68Printing with EPSON Drivers for Macintosh

Cut Method decreases the cutting blade pressure for thinner media, and adjusts the speed for thick media. You may need to experiment to determine the best setting for your paper.

Platen Gap lets you fine-tune the setting for various paper thicknesses.

Eject Roller Type lets you define the eject roller for printing with non-EPSON media. You may need to experiment to determine the best setting for your paper.

9.Click Save Settings if you want to have your advanced settings available for reuse. Then type a name for the group of settings and click Save. The name is added to your list of custom settings.

10.When you’re finished setting advanced printer options, click OK.

Managing Print Jobs

Your printer comes with several utilities that let you check on your print jobs and schedule, cancel, pause, or restart them. First you need to set up background printing, so you can continue to work on your Macintosh while a file is being printed. Note that background printing is slower and may also slow down your system.

You can set up background printing from the Chooser, as described on the Start Here sheet, or you can use the background printing button on the print dialog box. Follow these steps to set up background printing:

1.Open the file you want to print and select Print in your application.

2.Click the background printing button. You see the following dialog box:

Not available if background printing is turned off