Chapter 4
Using the Printer Software for Windows
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Introducing the Printer Software Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
Accessing the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
From Windows applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3
From Windows 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
From Windows 3.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5
Using the Automatic Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
Using the Predefined Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
Customizing the Print Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-9
Saving your settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10
Making the Media Type Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-11
Using EPSON Printer Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13
EPSON Status Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14
Nozzle Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Head Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Print Head Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15
Checking Printer Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Understanding the EPSON Spool Manager . . . . . . . . . 4-16
Understanding the Despooler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17
Getting Information Through Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
From Windows applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
From Windows 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
From Windows 3.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-18
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