Epson Stylus 9600 Plotter Documentation PC

Printing from Adobe Photoshop CS

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. Set the size of your image:

a) Open your image in Photoshop
b) From the Image menu, select Image Size. A window titled Image Size will open.

Towards the bottom of the window, make sure the box next to Constrain Proportions is checked. In the Document Size section: Make sure the width and height menus are set to inches. Adjust the width and height to your desired size. The width must not be greater than 34 inches. Set the Resolution field to at least 150dpi and no more than 300/600dpi Click OK.

3. Make sure the image you are printing has all the layers flattened. This will make the file size smaller and help the image print faster.

• Go to the Layer menu and select Flatten Image.

4. Save a second copy of your document to the desktop with the changes made for printing. Save the second copy with a new name to avoid copying over the original file.

5. Set the Paper Size and print your document.

In File menu select Print. A window titled Print will open.

In the center of the Print window: Printer: select EPSON Stylus Pro 9600 – Large Format Plotter Printer Click Page Setup… In the Main tab: Media Type: Select Premium Glossy Photo Paper (250) or Premium Luster Photo Paper (260) depending on what is displayed as the currently inserted paper on the top of the plotter. Ink: Color/B&W Photo Mode:  Automatic  Set arrow tab at the Quality end Select EPSON Standard (sRGB) in dropdown. Check Print Preview

In the Paper tab: Paper Source: Roll Paper Check Borderless AutoCut: Select Normal Cut Paper Size: Select a paper size closest to your document size, remembering that the largest dimension will always be 36 inches Copies: 1 Orientation: Landscape Click OK

Once ready click Print…

• You may see an error message, "Some PostScript specific print settings (Emulsion, Interpolation, and Calibration Encoding) will be ignored since you are printing to a non-PostScript printer. Click OK.
• Make sure the Epson printer is still chosen and click print
• A new window should popup EPSON Print Preview
• View the document in the preview window to make sure it looks correct.
• Click Print at the top

The staff and students in Science Library can help you with your questions and any problems that come up.

Other tips and tricks:

If the paper size you need is not on the list, do the following:

• Change the Paper Size field to User Defined.
• 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. These numbers are in .01 inches. The width should always be set to 3600 because that is the size of the paper in the plotter.
• Click Save.
• 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.

To make sure your image will fit on the plotter paper:

In Photoshop, click and hold the grey box titled Doc at the bottom left of your document. You should see a white rectangle with two crossing diagonal lines. The white box represents the plotter paper. The lines in the square represent your document. If the white rectangle is inside the square around the crossing diagonal lines, your document is larger than the paper and part of it will be cropped off. You will need to increase your paper size or make your document smaller.

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Kara S. Hart Wellesley College Library Last Updated: July 2008