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.

 

 

 

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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

 

 

Graphics

the resolution you select, the more detailed your

 

 

Resolution

printout will 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

 

 

Intensity

darker.

 

 

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

 

 

Monitor 3

click this button. To monitor the printer, make sure

 

 

 

the Monitor the printing status check box is

 

 

 

selected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Using the Printer Software 3-17