Epson Stylus Pro 3800 Professional Edition Printer Guide - Page 56

56 | Printing with Epson Drivers for Macintosh 3. If you are using non-Epson media and you need to fine-tune its performance, select Paper Configuration from the pop-up menu. You see a window like this one: Note: You may need to change the Color Density setting if your custom color profile was created to optimize D-max and color gamut. 4. Select the correct settings to match your ICC profile. These settings override any paper configuration settings you may have made using the printer's control panel. • Color Density lets you control the ink saturation level (for example, when you turn off color management in your printer software). • Drying Time per Print Head Pass lets you print with non-Epson media and avoid smearing the ink. You can make the print head wait up to 5 seconds after each pass to allow ink to dry on the page. • Paper Feed Adjustment helps reduce banding. Choose a lower value if you see white lines on your prints, or a higher value if you see dark lines. • Paper Thickness helps reduce vertical banding and creates a sharper image when printing on unusually thick or thin paper. • Platen Gap lets you fine-tune the setting for unusually thick or thin paper. 3-56