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EPSON® STYLUS Pro and Pro XL COLOR INK JET PRINTER Setup and Software Guide for Macintosh® All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 2
pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio or television reception. However - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 3
Printer Parts output tray interface interface ink cartridge clamps Control Panel Operate button paper thickness lever - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 4
On the Printer 1-6 Installing the Ink Cartridges 1-7 Checking the Paper Thickness Lever 1-11 Loading Paper 1-12 Testing the Printer 1-15 Connecting the Printer to Your Macintosh 1-16 Chapter 2 Installing and Using the Printer Driver Installing the Macintosh Printer Driver 2-1 Assigning a Name - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 5
Macintosh Printer Driver 2-7 Accessing the Driver 2-7 Color /Halftone Setting 2-9 Print Settings 2-11 Visual Effects Settings 2-13 Selecting Paper Size and Orientation Using Page Setup . . . 2-14 Chapter 3 Using the Printer Driver Utilities Managing Print Jobs 3-1 Calibrating the Printer with - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 6
EPSON®Stylus® Pro and Stylus Pro XL are high-quality ink jet printers. They operate quietly and can print up to 16 million colors at a resolution of 720 x 720 dpi to produce full-color, photo-quality images. The printers also produce realistic grayscale images, sharp text, and line art. The Stylus - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 7
the Reference Guide. Getting the Most Out of Your Printer The printer supports a wide variety of settings that let you improve print quality or speed up printing. You can customize these settings with the printer driver to produce a variety of image types with EPSON's specially formulated inks and - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 8
media, see Chapter 1 of the Reference Guide. Specially Formulated Ink EPSON's black and color ink cartridges are specially formulated to work with EPSON papers and the printer driver to deliver the best looking images. Always use genuine EPSON ink cartridges and do not refill them. Other products - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 9
EPSON Stylus Pro or Pro XL produces amazing images, whether you print text, graphics, line drawings, photographs, or documents containing many different image types. However you use your color printer and resolution of your images using your printer driver and application software. Cl Color printing - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 10
your printer in the United States or Canada and you need technical assistance, you can call an EPSON Color Specialist at one of the following numbers: Cl For the EPSON Stylus Pro: (800) 788-0343 0 For the EPSON Stylus Pro XL: (800) 667-0664. EPSON also provides customer support and service through - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 11
You can purchase ink cartridges, paper, parts, printed manuals, and accessories for EPSON products from EPSON Accessories at (800) 873-7766 (U.S. sales only). In Canada, call (8OO)BUY-EPSON. If you purchased your printer outside the United States or Canada, contact your EPSON dealer or the marketing - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 12
Connection for the latest drivers and FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) and the EPSON Chat area. To get in touch with EPSON around the world, EPSON Contacts includes Contact Information for local EPSON subsidiaries. Important Safety Instructions before using your printer, read the following safety - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 13
wall outlet does not exceed 15 amperes. Cl Except as specifically explained in the Reference Guide, do not attempt to service the printer yourself. 0 Unplug the printer and refer servicing to qualified service personnel under the following conditions: If the power cord or plug is damaged; if liquid - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 14
to use the printer and explains how to set up your printer and connect it to your Macintosh. System Requirements To use your printer with a or equivalent (RS-422,8-pin, mini DIN male/male). To connect the printer to a network, you also need the optional LocalTalk or Ethernet interface card. To - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 15
a standard Apple System/Peripheral-8 cable and connect the printer to your Macintosh. See "Connecting the Printer to Your Macintosh" on page l-16 for instructions. 3. Install the printer driver as described in Chapter 2. 4. Use the Chooser to select the printer. You cannot send a print job to the - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 16
. See Appendix A of the Reference Guide. 2. Set up the printer as described in "Setting Up the Printer," below. 3. Install the printer driver as described in Chapter 2. 4. Assign a name to the printer using the EPSON Namer. See "Assigning a Name to the Printer" in Chapter 2. 5. Use the Chooser - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 17
Printer In addition to this manual, your printer box should include two EPSON printer driver diskettes, a Reference Guide, a Setup and Software Guide for Windows, a package of EPSON special coated paper for 360 and 720 dpi printing, a Notice Sheet, and these items: black ink color ink cartridge - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 18
it up and turn on the power. Follow the directions on the Notice Sheet (packed with the printer) to remove these materials. Save all packaging and protective materials in case you need to ship the printer in the future. It should always be transported in its original packaging or eqivalent materials - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 19
the sides of the paper tray. Plugging In and Turning On the Printer 1. Make sure you have removed all protective packing materials from inside the printer. (See the Notice Sheet for more information.) 2. Make sure the printer is turned off by checking the position of the Operate button. The button - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 20
button. The Pause light flashes while the printer initializes itself. Installing the Ink Cartridges Follow the steps below to install the printer's ink cartridges. Warning: The ink cartridges are self-contained units. Under ordinary use, ink will not leak from a cartridge. If ink gets on your hands - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 21
the Pause light on the control panel comes on. 4. Hold down the Alt button for about five seconds until the print head moves slightly left, to the the ink cartridge install position. The Pause light begins flashing. 5. Pull up each of the ink cartridge clamps to open them. 1-8 Installing the Printer - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 22
on will permanently damage them. 7. Lower the cartridges into their holders with the label facing up and the arrow on top of the cartridge pointing toward the back of the printer. The color cartridge, which is larger, goes on the left. Install the black ink cartridge on the right. Installing the - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 23
after you close the clamps.) After you install the ink cartridges, the printer charges the ink delivery system. This takes about one minute. During this time, the Pause light flashes. When the printer is finished charging, the Pause light stays on without flashing. Caution: Never turn off the - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 24
may sometimes need to manually activate a cleaning cycle to clean the print heads if you notice a decline in print quality. See Chapter 3 of the Reference Guide for instructions. Note: When you need to replace ink cartridges, be sure to use only genuine EPSON ink cartridges and do not refill them - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 25
the small blue lever in front of the ink cartridges. Try rotating this lever to the left (counterclockwise). If it cannot be rotated any further, it is in the correct position. hickness lever 5. Press the Alt button. Then press Pause. 6. Close the printer cover. Loading Paper The following procedure - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 26
1. Remove the output tray from the top of the paper tray. 2. Slide the left edge guide inside the paper tray to the left as far as it will go. 3. Flip up the rear edge guide and slide it toward you as far as it will go. 4. Fan a stack of paper; then tap it - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 27
stack into the tray until you feel some resistance. Then slide the left edge guide against the left edge of the paper as shown below. You can load do not load paper above the arrow mark on the left edge guide. 6. Slide the rear edge guide against the rear edge of the paper. 7. Place the output tray - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 28
printer to ensure it is functioning properly. For the self test, use paper that is 8% inches wide if you have the Stylus Pro, or 13 inches wide if you have the Stylus Pro XL. Otherwise, ink printer printer. R Caution: Do not turn of the printer before pressing the Pause button. 4. Turn off the printer - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 29
serial interface. If you are connecting to a network, see Appendix A of the Reference Guide. For the serial interface, you need to obtain an Apple System/ Peripheral-8 cable (part number M0197) or equivalent. Note: The printer also has a parallel port, which is standard for most PCs but is not used - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 30
port if you are not using an external modem. This frees up your printer port for connecting to an AppleTalk Network. 4. Turn on the printer by pressing the Operate button. 5. Turn on your Macintosh. Now see Chapter 2 for instructions on installing the printer driver. Installing the Printer 1-17 - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 31
computer to control the printer. You must install a printer driver to use the printer. The Macintosh printer driver diskette contains the Macintosh driver and the Epson Monitor2 and Bi-D Calibration utilities that you can install along with the driver. See Chapter 3 for instructions on running these - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 32
window. 4. Double-click the ReadMe 1st icon in the Driver Disk window to read the latest information on your printer and its driver. (You may want to print this file for reference.) 5. Double-click the Installer icon to install the driver. 6. When you see the initial screen, click OK to continue - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 33
aligned. See Chapter 3 for more information. 0 Epson Namer. If you install the AT-StylusColor driver, you need to use this component to assign a unique name to the printer. 8. Click Install to copy the software to your hard disk, and follow any instructions on the screen. Installing and Using the - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 34
. The Installer places the Bi-D Calibration Utility in the Stylus COLOR folder on your hard disk and places the Epson Monitor2 utility in the Extentions folder. If you installed the AT-StylusColor driver, you need to assign a name to the printer as described in the next section. If you installed the - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 35
Using the Chooser to Select the Printer After you install the printer driver, follow the steps below to select the printer before you begin printing. You need to choose the printer only the first time you use it or whenever you want to use another printer. (Your Macintosh always prints using the - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 36
for other tasks. (You must turn on background printing to use the Epson Monitor2 utility to manage print jobs, as described in Chapter 3.) Note: calibrate the printer before you print using the driver; see Chapter 3jbr instructions. Selecting the Network Type If you're installing the printer on a - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 37
analyze each page of the document you will print and then select the appropriate halftoning settings automatically. Accessing the Driver You can access the printer driver settings from two dialog boxes within your application: Print and Page Setup. Most settings are available from the Print dialog - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 38
. See page 2-l for instructions on installing the driver.) The table below summarizes the printer driver settings. (Factory defaults are in bold type.) Detailed descriptions of each setting follow the table. Box title Color/Halftone Setting semng inks Method Light/Dark slider I Options Color - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 39
to print in color, select Color (CMYK); this is the default setting. Note: lf you select color printing and print a black and white image, the printer uses a composite black created from the color inks. For true black, select Monochrome. Installing and Using the Printer Driver 2-9 - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 40
halftone method manually, follow these ink and darker colors; slide it to the left for less ink and lighter colors. (Increasing the amount of ink means it takes longer for the ink to dry.) Note: The slider is not accessible if Monochrome ink is selected. 2-10 Installing and Using the Printer Driver - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 41
For best results at 720 dpi, load EPSON special coated paper or 720 dpi or EPSON special coated paper for 360 dpi. When speed is important and draft quality is good enough, use Draft - 180 dpi resolution. Note: Printing at lower resolutions also conserves ink. Installing and Using the Printer Driver - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 42
printer for Guide. MicroWeave Mode MicroWeave reduces the possibility of banding, the light horizontal lines that can mar an image. When you turn on MicroWeave, the printer Speed Mode When you turn on High Speed mode, the printer uses bidirectional printing, reducing the time it takes to print an - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 43
to white and white areas to black. This option is available only when you select Monochrome ink and No Halftoning. Screen pattern determines how shaded patterns are printed. When Screen pattern is on, the printer prints shaded areas as they appear on your computer screen. If you turn it off (default - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 44
. ** Stylus Pro XL only. Use one of the Centered paper sizes only if you have problems centering the image on the page and your software program does not have a setting that lets you do this. Centered images have a slightly smaller printable area. 2-14 Installing and Using the Printer Driver - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 45
Note: Print speed varies depending on the orientation setting in the driver. It is best to select the image orientation using your application, not the driver. To reduce or enlarge the image, click the Reduce or and return to the Page Setup dialog box. Installingand Using the Printer Driver 2-15 - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 46
did not select one of the package options, you can install the utilities from the Macintosh printer driver diskette using the Installer program. See page 2-1 for instructions. Managing Print Jobs You can use the Epson Monitor2 utility to check on the status of print jobs that are queued for printing - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 47
Printing 1 Printing Untitled1 One page remaining. Page Printing : Driver : StylusCOLOR I Printing Status: Processing job>> sending data...(H2m job and then click Cancel Printing. Calibrating the Printer with Bi-D Calibration Your printer has been calibrated at the factory so that vertical - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 48
offset value of the pattern that is most closely aligned in the NO. box and click OK. The printer prints a confirmation page. 6. Repeat steps 4 and 5, selecting the Pattern 2 through Pattern 5 buttons and pages is off, repeat the calibration procedure. Using the Printer Driver Utilities 3-3 - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 49
Disk space, Intro-4, 1-1 Dithering 2-8, 2-10 Dpi, Intro-l--3 Draft printing Intro-3, 2-9, 2-11 Driver, see Printer driver E Electromagnetic interference, 1-4 Electronic support services, Intro-6--7 Enlarge option, 2-15 Envelopes, 2-14 EPSON Accessories, Intro-6 America Forum, Intro-6 Bulletin Board - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 50
I Ink conserving 2-11 delivery system, charging, 1-10 formulation, Intro-3 setting 2-8-9 Ink cartridges installing, guide, 1-13 Lever, paper thickness, l-11--12 Light/Dark slider, 2-8, 2-10 Lines, aligning vertical, 2-3--4, 2-13, 3-l-3 Location, for printer, l-4 M Macintosh driver see Printer driver - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 51
1-15 transporting 1-5 turning on and off, 1-6-7 unpacking 1-4-5 Printer driver accessing 2-7-9 default settings, 2-8-9 diskette, 1-4, 2-l installing, 2-l-6 Q Quality, improving, Intro-2, 1-11 R RAM requirements, l-l, 2-13 ReadMe icon, Intro-2, 2-2 Reduce option, 2-15 Reference Guide, Intro-l Index 3 - Epson Stylus Pro | User Setup Information - Mac - Page 52
Intro-4 s Safety instructions, Intro-7-8 Scanners, Intro-5 Screen pattern setting, 2-9, 2-13 Self test, 1-15 Serial driver package, 2-3 Serial interface, Intro-l, l-2-3, l-16-17 Service, Intro-5-7 Setting up printer, 1-3-14 Special papers, Intro-3 speed, Intro-2, Intro-4, 2-12 Support, online, Intro
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EPSON
®
STYLUS Pro and Pro XL
COLOR INK JET PRINTER
Setup and Software Guide for Macintosh
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