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Basic Printing

 

It’s easy to print all your color and black-and-white documents with your EPSON Stylus COLOR 850. First set up your printer and install the software, following the instructions in Start Here and the CD-ROM folder or Appendix B. Then read this chapter to find out about:

 

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Printing from Windows

Note:

◗ Printing from a Macintosh

 

 

For instructions on

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What to do when the printer lights flash

printing with DOS, see Appendix D.

Printing from Windows

To print from a Windows application, you click the print icon or choose Print from the File menu. You can then choose which pages to print, the number of copies, and other options from your application’s Print dialog box.

When you click a button in the Print dialog box, you select additional settings using your printer software, such as the media type you’ve loaded and the resolution you want to use.

The following sections tell you how to:

◗Select printer software settings and print from Windows applications

◗Change the default printer software settings

◗Check your printer’s status while you print

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