Epson 740 Printer User Manual


 
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On-line Documentation and
On-screen Status Monitor keep
the user in control
To ensure that all the printer functions
can be observed and maintained. Status
Monitor 2 keeps users informed of key
printer information, including Printer
Status and ink levels, while a
sophisticated multimedia set-up guide and
comprehensive Reference and Colour
Guides ensure maximum information and
ease of use.
EPSON Warranty for peace of mind
The EPSON Stylus COLOR 740 has a 1 year
return-to-base warranty as standard, which
may be extended to 3-years and upgraded
to on-site repair support for extra peace
of mind.
Your free EPSON PerfectPicture Pak contains
everything you need to start creating -
instantly. Fantastic PC and Mac compatible
software and a free EPSON Photo Quality Paper
Pack complete the perfect printing solution -
offering endless opportunities for creativity,
quality and fun.
Adobe PhotoDeluxe 2.0
- endless
photo presentation opportunities
Based on Adobe Photoshop, the world-
wide industry standard among photo
professionals, this powerful, easy-to-use
software provides unlimited opportunities
to manipulate and present photos. Dozens
of templates offer a wealth of presentation
opportunities, while professional results
can be achieved with the assistance of
editing tools including Adobe SmartSelect,
a Clone Tool and One-Step Red-Eye
Removal.
More than 30 Special Effects offer
creativity to suit any project, while
retrieval and storage is made easy with an
EasyPhoto organiser for creating photo
albums or galleries. And with the addition
of Adobe Connectables, a free monthly
activities guide which can be accessed via
the Web, there really is no end to what
can be achieved.
EPSON PhotoSheet - multiple photo
layouts all on one page
This simple to use EPSON software is
designed for printing multiple copies of a
photograph in different sizes on one sheet
of A4. It provides image controls for
rotation, brightness, contrast, saturation
and colour adjustment before printing.
You can print images from your hard disk
or EPSON digital camera or scanner, using
the built-in TWAIN interface.
EPSON Photo Quality Paper Pack -
put the best in and get the ultimate
out of your EPSON Stylus COLOR 740
To ensure that outstanding results can be
achieved instantly, the free EPSON Photo
Quality Paper Pack includes a number of
high quality paper products which have
been specially designed to achieve
outstanding results on the Stylus COLOR 740.
Unbelievable results can be produced on
plain paper, whilst genuine EPSON media
ensures the very best output possible and
provides increased versatility and creativity.
The Photo Quality Paper Pack includes:
5 x A4 Photo Paper
3 x 4” x 6” Photo Paper,
3 x A4 Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper
High Quality Images
Included with the Stylus COLOR 740 is
EPSON High Quality Images software,
offering a selection of pictures that allow
you to quickly and easily experience the
high-quality output
available from your
printer, straight out of
the box with no hidden
extras required.
Creativity and quality
- start here
Re-defining home and office printing.
EPSON Ultra MicroDot™
Through the precise control of minute
piezo crystals inside the printhead, EPSON
Ultra MicroDot Technology produces ink
droplets of just 6 picolitres - the smallest
ink droplet available from any inkjet
printer. The combination of EPSON’s world
renowned 1440 dpi print resolution and
this new Ultra MicroDot™ produces
amazing PhotoReal images, and laser-
sharp text.
EPSON Variable-Sized
Droplet Technology
EPSON Variable-Sized Droplet Technology
is capable of producing three different
sizes of ink droplet, including the 6
picolitre EPSON Ultra MicroDot™. Through
intelligent analysis of the page to be
printed, the Stylus COLOR 740
utilises the smaller droplet to
produce fine detail, whilst
increase the droplet size
for areas of greater coverage.
Thus providing the optimum
in both speed and quality.
Flexible paper handling
and reliability
The Stylus COLOR 740 supports a wide
variety of paper sizes and thicknesses,
with a paper handling capacity of 100 A4
pages, 30 Transparency Sheets or 10
envelopes. To ensure maximum
performance, the two ink cartridges can
print around 900 pages of A4 text, 300
pages of colour or 70 photos.
Full PC and Mac compatibility
makes great printing simple
The Stylus COLOR 740 is fully Windows and
Macintosh compatible, supporting
Windows 3.1, 95, 98 and NT 4.0.
The Stylus COLOR 740 also supports USB
(Universal Serial Bus) interface the very
latest and most flexible way of connecting
a wide variety of devices such as printers,
without needing to restart the computer -
a breakthrough in simple Plug and
Play connectivity.
Feature Enhanced Printer Driver -
maximum performance
and efficiency
The enhanced Printer Driver features a
number of developments designed to
increase performance and efficiency, all
easily controlled through a friendly
user interface.
EPSON PhotoEnhance 3
automatically boosts
quality by adjusting
colour balance,
exposure and contrast,
ideal for printing web
pages and digital
camera images. New Photo 720 and 1440
Print Modes utilise Ultra MicroDot™ and
Variable-Sized Droplet Technology to
render tonal variations and colour
gradations with exceptional smoothness.
Efficiency is maintained by numerous
additional printer driver functions
including new Plain Paper Economy Mode
to optimise ink economy, and Enhanced
Paper Length Check to save wasted pages.
The Stylus COLOR 740 also includes
enhancements such as ‘Watermark’
function, Document Rotation, Proportional
Printing, and Multiple Pages per Sheet,
all designed to provide the user with
complete control over the
printed document.
EPSON Advanced MicroPiezo™ Technology
The Stylus COLOR 740 is the first printer to
incorporate the latest development of EPSON’s
award winning Piezo inkjet technology - EPSON
Advanced MicroPiezo™. A combination of two
key elements - EPSON Ultra MicroDot™ and
EPSON Variable-Sized Droplet Technology - this
cutting-edge innovation produces the best
combination of speed and print quality
without compromise.
Outstanding Features
EPSON Ultra MicroDot - The World’s
smallest dot
Latest EPSON technology - Advanced
MicroPiezo™ featuring Ultra MicroDot
and EPSON Variable-Sized Droplet
Technology
Outstanding speed - 40% speed
improvement
Amazing resolution - up to 1440dpi
Optimised for printing on plain paper
Fully compatible with Mac and
Windows, including ‘98 USB
Parallel, Serial and USB interfaces
EPSON PerfectPicture Imaging System™
Breathtaking PhotoReal™ Colour and
laser sharp black text
Advanced Colour matching -
Windows ICM, Apple ColorSync and sRGB
Free EPSON PerfectPicture Pak home
creativity software including:
- Adobe PhotoDeluxe 2.0
- EPSON PhotoSheet
Free Photo Quality Paper Pack
The EPSON Stylus COLOR 740 offers home and office users genuine
ground breaking performance, thanks to the very latest
developments in 4-colour inkjet technology, including EPSON
Ultra MicroDot™ - the smallest ink dot in the world today,
in black and colour.
EPSON’s unique PerfectPicture Imaging System™ features EPSON
Advanced MicroPiezo™, which utilises new EPSON Variable-Sized
Droplet Technology to maximise ink control and efficiency,
producing the ultimate laser sharp text and Photo Quality output.
Outstanding 1440dpi resolution and PhotoReal™ colour ensure
the most striking presentations, reports and newsletters, while
free software and a Photo Quality Paper Pack complete what is
truly the ultimate home and office printing solution for
PC & Mac users.
PerfectPicturPicturee
8” x 10” Printed at
720dpi - printed in only
179 seconds
Comprehensive On-line Colour Guide
Allows you to make multiple copies
of a photographic image in a variety
of sizes on an A4 sheet
A4 DTP page
printed at 360dpi -
print speed of 27 seconds
A4 presentation page
printed at 360dpi -
print speed of 50 seconds
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A4 web page
printed at 360dpi -
print speed of 42 seconds
Watermarking Proportional Printing
Multipage
Variable-sized Droplet Technology ensures the
most breathtaking clarity, even on detailed areas,
and also eliminates image ‘banding’ which can
result from ‘straight’ lines of dots. This maximises
the efficiency of the Stylus COLOR 740 by
ensuring exceptional definition while
maintaining speed.
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The illustrated pages provide a real life example
of actual printing times.