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Contents PictureMate User’s Guide 6 Getting to Know Your PictureMate 7 Loading Paper 8 Supported Paper Types 9 Printing From Your Computer 10 Printing From a Windows Computer 10 Printing From a Macintosh Computer 13 Printing Photos Using Film Factory 18 Opening Your Photos in Film Factory 18 Printing Your Photos in Film Factory 20 Copying Photos to Your Computer 22 Compatible Memory Cards 23 Photo Image File Requirements 23 Inserting Your Memory Card and Copying Photos 24 Configuring PhotoStarte
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Printing All Your Photos From the PictureMate Print Wizard 38 Printing Some of Your Photos From the PictureMate Print Wizard 39 Viewing the PictureMate Main Menu 40 Selecting the Photos You Want to Print 41 Setting the Number of Copies in the Main Menu 46 Choosing a Layout 47 Confirming and Printing 47 Doing More With Your Prints 48 Adjusting Printer Settings 54 Printing From a PictBridge-enabled Digital Camera 57 Printing From an External CD, Zip Disk, or Flash Memory Drive 58 Printing Wireless
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Software Installation Problems 90 Printing Problems 91 Memory Card Problems 92 Print Quality Problems 93 Problems With Paper Feeding 94 Miscellaneous Printout Problems 95 Where To Get Help 97 Uninstalling PictureMate Software 98 Uninstalling From a Windows Computer 98 Uninstalling From a Macintosh Using OS X 99 Uninstalling From a Macintosh Using OS 9 99 Setting Up Network Printing 100 Windows XP and 2000 101 Windows Me and 98 103 Macintosh OS X 10.2.x - 10.3.x 105 Macintosh OS 9 106 System Requ
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AC Adapter 119 Built-in Card Slots 120 External Storage Devices 120 Standards and Approvals 121 Notices 123 How many photos will I get from a PictureMate Print Pack? 123 PictureMate Print Pack Satisfaction Guarantee: 124 Copyright Notice 124 A Note Concerning Responsible Use of Copyrighted Materials 125 Trademarks 125 4
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PictureMate User’s Guide TM This User’s Guide tells you how to print from PictureMate, print from a computer, troubleshoot PictureMate, save your photos, and more. See these documents for additional information: ■ To set up your PictureMate, see the Start Here sheet. ■ For a handy, portable reference to printing without a computer, see the Using PictureMate Without a Computer book. ■ To install software for using PictureMate with your computer, see the Using PictureMate With a Computer book
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Getting to Know Your PictureMate LCD menu screen Save your photos to an external drive (CD-R, Zip Turn PictureMate disk, or thumb drive) on or off Go back or stop Use these buttons printing to move through menu options Memory card light Click to print (flashes when reading card; on when card is in printer) Paper support (load photo paper here) Memory card door USB port for PictBridge cameras, external drives, or TM optional Bluetooth adapter Output tray (catches printed USB port
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Loading Paper 1. Open the output tray. Open and pull up paper support Load glossy side up Move handle all the way down Open output tray Note: Keep the PictureMate handle to the back, under the paper feeder and all the way down, to allow paper to feed through. 2. Open the paper support. 3. Pull up the top of the paper support. 4. Place your PictureMate Photo Paper against the right edge, with the glossy side up. Caution: Don’t load plain paper, this may cause damage to PictureMate. N
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5. Slide the edge guide snug against the paper, but not so tight that the paper is bent. Note: Always keep unused paper in the original package and store it flat to prevent curling. Supported Paper Types PictureMate supports the following paper type: PictureMate Photo Paper: 100 sheets are included in the PictureMate Print Pack (part# T5570) along with a PictureMate Photo Cartridge. Note: If you are out of PictureMate Photo Paper, but do not see the replace cartridge message, you can still
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Printing From Your Computer When you print from your computer, you can edit, enhance, and organize your ® ® photos, using your photo software, such as Adobe Photoshop. Before you start, make sure your PictureMate software is installed as described in the Using PictureMate With a Computer booklet. Follow the instructions for your computer: ■ Printing From a Windows Computer ■ Printing From a Macintosh Computer TM Tip: If your digital camera supports PRINT Image Matching (P.I.M. or P.I.M. II)
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3. Make sure EPSON PictureMate is selected. 4. Click the Preferences or Properties button. (If you see a Setup, Printer, or Options button, click it. Then click Preferences or Properties on the next screen.) You see the Printing Preferences or Properties window: 5. You can do the following: ■ Select Borderless to print a photo without any borders or choose Borders to print with a white border all around. ■ If your photo is longer than it is wide, select Portrait orientation; if it is wider
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■ To bring out the fine details of a particularly intricate photo, select Enhance Fine Details (printing may be slower). Tip: For more information about printer settings, click the ? or Help button. 6. Click OK. 7. At the Print window, click OK or Print to start printing. During printing, this window appears and shows the progress of your print job. You can use the buttons to cancel, pause, or resume printing. You can also see how much ink you have left. Click to cancel printing Click to paus
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Printing From a Macintosh Computer Follow the steps below for the operating system you are printing from: ■ Macintosh OS X ■ Macintosh OS 9 Macintosh OS X If you’re printing from an OS X compatible application, follow the steps below to ® print a photo. (If you’re using an application that’s compatible only with Macintosh Classic mode, follow the steps in Macintosh OS 9 instead.) 1. From the File menu, select Page Setup. You see this menu: Select PictureMate Select 4 × 6 in (Borderless) or 4
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4. When you’re finished with the Page Setup settings, click OK. 5. Select Print from the File menu. You see a screen like this: Select PictureMate Click here and select Print Settings ™ 6. Select Print Settings from the pop-up menu. (In iPhoto, click Advanced options to see the pop-up menu.) You see your printing options: 7. Select your print settings as follows: ■ To bring out the fine details in your photo, select Enhance Fine Details (printing may be slower). ■ To print your photo in colo
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■ Layout, to select page layout options ■ Output Options, to save your print job as a PDF file ■ Summary, to view a list of all your selections 9. Click Print. 10. To monitor the progress of your print job, click the PictureMate or Print Center icon when it appears in the dock. If you clicked the Print Center icon, double-click PictureMate. You see a screen like this: 11. From this window, you can do one of the following: ■ To cancel printing, click the print job, then click Delete ■ To pause
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Macintosh OS 9 1. From the File menu, select Page Setup. You see the following: Make sure you see PictureMate Select the orientation of your photo is selected. If not, you need to select it in the Chooser. 2. Make sure PictureMate 3. Select these print settings: ■ Select Borderless to print a photo without any borders or choose Borders to print with a white border all around. ■ If your photo is longer than it is wide, select Portrait orientation; if it is wider than it is long, select Land
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■ If you want to adjust your photo colors, you can change the Color Option. Select Auto Correction to automatically adjust colors, or Sepia to change the colors to brown for an old-fashioned look, or Black & White to change a color photo to a black and white one. ■ To bring out the fine details in your photo, select Enhance Fine Details (printing may be slower). ■ If your photo was taken with a digital camera, select Digital Camera Correction to minimize common digital flaws. Tip: For more
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■ To check your ink levels, click . Note: If you’re not using background printing and you need to cancel printing, hold down the J key and press the. (period) key. See Storing and Displaying Your Printed Photos for steps on properly storing your printed photos. Printing Photos Using Film Factory TM You can use Film Factory to organize, retouch, and print your photos. Follow the steps in these sections: ■ Opening Your Photos in Film Factory ■ Printing Your Photos in Film Factory Make sure you
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Note: If you need help with Film Factory, select it from the Help menu or check the on-screen Getting Started Guide that was installed with Film Factory. 2. Select the folder on your computer that contains your photos. Thumbnails of your photos appear on the screen. Note: Film Factory can open these file types: JPEG, PICT, BMP, TIF, FPX (read ® only), PNG, GIF (read only), MacPaint, Photoshop, QuickTime, SGI and Targa. PRINT Image Matching photos are marked here Note: If your digital came
