User manual EPSON LQ-680

[. . . ] No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION. The information contained herein is designed only for use with this EPSON printer. EPSON is not responsible for any use of this information as applied to other printers. Neither SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION nor its affiliates shall be liable to the purchaser of this product or third parties for damages, losses, costs, or expenses incurred by the purchaser or third parties as a result of: accident, misuse, or abuse of this product or unauthorized modifications, repairs, or alterations to this product, or (excluding the U. S. ) failure to strictly comply with SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION's operating and maintenance instructions. [. . . ] For an overview of the available settings, see "Printer Driver Settings Overview" on page 3-18. To open these dialog boxes, see the previous sections on accessing the printer driver. When you finish making your printer driver settings, click OK to apply the settings, or click Cancel to cancel your changes. Once you've checked your printer driver settings and changed them if necessary, you are ready to print. Using the Printer Software 3-17 Printer Driver Settings Overview The following tables show the Windows printer driver settings. The printing settings are shown below. Settings Paper size Explanations Select the size of the paper you want to use. If you don't see your paper size, use the scroll bar to scroll through the list. If your paper size is not included in the list, click Custom or User Defined Size and enter the paper size in the dialog box that appears. The higher the resolution you select, the more detailed your printout will be; however, increasing the resolution slows printing. If you are using Windows 3. 1, this option is only available from the Control panel. You can leave this option set to Fine, which is the default setting, or select another dithering pattern depending on the kind of printout you want. Move the slider to make your printout lighter or darker. Orientation Paper Source Resolution/ Graphics Resolution Dithering Intensity/ Intensity Control Print quality Select a print quality option from the Print quality list. If you turn on Hi-speed, you will enter bi-directional printing mode and printing speed will increase. Turning Hi-speed off will return the printer to uni-directional printing mode. To monitor the printer, make sure the Monitor the printing status check box is selected. Click this button to open the Monitoring Preferences dialog box where you can make settings for EPSON Status Monitor 3. EPSON Status Monitor 3 Monitoring Preferences 3-18 Using the Printer Software Settings Paper/Output Explanations Check the Paper Size, Orientation, and Paper Source settings you made on the Page Setup menu and change them if necessary. Select the setting and then choose an option from the Change Setting list box. Click this button to set the brightness and contrast, input the RGB gamma, or make other settings. For details, click Help in this dialog box. Halftone The monitoring settings are shown below. Settings EPSON Status Monitor 3 Explanations You can access EPSON Status Monitor 3 when you click this button. To monitor the printer, make sure the Monitor the printing status check box is selected. Click this button to open the Monitoring Preferences dialog box where you can make settings for EPSON Status Monitor 3. For more information, see "Setting up EPSON Status Monitor 3" on page 3-21. Monitoring Preferences Using the Printer Software 3-19 Using the EPSON Remote!utility allows you to easily change the printer's default settings from your computer's DOS prompt. Installing EPSON Remote! Follow the steps below to install EPSON Remote! [. . . ] Also called data dump. interface The connection (via a cable) between the computer and the printer through which print data is transmitted to the printer. landscape Printing that is oriented sideways on the page. This orientation gives you a page that is wider than it is high and is useful for printing spreadsheets. See also portrait. letter quality (LQ) The print mode used by your printer, printing with letter-quality fonts provides better readability and appearance at a reduced print speed. See also draft. 2 Glossary line feed (LF) A control panel button and control code that advances the paper one line space. micro adjust A printer feature that allows you to precisely adjust the tear-off and top-of-form positions. pitch The horizontal size of the font, which is measured in the number of character per inch (cpi). [. . . ]