How to print individual backgrounds with the A3+ Epson Stylus Photo R1900 printer

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1 Creative-Project Backgrounds February 2010 How to print individual backgrounds with the A3+ Epson Stylus Photo R1900 printer Dear Creative, Print top-quality individual 12x12 backgrounds for your scrapbook pages easily on a large variety of media with the A3+ Epson Stylus Photo R1900 printer. As well as basic backgrounds, you can also create and complete your own designs. This tutorial focuses on printing backgrounds with free Picasa software available from Google. 1. Tools and Materials 2 a. Media Selection 2 b. The Printer Epson Stylus Photo R How To 4 a. Printing with Picasa on 12x12 Media 4

2 1. Tools and Materials a. Media Selection The Epson Stylus Photo R1900 printer combines vibrant colours and natural skin tones with high stability on a large variety of media. The supported media ranges from true acid free fine art media to high quality matte and glossy media and will allow you to select a base material that suits your final design. Borderless printing is also possible, which means if you print on a suitable paper size, you don t have to manually cut the media after printing. Standard photo sizes are supported including the scrapbook 12 x 12 format, 4x6 and DIN formats. Below is a list of Epson media that will run with the Epson Stylus Photo R1900 printer. Non epson 12x12 media can also be used including Gallerie Smooth Lustre Duo from Ilford. Media name Epson Cold Press Natural Epson Cold Press Bright Epson Hot Press Natural Epson Hot Press Bright Epson Watercolour Radiant White Epson Matte Heavyweight Description Natural white surface with soft textured finish on acid free base, PH Buffered, 100% cotton rag base (340 g/m²). Bright white surface with soft textured finish on acid free base, PH Buffered, 100% cotton rag base (340 g/m²). Natural white surface with ultra smooth finish on acid free base, PH Buffered, 100% cotton rag base (330 g/m²). Bright white surface with ultra smooth finish on acid free base, PH Buffered, 100% cotton rag base (330 g/m²). Textured matte surface on coated paper base (188g/m²). Affordable media with a feel and look of a fine art paper. Available in A3+ 20 sheets/pack Smooth matte, bright white surface on paper base (167g/m²). Originally designed for dye based printers but very nice with the pigmented UltraChrome family printers as well. Available in A4, A3 and A3+ 50 sheets/pack 2

3 Epson Enhanced Matte Epson Archival Matte Lustre Photo Glossy Photo Semigloss Photo Smooth matte, bright white surface on paper base (192g/m²). In combination with UltraChrome family printers such as Epson Stylus Photo R1900 a very large colour gamut (wide range of colours) can be printed enabling superior colour reproduction. Available in large packs (A4 250sheets/pack, A sheets/pack) Same as Epson Enhanced Matte. Available in A4, A3 and A3+ 50 sheets/pack High grade Media on RC-Base with lustre surface. Available in large packs (A4 250 sheets/pack, A sheets/pack) High grade Media on RC-Base with glossy surface. Available in A3 and A3+ with 20 sheets/pack, as well as in smaller sizes from 4x6 to A4 High grade Media on RC-Base with semigloss surface. Available in A3 and A3+ with 20 sheets/pack, as well as in smaller sizes from 4x6 to A4 b. The Printer Epson Stylus Photo R1900 The Epson Stylus Photo R1900 printer uses pigmented Epson UltraChrome Hi-Gloss2 inks that provide long lasting prints on a large variety of media. Its inks have been designed for natural skin tones as well as vivid colours. To handle the diverse media mentioned above the printer has several media paths: The diverse paper paths on the Epson Stylus Photo R1900 Auto Sheet Feeder used for standard media such as Premium Glossy Photo Fine Art Tray fitted to the back of the printer for Fine Art such as Epson Hot Press Natural Roll paper holder for rolls on 2 core. 21cm and 32,9 cm width supported CD/DVD printing using the front paper path and the standard CD/DVD tray Driver Selection Sheet Manual roll Roll paper CD/DVD 3

4 2. How To a. Printing with Picasa on 12x12 Media Backgrounds can be printed from Picasa using the genuine Epson printer driver. Ticking the print symbol within Picasa will open the Picasa print dialogue. To print 12x12 backgrounds borderless on corresponding media, Full Page needs to be selected in the print dialogue. Under Border and Text Options please setup None under Border width. Under Printer please select your printer. Ticking Printer setup will lead you to the Epson printer driver. In the printer driver the quality levels can be selected under quality options. Photo delivers a good compromise between quality and print speed. The best image quality is delivered when selecting Best Photo. 4

5 Select the correct paper path under Source. Under Type select the chosen media. The paper size can be selected under Size. Under the drop down menu size tick on the box borderless and close the printer driver by pressing ok, the selected settings will be saved. Now printing will be started by pressing print in the Picasa print dialogue. A selection of backgrounds are also available to download from To view and print these backgrounds go to or simply enter 5