Epson Stylus Color 3000 Ink Jet Printer Product Support Bulletin
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1. he Top lett comer je gs ogi mora m 151 35 M 223 37 mj iv oo Ss jo jos a As in document Full Page 10 At this point you could check other tab settings if necessary and click Print Preview recommended if you want to see how the file will be printed or Print to output the file to your printer For all other applications please refer to your software documentation for information on maximum custom page sizes for documents banners or tiling prints 12 EPSON PRODUCT SUPPORT BULLETIN Date 08 06 2001 PSB No 2001 08 001 Reference Originator RR Authorization _4 Affected Product s Stylus Pro 5000 Stylus Color 3000 Subject EPSON Stylus RIP 2 02 2 03 Windows Me and Windows 2000 Installation Procedures This bulletin provides instructions on how to install the EPSON Stylus RIP 2 02 2 03 with Windows Me and Windows 2000 for the EPSON Stylus COLOR 3000 and Stylus Pro 5000 printers Windows Me Follow the installation instructions for Windows 95 98 that came with your EPSON Stylus RIP package Windows 2000 1 Download the Adobe Universal PS Installer v1 04 from Adobe s Web Site http www adobe com support downloads 8a0e htm 2 Install EPSON Stylus RIP 2 02 SC3000 2 03 SP5000 which came with your product and follow the screen prompts 3 Click Finish to complete the installation of Stylus RIP 4 Atthis point the Adobe PS 5 installer will auto launch and give an error this driver2. licenses 14 If you need further assistance contact EPSON Technical Support at 888 377 6698 for the EPSON Stylus Color 3000 and 888 377 6611 for the EPSON Stylus Pro 5000 EPSON PRODUCT SUPPORT BULLETIN Date 7 26 2001 PSB No PSB 2001 08 003 Reference TE01 045 Rev A Originator JD RR TC amp MS Authorization 4 Affected Product s EPSON Pro Graphic Printers Subject Compatibility Chart for Macintosh OS X Classic This bulletin provides information on compatibility for EPSON s Pro Graphic printers running in Macintosh OS X Classic mode Mac OS X provides the Classic environment mode for Mac OS 9 compatible applications and device drivers Classic mode will require Mac OS 9 1 system software To setup Classic mode follow the steps below 1 First install or upgrade your Macintosh system to OS 9 1 before installing OS X for details refer to Apple s OS X documentation 2 To start in Classic mode click the Classic icon in System Preferences To find System Preferences go to the Apple Menu or click on the icon in the Dock bar on the desktop Classic mode can also be set up to start automatically during the log in process Refer to your Apple documentation for installation and operation of Macintosh OS X Classic and 9 1 3 Torun a Classic application just double click on it or a document created with the application A The following Epson models are supported in OS X Classic mode when using the connector type s desc
3. only works with Windows NT At this point click OK Te x x This dereer oniy works ath Windows NT 4 Ee Se 5 You will be prompted to restart Windows select yes and Restart r JEPSON Stylus RIP 6 Once back at the Windows Desktop double click the Adobe PS Installer that was downloaded and follow the screen prompts ee ee 9 oe the PPD for your Printer Note PPD Names and click OK to continue with the driver installation mia or Proves 10 Stylus Pro 5000 only If you have the optional Lower Paper Cassette and you get to the screen for configuring options select yes for configuring options and click next to bring up the printer properties Lower Tray Hot Asda Monu Fesh Lether EHE Font Substitution Table Gutput Protocol XIII Send CTAL D Beton Bach Jobs Ho Job Trent Decors Minar Pont Sine boiDremdosd as Cutline 100 peeks Mariman Pont See to Dowrioaj as Mtmap 600 pterks m Gi Installatie Options 12 Click Finish to complete the install 13 Launch the Stylus RIP application If you have an SC3000 that was licensed with an earlier version of Stylus RIP the Stylus RIP Server should open to an Idle State If the printer does not have a license you will be prompted to input the software license key The license key is located a Stylus Color 3000 Located on CD Jewel Case if After Service Part 3002911 b Stylus Pro 5000 Located on the CD ROM itself 5
4. that is not expected NOTE 1 NOTE 2 a Under Win 9x Me the PPD limit is 129 inches b Under Windows NT 2000 and XP the PPD limit is 1771 6 inches SP7000 9000 Series and 1800 inches SP7600 9600 10000 Series c Under Mac OSX 8 x 9 x the PPD limit is 273 06 inches Adobe Photoshop has a pixel limitation of 30 000 pixels which means that a document created 300ppi can only reach a maximum page size of 100 inches H and V When sending jobs to the printer via the standard non PostScript print driver Photoshop looks at the input resolution of the printer driver and adjusts the page size accordingly All Epson large format printers use 360dpi as the input resolution this is the resolution data is rasterized at therefore when printing from Photoshop the maximum page length you will be able to output to any Epson large format printer using the standard Epson print driver would be 83 33 inches 30 000 pixels 360dpi As for the Epson desktop products they rasterize data at 720dpi therefore the maximum page length obtainable with the standard print driver would be 41 67 inches 30 000 pixels 720dpi Also under Photoshop 5 x 6 x for the Macintosh and Photoshop 6 x for the PC the job will end up clipped if it is over the 83 3inch printer page limit In Photoshop CS the print job will end up clipped if it is over the 86inch printer page limit however it will allow you to create a custom paper size of 91inches max If you are usi
5. 0 2000 XP Print jobs being sent through the Epson standard print driver should be in the RGB format in order for color management to be utilized properly Maximum custom page size allowable for EPSON PostScript options PPD Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Pro Color 3000 Pro 5000 Pro 5500 Pro 7000 Pro 7500 Pro 7600 Pro 9000 Pro 9500 Pro 9600 10000 Series EPSON Stylus RIP EPSON Fiery RIP N A 44 in See See See See Station NOTE 1 NOTE 1 NOTE 1 NOTE 1 Designer Mac EPSON Fiery Spark 44 in N A N A See N A N A See See NOTE 1 Professional NOTE1 NOTE1 Print jobs being sent through the Epson PostScript driver can be either RGB or CMYK format Settings in the RIP will determine how color management is used Maximum page size allowable from software applications Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Pro 10000 Color 3000 Pro 5000 Pro 5500 Pro 7000 Pro 7500 Pro 7600 Pro 9000 Pro 9500 Pro 9600 Series Adobe Photoshop See ele See See See See See see See See See D 2 5 x 6 x NOTE 2 NOTE2 NOTE2 NOTE2 NOTE2 NOTE2 NOTE2 NOTE2 Adobe Illustrator 227 in 227 in 227 in 227 in 227 in 227 in 227 in 227 in 227 in Biali in 8 x 9 x QuarkXPress 4 x 48inw Bin Corel DRAW 1 B001 in 1 B001 in 1 B001 in 1 B001 in 1 B001 in 1 B001 in 1 B001 in 1 B001 in i 800 in 800 in 8 x 9 x These applic
6. 000 and Windows Me Operating Systems 2 Macintosh Requirements The IEEE 1394 FireWire drivers for the Apple Macintosh Operating System OS 8 6 with FireWire Update 2 1 or later required are all ready built into the EPSON printer driver and require no other driver files The driver CD that comes in the box with the EPSON C823722 IEEE 1394 FireWire Type B Interface Card may contain older drivers than what is available on the CD that came with your EPSON Printer or from EPSON Internet Support Web Site Prior to installing your printer please refer to the IEEE 1394 Reference Table below for the location of the latest drivers for your specific EPSON printer and operating system If the driver your need is listed as Update on the Web the most current driver can be found on the EPSON Internet Support Web Site at http support epson com filelibrary html IEEE 1394 Reference Table Printer Models Windows 2000 IEPSON Stylus COLOR 3000 Update on the Web Update on the Web IEPSON Stylus PRO 5000 Update on the Web Update on the Web EPSON Stylus PRO 5500 Driver that came Driver that came with printer with printer IEPSON Stylus PRO 7000 Update on the Web Driver on CD ROM that came with C823722 card EPSON Stylus PRO 7500 Update on the Web Driver on CD ROM that came with C823722 card IEPSON Stylus PRO 9000 Update on the Web Driver on CD ROM that came with C823722 card IEPSON Stylus PRO 9500 Update on the Web Driver on CD ROM that c
7. DUCT SUPPORT BULLETIN Date 8 8 02 Originator RR PSB PSB 2002 01 001A Authorization Reference PSB 2002 01 001 Total Pages 12 Product s EPSON Stylus Color 3000 Stylus Pro 5000 5500 7000 Series 7600 Series 9000 Series 9600 Series and 10000 Series Subject Maximum Printable Area Limits for the EPSON Professional Graphic Printer line This bulletin was created to inform you of the maximum custom page sizes allowable for EPSON Professional Graphic products The tables below show the maximum page sizes allowable for the EPSON Professional Graphics printer line Desktop and Large Format Although this document is meant as a guideline for the maximum page size allowable for each printer it does not include printable area margin information Please refer to your user guide for additional information regarding the printable area margins for your particular printer There are 3 aspects that effect how long of a page your printer can output Those 3 items are 1 Operating System 2 Driver Specification 3 Software application s being used Maximum custom page size allowable per operating system for Epson standard driver Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Pro Color 3000 Pro 5000 Pro 5500 Pro 7000 Pro 7500 Pro 7600 Pro 9000 Pro 9500 Pro 9600 10000 Series OS Win 9x Me Win NT 44 in 44 in 44 in 590 5 in 590 5 in 590 5 in 90 5in 590 5in 590 5 in 590 5 in 4
8. EPSON PRODUCT SUPPORT BULLETIN Date 11 8 04 Originator RB CH JD SA PSB PSB 2004 03 001C Authorization Reference PSB 2004 03 001A Total Pages 19 Product s EPSON Stylus Color 3000 Stylus Pro 4000 5000 5500 7000 Series 7600 Series 9000 Series 9600 Series 10000 Series and 10600 Series Subject Maximum Printable Area Limits for the EPSON Professional Graphic Printer line This bulletin was created to inform you of the maximum custom page sizes allowable for EPSON Professional Graphic products The tables below show the maximum page sizes allowable for the EPSON Professional Graphics printer line Desktop and Large Format Although this document is meant as a guideline for the maximum page size allowable for each printer it does not include printable area margin information Please refer to your user guide for additional information regarding the printable area margins for your particular printer There are 3 aspects that effect how long of a page your printer can output Those 3 items are 1 Operating System 2 Driver Specification 3 Software application s being used Maximum custom page size allowable per operating system for Epson standard driver Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Pro Color 3000 Pro Pro Pro 5500 Pro 7000 Pro 7500 Pro 7600 Pro 9000 Pro 9500 Pro 9600 10000 Series 4000 5000 Macintosh 44 in 44 in 44 in 44 in 90 5 in 90 5 in 90 5 i
9. Modified 7 29 02 wo Preview amp Netinfo Manager Version 2 0 QuickTime Player Network Utility amp Sherlock ODBC Administrator gt Stickies Print Center wa System Preferences Process Viewer a 7 TextEdit v 4 Stufflt Expander __ Utilities b Terminal 2 Click on the Add button Then select AppleTalk from the top sub menu and your AppleTalk zone if applicable Printer List my AppleTalk HH Toy Customize AppleTalk Network HA Type AppleTalk Zone Printer List Character Set Western v Printer Model Generic 3 The Print Center should scan the network and find all your devices Select your printer from the list and click on the Printer Model sub menu Select Other to continue Printer List 568 Printer List AppleTalk HA AppleTalk He fapa apslab FH peee Tyo SPARKPRO10K_PRO10KCF_Hold PostScript printer SP7500RS_Pro7500_Hold ae printer SPARKPROLOK_PROLOKCF_Print PostScript printer SP7500RS_Pro7500_Print PostScript printer SPARKPRO2_Direct PostScript printer SPARKPROZ2_Direct PostScript printer a PostScript manis SRR map E SPARKPRO2_Print PostScript printer v Printer Model Auto Select kA ar Generic Printer Model Auto Select v f Cancel Add Apple ESP HP Lexmark Tektronix Xerox 4 Navigate to the location of your PPD file After selecting the PPD file it should reflect the name of the printer under the Printer Model section Click on the Add butto
10. ame with C823722 card with printer with printer with printer with printer EPSON PRODUCT SUPPORT BULLETIN Date April 12 2001 IPSB No PSB 2001 04 001 Reference N A Originator Mynor Saravia Authorization Affected Product s Stylus Color 3000 Subject Stylus Color 3000 Transportation Instructions This document provides detail instructions on how to properly prepare your Stylus Color 3000 printer for transit To avoid print head and ink spill damage to your Stylus Color 3000 printer when transporting or returning the printer to Epson for whole unit repair follow the instructions listed in this bulletin When transporting your Stylus Color 3000 printer you will need to repack your printer in its original box If the original box is not available you may purchase a replacement box P N 3000BOXA and corner block pads P N 3000BOXB from you local Epson Customer Care Center Stylus Color 3000 Transit Instructions 1 To prepare your printer for transportation remove the paper from the tray roll banner holder and all installed accessories 1 e banner cutter paper tray roll paper holders Ethernet card etc 2 Turn the printer ON and make sure it comes to normal READY condition The Operate and Media lights should be solid If your printer does not come to READY or fails to power on then go to the next section on how to prepare a damaged printer for transit 3 With the printer ON in the READY condition begin removing
11. ations allow for tiling of print pages therefore allowing you to print beyond the printers maximum page length limit and print to the applications limits The printer driver must be set for Roll Paper Banner mode so that page breaks at the printer s maximum page length do not occur in essence gives you a 0 margin for the bottom of the page The Stylus Pro 5000 5500 however will give a slight page break at the 44 inch limit as these printers do not support banner mode Also printing certain elements from these applications may not utilize color management correctly properly and may produce output color that is not expected NOTE 1 NOTE 2 a Under Win 9x Me the PPD limit is 129 inches b Under Windows NT 2000 and XP the PPD limit is 1771 6 inches SP7000 9000 Series and 1800 inches SP7600 9600 10000 Series c Under Mac OS 8 x 9 x the PPD limit is 273 06 inches Adobe Photoshop has a pixel limitation of 30 000 pixels which means that a document created 300ppi can only reach a maximum page size of 100 inches H and V When sending jobs to the printer via the standard non PostScript print driver Photoshop looks at the input resolution of the printer driver and adjusts the page size accordingly All Epson large format printers use 360dpi as the input resolution this is the resolution data is rasterized at therefore when printing from Photoshop the maximum page length you will be able to output to any Epson large format printer u
12. ayout 2 Click on File then Document Setup The following screen appears Document Setup Custom inches 3 Uncheck Use Print Setup enable Tile Full Pages and create the page size in our example we used 44x227 inches 4 Click Print Setup This will bring up the print driver 5 Click on the Paper Tab The following appears r PDH Ctrl Pin LONNICF Pinpartina 6 Set the Paper Source to Roll Paper Banner and also enable Save Roll Paper 7 When creating the custom page size divide the banner size by a value that will make it less than the printer maximum custom page size not necessary for OS Drivers that support 590 5 inches In this example we take 227 3 75 7 therefore the custom page size created would be 44x75 7 inches The reason for this is to save media User Defined Paper Size a User Detined Aaa Fo 8 After setting the custom page size and other driver settings media type resolution etc click OK This will bring you back to the document setup The page should now show the following 9 At this point you can and resize the image to fit within the printable area and print CorelDRAW 9 In this example a banner is created at 227 inches 1 Launch CorelDRAW and open or place an image in your page layout Adjust the page size and image for the document as shown in the following image me joe T Tap nTrg mi E ee ee MERET LAEN ee SS Se A fae cam a ar e Ce a E aE Te a a
13. ectory Access gt Disk Copy amp Disk Utility I Display Calibrator R Grab Installer I Java Key Caps ye Keychain Access Netinfo Manager Network Utility ODBC Administrator Print Center Search Name Print Center Kind Application Size 1 3 MB Created 7 29 02 Modified 7 29 02 Version 2 0 z8 System Preferences Process Viewer 57 TextEdit v amp amp Stuffit Expander Utilities gt i E Terminal 8 Printer List Pi rae os Customize x AppleTalk Directory Services IP Printing USB BROWNx21 EPSON AppleTalk paner BROWN 2 1 EPSON FireWire pelea BROWN 21 EPSON USE pana CPBSGORS Lexmark Inkjet Networking Pte CPE500RS Cuamm aama PINCET Character Set Western sw Printer Model Auto Select zd l Cancel 1 Add Me 3 Enter the IP Address of the Postscript Server under Printer s Address Uncheck the Use default queue on server and type in the queue you wish to add Click on the Printer Model sub menu and select Other Printer List IP Printing HA Printer List 508 l IP Printing HA Printer s Address 139 63 4 106 Internet address or DNS name Complete and valid address Printer s Address 139 63 4 106 Internet address or DNS name Complete and valid address Use default queue on server C Queue Name Auto Select Printer Model v Generic jj m Printer Model Generic E Apple 2 f Canc
14. el 9 add gt Mi Use default queue on server ESP HP Lexmark Tektronix Xerox 4 Navigate to the location of your PPD file After selecting the PPD file it should reflect the name of the printer under the Printer Model section Click on the Add button d 0 9 Printer List From T Printer Descriptions H i IP Printing ED D CustomPage Fiery Spark 07600 v1 0 PPD Adobe 4 3 a Adobe Systems Fiery Spark 09600 v1 0 PostScript R Printer Printer s Address 139 63 4 106 Note Fields Description File xZ Copyright 1993 Internet address or DNS name VirtualPrinter 99 Electronics for z E Watermark Imaging Inc Complete and valid address Beala i Use default queue on server Reserved a Queue Name Print Kind Document Size 120 KB T gt Printer Model _ Fiery Spark PRO9600 v1 0 L Go to Add to Favorites P Cancel Choose noos d Add Name Status Print on 139 63 4 106 6 Repeat the process to add your additional queues Your Mac OS X Client should now be ready to print Note The StylusRIP does not have a separate folder on the CD to select the printers PPD In order to select the PPD it must be copied from another client s Printer Description folder as shown below HDD System folder Extensions folder Printer Description folder Mac 05 9 2 gt System Folder J Extensions T Printer Descriptions EPSON PRO
15. ers Fiery Spark Designer Stylus Pro 5500 printer Fiery Spark Professional 1 0 Stylus Pro 5500 and Stylus Pro 1O000ARC DYE printers Fiery Spark Professional 2 0 Stylus Pro 96 00UCM 7600UCM printers EPSON StylusRIP Stylus Color 3000 and Stylus Pro 5000 printers Installation Instructions Setup your existing RIP Server as per the instructions provided in the User s Guide that came with your RIP To setup a Mac OS X Version 10 2 Client follow the instructions below There are two ways you can add a PPD and configure your printer in OS X AppleTalk or IP Printing AppleTalk Installation 1 Open the Print Center which can be found on your hard disk driver under Applications Utilities 8 8 8 J Utilities Ge oo S in na val sem E A G A ww K Back Forward View Computer Home Favorites Applications Print Center Grab Search 1 of 26 items selected 11 99 GB available 7x EIC E CUIOISYNC UUINLY 2 Gig Backup ge Appacations Calculator E Console _ g Library J System a Chess 9 CPU Monitor iS Mac OS 9 2 l 1 Clock DigitalColor Meter k tmp Mac OS 9 DVD Player m Directory Access amp 3 Network pe Users R iChat Disk Copy i nen A w Image Capture Sv Disk Utility 4 iMovie I Display Calibrator Fy Internet Connect B Grab Internet Explorer Installer Name Print Center iPhoto J java ae a ize 1l I TS Key Caps Created 7 29 02 amp Mail Keychain Access
16. f m es z pim l Le 42 t nns die E as Fo lt i x a p ef om 2 P iba bt A Wia z kat F i S m SS a ee F l T esiin i eF z T oe in famn i i at ft o pa lm oOo p TT wll E ie oe of Serr fe andes fe fie le i Ee D ila Penra a wE Maj Mos eu wW Pa cr Da Flg 3 Click on File and Print Setup 4 Click on the Paper Tab The following appears r PDH Ctrl Pin LONNICF Pinpartina 5 Set the Paper Source to Roll Paper Banner and also enable Save Roll Paper 6 When creating the custom page size divide the banner size by a value that will make it less than the printer maximum custom page size not necessary for OS Drivers that support 590 5 inches unless the document is beyond that size In this example we take 227 3 75 7 therefore the custom page size created would be 44x75 7 inches The reason for this is to save media User Defined Paper Size User Defined EEPE 7 After setting the custom page size and other driver settings media type resolution etc click OK This will bring you back to the document 10 8 At this point click File then Print CorelDRAW will then run a pre flight check and will show the following window CorelDRAW Defauts Swe s Pint Preview Pit _ Cancel apply Her 11 9 Click on the Layout Tab and enable Print Tiled Pages and set any additional parameters as you see fit
17. for the width and 90 inches for the height margins should be set to zero 0 Click on Save Click on the down arrow again in the Custom Paper Size and select Page Attributes F 7 Page Setup Settings Custom Paper Size H id Mews 5 if Duplicate Delete 4 Save 3 Paper Size Printer Margins Height 90 iri Top 0 iri Width Sd im Left oO iri Right O iri Cancel 11 Under Paper Size click on the drop down arrow and select the custom paper size you created i e 20 X 180 orientation is set to portrait mode Then click OK 3 Page 5etup z Settings Page Attributes E Format for Stylus Pro 7600 Roll Pap EPSON SPro 7600 3 3 Paper Size 20x180 20 00 in x 90 00 in Orientation ii ic Scale LOO Cancel E0 12 In the Print windows the preview pane will show 2 grids or pages This indicates that a full image is tiled 13 Click on General then click the square on Reverse Order 7 Print Print Preset Custom Printer Stylus Pro 4000 Roll Paper PPD H Setup sles i Marks amp Bleed Copies 1 _ Collate zil Reverse Order Craphics Color Management O Range Se nl Skip Blank Pages Summary Media size Defined by Driver 30 in lz Transverse Width 20 in Orientation IE 8 Options Print Layers _Misible amp Printable Layers Do Not Scale G Fit to Page C Cust
18. ion Please refer to your software documentation for additional assistance NOTE Adobe Illustrator CS In this example we are creating a banner which is 227 inches Illustrators max page setup New Document Name Untitled 2 Artboard Setup Size Custom Width 20 in Units Inches z Height 180 in Orientation Color Mode CMYK Color RGB Colo Mac O S 10 3 3 system is used in this example Windows versions of this application should be very similar in functionality Please refer to your software documentation for additional assistance In this example a 20 inches wide X 180 inches high document is created Click on File and New set up the width and height Sample shows 20 W x 180 H then click OK Insert the image you want to print and stretch it until it covers the whole page 3 Click on File Print click Setup under Tiling click on the drop down arrow select Tile Full 4 Pages and click the Printer button Print Print Preset Custom o o o o M gt Printer Stylus Pro 7600 Roell Paper No Margins B BEJ PPD 7 Setup Zee Crop Artwork to Artboard i Options Fliacement ERY Origin x fo LLEF In Grigin 13 5 in Tiling Tile Full Pages x Page Setup Printer 9 Save Preset Cancel Gene Done 3 5 When the printer setu
19. it C O 01em f O 01inch Save Delete OE Cancel Help Paper Size User Detined 7 After setting the custom page size and other driver settings media type resolution etc click OK This will bring you back to the document 17 8 At this point click File then Print CorelDRAW will then run a pre flight check and will show the following window amp t r Sector CorelDRAW Defauts m Saye Pint Preview Pit Cancel _ Ame Hep 18 9 Click on the Layout Tab and enable Print Tiled Pages and set any additional parameters as you see fit General Layout Separations Prepress Misc Fe No Issues Image position and size As in document b C Fitto page Reposition images to Top left comer Settings for Page 1 Position Size Scale factor 0 12 BE 40 93 Baa 100 Zl oo a y 151 35 Gels F 223 32 e Oe 6 3 Tile overlap oa fi 2 of page width Bleedlimit 0125 Imposition layout As in document Full Page Print Preview Cancel Apply Help 10 At this point you could check other tab settings if necessary and click Print Preview recommended if you want to see how the file will be printed or Print to output the file to your printer For all other applications please refer to your software documentation for information on maximum custom page sizes for documents banners or tiling prints 19 EPSON Product Support B
20. l prevent the printer from sustaining any damage during the shipping process Figure 3 8 Repack the printer in its original box if available If not you can order a replacement box P N 3000BOXA and corner block pads P N 3000BOXB from you local Epson Customer Care Center Transit Instructions for a Non Functional Stylus Color 3000 If your Stylus Color 3000 printer does not come to READY or fails to power on you would need to contact EPSON Technical Support for packaging instructions and materiak to properly package your printer for transit Check you printer s warranty documentation for toll free technical support contact information or call 562 276 1305 in the U S or 905 709 2567 in Canada during normal business hours When you have received the appropriate packaging materials 4 transportation cartridges P N 3000CARTASSY from EPSON follow the instructions below to prepare your printer for transit 1 To prepare your printer for transportation remove the paper from the tray roll banner holder and all installed accessories 1 e banner cutter paper tray roll paper holders Ethernet card etc 2 With the printer OFF remove the ink cartridges from the ink cartridge housing one by one until all of them have been removed Insert the provided transportation cartridges in the cartridge housing of each appropriate color Store the ink cartridges in separate bags Do not pack or return the ink cartridges with the printer 3 Next t
21. n From F Printer Descriptions H D CustomPage Fiery Spark 07600 v1 0 PPD Adobe 4 3 a xZ Adobe Systems B Fiery Spark 09600 v1 0 PostScript R Printer fa Note Fields Description File Copyright 1993 VirtualPrinter 99 Electronics for E Watermark Imaging Inc AppleTalk HH l apslab HH Type SparkDesigner5500_Hold PostScript printer SparkDesigner5500_Frint PostScript printer xZ All Rights Reserved Kind Document SPARKPRO2_Direct SPARKPRO2_Hold SPARKPRO2_Print PostScript printer PostScript printer PostScript printer Size 120 KB Printer Model Fiery Spark PRO9600 v1 0 Go to Add to Favorites f Cancel O Sie eae 5 Repeat the process to add your additional queues Your Mac OS X Client should now be ready to print IP Printing Installation 1 Open the Print Center which can be found on your HDD under Applications Utilities gt Utilities f A KO Computer Home Favorites Applications Print Center Grab 1 of 26 items selected 11 99 GB available A Applications gt Library Li System k tmp Mac OS 9 4 Users LI Apprescripe _ Calculator amp Chess 1 Clock E DVD Player iChat fs Image Capture 4 iMovie Sy Internet Connect Internet Explorer iPhoto Fl iTunes W Mail Preview QuickTime Player amp Sherlock gt Stickies a Curorsyric Utiity Gi Console F CPU Monitor DigitalColor Meter H Dir
22. n 90 5 in 90 5 in 90 5 in 90 5 in OS OS X Win 9x Me 44 in 44 in 44 in 44 in 90 5 in 90 5 in 90 5 in 90 5 in 90 5 in 90 5 in 90 5 in Win NT 44 in 44 In 44 in 90 5 in 90 5 in 90 5 in 90 5 in 90 5 in 90 5 in 4 0 2000 XP Print jobs being sent through the Epson standard print driver should be in the RGB format in order for color management to be utilized properly Macintosh OS X allows you to create any paper size regardless of printer driver s limitations Exceeding these limitations will result in your image being cropped and printed at 8 5 x 11 1 Maximum custom page size allowable for EPSON PostScript options PPD Stylus Color Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Pro 3000 Pro 4000 Pro 5000 Pro 5500 Pro 7000 Pro 7500 Pro 7600 Pro 9000 Pro 9500 Pro 9600 10000 series EPSON Stylus 44 in aa in N A RIP EPSON Fiery kan in NOTE NOTET See See RIP Station NOTE 1 NOTET 1 NOTE 1 NOTE 1 EPSON Fiery Bua in Spark Designer Mac EPSON Fiery 44 in See See See Spark NOTE1 NOTE1 NOTE 1 Professional EPSON N A See N A 44 in N A See See See ColorBurst RIP NOTE1 NOTE1 NOTE1 NOTE 1 Print jobs being sent through the Epson PostScript driver can be either RGB or CMYK format Settings in the RIP will determine how color management is used Maximum page size allowable from software applications Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylus Stylu
23. ng Photoshop 5 x for the PC the print job will actually be truncated to fit within the printable area of the printer Be advised that you may not get a page size error It may be useful to enable the print preview function of your printer driver if available so that you do not waste unnecessary media The only options for printing beyond the limitations is to save the file and print via an application that does not have the 30 000 pixel limit may lose color management functions or print the file through a PostScript RIP which will allow for longer pages UPDATE Photoshop CS allows for a maximum Pixel limit of 300 000 x 300 000 this would create a 251 5 GB file This allows Photoshop to have a print dimension of 4166 666 x 4166 666 at 72 ppi Pixels per Inch At 360 ppi your max print size would be 833 333 x 833 333 You can still only print 44 x 90 5 Photoshop CS at this point exceeds the capability of our printers 3 For Windows Users if you encounter partial incomeplete prints while having Finest Detail enabled please disable this setting It is recommended for low resolution text and line art to sharpen their edges For photos this may create a massive print file that is too large for the printer driver to process correctly The following examples show how to setup banner printing from Adobe Illustrator 8 x 9 x and CorelDRAW 9 from the PC platform The Macintosh versions of these applications should be very similar in funct
24. o prevent the printer from sustaining any ink spill damage during the shipping process insure that the printheads are securely locked in the home position area If not then manually slide the printheads over to the far right side of the carriage bar as shown in figure 4 Figure 4 4 Raise the printer s top cover to expose the carriage bar area as shown in the figure 2 Crumple up newspaper pages into several balls and carefully start distributing these along the inside of the printer starting on the right hand side where the printheads are located As you start moving towards the center of the printer gently push back the printhead cable and ink tubs against the back wall of the printer mechanism as shown in figure 5 Figure 5 5 Continue with this process until no more newspaper balls can be inserted inside the exposed carriage bar area as shown in figure 6 This is to insure that the printheads are securely locked in the home position area and will prevent the printer from sustaining any ink spill damage during the shipping process Figure 6 6 Repack the printer in its original box if available If not you can order a replacement box P N 3000BOXA and corner block pads P N 3000BOXB from you local Epson Customer Care Center
25. om Scale Width 4 Height 100 i Save Preset Cancel ie Done gt 4 Click on Print 10 NOTE 1 NOTE 2 NOTE 3 When enabled the first page will be printed first instead of the last page first Or Change the orientation to Reverse then you dont have to check the Reverse Order Always select the custom page size last if not it will default to other paper sizes Before printing a large document make sure you have enough ink to prevent getting an Ink Out message causing the print job to stop and not completing the entire print 11 Adobe Illustrator 8 x 9 x In this example we are creating a banner which is 227 inches Illustrators max page setup 1 Launch Illustrator and open or place your file in the page layout 2 Click on File then Document Setup The following screen appears 3 Uncheck Use Print Setup enable Tile Full Pages and create the page size in our example we used 44x227 inches Document Setup my i A4rtboard Size Custom width 44 jn Units finches Height 227 in Use Print Setup Orientation Show Images In Artwork C Single Full Page f Tile Full Pages C Tile Imageable Areas K Cancel Print Setup Rh View Paths Output Resolution je00 dpi f Split Long Paths Flatness Printing Device Resolution Output Resolution Options W Use Printer s Default Screen Compatible Gradient and Gradient Me
26. p window comes up select your printer name and set the Roll Paper Options to Roll Paper Banner Roll Paper Banner No Margin if printing no margins 6 In the Copies and Pages section click on the drop down arrow select Roll Paper Option Uncheck Auto Cut then check Save Roll Paper 7 Then click on Print This will bring you back to the Print window r sopi 7 Print Printer Stylus Pro 7600 Roll Paper B Presets Standard Roll Paper Option Auto Cut H Print Page Line Save Roll Paper Help Preview Save As PDF p Faxnm Cancel 8 This time click on Page Setup you see the following screen just click on Continue If you don t want to see the window again place a check mark on Don t Show Again box The Page Setup dialog box is provided by the operating system To ensure that you can use the full print capabilities of iustrator please set all print options from the Print dialog DOR Don t Show Again Return te Print Dialog 9 When Page Setup is open click on the down arrow for Custom Paper Size NOTE When creating the custom page size divide the banner size by a value that will make it less than the printer maximum custom page size 90 5 inches In this example we take 180 2 90 therefore the custom page size created would be 20x90 inches 10 Click on New name the custom size i e 20 x 180 in this example under Paper Size type in 20 inches
27. ribed in the chart below Stylus Color 3000 5 69E Ethernet I F Stylus Pro 5000 5 69E Ethernet I F Stylus Pro 5500 6 61E USB Ethernet I F 1 MAC OS X Classic mode supports USB native and network capable devices Classic mode does not support MAC Serial SCSI or FireWire connected devices 2 Printers using a Fiery Rip Station for PostScript printing are not yet supported at this time 3 Printers using Stylus Rip with Adobe PostScript drivers are not yet supported at this time B The following models are not supported in OS X Classic when using the connector type s described in the chart below EPS ON PRODUCT SUPPORT BULLETIN Date 6 26 01 PSB No PSB 2001 06 004 Reference N A Originator TC RR Authorization Affected Product s SC3000 SP5000 SP5500 SP7000 SP7500 SP9000 SP9500 SP10000 DYE and SP10000 ARC Subject Current Driver Location for C823722 EPSON IEEE 1394 FireWire Type B Interface Card for Windows 2000 Me Macintosh Operating Systems This bulletin provides information on where to find the most current driver for the EPSON C823722 IEEE 1394 FireWire Type B Interface Card for the following EPSON Professional Graphics Inkjet Printers with appropriate Operating Systems SC3000 SP5000 SP5500 SP7000 SP7500 SP9000 SP9500 SPIOOOODYE and SP10000ARC 1 Windows Requirements The EPSON C823722 IEEE 1394 FireWire Type B Interface Card only supports factory preinstalled full versions of Windows 2
28. rint 14 CorelDRAW In this example a banner is created at 227 inches 1 Launch CorelDRAW and open or place an image in your page layout Adjust the page size and image for the document as shown in the following image CorelDRAW 9 Zoo Poster iex P File Edit View Layout Arange Effects Bitmaps Text Tools window Help 18 x lo eM Ss Bln ar E yo EN vaa Tiara w HCS E EEE BL 32 Lenat DRAA T o 24 244 1of1 d _Pagel L E Click an object twice for rotating skewing dbl clicking tool selects all objects Shift click multi s Fill 91 219 118 552 Outline gt lt Click on File and Print Setup 15 4 Click on the Paper Tab The following appears Roll Paper Banner Roll Paper Banner Auto Cut On ae SSCS E Auto aotate m O eono s Normal r aatake mp atk Color Controla atate by Tou MicroWeave On Snbe ile Area High Speed Off Centered 5 Set the Paper Source to Roll Paper Banner and also enable Save Roll Paper 16 6 When creating the custom page size divide the banner size by a value that will make it less than the printer maximum custom page size In this example we take 227 3 75 7 therefore the custom page size created would be 44x75 7 inches The reason for this is to save media User Defined Paper Size Paper Size Name 4475 7 Paper width 4400 4 lf 4402 Paper Height z570 fl S055 Un
29. s Stylus Stylus Pro Color 3000 Pro 4000 Pro 5000 Pro 5500 Pro 7000 Pro 7500 Pro 7600 Pro 9000 Pro 9500 Pro 9600 10000 Series Adobe Photoshop See See See See See See See See See See See 5 x 6 x 7 x NOTE 2 NOTE 2 NOTE 2 NOTE 2 NOTE 2 NOTE2 NOTE 2 NOTE2 NOTE2 NOTE 2 NOTE 2 vu Photoshop See See See See See See See See See See See NOTE2 NOTE2 NOTE2 NOTE2 NOTE2 NOTE2 NOTE2 NOTE2 NOTE2 NOTE 2 NOTE 2 8 x 9 x Adobe Illustrator 227 in 227 in 227 in 227 in 227 in 227 in 227 in 227 in 227 in 227 in 227 in CS QuarkXPress 48 in 48 in 48 in 48 in 48 in 48 in 48 in 48 in 48 in 48 in 48 in CELE J ff ff CorelIDRAW 1 800 in 1 800in 1 800in 1 800 in 1 800in 1 800in 1 800in 1 800 in 1 800 in 1 800in 1 800 in Real 8 x 9 x 10 x 11 x These applications allow for tiling of print pages therefore allowing you to print beyond the printers maximum page length limit and print to the applications limits The printer driver must be set for Roll Paper Banner mode so that page breaks at the printer s maximum page length do not occur in essence gives you a 0 margin for the bottom of the page The Stylus Pro 5000 5500 however will give a slight page break at the 44 inch limit as these printers do not support banner mode Also printing certain elements from these applications may not utilize color management correctly properly and may produce output color
30. sRIP Server from the list and click on the Printer Model sub menu Select Other to continue Printer List Printer List AppleTalk HA AppleTalk B apslab HA apslab HJ Type Type Server PostScript printer StylusRIP Server PostScript printer Character Set Western F Character Set Westem ka Printer Model Auto Select Printer Model Auto Select HA Generic Apple Brother ESP HP Lexmark Tektronix Xerox 6 Navigate to the location of your PPD file StylusRIP EPSON StylusCOLOR3000 v3010 106 After selecting the PPD file it should reflect the name of the printer under the Printer Model section Click on the Add button Printer List Printer List Choose a File AppleTalk HA From Printer Descriptions B z apslab HA i E POFServices EPSON Stylu 0 v3010 106 gt f E pfpick EPSON Stylu 0 v3010 106 0 cM ree EPSON Stylu 0 v3010 106 Descr MORE se PPP Connect Scripts y xZ Copyright 1987 Printer Descriptions EPSON Stylu 0 v3010 106 1996 Adobe Systems GJ Printing Plug ins 2 EPSON stylusCOLOR3000 v3010 106 Incorporated By Printinglib 5 BPOON Styl to v3010 106 ia tal Reserved 6 PrintMonitor EPSON Stylu 0 v3010 106 5 E QD3DCustomElements fe EPSON Stylu 0 v3010 106 4 Kind Document Fao ae Manitar Y EPSON Styl 5 Y Size 44 KB Name _Type StylusRIP Server PostScript printer Character Se
31. sh Printing 4 Click Print Setup This will bring up the print driver 12 5 Click on the Paper Tab The following appears EPSON Stylus Pro 10000CF Properties ee jki Main Paper Layout Utility User Defined Paper Size Paper Source Paper Size Mame Fon Paper Banner Paper Size 14u75 7 75 Roll P E Ao a Fages User Defined 441757 Paper Width 4400 Roll Paper Option 717 4402 Paper Height r570 fl S055 Unit C Oem f O inch Delete OK Cancel Help Suto Rotate I Auto Cut Ornentation i Portrait Landscape Color Controls P Rotate by ien Microw eave On Copies Printable Area High Speed Off i ae Centered Version 6 01 cont Hee 6 Set the Paper Source to Roll Paper Banner and also enable Save Roll Paper 7 When creating the custom page size divide the banner size by a value that will make it less than the printer maximum custom page size In this example we take 227 3 75 7 therefore the custom page size created would be 44x75 7 inches The reason for this is to save media 13 8 After setting the custom page size and other driver settings media type resolution etc click OK This will bring you back to the document setup Now double click the Page tool 9 The page should now show the following 10 At this point you can and resize the image to fit within the printable area and p
32. sing the standard Epson print driver would be 83 33 inches 30 000 pixels 360dpi As for the Epson desktop products they rasterize data at 720dpi therefore the maximum page length obtainable with the standard print driver would be 41 67 inches 30 000 pixels 720dpi Also under Photoshop 5 x 6 x for the Macintosh and Photoshop 6 x for the PC the job will end up clipped if it is over the 83 3inch printer page limit If you are using Photoshop 5 x for the PC the print job will actually be truncated to fit within the printable area of the printer Be advised that you may not get a page size error It may be useful to enable the print preview function of your printer driver if available so that you do not waste unnecessary media The only options for printing beyond the limitations is to save the file and print via an application that does not have the 30 000 pixel limit may lose color management functions or print the file through a PostScript RIP which will allow for longer pages The following examples show how to setup banner printing from Adobe Illustrator 8 01 and CorelDRAW 9 from the PC platform The Macintosh versions of these applications should be very similar in function Please refer to your software documentation for additional assistance Adobe lilustrator 8 01 In this example we are creating a banner which is 227 inches Illustrators max page setup 1 Launch Illustrator and open or place your file in the page l
33. t Western F Printer Model EPSON StylusCOLOR3000 v3010 106 HH Go to Add to Favorites Cancel Choose 7 Once you have completed adding the Stylus COLOR 3000 PPD The Printer List should now show the StylusRIP EPSON StylusCOLOR3000 v3010 106 queue 8 To print simply set the StylusRIP EPSON StylusCOLOR3000 v3010 106 queue as default 8 6 Printer List ae Make Default Add Delete Configure ShowJobs Stop lJobs Show Info Name a Stat Jobs Location Host StylusRIP Server EPSON StylusCOLOR3000 v301 apslab Local EPSON Product Support Bulletin Date 09 25 2002 Originator MS PSB PSB 2002 09 004 Authorization AA Reference N A Total Pages Product s EPSON Stylus Pro 9000 9500 9600 7000 7500 7600 10000 10600 5000 5500 and Stylus Color 3000 Printers Subject PostScript Printing Support for Mac OS X Native Mode This bulletin provides instructions for installing and configuring a Mac OS X Client with your existing EPSON hardware or software RIP If your EPSON Professional Wide Format printer was bundled with one of the RIP packages listed below or if you had purchased the RIP as an option then you can configure a Mac OS X Client with OS Version 10 2 and above for PostScript printing by simply installing the appropriate RIP PPD EFI RS 5000 LX Series Stylus Pro 5000 printer EFI RS 5100 X2 Series Stylus Pro 9000 7000 9500 and 7500 print
34. the Print Center which can be found on your hard disk drive under Applications Utilities 8 8 8 2 Utilities S nzm E Ff G A mw A Back Forward View Computer Home Favorites Applications Print Center Grab Search 1 of 26 items selected 11 99 GB available N MAppPreocuipe S amp S Currsyrnic otiiry E 2 Gig Backup Te Calculator E Console 7 f System a Chess 9 CPU Monitor m Mac OS 9 2 1 Clock DigitalColor Meter e k tmp Mac OS 9 a DVD Player gt Directory Access amp 3 Network pe usera iChat Disk Copy fs Image Capture Sv Disk Utility E OS X E 4 iMovie K Display Calibrator E Ee E Internet Connect R Grab Internet Explorer Installer Name Print Center j iPhoto Java sien ee nA iTunes Key Caps ee F a amp Mail ry lenkai Access earen oe be e Modified 7 29 02 amp Preview amp Netinfo Manager Version 2 0 QuickTime Player Network Utility 4 Sherlock ODBC Administrator gt Stickies Print Center s System Preferences Process Viewer 7 TextEdit G Stufflt Expander u Utilities gt EH Terminal 4 Click on the Add button Then select AppleTalk from the top sub menu and your AppleTalk zone if applicable Printer List i Printer List AppleTalk B kas P Customize AppleTalk Network 4 So EE RN Type AppleTalk Zone Character Set Western Printer Model Generic 5 The Print Center should scan the network and find all your devices Select the Stylu
35. the ink cartridges one by one until all of them have been removed Store the ink cartridges in separate bags Do not pack or return the ink cartridges with the printer 4 Next power the printer OFF It should then take approximately 2 minutes for the printer to complete its transportation mode During the transportation mode DO NOT unplug the printer Wait until all the lights on the control panel are off then unplug the printer 5 After the transportation mode is complete ensure that the printheads are in the home position at the far right of the printer as shown in figure 1 If not power the printer back on then wait until the printheads stop moving After the print heads stop moving verify that they are at the home position then turn the printer off Figure 1 6 Raise the printer s top cover to expose the carriage bar area as shown in the figure 2 Crumple up newspaper pages into several balls and carefully start distributing these along the inside of the printer starting on the right hand side where the printheads are located As you start moving towards the center of the printer gently push back the printhead cable and ink tubs against the back wall of the printer mechanism as shown in figure 2 Figure 2 7 Continue with this process until no more newspaper balls can be inserted inside the exposed carriage bar area as shown in figure 3 This is to insure that the printheads are securely locked in the home position area and wil
36. ulletin Date 05 06 03 Originator ER PSB PSB 2003 05 002 Authorization dA Reference N A Total Pages 3 Product s EPSON Stylus Color 3000 Printer Subject PostScript Printing Support for Mac OS X Native Mode This bulletin provides instructions for installing and configuring a Mac OS X Client with the EPSON Stylus RIP software version 2 1 and above via AppleTalk Mac OS X version 10 2 5 is required for optimum performance NOTE The extracted PPD files are not available and cannot be copied from the StylusRIP CD directly You will need to copy them from a Stylus Rip Mac OS 9 2 Server system as shown below HDD System Folder Extensions Printer Description a Suggestion Enabling file sharing will assist in getting the 3 Mac 05 9 2 PPD to the client Mac OS X computers Once the PPD is 3 System Folder copied create a folder on the Mac OS X hard drive called Printer Descriptions and place the PPD there to gain Extensions access when installing the print queue Printer Descriptions Installation Instructions 1 Setup your existing Stylus RIP Server as per the instructions provided in the User s Guide that came with the RIP The printer can be attached to the Stylus RIP server via the optional Ethernet Adapter or USB2 Parallel Adapter Cable 2 Tosetup a Mac OS X Version 10 2 5 Client for PostScript printing you will need to install and configure the appropriate PPD file for the Stylus Color 3000 printer 3 Open
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