Technical Brief (Ink Jet Printers)
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... print quality. Print Quality-Core Printing Technologies The core technologies used in Epson ink jet printers work together to produce brilliant Photo Quality color, sharp text, and incredible print speeds Small Ink Droplet Size Small ink droplets produce smoother gradations and greater tonal control Epson Inks Epson innovates ink solutions tailored to produce award-winning print quality, and each of...
... print quality. Print Quality-Core Printing Technologies The core technologies used in Epson ink jet printers work together to produce brilliant Photo Quality color, sharp text, and incredible print speeds Small Ink Droplet Size Small ink droplets produce smoother gradations and greater tonal control Epson Inks Epson innovates ink solutions tailored to produce award-winning print quality, and each of...
Technical Brief (Ink Jet Printers)
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... heads use halftone algorithms with high resolutions to improve color ranges and accuracy because Epson printers can produce a number of different ink droplet sizes. Also, Epson's variable ink droplet sizes and high resolutions combine to precisely print crisp details in photos and laser sharp text. Additionally, smaller ink droplets produce less visible printed dots, especially apparent in...
... heads use halftone algorithms with high resolutions to improve color ranges and accuracy because Epson printers can produce a number of different ink droplet sizes. Also, Epson's variable ink droplet sizes and high resolutions combine to precisely print crisp details in photos and laser sharp text. Additionally, smaller ink droplets produce less visible printed dots, especially apparent in...
Technical Brief (Ink Jet Printers)
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Additionally, unlike competitive printers tht require special or optional inks, with Epson papers. Epson Printer + Epson Ink + Epson Paper Delivers Epson Quality 6. Specifications subject to the page, based on breathtaking large format prints, Epson has the right ink for optional cartridges, and you see continuous tone color. Fine Art Pro Advanced Amateur Photo Enthusiast Chief Memory Officer® General...
Additionally, unlike competitive printers tht require special or optional inks, with Epson papers. Epson Printer + Epson Ink + Epson Paper Delivers Epson Quality 6. Specifications subject to the page, based on breathtaking large format prints, Epson has the right ink for optional cartridges, and you see continuous tone color. Fine Art Pro Advanced Amateur Photo Enthusiast Chief Memory Officer® General...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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Contents EPSON Stylus RIP takes a long time before printing starts 5-4 Your printouts contain incorrect fonts or jagged type 5-4 The printer is producing pages containing illegible type or characters 5-5 Images and type look bitmapped and jagged on your printouts 5-5 You see Font not found or Find font error messages (Macintosh) 5-6 One or more colors are missing...
Contents EPSON Stylus RIP takes a long time before printing starts 5-4 Your printouts contain incorrect fonts or jagged type 5-4 The printer is producing pages containing illegible type or characters 5-5 Images and type look bitmapped and jagged on your printouts 5-5 You see Font not found or Find font error messages (Macintosh) 5-6 One or more colors are missing...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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... the industry standard for these occasions you should use the standard, non-PostScript driver that your computer and printer are processed and reproduced using PostScript code. You can use your EPSON Stylus Color or EPSON Stylus Photo ink jet printer as QuarkXPress®, the RIP software creates a raster image from an application such as a PostScript® 3 (Macintosh®...
... the industry standard for these occasions you should use the standard, non-PostScript driver that your computer and printer are processed and reproduced using PostScript code. You can use your EPSON Stylus Color or EPSON Stylus Photo ink jet printer as QuarkXPress®, the RIP software creates a raster image from an application such as a PostScript® 3 (Macintosh®...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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...access troubleshooting information. Before you can download drivers and other software for FTP downloading) to log onto ftp.epson.com with the user name anonymous and your printer's specific technical support telephone number. At this site, you call (800) 807-7766 for dealer referral.... World Wide Web From the Internet, you can purchase ink cartridges, paper, manuals, and accessories from EPSON at (800) 873-7766 or visit the EPSON Store™ at www.epson.com (U.S. The following information ready: Product name (EPSON Stylus RIP) Product serial number (located on disk...
...access troubleshooting information. Before you can download drivers and other software for FTP downloading) to log onto ftp.epson.com with the user name anonymous and your printer's specific technical support telephone number. At this site, you call (800) 807-7766 for dealer referral.... World Wide Web From the Internet, you can purchase ink cartridges, paper, manuals, and accessories from EPSON at (800) 873-7766 or visit the EPSON Store™ at www.epson.com (U.S. The following information ready: Product name (EPSON Stylus RIP) Product serial number (located on disk...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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... that came with your printer for Macintosh Checking the Printer Before you install the EPSON Stylus RIP software, follow the instructions in the printer. Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for use. See your printer's documentation for instructions. (Not every printer has a network interface card option.) Load paper, install ink cartridges, and allow your printer to complete its entire ink charging cycle. ...
... that came with your printer for Macintosh Checking the Printer Before you install the EPSON Stylus RIP software, follow the instructions in the printer. Installing EPSON Stylus RIP for use. See your printer's documentation for instructions. (Not every printer has a network interface card option.) Load paper, install ink cartridges, and allow your printer to complete its entire ink charging cycle. ...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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From the Chooser, click Setup to select the PPD file that corresponds to your printer model appears at the top of this dialog box, click OK. Click Auto Setup. The following dialog box appears: 5. Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh 4. In most cases, clicking the Auto Setup button will automatically select the correct PPD file. If your EPSON ink jet printer. Then confirm the name and click OK. Highlight your printer model is not displayed, click Select PPD. If your printer model and click Select. The following dialog box appears: 6. Close the Chooser. 2-7
From the Chooser, click Setup to select the PPD file that corresponds to your printer model appears at the top of this dialog box, click OK. Click Auto Setup. The following dialog box appears: 5. Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh 4. In most cases, clicking the Auto Setup button will automatically select the correct PPD file. If your EPSON ink jet printer. Then confirm the name and click OK. Highlight your printer model is not displayed, click Select PPD. If your printer model and click Select. The following dialog box appears: 6. Close the Chooser. 2-7
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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... profiles use these terms: 360P_360: 360 dpi Ink Jet Paper GF_1440, GF_720: Glossy Film at 1440 or 720 dpi GP_1440, GP_720: Glossy Paper at 1440 or 720 dpi RC: Premium Semigloss Photo Paper (EPSON Stylus Photo 2000P) or Premium Glossy Photo Paper (EPSON Stylus Color 980) EPSON_DIC: Japanese press standard ...
... profiles use these terms: 360P_360: 360 dpi Ink Jet Paper GF_1440, GF_720: Glossy Film at 1440 or 720 dpi GP_1440, GP_720: Glossy Paper at 1440 or 720 dpi RC: Premium Semigloss Photo Paper (EPSON Stylus Photo 2000P) or Premium Glossy Photo Paper (EPSON Stylus Color 980) EPSON_DIC: Japanese press standard ...
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... standard) DIC (Japanese press standard) Off (Printer's default) 2-13 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Printer Specific Options Follow these steps to set media quality and type, ink, and Press Simulation options if you choose corresponds to your Printer Profile setting. 2. If you're using color matching, make sure the Media(Quality) setting you...
... standard) DIC (Japanese press standard) Off (Printer's default) 2-13 Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh Printer Specific Options Follow these steps to set media quality and type, ink, and Press Simulation options if you choose corresponds to your Printer Profile setting. 2. If you're using color matching, make sure the Media(Quality) setting you...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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... all virus protection and disk-monitoring software, following steps: Load paper, install ink cartridges, and allow your printer to complete its entire ink charging cycle. Connect the printer to install the EPSON Stylus RIP software on your system. Once the printer is set up and tested fully, you're ready to your computer via a parallel...
... all virus protection and disk-monitoring software, following steps: Load paper, install ink cartridges, and allow your printer to complete its entire ink charging cycle. Connect the printer to install the EPSON Stylus RIP software on your system. Once the printer is set up and tested fully, you're ready to your computer via a parallel...
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Change the setting here Note: To make the settings in these dialog boxes your default settings for all printer and print job options are under the Advanced tab in the Printers utility and choose Properties (Windows 95/98), Printing Preferences (Windows 2000), or Document Defaults (Windows NT).... . In Windows NT, all your printer in a menu tree: Click here to expand or collapse a section of the tree Choose the feature you select the type of media (paper) and desired resolution, ink color mode, and press simulation mode. Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows The Device Options tab ...
Change the setting here Note: To make the settings in these dialog boxes your default settings for all printer and print job options are under the Advanced tab in the Printers utility and choose Properties (Windows 95/98), Printing Preferences (Windows 2000), or Document Defaults (Windows NT).... . In Windows NT, all your printer in a menu tree: Click here to expand or collapse a section of the tree Choose the feature you select the type of media (paper) and desired resolution, ink color mode, and press simulation mode. Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows The Device Options tab ...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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...Type and Print Quality settings. 2. For a description of the Device Options tab settings, see page 4-6. 4. Selecting Device Options/Printer Settings The Windows 95/98/2000 Device Options tab and the Windows NT Printer Features section let you 're finished selecting options, click OK. When you set up your... click Help. Then click OK at different resolutions, on whether you want to use. Set the Ink option to CMYK (color) or Grayscale, depending on different media types, and with EPSON Stylus RIP for that feature from the lower portion. You can change in the upper portion of the dialog...
...Type and Print Quality settings. 2. For a description of the Device Options tab settings, see page 4-6. 4. Selecting Device Options/Printer Settings The Windows 95/98/2000 Device Options tab and the Windows NT Printer Features section let you 're finished selecting options, click OK. When you set up your... click Help. Then click OK at different resolutions, on whether you want to use. Set the Ink option to CMYK (color) or Grayscale, depending on different media types, and with EPSON Stylus RIP for that feature from the lower portion. You can change in the upper portion of the dialog...
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... dpi Ink Jet Paper, Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper, Photo Paper, or Photo Quality Glossy Film. otherwise, the printer will eject the entire roll of the following choices: SWOP (Specifications for Windows 3. standard for color management. Caution: Some applications, such as the Press Simulation setting. You have an EPSON Stylus Color 1520 or 3000 printer, or an EPSON Stylus Photo...
... dpi Ink Jet Paper, Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper, Photo Paper, or Photo Quality Glossy Film. otherwise, the printer will eject the entire roll of the following choices: SWOP (Specifications for Windows 3. standard for color management. Caution: Some applications, such as the Press Simulation setting. You have an EPSON Stylus Color 1520 or 3000 printer, or an EPSON Stylus Photo...
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Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows Managing Print Jobs While your job is printing, the following information appears in the Stylus RIP window: Name of file currently printing Page currently printing Percentage of current page complete Percentage of paper or ink, for example, Stylus RIP displays an error message ...in this area and holds the print job. If you run out of current job completed Print jobs in the queue If a problem occurs during printing, you correct the problem, Stylus RIP releases the job....
Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows Managing Print Jobs While your job is printing, the following information appears in the Stylus RIP window: Name of file currently printing Page currently printing Percentage of current page complete Percentage of paper or ink, for example, Stylus RIP displays an error message ...in this area and holds the print job. If you run out of current job completed Print jobs in the queue If a problem occurs during printing, you correct the problem, Stylus RIP releases the job....
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... whenever you might encounter with the EPSON Stylus RIP software. This chapter covers the following: Printing high quality color images Solving problems Printing High Quality Color Images To obtain high quality color images, keep the following points in laser printers and copiers. 5-1 Many problems can...bond paper used in mind: Always use EPSON inks, paper, and other media designed for your EPSON ink jet printer. For the best results, use specially coated ink jet paper, which is designed to distribute the ink evenly, and is turned on and properly connected to...
... whenever you might encounter with the EPSON Stylus RIP software. This chapter covers the following: Printing high quality color images Solving problems Printing High Quality Color Images To obtain high quality color images, keep the following points in laser printers and copiers. 5-1 Many problems can...bond paper used in mind: Always use EPSON inks, paper, and other media designed for your EPSON ink jet printer. For the best results, use specially coated ink jet paper, which is designed to distribute the ink evenly, and is turned on and properly connected to...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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...at both ends of the cable. You're using coated ink jet paper. Make sure the printer connection is not turned on. Troubleshooting Make sure you're using the correct PostScript driver for your printer (included on the EPSON Stylus RIP CD-ROM). If you're working with ...scanned images, check the scanner software settings. Try cleaning the print head with the utilities provided with your printer, then print a few lines to check your printer documentation for instructions....
...at both ends of the cable. You're using coated ink jet paper. Make sure the printer connection is not turned on. Troubleshooting Make sure you're using the correct PostScript driver for your printer (included on the EPSON Stylus RIP CD-ROM). If you're working with ...scanned images, check the scanner software settings. Try cleaning the print head with the utilities provided with your printer, then print a few lines to check your printer documentation for instructions....
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...color ink is empty. Stylus RIP will create a new preference file automatically when you use a font management utility, check it prints in black ink only Possible cause You didn't specify color data in your application software or select color ink in your printer documentation for instructions on cleaning the color print head or replacing an ink cartridge. 5-6 Your color...Possible cause Solution You're allowing Font Substitution in your application to be able to reinstall the EPSON Stylus RIP software on your system and selected in your system. Turn off Font Substitution in your...
...color ink is empty. Stylus RIP will create a new preference file automatically when you use a font management utility, check it prints in black ink only Possible cause You didn't specify color data in your application software or select color ink in your printer documentation for instructions on cleaning the color print head or replacing an ink cartridge. 5-6 Your color...Possible cause Solution You're allowing Font Substitution in your application to be able to reinstall the EPSON Stylus RIP software on your system and selected in your system. Turn off Font Substitution in your...
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...3-14 settings, 2-10 to 2-13, 4-6 to 4-7 Color problems, 5-6 ColorSync, 1-9 to 1-10 Communications error, 5-3 Configuring Stylus RIP Macintosh, 2-2 to 2-8 Windows, 4-11 to 4-12 D Drag and drop printing, 2-15 to 2-16 E EPS files, problems, 5-7 EPSON accessories, 6 help, 6 Error messages, 5-2 to 5-3... F Fonts, problems, 5-4 to 5-6 H Help, 6 I ICC profiles, 1-9 to 1-10, 3-13 ICM support, 3-13 Images, problems, 5-5 to 5-8 Ink...
...3-14 settings, 2-10 to 2-13, 4-6 to 4-7 Color problems, 5-6 ColorSync, 1-9 to 1-10 Communications error, 5-3 Configuring Stylus RIP Macintosh, 2-2 to 2-8 Windows, 4-11 to 4-12 D Drag and drop printing, 2-15 to 2-16 E EPS files, problems, 5-7 EPSON accessories, 6 help, 6 Error messages, 5-2 to 5-3... F Fonts, problems, 5-4 to 5-6 H Help, 6 I ICC profiles, 1-9 to 1-10, 3-13 ICM support, 3-13 Images, problems, 5-5 to 5-8 Ink...
User Manual - USB/Parallel Kit
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... 8 Setting Up the Printer If you've been using your EPSON printer with your printer for instructions on connecting the cable and installing the printer software. Contact Apple Computer if you must use the adapter with your system. If you install the USB printer software. If so,...the adapter with your computer, the printer is probably set up a new printer, see the documentation that came with the printer driver software that came with the iMac, you have problems installing this booklet for instructions on unpacking, installing ink cartridges, and loading paper. You...
... 8 Setting Up the Printer If you've been using your EPSON printer with your printer for instructions on connecting the cable and installing the printer software. Contact Apple Computer if you must use the adapter with your system. If you install the USB printer software. If so,...the adapter with your computer, the printer is probably set up a new printer, see the documentation that came with the printer driver software that came with the iMac, you have problems installing this booklet for instructions on unpacking, installing ink cartridges, and loading paper. You...