Epson Stylus Color 980 User Manual

Using the Printer Software for Windows
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Chapter 3
Using the Printer Software for Windows
Printer Software Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Getting more information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Accessing the printer software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2
Making Changes to Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-4
Making the Media Type setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5
Using the Automatic mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-8
Using the PhotoEnhance mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-9
Using the Custom mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10
Previewing your printout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
Modifying the printout style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-20
Making the Paper menu settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-21
Making the Layout menu settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-22
Using the Printer Utilities. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-36
EPSON Status Monitor 3 (not available for Windows 3.1). 3-37
Nozzle Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38
Head Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38
Print Head Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-38
Speed & Progress (not available for Windows 3.1) . . . . . . . 3-39
Monitoring Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-41
Getting Information Through Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-42
Accessing help from an application. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-42
Accessing help from the Windows Start menu . . . . . . . . . . 3-43
Accessing help from Windows 3.1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-43
Increasing the Print Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-43
General tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-43
Making Speed & Progress settings (not available for
Windows 3.1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-46
Making Configure LPT Port settings (for Windows NT 4.0 only)
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Epson Stylus Color 980 Specifications

General

Brand	Epson
Model	Stylus Color 980
Category	Printer
Language	English