Printer Driver Settings Overview
Printer settings
Monitoring settings
Setting Utility
The following tables show the Windows printer driver settings. Note that not every setting is available in all versions of
Windows. For more details, see
Help
for the printer driver.
Printer settings
Settings
Explanations
Paper Size
Select the size of the paper you want to use. If you do not see your paper size,
use the scroll bar to scroll through the list. If your paper size is not included in
the list, see
Definition of Custom Paper Size
for instructions.
Orientation
Select
Portrait
or
Landscape
.
Paper Source
Select the paper source you want to use.
Graphic - Print Quality
Select the printing resolution you want. The higher the resolution you select, the
more detailed your printout will be; however, increasing the resolution slows
printing.
Halftoning
Select the type of halftoning to use when printing graphics. To let the printer
determine the best halftone quality, use
Auto Select
.
Printer Font Setting
Select a character table group to use. You can select one of three character table
groups,
Standard
,
Expanded
, and
None
(bit image printing).
When
Standard
or
Expanded
is selected, the printer uses the device fonts.
Expanded includes more fonts than Standard.
When
None
is selected, the printer uses bit map images instead of the device
fonts.
For details on the fonts which are included in each table, see your printer’s
documentation.
Page Order*
Select whether to print from front to back or back to front.
Pages Per Sheet*
Select the number of pages that you want to print onto a single page.
Copy Count*
When you select more than one in the Number of copies box, this check box
appears and you can select whether to collate the pages of the copies.
Advanced Printing Features* Select
Enable
or
Disable
for the metafile Spooling.
Print Optimizations*
Select
Disable
when the printer does not use the device fonts and select
Enable
when the printer uses the device fonts.
Printable Area
If
Standard
is selected, the normal printable area for Epson impact printers is
used.
If
Maximum
is selected, the printer’s maximum printable area is used.
Top Margin Priority
Select which setting for the print-start position is to be used; driver setting or
printer setting. For more details, see Help for the printer driver.
Packet Mode
Ordinarily, there is no need to change this setting. If you change the printer’s
Packet Mode settings, change this setting to match. If the printer and printer
driver settings are different, you may not be able to print correctly. For more
details, see Help for the printer driver.
User Defined Paper
If your paper is not included in the Paper Size drop-down list, you can add the
size to the list. For more details, see Help for the printer driver.
Offset
This setting allows you to offset the image on the page. That is, you can adjust
the position of the printed image. If the offset you specify moves a portion of the