print from a Windows session under OS/2 .  What is the problem?

A.	You to direct EPSON Spool Manager to print through the Win-OS/2 Print Manager.  The procedure for doing this is described two answers above.

Q.	I would like to send my journal files to a remote EPSON Spool Manager across my network.  Can I do this?

A.	Yes.  Use the Search menu of the Help window to learn about the EPSON Spool Manager Queue Menu.


Quick Tour

The following Quick Tour helps you understand the features and capabilities of the EPSON Stylus Series printing system.

Use the Windows Control Panel to access Printer Setup. There are six main tabs to choose from:

Paper

Select the Paper tab to access the Paper dialog box.

Click one of the Paper Size options. Use the up-or down-arrow keys on your keyboard to see the paper size graphic change on screen.

Select Portrait or Landscape to see the orientations on screen.

Ink/Resolution

Select the Ink/Resolution tab to access the Ink/Resolution dialog box.

The Ink section of the dialog box identifies the ink options supported by the printer driver. If you are using the Stylus COLOR driver, make sure that the Color option is selected.

Click one of the Resolution options. Use the up-or down-arrow keys on your keyboard to see the print quality graphic change on screen. The 360-dpi resolution is best for most printing needs.

Halftoning

Select the Haltoning tab to access the Halftone dialog box.

Note the currently-displayed halftone pattern. This is a representation of the real dot pattern that will be printed by your printer.

Click one of the halftone patterns (for example, Diffused [Images]) to select it. Click on other options or use the up-or down-arrow keys on your keyboard to see the halftone pattern graphic change on screen.

Note:

Diffusion is the EPSON Stylus Series printing system name for Floyd-Steinberg Error-Diffusion, sometimes called the diffusion or scatter styles of printing. When using Diffusion mode, the EPSON Stylus Series printing system renders an image using 24 bits per pixel in color and 8 bits per pixel in monochrome.

Media/Options

Select the Media/Options tab to access the Media/Options dialog box.

Note the media type(s) and print options.  Both MicroWeave and High Speed options affect print speed and quality.

Note:

Some media types and resolutions are incompatible. See the Resolution Help dialog box for more information.

Image Settings

Select the Image Settings tab to access the Image Settings dialog box.

Note the brightness, contrast and ink density control options. EPSON Stylus COLOR users also see five color settings: saturation, red, green, and blue strength, and ink color correction. Alter these settings by dragging the sliders or clicking an option box. Watch the sample image change to reflect the altered settings.

Double click the image itself to display a Windows Change Image Control Bitmap file dialog box. If you load a new bitmap, you can then adjust the settings as shown above. Depending on the size of the bit map you choose, only a portion of the bit map may be displayed. Bit maps must be 1-bit, 4-bit, or 8-bit types.

Note:

The EPSON Stylus Series printing system is designed to give the best possible representation without requiring a change to any of these settings. These options are provided for those users who wish to alter the color (if applicable), brightness or contrast settings to compensate for a poor original image or to produce an artistic effect.

About

Select the About tab to access the About dialog box.

The version control information is available to assist with technical support inquiries.

Note:

Make sure that you press the Cancel or Defaults buttons before exiting from the EPSON Stylus printer driver after you've completed the Quick Tour. This returns the printer driver default settings and ensures that any changes made do not affect your printed output. Once you change settings and click the OK button to save your new settings, the new settings stay in effect until you choose the Defaults button to return to the factory defaults or you make changes and choose OK again.


Copyright and Trademark Information

The EPSON Stylus Series printing system is a development of Software 2000 Ltd., Oxford, England.

Portions Copyright © 1994, Seiko Epson Corporation

Copyright © 1994, Software 2000 Ltd., Oxford, England

All rights reserved.

All other trademarks of their respective owners are recognized. EPSON disclaims any and all rights in those marks.


OK Button

The OK button closes the printer setup dialog and saves any changes that have been made.  Click the OK button if you open the setup dialog and make alterations that you wish to save.

Selecting the OK button:

·	Click the mouse over the button

·	Press the Enter key at any time the input focus is not on one of the other three buttons

·	Press and release the space bar while the button has input focus


Cancel Button

The cancel button closes the printer setup dialog and discards any changes that may have been made.  Click the cancel button if you open the setup dialog make alterations that you decide you do not want.

Selecting the Cancel button:

·	Click the mouse over the button

·	Press the Esc key at any time

·	Press the enter key while the button has input focus

·	Press and release the space bar while the button has input focus


Defaults Button

The defaults button restores the driver settings to those you have when the EPSON Stylus Series printing system is first installed on your system.


Enable Ink Density Correction

Checking this option causes the driver to adjust the amount of ink laid down during printing to compensate for the density of the printers ink.  Printing without this option will usually produce pictures that are darker than shown on screen.  This option is checked by default.


Enable Ink Color Correction

Checking this option causes the driver to adjust the mix of the printers inks to better match the colours displayed on the monitor.  Printing without this option will usually produce pictures that are duller than shown on screen.  Some hues (most noticeably blues) will also be markedly different from the screen.  This option is checked by default.