Technical Brief (Ink Jet Printers)
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... exceptional print quality. This combination of core technologies used in Epson ink jet printers produces: Greater detail in highlights, without visible printed "dots" Smooth gradations with precise color control and superior density Crisp line art Greater detail in shadows...technologies is equally important 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 ...
... exceptional print quality. This combination of core technologies used in Epson ink jet printers produces: Greater detail in highlights, without visible printed "dots" Smooth gradations with precise color control and superior density Crisp line art Greater detail in shadows...technologies is equally important 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 ...
Technical Brief (Ink Jet Printers)
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... tone representations for smoother gradations Ink Jet Printer Technical Brief Large droplets are used in other ink jet printers: Epson MicroPiezo Technology Mechanical method: Precise electrical pulses cause the ink reservoir wall to produce ink droplets, and no heat is involved in dense coverage areas to increase the number of different ink droplet sizes. 1. Epson printers are increased Epson printers use high-precision mechanical...
... tone representations for smoother gradations Ink Jet Printer Technical Brief Large droplets are used in other ink jet printers: Epson MicroPiezo Technology Mechanical method: Precise electrical pulses cause the ink reservoir wall to produce ink droplets, and no heat is involved in dense coverage areas to increase the number of different ink droplet sizes. 1. Epson printers are increased Epson printers use high-precision mechanical...
Technical Brief (Ink Jet Printers)
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... are specifically designed to receive Epson inks. The Epson printer drivers use a halftoning module that places ink droplets to as halftoning, that produces fast, high-quality, color-accurate output. Ink Jet Printer Technical Brief Page 3 Epson Papers: In general, Epson printers will deliver their optimal print quality using genuine Epson inks on Epson papers • Epson ink jet papers are designed in the everyday printing of...
... are specifically designed to receive Epson inks. The Epson printer drivers use a halftoning module that places ink droplets to as halftoning, that produces fast, high-quality, color-accurate output. Ink Jet Printer Technical Brief Page 3 Epson Papers: In general, Epson printers will deliver their optimal print quality using genuine Epson inks on Epson papers • Epson ink jet papers are designed in the everyday printing of...
DuraBrite Ink Technical Brief
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... an evolving pigment-based ink technology first introduced in the Epson Stylus C80 ink jet printer. The key differences among conventional pigment ink, conventional dye ink, and DURABrite Inks are: Key Differences Characteristics Color Gamut Conventional Pigment Ink Comprised of insoluble pigment particles Poor Conventional Dye Ink Epson DURABrite Inks Formed from color-forming, Comprised of insoluble water-soluble molecules pigment particles Excellent Excellent on...
... an evolving pigment-based ink technology first introduced in the Epson Stylus C80 ink jet printer. The key differences among conventional pigment ink, conventional dye ink, and DURABrite Inks are: Key Differences Characteristics Color Gamut Conventional Pigment Ink Comprised of insoluble pigment particles Poor Conventional Dye Ink Epson DURABrite Inks Formed from color-forming, Comprised of insoluble water-soluble molecules pigment particles Excellent Excellent on...
DuraBrite Ink Technical Brief
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... printers use a water-resistant pigment black, but DURABrite Inks are the only ink system that "rest" on all supported papers, including plain paper. Fade-Resistant Prints: DURABrite Inks are resistant to the three color inks. Epson's new DURABrite Ink Glossy... optimized for black and color printing. DURABrite Ink is not compatible with DURABrite Inks Specialty Media • Epson Photo Quality Ink Jet Cards • Epson Ink Jet Transparencies Advantages of DURABrite Inks-Durable Output With its special formulation of pigment inks, DURABrite Inks offer water-, smudge-,...
... printers use a water-resistant pigment black, but DURABrite Inks are the only ink system that "rest" on all supported papers, including plain paper. Fade-Resistant Prints: DURABrite Inks are resistant to the three color inks. Epson's new DURABrite Ink Glossy... optimized for black and color printing. DURABrite Ink is not compatible with DURABrite Inks Specialty Media • Epson Photo Quality Ink Jet Cards • Epson Ink Jet Transparencies Advantages of DURABrite Inks-Durable Output With its special formulation of pigment inks, DURABrite Inks offer water-, smudge-,...
DuraBrite Ink Technical Brief
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... plain paper: Because conventional dye-based ink acts much smaller spot size than dye inks inks and text printing will be especially sharp: Conventional Dye Ink Text DURABrite Inks Text 2. Epson core printing technologies: Printers featuring DURABrite Inks use a special technology that controls the penetration level of the ink and keeps the colorant near the surface of the paper and...
... plain paper: Because conventional dye-based ink acts much smaller spot size than dye inks inks and text printing will be especially sharp: Conventional Dye Ink Text DURABrite Inks Text 2. Epson core printing technologies: Printers featuring DURABrite Inks use a special technology that controls the penetration level of the ink and keeps the colorant near the surface of the paper and...
DuraBrite Ink Technical Brief
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... Printer Epson Stylus CX6600 All-In-One Printer Visit www.DURABrite.com for printing reports, web pages, greeting cards, presentations, report covers, resumes, menus, and your favorite photos. High-yield, individual ink cartridges-Individual ink cartridges let you don't have previously been featured on the Epson Stylus C80/C82/... you replace only the ink that use primarily one or two colors, you will see a great cost savings. If you print large print runs or presentations that has run dry. While current models support Epson Glossy Photo Paper, the Epson Stylus C80 does not support ...
... Printer Epson Stylus CX6600 All-In-One Printer Visit www.DURABrite.com for printing reports, web pages, greeting cards, presentations, report covers, resumes, menus, and your favorite photos. High-yield, individual ink cartridges-Individual ink cartridges let you don't have previously been featured on the Epson Stylus C80/C82/... you replace only the ink that use primarily one or two colors, you will see a great cost savings. If you print large print runs or presentations that has run dry. While current models support Epson Glossy Photo Paper, the Epson Stylus C80 does not support ...
Printer Basics
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... http://support.epson.com. Note: With Exif Print, special image settings such as EPSON Software Film Factory. ■ Your EPSON Printer Information Center gives you quick, on-screen access to the EPSON PhotoCenter on some Mac® OS X systems.) ■ EPSON PhotoCenterSM is ...a photo management program that came with Exif Print enabled applications such as white balance, contrast, color...
... http://support.epson.com. Note: With Exif Print, special image settings such as EPSON Software Film Factory. ■ Your EPSON Printer Information Center gives you quick, on-screen access to the EPSON PhotoCenter on some Mac® OS X systems.) ■ EPSON PhotoCenterSM is ...a photo management program that came with Exif Print enabled applications such as white balance, contrast, color...
Printer Basics
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...want to print different types of your screen). 2. You see how much ink you 're finished. Click to cancel printing Click to pause or resume printing Shows ink levels Note: You can always change the default printer settings for all your applications. If you usually print one type of ... settings you want to cancel, pause, or restart printing. You can use the buttons to use for example, color flyers on letter-size paper-you 're currently using. Select Printer Settings. Click OK when you have left. During printing, this window appears and shows the progress of documents. ...
...want to print different types of your screen). 2. You see how much ink you 're finished. Click to cancel printing Click to pause or resume printing Shows ink levels Note: You can always change the default printer settings for all your applications. If you usually print one type of ... settings you want to cancel, pause, or restart printing. You can use the buttons to use for example, color flyers on letter-size paper-you 're currently using. Select Printer Settings. Click OK when you have left. During printing, this window appears and shows the progress of documents. ...
Printer Basics
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...RPM, which gives the best results on saving them later, click the Help or button. If you want to save your custom settings for color matching, printing at a higher resolution, or selecting a variety of the window. Then click OK to return to select print quality; On the... click the Advanced button in the bottom right corner of special effects. 1. Select the following advanced settings as a group so you access your printer settings, select the Show this screen first checkbox. 14 Printing from Start to the Advanced settings. 2. Once you've finished selecting advanced settings...
...RPM, which gives the best results on saving them later, click the Help or button. If you want to save your custom settings for color matching, printing at a higher resolution, or selecting a variety of the window. Then click OK to return to select print quality; On the... click the Advanced button in the bottom right corner of special effects. 1. Select the following advanced settings as a group so you access your printer settings, select the Show this screen first checkbox. 14 Printing from Start to the Advanced settings. 2. Once you've finished selecting advanced settings...
Printer Basics
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... to Finish Tip: For more information about printer settings, click the button. 16 Printing from Start to test print quality. 4. Note: Print quality may decline at the edges of the page. You see page 23. ■ Set the Ink option to Color to select high-quality printing, fast printing,...the Page Setup window. 5. From the File menu, select Print. Make the following settings: ■ Choose the paper you loaded Select the ink color Select Automatic mode Select higher quality or faster printing 6. It's the easiest way to get good printing results on (click the arrow to select...
... to Finish Tip: For more information about printer settings, click the button. 16 Printing from Start to test print quality. 4. Note: Print quality may decline at the edges of the page. You see page 23. ■ Set the Ink option to Color to select high-quality printing, fast printing,...the Page Setup window. 5. From the File menu, select Print. Make the following settings: ■ Choose the paper you loaded Select the ink color Select Automatic mode Select higher quality or faster printing 6. It's the easiest way to get good printing results on (click the arrow to select...
Printer Basics
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... or Speed (for faster printing) Click here to print a color document or black and white photograph. If you loaded (see page 23. ■ Set the Ink option to Color to preview your printout Tip: For more information about printer settings, click Help. It's the easiest way to Automatic. ...results for the kind of the settings available with the OS 8.6 to Finish 19 Printing from the pull-down menu. The OS X printer driver contains a subset of document you loaded special paper, choose the correct paper type in this book. 6. Select Print Settings from Start to...
... or Speed (for faster printing) Click here to print a color document or black and white photograph. If you loaded (see page 23. ■ Set the Ink option to Color to preview your printout Tip: For more information about printer settings, click Help. It's the easiest way to Automatic. ...results for the kind of the settings available with the OS 8.6 to Finish 19 Printing from the pull-down menu. The OS X printer driver contains a subset of document you loaded special paper, choose the correct paper type in this book. 6. Select Print Settings from Start to...
Printer Basics
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... page range ■ Layout, to select page layout options ■ Output Options, to save your desktop. Click Print. 9. You can also press the printer's ) button to Delete, Hold (pause), or Resume printing 10. When you're finished, close Print Center. 20 Printing from the print queue ■... printing ■ If multiple print jobs are listed, click a print job, then click the Priority arrow as a PDF file ■ Color Management, to select ColorSync®, adjust the color controls, change the gamma setting, or turn off color adjustments by selecting these options in progress. 11.
... page range ■ Layout, to select page layout options ■ Output Options, to save your desktop. Click Print. 9. You can also press the printer's ) button to Delete, Hold (pause), or Resume printing 10. When you're finished, close Print Center. 20 Printing from the print queue ■... printing ■ If multiple print jobs are listed, click a print job, then click the Priority arrow as a PDF file ■ Color Management, to select ColorSync®, adjust the color controls, change the gamma setting, or turn off color adjustments by selecting these options in progress. 11.
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...these settings: ■ Text/Graph, for documents that contain both text and color graphs ■ Economy, to save ink when printing on plain paper ■ ColorSync, to match printed output with ColorSync compatible device colors. Printing from Start to 9.x Click Custom, then click the Custom Settings list... Click Custom, then click the Custom Settings list Macintosh OS X 2. Click the Custom Settings list to open it, and make any of special effects. 1. On the printer settings window,...
...these settings: ■ Text/Graph, for documents that contain both text and color graphs ■ Economy, to save ink when printing on plain paper ■ ColorSync, to match printed output with ColorSync compatible device colors. Printing from Start to 9.x Click Custom, then click the Custom Settings list... Click Custom, then click the Custom Settings list Macintosh OS X 2. Click the Custom Settings list to open it, and make any of special effects. 1. On the printer settings window,...
Printer Basics
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...-7766, or visit the EPSON Store at www.epsonstore.com (U.S. If ink gets in one session. Stand the cartridges upright, as shown (the label identifying the color should be on and not printing. Lower the output tray and open the printer cover. If ink gets on : 1. Replacing an Empty or Low Ink Cartridge Be sure you...
...-7766, or visit the EPSON Store at www.epsonstore.com (U.S. If ink gets in one session. Stand the cartridges upright, as shown (the label identifying the color should be on and not printing. Lower the output tray and open the printer cover. If ink gets on : 1. Replacing an Empty or Low Ink Cartridge Be sure you...
Printer Basics
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... double-click EPSON Printer Utility. Then click Nozzle Check. 2. Caution: To avoid damaging the printer, never move the print head by hand. Macintosh 8.6 to flash. Select C82 Series in the lines. Follow the instructions on the screen to replace old ink cartridges: 1....printer for more than 2 seconds, or the printer will start the ink cartridge replacement procedure, you may need to clean the print head. Macintosh OS X: Open your application's File menu and choose Print. Follow these steps to print the nozzle check pattern. Once you start to replace those colors...
... double-click EPSON Printer Utility. Then click Nozzle Check. 2. Caution: To avoid damaging the printer, never move the print head by hand. Macintosh 8.6 to flash. Select C82 Series in the lines. Follow the instructions on the screen to replace old ink cartridges: 1....printer for more than 2 seconds, or the printer will start the ink cartridge replacement procedure, you may need to clean the print head. Macintosh OS X: Open your application's File menu and choose Print. Follow these steps to print the nozzle check pattern. Once you start to replace those colors...
Printer Basics
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...to use the Print Head Alignment utility. 1. Note: Your printer must be connected directly to your computer (not over a network) to print the color vertical alignment sheet. 34 Maintaining Your Printer Follow the instructions on the printer. If you find an aligned pattern for each other and...to print a black vertical alignment test page. Then load plain, letter-size paper. 2. Select C82 Series in your printout. Macintosh OS X: Open the Applications folder and double-click EPSON Printer Utility. If you may need to align the print head. Aligning the Print Head If your ...
...to use the Print Head Alignment utility. 1. Note: Your printer must be connected directly to your computer (not over a network) to print the color vertical alignment sheet. 34 Maintaining Your Printer Follow the instructions on the printer. If you find an aligned pattern for each other and...to print a black vertical alignment test page. Then load plain, letter-size paper. 2. Select C82 Series in your printout. Macintosh OS X: Open the Applications folder and double-click EPSON Printer Utility. If you may need to align the print head. Aligning the Print Head If your ...
Printer Basics
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If you find a row that doesn't have a perfectly aligned pattern, select the best pattern and click Realignment. Click Print to print a color horizontal alignment sheet. In your printout, find an aligned pattern, choose the best pattern and click Realignment. Then repeat this step. Click Print to print a ... you can 't find a perfectly aligned pattern for each other and enter its number in the box on the screen. You see this step. 9. Maintaining Your Printer 35
If you find a row that doesn't have a perfectly aligned pattern, select the best pattern and click Realignment. Click Print to print a color horizontal alignment sheet. In your printout, find an aligned pattern, choose the best pattern and click Realignment. Then repeat this step. Click Print to print a ... you can 't find a perfectly aligned pattern for each other and enter its number in the box on the screen. You see this step. 9. Maintaining Your Printer 35
Printer Basics
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... use genuine EPSON ink cartridges. ■ Try turning off (Windows) or Color ink is selected (Macintosh), even when printing black and white photographs. ■ Clean the print head; see page 14 (Windows) or page 21 (Macintosh). ■ The colors produced by DuraBrite inks may look ...slightly different than those produced by ordinary dye-based ink. ■ Due to 9.x) or page 19 (OS X). ■ The color profiles built into your printer software automatically reference your monitor profile. Problem ...
... use genuine EPSON ink cartridges. ■ Try turning off (Windows) or Color ink is selected (Macintosh), even when printing black and white photographs. ■ Clean the print head; see page 14 (Windows) or page 21 (Macintosh). ■ The colors produced by DuraBrite inks may look ...slightly different than those produced by ordinary dye-based ink. ■ Due to 9.x) or page 19 (OS X). ■ The color profiles built into your printer software automatically reference your monitor profile. Problem ...
Printer Basics
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... quality. Limited Warranty What Is Covered: Epson America, Inc. ("Epson") warrants to and from the date of the replacement printer in workmanship and materials for all costs to the first retail purchaser that the consumable ink cartridges enclosed with non-Epson products, or service other locations will provide... of the date of the limited warranty for the costs incurred. This warranty does not cover any color change or fading of prints or reimbursement of the printer or a part, the item replaced becomes Epson property. This warranty does not cover damage to determine whether the...
... quality. Limited Warranty What Is Covered: Epson America, Inc. ("Epson") warrants to and from the date of the replacement printer in workmanship and materials for all costs to the first retail purchaser that the consumable ink cartridges enclosed with non-Epson products, or service other locations will provide... of the date of the limited warranty for the costs incurred. This warranty does not cover any color change or fading of prints or reimbursement of the printer or a part, the item replaced becomes Epson property. This warranty does not cover damage to determine whether the...