Epson Stylus 400 Ink Jet Printer Product Information Guide
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1. 3 Press the Font button until the Font lights indicate the language of your choice then press the Alt button to make your selection Tanguage ronin Cid enn o e cema oe ooy spanish o OOn Off Flashing After you press the Alt button the printer prints the current default settings in bold letters and the next instruction in the language you selected Wait until printing is finished then go to the next step 4 To move to the feature you want to change press the Alt button until the Data and Paper Out lights indicate the appropriate selection C A Auto print arean ide 6 Network menace moa o e Mixed texvgraphios modo l0 Jo oaang poston 5 e OOn Off OFlashing For example if you want to change the loading position press the Alt button until the Data light flashes and the Ink Out light is off EPSON STYLUS 400 5 EPSON STYLUS 400 6 EPSON STYLUS 400 5 Next press the Font button until the Font lights match your desired setting Defauit setting menu Auto print direction Network interface mode Mixed text graphics mode Auto line feed Loading position 6 Repeat steps 4 and 5 to make all of your changes 7 To exit the default setting mode turn the printer off Changing the character table setting First follow steps 1 through 4 above Then follow the steps below 1 Press the Load Eject button to select the submenu of the character tab2. Italic Sweden Italic Italy Italic Spain 1 PC437 PC850 PC860 PC 861 PC863 PC865 BRASCIil Abicomp auto print dreaion Ono Network ineaca mode Ono Loading postion emm 85mm Note Most software programs control the character table and auto line feed If your software program controls these features you may never need to set them with the control panel ink Jet Printers EPSON STYLUS 400 Default setting descriptions Character table Character tables contain the characters and symbols used by different languages The printer prints text with the selected character table Auto print direction The printer ordinarily prints text bidirectionally for speed and prints graphics characters unidirectionally for precise vertical alignment When auto print direction is set to on the printer switches automatically between bidirectional for text data and unidirectional motion for graphics data When this feature is set to off the print head motion is controlled by your software Network interface mode If your printer is connected to a single computer leave this feature off If you want to use the printer in a network environment and share it among multiple computers set this feature to on When this feature is set to on data may be present in the printer s buffer even though the printer is not continuously printing Always make sure the Data light is off before turning off the printer
3. Ink Cartridge to install the new cartridge Cleaning the Print Head If print quality diminishes use the printer s built in print head cleaning cycle to ensure that the nozzles are delivering ink properly To avoid wasting ink clean the print head only if print quality declines Follow these steps 1 Make sure the printer is turned on and the Pause light is on If the Pause light is not on press the Pause button to pause the printer 2 Hold down the Alt button and press the Pause button for two seconds The cleaning cycle takes about 40 seconds The Pause light flashes throughout the cycle and then stays on when the cleaning cycle is finished 3 Press the Pause button to resume printing EPSON STYLUS 400 11 EPSON STYLUS 400 Information Reference List Engineering Change Notices None Product Support Bulletins None Technical Information Bulletins None Related Documentation TM STYLUS400 STYLUS 400 Service Manual PL STYLUS400 STYLUS 400 Parts Price List 4003042 STYLUS 400 User s Guide EPSON STYLUS 400 12 7 1 94 Ink Jet Printers
4. Mixed text graphics mode This feature is for software that has problems printing scalable font text combined with graphics Leave the mixed text graphics mode set to off if you do not notice any problems in your printout Auto line feed When the auto line feed feature is on each carriage return CR code is accompanied by a line feed LF code If your printed text is unexpectedly double spaced set this feature to off If text lines print on top of each other set it to on Loading position When you want to print more lines on a page set this feature to 3mm For example with A4 size paper and the loading position set to 8 5 mm you can print 65 lines per page with 1 6 inch line spacing but with the 3 mm setting you can print 66 lines If you set the top margin in your software that setting is added to the default setting value Ink Jet Printers 7 1 94 Changing the default settings To change the printer s default settings you press the control panel buttons the control panel lights show your selections Follow the steps below to make your changes 1 Make sure the printer is turned off and paper is loaded in the paper feeder 2 Hold down the Pause button and turn on the printer to enter the default setting mode The printer loads a sheet of paper and prints a brief summary and instructions that tell you how to select the language that you want messages printed in English French German Italian or Spanish
5. e s 2m EPSON Sans senn e apt One italic and 8 graphics character tables Character tables Character sets 14 international character sets and 1 legal character set Paper Single sheets paper feeder Size Letter 8 5 x 11 inches or A4 210 x 297 mm Thickness 0 065 to 0 14 mm 0 0026 to 0 0055 inches Weight 64 to 90 g m 18 to 24 Ib Use 90 g m 24 Ib paper under normal temperature and humidity conditions Quality Single sheets manual insertion Bond paper plain paper Width 210 to 216 mm 8 3 to 8 5 inches Length 257 to 297 mm 10 1 to 11 7 inches Thickness 0 065 to 0 11 mm 0 0026 to 0 0043 inches Weight 52 to 90 g m 14 to 24 Ib Quality Bond paper plain paper Note Use recycled paper under normal temperature and humidity conditions only Poor quality paper may reduce print quality as well as cause paper jams and other problems If you encounter problems switch to a higher grade of paper EPSON STYLUS 400 1 EPSON STYLUS 400 Envelopes manual insertion Size No 6 166 x 92 mm 6 5 x 3 6 inches No 10 240 x 104 mm 9 5 x 4 1 inches Thickness 0 16 to 0 52 mm 0 0063 to 0 020 inches Weight 45 to 90 g m 12 to 24 lb Use envelopes only under normal temperature and humidity conditions Insert envelopes long side first use the manual feed slot only Quality Bond paper plain paper air mail Difference in thickness within printable area must be less t
6. printer is turned off Hold down both the Alt and Pause buttons while you turn on the printer Release the buttons after the printer starts initializing 6 Lower the cartridge into the holder with the label face up and the arrow mark on the cartridge toward the arrow mark on the printer case The print head moves to the ink cartridge replace position automatically and the Pause light begins flashing Ink Jet Printers 7 1 94 EPSON STYLUS 400 7 EPSON STYLUS 400 7 Push the ink cartridge clamp toward the back of the printer 2 Fan a stack of letter size or A4 paper then tap it on a flat to secure the cartridge a X D Gy ky Vy SSS OSS lt 2 ee 8 Press the Alt button again to return the print head to the far right position and to charge the ink delivery system Charging takes about one minute The Pause light flashes throughout the cycle and turns off when ink charging is finished Caution Do not turn off or reset the printer until the ink charging cycle is complete 9 Close the printer cover Testing the Printer After you charge the ink delivery system you can use the built in self test to make sure the printer is working properly You can run the self test with paper from the built in paper feeder or by feeding a sheet manually This section describes how to load paper in the paper feeder Loading paper in the paper feeder 1 Open the paper feeder cover and lift the paper separ
7. Roman T and EPSON Sans Serif H The Roman T is similar to the Times font Sans Serif H is similar to Helvetica Press the Font button to select from the six fonts listed on the control panel The two Font lights come on O go off or flash O to indicate the active font Oo Courier O Roman T PS 0 Sans Serif H PS o Roman Go Sans Serif 8S Prestige Font EPSON STYLUS 400 4 7 1 94 The table below lists the available fonts and shows how the Font lights appear for each selection rm O EPSON Prestige On Off Flashing OJO O o O O O OO O Note J Roman T and Sans Serif H fonts are available in proportional spacing only J Font selections you make with your software program usually override these control panel selections For best results use your software program to select fonts Default Setting Mode Your printer comes with a series of internal settings that control a variety of printer functions such as print direction and loading position Because these settings take effect each time you turn on the printer they are called default settings The factory default settings are designed to meet the needs of most users so you may not need to change them The table below lists all the features you can select in the default setting mode Setting Character table Italic U S A Italic France Italic Germany Italic U K Italic Denmark 1
8. al Rated voltage AC 120 V Input voltage range AC 103 5 to 132 V Rated frequency range 50 to 60 Hz Input frequency range 49 5 to 60 5 Hz Rated current 0 4 A Power consumption Approx 13 W during self test printing in LQ mode at 10 cpi 7 1 94 Ink Jet Printers EPSON STYLUS 400 Environmental 10 to 35 C 50 to 95 F 20 to 50 C 4 to 122 F Temperature Operation Storage Humidity without condensation Operation 20 to 80 RH Storage 5 to 85 RH I 80 Print assured arec 55 20 10 C 27 C 35 C 50 F 80 F 95 F Safety approvals Safety standards UL1950 with D3 CSA22 2 950 with D3 R F I FCC Part 15 Subpart B class B Interface specifications Your printer is equipped with an 8 bit parallel interface that has the following characteristics Data format Synchronization STROBE pulse Handshake timing BUSY and ACKNLG signals 8 bit parallel Signal level TTL compatible Connector 36 pin 57 30360 Amphenol connector or equivalent Default settings The table below shows the default settings that take effect when the printer is initialized Default setting Current paper position Top of form position Page length Single sheets 65 lines for A4 size paper 61 lines for letter size paper 22 inches for manual insertion Left and right margins Canceled Line spacing Character size 1 6 inch line spacing 10 5 point Cleared Every eight charact
9. atically TKT Now give your print command The printer ejects the envelope automatically when it is finished printing Note T Make sure your software program keeps the printing entirely EPSON STYLUS 400 10 within the printable area of the envelope G Use envelopes only under normal temperature and humidity conditions Cl If the ink is not drying fast enough try removing envelopes one at a time as they finish printing When you switch back to the paper feeder turn the paper thickness lever back to its normal position To do this first press the Pause button to turn the Pause light on Next hold down the Replace Ink Alt button until the carriage moves to the middle position Then turn the paper thickness lever all the way to the left counterclockwise Tips for Correct Printing Position There is an area at the top and bottom edges of each sheet that the printer uses to load and feed the paper You cannot print on these portions of the page If the margins and page breaks in your document do not take into account these unprintable areas you may find that the printing position is too low on the page or that part of one page is printed at the top of the next page Your software may be set to print on continuous paper or to print too many lines on a page To correct this problem try the following T Select single sheets or sheet feeder bin 1 in your software G Reduce the maximum number of lines per page T R
10. ator EPSON STYLUS 400 8 surface to even the edges Note The paper feeder holds up to 100 sheets 64 g m or 18 lb maximum 3 Insert a stack of paper all the way into the paper feeder with the printable surface face down Align the right edge of the stack with the right edge of the paper feeder Then move the left edge guide to match the width of your paper as shown below 4 Close the paper feeder cover and lower the paper separator to secure the paper stack Now you are ready to run the self test Running the self test 1 Make sure the printer is turned off 2 While holding down the Font button turn on the printer It loads a sheet of paper automatically from the paper feeder and begins the self test It prints on the first and last lines of page 1 to measure the page length Then the printer prints characters in each font on page 2 3 The self test continues until the paper in the paper feeder runs out or you press the Pause button To stop the test press the Pause button To resume the test press the Pause button again 4 To end the self test press the Pause button to stop printing and then press the Load Eject button to eject the paper 5 Turn off the printer 7 1 94 Ink Jet Printers EPSON STYLUS 400 Selecting the Printer Type Most software programs let you specify the type of printer you use so that the program can take full advantage of the printer s features Many of these programs
11. e is out of ink the printer stops and the Ink Out and Data lights flash and the Pause light stays on Printing will not resume until you insert a new cartridge It s a good idea to keep a spare ink cartridge on hand Use EPSON ink cartridge S020025 to ensure proper operation and preserve the life of the print head The printer will be damaged if you use ink or cartridges not manufactured by EPSON or to EPSON s specifications Do not attempt to refill ink cartridges manually If you use substandard products with your EPSON printer you will damage the print head and void your warranty Ink Jet Printers 7 1 94 EPSON STYLUS 400 Follow these steps to remove the empty cartridge 1 Make sure the printer stops printing and both the Ink Out and Data lights flash and the Pause light stays on Then open the printer cover 2 Hold down the Release Ink Alt button for several seconds and release the button when the print head moves to the ink cartridge replace position 3 Pull the ink cartridge clamp toward you to release the cartridge The clamp pushes the ink cartridge up so it is easy to grasp 4 Lift the cartridge out of the printer and dispose of it properly Do not take the used cartridge apart or try to refill it W Warning If ink gets on your hands wash them thoroughly with soapy water Avoid touching your eyes If irritation occurs contact a physician 5 Follow the steps 5 through 9 in Installing the
12. e your print command When the printer receives the data it begins printing When the printer finishes printing it ejects the sheet automatically If the sheet does not come all the way out press the Load Eject button 4 You can print as many sheets as you like from the manual slot When you want to switch to the paper feeder press the Load Eject button and do not insert a sheet into the manual slot The printer then loads a sheet of paper from the paper feeder Note If the ink does not dry fast enough try removing sheets one at a time as they finish printing 7 1194 EPSON STYLUS 400 9 EPSON STYLUS 400 Printing on envelopes You can also use the manual feed slot to print on individual envelopes 1 2 3 Turn on the printer and open the printer cover Press the Pause button Hold down the Replace Ink Alt button for several seconds and release the button when the carriage moves to the middle position The Pause light begins blinking Turn the paper thickness lever clockwise as far as it will go Press the Replace Ink button to return the carriage to the far right position The Pause light comes on Press the Pause button to turn the Pause light off Close the printer cover Insert an envelope into the manual feed slot with the wide end at the top entering the printer first and the printable side face up until it meets resistance The printer loads the envelope to the print position autom
13. educe the top and bottom margins in your document through your software program Paper Jams To clear a paper jam follow the steps below 1 Open the printer cover and the paper feeder cover 2 Pull the access panel away from the rear of the printer as shown below 7 1194 Ink Jet Printers 3 Pull the paper out gently If the paper tears make sure you remove any remaining pieces 4 If the paper is caught in the paper ejection area gently pull it out of the printer 5 Push the access panel back onto the rear of the printer and close the printer cover and the paper feeder cover Preventing paper feed and paper jam problems If you have frequent paper feed or paper jam problems refer to this checklist of corrective measures a Use a higher quality paper one that is not too thin or rough Some types of paper require manual feeding q Fan the stack of paper and straighten it before loading 1 Be sure that you do not load too much paper in the paper feeder You can load up to 100 pages Try turning the stack of paper over in the paper feeder Most packages of paper indicate the best side to print on with an arrow on the end of the package Make sure the best side is loaded face down Printer Care Replacing the Ink Cartridge When the Ink Out light on the control panel flashes the ink in the ink cartridge is low The printer will continue printing until the cartridge is completely empty When the cartridg
14. ers Vertical tab position Horizontal tab positions Font selection Last font selected on contro panel Canceled except condensed printing Hardware initialization cleared Software initialization deselected only Special printing effects Download character set In addition hardware and control panel initialization clears the data buffer Ink Jet Printers 7 1194 The Control Panel The printer control panel gives you easy control over most common printer operations It consists of indicator lights and buttons e Data O Paper Out amp Ink Out OO Courier O Roman T PS 0 Sans Serif H PS o Roman 80 Sans Serif SS Prestige Font Load Eject C ee Indicator lights Pause On when printing is paused Font Indicate the current font setting These two lights go on and off when you press the Font button The font menu on the control panel helps you determine which font is selected Condensed On when the condensed printing mode is selected When this mode is selected the printer prints a condensed version of selected fonts Economy On when the economy printing mode is selected When this mode is selected the printer uses fewer dots per character The print speed is the same in both economy and LQ mode but the economy mode uses less ink This mode is ideal for rough drafts and editing work Paper Out ink Out On when the printer runs out of paper Flashing indicates that the in
15. han 0 25 mm Printable area Single sheets paper feeder and manual insertion A B lt u o Envelopes 1 Printable area ii B C A The minimum top margin is 3 0 mm 0 12 inches B The minimum left margin is 3 0 mm 0 12 inches The minimum right margin is 9 0 mm 0 35 inches for the letter size paper feeder 3 0 mm 0 12 inches for the A4 size paper feeder 3 mm 0 12 inches for manual insertion C The minimum bottom margin is 13 0 mm 0 51 inches EPSON STYLUS 400 2 Mechanical Paper feed method Friction Ink cartridge S020025 Color Black Print capacity Approximately 700 000 letter quality characters The cartridge life may vary depending on how often you use the print head cleaning function Cartridge life 2 years from production date Temperature Storage 30 to 40 C 22 to 104 F Transit 30 to 60 C 22 to 140 F 1 month at 40 C 104 F 120 hours at 60 C 140 F Freezing 3 C 26 6 F thaws in approx 2 hours at 25 C 77 F Note Use only ink or cartridges manufactured by EPSON S020025 or to EPSON s specifications Do not attempt to refill ink cartridges manually If you use substandard products you will damage the print heads MTBF 4 000 power on hours Total print volume 25 000 pages Dimensions and weight Height 159 mm 6 3 inches Width 435 mm 17 1 inches Depth 400 mm 15 7 inches with paper support Weight 4 8 kg 10 6 lb Electric
16. k cartridge is low or the cartridge is empty When only this light is flashing the ink is low When this light and the Data light are flashing at the same time the cartridge is empty Data On when data remains in the printer s memory EPSON STYLUS 400 3 EPSON STYLUS 400 Buttons Pause Press this button to stop printing temporarily Press it again to resume printing Load Eject Press this button to load or eject a sheet of paper If you have been printing from the manual feed slot pressing this button switches paper loading back to the paper feeder Font Press this button to cycle through the font choices on the font menu The Font lights indicate the current selection Alt Replace Ink Hold down this button for several seconds to move the carriage to the ink cartridge replace position when the printer is paused The Alt button also alters the functions of the other buttons Hold down the Alt button and press another button to change the functions as follows Print Head Cieaning Alt Pause Starts print head cleaning cycle Reset Alt Load Eject Clears the printer s buffer and initializes the printer settings to their factory settings Economy Condensed Alt Font Selects economy printing or condensed mode Press it again to turn your selection off The indicator light goes on or off next to the mode you select Character Fonts Your printer has six built in character fonts including the EPSON
17. le menu as show in the table below light Submenu 1 Italic U S A Italic France italic Germany italic U K italic Denmark Italic Sweden italic Italy italic Spain O PC437 PC850 PC860 PC863 PC865 PC861 BRASCII Abicomp On Off Hashing Note If the table you printed in Step 3 in the previous section includes Submenu 3 use that table to select the character table setting instead of the one above 2 Press the Font button to change the setting As you move from setting to setting the Font lights turn on go off or flash to show your selection as indicated in the following table 7 1 94 Submenu 1 talicUSA 6 italic France O italic Germany O taic UK PO italic Sweden OO Italic Spain oS O e oO _ Pca37 o e o Pcsso o le _ Pes6es o OO O O O _ Oo Submenu 2 PC861 BRASCII Abicomp _ On Off 5 Flashing 3 Exit the default setting mode by turning off the printer Note J You may exit the default setting mode any time by turning off the printer Any changes you have made remain in effect until you change them again T Ifyou want to check the new default settings enter the default setting mode again and print the current settings After you check them turn the printer off to exit without making changes Installing the Ink Cartridge Each ink cartridge contain
18. printer cover Pai power switch _ control panel a att paper feeder paper support paper feeder cover pape separator manual feed siot oo Courier Paper Out oe Roman T PS Ink Out 0 Sans Serif H PS Printer Specifications Printing Printing method Piezoelectric 48 nozzle ink jet matrix Character pitch and printing speed ome Samana Character pitch columns speed soci 8 tps az as O cpi characters per inch cps characters per second Maximum resolution 360 x 360 dpi text graphics Printing direction Bidirectional with logic seeking for text and graphics The auto print direction can be set in the default setting mode Line spacing 1 6 inch 1 8 inch or programmable in 1 360 inch increments Ink Jet Printers 7 1 94 EPSON STYLUS 400 Paper feed speed 110 milliseconds per 1 6 inch line Input buffer 8KB when mixed text graphics option in default setting mode is set to ON 24KB when mixed text graphics option in default setting mode is set to OFF Internal fonts and character tables Bitmap fonts Font ho epi epi 15 cpi Proportional _ ePsoNRoman o o o o EPSON Sans sen o o o Epson cower o o o EPSONPrestge o o o Select other font pitch combinations using ESC P 2 commands Scalable fonts kom mnp Max pt inerents fepsonnoman 2 m EPSON Sans Sel e 2 apt EPsoN Romant
19. provide an installation or setup menu that presents a list of printers To take full advantage of your printer s features including ESC P 2 choose one of the ESC P 2 printers on the list below If none of these is listed contact your software manufacturer for an update that includes one of these Until you receive an update choose another printer as close to the top of the list as possible Stylus 400 Stylus 800 Stylus 300 Q 850 2550 Stylus 800 LQ 850 1050 ActionPrinter 3250 ESC P2 LQ 550 1010 ESC P LQ 100 LQ 500 SQ 870 1170 LQ 2550 LQ 870 1170 LQ 800 1000 LQ 570 1070 Q 1500 If none of these printers is listed among your program s options select the first one available from the following LQ EX FX LX RX MX EPSON printer Standard printer and Draft printer Tips for Using the Paper Feeder lt Load paper into the paper feeder before you turn on the printer and send data When the printer receives data from the computer it loads a single sheet automatically and begins to print Q If the printer runs out of paper during a print job reload the paper feeder and then press the Load Eject button to continue printing I Press the Load Eject button if you need to eject a sheet of loaded paper LJ You can switch to manual loading to feed single sheets or envelopes without removing the paper supply from the paper feeder J Because most software programs take care of the top and bottom margins you should
20. s enough ink to print about 700 pages The exact number of pages a single cartridge can print varies according to the amount of text and graphics on each page Caution The ink cartridge is a self contained unit Under normal circumstances ink will not leak from the cartridge If ink does get on your hands wash them thoroughly with soap and water fink gets into your eyes flush them immediately with water The first time you use your new printer you need to charge the ink delivery system with ink You need to perform this operation only once Ink Jet Printers EPSON STYLUS 400 To prolong the life of your ink cartridge 4 Pull the top of the ink cartridge clamp toward you to open J L Always wait until the print head stops moving before you it turn off the printer If you need to stop printing quickly press Pause wait until the head stops moving and then turn off the printer Never remove the ink cartridge except to replace it with a new one Perform the cleaning cycle only if print quality has declined Don t move the print head by hand Leave the cartridge sealed until just before you install it Select Economy mode to print quickly using less ink 5 Open the foil package containing the ink cartridge and remove it from the protective cardboard Be sure to Install the ink cartridge as follows remove the tape seal from the ink cartridge 1 2 Open the printer cover Make sure the
21. usually adjust the margins by using your programs taking the printer s default loading position into account _ The default page length for paper loaded from the paper feeder is 61 lines letter size paper and 65 lines A4 size paper You can change it using your software program or printer commands if necessary J If the ink does not dry fast enough try removing sheets one at a time as they finish printing Ink Jet Printers Loading Paper Manually You can load single sheets of paper or envelopes from the manual feed slot without removing the paper supply from the paper feeder Paper sizes You can use the manual feed slot to load single sheets of paper from 8 3 inches 210 mm to 8 5 inches 216 mm wide and from 10 1 inches 257 mm to 11 7 inches 297 mm long You can also load the following envelope sizes from the manual feed slot I Envelope No 6 6 5 inches 166 mm wide x 3 6 inches 92 mm d Envelope No 10 9 5 inches 240 mm wide x 4 1 inches 104 mm Printing on single sheets Follow these steps to load a single sheet in the manual feed slot 1 Turn on the printer 2 Insert a single sheet of paper into the slot until it meets resistance aligning the right edge of the paper with the arrow mark on the printer The printer automatically loads the sheet r reiVea Note If the sheet does not load straight press the Load Eject button to eject it Then try loading it again 3 Now giv
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