EPSON Stylus COLOR 800

Setting Default Options in Windows 3.1

Follow these steps:

1.Double-click the Control Panel icon in the Main group.

2.Double-click the Printers icon.

3.Select EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 from the list of printers and click Setup.

You see the Main printer settings dialog box. Any changes you make will become the default settings for all your applications and documents.

Printing from a Macintosh

When you set up a new printer for your Macintosh, you need to check the page setup for documents in each application you use. You can then click the print icon or choose Print from the File menu. You see a dialog box that lets you choose which pages to print, the number of copies, and other options. The settings that describe your print job—whether you want to use color or black ink, for example—are part of your printer driver software.

Follow these steps to check printer settings from your word processor or other Macintosh software:

1.Choose Page Setup from the File menu. You see the Page Setup dialog box.

2.Choose your paper size and other page setup options and click OK.

3.Choose Print from the File menu or click the Print icon in your application. You see a dialog box like the following:

Click for more information about printer settings.

Click to see list of media types.

4.Choose the number of copies and indicate which pages you want to print.

5.Make sure the Mode option is set to Automatic. This is the easiest way to get good printing results for all kinds of documents, on all types of paper.

6.Choose the Media Type you want to print on. See page 14 for guidelines on choosing paper.

Note:

For printing at the highest resolution (SuperFine quality at 1440 dpi), you need to use one of the photo quality media.

7.Choose Color or Black ink.

8.Set the slider to Quality or Speed. This lets you choose between the fastest printing or the highest resolution for the media you’re using.

9.Click Print when you’re finished checking your settings.

If you chose background printing when you set up your printer, you can continue working while your document is printing.

Note:

On the Macintosh, printer settings are saved with your document, but you can’t save them from one application to another. You’ll have to check your settings each time you open a new application. If you want to reuse settings, you can create document templates for your favorite applications.

Managing Print Jobs in Windows

Your Windows printer software includes two management utilities: the Spool Manager and Status Monitor.

The Spool Manager starts automatically when you send a job to the printer. It allows you to print in the background while you continue to work on your computer and to queue jobs to print at a later time. If you’re using your printer on a network, it also handles multiple print jobs that come in at the same time.

The Status Monitor, which is available only if you’re using Windows 95, also starts automatically when you send a job to the printer. It displays in the lower right corner of your screen to alert you about printer and ink status, as described on page 9.

Note:

The Status Monitor doesn’t work if you’re printing over a network.

Using the Spool Manager

The Spool Manager works like the Windows Print Manager.

To open it while you’re printing, click the Spool Manager icon that appears on the Taskbar (Windows 95) or at the bottom of your desktop (Windows 3.1).

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