Programming Note for EPSON Stylus Pro XL, Stylus Pro, Stylus COLOR II, Stylus COLOR IIs, Stylus 820 & Stylus 1500 Revision: 01 Printed: 01/08/96 EPSON
TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. INTRODUCING THE EPSON STYLUS PRO XL, STYLUS PRO, STYLUS COLOR II, STYLUS COLOR IIS STYLUS 820 & STYLUS 1500 .................................................................................................. 4 2. PAPER TYPES AND SIZES.......................................................................................................................... 6 3. PRINTABLE AREA..................................................................................................................
LIST OF TABLES: Table 1: Table 2: Table 3: Table 4: Table 5: Table 6: Table 7: Table 8: Table 9: Table 10: Table 11: Table 12: Table 13: Printer Feature summary............................................................................................ 5 Epson Paper Types and Sizes..................................................................................... 6 Printable Area for The EPSON Stylus Pro XL,..........................................................
This Programming notes is intended to used in conjunction with the EPSON ESC/P Reference Manual, November 1994. 1. Introducing the EPSON Stylus Pro XL, Stylus Pro, Stylus COLOR II, Stylus COLOR IIs Stylus 820 & Stylus 1500 This is a brief summary of the new features of EPSON’s five newest color inkjet printers and the Stylus 820, which is a COLOR IIs compatible, except it is shipped as a monochrome printer.
The Stylus 1500 is a wide carriage printer that supports up to A2, US C size papers as well as tractor continuous sheet printing. The Stylus 1500 is a color upgradable monochrome printer. Table 1 summarizes the new features for the new EPSON Stylus COLOR printer series. Table 1: Printer Feature summary Stylus Pro XL Stylus Pro 720h x 720v 720h x 720v yes yes yes CYMK CYMK CMY + K (K not mixable for plain paper) Paper type vs.
2. Paper Types and Sizes In addition to the standard plain paper and envelope sizes, EPSON provides special paper types in the following sizes: Table 2: Epson Paper Types and Sizes EPSON Special Paper Glossy Coated 720 Coated 360 Transparency Plain Paper Paper Sizes Letter, A4, A3*, B*, Super A3/B* Letter, Legal, A4, A3*, B*, SuperA3/B*, A2 ** Letter, A4, A3*, Super A3/B*, A2** Letter, A4 Letter, Legal, A4, Executive, Statement, B5, User Defined.
3. Printable Area Table 3 through 5 summarize the printable area for the Stylus Pro XL; the Stylus Pro, Stylus COLOR II, Stylus COLOR IIs, Stylus 820; & the Stylus 1500, respectively.
Table 4: Printable Area for The EPSON Stylus Pro, COLOR II, COLOR IIs, & Stylus 820, (1dot = 1/360") d a b c d e a b c e f Size f a Left Margin (dot) 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 b Printable Width* (dot) 2,880 2,880 2,880 2,525 1,895 1403 2,880 2,880 2,880 c Right Margin (dot) 137 137 137 43 43 43 498 322 195 d Top Margin (dot) 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 43 e Printable Height (dot) 4,800 3,720 3,969 3,540 2,820 1857 1,245 2,056 1,319 f Bottom Margin (dot) 198 198 198 198 198 198 198 198 198 Lega
Table 5: Printable Area for The EPSON Stylus 1500 (1dot = 1/360") d a b c d e a b c e f Size Legal Legal Transverse Letter A4 Executive Statement A6 Index B4 B4 Transverse #10 Envelope C5 Envelope DL Envelope A2 A3 A3 Transverse Super A3/B US-B US-B Transverse US-C Tractor Paper Min.: Max.
4. Ink Density vs. Printing Mode To prevent oversaturation when mixing Cyan (C), Magenta (M), Yellow (Y) & Black (K) ink drops on paper, the amount of ink applied will vary depending on the printer model, type of paper and resolution used. Table 5 to 9 summarize the limitation of ink duty in the different print modes for the different printers. The amount of ink drop varies when printing with one ink, two inks, or three inks combination.
When printing an image that contains both color and black data on plain paper, (such as black text on a color picture), with a Stylus COLOR II or a Stylus 1500, EPSON recommends printing black with composite blackby mixing C+M+Y inks., This black ink can mix with the CMY inks for all other paper types, in the Stylus COLOR II and Stylus 1500. Table 7: Ink Density vs.
Table 8: Ink Density vs.
Table 9: Ink Density vs.
5. The new EPSON Stylus COLOR series “small dot” ESC/P2 Command The ESC/P2 command to control the Dot Size is: Format: ASCII Hex Dec ESC 1B 27 ( 28 40 e 65 101 02H 02 02 00H 00 00 n1 n1 n1 n2 n2 n2 Parameter range: n1 = n2 = = = 00 00 01 02 reserved for future use.
7. Higher Performance Monochrome Mode for The EPSON Stylus COLOR II & Stylus 1500 only If printing with only true Black ink (monochrome mode), printing speed can be enhanced by selecting the following command. This command does not affect the ink used for printing, it only affects internal buffering schemes which can improve performance.
8. CIE - L*a*b* values Table 11: CIE - L*a*b* values for the Stylus Pro XL & Stylus Pro Resolution 360 dpi 720 dpi Revision: 01 Media Type Plain Color Cyan Magenta Yellow Black Coated Paper Cyan (360) Magenta Yellow Black Transparency Cyan Film Magenta Yellow Black Coated Paper Cyan (720) Magenta Yellow Black L* 57.1 47.3 86.3 23.7 61.8 56.1 85.2 37.0 17.5 17.4 26.3 2.1 50.4 44.8 82.5 18.1 a* -22.2 84.3 -6.1 0.5 -21.1 66.1 -6.0 1.5 -6.1 38.3 -9.8 0.7 -19.3 84.5 0.0 0.6 b* -49.4 -39.7 76.3 -2.3 -36.
Table 12: CIE - L*a*b* values for the Stylus COLOR II & Stylus 1500 Resolution 360 dpi 720 dpi 360x720 dpi Revision: 01 Media Type Plain Color Cyan Magenta Yellow Black Coated Paper Cyan (360) Magenta Yellow Black Transparency Cyan Film Magenta Yellow Black Coated Paper Cyan (720) Magenta Yellow Black Glossy Paper Cyan Magenta Yellow Black L* 61.1 53.3 86.1 25.7 56.7 46.2 86.5 25.1 31.9 26.0 43.5 18.1 42.7 37.1 81.0 22.4 50.3 42.1 87.2 16.4 a* -20.8 49.8 -6.3 1.8 -21.7 67.1 -6.2 2.0 -12.8 32.3 -9.
Table 13: CIE - L*a*b* values for the Stylus COLOR IIs & Stylus 820 Resolution Monochrome 360 360x720 Color 360 dpi 360x720 dpi Revision: 01 Media Type Plain Transparency Plain Plain Color Black Black Black Cyan Magenta Yellow Black CMY Coated Paper Cyan (360) Magenta Yellow Black CMY Transparency Cyan Film Magenta Yellow Black CMY Coated Paper Cyan (720) Magenta Yellow Black CMY Glossy Paper Cyan Magenta Yellow Black CMY L* 25.6 2.6 25.7 60.9 52.5 85.5 44.3 48.2 56.3 46.0 86.4 32.7 37.9 17.1 9.5 26.
