Epson Stylus 9600
Plotter
Printing from Adobe Illustrator CS
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Epson Stylus 9600
Plotter |
1. Save a copy of your document to the computer's desktop. DO NOT work with a document from a disk or on the network.
2. Open your image in Illustrator
3. Set the size of your artboard:
a) From the File menu, select Document Setup. A window titled Document Setup will open.
b) In the Document Setup window:
- Choose Artboard from the drop-down menu at the top left hand of the window.
- In the Setup section:
- In the Size field, select Custom from the drop-down menu.
- Make sure the units for width and height are set to inches.
- Adjust your image to the desired size.
- The smaller dimension of your image should not exceed 34 inches.
- Select the appropriate orientation - we recommend portrait.
- Make sure the box next to Show Images in Outline Mode is not checked.
c) Once you have selected the correct page size, click OK.
Note: Changing the size of your artboard does not change your image size.
3. The page tiling, which is a rectangle with dotted lines, should sit just inside the artboard outline. If you do not see the page tiling, go to the View menu and select Show Page Tiling.
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If the tiling outline is big enough, but does not line up with the artboard, try the following:
a) In the toolbar menu, select the page tool by selecting the hand tool located in the bottom left corner of the toolbar and holding down the mouse, the page tool will appear as an extra option.
b) Use the page tool to move the tiling outline so that it is just within the artboard.
4. Save a second copy of your document with a new name to the desktop with the changes made for printing.
If the tiling outline is not big enough, setting the paper size and type will define the page tiling dimensions.
5. Set the paper size and type.
a) Click on the File menu and select Print. A window titled Print will appear.
b) Click on Printer at the bottom of the window. If a dialog box appears saying 'The Print Setup dialog box is provided by the operating system', click Continue.
- In the new Print window:
- Make sure the printer is set to Stylus Pro 9600 (FW: Roll Paper).
- Click on the Copies & Pages pull-down menu and select Print Settings.
- In the Print Settings panel, from the pull-down menu to the right of Media Type, select 'Premium Luster Photo Paper'.
- In the Print Settings panel, make sure the Mode is set to Automatic, and move the slider to Quality. (See image above)
- Click Print to return to the main Print window.
c) In the Print window, click on Page Setup at the bottom of the window. If a dialog box appears saying 'The Page Setup dialog box is provided by the operating system', click Continue.
In the Page Setup window:
- The Settings field should read Page Attributes.
- In the Format for field select Stylus Pro 9600(FW: Roll Paper)
- Click the pull-down menu next to the Paper Size field, and select a page size close to the size of your document. As long as the height is correct, it is okay to choose a size which is 36" wide. The paper will feed out that large regardless.
If the paper Size you need is not on the list, do the following:
- Change the Settings field to Custom Paper Size.
- Click the New button to add a new paper size. Create a name for it based on the size. width" x height" So if your new paper size was 36" x 12", that would be how you would name it.
- Under Paper Size, type in the height and width of your document. Note that the order is reversed from above: type in height first, then the width of your document. The paper width should always be set to 36" because that is the size of the paper in the plotter.
Under Printer Margins, make sure all fields are set to 1 to give your document a one inch margin on all sides.
- Click Save.
- Change the Settings field to Page Attributes.
- Click the pull-down menu next to the Paper Size field and select the paper size you just created. It will be near the end of the list
- Make sure the orientation of the paper is same as the one you selected earlier in Document Setup. Once you have selected the correct page size and orientation, click OK to return to the Print window
- Remember you will be charged according to the number of linear feet you use. You can save paper and money by rotating your image or combining several smaller images to use the entire width of 36”.
6. While still in the Print window, double check your image will fit on the plotter paper by previewing the document in the preview screen on the left section.
