Printer Driver Settings Overview

The following tables show the Windows printer driver settings. Note that not every setting is available in all versions of Windows.

The printing settings are shown below.

Settings

Explanations

 

 

Paper size

Select the size of the paper you want to use. If you don’t

 

see your paper size, use the scroll bar to scroll through

 

the list. If your paper size is not included in the list, click

 

Custom or User Defined Size and enter the paper size

 

in the dialog box that appears.

 

 

Orientation

Select Portrait or Landscape.

 

 

Paper Source

Select the paper source you want to use.

 

 

Resolution/

Select the printing resolution you want. The higher the

Graphics

resolution you select, the more detailed your printout will

Resolution

be; however, increasing the resolution slows printing. If

 

you are using Windows 3.1, this option is only available

 

from the Control panel.

 

 

Dithering

You can leave this option set to Fine, which is the default

 

setting, or select another dithering pattern depending on

 

the kind of printout you want.

 

 

Intensity/

Move the slider to make your printout lighter or darker.

Intensity Control

 

 

 

Print quality

Select a print quality option from the Print quality list.

 

If you turn on Hi-speed, you will enter bi-directional

 

printing mode and printing speed will increase. Turning

 

Hi-speed off will return the printer to uni-directional

 

printing mode. Printing speed will decrease, but printing

 

precision will improve. Default printing uses the settings

 

stored in the printer.

 

 

EPSON Status

You can access EPSON Status Monitor 3 when you click

Monitor 3

this button. To monitor the printer, make sure the

 

Monitor the printing status check box is selected.

 

 

Monitoring

Click this button to open the Monitoring Preferences

Preferences

dialog box where you can make settings for EPSON

 

Status Monitor 3.

 

 

3-18Using the Printer Software