Epson SureColor P20500 - Printer settings

Printer tab

• Paper Source. Paper choice, between:
  • Roll
  • Manual (Sheet)
  • Poster Board

• Cut media: the embedded cutter will separate the job from the roll at the end of print according to the chosen following parameter:
  • Off
  • Cut after print
  • Print line
  • Cut before and after print
  • Cut after print less waste

• Hard drive use. Setting to save or not and type of use of the printer's internal hard disk. You can choose between:
  • HDD less operation
  • Save before print
  • Save before print (leave data)
  • Save and print
  • Save and print (leave data)

• Paper Edge Quality: setting that ensures a printing quality. You can choose between:
  • Standard: printing with the 2 printheads
  • Add Top Margin: printing with the 2 printheads and adding a margin at the top
  • Optimize Paper Edge Quality: printing with 1 printhead

Advanced parameters

• Use printer status. The driver will react according to the printer status: wait for the end of the previous print to launch a new one, check media size, etc.

Media tab

• Information: at the top of the window, you are able to see information about your media. There you have access to two actions:
  • Save: when you click on this button, the current media settings are saved to the selected media profile (printer, media, resolution, mode) so there will be applied for any new job using the same print configuration. If you don't save, the changes you made are only applied to the current job.
  • Reload: will revert back to default as set during profiling or the last saved changes.
• Horizontal compensation (%): we recommend not to modify this. Any deviation is likely to be mechanical on the printer's side.
• Vertical compensation (%): this can be useful if you detect an increase or decrease in the length due to heating or media tension which is common when printing on vinyl or textiles for example. To calculate the compensation, click Compute and follow the software’s instructions.

• Slot. Choice of printer configuration slot for this media:
  • Panel
  • 1 to 10
• Reference media: Most important option, as it must be as close as possible to the actual type of media used, to guarantee optimum print quality. It is this media that limits or otherwise certain print modes. See the related section for more information.
• Black Enhance Overcoat: Enhances black depth.
  

    Info

  The previous setting is not available with all print modes/media

Advanced parameters

• Ink Density Factor (%): maximum level of ink allowed. Increasing this factor might increase the Gamut but it might also create over-inking issues. This value indicates the absorption capability of the medium being used, and directly impacts the output and ink usage.

Comments tab

On this tab you can see comments coming from the EasyMedia module. It can include comments from the global media window and from the profile project window.

Status tab

• Status: global state of the printer:
  • Ready
  • Not available
  • Printing

All data is coming from the printer, if it is not available, nothing can be displayed.

• Inks: information about the ink configuration and the inks levels in %.

• Media: information about the media loaded on the printer.

• Misc: complementary info about the printer (model, serial number, firmware version).

• Refresh: button to refresh the tab.