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Printer Driver Guide

CMP0136-03 EN

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Page 2 (excluding the U.S.) failure to strictly comply with Seiko Epson Corporation’s operating and maintenance instructions. Seiko Epson Corporation shall not be liable for any damages or problems arising from the use of any options or any consumable products other than those designated as Original Epson Products or Epson Approved Products by Seiko Epson Corporation.
Page 3 In this manual, terms such as "Windows 11", "Windows 10", and "Windows 7" refer to the following operating systems. Additionally, "Windows" is used to refer to all versions. ❏ Microsoft ® ® Windows 11 operating system ❏ Microsoft ® ® Windows 10 operating system ❏ Microsoft ® ® Windows 7 operating system ©Seiko Epson Corporation 2010-2023.
Page 4 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide Contents Contents Copyrights and Trademarks Index About the Software Printer Driver......5 Summary of the Printer Driver.
Page 5 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide About the Software About the Software Printer Driver The printer driver sends print data and printing instructions from application software to the press. This can only be used with Windows. Important: ❏ This printer driver can be used with all L-4000 series presses.
Page 6 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide About the Software Status screen The printer status is displayed in a Web browser. Click Display Printer Status on the printer driver's Basic screen. Important: To correctly display the status screen in Microsoft Edge, click Reload in Internet Explorer mode from the [...] menu at the top-right corner of the Microsoft Edge screen.
Page 7 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide About the Software When the Select Target screen is displayed, select the target and then click OK. When outputting to a press, select Press Unit-Host Name/IPAddress, and then enter the IP address or host name for the press.
Page 8 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide About the Software Spot Color Support Tool This software supports spot color printing settings. This can only be used with Windows. “Setting Spot Colors” on page 21 Summary of the Spot Color Support Tool Detect Unused RGB Value...
Page 9 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide About the Software Create Spot Color Area TIFF Confirmation Create a TIFF file to confirm how the specified RGB value is converted. Installing Double-click the installer, and follow the on-screen instructions to install. Uninstalling Go to the Control Panel and click Uninstall a program from the Programs category.
Page 10 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide Basic Printing Procedures Basic Printing Procedures Printing from the Printer Driver Use the supplied printer driver to send print data created by commercially available applications such as Adobe Illustrator to the press. Operations may differ depending on the application software being used. See the manual supplied with the application software for more details.
Page 11 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide Basic Printing Procedures Set the Paper Size. Click Size Settings. Enter the User Defined Size Name, Roll Paper Length, and Roll Paper Width, and then click Save. Note: When the bottom margin is set to 5 mm, the bottom margin changes depending on the roll width of the substrate.
Page 12 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide Basic Printing Procedures Set the Copies. Important: ❏ Because additional time is required to process collated printing, the substrate may become unsuitable for printing if creases form and so on. ❏ Do not set the number of copies or collated printing in the application software. It may not print the correct number of copies.
Page 13 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide Basic Printing Procedures Outputting a File from the Printer Driver and Printing This press allows you to output print data to a local folder as a file. This is useful in the following situations. ❏ When print data is created on a computer while not connected to the press ❏...
Page 14 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide Basic Printing Procedures Check that the print job file is saved in the target (local folder). Display the shared network folder for the press. Enter the following path in a browser such as Explorer, and connect to the shared network folder.
Page 15 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide Basic Printing Procedures Copy the output print job file to the shared network folder. Once the copied print job file has been received by the press, it disappears from the EDPI_PD folder. When copying the same data twice, wait until the first file you copied has disappeared, and then copy it again. Also, we recommend keeping the original print job file in the local folder.
Page 16 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide Various Print Settings Various Print Settings Color Management Printing Using the Printer Driver You can perform the following three types of color management printing from the printer driver. Choose the method most suitable for the software you are using, the operating system environment, and other conditions.
Page 17 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide Various Print Settings Display the application's print screen. Open the printer driver settings window. On the Basic screen, click Color Correction - ICM, and then click Set ICM. On the ICM screen, select Driver ICM (Basic) or Driver ICM (Advanced).
Page 18 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide Various Print Settings Check other settings, and then start printing. Note: Contact service support in advance for more information on predetermined printer profiles and commercially available substrate. Also, since we only provide profiles for approved substrate, it is the user's responsibility to create a profile for other substrate.
Page 19 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide Various Print Settings On the Basic screen, click Color Correction - ICM, and then click Set ICM. Select Host ICM Check other settings, and then start printing. This completes this section. Software Color Management Settings This section explains basic procedures.
Page 20 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide Various Print Settings Open the printer driver settings window. Set color adjustment to off. Click Color Correction - Off from the Basic screen. Check other settings, and then start printing. This completes this section.
Page 21 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide Various Print Settings Setting Spot Colors You can print by replacing a specific RGB value for the print data with the ink value for printing. You can specify up to 16 areas. This is useful for accurately reproducing colors.
Page 22 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide Various Print Settings Select the Spot Color and then press Edit. Press Create New, and then set RGB Color, Ink Color Replacement, or CMYK Replacement. Enter the RGB value as the RGB Color for the area specified as a spot color that you confirmed in step 2.
Page 23 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide Various Print Settings Create print data in RGB mode. Determine the RGB value for the area specified as a spot color in the print data. Adjust the RGB value for the spot color area of the image to a value that is not used in other areas.
Page 24 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide Various Print Settings Enter the RGB value. Enter the RGB value for the area specified as a spot color that you confirmed in step 2. Press Print. A chart for the entire gamut is printed. a. Ink amount (1st row: C Bk Uk, 2nd row: M Or Op, 3rd row: Y Gr Ql)
Page 25 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide Various Print Settings Note: If you have already printed the chart, press Create Parameter instead of Print to skip printing the chart and go to the next step. Select a patch from the printed chart. Take a look at the printed chart; if there is a color you want to specify, enter the patch number to be applied as the spot color in Apply Patch, and then press Apply.
Page 26 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide Various Print Settings Go to the following procedure if you cannot specify the color from the chart. Specify a combination of ink values, and then print the chart and select a patch. Select Print chart with colors adjacent to patch, or specify the amount of ink and print chart, enter the patch number you printed in step 10, and then press Print.
Page 27 When printing a full color chart, use the same color management as the one you used for printing the spot color. Start the Spot Color Support Tool Windows 11/Windows 10: Click the start button, and then select All apps - Epson Software - Spot Color Support Tool.
Page 28 Printer Driver Guide Various Print Settings Windows 7: Click the start button, and then select All Programs - Epson Software - SurePress - L-XXXX (the name of the press you are using) - Spot Color Support Tool. Click Detect Unused RGB Value.
Page 29 Click the start button, and then select All apps - Epson Software - Spot Color Support Tool. Windows 7: Click the start button, and then select All Programs - Epson Software - SurePress - L-XXXX (the name of the press you are using) - Spot Color Support Tool.
Page 30 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide Various Print Settings Detect the unused RGB values. Select Driver Output TIFF Folder. Select the location to save the print data output from the printer driver. Select Conversion Table Path. Select the location for the conversion table you created in the previous step.
Page 31 Click the start button, and then select All apps - Epson Software - Spot Color Support Tool. Windows 7: Click the start button, and then select All Programs - Epson Software - SurePress - L-XXXX (the name of the press you are using) - Spot Color Support Tool.
Page 32 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide Various Print Settings Create the TIFF file to check the spot color area. Select Driver Output TIFF Folder. Select the location to save the print data output from the printer driver. Click Create TIFF or Create TIFF (Mark Spot Color Area).
Page 33 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide Troubleshooting Troubleshooting Problems when Printing Cause What to do The printer driver did not finish installing Did you log on as a user with administrative privileges? To install the printer driver, you need to be logged on as a user with administrative privileges.
Page 34 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide Troubleshooting Cause What to do After printing is complete, "Printing Does the user's computer with the printer driver have a parallel port (LPT1 Failed." is displayed port)? The printer driver for this press is automatically set to LPT1 port during the installation.
Page 35 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide Troubleshooting Cause What to do Cannot print Is Enable advanced printing features selected on the printer driver's properties screen? (1) Go to the Control Panel and click View devices and printers from the Hardware and Sound category.
Page 36 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide Troubleshooting The prints are not what you expected Cause What to do I want to adjust the printing colors Adjust the manual color correction value. Adjust the preset's Manual Color Correction value. You can adjust the brightness, contrast, and saturation (vividness of the color) for the entire image.
Page 37 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide Troubleshooting Problems in Spot Color Printing Cause What to do The color in a specific area has changed Is the color in the area also specified as a spot color? In spot color printing, the spot color is applied to all areas with the same RGB value;...
Page 38 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide Troubleshooting Displaying the Status Screen in Microsoft Edge To correctly display the Status screen in Microsoft Edge, you need to enable Internet Explorer mode and then load the screen in Internet Explorer mode. Follow the steps below to enable Internet Explorer mode.
Page 39 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide Troubleshooting This completes this section.
Page 40 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide Appendix Appendix Printer Profiles When setting Color Correction to ICM in the printer driver, set the printer profile according to the type of substrate to be used and the Color Print Mode. The printer profiles for approved substrates are saved in the following location on the press.
Page 41 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide Appendix Select the printer profile you want to add, and then right click. Note: Select multiple profiles if you want to add more than one profile. Click Install Profile on the menu displayed. The printer profile is installed on the user's computer.
Page 42 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide Appendix Click Control Panel - Color Management, and then check that the selected printer profile has been added to the All Profiles tab on the screen displayed. This completes this section. Steps for Deleting a Printer Profile All of the profiles installed on the user's computer are displayed in the printer driver.
Page 43 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide Appendix Select the All Profiles tab on the Color Management screen. Select the printer profiles starting from L-4533 or L-4033.
Page 44 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide Appendix Click Remove. The printer profiles are deleted. This completes this section.
Page 45 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide Appendix System Requirements The following shows the system requirements for the user's computer. Operating systems Windows 7 Windows 10 or later Connection method Use a commercially available LAN interface cable. Use a shielded twisted pair cable (category 5 or higher).
Page 46 L-4733A/L-4733AW/L-4533A/L-4533AW/L-4033A/L-4033AW Printer Driver Guide Index Index Basic screen..................5 Color Management.................16 Detailed screen..................5 File Output..................13 ICM....................16 Installing.....................6 Output destination................6 Printer Driver................5, 10 Printer Profiles................40 Printing Preferences screen.............5 Printing procedure.................10 Shared folder..................13 Spot Color Support Tool..............21 Spot Colors..................21 Status screen..................6 System Requirements..............45...

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