User manual EPSON STYLUS PRO 4800

[. . . ] ® Reference Guide English Color Ink Jet Printer All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Seiko Epson Corporation. No patent liability is assumed with respect to the use of the information contained herein. Neither is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein. [. . . ] Decreasing the air suction at the platen is useful to avoid wrinkling or waving of thin or saturated media, or eliminating vertical banding. The relationship of the parameter and suction power is as follows. Standard : 100% -1: 50% -2: 30% -3: 10% -4: 6% Paper Thickness Paper Suction Cut Method Determines the best cutting method according to the paper thickness. Standard: Normal speed and normal cut pressure Thin Paper: Low cut pressure Thick Paper, Fast:High speed and high cut pressure Thick Paper, Slow:Low speed and high cut pressure Printing with Mac OS X 203 English 3 Mode Platen Gap Description Platen Gap is the height from the media loaded in the printer to the print head. By adjusting this parameter, you may produce better print quality. This is set automatically according to the Paper Thickness setting specified. Note: Setting Platen Gap to Narrow may produce better print quality, but make sure the media does not wrinkle or touch the print head; otherwise, printed data or the print head surface may be damaged. Use Wider or Wide in such case. Eject Roller Type Select the Eject Roller Type that best fits your media. Auto: The printer selects the most appropriate setting automatically. When you use Epson special media, usually select this setting. Starwheel-Sheet: If you want to print on cut-sheet paper that is non-Epson special media, select this setting. Starwheel-Roll Curled: If you want to print on strongly curled roll paper that is non-Epson special media, select this setting. No Roller-Roll Normal: If you want to print on roll paper that is non-Epson special media, select this setting. 204 Printing with Mac OS X Roll Paper Option You can make Auto Cut, Print Page Line, and Save Roll Paper settings. 3 3 3 3 Auto Cut You can select the following cutting methods. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Single Cut Select this setting if you want to save paper. If you select this setting, the boundary of a picture or the boundary of a page is cut. However, the cut position may shift slightly. Printing with Mac OS X 205 English 3 Note: When printing on Premium Glossy Photo Paper (250) roll paper or Premium Semigloss Photo Paper (250) roll paper, do not select this setting; otherwise, print quality may decline. Double Cut Select this setting to avoid the slight gap that occurs with the Single Cut setting. A margin is created between the pictures, and 1 mm along the inside of each picture is cut. 206 Printing with Mac OS X Normal Cut Select this setting to keep margins at the top and bottom of the printed data. 3 3 3 3 Off Select this setting to cut the printouts manually. To cut the printouts manually, follow the steps below. Press the Paper Feed or Paper Feed button, and match the cutting position with the scissors mark on the left side of the print head. 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 Printing with Mac OS X 207 English 3 2. Press the Paper Source button to select Auto Cut On . 3. Press and hold the Paper Source button for 3 seconds. The paper cutter cuts the printout at the cutting position. Print Page Line You can specify whether to print a page line on the right side and also below the printed data for manual cutting. The Print Page Line operation changes according to the Auto Cut setting. [. . . ] A serial interface transmits data one bit at a time. interface cable The cable that connects between the computer and the printer. LCD Liquid Crystal Display. Shows various messages according to status of the printer. local printer The printer which is connected to the computer's port directly by interface cable. media Materials upon which data is printed, such as roll paper and cut sheets, plain paper, and special paper. memory The part of the printer's electronic system that is used to store information (data). Some information is fixed and is used to control how the printer operates. Information that is sent to the printer from the computer is stored in the memory temporarily. [. . . ]