Technical Brief (Ink Jet Printers)
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Print Quality-Core Printing Technologies The core technologies used in Epson ink jet printers work together to produce award-winning print quality, and each of these core printing technologies is equally important in photos and sharper text and line art High Quality Halftoning Generates fast, color-accurate results with smooth transitions and true photographic image quality...
Print Quality-Core Printing Technologies The core technologies used in Epson ink jet printers work together to produce award-winning print quality, and each of these core printing technologies is equally important in photos and sharper text and line art High Quality Halftoning Generates fast, color-accurate results with smooth transitions and true photographic image quality...
Technical Brief (Ink Jet Printers)
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...involved in photos and laser sharp text. Gradations and blends become smoother as resolution and droplet control are unique in achieving print quality. Piezo Crystal Deformation Nozzle Ink Droplet Epson's MicroPiezo technology results in other ink jet printers: Epson MicroPiezo Technology... Mechanical method: Precise electrical pulses cause the ink reservoir wall to create a larger color palette. The ...
...involved in photos and laser sharp text. Gradations and blends become smoother as resolution and droplet control are unique in achieving print quality. Piezo Crystal Deformation Nozzle Ink Droplet Epson's MicroPiezo technology results in other ink jet printers: Epson MicroPiezo Technology... Mechanical method: Precise electrical pulses cause the ink reservoir wall to create a larger color palette. The ...
Technical Brief (Ink Jet Printers)
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.... 5. Whether the customer is an amateur photographer looking to get sharp black text, superb photo quality photos, or both on the Epson ink sets in various patterns so you never have to swap an ink cartridge to primarily print photos with Epson papers. Ink Jet Printer Technical Brief Page 3 DURABrite and Chief Memory Officer are registered trademarks or...
.... 5. Whether the customer is an amateur photographer looking to get sharp black text, superb photo quality photos, or both on the Epson ink sets in various patterns so you never have to swap an ink cartridge to primarily print photos with Epson papers. Ink Jet Printer Technical Brief Page 3 DURABrite and Chief Memory Officer are registered trademarks or...
Taking Care of Your Photographs
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... High Medium Med-High High Low Photo Paper Glossy 9 mil 6-7 years Medium Medium This chart is perfect for Epson dye-based printers: NEW Epson ColorLifeTM Photo Paper - Photos Printed With Dye-Based Epson Stylus Photo Printers (Epson Stylus Photo 780/785EPX/870/875DC/875DCS/890/1270/1280) The Epson Stylus Photo printers listed above use Epson's revolutionary Archival inks. Since image life depends on other Epson photo papers to semigloss finishes for...
... High Medium Med-High High Low Photo Paper Glossy 9 mil 6-7 years Medium Medium This chart is perfect for Epson dye-based printers: NEW Epson ColorLifeTM Photo Paper - Photos Printed With Dye-Based Epson Stylus Photo Printers (Epson Stylus Photo 780/785EPX/870/875DC/875DCS/890/1270/1280) The Epson Stylus Photo printers listed above use Epson's revolutionary Archival inks. Since image life depends on other Epson photo papers to semigloss finishes for...
Taking Care of Your Photographs
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... with the Epson Stylus Photo 2000P The Epson Stylus Photo 2000P uses the same six-color Archival inks as yellowing. Photos Printed with traditional photos, proper care will maximize display life. Epson offers an extensive line of prints. Gloss differential "or bronzing" may be stored in a photo album (or plastic photo storage box) in surface to protect the prints from a desktop printer. Lightfastness...
... with the Epson Stylus Photo 2000P The Epson Stylus Photo 2000P uses the same six-color Archival inks as yellowing. Photos Printed with traditional photos, proper care will maximize display life. Epson offers an extensive line of prints. Gloss differential "or bronzing" may be stored in a photo album (or plastic photo storage box) in surface to protect the prints from a desktop printer. Lightfastness...
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 in your printout or it prints in black ink only 5-6 ...
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 in your printout or it prints in black ink only 5-6 ...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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... ability to ensure that comes with both Macintosh and Windows systems, in PostScript, and for high-quality graphic output. Introduction The EPSON Stylus® RIP software lets you 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®, Windows®...
... ability to ensure that comes with both Macintosh and Windows systems, in PostScript, and for high-quality graphic output. Introduction The EPSON Stylus® RIP software lets you 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®, Windows®...
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The following information ready: Product name (EPSON Stylus RIP) Product serial number (located on ... referral. 6 sales only). EPSON Internet FTP Site If 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. At this site,... contact information: Service Access World Wide Web From the Internet, you can reach EPSON Support at documentation such as a store receipt) Printer model Computer configuration Description of automated help services are available...
The following information ready: Product name (EPSON Stylus RIP) Product serial number (located on ... referral. 6 sales only). EPSON Internet FTP Site If 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. At this site,... contact information: Service Access World Wide Web From the Internet, you can reach EPSON Support at documentation such as a store receipt) Printer model Computer configuration Description of automated help services are available...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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...), install an optional network interface card in your printer's documentation to install the EPSON Stylus RIP software on your printer 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. Run a printer self test to make sure it operates properly. ...
...), install an optional network interface card in your printer's documentation to install the EPSON Stylus RIP software on your printer 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. Run a printer self test to make sure it operates properly. ...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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Click Auto Setup. Highlight your EPSON ink jet printer. The following dialog box appears: 5. Then confirm the name and click OK. From the Chooser, click Setup to select the PPD file that corresponds to your printer model and click Select. Close the Chooser. 2-7 In most cases, clicking the Auto Setup button will automatically select the correct PPD file. If your printer model appears at the top of this dialog box, click OK. Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh 4. If your printer model is not displayed, click Select PPD. The following dialog box appears: 6.
Click Auto Setup. Highlight your EPSON ink jet printer. The following dialog box appears: 5. Then confirm the name and click OK. From the Chooser, click Setup to select the PPD file that corresponds to your printer model and click Select. Close the Chooser. 2-7 In most cases, clicking the Auto Setup button will automatically select the correct PPD file. If your printer model appears at the top of this dialog box, click OK. Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for Macintosh 4. If your printer model is not displayed, click Select PPD. The following dialog box appears: 6.
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... section, you must choose the corresponding Press Simulation profile listed above. 2-12 Photo Weight PM: Archival Matte Paper PQP_1440, PQP_720: Photo Quality Ink Jet 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 EPSON_Euro: (Euroscale) European press...
... section, you must choose the corresponding Press Simulation profile listed above. 2-12 Photo Weight PM: Archival Matte Paper PQP_1440, PQP_720: Photo Quality Ink Jet 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 EPSON_Euro: (Euroscale) European press...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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...Set the Ink option to your printer's user's guide for more closely match those of the press simulation options, you selected Printer Specific Options from the Print dialog box: 1. Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for ...coated paper) Euro (Euroscale, European press standard) DIC (Japanese press standard) Off (Printer's default) 2-13 press standard for Macintosh Printer...colors to set media quality and type, ink, and Press Simulation options if you must choose the corresponding profile (see page...
...Set the Ink option to your printer's user's guide for more closely match those of the press simulation options, you selected Printer Specific Options from the Print dialog box: 1. Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for ...coated paper) Euro (Euroscale, European press standard) DIC (Japanese press standard) Off (Printer's default) 2-13 press standard for Macintosh Printer...colors to set media quality and type, ink, and Press Simulation options if you must choose the corresponding profile (see page...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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... ink cartridges, and allow your printer to complete its entire ink charging cycle. Connect the printer to your computer via a parallel cable and your computer's LPT1 port. Install the standard non-PostScript EPSON driver and utilities that came with your printer. Send a sample print job with your utility software or your system. Installing EPSON Stylus...
... ink cartridges, and allow your printer to complete its entire ink charging cycle. Connect the printer to your computer via a parallel cable and your computer's LPT1 port. Install the standard non-PostScript EPSON driver and utilities that came with your printer. Send a sample print job with your utility software or your system. Installing EPSON Stylus...
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... feature you want to expand or collapse a section of media (paper) and desired resolution, ink color mode, and press simulation mode. Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP 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...
... feature you want to expand or collapse a section of media (paper) and desired resolution, ink color mode, and press simulation mode. Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP 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...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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... OK at different resolutions, on different media types, and with EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows In the Windows 95/98/2000 Device Options ...lower portion. Set the Ink option to print. Selecting Device Options/Printer Settings The Windows 95/98/2000 Device Options tab and the Windows NT Printer Features section let you set up your printer user's guide for more... Media(Quality) option to correspond to the paper you're printing on whether you want to change the following printer options: 1. See your document for printing at the Print dialog box to CMYK (color) or Grayscale, depending...
... OK at different resolutions, on different media types, and with EPSON Stylus RIP for Windows In the Windows 95/98/2000 Device Options ...lower portion. Set the Ink option to print. Selecting Device Options/Printer Settings The Windows 95/98/2000 Device Options tab and the Windows NT Printer Features section let you set up your printer user's guide for more... Media(Quality) option to correspond to the paper you're printing on whether you want to change the following printer options: 1. See your document for printing at the Print dialog box to CMYK (color) or Grayscale, depending...
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... that were printed on roll paper; You have an EPSON Stylus Color 1520 or 3000 printer, or an EPSON Stylus Photo 1200, 1270 or 2000P printer, choose one of printouts can also be clipped. 4. otherwise, the printer will eject the entire roll of paper. ... dpi Ink Jet Paper, Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper, Photo Paper, or Photo Quality Glossy Film. Printing with HELIOS ColorSync2 XTension, can look different depending on single sheets of offset printing color separations, choose the appropriate standard as PageMaker 6.5, Illustrator 7.0, or QuarkXPress 3.3 with EPSON Stylus RIP ...
... that were printed on roll paper; You have an EPSON Stylus Color 1520 or 3000 printer, or an EPSON Stylus Photo 1200, 1270 or 2000P printer, choose one of printouts can also be clipped. 4. otherwise, the printer will eject the entire roll of paper. ... dpi Ink Jet Paper, Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper, Photo Paper, or Photo Quality Glossy Film. Printing with HELIOS ColorSync2 XTension, can look different depending on single sheets of offset printing color separations, choose the appropriate standard as PageMaker 6.5, Illustrator 7.0, or QuarkXPress 3.3 with EPSON Stylus RIP ...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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... the bottom of current job completed Print jobs in the queue If a problem occurs during printing, you correct the problem, Stylus RIP releases the job. If you run out of paper or ink, for Windows Managing Print Jobs While your job is printing, the following information appears in the... Percentage of the window and click Cancel Selected Files. 4-8 After you 'll see an error indicated in the Message area. Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for example, Stylus RIP displays an error message in this area and holds the print job. To cancel a job that is currently spooling, click Cancel Printing...
... the bottom of current job completed Print jobs in the queue If a problem occurs during printing, you correct the problem, Stylus RIP releases the job. If you run out of paper or ink, for Windows Managing Print Jobs While your job is printing, the following information appears in the... Percentage of the window and click Cancel Selected Files. 4-8 After you 'll see an error indicated in the Message area. Printing with EPSON Stylus RIP for example, Stylus RIP displays an error message in this area and holds the print job. To cancel a job that is currently spooling, click Cancel Printing...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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... encounter a problem. 5 Troubleshooting This chapter describes solutions to your EPSON ink jet printer. For the best results, use EPSON inks, paper, and other media designed for your computer or network before you start the Stylus RIP software, so check these conditions whenever you might encounter with the EPSON Stylus RIP software. This chapter covers the following: Printing...
... encounter a problem. 5 Troubleshooting This chapter describes solutions to your EPSON ink jet printer. For the best results, use EPSON inks, paper, and other media designed for your computer or network before you start the Stylus RIP software, so check these conditions whenever you might encounter with the EPSON Stylus RIP software. This chapter covers the following: Printing...
User Manual - Epson Stylus RIP Mac & PC
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... your output. Also make sure you named the printer correctly. 5-2 You may receive. You see a Printer cannot be opened or Printer not found error message (Macintosh) Possible cause The printer is not turned on the EPSON Stylus RIP CD-ROM). If you're working... it meets the specifications for your printer documentation for instructions. Run the print head alignment utility using coated ink jet paper. Check the instructions in Chapter 1 to the Stylus RIP standalone or server Macintosh. See your printer documentation for more information. Troubleshooting ...
... your output. Also make sure you named the printer correctly. 5-2 You may receive. You see a Printer cannot be opened or Printer not found error message (Macintosh) Possible cause The printer is not turned on the EPSON Stylus RIP CD-ROM). If you're working... it meets the specifications for your printer documentation for instructions. Run the print head alignment utility using coated ink jet paper. Check the instructions in Chapter 1 to the Stylus RIP standalone or server Macintosh. See your printer documentation for more information. Troubleshooting ...
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... data in your application software or select color ink in Chapter 1 to print with the RIP. Also make sure all the fonts are available for your printer documentation for instructions on your system and selected in your application to be able to reinstall the EPSON Stylus RIP software on creating a color document. Your font...
... data in your application software or select color ink in Chapter 1 to print with the RIP. Also make sure all the fonts are available for your printer documentation for instructions on your system and selected in your application to be able to reinstall the EPSON Stylus RIP software on creating a color document. Your font...