Settings

Explanations

 

 

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/ Intensity

Move the slider to make your printout lighter or darker.

Control

 

 

 

Color (LX-300+

The printer will print in color when there is a checkmark in this

only)

check box. If you want to print in monochrome or gray scale,

 

remove the checkmark.

 

 

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.

 

Printing with the default settings uses the settings stored in the

 

printer.

 

 

EPSON Status

You can access the EPSON Status Monitor 3 utility when you

Monitor 3

click 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 dialog box

Preferences

where you can make settings for the EPSON Status Monitor 3

 

utility.

 

 

Paper/Output

Check the Paper Size, Orientation, and Paper Source settings

 

you made on the Page Setup menu and change them if necessary.

 

Select the setting and then choose an option from the Change

 

Setting list box.

 

 

Halftone

Click this button to set the brightness and contrast, input the

 

RGB gamma, or make other settings. The Halftone Color

 

Adjustment dialog box appears. For details, click the Help

 

button in this dialog box.

 

 

The monitoring settings are shown below.

Settings

Explanations

 

 

EPSON Status

You can access the EPSON Status Monitor 3 utility when you

Monitor 3

click this button. To monitor the printer, make sure the Monitor

 

the printing status check box is selected.

 

 

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Epson LX-1170 manual Monitoring settings are shown below

LX-1170 specifications

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