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Epson C2600/2600 Printer User Manual

1. 54 Paper Handling 6 Load the paper and reinsert the paper cassette Note After loading paper set the i Size setting to match the loaded paper size on the control panel Output tray The output tray is located on the top of the printer Since printouts are output face down this tray is also referred to as the face down tray This tray can hold up to 250 sheets Paper Handling 55 If the printouts do not stack well open the extension on the output tray Printing on Special Media You can print on special media which include Epson paper such as the following Note Since the quality of any particular brand or type of media may be changed by the manufacturer at any time Epson cannot guarantee the quality of any type of media Always test samples of media stock before purchasing large quantities or printing large jobs EPSON Color Laser Paper Whenloading EPSON Color Laser Paper you should make paper settings as shown below J Make settings on the Basic Settings in the printer driver 56 Paper Handling Paper Size A4 Paper Source MP Tray up to 150 sheets or up to 16 5 mm thick stack Lower Cassette up to 500 sheets or up to 55 mm thick stack Paper Type Plain J You can also make these settings on the Traas Mern in the control panel See Tray Menu on page 229 EPSON Color Laser Transparencies Epson recommends the use of EPSON C
2. 8 Close cover E 9 Pullout the optional paper cassette Then pull the cassette upward to remove it from the optional paper cassette unit 368 Troubleshooting 10 Gently pull out any sheets of paper that have fed part way into the printer 11 Reinsert the paper cassette into the optional paper cassette unit 12 Open the MP tray and reload the paper Troubleshooting 369 Printing a Status Sheet To confirm the current status of the printer and that the options are installed correctly print a status sheet using the printer s control panel or the printer driver To print a status sheet from the printer s control panel see Printing a Status Sheet on page 281 To print a status sheet from the printer driver for Windows see Printing a status sheet on page 98 or for Macintosh see Printing a status sheet on page 174 Operational Problems The Ready light does not turn on Cause What to do The power cord may not be Turn off the printer check the power cord properly plugged into the connections between the printer and the electrical outlef electrical outlet then turn the printer back On The electrical outlet may be Make sure that the switch is turned on or controlled by an outside switch or plug another electrical device into the an automatic timer outlet to check whether the outlet is operating properly The printer
3. SN 334 Replacing Consumable Products Chapter 10 Cleaning and Transporting the Printer Cleaning the Printer The printer needs only minimal cleaning If the printer s outer case is dirty or dusty turn off the printer and clean it with a soft clean cloth moistened with a mild detergent Caution Never use alcohol or paint thinner to clean the printer cover These chemicals can damage the components and the case Be careful not to get water onto the printer mechanism or any electrical components Cleaning and Transporting the Printer 335 Cleaning the output tray 1 Open the extension on the output tray 2 Gently wipe the exposed paper path area with a well wrung cloth 336 Cleaning and Transporting the Printer 3 Close the extension on the output cover Cleaning the pickup roller 1 Makesurethatthe printer is turned off then open the MP tray Cleaning and Transporting the Printer 337 2 Gently wipe the rubber parts of the pickup roller inside the MP tray with a wet well wrung cloth 3 Close the MP tray Cleaning the photoconductor wire knob a 1 Opencover D and remove the waste toner collector 338 Cleaning and Transporting the Printer Note When placing the waste toner collector that is removed stand it on a flat surface leaning agai
4. Please Shutdown This message appears after all the toner cartridges are removed Turn off the printer Please Wait The toner cartridge to be replaced is moving to the replacement position in the printer Printer Open Cover D B A or E is open Close all the covers Using the Control Panel Print Overrun The required time to process the print data exceeded the print engine speed because the current page is too complex Press the O Start Stop button to resume printing or press the tj Cancel Job button to cancel the print job If this message appears again select ri as the Page Protect setting in the control panel s Setup Menu or select Avoid Page Error on the printer driver If you continue to receive this message when printing a particular page try simplifying the page by limiting the number of graphics or reducing the number and size of fonts To avoid this error it is recommended that you set the Pase Fratect setting to Gn and add more memory to the printer See Setup Menu on page 233 and Memory Module on page 303 for details PS3 Hard Disk full The memory allocated for writing PostScript 3 commands on the optional Hard Disk Drive is full a ea m error select 3 from the control panel s Reset or remove the downoad PS fonts to make room on file Hard Disk Drive For instruction about accessing the control panel menus see How to access the control panel menus on page 223 RAM CHECK The printe
5. Resolution Standard Print Status Print Status Printer Sharing Setup Printer Sharing Setup i Monitor the Printer 4 The Printer Sharing dialog box appears Select the Share this Printer check box then type the printer name and password information as needed EPSON Printer Sharing Setup AL C2600 1 00 f Share this Printer 4 Name 2 9 jJ 5 Click OK to apply the settings 198 Using the Printer Software with Macintosh 6 Close Chooser Accessing the shared printer Follow the steps below to access your printer from another computer on the network 1 Turn on your printer 2 On each computer from which you want to access the printer select Chooser from the Apple menu Click your printer s icon then select the name of the shared printer in the Select a printer port box on the right You can only select from the printers connected to your current AppleTalk zone Note Make sure On is selected under Backeround Printing 3 Click Setup enter the password for the printer then click OK The Printer Setup dialog box appears Under Printer Sharing Set Up click Shared Printer Information EPSON Printer Setup Resolution amp Standard Printer Settings 4f Monitor the Printer Print Status Print Status _ Printer Sharing Shared Printer Information Using the Printer Software with Macintosh 199
6. Using the Printer Software with Windows 117 Setting Monitoring Preferences To make specific monitoring settings click Monitoring Preferences in the Optional Settings menu of the printer driver The Monitoring Preferences dialog box appears A5 elect Notification lr Hot Ready On k Communication Error n O Status Confirmation Error OFF O Toner Low Ort Other w arinns Fi s eee no Snom ul _ _ _ lt _________ Example m D auble clicking the Shortcut con opens the Printer Status Window Job Management d W Show job information iw Notify when printing completed Allow monitoring of shared printers sm e e h g f The following settings and buttons appear in the dialog box Select Notification Use the check boxes in this area to select the types of error that you wish to be notified about To select the notification item to be displayed select the corresponding check box in Event The current status of the notification item is displayed as On or Off in Screen Notification E Default button Restores default settings 118 Using the Printer Software with Windows select Shortcut Icon To use the shortcut icon select the shortcut Icon check box then choose an icon The icon you select appears on the right side of the taskbar Once the shortcut iconisin the taskbar you can double click it fo open the EPSON Status
7. All interface connectors for this printer are Non LPS non limited power source Safety Instructions 7 Connect your printer to an electrical outlet that meets the power requirements of this printer Your printer s power requirements are indicated on a label attached to the printer If you are not sure of the power supply specifications in your area contact your local power company or consult your dealer If you are unable to insert the AC plug into the electrical outlet contact an electrician Avoid using outlets that other appliances are plugged into Use the type of power source indicated on the label If you are not sure of the type of power available consult your dealer or local power company If you are unable to insert the plug into the outlet contact a qualified electrician When connecting this product to a computer or other device with a cable ensure the correct orientation of the connectors Each connector has only one correct orientation Inserting a connector in the wrong orientation may damage both devices connected by the cable If you use an extension cord make sure that the total of the ampere ratings on the products plugged into the extension cord does not exceed the extension cord ampere rating Unplug this printer from the wall outlet and refer servicing to a qualified service representative under the following conditions A When the power cord or plug is damaged or frayed B Ifliquid has
8. America Korea Legal Available for ESC P 2 emulation only Information about Fonts 455 Characters available with the ESC command To print the characters in the table below use the ESC command 4 CODE 0 1 Fo 1 amp 2 e 3 Iy n 4 es 5 s 7 i 8 B t 9 o 4 g gt B d e C 9 L D 5 E A F O v In the 1239X Emulation Mode The available symbol sets in the 1239X mode are PcUSA PcMultilingual PcEur858 PcPortuguese PcCanFrench PcNordic See In the ESC P 2 or FX Modes on page 453 The available fonts are EPSON Sans Serif Courier EPSON Prestige EPSON Gothic EPSON Presentor EPSON Orator and EPSON Script In the EPSON GL 2 Mode The available symbol sets in the EPSON GL 2 mode are the same as those in LaserJet4 emulation mode See In the LJ4 Emulation Mode on page 449 456 Information about Fonts In the P5C Mode Symbol Set Name Font Classification ISO 60 Danish Norwegian ISO 15 Italian ISO 8859 1 Latin 1 ISO 11 Swedis ISO 6 ASCII ISO 4 United Kingdom ISO 69 French ISO 29 German Legal ISO 8859 2 Latin 2 ISO 17 Spanish Roman 9 PS Math ISO 8859 5 Latin 5 Windows 3 1 Latin5 Microsoft Publishing Venture Math DeskTop Math 8 Roman 8 Windows 3 1 Lation 2 Pc 1004 Information about Fonts 457 ISO 8859 15 Lation 9 Nw j o 1 o9 Windows 3 0 Lation 1 wm j o PSText w E
9. o Set the printer port to EpsonNet Print Port Refer to Configuring the Printer Port in the Network Guide to find the instructions For Windows NT 4 0 users 1 10 11 210 Make sure that the printer is turned on Insert the printer software CD ROM into your CD ROM drive Click Start point to Settings and click Printers Then double click the Add Printer icon The Add Printer Wizard appears Confirm that the My Computer check box is selected and click Next Click Add Port Select LPR Port and click New Port Specify the IP address and port name then click OK Click Close Confirm that the port you registered is selected and click Next Specify the following path for the CD ROM If your CD ROM drive is D the path will be D ADOBEPS ENGLISH WINNT40 PS_SETUP Then click OK Note Change the drive letter as needed for your system Select the printer and click Next Follow the on screen instructions for the rest of the installation Using the PostScript Printer Driver Accessing the PostScript printer driver You can access the PostScript printer driver directly from any application programs from your Windows operating system The printer settings made from many Windows applications override the setting made when the printer driver is accessed from the operating system so you should access the printer driver from your application to make sure that you get the result you want From the
10. 1 Insert the printer software CD ROM into your CD ROM drive 2 Double click the CD ROM icon 3 Double click Mac OS X then double click PS Installer 214 Using the PostScript Printer Driver 6 Note For Mac OS X 10 2 if the Authenticate window appears enter the user name and password for an administrator The Install EPSON PostScript Software screen appears click Continue then follow the on screen instructions Easy Install is displayed on the screen Click Install Note For Mac OS X 10 3 if the Authenticate window appears enter the user name and password for an administrator When installation is done click Close For Mac OS 9 users 1 Insert the printer software CD ROM into your CD ROM drive Double click the CD ROM icon Double click Mac OS 9 then double click English Double click AdobePS 8 7 and double click AdobePS Installer Then follow the on screen instructions Select Easy Install then click Install When installation is done click Quit Note If you are connecting two or more EPSON printers of the same model using AppleTalk and you want to rename the printer see the Network Guide Using the PostScript Printer Driver 215 Selecting the printer After installing the PostScript 3 printer driver you need to select the printer Selecting the printer when it is connected via a USB connection for Mac OS 9 users 216 If the printer is connected to your computer via a USB p
11. 6 Select the saved custom watermark from the Watermark drop down list on the Layout dialog box then click OK 168 Using the Printer Software with Macintosh Io make a bitmap watermark Before making a custom watermark you should prepare a bitmap PICT file 1 Click the amp llLayout icon on the Basic Settings dialog box The Layout dialog box appears 2 Select the Watermark Settings check box then click New belete The Custom Watermark dialog box appears EPSON noon sm s O Fit te Page Output Paper A1 Location Upperleft Center pr Watermark Settings Watermark Confidential New Deletel 2 Color Red 4 Edit Text Intensity Light M Dark Rotate hy mouse Angle degrees O Print on First Page only O Print Layout Frint Layout Settings Select Pages ta Print All Pages in Range Duplex Duplex Settings 4 Bindini si Left T Right r nh C Odd Pages inding if op igh C3 Even Pages O Print the Frame 3 Click Add PICT on the Custom watermark dialog box EPSON XXXXXX 1 Save jd Add Text Edit Text Delete Using the Printer Software with Macintosh 169 4 Select the PICT file then click Open original watermarks Bsamient TY Preview Sea J sample Create A Show Preview E l S Edit ext pares Note To remove the saved watermark select it from the List box then click Delete After removing it be sure to click Save to
12. Color Management Optional Settings General Fort Substitution Shanng Advanced 1 89 You can share thie printer with other users on your network To cel enable sharing for this printer cick Share this printer Prats Do pot share this printer Share this pinige Share name EPSDNEPL Dimers IF thie paires rs shared wih users running diferent versions of Windows vou may want to install additional divers so Ihat lhe users do not have To find the port diver when they connect to the shared printer Additional Drivers ok J coe J s Select Windows being used for clients then click OK Using the Printer Software with Windows 139 For Windows Me or 98 clients Select Intel Windows 95 or 98 Windows 2000 Select Intel Windows 95 98 and Me Windows XP Select x86 Windows 95 WIndows 98 and Windows Millennium Edition Windows Server 2003 For Windows NT 4 0 clients Select Intel Windows NT4 0 or 2000 Windows 2000 Select Intel Windows NT4 0 or 2000 Windows XP Select x86 Windows NT4 0 Windows Server 2003 For Windows XP or 2000 Intel Windows 2000 clients Windows 2000 Intel Windows 2000 or XP Windows XP x86 Windows 2000 Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 Windows Server 2003 Additional Drivers You can install additional drivers so that users on the Following systems can download them automatically when they connect Environment Version Installed O Alpha Windows NT
13. EPSON SKOON Advanced 1 Printer mhormalion Comment Slalus Ready Documents wating Note Q The name of the shared printer may be changed by the computer or server that is connected to the shared printer To make sure of the name of the shared printer ask the administrator of the network Q If the printer driver is installed in the client beforehand you need to select either the new printer driver or the current printer driver When the prompt to select the printer driver appears select the printer driver according to the message If the local printer driver for Windows XP or 2000 is installed beforehand you can select the printer driver for Windows XP or 2000 as the current printer driver instead of the alternative driver in the Windows NT 4 0 server Q If the additional driver for Windows XP or 2000 NT 4 0 is installed in the Windows XP 2000 NT 4 0 or Server 2003 print server go to the next step 148 Using the Printer Software with Windows Q If the additional driver is not installed in the Windows NT 4 0 print server or the print seroer s OS is Windows Me or 98 go to Installing the printer driver from the CD ROM on page 151 6 For Windows 2000 select whether to use the printer as the default printer or not then click Next 7 Make sure of the settings then click Finish Add Printer Wizard E und the Add Printer You have successtuly completed ihe Add Printer Wizard You specied Ihe following prin
14. For a complete description of the items and settings available in the control panel menus see Control Panel Menus on page 225 Using the Control Panel 223 1 Whentheprinter s Ready light is on press the Enter button to access the control panel menus 2 Use the A Up and W Down buttons to scroll through the menus 3 Press the Enter button to view the items in a menu Depending on the menu the LCD panel displays an item and the current setting separated i TT 1 zZZz or only an item 4 UsetheA Upand Y Down buttons to scroll through the items or press the lt Back button to return to the previous level 5 Press the Enter button to carry out the operation indicated by an item such as printing a status sheet or resetting the printer or to view the settings available for an item such as paper sizes or emulation modes Use the A Up and Y Down buttons to scroll through available settings then press the f Enter button to select a setting Press the 4 Back button to return to the previous level without changing the setting Note You need to turn the printer off and then on to activate some settings For details see Control Panel Menus on page 225 224 Using the Control Panel 6 Press the O Start Stop button to exit the control panel menus Control Panel Menus Press the A Up and W Down buttons to scroll through the menus The menus and menu items appear in the order shown below Note Some menus and
15. If your operating system is Windows Me or 98 use USB 1 1 interface 1 Access the printer driver 2 For Windows Me or 98 click the Details tab For Windows XP 2000 or Server 2003 click the Ports tab 3 For Windows Me or 98 select the EPUSBX your printer name USB port from the Print to the following port drop down list For Windows XP 2000 or Server 2003 select the USBXXX USB port in the list on the Ports menu Color Management Opbonal Settings Fort Substitution General Sharing Ports Advanced EA EPSON AL C2600 Advanced Print to the following port s Documents will pant to Ihe first free checked port F n Desenplion Printer P O cau Serial Port Ll coma Seiial Poit O FILE PinttoFie e TE O J Decu PDF Pott i EPSON DF 9000 ESCAP hal amp __addPog __DetetePot__ _Corfigue Pon F Enable bidirectional support Enable printer pooling aso Note This screen may vary depending on your operating system version 4 Click OK to save the settings Using the Printer Software with Windows 127 Canceling Printing If the printouts are not what you expected and display incorrect or garbled characters or images you may need to cancel printing When the printer s icon is displayed on the taskbar follow the instructions below to cancel the printing Double click your printer s icon on the taskbar Select the job in the list then click Cancel from the Document menu Be ey 4 27
16. Q If the language section window appears select your country I If the EPSON Installation Program screen does not appear automatically double click the My Computer icon right click the CD ROM icon and click OPEN in the menu that appears Then double click Epsetup exe 3 Click Continue When the software license agreement screen appears read the statement and then click Agree 4 Click User Installation Information about Fonts 419 5 Select User Installation and then select your printer EPSON AcuLaser XXX Please select your printer EPSON AcuLaser XXXXX EPSON AcuLaser XXXX EPSON a Fa 6 Inthe dialog box that appears click Local Please select from the following hema Set up the printer via a local connection uc Metwork setup the printer via a network connection q21 EPSON pu uu 420 Information about Fonts 7 Click Custom EPSON AcuLaser uut a BERR ML Fal This CD ROM has all the sofrerare and information you need Click the Install button to get started Printer Driver EPSOM Status Monitor 3 User s Guide Paper Jam Guide EPSOM BarCode Font EPSOM Font Manager T Mose Peira EPSON as Sra prec 8 Select the EPSON BarCode Font check box and then click Install Then follow the on screen instructions EPSON AcuLaser XXXX Select the items you want and click Install Printer Driver EPSON Status Monitor 3 User s Guide Pap
17. Switches to the 4x B W mode which is the monochrome printing mode with four black toner cartridges installed Change mode Color Switches to the Color mode which is the color printing mode with the C M and Y toner cartridges installed KC KM KY KK Toner This setting is available only when the printer is in the 4 x B W mode When you find a faint printing pattern on the Toner Check Sheet set the indicated toner cartridge to Gizabie to maintain printing quality Reset Menu This menu allows you to cancel printing and reset the printer settings Clear Warning Clears warning messages that show errors except for these that occur from consumable products or mandatory replacement parts Clear All Warnings Clears all warning messages that appear on the LCD panel Reset Using the Control Panel 239 Stops printing and clears the current job received from the active interface You may want to reset the printer when there is a problem with the print job itself and the printer cannot print successfully Reset All Stops printing clears the printer memory and restores the printer settings to their default values The print jobs received from all interfaces are erased Note Performing Reset All clears print jobs received from all interfaces Be careful not to interrupt someone else s job SelecType Init Restores the control panel menu settings to their default values Change Toner C M Y K Replace the indicated
18. Times Roman Times Italic Times Bold Times Bold Italic and Symbol P5C mode Scalable Font Font Classifi cation Font Classifi cation Courier Arial Bold Courier Bold Arial Italic Arial Bold Italic B W E E Times New Roman E imes New Roman Bold M f E B Courier Italic Courier Bold Italic Letter Gothic Bold Times New Roman Italic Letter Gothic Italic Times New Roman Bold Italic CourierPS Helvetica CourierPS Bold Helvetica Bold Letter Gothic 442 Information about Fonts CourierPS Oblique Helvetica Oblique CourierPS Bold Oblique 5 Helvetica Bold Oblique CG Times Bold Helvetica Narrow Oblique Helvetica Narrow Bold Oblique Palatino Roman CG Times Italic CG Times Bold Italic CG Omega CG Omega Bold Palatino Bold i Palatino Italic Palatino Bold Italic ITC Avant Garde Gothic Book CG Omega Italic CG Omega Bold Italic Clarendon Condensed ITC Avant Garde Gothic Demi ITC Avant Garde Gothic Book Oblique ITC Avant Garde Demi Oblique Univers Medium Italic ITC Bookman Light Univers Bold Italic ITC Bookman Demi Sa Univers Medium ITC Bookman Light Italic j Condensed Univers Bold Condensed Ca ITC Bookman Demi Italic Univers Medium New Century Condensed Italic Schoolbook Roman UniversBold Condensed New Century s Italic Schoolbook Bold Antique Olive New Century Sc
19. When installation is done click Finish Installing the PostScript printer driver for the USB interface 206 Follow the steps below to install the PostScript printer driver for the USB interface Caution Never use EPSON Status Monitor 3 and PostScript 3 driver at the same time when the printer is connected via USB port It may damage the system Note E E The USB interface is not available for printing under Windows NT 4 0 For Windows Me or 98 if the Windows driver and the Adobe PS driver for Epson printers with a USB connection have already been installed on your computer follow the installation procedure Installing the PostScript printer driver for the parallel interface on page 204 but make sure to select USB as the port in step 5 If you have not installed an Epson USB printer driver on your computer follow the installation procedure below Installing the printer software for Windows XP or 2000 may require administrator privileges If you have problems ask your administrator for more information Using the PostScript Printer Driver Turn off all virus protection programs before installing the printer software Make sure that the printer is turned off Insert the printer software CD ROM into your CD ROM drive Connect your computer to the printer with a USB cable then turn on the printer Install the USB Device Driver For Windows Me select Automatic search for a better driver Recommended cl
20. Windows XP or 2000 clients is the Windows NT 4 0 x86 driver which is installed beforehand as the printer driver for Windows NT 4 0 When installing the printer driver in the Windows XP or 2000 clients from Windows NT 4 0 print server the driver for Windows NT 4 0 is installed LJ You cannot install the printer driver for Windows XP or 2000 as the additional driver in a Windows NT 4 0 print server To install the printer driver for Windows XP or 2000 in Windows XP or 2000 clients the administrator installs the local printer driver in the clients from the CD ROM that comes with the printer then performs the following procedure 1 For Windows 2000 clients click Start point to Settings and click Printers For Windows XP clients click Start point to Printers and Faxes Using the Printer Software with Windows 145 2 For Window 2000 double click the Add Printer icon then click Next For Windows XP click Add a printer in the Printer Tasks menu L Printers and Faxes Ele Edt Wew Favorites Tools Help Ly gt pa Search Folders T ddress Jy Printers and Faxes Printer Tasks A Im EPSON XXXXNXXO Advanced gt a Add a printer SE Ready So Set up faxing See Also A d Troubleshoot printing 42 Get help with printing 3 For Windows 2000 select Network printer then click Next For Windows XP select A network printer or a printer attached to another computer then click Next 4 For Wi
21. _I If you have moved a toner cartridge from a cool to a warm environment wait for at least one hour before installing it to prevent damage from condensation W Warning Q Do not touch the toner Keep the toner away from your eyes If toner gets on your skin or clothes wash it off with soap and water immediately d Keep consumable products out of the reach of children L Do not dispose of used consumable products in fire as they may explode and cause injury Dispose of them according to local regulations Ld If toner is spilled use a broom and dustpan or a damp cloth with soap and water to clean it up Because the fine particles can cause a fire or explosion if they come into contact with a spark do not use a vacuum cleaner Replacing Consumable Products 315 Replacing a foner cartridge Follow the steps below to replace a toner cartridge 1 Prepare anew cartridge of the color E C or displayed on the LCD panel 2 Open cover D MI DINJJ MHI 316 Replacing Consumable Products 4 Remove the empty toner cartridge from the printer 5 Take the protective materials off of the new cartridge and gently shake the new toner cartridge a few times 6 Take the new toner cartridge out of its package and remove the plastic protective cover from the toner cartridge Replacing Consumable Products 317 7 Insert the new cartridge into the printer y j Mw ii
22. carriage return character This function is handled automatically by most applications Auto LF If you select 2 the printer does not send an automatic line feed LF command with each carriage return CR If ri is selected a line feed command is sent with each carriage return Select Bri if your text lines overlap Bit Image The printer is able to emulate the graphics densities set with the printer commands If you select ar the bit image density is high and if you select i isht the bit image density is low If you select amp artCaode the printer converts bit images to bar codes by automatically filling in any vertical gaps between dots This produces unbroken vertical lines that can be read by a bar code reader This mode will reduce the size of the image being printed and may also cause some distortion when printing bit image graphics ZeroChar Specifies whether the printer prints a slashed or unslashed zero FX Menu This menu allows you to make settings which affect the printer when it is in the FX emulation mode Using the Control Panel 253 254 ton Satie tainted Orator S OCR A OCR B T Margin 0 40 0 50 1 50 inches in 0 05 inch increments CGIable PCUSA Italic PcMultilin PcPortugue PcCanFrenc PcNordic PcTurkish2 Pclcelandic PcE Europe BOBRASCIL BpAbicomp Roman 8 PcEur858 ISO Latin 8859 151SO Country USA France Germany UK Denmark sweden Italy Soainl Japan Norway
23. devices the printer software is not installed correctly Proceed to step 5 If neither USB Printer nor your printer name appears under Other devices click Refresh or unplug the USB cable from the printer then plug it into the printer again Once you ve confirmed that these items appear proceed to step 5 Troubleshooting 391 392 4 Under Other devices select USB Printer or your printer name click Remove then click OK System Properties Exc General Device Manager Hardware Profiles Performance View devices by type C View devices by connection E Computer FE CDROM Disk drives EE Display adapters HS Floppy disk controllers f Hard disk controllers m Keyboard RT Monitors fy Mouse HSE Network adapters Other devices 75 USB Printer Hf Ports COM amp LPT DEC SCSI controllers fl System devices ce Universal serial bus controller Properties Refresh Print OF Cancel When the following dialog box appears click OK then click OK to close the System Properties dialog box Confirm Device Removal E ES za USB Printer Warming rau are about te remove this device from your system Cancel Troubleshooting 5 Uninstall the printer software as explained in Uninstalling the Printer Software on page 129 Turn the printer off restart your computer then reinstall the printer software as described in the Setup Guide Status and Error Messages
24. dialog box appears Make necessary changes to the settings then close the dialog box Quit Printer Setup Utility for Mac OS X 10 3 or Print Center for Mac OS X 10 2 Using the PostScript Printer Driver 221 For Mac OS 9 users Follow the steps below to change the settings 1 Access the printer driver 2 Click the Printing menu then select Change Setup 3 Change the settings using the pop up menus 222 Using the PostScript Printer Driver Chapter 7 Using the Control Panel Using the Control Panel Menus You can use the printer s control panel to access a variety of menus that allow you to check the status of consumable products print status sheets and make printer settings This section describes how to use the control panel menus and when it is appropriate to make printer settings using the control panel When to make control panel settings In general printer settings can be made from the printer driver and do notneed to be made using the control panel In fact printer driver settings override settings made using the control panel so use the control panel menus only to make settings you cannot make in your software or printer driver including the following J Changing the emulation modes and selecting the IES Intelligent Emulation Switching mode _I Specifying a channel and configuring the interface _I Choosing the size of the memory buffer used to receive data How to access the control panel menus
25. i Toucen share this pinte with aller users on your newak To zl enable sharing for this printer click Share this printer 2 Do not share this printer Share this printer ng Share name 2 Using the Printer Software with Windows 137 Note Do not use spaces or hyphens for the Share name or an error may occur 4 Select the additional drivers Note If the computers of the server and clients use the same OS you do not have to install the additional drivers Just click OK after step3 On the Windows NT 4 0 print server Select Windows being used for clients For example select Windows 95 to install the additional driver for the Windows Me or 98 clients then click OK Share Name JEPSON You may install aberatie divers 50 that users on the following systems can Cosenioed them automaticaly wien they connect Akemale Divers 1 windows HT 4 0 HPS Windows NT 40 Alpha Windows NT 4 0 Windows NT 25 or 251 205 x To modiy the persone on the panier go bo the Secunty tab Note I You do not have to select Windows NT 4 0 x86 because that driver has been already installed J Do not select additional drivers other than Windows 95 The other additional drivers are not available Q You cannot install a printer driver in Windows XP 2000 or Server 2003 as an additional driver On the Windows XP 2000 or Server 2003 print server 138 Using the Printer Software with Windows Click Additional Drivers
26. more of its total length in conformance to the Codabar standard For this reason it is important to keep at least one space between the bar code and the surrounding text to prevent overlapping J When either a Start or a Stop character is input Codabar fonts automatically insert the complementary character J Ifneither a Start nor a Stop character is input these characters are automatically input as the letter A Character type Numbers 0 to 9 Symbols Number of characters No limit 436 Information about Fonts Font size When OCR B is not used 26 pt or more up to 96 pt in Windows XP 2000 NT 4 0 Server 2003 Recommended sizes are 26 pt 52 pt 78 pt and 104 pt When OCR B is used 36 pt or more up to 96 pt in Windows XP 2000 NT 4 0 Server 2003 Recommended sizes are 36 pt 72 pt 108 pt and 144 pf The following codes are inserted automatically and need not be input by hand J Left Right quiet zone L Start Stop character when not input J Check digit Print sample EPSON Codabar EPSON Codabar CD EPSON Codabar Num EPSON Codabar CD Num A12 5456 A A12 5456 Y 4 A Information about Fonts 437 Available fonts The following table lists the fonts that are installed in your printer The names of all the fonts appear in your application software s font list if you are using the driver provided with the printer If you are using a different driver all of these fonts may not be
27. remain in printer memory until you turn off the printer or otherwise reset it If you plan on downloading many fonts make sure your printer has sufficient memory Most font packages make it easy to manage fonts by providing their own installer The installer gives you the option of having the fonts automatically downloaded whenever you start your computer or having fonts downloaded only when you need to print a particular font Information about Fonts 445 EPSON Font Manager Windows Only EPSON Font Manager provides you with 131 software fonts System requirements To use EPSON Font Manager your computer system should meet the following requirements Computer IBM PC series or IBM compatible with an 486 or higher CPU Operating system Microsoft Windows Me 98 XP 2000 NT 4 0 or Server 2003 Internet Explorer 4 0 or higher Hard disk At least 15 MB of free space Installing EPSON Font Manager Follow the steps below to install EPSON Font Manager 1 Makesure that the printer is off and that Windows is running on your computer 2 Insert the printer software CD ROM in the CD ROM drive Note Q Ifthe language selection window appears select your country I If the EPSON Installation Program screen does not appear automatically double click the My Computer icon right click the CD ROM icon click OPEN in the menu that appears then double click Epsetup exe 3 Click Continue When the software license agreement scr
28. select the printer driver according to the message Ly If the additional driver for Windows NT 4 0 is installed in the Windows XP 2000 NT4 0 or Server 2003 print server go to the next step 150 Using the Printer Software with Windows Q Ifthe additional driver for Windows NT 4 0 is not installed in the Windows XP 2000 or Server 2003 print server or the print server s OS is Windows Me or 98 go to Installing the printer driver from the CD ROM on page 151 5 Select whether to use the printer as the default printer or not then click Next 6 Click Finish Installing the printer driver from the CD ROM This section describes how to install the printer driver in the clients when setting the network system as follows L The additional drivers are not installed in the Windows XP 2000 NT 4 0 or Server 2003 print server J The print server s OS is Windows Me or 98 and the client s OS is Windows XP 2000 or NT 4 0 The on screen displays on the following pages may differ depending on the version of Windows OS Note Q When installing in Windows XP 2000 or NT 4 0 clients you must access Windows XP 2000 or NT 4 0 as Administrator Q If the additional drivers are installed or the computers of the server and clients use the same OS you do not have to install the printer drivers from the CD ROM 1 Access the shared printer and a prompt may appear Click OK then follow the on screen instructions to install the
29. 3 Select the job to re print 4 Click Print The following screen appears EPSON Status Monitor 3 Print Job Name DO EMME Job Type Heint Copies lil aea 5 Inthe screen confirm the job name and select a copy number from 1 to 999 6 Click OK to reprint your job Setting to notify when printing is completed 124 When the Notify when printing completed check box is selected the Notify when printing completed function can be used When this function is enabled the notify dialog box appears after your print job is completed Using the Printer Software with Windows Note When you canceled the target job the Notify when printing completed dialog box does not appear Stopping monitoring You can stop monitoring the printing status by clearing the Monitor the Printing Status check box in the printer driver s Optional Settings menu if you don t need to monitor the printer at all Note Q The Monitor the Printing Status check box is displayed in the Optional Settings menu of Document Defaults in Windows NT 4 0 or in the Optional Settings menu of Printing Preference in Windows XP 2000 or Server 2003 Q You can find out the current printer status by clicking the EPSON status Monitor 3 icon in the printer driver s Optional Settings menu Monitored Printers settings You can use the Monitored Printers utility to change the types of printers that EPSON Status Monitor 3 will monitor When you install EPS
30. 338 Cleaning the pickup roller 337 Cleaning the Printer 335 Finding a place for the printer 343 Fuser Unit 326 Photoconductor Unit 319 Replacement Messages 313 Toner Cartridge 315 Transporting the Printer for Long Distances 340 Transporting the Printer for Short Distances 341 Waste Toner Collector 331 Memory module Installing a memory module 303 Removing a memory module 307 Specifications 414 MP tray available paper 42 loading paper 45 O Optional paper cassette unit available paper 43 Installing the optional paper cassette unit 290 loading paper 49 Removing the optional paper cassette unit 293 Specifications 413 Output tray 55 Overlay 468 Index different printer settings Windows 88 how to create Windows 83 how to print Windows 87 how to use Windows 83 P P5C Emulation Kit Installing the P5C ROM module 309 Removing the P5C ROM module 312 Paper Available paper types 403 custom size paper 64 envelopes 58 Epson Color Laser Paper 56 Epson Color Laser Paper Transparencies 57 labels 62 Paper that should not be used 404 Printable area 405 thick paper 63 Paper sources MP tray 42 optional paper cassette unit 43 selecting a paper source automatically 44 selecting a paper source manually 43 standard lower paper cassette 42 Photoconductor Unit Specifications 415 PostScript printer driver About the PostScript 3 Printer Driver 201 Accessing the PostScript printer dr
31. 4 The following type of message appears if the client has fonts that are unavailable on the print server EPSON Shared Printer Information Printer Name Shared Printer AL CXXXX Machine Name ibook Installed fonts not present on this printer AGaramond AGaramond Bold AGaramond BoldItalic AGaramond Italic AGaramond Semibold AGaramond Semibolditalic 5 Click OK to close the message 6 Close Chooser 200 Using the Printer Software with Macintosh Chapter 6 Using the PostScript Printer Driver About the PostScript 3 Features Features The Adobe PostScript 3 printer driver provides you with the following high performance features _I Ability to print documents formatted for PostScript printers You can easily print text line art and graphics L Seventeen fonts in five font families The fonts include Courier Helvetica Helvetica Narrow Symbol and Times 2 IES Intelligent Emulation Switch and SPL Shared Printer Language support to allow the printer to switch between the PostScript mode and other emulations as print data is received at the printer L EPSON quality reliability and ease of operation Hardware requirements Your printer must meet the following hardware requirements to be able to use the PostScript 3 printer driver Memory requirements for using the PostScript3 printer driver are shown below Install optional memory modules into your printer if the amount of memory currently inst
32. 6 Select Uninstall from the menu at the upper left then click Uninstall Follow the on screen instructions 196 Using the Printer Software with Macintosh Sharing the Printer on a Network Sharing the printer This section describes how to share the printer on an AppleTalk network The computers on the network can share the printer that is directly connected to one of them The computer that is directly connected to the printer is the print server and the other computers are the clients which need permission to share the printer with the print server The clients share the printer via the print server For Mac OS X users Usethe Printer Sharing setting which is a standard feature of Mac OS X 10 2 or later This feature is not available with Mac OS X 10 1 See your operating system s documentation for details For Mac OS 9 users Setting up your printer as a shared printer Follow the steps below to share a printer connected directly to your computer with other computers on an AppleTalk network 1 Turn on the printer Using the Printer Software with Macintosh 197 2 Select Chooser from the Apple menu then click your printer s icon Select USB port or FireWire port in the Select a printer port box on the right then click Setup The Printer Setup dialog box appears Note Make sure On is selected under Backeround Printing 3 Under Printer Sharing Set Up click Printer Sharing Setup EPSON Printer Setup 1 00 9
33. AL 2600 model that is set to the Color mode Cause What to do The Color Conversion setting is set to select In Printer from the Color Conversion standard drop down list in the Color Sync menu Troubleshooting 395 The printer driver or printer that you need to use does not appear in the Printer Setup Utility for Mac OS X 10 3 Print Center for Mac OS X 10 2 or Chooser for Mac OS 9 QuickDraw GX is in use Mac OS This printer s driver does not support 9 QuickDraw GX Disable QuickDraw CX The printer name has been Ask the network administrator for details changed then select the appropriate printer name The AppleTalk zone setting is Open the Printer Setup Utility for Mac OS X incorrect 10 3 Print Center for Mac OS X 10 2 or Chooser for Mac OS 9 then select the AppleTalk zone that the printer is connected to The font on the printout is different from that on the screen The PostScript screen fonts are not The PostScript screen fonts must be installed installed on the computer that you are using Otherwise the font that you select is substituted by some other font for display on the screen 396 Troubleshooting For Windows users only If the Send TrueType fonts to printer according to the font Substitution Table setting on the Fonts sheet of the printer s Properties dialog box is turned on TrueType fonts are replaced by the printer fonts before they are printed Specify the appropriate s
34. Duplex Settings dialog box Using the Printer Software with Macintosh 171 5 Specify the Binding Margin for the front and back sides of the paper EPSOW AL C XXXX 1 00 Duplex Setting Binding Margin Start Page From Front C3 From Back 2 Come Ca 6 Select whether the front or back side of the paper is to be printed as the Start Page 7 Click OK to apply the settings and return to the Layout dialog box Making Extended Settings You can make various settings in the Extended Settings dialog box for example Page Protect For Mac OS X users open the Print dialog box and select Printer settings from the drop down list then select Extended Settings For Mac OS 9 users click the MJExtended Settings icon on the Basic Settings dialog box Offset Makes fine adjustments to the printing position on the front and the back of data on a page in 1 mm increments 172 Using the Printer Software with Macintosh Ignore the selected paper When you select this check box the printer size check box prints on loaded paper regardless of size Uses the settings specified select this button to use the settings on the printer check box specified on the control panel skip Blank Page check box When you select this check box the printer skips blank pages Note This function is not available with Mac OS X Automatically change to select this check box to have the printer monochrome mode check driver analyze
35. Machines Corporation Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States of America and other countries Apple and Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer Inc EPSON and EPSON ESC P are registered trademarks and EPSON AcuLaser and EPSON ESC P 2 are trademarks of Seiko Epson Corporation Coronet is a trademark of Ludlow Industries UK Ltd Marigold is a trademark of Arthur Baker and may be registered in some jurisdictions CG Times and CG Omega are trademarks of Agfa Monotype Corporation and may be registered in certain jurisdictions Arial Times New Roman and Albertus are trademarks of The Monotype Corporation and may be registered in certain jurisdictions ITC Avant Garde Gothic ITC Bookman ITC Zapf Chancery and ITC Zapf Dingbats are trademarks of International Typeface Corporation and may be registered in some jurisdictions Antique Olive is a trademark of Fonderie Olive Helvetica Palatino Times Univers Clarendon New Century Schoolbook Miriam and David are trademarks of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG which may be registered in certain jurisdictions Wingdings is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation and may be registered in some jurisdictions HP and HP LaserJet are registered trademarks of the Hewlett Packard Company Adobe the Adobe logo and PostScript3 are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated which may be registered in certain jurisdictions Ge
36. Maximum When When Drive is Full Option Number of Maximum is Jobs Exceeded Re Print Job 64 Oldest job Oldest job Verify Job combined automatically automatically total replaced with replaced with newest newest Stored Job Delete old jobs Delete old jobs manually manually Confidential 64 Job Reserve Job After Printing After Turning Off Printer or Using Reset Option All Re Print Job Print Job Data remains Data is cleared on the Hard LT Job Disk Drive Stored Job Data remains on the Hard Disk Drive Confidential Data is Data is cleared Job cleared Using the Printer Software with Macintosh 175 Re Print Job 176 The Re Print Job option allows you to store the job you are currently printing so that you can reprint it later directly from the control panel Follow the steps below to use the Re Print Job option For Mac OS X users 1 Open the Print dialog box and select Printer Settings from the drop down list then click the Basic Settings tab Click the Reserve Jobs button The Reserve Job dialog box appears Select the Reserve Job On check box then select Re Print Job 4 Enter a username and job name in the corresponding text box 5 Click OK The printer prints your document then stores the print job data on the Hard Disk Drive For Mac OS 9 users Using the Printer Software with Macintosh 1 Make printer driver settings as appropriate for your document open the Basic Settings menu then cl
37. PC 8 Code Page 437 wu jo PC8 D N Danish Norwegian MC Text PC 850 Multilingual Ventura International PcEur858 Ventura US Pi Font PC852 Latin 2 Windows Baltic Windows 3 1 Latin Arabic PC 755 symble Wingdings ZapfDigbats ISO 8859 10 Latin 6 458 Information about Fonts Glossary ASCII American Standard Code for Information Interchange A standardized way of assigning codes to characters and control codes The system is widely used by manufacturers of computers printers and software bitmap font The dot by dot representation of a font Bitmap fonts are displayed on computer screens and printed on dot matrix printers See outline font on page 461 buffer See memory on page 461 character set A collection of letters numbers and symbols used in a particular language ColorSync Macintosh software that is designed to help you get WYSIWYG what you see is what you get color output This software prints colors as you see them on your screen cpi characters per inch A measure of the size of fixed width text characters CR carriage return A control code to return the printing position to the start of the next line after printing one line default A value or setting that takes effect when the printer is turned on reset or initialized download To transfer information from the computer to the printer downloaded font A font that is loaded into the printer s memory from
38. Paper that should not be used 404 Parallel interface 411 Photoconductor unit 415 Printable area 405 Printer Electrical 409 Printer Environmental 407 Printer General 406 Printer Mechanical 408 Standard and approvals 409 Toner cartridge 415 USB interface 411 Waste toner collector 416 Standard lower paper cassette available paper 42 loading paper 49 Symbol sets 1239X emulation mode 456 EPSON GL 2 mode 456 ESC P 2 or FX modes 453 LJ4 emulation mode 449 P5C mode 457 472 Index T Technical support 401 Thick paper printer settings 63 Toner Cartridge Specifications 415 Transporting Finding a place for the printer 343 For long distances 340 For short distances 341 Troubleshooting Canceling Printing 393 Clearing the Jammed Paper 345 Color Printing Problems 375 Correcting USB Problems 385 Memory Problems 381 Operational Problems 370 Paper Handling Problems 382 Printing a Status Sheet 370 Printing in the PostScript 3 Mode Problems 393 Printout Problems 373 Print Quality Problems 377 Problems Using Options 383 Status and Error Messages 393 W Waste Toner Collector Specifications 416 Watermark Macintosh how to make 166 how to use 165 Watermark Windows how to make 81 how to use 79 Index 473
39. Reserve Job Function on page 174 f Cancel selecting a print job and clicking this button cancels Job button the selected print job Print Displays the dialog box to print the spooled and Held button status job h Refresh Clicking this button refreshes the information on this button menu Note The job spooling on the shared printer cannot be displayed on the Job Information tab Setting Up The USB Connection Note If you are connecting the USB cable to your Macintosh through a USB hub be sure to connect using the first hub in the chain The USB interface may be unstable depending on the hub used If you experience problems with this type of setup connect the USB cable directly to your computer s USB connector For Mac OS X users 1 Open the Applications folder on your hard drive then open the Utilities folder and double click the Printer Setup Utility for Mac OS X 10 3 or Print Center for Mac OS X 10 2 or below icon 2 Click Add Printer in the Printer List dialog box 192 Using the Printer Software with Macintosh 3 Select EPSON USB from the pop up menu Select your printer icon in the Product list then click Add Preduct i kind Bg uu cxxxx PSON AL CXXXX 2 ll m 4 Close Printer Setup Utility for Mac OS X 10 3 or Print Center for Mac OS X 10 2 or below For Mac OS 9 users 1 Select Chooser from the Apple menu Click your printer s ico
40. Server 2003 as the Administrators of the local machine Q Ifthe print server s OS is Windows NT 4 0 the additional driver can be used only on Service Pack 4 or later 1 Fora Windows 2000 or NT 4 0 print server click Start point to Settings then click Printers For a Windows XP or Server 2003 print server click Start point to Printers and Faxes 2 Right click your printer sicon then click Sharing in the menu that appears 136 Using the Printer Software with Windows For Windows XP or Server 2003 if the following menu appears click either Network Setup Wizard or If you understand the security risks but want to share printers without running the wizard click here In either case follow the on screen instructions Optional Settings Fort Substitution Ltiity Genel Shonng Potts Advanced d eS EPSON 300000t Advanced Aa securby measure Vnde A m emab access bo ths compuler However ven pe mores Nd ately chase pete by rig Puma Sean For a Windows 2000 or NT 4 0 print server select Shared as then type the name in the Share Name box Optional Settings Font Substitution Litiy General Shaing Forts Advanced Security EPSON XXXXXX Advanced C Not Shared 1 EPSON 2 For a Windows XP or Server 2003 print server select Share this printer then type the name in the Share name box Color Management Optional Sethngs Font Subshhution Gereral Sharing Pots Advanced
41. XP or Server 2003 click Start point to Control Panel and then double click the Printers and Faxes icon 3 Right click the EPSON AL C2600 Advanced or EPSON AL 2600 Advanced icon and then click Properties 4 Click the Optional Settings tab 5 Click Delete The Delete from HDD dialog box appears 92 Using the Printer Software with Windows 6 If you delete all form data click the All button then click Delete If you want to delete some specific data click the Selected button enter the form name in the Form Name edit box then click Delete Delete from HDD Selected ETTET Form Mame Note I Ifyou need the list of the registered form data click Print List to print it and confirm the form name Also if you need a sample print out of the form data enter the form name and click the Print Sample button Q You can use the Browse button if the printer is connected through a network Form names registered to the HDD are displayed by clicking the Browse button 7 Click Back 8 Click OK to close the dialog box Duplex printing Duplex printing prints on both sides of the paper When printing for binding the binding edge can be specified as required to produce the desired page order Using the Printer Software with Windows 93 As an ENERGY STAR partner Epson recommends the use of the double sided printing function Refer to ENERGY STAR Compliance for more information on the ENERGY STAR program
42. You can see the printer s status and error messages on the LCD panel For more information see Status and Error Messages on page 262 Canceling Printing You can cancel printing from your computer by using the printer driver or from the printer s control panel To cancel a print job before it is sent from your computer for Windows see Canceling Printing on page 128 or for Macintosh see Canceling Printing on page 194 The ty Cancel Job button on your printer is the quickest and easiest way to cancel printing For instructions see Canceling Printing on page 282 Printing in the PostScript 3 Mode Problems The problems listed in this section are those that you may encounter when printing with the PostScript driver All procedural instructions refer to the PostScript printer driver Troubleshooting 393 Ihe printer does not print correctly in the PostScript mode The printer s emulation mode The printer is set to the Auto mode by setting is incorrect default so that it can automatically determine the encoding used in the received print job data and select the appropriate emulation mode However there are situations where the printer cannot select the correct emulation mode In this case it must be set manually set the emulation mode through the selecType Emulation menu on the printer see Emulation Menu on page 230 The printer s emulation mode The emulation mode can be set setting forthe interface that
43. an error sheet Coloration Allows you to select the color printing mode or monochrome printing mode Image Protect The printer employs lossy compression when Gt is selected The printer does not employ lossy compression when ri is selected Lossy compression refers to a data compression technique in which some amount of data is lost ESCP2 Menu This menu allows you to make settings which affect the printer when it is in the ESC P 2 emulation mode 250 Using the Control Panel Dem semeGeantuS Courier Prestige Roman SansSerif Roman T Orator S Sans H Script OCR A OCR B T Margin 0 40 0 50 1 50 inches in 0 05 inch increments CGTable PcUSA Italic PcMultilin PcPortugue PcCanFrenc PcNordic PcTurkish2 Pclcelandic PcE Europe BpBRASCII BpAbicomp Roman 8 PcEur858 ISO Latin 8859 151SO PcSIA37 PcTurkish1 8859 9 ISO Mazowia CodeMJK PcGk437 PcGk851 PcGk869 8859 7 ISO PcCy855 PcCy866 PcUkr866 PcLit771 Bulgarian Hebrew7 Hebrew8 PcHe862 PcAr864 PCAr864Ara PCAr720 PcLit774 Estonia ISO Latin2 PcLat866 Country USA France Germany UK Denmark sweden Italy Spainl Japan Norway Denmark2 Spain2 LatinAmeric Korea Legal Auto CR On Off Auto LF Off On Bit Image Dark Light BarCode 0 or the zero character with a slash Font Selects the font Pitch Using the Control Panel 251 252 Selects the pitch the horizontal spacing of the font in fixed pitch meas
44. areas open cover A and B then wait 30 minutes to allow the heat to subside before doing so Troubleshooting 351 5 Open cover B 6 Hold the guide up by holding the green tab and gently pull out any sheets of paper Be careful not to tear the jammed paper 352 Troubleshooting wW Warning Be careful not to touch the fuser which is marked CAUTION HIGH TEMPERATURE or the surrounding areas If the printer has been in use the fuser and the surrounding areas may be very hot If you must touch one of these areas open cover A and B then wait 30 minutes to allow the heat to subside before doing so If you can remove the paper close covers B and A If you cannot remove the paper go to the next step 7 Turn the handles on both sides of the fuser unit to unlock them wW Warning Be careful not to touch the fuser which is marked CAUTION HIGH TEMPERATURE or the surrounding areas If the printer has been in use the fuser and the surrounding areas may be very hot If you must touch one of these areas open cover A and B then wait 30 minutes to allow the heat to subside before doing so Troubleshooting 353 8 Liftthe fuser unit out of the printer 9 Remove the paper If the paper is still jammed in the fuser turn the green knob on the back of the fuser to remove it 354 Troubleshooting 10 Lower the fuser unit into the printer making sure that the guide posts slide
45. available The fonts provided with the printer are shown below according to the emulation mode LJ4 GL2 mode Courier Medium Bold Italic Courier Bold Italic ITC Zapf Dingbats ed ITC Zapf Dingbats CG Times Medium Bold Italic CG Times Bold Italic CG Omega Medium Bold Italic CG Omega Bold Italic Clarendon Clarendon Condensed Condensed Univers Medium Bold Univers Medium Italic Bold Italic Univers Condensed Medium Bold Univers Condensed Medium Italic Bold Italic Antique Olive Medium Bold Italic Antique Olive Garamond Antiqua Halbfett Garamond Kursiv Kursiv Halbfett 438 Information about Fonts Arial Medium Bold Italic Arial Bold Italic Times New Medium Bold Italic Times New Bold Italic Helvetica Medium Bold Helvetica Oblique Bold Oblique Helvetica Narrow Medium Bold Helvetica Narrow Oblique Bold Oblique Palatino Roman Bold Italic Palatino Bold Italic ITC Avant Garde Book Demi Book ITC Avant Garde Oblique Demi Gothic Oblique ITC Bookman Light Demi Light ITC Bookman Italic Demi Italic New Century Roman Bold Italic New Century Schoolbook Bold Italic Schoolbook Times Roman Bold Italic Times Bold Italic ITC Zapf Chancery ITC Zapf Chancery Medium Italic Italic ma m Information about Fonts 439 CourierPS Medium Bold CourierPS Oblique Bold Oblique e Fem a em E exem Numam fears Wem When selecting fonts in your application s
46. bar code characters similar to those shown below File Edit wiew Insert Format Help Deh Slo d EPSON Code39 CD Num s 36 4 Westem Information about Fonts 423 5 Select Print from the File menu select your EPSON printer then click Properties Make the following printer driver settings For both EPSON AcuLaser C2600 and EPSON AcuLaser 2600 users see the Color Printer Driver section in the table below 424 Information about Fonts Monochrome Color Host Based Host Printer Driver Printer Monochrom Based Driver e Printer Color Driver Printer Driver Color not available Black not Black available Print Text amp Image Text Text amp Text Quality Image Toner Save Not selected Not Not selected Not selected selected Zoom Not selected Not Not selected Not Options selected selected Graphic High Quality not not not mode in Printer available available available the Extended settings dialog box accessed through the Optional settings tab Printing not available High not not Mode in Quality available available the Printer Extended settings dialog box accessed through the Optional settings tab These settings are available when the Automatic check box is selected on the Basic Settings menu When the Advanced check box is selected Click the More Settings button and set the Resolution to 600dpi 6 Click OK to print the bar code Information about Font
47. can use the printer driver or the printer s control panel to select a paper source containing the appropriate size of paper automatically To access the printer driver for Windows see Accessing the printer driver on page 66 or for Macintosh see Accessing the printer driver on page 153 And to use the printer s control panel see Using the Control Panel Menus on page 223 Using the printer driver L For Windows Access the printer driver click the Basic Settings tab and select Auto Selection as the paper source Then click OK L For Macintosh Access the printer driver select Printer Settings from the drop down list and click the Basic Settings tab for Mac OS X or open the Basic Settings dialog box for Mac OS 9 Then select Auto Selection as the paper source and click OK The printer will search for a paper source containing the specified paper size in the following order Standard configuration Paper Handling MP tray Lower Cassette 1 With optional paper cassette unit installed MP tray Lower Cassette 1 Lower Cassette 2 Note d If you make paper size settings or paper source settings in your application these settings may override the printer driver settings I Ifyou select an envelope for the Farer Size setting it can be fed only from the MP tray regardless of the Farer Source setting Q You can change the priority a ds MP i by using the MP Mode setting in the control panel s Satur erui
48. carry it alone Two people should carry the printer lifting it from the positions shown below Installing Options 289 Do not lift the printer by these areas Warning If you lift the printer incorrectly you could drop it and cause injury Installing the optional paper cassette unit Follow the steps below to install the optional paper cassette unit 1 Turnthe printer off and unplug the power cord and interface cable 2 Taketheoptional paper cassette unitout of the cardboard box then remove the protective materials in the cassette 3 Placethe optional paper cassette unit where you intend to set up the printer Then put the printer onto the optional paper cassette unit Align each of the printer s corners with those of the unit then lower the printer until it rests securely on the unit 290 Installing Options W Warning Two people should lift the printer by the correct positions 4 Open cover E Installing Options 291 5 Fasten the optional paper cassette unit to the printer with the provided plates and screws 6 Close cover E 7 Secure the unit to the left side of the printer with the remaining plate and screw MI AJ MI 292 Installing Options 8 Reconnect the interface cable and power cord then turn the printer on To confirm that the option is installed correctly print a Status Sheet See Pr
49. computer is connected to the printer via the parallel interface and the ECP mode is set If this is the case disable bi directional support in the printer driver To do so display the printer s Properties dialog box click the Details tab then click Spool Settings In the Spool Settings dialog box that appears Select Disable bi directional support for this printer then click OK Using the Reserve Job function 217 The Reserve Job function allows you to store print jobs on the printer s Hard Disk Drive and to print them later directly from the printer s control panel See Using the Reserve Job Function on page 100 for details Using the PostScript Printer Driver Note You need an optional Hard Disk Drive installed in your printer in order to use the Reserve Job function Make sure that the drive is correctly recognized by the printer driver before you start using the Reserve Job function The Reserve Job function cannot be used when you are printing using the AppleTalk protocol in Windows 2000 or NT 4 0 Make sure to clear the Job Management On check box on the Job Settings sheet when outputting data as a PS file The Job Management check box is selected by default so that the job information is attached to the print data when it is sent to the printer Follow the steps below to use the Reserve Job function when printing from any application 1 zs Click Print from the application s File menu Click Properties
50. connection Windows 126 Stored Job Macintosh 180 Stored job Windows 105 Using an overlay Windows 83 Using a watermark Macintosh 165 Using a watermark Windows 79 Using HDD form overlay Windows 88 Verify Job Macintosh 178 Verify job Windows 103 Print layout Modifying the print layout Macintosh 163 Modifying the print layout Windows 78 Print quality settings Making the print quality settings Macintosh 154 Making the print quality settings Windows 68 Replacing consumable product Fuser Unit 326 Photoconductor Unit 319 Replacement Messages 313 Toner Cartridge 315 Waste Toner Collector 331 Resizing page Resizing pages by a specified percentage Windows 76 Resizing printouts Macintosh 162 To automatically resize pages to fit the output paper Windows 75 Index 471 Saving customized settings Saving your settings Macintosh 160 Saving your settings Windows 74 Sharing the printer For Mac OS 9 users 197 For Mac OS X users 197 Installing the printer driver from the CD ROM Windows 151 Setting up clients Windows 142 Setting up your printer as shared printer Windows 134 Sharing the printer Macintosh 197 Sharing the printer Windows 133 Using an additional driver Windows 136 Specifications Available paper types 403 Duplex Unit 414 Ethernet interface 412 Fuser unit 416 Hard Disk Drive 415 Memory module 414 Optional paper cassette unit 413
51. consumables listed below can be purchased online To check the remaining life of the printer s consumables see your printer s status monitor To open the status monitor click Status Monitor Status Monitor IF pou would like to place an order online or find the dealer nearest you click Order Now Find Dealer to open your Web browser and connect to the Web site Utility Settings Do not display this window automatically status Monitor button Opens the EPSON Status Monitor 3 dialog box Text box Displays the consumables and codes 116 Using the Printer Software with Windows Order Now Find Connects to the URL where you can Dealer button place an order and find the dealer nearest you When you click this button a confirmation window asking if you wish to connect to the Web site appears If you do not want this window to appear select the Do not display the confirming window check box in the confirmation window Utility Settings button Opens the Utility Settings dialog box and allows you to change the settings of the registered URL If you do not want the confirmation window to appear when you press the Order Now Find Dealer button select the Do not display the confirming window check box in the Utility Setting dialog box Close button Closes the dialog box Do not display this When this check box is selected the window Order Online dialog box does not automatically check appear automatically box
52. control panel s Reset Menu See How to access the control panel menus on page 223 for instructions Turn the image Oe timumsetting off on the control panel s Printing Menu if you do not want the printer to automatically lower the print quality to continue printing You may need to increase the amount of printer memory to be able to print at the desired print quality for your document For more information on adding memory see Memory Module on page 303 Install Fuser There is no fuser unit installed or the fuser unit is not installed properly Turn off the printer then install the fuser unit if it is not installed If a fuser unit is already installed turn the printer off and reinstall the unit after it has cooled off 30 minutes Open covers A and B Remove the fuser unit then reinstall it properly Close covers A and B The error clears automatically if the fuser unit is properly installed If the error is not cleared the fuser unit is out of order Replace it with a new fuser unit Install Photoconductor There is no photoconductor unit installed or the photoconductor unit is not installed properly Turn off the printer and install the photoconductor unit if it is not installed Using the Control Panel 267 268 If a photoconductor unit is already installed confirm cover D is closed Otherwise turn off the printer open cover D Remove the photoconductor unit then reinstall it properly Close cover D The error
53. does not print Ready light off 370 Troubleshooting The printer is offline Press the O Start Stop button once to switch the printer to ready status The Ready light is on but nothing prints Your computer may not be properly Perform the procedure illustrated in the connected to the printer Setup Guide The interface cable may not be Check both ends of the interface cable plugged in securely between the printer and the computer If you are using the parallel interface be sure to secure the connector using the wire retaining clips You may not be using the correct If you are using the parallel interface interface cable make sure that the cable is a double shielded twisted pair interface cable no more than six feet in length If you are using the USB interface use a Revision 2 0 cable some error may have occurred Check the LCD panel to see if an error message appears The printer port is not set correctly in Make sure that the printer port is set the printer driver correctly in the printer driver Your application software is not Make sure that the printer is selected in properly set up for your printer your application software Your computer system s memory is Try reducing the image resolution of your too small to handle the volume of document in the application software or data in your document install rmore memory in your computer if you can The optional product is not available Troubleshooting 3
54. doing so 6 Close cover A Then open the MP tray and reload the paper Jam A Cl cover A and standard lower paper cassette Follow the steps below to clear paper jams at cover A and the standard lower paper cassette Troubleshooting 359 1 Remove all paper that is loaded on the MP tray 2 Close the MP tray Note Close the expansion trays if needed before closing the MP tray 360 Troubleshooting 3 Push the latch on cover A to the left and open the cover until it stops 4 Ifthe optional Duplex Unit is not installed gently pull out any sheets of paper Be careful not to tear the jammed paper Troubleshooting 301 If the optional Duplex Unitis installed lift up the Duplex Unit Hold it and gently pull out any sheets of paper Be careful not to tear the jammed paper W Warning Be careful not to touch the fuser which is marked CAUTION HIGH TEMPERATURE or the surrounding areas If the printer has been in use the fuser and the surrounding areas may be very hot If you must touch one of these areas open cover A and B then wait 30 minutes to allow the heat to subside before doing so 5 Close cover A 362 Troubleshooting 6 Pullout the standard paper cassette Then pull the cassette upward to remove it from the printer 7 Gently pull out any sheets of paper that have fed part way into the pri
55. external device with D4 support is connected and the USB Ext IF Corrfa setting is set to ves The contents of the settings depend o on the USB Aerial device settings Displayed only when the Set IF Address setting is set To amp uto cannot be changed When the Get IP add amp setting is bb ke from Panel or FIHG panel TOO values are Scaved When uto is mes for saved setting values are displayed 192 168 192 168 if the ellos are not made from the panel USB I F Allows you to activate or deactivate the USB interface Using the Control Panel 243 USB SPEED Allows you to select the operation mode of USB interface Selecting HS is recommended Select FS if HS does not work on your computer system Buffer Size Determines the amount of memory to be used for receiving data and printing data If ax imum is selected more memory is allocated for receiving data If Hinimumisselected more memory is allocated for printing data Note Q To activate Buffer Size settings you must turn off the printer for more than five seconds then turn it back on Or you can perform a Reset All operation as explained in Reset Menu on page 239 Q Resetting the printer erases all print jobs Make sure the Ready light is not flashing when you reset the printer Network Menu See the Network Guide for each setting AUX Menu See the Network Guide for each setting LJ4 Menu These settings control the fonts and symbol sets
56. for processing data so your computer may take longer to send the print job but it will allow you to print complex jobs Page Protect usually works best when Bia is selected You will need to increase your printer s memory if memory errors continue to occur Note Changing the Page Protect setting reconfigures the printer s memory which causes any downloaded fonts to be deleted Toner Out If the item is set to Star the printer lets you know when the toner is out To disable this function set this item to Continus Using the Control Panel 237 Note If this item is set to Continua the print result may be different from what you expected because there may not be enough toner to print the data LCD Contrast Adjusts the contrast of the LCD panel Use the A Up and Y Down buttons to set the contrast between amp lowest contrast and 15 highest contrast Mode Config Menu 238 This menu allows you to switch the printing mode You can also use this menu to stop using one of the black toner cartridges when the printer is in the 4 x B W mode em 000000 Settings default in bold Change Mode 4 x B W Available only in the 4 x B W mode Remove All Toner Removes all toner cartridges Use this function before transporting the printer Change mode B W Using the Control Panel Switches to the B W mode which is the monochrome printing mode with only one black toner cartridge installed Change mode 4 x B W
57. full The letters C M Y or K appear in this position indicating the color of the toner to be replaced For example the message Tener Lew means that the amount of toner remaining in the yellow toner cartridge is low Note Messages appear for one consumable product at a time After replacing a consumable product check the LCD panel for replacement messages for other consumable products raid on the LCD D panel you c can P uan an additional sheets by pressing the O Start Stop button on mie Coiro d The o on irte AU pides medica KONA aze Toner MAAJA or Replace Photocondctor to uuuu Toner Low orllorn Note Q Print quality cannot be guaranteed when printing with a worn consumable product If print quality is not what you expected replace the consumable product Q The printer stops printing if printing with a worn consumable product might damage the printer If the printer stops printing replace the consumable product 314 Replacing Consumable Products Toner Cartridge Handling precautions Always observe the following handling precautions when replacing the consumable products _I Installing a genuine toner cartridge is recommended Using a non genuine toner cartridge may affect print quality Epson shall not be liable for any damages or problems arising from the use of consumable products not manufactured or approved by Epson AJ When handling toner cartridge always place them on a clean smooth surface
58. instructions on how to remove a toner cartridge After all color toner cartridges are removed from the printer the printer automatically changes to the B W mode Using the Control Panel 283 Note for Windows users If EPSON Status Monitor 3 is not installed make sure that the Color Toner Cartridges check box on the Optional Settings dialog box is not selected The Optional Settings dialog box appears by clicking the Settings button on the Optional Settings tab Note for Mac OS X users After changing the modes you need to close all applications delete the printer using Print Setup Utility for Mac OS X 10 3 or Print Center for Mac OS X 10 2 or below and then re register the printer Color mode 1o 4 x B W mode Follow the steps below to switch from the Color mode to 4x B W mode 1 Make sure the LCD panel displaysEzads orSissr then press the f Enter button to access the control unm menus 2 Pressthe Y Down button repeatedly until ii onfis Menu appears on the LCD panel then press the JE Enfer budon 3 Press the V Down button repeatedly until Charge Mode 4 x Ell is displayed then press the Enter button 4 When the LCD panel displays Ct Toner to E remove the currently installed color toner ee and install ablack toner cartridge See Replacing a toner cartridge on page 316 for instructions on how to replace a toner cartridge Note If the wrong toner cartridge was installed the printer does not go to the nex
59. into the holes on the bottom of the unit 11 Turn the handles on both sides of the fuser unit to lock them Troubleshooting 355 12 Close covers B and A P Co EP 55393 Q r 13 Open the MP tray and reload the paper Jam MP A MP tray and cover A Follow the steps below to clear paper jams at the MP tray and cover A 1 Remove all paper that is loaded on the MP tray 356 Troubleshooting 2 Gently pull out any sheets of paper that have fed part way into the printer 3 Close the MP tray Note Close the expansion trays if needed before closing the MP tray Troubleshooting 357 4 Pushthelatch on cover A to the left and open the cover until it stops 5 Ifthe optional Duplex Unitis not installed gently pull out any sheets of paper Be careful not to tear the jammed paper 358 Troubleshooting If the optional Duplex Unit is installed lift up the Duplex Unit Hold it and gently pull out any sheets of paper Be careful not to tear the jammed paper W Warning Be careful not to touch the fuser which is marked CAUTION HIGH TEMPERATURE or the surrounding areas If the printer has been in use the fuser and the surrounding areas may be very hot If you must touch one of these areas open cover A and B then wait 30 minutes to allow the heat to subside before
60. of texts and or images are not smooth 397 The printer does not print normally via the parallel interface Windows 98 Only o xs palm PUES nU aio rated 398 The printer does not print normally via the USB interface 398 The printer does not print normally via the network interface 399 An undefined error occurs Macintosh only 400 Insufficient memory to print data Macintosh only 400 Appendix A Customer Support Contacting Customer Support v3 jesus ramet Ned bibet utat 401 Technical Support Wep DIO uie ceste eoo eth ei de eet 402 Appendix B Technical Specifications Papeles ie cerh heeds b red ddedq uud eran es Geen een 403 Av ilable paper 1y PCS fons city Gees DP WelP E RUE NEA 403 Paper that should not be used 0 0 004 404 rinitable ted sese de X nerd OO e dp ft dtd e dide eine 405 PICs G85 iode nS Po RP RERO PS Ie abe nite E tet 406 Geel anteater ey iad cede ie ne ewes 406 Environmetilal iiwcia iwi ond ade ean a 407 Mechanical orriei acu vite ieee Uode buds es 408 Electrical i558 2 ite be eit edhe ae hehe abb iiu ibd ewes 409 Standard and approvals 0 cee eee ee eee 409 ianen e e oodd nit basi scbecda oc died Date E E E ePi eb diced 411 Parallel Interface uto orbe een tance tU E ena 411 WS Pintera Er iori diruit dct tue eae aui ecl bale Gees ted 411 Ethernet IN ter ACG or ud edicta m ta Aare adeste 412 Options and Consumable Products
61. predefined settings If you change any setting in the More Settings dialog box when one of your custom settings is selected in the Advanced Settings list on the Basic Settings menu the setting selected in the list changes to Custom Settings The custom setting that was previously selected is not affected by this change To return to your custom setting simply reselect it from the current settings list Resizing printouts You can have your document enlarged or reduced during printing To automatically resize pages to fit the output paper 1 Click the Advanced Layout tab Using the Printer Software with Windows 75 2 Select the Zoom Options check box then select the desired paper size from the Output Paper drop down list The page will be printed to fit on the paper you have selected Basic Selhings Advanced Layout Optional Settings Prnt Layout Output Paper LT 85x11 im rE Mare satin Zoom To LT 6517 in C vioi Location Upper Left Certe LT amp 5x11in M albemasrk None E Hew Delete Eom Overlay Rotate be 180 3 Select Upper Left to print reduced page image at upper left corner of the paper or Center to print reduced page image with centering for Location setting 4 Click OK to apply the settings Resizing pages by a specified percentage 1 Click the Advanced Layout tab 2 Select the Zoom Options check box 76 Using the Printer Software wi
62. printer driver from the CD ROM Using the Printer Software with Windows 151 2 Insert the CD ROM type the appropriate drive and folder names in which the printer driver for clients is located then click OK Install From Disk Insest the manufacturer s mstallabion disk and then y J make sure that the corect drive iz selected below Copy manufacturer s files Eram 4 AXENGLISHWwINS4 v When installing drivers in Windows XP 2000 or Server 2003 Digital Signature is not found may appear Click Yes for Windows 2000 or Continue Anyway for Windows XP or Server 2003 and continue installing The folder name differs depending on the OS being used Client s OS Folder Name Windows Me or 98 lt Language gt WIN9X Windows 2000 or XP lt Language gt WINXP_2K Windows NT 4 0 lt Language gt WINNT40 3 Select the name of the printer click OK then follow the on screen instructions 152 Using the Printer Software with Windows Chapter 5 Using the Printer Software with Macintosh About ihe Printer Software The printer software contains a printer driver and EPSON Status Monitor 3 The printer driver lets you choose from a wide variety of settings to get the best results from your printer Use the following procedures to access the EPSON Status Monitor 3 For Mac OS X users open the Print dialog box and select Printer settings from the drop down list Then click your printer s icon on the Utility menu
63. return line feed CR LF operation whenever the printing position goes beyond the right margin If you select Off the printer does not print any characters beyond the right margin and does not perform any line wrapping until it receives a carriage return character This function is handled automatically by most applications Auto LF Using the Control Panel 255 If you select the printer does not send an automatic line feed LF command with each carriage return CR If Gri is selected a line feed command is sent with each carriage return Select Bri if your text lines overlap Bit Image The printer is able to emulate the graphics densities set with the printer commands If you select Hark the bit image density is high and if you select Light the bit image density is low If you select arlacde the printer converts bit images to bar codes by automatically filling in any vertical gaps between dots This produces unbroken vertical lines that can be read by a bar code reader This mode will reduce the size of the image being printed and may also cause some distortion when printing bit image graphics ZeroChar Selects whether the printer prints a slashed or unslashed zero 1239X Menu The 1239X mode emulates IBM 2390 2391 Plus commands These settings are available only when the printer is in the I239X mode 256 Using the Control Panel Settings default in bold Font Courier Prestige Gothic Orator Script
64. the print density or on the quality or color of the paper bar codes may not be readable with all bar code readers Print a sample and make sure the bar code can be read before printing large quantities BarCode Font specifications This section contains details on the character input specifications for each EPSON BarCode Font EPSON EAN 8 L EAN 8isan eight digit abbreviated version of the EAN bar code standard J Because the check digit is added automatically only 7 characters can be input Character type Numbers 0 to 9 Font size 52 pt to 130 pt up to 96 pt in Windows XP 2000 NT 4 0 Server 2003 Recommended sizes are 52 pt 65 pt standard 97 5 pt and 130 pt The following codes are inserted automatically and need not be input by hand _I Left Right margin _I Left Right guard bar L Center bar Information about Fonts 427 J Check digit L OCR B Print sample EPSON EAN 8 1234 5670 EPSON EAN 13 Q EAN 13 is the standard 13 digit EAN bar code e J Because the check digit is added automatically only 12 characters can be input Character type Numbers 0 to 9 Number of characters 12 characters Font size 60 pt to 150 pt up to 96 pt in Windows XP 2000 NT 4 0 Server 2003 Recommended sizes are 60 pt 75 pt standard 112 5 pt and 150 pt The following codes are inserted automatically and need not be input by hand Q Left Right margin L Left Right guard bar L Center bar
65. the printer software CD ROM into your CD ROM drive For Windows 2000 Me 98 or NT 4 0 click Start point to settings and click Printers Then double click the Add Printer icon For Windows XP click Start point to Printer and Faxes and click Add a printer in the Printer Tasks menu The Add Printer Wizard appears Then click Next Select Local printer then click Next Using the PostScript Printer Driver 10 11 12 Note Do not select the Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer check box Select the Create a new port check box and select Standard TCP IP Port from the drop down list Click Next Click Next to continue Specify the IP address and port name then click Next Click Finish Click Have Disk in the Add Printer Wizard and specify the following path for the CD ROM If your CD ROM drive is D the path will be D ADOBEPS ENGLISH WIN2K_XP PS_SETUP Then click OK Note Change the drive letter as needed for your system Select the printer and click Next Follow the on screen instructions for the rest of the installation When installation is done click Finish For Windows Me or 98 users 1 Install the EpsonNet Print Refer to Installing EpsonNet Print in the Network Guide to find the instructions Install the printer driver See Installing the PostScript printer driver for the parallel interface on page 204 for details Using the PostScript Printer Driver 209
66. the printing data and box automatically switch to monochrome mode if the printing data is black and white Adjust line thickness check Adjusts the width of the lines printed box Note This function is not available with Mac OS X Pattern Smoothing check Adjust pattern intensity box Note This function is not available with Mac OS X Default button For Mac OS X users click this button to return the driver settings to the initial settings For Mac OS 9 users click this button to return the settings in the Temporary Spool Folder to the initial settings select button selects spool file saving folder Note This function is not available with Mac OS X Cancel button Click this button to exit the dialog box or printer driver without saving the settings OK button Click this button to save your settings and to exit the dialog box or printer driver The settings are effective until you make new settings and click OK again Note This function is not available with Mac OS X Using the Printer Software with Macintosh 173 Printing a status sheet To confirm the current status of the printer print a status sheet from the printer driver The status sheet contains information about the printer the current settings Follow the steps below to print a status sheet 1 Select Chooser from the Apple menu Click the icon of your printer and then select the USB port that your printer is connected to Click
67. then click the Job Settings tab Specify the desired Reserve Job settings in the dialog box that appears When printing multiple copies select the Collated check box in the Advanced settings of the printer driver When you are done with the settings then click Print Using AppleTalk under Windows 2000 or NT 4 0 Use the following settings if your machine is running Windows 2000 or NT 4 0 and the printer is connected through an network interface using the AppleTalk protocol E Use SelecType to set the Emulation Mode Network item to PS3 Using the default Auto setting will cause an extra unneeded page to be printed Using the PostScript Printer Driver 213 QJ On the Device Settings sheet of the printer s Properties dialog box make sure that SEND CTRL D Before Each Job and SEND CTRL D After Each Job are set to No _I TBCP Tagged binary communications protocol cannot be used as the Output Protocol setting Jj On the Job Settings sheet of the printer s Properties dialog box make sure to clear the Job Management On check box Using the PostScript Printer Driver with Macintosh Installing the PostScript printer driver Follow the steps below to install the PostScript printer driver Note Make sure that no applications are running on your Macintosh before installing the printer driver For Mac OS X users Note Make sure that Printer Setup Utility for Mac OS X 10 3 or Print Center for Mac OS X 10 2 is not open
68. to fit the paper size you selected Pages per sheet printing Modifying the print layout on page 78 Windows Modifying the print layout on page 163 Macintosh 1 amp 8 1J2 Lets you print two or four pages on a single sheet Watermark printing Using a watermark on page 79 Windows Printer Features and Various Printing Options 37 Using a watermark on page 165 Macintosh Note This function is not available with Mac OS X Lets you print text or an image as a watermark on your printout For example you can put Confidential on an important document 36 Printer Features and Various Printing Options Overlay printing Using an overlay on page 83 Windows EPSON xxxx Tokyo XO0 0003000 xxQx0 co jp xxxx CO LTD XXXXXxx street XXXXX City XXXxx Dear Mr xxxxxxx Thank you for your letter of March xx Lets you prepare standard forms or template on your printout that you can use as overlays when printing other documents Note The Overlay printing function is not available in the PostScript 3 mode Using the Reserve Job function Hard Disk Drive on page 298 Using the Reserve Job Function on page 100 Windows Using the Reserve Job Function on page 174 Macintosh Lets you printjobs that you stored in the printer s Hard Disk Drive later directly from the printer s control panel Printer Features and Various Printing Options 39 Note You need an optional hard disk drive installed o
69. toner cartridge See Toner Cartridge on page 315 for details Quick Print Job Menu This menu allows you to print or delete print jobs that were stored in the printer s Hard Disk Drive using the Quick Print Job feature Re Print Job Verify Job Stored Job of the printer driver s Reserve Job function For instructions on using this menu see Using the Quick Print Job Menu on page 278 240 Using the Control Panel Confidential Job Menu This menu allows you to print or delete print jobs stored in the printer s Hard Disk Drive using the Confidential Job feature of the printer driver s Reserve Job function You need to enter the correct password to access this data For instructions on using this menu see Using the Confidential Job Menu on page 279 Parallel Menu These settings control communication between the printer and the computer when using the parallel interface fem 000000 Settings default in bold speed Fast Normal Bi D Nibble ECP Off Buffer Size Normal Maximum Minimum After this item is changed the setting value takes effect after a warm boot or after the power is turned on again While it is reflected in the Status Sheet and EJL read back the actual change takes effect after a warm boot or after the power is turned on again Parallel I F Allows you to activate or deactivate the parallel interface Speed Specifies the pulse width of the ACKNLG signal when receiving data in the Compatibility mod
70. with Mac OS X 1 Click the B Layout icon on the Basic Settings dialog box The Layout dialog box appears Using the Printer Software with Macintosh 165 2 Select the Watermark Settings check box then select a watermark from the Watermark drop down list Esson aoe cd O Fit ta Page Output Paper Ad Location UpperLetft Center 1 1 Watermark Confidential New Delete Color Red Fditrext Intensity Light ark Rotate by mouse Angle degrees O Print an First Page only J Print Layout Print Layout Settings impu ipsc in Range Duplex Duplex Settings odd Pages Binding amp Lett Top Right C3 Even Pages J Print the Frame 3 Select the location on the page where you want to print the watermark by dragging the watermark image on the preview window Also when you want to resize the watermark drag its handle 4 Adjust the image intensity of the watermark with the Intensity slider bar 5 For your own custom text watermark you can rotate it by inputting the degrees in the Angle box Or select the Rotate by mouse check box then rotate the text watermark with the pointer on the preview window 6 Click OK to apply the settings Making a new watermark You can make a new text or bitmap watermark with the following procedures 166 Using the Printer Software with Macintosh To make a text watermark 1 Click the amp llLayout icon on the Basic Settings dialog box The Layout dialog box appear
71. with an opaque cloth Be careful not to scratch the surface of the drum When you remove the photoconductor unit from the printer always place the unit on a clean smooth surface Avoid touching the drum since oil from your skin can permanently damage its surface and affect print quality To get the best print quality do not store the photoconductor unit in an area subject to direct sunlight dust salty air or corrosive gases such as ammonia Avoid locations subject to extreme or rapid changes in temperature or humidity Safety Instructions Be sure to keep consumable components out of the reach of children Do not leave jammed paper inside the printer This can cause the printer to overheat Avoid sharing outlets with other appliances Use only an outlet that meets the power requirements of this printer Important Safety Instructions Read all of the following instructions before operating your printer When choosing a place and power source for the printer E Place the printer near an electrical outlet where you can easily plug in and unplug the power cord Do not place the printer on an unstable surface Do not put your printer where the cord will be stepped on Slots and openings in the cabinet and the back or bottom are provided for ventilation Do not block or cover them Do not put the printer on a bed sofa rug or other similar surface or in a built in installation unless proper ventilation is provided
72. 0 1 ppm for eight 8 hours of continuous printing Minimize the risk To minimize the risk of exposure to ozone you should avoid the following conditions _I Use of multiple laser printers in a confined area _I Operation in conditions of extremely low humidity _1 Poor room ventilation I2 Safety Instructions E Long continuous printing together with any of the above Printer location The printer should be located so that the exhaust gases and heat generated are E Lj Not blown directly into the user s face Vented directly out of the building whenever possible Power On Off Cautions Do not turn off the printer a After turning on the printer wait until Reads appears on the LCD panel While the Ready light is flashing While the Data light is on or flashing While printing Safety Instructions 13 Contents Safety Instructions vou ess 3 Warnings Cautions and Notes 0 0 0 00005 3 Se Preca Dn 3 Important Safety Instructions 0 0 00 eee 7 Sale MLOMMa OD cence nae taxe aa ee 11 Power On Or CaublonSsc d ce n A ERI M uS 13 Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your Printer Where to Find Information 2s pus GL eked eh ek behead bas 25 Printer an Sag hare tussi o Sh wis hak Gis E sands add a tks 26 FIONt VIEW 2 2552 odes t baton dda Sees A ps dtd 26 Real ViCW oe ey cise idan tees hee equ M oy ite edd 27 Inside the printer aii eee oe E asehaae En 28 C
73. 004 413 Optional paper cassette unit 0 0 0 0 02 eee 413 Duplex ot ask ate aig ante sedet a Ru eee eng bis ed ale Ae teeta 414 Memory MOCUIES squad sertmr ina Stitt Sie oc Sie Bini tcy hoe SCA 414 Har Disk Diver osarete cena dda Pale dup test 415 FTODODCOL Ide EU ec S rie Seu tup Ro dug BG a dior d at 415 Photocortid uctor UNI o dab ioi e net teet eo doe eu 415 PUGET mit 12071270 5 o tuere il ndm Ub S be RR Sie AUS P S Ad 416 Waste Toner collec lot ioo anata nts yore Hiatal fase a ore dri ons 416 Appendix C Information about Fonts Working With Bolsos sg scons Be ap einer ese o nr idol arit etiatn rs 417 EPSON BarCode Fonts Windows Only 417 AVauabledoDfscsws ae casted abeo epe dod tob d dd 438 Addin tore TOUtSocoverq propr sone Sd qd erepto aad 445 23 elec HNE TON ts eR EE 445 DOW MOACIAS TORTS x sm sins as sud heats emi ee HER PES e ea 445 EPSON Font Manager Windows Only 446 NADOL Selon es ko aulee Esa treatin apace hoo en a o DU PE Ves 449 Introduction to Symbol Sets ise s ETE CERE ERR 449 In the LJ4 Emulation Mode 0 0 0 0 ee eee 449 Inthe ESCE 207b EX ModE acis xin Risen 8 ad oA eed aes 453 In the 1239X Emulation Mode S bes 456 In tbe EPSON GL 7 2 MOGG os icio ebd ote aee ente 456 Inthe PSG Mode searre iri v E TEE e 457 Glossary Index 24 Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your Printer Where to Find Information Setup Guide Provides you with informati
74. 3 This setting is available only for Form Name data Using HDD form overlay 88 This function enables faster printing with form overlay data Windows users can use the form data registered on the optional Hard Disk Drive installed in the printer though only an administrator can register or delete the form data on the Hard Disk Drive You can access this function from the Form Selection dialog box in the printer driver Note d This function is not available if the optional Hard Disk Drive is not installed Using the Printer Software with Windows E When the document s resolution paper size or paper orientation settings are different from the form overlay data that you use you cannot print the document with the form overlay data This function is available in the High Quality Printer mode Register the form overlay data on the Hard Disk Drive Only a network administrator using Windows XP 2000 NT 4 0 or Server 2008 is allowed to register the form overlay data on the optional Hard Disk Drive using the following steps Note Q The form name must use only the characters shown below A Z a z 0 9 and 96 LI Ifyou are using the color printer driver monochrome form overlay data created in the black mode is not displayed 1 Prepare the form overlay data to register on the local PC Hard Disk Drive 2 Loginto Windows XP 2000 NT 4 0 or Server 2003 as an administrator 3 For Windows 2000 or NT 4 0 click Sta
75. 4 Plain E Cyan ar Cassatt ls Magenta L_ Yellow Photoconductor Unit Waste toner collector Note This screen may vary depending on your operating system version Icon Message The icon and message shows the printer status Printer image The image at the upper left shows the printer status graphically 186 Using the Printer Software with Macintosh C Text box The text box next to the printer image displays the current status of the printer When a problem occurs the most probable solution is disolayed Close button Clicking this button closes the dialog box Consumables Displays information for the paper trays and consumables Job Information Displays information for the print jobs The Job Information menu is displayed when the Show job information check box on the Monitor Setup dialog box is on See Using the Reserve Job Function on page 174 for details Indicates the amount of remaining toner The toner icon flashes if toner is low Waste toner collector The icon flashes when remaining functional life of the waste toner collector is low or an error has occurred Photoconductor Unit Indicates the remaining functional life of the photoconductor unit The green level meter indicates the remaining life of the photoconductor unit that is set The level meter color turns to red when the life is low Displays the paper size the paper type and the approximate amount of pape
76. 4 0 No O rA64 Windows XP Mo Intel Windows 2000 or XP Yes oO Intel windows 95 98 and Me Mo C Intel Windows MT 4 0 or 2000 Ma Cancel 140 Using the Printer Software with Windows Note I You do not have to install the additional drivers noted below because these drivers are preinstalled Intel Windows 2000 for Windows 2000 Intel Windows 2000 or XP for Windows XP x86 Windows 2000 Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 for Windows Server 2003 _1 Do not select additional drivers other than the drivers listed in the above table The other additional drivers are not available When a prompt appears insert the CD ROM that comes with your printer in your CD ROM drive then click OK According to the message type the appropriate drive and folder names in which the printer driver for clients is located then click OK Depending on the client s OS the displayed message may differ Punter Drivers for Windows 55 The file iri on windews 35 Flat Share is needed c Cancel Type the path where the file ts located and then click DE Ship File Copp files om D AEnglishNwlpN g Browse The folder name differs depending on the OS being used Client s OS Folder Name Windows Me or 98 lt Language gt WIN9X Windows NT 4 0 lt Language gt WINNT40 Using the Printer Software with Windows 141 When installing drivers in Windows XP 2000 or Server 2003 Digital Signature is not found may appea
77. 428 Information about Fonts J Check digit J OCR B Print sample EPSON EAN 13 1 54567 890128 EPSON UPC A J UPC A is the standard bar code specified by the American Universal Product Code UPC Symbol Specification Manual L Only regular UPC codes are supported Supplementary codes are not supported Character type Numbers 0 to 9 Number of characters 11 characters Font size 60 pt to 150 pt up to 96 pt in Windows XP 2000 NT 4 0 Server 2003 Recommended sizes are 60 pt 75 pt standard 112 5 pt and 150 pt The following codes are inserted automatically and need not be input by hand Q Left Right margin QJ Left Right guard bar Information about Fonts 429 L Center bar J Check digit L OCR B Print sample EPSON UPC A 1 II 2 EPSON UPC E QJ UPC E is the UPC A zero suppression deletes extra zeros bar code specified by the American Universal Product Code UPC Symbol Specification Manual Character type Numbers 0 to 9 Font size 60 pt to 150 pt up to 96 pt in Windows XP 2000 NT 4 0 Server 2003 Recommended sizes are 60 pt 75 pt standard 112 5 pt and 150 pt The following codes are inserted automatically and need not be input by hand _I Left Right margin QJ Left Right guard bar 430 Information about Fonts J Check digit L OCR B _1 The numeral 0 Print sample E EPSON UPC E 1 tai 5 EPSON Code39 J Four Code39 fonts are available
78. 6 RH QJ A filter and a waste toner collector are included in the package when you purchase a photoconductor unit Fuser unit 120 220 Product code 3019 3018 storage temperature O to 35 C 32 To 95 F storage humidity 15 to 85 RH This product conforms to CE marking requirements in accordance with EC Directive 89 336 EEC Waste toner collector Product code 0223 Storage temperature O to 35 C 32 to 95 F orage humidity 15 to 85 RH St QJ The actual number of pages you can print with the waste toner collector varies depending on the type of printing J A filter is included in the package when you purchase a waste toner collector 416 Technical Specifications Appendix C information about Fonts Working with Fonts EPSON BarCode Fonts Windows Only EPSON BarCode Fonts let you easily create and print many types of bar codes Normally bar code creation is a laborious process requiring you to specify various command codes such as Start bar Stop bar and OCR B in addition to the bar code characters themselves However EPSON BarCode Fonts are designed to add such codes automatically allowing you to easily printbar codes that conform to a variety of bar code standards EPSON BarCode Fonts support the following types of bar codes Bar code EPSON OCR B Check Comments Standard BarCode Digit Creates EAN abbreviated version bar codes Creates UPC A bar codes Creates UPC E bar
79. 71 For Windows users EPSON Status Monitor 3 is not installed For Macintosh users you do not re register the printer For Windows users You have to install EPSON Status Monitor 3 or make settings manually in the printer driver See Installing EPSON Status Monitor 3 on page 109 or Making Optional Settings on page 98 For Macintosh users When you have attached or removed printer options you need to delete the printer using Print Setup Utility for Mac OS X 10 3 Print Center for Mac OS X 10 2 or below or Chooser for Mac OS 9 and then re register the printer The Properties dialog box does not appear or it takes foo much time to open it For Windows users only Bidirectional communication is disabled 372 Troubleshooting What to do Make sure that the printer is on and connected with the appropriate cable select the Enable bidirectional support check box on the Port menu of the Properties dialog box for Windows XP 2000 NT 4 0 or Server 2003 or in the printer driver for Windows Me or 98 Then select the Do not display consumables information check box in the Consumables Info Settings dialog box Printout Problems The font cannot be printed You may use the printer fonts In the printer driver choose the Print substituted for specified TrueType TrueType fonts as bitmap button in the fonts Extended Settings dialog box The selected font is not supported Make sure that you have inst
80. 82 Paper does not feed properly 0 00006 382 Problems Using OO WONS s oot ode y Retard dra o e ae 383 The message Invalid AUX IF Card appears on the LCD panel 383 Paper does not feed from the optional paper cassette 384 Feed jam when using the optional paper cassette 384 An installed option cannot be used 04 384 Correcting USB FTOR zerie choo Sat Gh denen teh eee 385 WSBiCONNECUONS ene dicta ee da ert ep Sih e ioa oe dettes erue 385 Windows operating system sees 386 Printer software installation 086 386 Status and Error MeSsaees 23 d ee RAA base vans 393 Cancelifig PEIBUTP saeoares ted tain qs c eee inh ae aa aa 393 Printing in the PostScript 3 Mode Problems 393 22 The printer does not print correctly in the PostScript mode394 The printer doesnot print c2 ncasessledasciesesa pee ee 394 Printouts are black and white even though the Resolution setting is set to Color in the printer driver For Mac OS X users only only when printing with an AL 2600 model that is set to the COO IOUS NEM T D PPP te cue ee dea eaves 395 The printer driver or printer that you need to use does not appear in the Printer Setup Utility for Mac OS X 10 3 Print Center for Mac OS X 10 2 or Chooser for Mac OS 9 396 The font on the printout is different from that on the screen396 The printer fonts cannot be installed 397 The edges
81. Client that corresponds to your operating system must be used Operation is confirmed for the versions below E For Windows Me or 98 Novell Client 3 4 for Windows 95 98 For Windows XP 2000 or NT 4 0 Novell Client 4 9 for Windows NT 2000 XP To monitor a NetWare printer connect only one print server to each queue For directions see the Network Guide for the printer You cannot monitor a NetWare queue printer beyond the IPX router because the setting for IPX hops is 0 This product supports NetWare printers configured by a queue based printing system such as Bindery or NDS You cannot monitor NDPS Novell Distributed Print Services printers Using the Printer Software with Windows Installing EPSON Status Monitor 3 Follow the steps below to install EPSON Status Monitor 3 1 Makesure that the printer is off and that Windows is running on your computer 2 Insert the printer software CD ROM in the CD ROM drive Note Ly If the language selection window appears select your country Q If the Epson Installation Program screen does not appear automatically double click the My Computer icon right click the CD ROM icon click OPEN in the menu that appears then double click Epsetup exe 3 Click Continue When the software license agreement screen appears read the statement then click Agree 4 Click User Installation 5 Select User Installation and then select your printer EPSON AcuLaser XXXX L
82. DER YER HERES 136 DEMING Up Clientes sn cupere LE EE ER 142 Installing the printer driver from the CD ROM 151 Chapter 5 Using the Printer Software with Macintosh About the Printer Software eee eh 153 Accessing the printer driver eese Cr are Da sis 153 16 Making Changes to Printer Settings 00006 154 Making the print quality settings 005 154 INCSIZ INS DEMOS e ord draco dece dl eh aed ede ce Reed GER Rer 162 Moditying the print layout coe pr ER hd 94 163 SURE 2s Wale mmnarie cacao Okey E dried es etai 165 Duplex Prins idee hoon aves ees au UE aioe Paus es excu 170 Making Extended Se BS vs ue reed SURE e ein 172 Pirin GUNS a tatus SCOR s o oos ae auth Gs sven neq RR aient 174 Using the Reserve Job Function esa o rro reete 174 BhesPrnt oD veveveveeeie ees Re ae pe ae wa SS 176 Ment oboe edet eda aie a Gan or AA 178 5101 216 JOD CCP 180 Confidential Job 2 0 0 0 eens 181 Monitoring Your Printer using EPSON Status Monitor 3 184 Accessing EPSON Status Monitor 3 04 184 Getting printer status details 0 08 186 Setting Monitoring Preferences 00000000085 188 Status Alert WIDdOW act oo ho ee tet esent e 189 Using the Job Management function 190 Setting Up the USB ConnecLiOn o aceto tot ed 192 For Mico A USeES isaac casa Ovals beret Sea TS 192 For Mac Os USOESsg A top opo 3o Pd Sia Es 193 Ca
83. Denmark2 Spain2 LatinAmeric Auto CR On Off Bit Image Dark Light Barcode 0 or the zero character with a slash Font Selects the font Pitch Selects the pitch the horizontal spacing of the font in fixed pitch measured in cpi characters per inch You can also choose proportional spacing Condensed Turns condensed printing on or off Using the Control Panel T Margin Sets the distance from the top of the page to the baseline of the first printable line The distance is measured in inches The smaller the value the closer the printable line is to the top Text Sets the page length in lines For this option a line is assumed to be 1 pica 1 6 inch If you change the Orientation Page Size or T Margin settings the page length setting automatically returns to the default for each paper size CG Table Use the character generator CG table option to select the graphics character table or the italics table The graphics table contains graphic characters for printing lines corners shaded areas international characters Greek characters and mathematical symbols If you select 1 aiic the upper half of the character table is defined as italic characters Country Use this option to select one of the fifteen international symbol sets See International character sets on page 455 for samples of the characters in each country s symbol set Auto CR Specifies whether the printer performs a carriage
84. E Legal 1U Swedis2 OS Spanish 25 Norwegl OD Roman 9 AU PcEur858 13U Pc1004 9J DeskTop 7J Windows 9U MsPublishi 6J VeMath 6M VeUS 14J Math 8 8M 19 Typefaces ANSI ASCII OU Courier CG Times Universe Letter Gothic Dorit Malka Naamit Naskh Koufi Ryadh Line Printer Courier Pc866Cyr 3R Pc866Ukr 14R CG Times Universe WinCyr 9R ISOCyr 10N Letter Gothic Pc8Grk 126 Pc851Grk 10G WinGrk 9G ISOGrk 12N Greek8 8G The 19 typefaces refer to those listed below Information about Fonts 451 CG Omega Coronet Clarendon Condensed Univers Condensed Antique Olive Garamond Marigold Albertus Arial limes New Helvetica Helvetica Narrow Palatino ITC Avant Garde Gothic ITC Bookman New Century Schoolbook limes ITC Zapf Chancery Medium Italic CourierPS International character sets for ISO 452 The following are the available international character sets for ISO Character sets ANSI ASCII 0U Norweg 1 0D French OF HP German 0G Italian 01 JIS ASCII OK Swedis 2 0S Norweg 2 1D UK 1E French 2 1F HP Spanish 15 German 1G Chinese 2K Spanish 25 IRV 2U Swedish 3S Portuguese 45 IBM Portuguese 55 IBM Spanish 65 Information about Fonts In the ESC P 2 or FX Modes Character Table Available typefaces OCR B Courier EPSON Letter Gothic Roman Arial Times PcUSA PcMultilingual PcPortuguese PcCan Fr
85. EPSON Color Laser Printer Epson Aculaser C2600 2600 Series Copyrights No part of this publication may be reproduced stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means mechanical photocopying recording or otherwise without the prior written permission of Seiko Epson Corporation No patent liability is assumed with respect to the use of the information contained herein Neither is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein Neither Seiko Epson Corporation nor its affiliates shall be liable to the purchaser of this productor third parties for damages losses costs or expenses incurred by purchaser or third parties as a result of accident misuse or abuse of this productor unauthorized modifications repairs or alterations to this product or excluding the U S failure to strictly comply with Seiko Epson Corporation s operating and maintenance instructions Seiko Epson Corporation and its affiliates shall not be liable against 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 Features Zoran Corporation Integrated Print System XL IPS XL for PCLXL print language HEN NEST Office Kit Copyright O 1996 Novell Inc All rights reserved Trademarks IBM and PS 2 are registered trademarks of International Business
86. For Mac OS 9 users select the EPSON Status Monitor 3 alias from the Apple menu then click your printer s icon EPSON Status Monitor 3 lets you check the status of your printer See Monitoring Your Printer using EPSON Status Monitor 3 on page 184 for more information Accessing the printer driver To control your printer and change its settings use the printer driver The printer driver allows you to easily make all the print settings including paper source paper size and orientation Mac OS X To access the printer driver register your printer in Printer Setup Utility for Mac OS X 10 3 or Print Center for Mac OS X 10 2 or below click Print on the File menu of any application then select your printer Using the Printer Software with Macintosh 153 Mac OS 9 To access the printer driver open the appropriate dialog box select Chooser from the Apple menu then click your printer s icon Opening the dialog boxes from the application J Toopen the Paper Setting dialog box select Page Setup from the File menu on any application Q Toopen the Basic Settings dialog box select Print from the File menu on any application Note The printer driver s online help provides details on printer driver settings Making Changes fo Printer Settings Making the print quality settings You can change the print quality of printouts through settings in the printer driver With the printer driver you can make the print settings
87. For details see Setup Menu on page 233 Using the printer s control panel Access the control panel s Setup Menu and select Paper Source then select Auto Loading Paper This section describes how to load paper If you use special media such as transparencies or envelopes see also Printing on Special Media on page 56 MP tray Follow the steps below to load paper Paper Handling 45 1 Turn the printer on Press the latch on the MP tray and open the tray 2 Pullout the expansion tray on the MP tray to accommodate the size of the paper you want to load 46 Paper Handling Note When you use A4 Letter or larger sizes of paper unfold the expansion tray 2 by lifting it up 3 Pinch the knob and the paper guide together then slide the right paper guide outward Paper Handling 47 4 Loada stack of the desired paper on the center of the tray Make sure to load it with the printable surface down Note Q When loading paper insert the short edge first Q Do not load paper that exceeds the maximum stack height Q When you use paper that has been printed on previously straighten any curled parts before loading it 48 Paper Handling 5 Pitch the knob and the paper guide together then slide the side paper guide until it is against the right side of the stack to get a snug fit Not
88. JobCanceled The printer cannot store the data of your print job using the Reserve Job function The maximum number of print jobs stored on the printer s Hard Disk Drive has been reached or the drive has no more memory available to store a new job To store a new print job delete a previously stored job Also if you have any Confidential Jobs stored printing those jobs will make more memory available To clear this error select lear barrira from the control panel s Reset Menu For instruction about accessing the control panel menus see How to access the control panel menus on page 223 Reset The printer s current interface has been reset and the buffer has been cleared However other interfaces are still active and retain their settings and data Reset All All printer settings have been reset to the default configuration or to the last settings that were saved Reset to Save A control panel menu setting was changed while the printer was printing Press the O Start Stop button to clear this message The setting will become effective after printing has finished Alternatively you can clear this message by performing Reset or Reset All on the control panel However the print data will be deleted ROM CHECK The printer is checking the ROM SELF TEST Using the Control Panel 275 276 The printer is currently performing a self test and initialization Service Req Cffff Service Req Eggg A controller error or a print
89. Kazet from the control panel s Reset Menu stops printing clears the print job being received from the active interface and clears errors that may have occurred at the interface Follow the steps below to use the Reset Menu 1 Press the Enter button to access the control panel menus 2 Press the V Down button several times until E appears on the LCD panel then press the Enter ballon Using the Control Panel 3 4 Press the V Down button several times until Kaze to display Press the Enter button Printing is canceled The printer is ready to receive a new print job Switching the Printing Mode You can select the Color mode B W mode monochrome printing mode with one black toner cartridge or 4 x B W mode monochrome printing mode with four black toner cartridges by using the control panel See the following sections to find how to switch the mode Color mode to B W mode Follow the steps below to switch from the Color mode to B W mode 1 Make sure the LCD panel displaysEeads or Sleer then press the Enter button to access the control rela menus Press the V Down button repeatedly until Fi ntis Meru appears on the LCD panel then press the T Enter button Press the Y Down button repeatedly until Change Hode Bou is displayed then press the Enter button When the LCD panel displays Remove Toner remove the currently installed color toner cartridge See Replacing a toner cartridge on page 316 for
90. Make sure that the Data Format setting which is accessed by clicking Advanced on the PostScript sheet of the printer s Properties is set to ASCII or TBCP The Data Format setting in the printer s Properties is not set to ASCII or TBCP If your computer is running Windows XP click the Device Settings tab in the printer s Properties then click the Output Protocol setting and select ASCII or TBCP For Macintosh users only The printer cannot print binary data when it is connected to the computer via the USB interface Make sure that the Data Format setting which is accessed by clicking Print from the File menu is set to ASCII The Data Format setting in the printer s Properties is not set to ASCII 398 Troubleshooting Ihe printer does not print normally via the network interface The Data Format setting is different from the data format setting specifiedin the application except on Mac OS X The network connection is something other than AppleTalk and the Data Format setting is not set to ASCII data For Windows 2000 or NT 4 0 users only Job Management Onis selected in the printer s Properties For Windows users only The computer is connected to the network using AppleTalk in a Windows 2000 NT 4 0 environment and the Send CTRL D Before Each Job or Send CTRL D After Each Job setting on the Device Settings sheet ofthe printer s Properties dialog box is set to Yes For Windows users only The prin
91. Monitor 3 dialog box Alternatively you can right click the shortcut icon then select Monitoring Preferences from the menu to open the Monitoring Preferences dialog box and your printer from the menu to open the EPSON Status Monitor 3 dialog box Job Management select the Show Job Information check box to display the Job Information menu in the EPSON Status Monitor 3 window When this check box is selected the Job management icon appears on the taskbar during printing To display the notification message when your print job is finished select the Notify when printing completed check box Note This menu is enabled only under the conditions given in Connections supporting the Job Management function on page 120 Allow monitoring of shared When this check box is selected a printers check box shared printer can be monitored by other PCs Help button Opens online help for the Monitoring Preferences dialog box Cancel button Cancels any changes Using the Printer Software with Windows 119 Status Alert window The Status Alert window indicates what type of error has occurred and offers you a possible solution The window closes automatically once the problem is cleared Paper out oz v Details Load the paper This window will appear according to the selected notification in the Monitoring Preferences dialog box If you wish to see information about printer consumables click Details Once
92. ON Status Monitor 3 this utility is also installed Usually it is not necessary to change the setup 1 Click Start point to Programs point to EPSON Printers then click Monitored printers Using the Printer Software with Windows 125 2 Clearthe check boxes of the types of printers you do not want to monitor 8 EPSON Status Monitor 3 Monitored Printers Ed Select or clear the appropriate check boxes below ta specify the types of printers that EPSON Status Monitor 3 will manitar All of the check boxes are selected by default Do not clear any check boxes unless you have difficulty printing Clearing any of these check boxes may result in problems when printing and monitoring iv Monitor Windows shared printers iv Monitor LPR printers iv Monitor Netware printers OF Cancel 3 Click OK to apply the settings Setting Up the USB Connection The USB interface that comes with your printer complies with Microsoft Plug and Play PnP USB specifications Note Q Only PC systems equipped with a USB connector and running Windows XP Me 96 2000 or Server 2003 support the USB interface Q Your computer must support USB 2 0 in order to use USB 2 0 as the interface to connect your computer to the printer Q Since USB 2 0 is fully compatible with USB 1 1 USB 1 1 can be used as an interface 126 Using the Printer Software with Windows J USB 2 0 is applied for Windows XP 2000 and Server 2003 operating systems
93. PM EPSON AL XXXX Advanced ALEA Document View Help Status Owner Pages v Set As Default Printer 2 shd Printing Administrator 1 Printing Preferences Pause Printing Cancel All Documents Sharing Use Printer Offline Properties Close After the last page is output the Ready green light on the printer turns on The current job is canceled Note You can also cancel the current print job that is sent from your computer by pressing the t Cancel Job button on the printer s control panel When canceling the print job be careful not to cancel print jobs sent by other users 128 Using the Printer Software with Windows Uninstalling the Printer Software When you wish to reinstall or upgrade the printer driver be sure to uninstall the current printer software beforehand Note When uninstalling EPSON Status Monitor 3 from a multi user Windows XP 2000 NT4 0 or Server 2003 environment remove the shortcut icon from all clients before uninstalling You can remove the icon by clearing the Shortcut Icon check box in the Monitoring Preference dialog box Uninstalling the printer driver 1 Quit all applications 2 Click Start point to Settings then click Control Panel For Windows XP or Server 2003 click Start click Control Panel then click Add or Remove Programs 3 Double click the Add Remove Programs icon For Windows XP or Server 2003 click the Change or Remove Programs ic
94. Presentor Sans Serif 10 12 15 17 20 24 cpi Prop Code Page 437 850 858 860 863 865 T Margin 0 30 0 40 1 50 inches in 0 05 inch increments Depends on whether Letter 63 or A4 67 paper has been selected E Depends on whether Letter 1 or A4 2 paper has been selected Font Selects the font Pitch Selects the pitch the horizontal spacing of the font in fixed pitch measured in cpi characters per inch You can also choose proportional spacing Code Page Selects the character tables Character tables contain the characters and symbols used by different languages The printer prints text based on the selected character table T Margin Using the Control Panel 257 258 Sets the distance from the top of the page to the baseline of the first printable line The distance is measured in inches The smaller the value the closer the printable line is to the top Text Sets the page length in lines For this option a line is assumed to be 1 pica 1 6 inch If you change the Orientation Page Size or T Margin settings the page length setting automatically returns to the default for each paper size Auto CR Specifies whether the printer performs a carriage return line feed CR LF operation whenever the printing position goes beyond the right margin If this setting is off the printer does not print any characters beyond the right margin and does not perform any line wrapping until it re
95. Printing with the Duplex Unit Follow the steps below to print with the Duplex Unit 1 Click the Basic Settings tab 2 Select the Duplex check box then select Left Top or Right as the Binding position Basc Settings Advanced Laycut Optional Settings Print Qualy Automatic C Advanced 8s C Drait Text Textilmage Web Photo Color Color Black Pape Size T85x1Iin Diertstion i Poat C Landscape Pape Sowce Anto Selection Manual Feed m Pape Type Plain 1 C pm Duplex Settings H EE Bindng Lef 4 Top Righi 2 Phatocorductar Copies 1 jj D Collate in Printet Order Onine Default Heb 3 Click Duplex Settings to open the Duplex Settings dialog box 94 Using the Printer Software with Windows 4 Specify the Binding Margin for the front and back sides of the paper then select whether the front or back side of the paper is to be printed as the Start Page Duplex Settings Binding Margin Front E mm Back jo mm From Front 2 t From Back Binding Methad Cancel Help Default 5 When printing for binding as a booklet select the Binding Method check box and make appropriate settings For details about each setting see online help 6 Click OK to apply the settings and return to the Basic Settings tab Making Extended Settings You can make various settings in the Extended Settings dialog box To open the dial
96. S 8x11in A nenkaton Porat Landscape Paper Source auto Selection dae Manual Feed Paper Type Plain Toner E E C EE Dupley u EE v a ge C Photoconductor Copies F Calatein Printer Order Online Defaut Using the Printer Software with Windows 99 Note The amount of toners remaining and the expected service life of the photoconductor are displayed on the Basic Settings tab when EPSON Status Monitor 3 is installed You can set the interoal of the remaining consumables on the Consumables Info Settings dialog box that appears by clicking the Consumables Info Settings button on the Optional settings tab Consumables Info Settings Display Setting Display Consumables informatiori The interval between consumables information updates Eh t Do not display consumables information Get current consumables information Get Information Now Cancel Help Using the Reserve Job Function The Reserve Job function allows you to store print jobs on the printer s Hard Disk Drive and to print them later directly from the printer s control panel Follow the instructions in this section to use the Reserve Job function Note You need an optional Hard Disk Drive installed in your printer in order to use the Reserve Job function Make sure that the drive is correctly recognized by the printer driver before you start using the Reserve Job function 100
97. S X ColorSync Using the Printer Software with Macintosh Automatically adjusts printout colors to match colors on your screen Automatic High Quality Suitable for regular printing that gives priority to high quality printing Advanced Text Graph Suitable for printing high quality presentation documents that include text and graphs Advanced Graphic CAD Suitable for printing high quality graphs charts and photos Advanced Photo Suitable for printing high quality scanned photos and digitally captured images Customizing print settings Your printer provides for customized print settings if you need more control over the printout want to make the most detailed settings available or just want to experiment Follow the steps below to customize your print settings 1 Open the Basic Settings dialog box Using the Printer Software with Macintosh 159 2 Click Advanced then click More Settings The following dialog box appears EPSON AL C2000 1 00 Color Color Management ti a Color n C Black Color Adjustment Gamma C3 PhotaEnhance esoun F TE Otorsym Print Mode Automatic 2 pde Photo RealisticAccent amp rreen Auto Definition 2 Brightness v j L Hip Harizontal Contrast n Saturation o som fp 9 L Toner Save Magenta p bi RiTech O Yellow jo f jm O Web Smoothing ia O Use PrinterFonts 3 Choose Color or Black as the Color setting 4 Ch
98. Setup and the EPSON Printer Setup dialog box appears 2 Click Print Status and the printer starts printing a status sheet Note This function is not available with Mac OS X For Mac OS X users print a status sheet from the control panel See Printing a Status Sheet on page 281 for instructions r Using the Reserve Job Function 174 The Reserve Job function allows you to store print jobs on the printer s Hard Disk Drive and to print them later directly from the printer s control panel Follow the instructions in this section to use the Reserve Job function Note You need an optional Hard Disk Drive installed in your printer in order to use the Reserve Job function Make sure that the drive is correctly recognized by the printer driver before you start using the Reserve Job function The table below gives an overview of the Reserve Job options Each option is described in detail later in this section Using the Printer Software with Macintosh Re Print Job Lets you print the job now and store it for later reprinting Verify Job Lets you print one copy now to verify the content before printing multiple copies stored Job Lets you save the print job without printing it now Confidential Job Lets you apply a password to the print job and save it for later printing Jobs stored on the Hard Disk Drive are handled differently depending on the Reserve Job option Refer to the tables below for details Reserve Job
99. Using the Printer Software with Windows The table below gives an overview of the Reserve Job options Each option is described in detail later in this section Re Print Job Lets you print the job now and store it for later reprinting Verify Job Lets you print one copy now to verify the content before printing multiple copies stored Job Lets you save the print job without printing if now Confidential Job Lets you apply a password to the print job and save it for later printing Jobs stored on the Hard Disk Drive are handled differently depending on the Reserve Job option Refer to the tables below for details Reserve Job Maximum When When Drive is Full Option Number of Maximum is Jobs Exceeded Re Print Job 64 Oldest job Oldest job Verify Job combined automatically automatically total replaced with replaced with newest newest Stored Job Delete old jobs Delete old jobs manually manually Confidential 64 Job Reserve Job After Printing After Turning Off Printer or Using Reset Option All Re Print Job Print Job data remains in Data is cleared hard drive od Job Stored Job Data remains in hard drive Confidential data is cleared Data is cleared Job Using the Printer Software with Windows 101 Re Print Job The Re Print Job option allows you to store the job you are currently printing so that you can reprint it later directly from the control panel Follow the steps below to use the Re Print Job op
100. Web Paper Sge LT85x11in A Dwientstion Perak Landscape Paper SOWCE Auto Selection a a a al F P jul iJ f iJ Manual Feed 1 Paper Type Plain Tener E m C EN Duples Lo pwessewnar H EE e gc E Y TEC Phetoconductor Copies E I Collate in Printet Onder Onine Defauk Lok 3 Click OK to apply the settings The printer driver provides the following quality modes Color Draft Text Text amp Image Web Photo Monochrome Draft Text amp Image Photo Note If printing is unsuccessful or a memory related error message appears selecting a different print quality may allow printing to proceed Using the Printer Software with Windows 69 Using the predefined settings The predefined settings are provided to help you optimize print settings for a particular kind of printout such as presentation documents or images taken by a video or digital camera Follow the steps below to use the predefined settings 1 Click the Basic Settings tab 2 Select Advanced You will find the predefined settings in the list below of Automatic Basic Settings Advanced Layout Optional Settings Print Quality C Automatic Advanced More Settings Save Selbngs 3 Color f Color Black Paper Size LT 85x11 in Orientation Portrait Landscape Paper Source Auto Selection a um Fa Manual F 1l ZU occi Paper Type Plain Ton r E E M c E Duplex Du
101. You can load non standard size paper 98 x 148 mm to 216 x 297 mm into the MP tray as long as it meets the following size requirements When loading a custom paper size you should make paper settings as shown below L Make settings on the Basic Settings in the printer driver Paper Size User Defined Size Paper Source MP Tray up to 16 5 mm thick stack Paper Type Plain or Thick Note Q For Windows access the printer driver then select User Defined Size from the Paper Size list on the Basic Settings tab In the User Defined Paper Size dialog box adjust the Paper Width Paper Length and Unit settings to match your custom paper Then click OK and your custom paper size will be saved Q For Macintosh access the printer driver click Custom Size in the Paper Setting dialog box Then click New adjust the Paper Width Paper Length and Margin settings to match your custom paper Then enter the setting s name and click OK to save your custom paper size _I You can also make these settings on the Tras Meru in the control panel See Tray Menu on page 229 64 Paper Handling J Ifyou cannot use the printer driver as explained above make Mis ee at Bue printer by oe the control NE S Printing Mera and selecting CTH custom as the F Kein Paper Handling 65 Chapter 4 Using the Printer Software with Windows About the Printer Software The printer driver lets you choose from a wide variety of settings to get the bes
102. ady to print Waste Toner Box Near Full The waste toner collector is near full of toner Worn Fuser This message indicates that the fuser unit is near the end of its service life Printing after this message appears is not guaranteed Turn the printer off then reinstall the unit after it has cooled off 30 minutes Then replace the fuser unit with a new one See Fuser Unit on page 326 for instructions The error clears automatically after you replace the unit and close all printer covers Worn Photoconductor This message indicates that the photoconductor unit is near the end of its service life Printing after this message appears is not guaranteed Turn the printer off then replace the photoconductor unit with a new one See Photoconductor Unit on page 319 for instructions The error clears automatically after you replace the unit and close the printer covers Worn Transfer Unit This message warns you that the transfer unit is near the end of its service life Contact your dealer Using the Control Panel 277 To Fin m warning message and continue printing select iear iil di 3 from the control panel s Reset Menu For instruction about echec the control panel menus see How to access the control panel menus on page 223 Write Error ROM P Theprinterisunable to write data into the ROM module correctly You cannot remove the ROM P because the ROM P is a program ROM module Contact your dealer Writing ROM A Writin
103. agement function Q When the NetWare connections do not support the Job Management function Q When the printing jobs from NetWare and NetBEUI are displayed as Unknown on the Job Management menu Q Note that if the user account used to log on to a client is different from the user account used to connect to the server the Job Management function is not available Using the Printer Software with Windows 121 Note on deleting print jobs You cannot delete the print job spooling on client computers running Windows Me or 98 using EPSON Status Monitor 3 when the following connections are used E E When using the shared Windows 2000 Server 2003 or NT 4 0 LPR connection When using the shared Windows 2000 or Server 2003 standard TCP IP connection When using the shared Windows 2000 Server 2003 or NT 4 0 EpsonNet Print TCP IP connection Using the Job Information menu 127 To display the Job Information menu select the Show job information check box on the Monitoring Preferences dialog box See Setting Monitoring Preferences on page 118 for details then click the Job Information tab on the EPSON Status Monitor 3 dialog box lu Computer Job Type 5 Print Test Page XXEN XXXX Mormal Using the Printer Software with Windows Deleting The print job which is being deleted Printing The print job which is printed currently Completed Displays only your jobs that have finished printi
104. ailable not not available available available PcCy855 not available not not available available available PcCy866 not available not not available available available Bulgarian nof available nof nof available available available PcUkr866 not available not not available available available Hebrew 7 not available not not available available available Hebrew8 not available not not available available available PcHe862 not available not not available available available 454 Information about Fonts PcAr864 PcLit771 PcLit774 PcLat866 PcAr864Ara PcAr720 not available not available not available not available available not available not available not available not available not available not available not available not available not available not available not available not available not available not available not available not available not available not available ISO Latin 2 not available not available Available only in ESC P2 mode Times New is a type face compatible with RomanT Letter Gothic is a type face compatible with Orators Arial is a type face compatible with SansH International character sets You can select one of the following international character sets using the ESC R command Character sets USA France Germany UK Japan Denmark1 Denmark2 Sweden Italy Spainl Spain2 Norway Latin
105. ain paper 64 to 90 g m Up to 15 envelopes Up to 60 sheets of transparencies Up to 50 sheets of labels Standard lower paper Up to 500 sheets of plain paper 64 to 90 cassette g m Paper output For all paper types and size Paper output capacity Up to 250 sheets of plain paper 64 to 90g m 406 4 Technical Specifications Internal emulation PCL5e emulation LJ4 mode HP GL 2 emulation GL2 mode ECP Page printer language ESC P 2 24 pin printer emulation ESC P 2 mode Epson AcuLaser Resolution Improvement Technology E Printing speed varies by paper source or other conditions Environmental Temperature 10 to 35 C 50 to 90 F Humidity 15 10 85 RH Not in use 10 to 85 RH Altitude 2 500 meters 8 202 feet maximum Technical Specifications 407 Mechanical j MI Wl LLL Weight Approx 37 kg about 81 5 Ib excluding the imaging cartridge and options 408 Technical Specifications Electrical 110 V 120 V 230 V Model Model L481A L481A Voltage 110 V 120 V 220 V 240 V 10 10 Rated frequency 50 Hz 60 Hz 50 Hz 60 Hz 3 Hz 3 Hz Rated current Up fo 10A Up to6A Power During Average 335W 567 332 W 583 consump printing Ww W tion MAX 880 W 900 W During Average 96 W 99 W standby mode Sleep mode Up to 21 W Up to 21 W When color printing 2 When monochrome printing 3 Completely suspended Compliant with the Energy Star pr
106. alled does not meet your printing needs Using the PostScript Printer Driver 201 Minimum memory Recommended memory 64 MB 192 MB for duplex printing of image for duplex printing of image data in full color at 300 dpi data in full color at 600 dpi Printing may not be possible with this amount of memory depending on the specifics of the job being printed System requirements Your computer must meet the following system requirements to be able to use the Adobe PostScript 3 printer driver For Windows To use the Adobe PostScript 3 printer driver your computer must be running Microsoft Windows XP Me 98 2000 or NT 4 0 See the following table for details Windows XP or 2000 There are no restrictions for these systems Windows Me or 98 Recommended i386 i486 or Pentium processor i486 or Pentium processor 6 MB free 8 MB free for driver installation for driver installation Windows NT 4 0 es Rem 202 Using the PostScript Printer Driver i386 i486 or Pentium processor i486 or Pentium processor Hard Disk 6 MB free for driver installation For Macintosh Any Macintosh computer to which the printer is connected must be running Mac OS 9 ver 9 1 or later or Mac OS X ver 10 2 4 or later See the following table for details Mac OS X nian meme Power Mac G3 G4 G5 iMac eMac PowerBook G3 G4 or iBook Mac OS 9 ee 3 1 MB free 4 MB free for driver installation
107. alled the by your printer correct font See Available fonts on page 438 for more information Printout is garbled Cause What to do The interface cable may not be Make sure that both ends of the interface plugged in securely cable are plugged in securely You may not be using the correct If you are using the parallel interface interface cable make sure that the cable is a double shielded twisted pair interface cable no more than six feet in length If you are using the USB interface use a Revision 2 0 cable The emulation setting for the port specify the emulation mode by using the may not be correct printer s control panel menus See Emulation Menu on page 230 Note If a status sheet does not print correctly your printer may be damaged Contact your dealer or a qualified service representative Troubleshooting 373 The printout position is not correct The page length and margins may Make sure that you are using the correct be set incorrectly in your page length and margin settings in your application application The Paper Size setting may be Make sure the correct paper size is set in incorrect the Tray Menu on the control panel MP Tray Size setting may be When loading paper for which the size is incorrect not specified with Auto setting specify the correct paper size on the MP Tray Size setting in the Tray Menu on the control panel Graphics do not print correctly What to do The pr
108. allowing you to enable and disable the automatic insertion of check digits and OCR B 5456 The height of the bar code is automatically adjusted to 1576 or more of its total length in conformance to the Code39 standard For this reason it is important to keep at least one space between the bar code and the surrounding text to prevent overlapping UU Jy Spaces in Code39 bar codes should be input as _ underbars When printing two or more bar codes on one line separate the bar codes with a tab or select a font other than a BarCode Font and input the space If a space is input while a Code39 font is selected the bar code will not be correct Information about Fonts 431 Character type Alohanumeric characters A to Z 0 to 9 Symbols space Font size When OCR B is not used 26 pt or more up to 96 pt in Windows XP 2000 NT 4 0 Server 2003 Recommended sizes are 26 pt 52 pt 78 pt and 104 pt When OCR B is used 36 pt or more up to 96 pt in Windows XP 2000 NT 4 0 Server 2003 Recommended sizes are 36 pt 72 pt 108 pt and 144 pt The following codes are inserted automatically and need not be input by hand L Left Right quiet zone J Check digit QJ Start Stop character Print sample EPSON Code39 EPSON Code39 CD EPSON Code39 Num EPSON Code39 CD Num E uu amp dd 4 432 Information about Fonts EPSON Code 1268 L Codel28 fonts support code sets A B and C When the code set of a li
109. amma 18 C PheteEnhance C JEM 2 C AGB Mode Fhoto Resiste Accent ZZ p LS a b EL m IL Toner Save R BlTech Fip Horizontal Web Smoothing Note Q This screen may vary depending on your operating system version Q When making the other settings see online help for details on each setting Using the Printer Software with Windows 73 Qd The Web Smoothing check box is not available when PhotoEnhance is selected Note this setting is effective for screens that include full color 24 or 36 bit images It is not effective for screens that include only illustrations graphs and text and do not include any images 4 Click OK to apply the settings and return to the Basic Settings menu Saving your settings To save your custom settings click Advanced then click Save settings on the Basic Settings menu The Custom Settings dialog box appears Custom Settings P Name PO Save Cancel Typea name for your custom settings in the Name box then click Save Your settings will appear in the list to the right of Automatic in the Basic Settings menu Note Q You cannot use a predefined setting name for your custom settings I To delete acustom setting click Advanced click Save Settings in the Basic Settings menu select the setting in the Custom Settings dialog box then click Delete 74 Using the Printer Software with Windows Q You cannot delete
110. an outside source such as a computer Also called soft font dpi dots per inch The number of dots per inch is a measure of printer resolution The higher the number of dots the higher the resolution Glossary 459 400 driver See printer driver on page 461 drum The part of the printer mechanism where the image is formed and transferred to paper emulation See printer emulation on page 462 FF Form Feed A control code to break the page fixed width font A font whose characters are allotted the same amount of horizontal space no matter the width of the character Thus the uppercase M receives the same amount of space as the letter 1 font A set of characters and symbols that share a common typographic design and style font family The collection of all sizes and styles of a font halftone A grayscale image that is composed of small dots The dots can be close together to create black or more widely spaced to create gray or white areas in the image Newspaper photographs are common examples of halftones initialization The act of returning the printer to its defaults fixed set of conditions interface The connection between the printer and the computer A parallel interface transmits data one character or code at a time while a serial interface transmits data one bit at a time landscape Printing that is oriented sideways on the page This orientation gives you a page that is wider than it is hi
111. and disable the automatic insertion of check digits and OCR B J The height of the bar code is automatically adjusted to 15 or more of its total length in conformance to the Interleaved 2 of 5 standard For this reason itis important to keep at least one space between the bar code and the surrounding text to prevent overlapping L Interleaved 2 of 5 treats every two characters as one set When there are an odd number of characters EPSON ITF fonts automatically add a zero to the beginning of the character string Character type Numbers 0 to 9 434 Information about Fonts Font size When OCR B is not used 26 pt or more up to 96 pt in Windows XP 2000 NT 4 0 Server 2003 Recommended sizes are 26 pt 52 pt 8 pt and 104 pt When OCR B is used 36 pt or more up to 96 pt in Windows XP 2000 NT 4 0 Server 2003 Recommended sizes are 36 pt 72 pt 108 pt and 144 pt The following codes are inserted automatically and need not be input by hand J Left Right quiet zone L Start Stop character J Check digit m The numeral 0 added to the beginning of character strings as needed Print sample EPSON ITF EPSON ITF CD EPSON ITF Num EPSON ITF CD Num Information about Fonts 435 01234567 12345670 EPSON Codabar QJ Four Codabar fonts are available allowing you to enable and disable the automatic insertion of check digits and OCR B J The height of the bar code is automatically adjusted to 15 or
112. aning the output Way ousaovexdrve dedu d sorb de earns 336 Cleaning the pickup Tollers ou ce vox vae Foie S s om 337 Cleaning the photoconductor wire knob a 338 Cleaning the exposure window knob b 339 Jronsporbne the rinie eerie iaa rara ret a erdt 340 For lono dis a0 CBS 4 45 04 excites Sol bici epa detect es hera 340 FOP Short distintes 2 ace erede ie ti eee ee 34 Finding a place for the printer aient e RE Et hern 343 Chapter 11 Troubleshooting 20 Cleamnes Janiied Papert gale uateus oco eoo ausu tta Date RR intor fp Sea 345 Precautions for clearing jammed paper 345 Jam A cover A h rrean i ccc ce eee EAER 346 Jam A B cover A and B 0 cc ene 349 Jam MP A MP tray and cover A 02 0 0 00000005 356 Jam A C1 cover A and standard lower paper cassette 359 Jam A E C2 cover A E and optional paper cassette 364 PRIME a otabuse Slee o escapee teenie wastes Heated anes 370 Operational Probl ms c e rrr eti red reo erred 370 The Ready light does not turnon 0000488 370 The printer does not print Ready light off 370 The Ready light is on but nothing prints 371 The optional product is not available Lus 371 The Properties dialog box does not appear or it takes too much time to open it For Windows users only 372 Printout Problems vsadee a cie goles tem ede RC a tas 373 T
113. application To access the printer driver click the Print or Page Setup from the File menu You also need to click Setup Options Properties or a combination of these buttons For Windows XP users To access the printer driver click Start click Printers and Faxes then click Printers Right click your printer icon then click Printing Preferences For Windows Me or 98 users To access the printer driver click Start point to Settings then click Printers Right click your printer icon then click Properties For Windows 2000 users To access the printer driver click Start point to Settings then click Printers Right click your printer icon then click Printing Preferences Using the PostScript Printer Driver 211 For Windows NT 4 0 users To access the printer driver click Start point to Settings then click Printers Right click your printer icon then click Document Defaults Making changes to PostScript printer settings You can change the PostScript printer settings in the PostScript printer driver Online help is available to help you with the printer driver settings Using online help 4I If you want help on a particular item click the icon on the top right corner of the dialog box s title bar then click the name of the setting that you want more information on An explanation of the setting and its options will be displayed Notice for Windows Me or 98 Users The printer may not print normally if the
114. ar on the Device Manager menu System Properties x General Device Manager Hardware Profiles Performance View devices by type C View devices by connection I Computer is CDROM E Disk drives UB Display adapters z EPSON USB Printer Devices EPSON USB Printer EPUSB1 me Floppy disk controllers amp Hard disk controllers F Keyboard Z3 Modem WB Monitors Vy Mouse B3 Network adapters E Ports COM amp LPT amp SCSI controllers Sound ame and game controllers fm rr Se Properties He Refresh Remove Print 1 E E E Jt Cancel Troubleshooting If EPSON USB Printer Devices does not appear on the Device Manager menu click the plus sign beside Other devices to view the installed devices System Properties H x General Device Manager Hardware Profiles Performance View devices by type View devices by connection H CDROM H E Disk drives p la Display adapters Sy Floppy disk controllers f Hard disk controllers He Keyboard H Monitors Fy Mouse H E Network adapters Fy Other devices feb Parts COM amp LPT B sound video and game controllers oA DMIBZ38 L 3D PC Audio Device Gameport Joystick Unknown Device Properties Refresh Remove Print Cancel If USB Printer or your printer name appears under Other
115. ard Disk Drive For Mac OS 9 users 1 Make printer driver settings as appropriate for your document open the Basic Settings dialog box then click the lReserve Jobs icon The Reserve Jobs Settings dialog box appears Using the Printer Software with Macintosh 2 Select the Reserve Job On check box then select Confidential Job EPSON 1 00 1 d Reserve Jab On Quick Print Job User Marne Qnem a O Verify Job Stored Job Job Name 2 Aom C Password 1 4 Create a thumbnail 2 Cane C 3 Enter a user name and job name in the corresponding text boxes 4 Setthe password for the job by entering a four digit number in the password text box Note d Password must be four digits Q Only numbers from 1 through 4 can be used for password _1 Keep password in a safe place You must enter the correct password when printing a Confidential Job 5 Click OK The printer stores the print job on the Hard Disk Drive To print or delete this data using the printer s control panel see Using the Confidential Job Menu on page 279 Using the Printer Software with Macintosh 183 Monitoring Your Printer using EPSON Status Monitor 3 EPSON Status Monitor 3 monitors your printer and gives you information about its current status Accessing EPSON Status Monitor 3 For Mac OS X users 1 Click Print in the File menu of any application The Print dialog box appears 2 Select Printer Settings from the dr
116. as UNIX Tray Assign Changes the assignment for the paper source select command When 4 is selected the commands are set as compatible with the HP LaserJet 4 When s amp is selected the commands are set as selected the commands are set as compatible with the HP LaserJet 5Si GL2 Menu This menu lets you set the printer to emulate a plotter allowing you to use software which requires a plotter for output The LJ4GL2 mode is similar to the GL 2 mode supported in the HP LaserJet 4 mode The GLlike mode emulates some of the HP GL plotter commands and includes all the commands found in HP s GL 2 mode as well as two additional commands Using the Control Panel 247 LEN I NN Pen PenO Penl Pen2 Pen3 Pen4 Pen5 Pen n Butt Square Triangular Round Join Mitered Miteredbeveled Triangular Round Beveled None Pen 0 through 6 0 05 0 35 5 00 mm in 0 05 mm increments Available only when SL Like is selected as the GL Mode Before you start printing in the GL 2 mode 248 You may need to change the following print options in your application depending on your output needs Check these settings to make sure they match the data you are trying to print Print Options Paper size Printer s paper size setting Driver plotter HP GL 2 or HP GL selection Pen configuration Pen thickness Orientation GLiike offers landscape only Li4SL2 offers landscape and portrait If you need to configure th
117. atest drivers FAQs manuals and other downloadables Epson s Technical Support Web Site provides help with problems that cannot be solved using the troubleshooting information in your printer documentation Customer Support Appendix B Technical Specifications Paper Since the quality of any particular brand or type of paper may be changed by the manufacturer at any time Epson cannot guarantee the quality of any type of paper Always test samples of paper stock before purchasing large quantities or printing large jobs Available paper types Plain paper General copier paper BEEN Recycled paper is acceptable Envelopes No paste and no tape No plastic window completely with no gaps between labels Paper with letterhead Paper and ink of letterneads must be compatible with laser printers Use recycled paper only under normal temperature and humidity conditions Poor quality paper may reduce print quality or cause paper jams and other problems Technical Specifications 403 Paper that should not be used 404 You cannot use the following paper in this printer It may cause printer damage paper jams and poor print quality E LL dq o o gs du We EE d E Media meant for other color laser printers black and white laser printers color copiers black and white copiers or ink jet printers Previously printed paper by any other color laser printers black and white laser printers color copiers black an
118. be used for data storage ROM retains its contents when you turn off the printer sans serif font A font lacking serifs scalable font See outline font on page 461 serif The small decorative strokes that come off the main lines of a character sRGB A standard default red green blue RGB color space that is device independent Glossary status sheet A report that lists the printer settings and other printer information symbol set A collection of symbols and special characters Symbols are assigned to specific codes in a character table toner The colored powder contained in the toner cartridges that is used to print images on the paper TrueType An outline font format that was developed jointly by Apple Computer and Microsoft Corporation TrueType fonts are outline fonts that can be easily resized for screen display or for printing Glossary 463 Index A Available Fonts 1239X mode 441 ESC P2 and FX modes 441 LJ4 GL2 mode 438 P5C mode 442 Printing font samples 444 PS 3 mode 442 C Canceling printing from printer driver Macintosh 194 from printer driver Windows 128 Cleaning Cleaning the exposure window knob b 339 Cleaning the output tray 336 Cleaning the photoconductor wire knob a 338 Cleaning the pickup roller 337 Cleaning the Printer 335 Contacting EPSON 401 Control panel Canceling Printing 282 Printing and Deleting Reserve Job Data 278 Printing a Status Sheet 281 Status a
119. been spilled into it C Ifit has been exposed to rain or water Safety Instructions D If it does not operate normally when the operating instructions are followed Adjust only those controls that are covered by the operating instructions since improper adjustment of other controls may result in damage and will often require extensive work by a qualified technician to restore the product to normal operation E If it has been dropped or the cabinet has been damaged F If it exhibits a distinct change in performance indicating a need for service When using the printer E Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the printer Unplug this printer from the wall outlet before cleaning Use a well wrung cloth for cleaning and do not use liquid or aerosol cleaners Avoid touching the components inside the printer unless instructed to do so in the printer s documentation Never force printer components into place Although the printer is designed to be sturdy rough handling can damage it Be sure to keep consumables out of the reach of children Do not use printer in a damp environment Do not leave jammed paper inside of the printer This can cause the printer to overheat Safety Instructions 9 L Never push objects of any kind through cabinet slots as they may touch dangerous voltage points or short out parts that could result in a risk of fire or electric shock J Never spill liquid of any kind on th
120. by choosing from a list of predefined settings or customizing the settings Choosing the print quality by using the Automatic setting 154 You can change the print quality of printouts to favor speed or detail There are two levels of print output Fast and Fine Fine provides high quality precise printing but requires more memory and slows the printing speed Using the Printer Software with Macintosh When Automatic is selected on the Basic Settings dialog box the printer driver takes care of all detailed settings according to the color setting you select Color and resolution are the only settings you need to make You can change other settings such as paper size or orientation in most applications For Mac OS X users 1 Open the Print dialog box 2 Select Printer Settings from the drop down list and select the Basic settings tab 3 Click Automatic then choose the resolution from the Resolution drop down list Printer AL CXXXX sj is Presets Standard Printer Settings B Basic Settings Extended Settings Utility Paper Source Auto Selection He Manual Feed Paper Type Unspecified E Output Tray Face down Tray A pen Color Wn Color HK Black 1 Print Quality Resolution v Fast f 2 M Advanced Fine Binding d Reserve Job 0 Preview Save As PDF f Cancel Print P For Mac OS 9 users 1 Open the Basic Settings dialog box U
121. ceives a carriage return character This function is handled automatically by most applications Auto LF If you selectat the printer does not send an automatic line feed LF command with each carriage return CR If amp r is selected a line feed command is sent with each carriage return Select n if your text lines overlap Alt Graphics Turns the Alternate Graphics option on or off Bit Image The printer is able to emulate the graphics densities set with the printer commands If you select Hark the bit image density is high and if you select Light the bit image density is low Using the Control Panel If you select amp arCade the printer converts bit images to bar codes by automatically filling in any vertical gaps between dots This produces unbroken vertical lines that can be read by a bar code reader This mode will reduce the size of the image being printed and may also cause some distortion when printing bit image graphics ZeroChar Selects whether the printer prints a slashed or unslashed zero CharacterSet Selects character table 1 or 2 Support Menu Enter the Support Mode by pressing the Y Down button while turning the printer on to make the Support Menu appears HDD format Formats the Hard Disk Drive in the printer if one is installed PS3 HDD Init Initializes the Hard Disk Drive area where PostScript information is stored if a Hard Disk Drive is installed Sleep Mode Set the time after whi
122. cess the shared printer due to the network system ask the administrator of the network for assistance This section describes how to install the printer driver by accessing the shared printer from the Printers folder You can also access the shared printer from Network Neighborhood or My Network on the Windows desktop You cannot use the additional driver on the server system OS When you want to use EPSON Status Monitor 3 at clients you have to install both of the printer driver and EPSON Status Monitor 3 in each client from the CD ROM With Windows Me or 98 Follow the steps below to set Windows Me or 98 clients 1 2 Click Start point to Settings then click Printers Double click the Add Printer icon then click Next Select Network printer then click Next Click Browse and the Browse for Printer dialog box appears Note You can also type the name of the computer that is locally connected to the shared printer the shared printer s name in the network path or queue name Using the Printer Software with Windows 143 5 Click the computer or server that is connected to the shared printer and the name of the shared printer then click OK Browze for Printer HEJ Select the network printer hrat you want to add Hate Printers ace usual attached to compubers E ga Melwork Neighborhood fe Enbre Nelvock Note The name of the shared printer may be changed by the computer or server tha
123. ch the printer enters the sleep mode if the printer is not operated LCD Backlight Using the Control Panel 259 controls the backlight of the LCD panel automatically When the printer is in sleep mode the backlight is off When Zr is selected the LCD backlight is always on Printer Adjust Menu 200 Enter the Support Mode by pressing the Y Down button while turning the printer on to make the Printer Adjust Menu appear Note This menu is a special function You don t have to change it for ordinary use LENNNL NN Normal Adjust the density for normal paper The setting becomes darker as the value increases Normal Back Using the Control Panel Adjust the density of the printing for back side of normal paper The setting becomes darker as the value increases Thick Adjust the density for thick paper The setting becomes darker as the value increases Irnsprnc Adjust the density for transparencies The setting becomes darker as the value increases Envelope Adjust the density for envelopes The setting becomes darker as the value increases Highland Prevents printing defects caused by abnormal electric discharge that may occur when using the printer in locations at high altitudes Select i when using the printer in locations at high altitudes Feed Offset Adjust the vertical position in which to start printing The position moves lower on the sheet as the value increases This setting is us
124. ck Select Gack when printing on the back of thick paper Thick Skip Blank Page Enables you to skip blank pages when printing This setting is available when you print in the PCL5e ESC Page ESCP2 FX or I239X mode Auto Eject Page Specifies whether or not to eject paper when the limit specified in the Time Out setting is reached The default is G which means paper is not ejected when the time out limit is reached Size Ignore Using the Control Panel If you want to ignore a paper size error select Gri When you turn this item on the printer keeps printing even if the image size exceeds the printable area for the specified paper size This may cause smudges because of the toner that is not transferred onto the paper properly When this item is turned off the printer stops printing if a paper size error occurs Auto Cont When you turn this setting on the printer automatically continues printing after a certain period of time when one of the following errors occurs Paper Set Print Overrun or Mem Overflow When this option is off you must press the O Start Stop button to resume printing Page Protect Allocates additional printer memory for printing data as opposed to receiving it You may need to turn this setting on if you are printing a very complex page If aPrint Overrun error message appears on the LCD panel during printing turn this setting on and reprint your data This reduces the amount of memory reserved
125. ck Details The Form Selection dialog box appears Note Make sure that No Form name is selected If any form name is selected another dialog box will appear 4 Click Printer s HDD Type the form name in the text box or click Browse and select the registered form name if the printer is connected through a network Form Selection f To Front t To Back Print List Description oe re Note I Ifyou need the list of the registered form data click Print List to print it and confirm the form name Also if you need a sample print out of the form data enter the form name then click Print Sample J You can view thumbnails of the forms using a Web browser by clicking the Ihumbnail button if the printer is connected through a network and the Java Runtime Environment has been installed Using the Printer Software with Windows 91 5 Select To Front or To Back to print the form data as background or foreground of the document then click OK to return to the Advanced Layout tab 6 Click OK to print data Delete the form overlay data on the Hard Disk Drive Only a network administrator using Windows XP 2000 NT 4 0 or Server 2003 is allowed to delete or edit the form overlay data on the optional Hard Disk Drive using the following steps 1 Login to Windows XP 2000 NT 4 0 or Server 2003 as an administrator 2 For Windows 2000 or NT 4 0 click Start point to Settings and then click Printers For Windows
126. clears automatically if the photoconductor unit is properly installed Install uuuu TnrCart Theindicated toner cartridges are not installed in the printer The letters C i Y or appear in place of uuu and indicate the colors Cyan Magenta Yellow and Black respectively Install the indicated cartridges See Toner Cartridge on page 315 Install Waste T Box The waste toner collector is not installed or is installed incorrectly If thereis no waste toner collector installed install one in the printer If there is a waste toner collector already installed try removing it and reinstalling it See Waste Toner Collector on page 331 for instructions Invalid AUX I F Card This message means that the printer cannot communicate with the installed optional interface card Turn off the printer remove the card then reinstall it Invalid Data The spool file on the driver is deleted while printing or the data is abnormal Press the O Start Stop button to clear the error Invalid HDD Either the optional Hard Disk Drive is damaged or it cannot be used with this printer Turn off the printer then remove the Hard Disk Drive Using the Control Panel Invalid N W Module There is no network program or the network program cannot be used with your printer Contact a qualified service representative Invalid P5C The optional P5C Emulation Kit is installed but the printer is in the B W mode or4x B W mode When you use the op
127. close the dialog box 6 Select the saved custom watermark from the Watermark drop down list on the Layout dialog box then click OK Duplex printing Duplex printing prints on both sides of the paper You can do duplex printing automatically by installing the optional Duplex Unit You can also do duplex printing manually without using the Duplex Unit When printing for binding the binding edge can be specified as required to produce the desired page order 170 Using the Printer Software with Macintosh As an ENERGY STAR partner Epson recommends the use of the double sided printing function Refer to ENERGY STAR Compliance for more information on the ENERGY STAR program Printing with the Duplex Unit Follow the steps below to print with the Duplex Unit For Mac OS X users 1 Open the Print dialog box 2 Select Printer Settings from the drop down list and select Basic settings tab 3 Click Duplex check box select a Binding position from Left Top or Right 4 Click the Duplex Settings button 5 Specify the Binding Margin for the front and back sides of the paper 6 Select whether the front or back side of the paper is to be printed as the Start Page 7 Click Print to start printing For Mac OS 9 users Click the El Layout icon on the Basic Settings dialog box The Layout dialog box appears Select the Duplex check box Select a Binding position from Left Top or Right Click Duplex Settings to open the
128. codes Information about Fonts 417 Creates EAN standard version bar codes Printing of OCR B and check digits can be specified with the font name Code39 EPSON Code39 EPSON Code39 CD EPSON Code39 CD Num EPSON Code39 Num Codel128 EPSON Code128 Interleaved EPSON ITF 2 of 5 ITF Creates Code128 bar codes Printing of specified with the font name EPSON ITF CD Num EPSON ITF Num Codabar EPSON Codabar EPSON Codabar CD Printing of OCR B and check digits can be specified with the font name EPSON Codabar CD Num EPSON Codabar Num OCR B and EPSON ITF No Yes check digits CD can be System requirements To use EPSON BarCode Fonts your computer system should meet the following requirements 418 Information about Fonts Computer IBM PC series or IBM compatible with an i386SX or higher CPU Operating system Microsoft Windows XP Me 98 2000 NT 4 0 or Server 2003 Hard disk 15 to 30 KB free space depending on the font Note EPSON BarCode Fonts can only be used with Epson printer drivers Installing EPSON BarCode Fonts Follow the steps below to install EPSON BarCode Fonts The procedure described here is for installation in Windows 98 the procedure for other Windows operating systems is nearly the same 1 Makesure that the printer is off and that Windows is running on your computer 2 Insert the printer software CD ROM in the CD ROM drive Note
129. cument or image you want to print For Mac OS 9 users 1 Open the Basic Settings dialog box 2 Select Advanced You will find the predefined settings in the list on the right of Automatic Note For details about the RITech function see the online help 3 Select the most appropriate setting from the list according to the type of document or image you want to print Using the Printer Software with Macintosh 157 158 When you choose a predefined setting other settings such as Printing Mode Resolution Screen and Color Management are set automatically Changes are shown in the Summary drop down list in the Print dialog box for Mac OS X or in the current settings list on the left of the BasicSettings dialog box for Mac OS 9 This printer driver provides the following predefined settings Automatic Standard Suitable for regular printing especially photos Text Graph Suitable for printing documents that include text and graphs such as presentation documents Graphic CAD Suitable for printing graphs and charts Photo Suitable for printing photos PhotoEnhance4 Suitable for printing images captured using the video input a digital camera or scanner EPSON PhotoEnhance4 automatically adjusts the contrast saturation and brightness of the original image data to produce sharper more vivid color printouts This setting does not affect your original image data Note This function is not available with Mac O
130. d the printer does not go to the next step Follow the instructions that appear on the LCD panel 5 After all color toner cartridges are installed the printer changes to the Color mode Note for Windows users If EPSON Status Monitor 3 is not installed select the Color Toner Cartridges check box on the Optional Settings dialog box The Optional Settings dialog box appears by clicking the Settings button on the Optional Settings tab Note for Mac OS X users After changing the modes you need to close all applications delete the printer using Print Setup Utility for Mac OS X 10 3 or Print Center for Mac OS X 10 2 or below and then re register the printer B W mode to 4 x B W mode Follow the steps below to switch from the B W mode to 4 x B W mode 1 Make sure the LCD panel displays Rac orSissr then press the 9 Enter button to access the control Sun menus 2 Pressthe Y Down button repeatedly until ii nfis Henu appears on the LCD panel then press the PE Enter buttons 3 Press the V Down button repeatedly until Charge Mode 4 x ll is displayed then press the Enter button 4 When the LCD panel displays 1r amp Trrlart insert a black toner cartridge into the BOE Bo Replacing a toner cartridge on page316 for instructions on how to inserta toner cartridge 286 Using the Control Panel Note If the wrong toner cartridge was installed the printer does not go to the next step Follow the instructions that ap
131. d change its settings use the printer driver The printer driver allows you to easily make all the print settings including paper source paper size and orientation For Mac OS X users To access the PostScript printer driver register your printer in Printer Setup Utility for Mac OS X 10 3 or Print Center for Mac OS X 10 2 click Print on the file menu of any application then select your printer For Mac OS 9 users To access the PostScript printer driver select Chooser from the Apple menu then click the AdobePS icon Select Print on the file menu of any application 220 Using the PostScript Printer Driver Making changes to PostScript printer settings You can change the PostScript printer settings in the PostScript printer driver Balloon help is available to help you with the printer driver settings Using Balloon Help Follow the steps below to use Balloon Help 1 2 Click the Help menu then select Show Balloons Place your cursor over the item that you need help with Information on that item is displayed inside a floating balloon Changing the printer setup settings You can change or update the printer setup settings according to the options installed in your printer For Mac OS X users Follow the steps below to change the settings 1 2 Access the printer driver The Printer List window appears Select the printer from the list Select Show Info from the Printers menu The Printer Info
132. d white copiers ink jet printers or thermal transfer printers Carbon paper carbonless paper thermal sensitive paper pressure sensitive paper acid paper or paper that uses high temperature sensitive ink around 235 C Labels that peel easily or labels that do not cover the backing sheet completely Coated paper or special surface colored paper Paper that has binder holes or is perforated Paper that has glue staples paper clips or tape on it Paper that attracts static electricity Moist or damp paper Paper of uneven thickness Overly thick or thin paper Paper that is too smooth or too rough Paper that is different on the front and back Paper that is folded curled wavy or torn Technical Specifications L Paper of irregular shape or paper that does not have right angle corners Printable area 4 mm minimum margin on all sides Note The printable area varies depending on the emulation mode in use Technical Specifications 405 Printer General Printing method Laser beam scanning and dry electrophotographic process Continuous printing 30 pages per minute for black and white speed with A4 Letter printing 5 pages per minute for color printing Paper feed Automatic or manual feed Paper feed alignment Center alignment for all sizes Duplex Available paper types are A4 A5 LT B5 and Executive of plain paper EPSON Color Laser Paper Input paper supply MP tray Up to 150 sheets of pl
133. d with Windows 98 and upgraded to Windows Me or a model that was pre installed with Windows Me 98 2000 or Server 2003 and upgraded to Windows XP You may not be able to install or run the USB printer driver on a computer that does not meet these specifications or that is not equipped with a built in USB port For details about your computer contact your dealer Printer software installation Incorrect or incomplete software installation can lead to USB problems Take note of the following and perform the recommended checks to ensure proper installation Checking printer software installation for Windows 2000 XP or Server 2003 When using Windows XP 2000 or Server 2003 you must follow the steps in the Setup Guide packed with the printer to install the printer software Otherwise Microsoft s Universal driver may be installed instead To check if the Universal driver has been installed follow the steps below 1 Open the Printers folder then right click the icon of your printer 2 Click Printing Preferences on the shortcut menu that appears then right click anywhere in the driver 386 Troubleshooting If About is displayed in the shortcut menu that appears click it If a message box with the words Unidrv Printer Driver appears you must reinstall the printer software as described in the Setup Guide If About is not displayed the printer software has been installed correctly Note For Windows 2000 if the D
134. de the printer a fuser unit b photoconductor unit c waste toner collector d toner cartridge e filter 28 Getting to Know Your Printer Control panel cane a b cde LCD panel Back button Up button Enter button Down button Ready light Green Error light Red Displays printer status messages and control panel menu settings Use these buttons to access the control panel menus where you can make printer settings and check the status of consumable products For instructions on how to use these buttons see Using the Control Panel Menus on page 223 On when the printer is ready indicating that the printer is ready to receive and print data Off when the printer is not ready On or flashes when an error has occurred Getting to Know Your Printer 29 h Start Stop button When the printer is printing pressing this button stops the printing When the error light is flashing pressing this button clears the error and switches the printer to ready status i Data light On when print data is stored in the print Yellow buffer the section of printer memory reserved for receiving data but not yet printed Flashes when the printer is processing data Off when no data remains in the print buffer j CancelJobbutton Press once to cancel the current print job Press and hold for more than two seconds to delete alljobs fr
135. delete predefined settings If you change any setting in the Advanced Settings dialog box when one of your custom settings is selected in the Advanced Settings list on the Basic Settings dialog box the setting selected in the list changes to User Settings The custom setting that was previously selected is not affected by this change To return to your custom setting simply reselect it from the current settings list Using the Printer Software with Macintosh 161 Resizing printouts The Fit to Page function in the Layout dialog box allows you to have your documents enlarged or reduced during printing according to the specified paper size Note Q This function is not available with Mac OS X Q The enlarging or reducing rate is automatically specified according to the paper size selected in the Paper Setting dialog box Q The modifying or reducing rate selected in the Paper Setting dialog box is not available 1 Click the amp ilLayout icon on the Basic Settings dialog box The Layout dialog box appears 2 SelecttheFit To Page check box then select the desired paper size from the Output Paper drop down list The page will be printed to fit on the paper you have selected Select Pages to Print i All Pages in Range resi Odd Pages 2 Even Pages AL CXwxX 1 00 7 ce bal Fit to Page Output Paper Ad E Location amp UpperLeft 3 Center L Watermark Settings Watermark Confidential gt M
136. e Using the PostScript Printer Driver Make sure that the printer is turned off Insert the printer software CD ROM into your CD ROM drive For Windows 2000 Me 98 or NT 4 0 click Start point to settings and click Printers Then double click the Add Printer icon For Windows XP click Start point to Printer and Faxes and click Add a printer in the Printer Tasks menu The Add Printer Wizard appears Then click Next For Windows Me or 98 go to step 6 For Windows XP 2000 or NT 4 0 select Local printer then click Next Note For Windows XP or 2000 do not select the Automatically detect and install my Plug and Play printer check box Select LPT as the port the printer is connected to then click Next Click Have Disk and specify the following path for the CD ROM If your CD ROM drive is D the path will be D ADOBEPS ENGLISH Folder Name PS_SETUP Then click OK Note Q Change the drive letter as needed for your system Q The folder name differs depending on your operating system version Operating system version Folder Name Windows Me or 98 WINO9X Windows XP or 2000 WIN2K XP Windows NT 4 0 WINNTAO Using the PostScript Printer Driver 205 10 Select the printer then click Next For Windows Me or 98 select LPT as the port the printer is connected to then click Next For Windows XP 2000 or NT 4 0 go to the next step Follow the on screen instructions for the rest of the installation
137. e After loading paper set the iP Tras Size setting to match the loaded paper size on the control panel Standard lower paper cassette and optional paper cassette unit Loading Paper Follow the steps below to load paper The illustrations show the standard lower paper cassette Paper Handling 49 1 Turn the printer on and pull out the paper cassette 50 Paper Handling 3 Loada stack of paper into the paper cassette Make sure to load it with the printable surface up Note Q Load paper after aligning the edges of the paper carefully Q Do not load paper that exceeds the maximum stack height Q To change the paper size loaded in the paper cassette see Changing the paper size on page 52 for instructions Paper Handling 51 4 Reinsert the paper cassette Note After loading paper set the i Size setting to match the loaded paper size on the control panel Changing the paper size Follow the steps below to change the paper size loaded in the paper cassette 1 Pullout the paper cassette If paper is loaded in the paper cassette remove it 52 Paper Handling 2 Push the tray in the paper cassette down 3 Remove the three screws securing the tray in the paper cassette Paper Handling 53 4 Slidethe three paper guides to fit the paper size that you want to use
138. e Basic Settings tab Select the Collate in Printer check box Specify the number of copies to be printed and make other printer driver settings as appropriate for your document Click the Optional Settings tab then click Reserve Jobs settings The Reserve Job Settings dialog box appears Select the Reserve Job On check box then select Stored Job Reserve Job Settings i Reserve Job On 1 Quick Print Job User Name Be Print Job Verify Job Job Name f Confidential Job Z Create a thumbnail HN Using the Printer Software with Windows 105 5 Entera user name and job name in the corresponding text boxes Note If you want to create a thumbnail of the first page of a job select the Create a thumbnail check box Thumbnails can be accessed by entering http followed by the internal print server s IP address in a Web browser 6 Click OK The printer stores the print data on the Hard Disk Drive To print or delete this data using the printer s control panel see Printing and Deleting Reserve Job Data on page 278 Confidential Job 106 The Confidential Job option allows you to apply passwords to print jobs stored on the Hard Disk Drive Follow the steps below to store print data using the Confidential Job option 1 Make printer driver settings as appropriate for your document 2 Click the Optional Settings tab then click Reserve Jobs settings The Reserve Jobs Settings d
139. e Hard Disk Drive 302 Specifications 415 HDD from overlay how to delete Windows 92 how to print Windows 90 how to register Windows 89 how to use Windows 88 I Installing options Duplex Unit 293 Hard Disk Drive 298 Installing a memory module 303 Installing an interface card 307 installing the duplex unit 293 Installing the Hard Disk Drive 298 Installing the optional paper cassette unit 290 Installing the P5C ROM module 309 Interface Card 307 Memory Module 303 Optional Paper Cassette Unit 289 P5C Emulation Kit 309 Removing a memory module 307 Removing an interface card 309 Removing the Duplex Unit 298 Removing the Hard Disk Drive 302 Removing the optional paper cassette unit 293 Removing the P5C ROM module 312 Installing the PostScript printer driver for the network interface Windows 208 Installing the PostScript printer driver for the parallel interface Windows 204 Installing the PostScript printer driver for the USB interface Windows 206 Interface card Installing an interface card 307 Removing an interface card 309 Interfaces Ethernet interface 412 Parallel interface 411 Index 467 USB interface 411 L Labels printer settings 62 Loading paper MP tray 45 optional paper cassette unit 49 standard lower paper cassette 49 M Maintenance Cleaning the exposure window knob b 339 Cleaning the output tray 336 Cleaning the photoconductor wire knob a
140. e Windows Me or 98 CD ROM in the computer Click OK then follow the on screen instructions Q When the prompt to restart the computer appears restart the computer then continue with the settings Double click the Printers icon on the control panel Right click your printer s icon then click Sharing in the menu that appears Select Shared As type the name in the Share Name box then click OK Type a Comment and Password if needed Comment Password Note Q Do not use spaces or hyphens for the share name or an error may occur Using the Printer Software with Windows 135 Q When sharing the printer be sure to set EPSON Status Monitor 3 so that the shared printer can be monitored on the print server See Setting Monitoring Preferences on page 118 You need to set the client computers so that they can use the printer on a network See the following pages for details J With Windows Me or 98 on page 143 J With Windows XP or 2000 on page 145 Q With Windows NT 4 0 on page 149 Using an additional driver When the print server s OS is Windows XP 2000 NT 4 0 or Server 2003 you can install the additional drivers on the server The additional drivers are for client computers that have different OS from the server Follow the steps below to set a Windows XP 2000 NT 4 0 or Server 2003 as a print server then install the additional drivers Note d You must access Windows XP 2000 NT 4 0 or
141. e and insert a toner cartridge of the color indicated as xx C Hi or 1 See Replacing a toner cartridge on page 316 for instructions on how to replace a toner cartridge Note If the wrong toner cartridge was installed the printer does not go to the next step Follow the instructions that appear on the LCD panel 5 After three of the black toner cartridges are replaced by the color toner cartridges the printer automatically changes to the Color mode Note for Windows users If EPSON Status Monitor 3 is not installed select the Color Toner Cartridges check box on the Optional Settings dialog box The Optional Settings dialog box appears by clicking the Settings button on the Optional Settings tab Note for Mac OS X users After changing the modes you need to close all applications delete the printer using Print Setup Utility for Mac OS X 10 3 or Print Center for Mac OS X 10 2 or below and then re register the printer 288 Using the Control Panel Chapter 8 Installing Options Optional Paper Cassette Unit For details about the paper types and sizes that you can use with the optional paper cassette unit see Optional paper cassette unit on page 43 For specifications see Optional paper cassette unit on page 413 Handling precautions Always pay attention to the following handling precautions before installing the option The printer weighs about 37 kg 81 5 Ib One person should never attempt to lift or
142. e eee 42 Optional paper cassette unit 0 0 0 0 uruuru 43 Selectme a Paper SOUNCE Ls bosse de tones RE edema 43 Loadine Pape esse oue EDO me Ee en UE RE Dau IE Ud 45 MUP TAY saa ate RE MEE RO AS POOR Ed US vat c cutie 45 Standard lower paper cassette and optional paper cassette unit 49 OUPA vex rsqiedud teen vc va eet Qu dcs 55 Printing on Special Media qst epos Sebbene E bb ee 56 EPSON Color Laser Papei eseuri iane axe beniss 56 EPSON Color Laser Transparencies 0005 57 Envelopes essre pridani pga det ddr ede tend data gd 58 abe pvondaddeteeioti Pius ae ey tt ie pris bara 62 Thick Papel M ME 63 Loading a custom paper size 6 6 eee eee 64 Chapter 4 Using the Printer Software with Windows About the Printer Sorte a otro Ee ERS CREE PR P eae ss 66 Accessing tbe printer driver 2 etr eR PED nb 66 Making Changes to Printer Settings 0088 68 Making the print quality settings 006 68 Resizing DEIDEOUES S ac6cse rar rdc E gee wae Aenea eod 75 Modifying the print layouts sses ss piskarai na a A a 78 Using a2 walerna ke con abnde e OR Re Cera ob dre epe E 79 15 Smp INOVE ume iral a Ree eurer Ub a ea atender 83 Usine HDD form overlay iusso xat ree PE eas 88 Ppl e END sies dun totius needed One a Oe tul ede 93 Making Extended 5StUflgs ceu Spree sro Osce ea pun 95 Making Optional Seting S ooo em tee Ew ER On Pens 98 Pronn astas sheet oem hosts us wa cu eU vedete h
143. e or Nibble mode When Fas t is selected the pulse width is about 1 us When Hermal is selected the pulse width is about 10 pus Bi D Using the Control Panel 241 Allows you to specity the bidirectional communication mode When you select G f bidirectional communication is disabled Buffer Size Determines the amount of memory to be used for receiving data and printing data If ax imum is selected more memory is allocated for receiving data If inimumisselected more memory is allocated for printing data Note Q To activate Buffer Size settings you must turn off the printer for more than five seconds then turn it back on Or you can perform a Reset All operation as explained in Reset Menu on page 239 Q Resetting the printer erases all print jobs Make sure the Ready light is not flashing when you reset the printer USB Menu 242 These settings control communication between the printer and the computer when using the USB interface Using the Control Panel LNMEENE NN After this item is changed the setting value takes effect after a warm boot or after the power is turned on again While it is reflected in the Status Sheet and EJL read back the actual change takes effect after a warm boot or after the power is turned on again i Aes xi dn wine a USB external device with D4 support is connected The ti LF Conta setting is setto Ho automatically when exiting the panel seHings Mi QU cay when a is
144. e printer L Except as specifically explained in the printer s documentation do not attempt to service this product yourself Opening or removing those covers that are marked Do Not Remove may expose you to dangerous voltage points or other risks Refer all servicing in those compartments to a qualified service representative J Adjust only those controls that are covered by the operating instructions Improper adjustment of other controls may resultin damage and may require repair by a qualified service representative ENERGY STAR compliance 10 As an ENERGY STAR Partner Epson has e determined that this product meets the ENERGY bret STAR guidelines for energy efficiency The International ENERGY STAR Office Equipment Program is a voluntary partnership with the computer and office equipment industry to promote the introduction of energy efficient personal computers monitors printers fax machines copiers scanners and multifunction devices and in an effort to reduce air pollution caused by power generation Their standards and logos are uniform among participating nations Safety Instructions Safety Information Power cord ul Caution Be sure the AC power cord meets the relevant local safety standards Use only the power cord that comes with this product Use of the another cord may result in fire or electric shock This product s power cord is for use with this product only Use with other equipment may resu
145. e printer settings first switch to the GL 2 emulation mode then change the settings using the printer driver or the control panel menus Using the Control Panel Note Settings or data saved in the printer s RAM such as downloaded fonts may be erased when you change the emulation mode GL Mode Specifies whether the printer uses a direct emulation of the GL 2 plotter language or the HP LaserJet 4 emulation of GL 2 Scale Specifies whether the output from the software is scaled The scale factor is based on the output paper size of the application Origin Specifies whether the logical origin of the plotter is the corner or the center of the paper Pen Allows you to choose a pen which you can then set the thickness for in the Pen 0 through 6 item The LJAGL2 mode supports two pens 0 and 1 while the GLlike mode supports seven pens 0 through 6 End Specifies the way in which lines end Join Specifies the way in which lines are joined Pens 0 through 6 Allows you to set the thickness of the pens used to make the printout Fen 8 amp and Peri i are available in the LJAGL2 mode and Pen B through Pen amp are available in the GLlike mode Using the Control Panel 249 PS3 Menu These settings are available in the PS3 mode em 00000000 Settings default in bold Error Sheet Off On Image Protect Off On Available only in the color mode Error Sheet When you select ri the printer prints out
146. e the photoconductor unit See photoconductor unit Photoconductor Unit on page 319 HP T e setting may be When loading paper for which the size is incomes not specified with Auto e nd o the correct AA size on the Hi Ea setting in the 1 on the control panel The printed image is light or faint Your paper may be moist or damp Do not store your paper in a humid or damp environment 380 Troubleshooting The Toner Save mode may be on There may be no toner left in the toner cartridge There may be a problem with the photoconductor unit Turn off the Toner Save mode using the printer driver or the printer s control panel menus To modify the Toner Save mode using the printer driver select the Advanced button in the Basic Setting menu and click the More Settings Deselect the Toner Save check box in the More Settings dialog box that appears If the message on the LCD panel or in EPSON Status Monitor 3 indicates that the amount of toner is low replace the toner cartridge See Toner Cartridge on page 315 Replace the photoconductor unit See Photoconductor Unit on page 319 The non printed side of the page is dirty Toner may have spilled onto the paper feed path What to do Clean internal printer components by printing three pages with only one character per page Memory Problems Print quality decreased Troubleshooting 381 The printer cannot print in the Check to see if the print
147. ectively See Switching the Printing Mode on page 283 to find how to switch the mode Using the Control Panel 263 264 Check Paper Size The paper size setting is different from the size of paper loaded in the printer Check to see if the correct size of paper is loaded in the specified paper source To clear this error select lear barrira from the control panel s Reset Menu See How to access the control panel menus on page 223 for instructions Check Paper Type The media loaded in the printer does not match the paper type setting in the printer driver Media that matches only the paper size setting will be used for printing To clear this error select Ciear barrira from the control panel s Reset Menu See How to access the control panel menus on page 223 for instructions Clean Parts v v Indicates that the printer needs to be cleaned using the cleaning knob a or b indicated as See Cleaning the photoconductor wire knob a on page 338 or Cleaning the exposure window knob b on page 339 for instructions Clean Sensor The sensor inside the printer needs to be cleaned To clean the sensor open cover D and close it again Collate Disabled Printing by specifying the number of copies is no longer possible due to a lack of memory RAM or free disk space on the optional Hard Disk Drive If this error occurs print only one copy ata time Using the Control Panel To clear this error select lear War
148. ed select this check box to use the Offset the Skip blank page and Ignore the selected paper size settings on the control panel select this check box to use the Offset the Skip blank page and Ignore the selected paper size settings in the printer driver Using the Printer Software with Windows Makes fine adjustments to the printing position on the front and the back of data on a page in 0 5 mm increments skip Blank Page check box When you select this check box the printer skips blank pages Ignore the selected paper When you select this check box the size check box printer prints on loaded paper regardless of size Automatically change to select this check box to have the monochrome mode check printer driver analyze the printing data box and automatically switch to monochrome mode if the printing data is black and white High Speed Graphics select this check box to optimize the Output check box printing speed of graphics composed of line drawings such as overlaid circles and squares Clear this check box if graphics do not print correctly Uses the collate settings select this check box to enable the specified in the application collate settings that are specified on check box the application Uses the spooling method select this check box to enable the provided by the operating Spool function for Windows XP 2000 system check box server 2003 or NT 4 0 Default button Click this button to r
149. ed when doing single sided printing or printing the first page for duplex printing Scan Offset Adjust the horizontal position in which to start printing The position moves to the right of the sheet as the value increases This setting is used when doing single sided printing or printing the first page for duplex printing Using the Control Panel 261 Feed Offset2 Adjust the vertical position in which to star printing The position moves lower on the sheet as the value increases This setting is used when printing the printing on the backside of paper for duplex printing Scan Offset2 Adjust the horizontal position in which to start printing The position moves to the right of the sheet as the value increases This setting is used when printing on the backside of paper for duplex printing Status and Error Messages 202 This section contains a list of error messages shown on the LCD panel giving a brief description of each message and suggestions for correcting the problem Note that not every message shown on the LCD panel indicates a problem When the mark is displayed at the left of the warning message multiple warnings occur To confirm all warnings that occur press the V Down button to display the Status Menu then press the Enter button TheLCD panelalso displays the amounts of remaining toners and available paper sizes Calibrating Printer The printer automatically calibrates itself This is not an error messa
150. een appears read the statement then click Agree 446 Information about Fonts 4 Click User Installation 5 Select User Installation and then select your printer EPSON AcuLaser XXXX Please select your printer EPSON AcuLaser XXXXX EPSON AcuLaser XXXX EPSON possel 6 In the dialog box that appears click Local EPSON AcuLaser XXAX Please select from the following Hems DLS Network setup the printer via a network connection geil EPSON el FEIER 3 Information about Fonts 447 7 Click Custom EPSON Aculaser XX XX E m Lw IT IM M LL Fs lI M uw je A Cal Ba Hg lI This CD ROM has all the sofware and information you need Click the Install button to get started x Printer Driver EPSOM Status Monitor 3 User s Guide Paper Jam Guide EPSOM BarCode Fant EPSOM Font Manager CP Aces Perion EPSON 9 9 Eu a mcs 8 Select the EPSON Font Manager check box and click Install Then follow the on screen instructions EPSON AcuLaser XAXXX Select ihe liames you want and click Insiall Printer Driver EPSON Status Monitor 3 User s Guide Paper Jam Guide EPSON BarCode Font X EPSON Font Manager 1 EPSON Defaut 7 Back Ext Say 2 9 When installation is complete click OK EPSON Font Manager is now installed on your computer 448 Information about Fonts Symbol Sets Introduction to symbol sets Your printer ca
151. elect Printer Settings from the drop down list then click the Basic Settings tab 2 Click the Reserve Job button The Reserve Job dialog box appears 3 Selectthe Reserve Job On check box then select Verify Job 4 Enterausername and job name in the corresponding text box 5 Click OK The printer prints your document and stores the print job data on the Hard Disk Drive For Mac OS 9 users 1 Specify the number of copies to be printed then make other printer driver settings as appropriate for your document Using the Printer Software with Macintosh 2 Open the Basic Settings dialog box then click the jReserve Jobs icon The Reserve Jobs Settings dialog box appears 3 Select the Reserve Job On check box then select Verify Job Hi Reserve Jab On Quick Print Job User Name amp Verify Job Stored Job Job Name C Confidential Job fos Password 0240 O Create a thumbnail 2 Cone Cox 4 Enter a user name and job name in the corresponding text boxes Note If you want to create a thumbnail of the first page of a job select the Create a thumbnail check box Thumbnails can be accessed by entering http followed by the internal print server s IP address in a Web browser 5 Click OK The printer prints one copy of your document and stores the print data with information on the number of remaining copies on the Hard Disk Drive After you have confirmed the printout you can
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153. engine error has been detected Turn off the printer Wait at least 5 seconds then turn it back on If the error message still lt a write down the error number listed on the LCD panel Cf fff Es22 turn off the printer unplug the power cord then S a qualified service representative Sleep The printer is currently in the power save mode This mode is canceled when the printer receives print data This mode is also canceled by selecting amp ezet orRezet A11 from the control panel s Rest Menu See Using the Control Panel Menus on page 223 for instructions TonerCart Error uuuu A read write error has occurred for the indicated toner cartridges The letters 7 H or E appear in place of uuuu and indicate the colors Cyan Magenta Yellow and Black respectively Remove the toner cartridges and reinsert them If that fails to clear the error replace the toner cartridges Toinstall the indicated cartridges See Toner Cartridge on page 315 Turn Paper Paper on the MP tray is not loaded correctly Remove the paper and load it correctly on the MP tray Unable Clear Error The printer cannot clear an error message because the error status still remains Try solving the problem again Using the Control Panel uuuu Toner Low This message indicates that the toner cartridge for the indicated color is near the end of its service life Prepare a new toner cartridge Warming Up The printer is warming up the fuser to be re
154. er Jam Guide X EPSON BarCode Font 4 EPSOM Font Manager EPSON E Defaut 3 E Back C FER o metal 9 When installation is complete click OK EPSON BarCode Fonts are now installed on your computer Information about Fonts 421 Printing with EPSON BarCode Fonts Follow the steps below to create and print bar codes using EPSON BarCode Fonts The application featured in these instructions is Microsoft WordPad The actual procedure may differ slightly when printing from other applications 1 Openadocumentin your application and enter the characters you want to convert into a bar code File Edit View Insert Format Help F amp amp m Bh 2 Select the characters then select Font from the Format menu zu sn NIMM Bullet Style Arial Paragraph 23r 0a por oc o1 Tabs 422 Information about Fonts 3 Select the EPSON BarCode Font you want to use set the font size then click OK Fork Font style ere T EPSON Cadel28 A Hr EPSON Cade38 EPSON Code33 CO EPSON Code33 CO N T EPSON Code39 Hum fr EPSON EAN 13 if EPSON EANS Efect C Strikeout C underline Color mm Black w Sgip i i wesbern This is a TrueType font This same font wil be used on both pour pirer and pour screen Note In Windows XP 2000 NT 4 0 or Server 2003 you cannot use font sizes larger than 96 points when printing bar codes The characters you selected appear as
155. er in which the pages are printed on each sheet Print Layout Settings Page Order Print the Frame HN 4 Selectthe Print the Frame check box when you want to print the pages surrounded by a frame Note The Page Order choices depend on the number of pages selected above and the paper orientation Portrait or Landscape selected on the Basic Settings menu 5 Click OK to apply the settings and return to the Layout menu Using a watermark Follow the steps below to use a watermark on your document In the Advanced Layout tab or Watermark dialog box you can select from a list of predefined watermarks or you can make an original watermark with text or a bitmap The Watermark dialog box also allows you to make a variety of detailed watermark settings For example you can select the size intensity and position of your watermark Using the Printer Software with Windows 79 1 Click the Advanced Layout tab 2 Selecta watermark that you want to use from the Watermark drop down list If you want to make detailed settings click Watermark Settings The Watermark dialog box appears Basic Seltings Advanced Layout Optional Settings Pmt Layout Zoom Options HewDelete Watermark Settings Fom veas y Selling Rotate by 160 Default Cancel 80 Using the Printer Software with Windows 3 Select the color from the Color drop down list then adjust the image intensity of the watermark with t
156. ets Laser Paper Total thick stack less than 55 mm Optional paper cassette unit Plain paper A4 Letter LT Up to 500 sheets Weight 64 to 90 Total thick stack less g m than 55 mm EPSON Color Up to 500 sheets Laser Paper Total thick stack less than 55 mm Selecting a paper source You can specify a paper source manually or set the printer to select the paper source automatically Manual selection You can use the printer driver or the printer s control panel to select a paper source manually To access the printer driver for Windows see Accessing the printer driver on page 66 or for Macintosh see Accessing the printer driver on page 153 And to use the printer s control panel see Using the Control Panel Menus on page 223 Using the printer driver L For Windows Access the printer driver click the Basic Settings tab and select the paper source that you want to use from the Paper Source list Then click OK Paper Handling 43 L For Macintosh Access the printer driver select Printer Settings from the drop down list and click the Basic Settings tab for Mac OS X or open the Basic Settings dialog box for Mac OS 9 Then select the paper source that you want to use from the Paper Source list and click OK Using the printer s control panel Access the control panel s e tur Meru then select Parer Source and specify the paper source you want to use Auto selection 44 You
157. eturn the driver settings to the initial settings Help button Click this button to open online help Cancel button Click this button to exit the dialog box or printer driver without saving the settings OK button Click this button to save the settings and to exit the dialog box or printer driver Using the Printer Software with Windows 97 Making Optional Settings You can update the installed option information manually if you have installed options to your printer 1 Click the Optional Settings tab then select Update the Printer Option Info Manually 2 Click Settings The Optional Settings dialog box appears 3 Make settings for each installed option then click OK Printing a status sheet To confirm the current status of the printer print a status sheet from the printer driver The status sheet contains information about the printer the current settings Follow the steps below to print a status sheet 1 Access the printer driver 2 Click the Optional Settings tab and then click Status Sheet The printer starts printing a status sheet 98 Using the Printer Software with Windows Ordering Consumables To order consumables online click the Order Online button on the Basic Settings tab See Order Online on page 116 for details Basic Settings Advanced Layout Optional Settings J amp gai Draft C Text Textilmage C Web Photo LT 5211 in Collor Color Black Paper Ske T
158. ew Delete Calor Bed Edit Text Intensity Light An Dark Hotate by mouse Angle degrees Print on First Page only LI Print Layout Print Layout settings Duplex Duplex Settings Binding Lem lop Right O Print the Frame 3 Click OK to apply the settings 162 Using the Printer Software with Macintosh Modifying the print layout You can print either two or four pages onto a single page and to specify the printing order automatically resizing each page to fit the specified paper size by using Layout printing You can also choose to print documents surrounded by a frame For Mac OS X users 1 Open the Print dialog box 2 Select Layout from the drop down list 3 Select the number of pages you want to print on one sheet of paper from the drop down list Printer AL CXXXX 72 Presets Standard Layout A Pages per Sheet w 1 2 Layout Direction 4 6 Border 9 16 ww C d Preview f Save As PDF f Cancel Print 3 4 Click Print to start printing Note The Layout settings are a standard feature of Mac OS X For Mac OS 9 users 1 Click the amp l Layout icon on the Basic Settings dialog box The Layout dialog box appears Using the Printer Software with Macintosh 163 2 Select the Print Layout check box then click Print Layout settings The Print Layout Setting dialog box appears EPSON AL DOOOC 1 00 7 Cx O Fit to Page Output Paper Ad Locatian e Upperlett Center O Wate
159. f the printer name is incorrect click Change then select the correct PPD file 6 After the USB printer and PPD file have been selected click Create A warning message suggesting to save changes to desktop printer appears Select Save 7 SelectSavetocontinue The USB printer icon will be displayed on the desktop Selecting a printer in a network environment If the printer is connected through the Ethernet interface or an optional network card For Mac OS X users Follow the steps below to select the printer Note Q You cannot use FireWire for printer connection in the PostScript 3 mode Although EPSON FireWire appears in the interface pop up list it cannot be used with the PostScript 3 printer driver Qi You need to make the settings for your installed options manually when the printer is connected using USB IP printing or Rendezvous When the printer is connected using AppleTalk the printer software automatically makes the settings Q Make sure to specify ASCII as the data format in the application Binary data cannot be printed properly when using IP Printing or Rendezvous connection 1 Open the Applications folder open the Utilities folder then double click Printer Setup Utility for Mac OS X 10 3 or Print Center for Mac OS X 10 2 The Printer List window appears Using the PostScript Printer Driver 217 2 Click Add in the Printer List window 3 Selectthe protocol or the interface that you are using f
160. for driver installation ul Caution Q The Adobe PostScript 3 printer driver cannot be used on computers running System 9 0 x or below Q The Adobe PostScript 3 printer driver cannot be used on Macintosh 68K computers Using the PostScript Printer Driver 203 Note E When AppleTalk is active the printer must be set to handle ASCII or Binary data When AppleTalk is inactive the printer must be set to handle ASCII For best results you should connect the printer directly to the computer s USB port If multiple USB hubs must be used we recommend that you connect the printer to the first tier hub Using the PostScript Printer Driver with Windows Toprintin the PostScript mode you will have to install the printer driver See the appropriate sections below for installation instructions according to the interface that you are using to print Installing the PostScript printer driver for the parallel interface 204 Follow the steps below to install the PostScript printer driver for the parallel interface Caution Never use EPSON Status Monitor 3 and PostScript 3 driver at the same time when the printer is connected via a parallel port It may damage the system Note E Installing the printer software for Windows XP 2000 or NT 4 0 may require administrator privileges If you have problems ask your administrator for more information Turn off all virus protection programs before installing the printer softwar
161. g ROM P This message indicates that a ROM module in the slot is being written Please wait until this message disappears Printing and Deleting Reserve Job Data Print jobs stored on the printer s optional Hard Disk Drive using the Re Print Job Verity Job and Stored Job options of the Reserve Job function can be printed and deleted using the control panel s Quick Print Job Menu Jobs saved using the Confidential Job option can be printed from the Confidential Job Menu Follow the instructions in this section Using the Quick Print Job Menu Follow the steps below to print or delete Re Print Job Verify Job and Stored Job data 1 Make sure the LCD panel displaysEzads orSissr then press the Enter button to access the control panel menus 2 DIR the Y Down button repeatedly until amp Print Jal 4 appears on the LCD panel then press ilie ny Enter button 278 Using the Control Panel Use the Y Down or A Up button to scroll to the appropriate user name then press the Enter button Use the Y Down or A Up button to scroll to the appropriate job name then press the t Enter button To specify the number of copies you want to print press the Enter button then use the Y Down and A Up buttons to select the number of copies To delete the print job ANION it printing any copies press the v Down button to display Pelete on the LCD panel Press the Enter button to start printing or to delete the data Using The Conf
162. g an overlay The Overlay Settings dialog box allows you to prepare standard forms or templates that you can use as overlays when printing other documents This feature can be useful for creating corporate letterheads or invoices Note The overlay function is available only when High Quality Printer is selected for the Printing Mode in the Extended Settings dialog box from the Optional Settings menu Creating an overlay Follow the steps below to create and save a form overlay file 1 Openyourapplication and create the file that you want to use as an overlay 2 When the file is ready to be saved as an overlay choose Print or Print Setup from the File menu of your application then click Printer Setup Options Properties or a combination of these buttons depending on your application 3 Click the Advanced Layout tab Using the Printer Software with Windows 63 4 Select the Form Overlay check box then click Overlay 84 settings The Overlay Settings dialog box appears Basic Settings Advanced Layout Optional Settings Zoom Options M Print Layout e C esinin n rz s C M abermark Hane New Delete Watermark Seino i Overay Settings Defauk ok J cea Using the Printer Software with Windows 6 5 Select Create Overlay Data then click Settings The Form Settings dialog box appears Overlay Settings Form No Form name hal Overla
163. g the prinlets asco cunt Pere ne gn eee decus 216 Accessing the PostScript printer driver 220 Making changes to PostScript printer settings 221 Chapter 7 Using the Control Panel Using the Control Panel Menus EVER RE ERES 223 When to make control panel settings 223 How to access the control panel menus 223 Control Panel Menusa cs ete ec need bt os we bts 225 Information Menu seeeeeeee en 225 Tray MOD i boerdceied ictor d odere bacicned dened ie ed 229 Emulation Menu EE RR ERRARE EX 230 Prien IVIeDU nck t e ie acier dert i d cb eee aoa 230 Debi p eni sse DER M ERA eti dad eR TH 233 Mode Conie Ments iie eie io be ebd eid beet 238 Rese INTO OI bre ede Oak a Adr Pd dede ht ent eee 239 Quick Print Job M n er RES e RR ERE M RERUMS 240 Confidential Job Menu 0 0 0 0 cee 241 Parallel Ment 2 3 s09int0 For d e Sr ee POR EE xA 241 USP MENi s RUE CD Rub ECRIRE SAPIEN ee awe UR Cales 242 Network MOD i tyes ne bk Geese eho be eh eR 244 AUX MCM aue on he ih hoe Ge Spay e dl al AK 8 ra OT d 244 ETEMON medi erc Seis Ghee r a ole o9 en ae a eas 244 GE MB Uri 6558 b4 b cite eae SE Sule eet E anta 247 18 BOC PZ Mentis 28 d atto Aina pein aptos pA tox CR wig Ree or P Bark 250 LX MIU S vrbes deste uius aes nee DU E Dore Sir 253 12959 WICH 2 vocate toad etr eee eeu Duae oe bas 256 DUP POM Me Mi o eim ottenere s eee eof tain ad qe 259 Printer Adjust Ment x24 t iere e elg e
164. ge and will clear itself after the calibration process has finished While the printer displays this message do not open the covers or turn off the printer Cancel All Print Job Using the Control Panel The printer is canceling all print jobs in the printer memory including jobs the printer is currently receiving or printing This message appears when the ty Cancel Job button has been pressed down for more than 2 seconds Cancel Print Job The printer is canceling the current print job This message appears when the t Cancel Job button has been pressed and released within 2 seconds Cancel Print Job by host The print job is canceled at the printer driver Can t Print The print data is deleted because it is incorrect Make sure that the appropriate paper size is set and appropriate your printer driver is used Can t Print Duplex The printer has encountered problems during duplex printing Make sure you are using an appropriate type and size of paper for the Duplex Unit The problem could also be a result of incorrect settings for the paper source you are using Pressing the O Start Stop button will print the rest of the print job on only one side of the paper Press the ty Cancel Job button to cancel the print job Change Toner to X This message appears when the printer switches from the 4 x B W mode to Color 4 mode The letter amp i or appears in place of 5 and indicates the colors Cyan Magenta or Yellow resp
165. gh and is useful for printing spreadsheets LF Line Feed A control code to start a new line Glossary memory The part of the printer s electronic system that is used to store information Some information is fixed and is used to control how the printer operates Information that is sent to the printer from the computer such as downloaded fonts is stored in memory temporarily See also RAM on page 462 and ROM on page 462 orientation Refers to the direction in which characters are printed on a page This direction is either portrait where the length of the page is longer than its width or landscape where the width is longer than its length outline font A font whose outline is described mathematically allowing it to be rendered printed or drawn smoothly at any size PCL The command language built into the Hewlett Packard LaserJet series printers photoconductor unit A component of the printer that contains a photosensitive print drum pitch A measure of the number of characters per inch cpi for fixed width fonts point size The height of a particular font as measured from the top of the tallest character to the bottom of the lowest A point is a typographic unit of measure equivalent to 1 72 of an inch portrait Printing that is oriented upright on the page as opposed to landscape in which printing is oriented sideways on the page This is the standard orientation for printing letters or docume
166. graphics and charts PhotoEnhance Suitable for printing video captures images taken with a digital camera or scanned images EPSON PhotoEnhance4 automatically adjusts the contrast saturation and brightness of the original image data to produce sharper more vivid color printouts This setting does not affect your original image data ICM Except for Windows NT 4 0 ICM stands for Image Color Matching This feature automatically adjusts printout colors to match colors on your screen sRGB When using equipment which supports sRGB the printer performs Image Color Matching with these pieces of equipment before printing To confirm that your equipment supports sRGB contact your equipment dealer Advanced Text Graph Suitable for printing high quality presentation documents that include text and graphs Advanced Graphic CAD Suitable for printing high quality graphs charts and photos Advanced Photo Suitable for printing high quality scanned photos and digitally captured images Using the Printer Software with Windows Customizing print settings If you need to change detailed settings make the settings manually Follow the steps below to customize your print settings 1 Click the Basic Settings tab 2 Click Advanced then click More Settings 3 Choose Color or Black as the Color setting then choose desired printing resolution with the Resolution slider bar More Settings Gf Colt Management Coku Adjustment G
167. he Intensity slider bar Watermark Watermark Hame ECO New Delete TEXT Confidential Fert on First Page only Dak Free C Back tenis T z 4 Select Front to print the watermark in the foreground of the document or Back to print the watermark in the background of the document for the Position setting 5 Select the location on the page where you want to print the watermark from the Location drop down list 6 Adjust the X horizontal or Y vertical Offset position 7 Adjust the size of the watermark with the Size slider bar 8 Click OK to apply the settings and return to the Special menu Making a new watermark You can make a new watermark as follows 1 Click the Advanced Layout tab Using the Printer Software with Windows 61 2 Click New Delete The User Defined Watermarks dialog box appears Note The User Defined Watermarks dialog box also appears by clicking New Delete in the Watermark dialog box 3 Select Text or BMP and type a name for the new watermark in the Name box Note This screen appears when you select Text 4 If you select Text type the watermark text in the Text box If you select BMP click Browse select the BMP file you want to use then click OK 5 Click Save Your watermark will appear in the List box 6 Click OK to apply the new watermark settings 82 Using the Printer Software with Windows Note You can register up to 10 watermarks Usin
168. he font cannot be Printed xovxo Pod ed i esas 373 Pxintout IS at DIGUL acies adeb ced lobe SUR arent dete 373 The printout position is not correct 00088 374 Graphics do not print correctly 0 0 0 00088 374 Toner is NO fixed to the paper ROW y SEEMS 374 Color Brung Probl ign sa nete SER b TORRE EAR 375 Cannot print Il COIOE oes r4 wy RT RR CE EP Speke 375 The printout color differs when printed from different printers 375 The color looks different from what you see on the computer SCLECI so eM E E E arcu Gad et Vous edid d LUC 376 PrintoOuahty Problemi S ciens ames ah a cte does Ga od a eens 377 The background is dark or dirty 0004 377 White dots appear in the printout 377 Print quality Or tone is uneven recisi E ee ERR VESA 378 Half tone images print unevenly 0084 378 TOMT SINUS iis eid ue tai ai deos lee ese ies 379 Areas are missing in the printed image 379 Completely blank pages are output 04 380 The printed image is light or faint 0 380 The non printed side of the page is dirty 381 Memory Probles saei bets Aor eta bebe ial vb EP bete eren 381 Primt quality decreased issu 5e xe da Per ema 381 21 Insufficient memory for current task 382 Insufficient memory to print all copies 382 Paper Handling Problems hr enean eter quin Rebus Sis s 3
169. he total number of pages printed by the printer Color Pages Displays the total number of pages printed in color by the printer B W Pages Displays the total number of pages printed in black white by the printer Using the Control Panel Tray Menu This menu allows you to specify the size and type of paper loaded in the MP tray Accessing this menu also lets you check the size of the paper currently loaded in the lower paper cassettes The paper type settings in this menu can also be made from your printer driver Settings you make in your printer driver override these settings so use your printer driver whenever you can emo 0 0 Settings default in bold MP Tray Size A4 A5 B5 LT HLT GLT EXE MON C10 DL C6 C5 IB5 LC1 Size LC2 Size A4 LT MP Type Plain Letterhead Recycled Color Transprncy Labels LC1Type LC2 Type Plain Letterhead Recycled Color Default setting varies according to the country of purchase 2 Available only when the optional paper cassette unit is installed MP Tray Size Select your paper size from this menu LC1 Size LC2 Size Select the paper size loaded in the standard and optional paper cassettes MP Type Lets you set the paper type loaded in the MP tray LC1 Type LC2 Type Using the Control Panel 229 Lets you select the paper type loaded in the standard and optional paper cassettes Emulation Menu Use this menu to select the printer emulation
170. hen correctly for printing in a location at printing in a location at a high altitude a high altitude see Printer Adjust Menu on page 260 for instructions Half Tone images print unevenly Your paper may be moist or damp Do not store paper in a humid or damp environment Be sure to use paper that is newly unwrapped There may be no toner left in the If the message on the LCD panel or in toner cartridge EPSON Status Monitor 3 indicates that the amount of toner is low replace the toner cartridge See Toner Cartridge on page 315 The gradation setting is too small On the Basic Setting menu in the printer when printing graphics driver click More Settings select the Enh MG button then select Smooth There may be a problem with the Replace the photoconductor unit See photoconductor unit Photoconductor Unit on page 319 378 Troubleshooting Toner smudges Your paper may be moist or damp Do not store your paper in a humid or damp environment You may not be using the correct EPSON special paper or smooth type of paper for your printer high quality copier paper is recommended for best results See Available paper types on page 403 for information on choosing paper The paper path inside the printer Turn off the printer Clean internal printer may be dusty components by printing three pages with only one character per page There may be a problem with the Replace the photoconductor unit See photocond
171. hoolbook Italic Information about Fonts 443 Univers Medium Univers Bold schoolbook Bold Italic Halbfett Medium Italic va o je 4 Bitmap Font Symbol Set Line Printer Printing font samples You can print samples of the fonts available in each mode by using the control panel s Information Menu Follow these steps to print font samples 1 Make sure that paper is loaded 2 Make sure the LCD panel displays Reads orSissE then press the Enter button 3 Press the V Down button to select the font sample for the appropriate mode 4 Press the Enter button to print the selected font sample sheet 444 Information about Fonts Adding more fonts You can add a wide variety of fonts to your computer Most font packages include an installer for this purpose See your computer documentation for instructions on installing fonts Selecting fonts Whenever possible select fonts in your application See your software documentation for instructions If you are sending unformatted text to the printer directly from DOS or if you are using a simple software package that does not include font selection you can select fonts using the printer s control panel menus when in the LJ4 ESC P 2 FX or 1239X emulation mode Downloading fonts Fonts that reside on your computer s hard disk can be downloaded or transferred to the printer so they can be printed Downloaded fonts also called soft fonts
172. ialog box appears Using the Printer Software with Windows 3 Select the Reserve Job On check box then select Confidential Job Reserve Job Settings i Reserve Job On 1 Quick Print Job User Name Be Print Job Verify Job Job Name f Stored Job Password 1 4 n es dee 4 Entera user name and job name in the corresponding text boxes 5 Setthe password for the job by entering a four digit number in the password text box Note Q Passwords must be four digits QJ Only numbers from 1 through 4 can be used for passwords L Keep passwords in a safe place You must enter the correct password when printing a Confidential Job 6 Click OK The printer stores the print job on the Hard Disk Drive To print or delete this data using the printer s control panel see Printing and Deleting Reserve Job Data on page 278 Using the Printer Software with Windows 107 Monitoring Your Printer Using EPSON Status Monitor 3 108 EPSON Status Monitor 3 is a utility program that monitors your printer and gives you information about its current status Note for Windows XP users E Shared Windows XP LPR connections and shared Windows XP Standard TCP IP connections with Windows clients do not support the Job Management function EPSON Status Monitor 3 is not available when printing from a Remote Desktop connection Note for Netware users When monitoring NetWare printers a Novell
173. ick Next then go to step 6 For Windows 98 click Next in the Add New Hardware Wizard Select Search for best driver for your device Recommended then click Next Note For Windows XP or 2000 a USB Device Driver is installed automatically Go to step 7 Select Specify a location then specify the following path for the CD ROM If your CD ROM drive is D the path will be D ADOBEPS ENGLISH WIN9X PS_SETUP Then click Next Note Change the drive letter as needed for your system Operating system version Folder Name Windows Me or 98 WINOX Windows XP or 2000 WIN2K XP Click Next to continue Using the PostScript Printer Driver 207 6 When installation of the USB Device Driver is done click Finish Install the printer driver by following the on screen instructions See Installing the PostScript printer driver for the parallel interface on page 204 for details Installing the PostScript printer driver for the network interface See the appropriate sections below according to your operating system and follow the instructions to install the PostScript printer driver for the network interface Note E Lj Set the network settings before installing the printer driver Refer to the Network Guide that comes with your printer for details Turn off all virus protection programs before installing the printer software For Windows XP or 2000 users 208 1 Make sure that the printer is turned on Insert
174. ick the Reserve Jobs icon The Reserve Jobs Settings dialog box appears EPSON A Autamatic Phote Realistic Accent Aaa Caer Copies fr O celate in Printer mese o O Use Printer Fonts O Manual Feed O Reverse Order Paper Source Auta Selection J Color PaperType Plain J amp Color C Mack Print Quality Automatic Fast Fine Advanced 2 Select the Reserve Job On check box then select Re Print Job boxes 4 Reserve Jab On Quick Print lob User Mare Q Verify Job Stored Job p Job Name O Confidential Job l Password 1 24 L Create a thumbnail 3 Cer 3 Entera user name and job name in the corresponding text Using the Printer Software with Macintosh 177 Note If you want to create a thumbnail of the first page of a job select the Create a thumbnail check box Thumbnails can be accessed by entering http followed by the internal print server s IP address in a Web browser 4 Click OK The printer prints your document then stores the print job on the Hard Disk Drive Toreprint or delete this data using the printer s control panel see Using the Quick Print Job Menu on page 278 Verify Job 176 The Verify Job option allows you to print one copy in order to verify the content before printing multiple copies Follow the steps below to use the Verify Job option For Mac OS X users 1 Openthe Print dialog box and s
175. idential Job Menu Follow the steps below to print or delete Confidential Job data 1 Make sure the LCD panel displaysEeads or Sleer then press the Enter button to access the control dem menus is oo M SOWN DEMON repeatedly until dc 4 appears on the LCD panel then press the e SE Pace Suton Use the V Down or A Up button to scroll to the appropriate user name then press the Enter button Using the Control Panel 279 4 Enter your four digit password by using the corresponding buttons as shown below Note L Passwords are always four digits _1 Passwords consist of numbers from 1 through 4 m oe no Lue Des didi been saved with the password you entered word r appears briefly on the LCD panel then the hoes exits the Me panel menus Confirm the password and try again 5 Usethe V Down or A Up button to scroll to the appropriate job name then press the Enter button 6 Tospecify the number of copies you want to print press the Enfer button then use the V Down and A Up buttons to select the number of copies i Bote the print job press the WV Down button to display Delete on the LCD panel 7 Press the Enter button to start printing or to delete the data 280 Using the Control Panel Printing a Status Sheet To confirm the current status of the printer and that the options are installed correctly print a status sheet using the printer s control panel Follow the steps below to print a sta
176. ient memory fo print data Macintosh only The Macintosh printer driver uses Try one of the following to free up memory available memory in the system to for printing rocess print data i P J Reduce the RAM cache setting in the Memory control panel for Mac OS 9 Close applications that are not in use Increase the memory allocation for the application that you are printing from for Mac OS 9 Turn off background printing 400 Troubleshooting Appendix A Customer Support Contacting Customer Support If your Epson product is not operating properly and you cannot solve the problem using the troubleshooting information in your product documentation contact customer support services for assistance Check your Pan European Warranty Document for information on how to contact EPSON Customer support They will be able to help you much more quickly if you give them the following information E Product serial number The serial number label is usually on the back of the product Product model Product software version Click About Version Info or similar button in the product software Brand and model of your computer Your computer operating system name and version Names and versions of the software applications you normally use with your product Customer Support 401 Technical Support Web Site 402 Go to http www epson com and select the Support section of your local EPSON web site for the l
177. igital Signature Not Found dialog box appears during the installation process click Yes If you click No you will have to install the printer software again For Windows XP or Server 2003 if the Software Installation dialog box appears during the installation process click Continue Anyway If you clickSTOP Installation you will have to install the printer software again Checking printer software in Windows Me and 98 If you canceled the plug and play driver installation in Windows Me or 98 before the procedure was complete the USB printer device driver or the printer software may be incorrectly installed Follow the directions below to ensure that the driver and printer software are installed correctly Note The screen shots shown in this section are taken from Windows 98 Windows Me screens may differ slightly Troubleshooting 387 1 Access the printer driver see Accessing the printer driver on page 66 then click the Details tab 388 Troubleshooting If EPUSBX your printer name is displayed in the Print to the following port drop down list then the USB printer device driver and printer software are installed correctly If the correct port is not displayed proceed to the next step 2 Right click the My Computer icon on your desktop then click Properties 3 Click the Device Manager tab Troubleshooting 389 390 If your drivers are correctly installed EPSON USB Printer Devices should appe
178. indows NT4 0 users To access the printer driver click Start point to Settings then click Printers Right click your printer s icon then click Document Defaults Note The printer driver s online help provides details on printer driver settings Using the Printer Software with Windows 67 Making Changes fo Printer Settings Making the print quality settings You can change the print quality of printouts through settings in the printer driver With the printer driver you can make the print settings by choosing from a list of predefined settings or customizing the settings Choosing the print quality by using the Automatic setting You can change the print quality of printouts to favor speed or detail There are five quality modes for the color printing mode and three for the monochrome printing mode When Automatic is selected in the Basic Settings menu the printer driver takes care of all detailed settings according to the color setting you select Print quality and color are the only settings you have to make You can change other settings such as paper size or orientation in most applications Note The printer driver s online help provides details on printer driver settings 1 Click the Basic Settings tab 68 Using the Printer Software with Windows 2 Click Automatic then choose desired printing quality Basic Selings Advanced Layout Optional Settings iia ee Draft Text Tex amp lpage
179. ings as appropriate for your document Click the Optional Settings tab then click Reserve Jobs Settings The Reserve Job Settings dialog box appears Using the Printer Software with Windows 103 104 4 Selectthe Reserve Job On check box then select Verify Job Quick Print Job User Name Be Print Job Job Mame E f Stored Job t Confidential Jab 2 Create a thumbnail e de 5 Entera user name and job name in the corresponding text boxes Note If you want to create a thumbnail of the first page of a job select the Create a thumbnail check box Thumbnails can be accessed by entering http followed by the internal print server s IP address in a Web browser 6 Click OK The printer prints one copy of your document and stores the print data with information on the number of remaining copies on the Hard Disk Drive After you have confirmed the printout you can print the remaining copies or delete this data using the printer s control panel See Printing and Deleting Reserve Job Data on page 278 for instructions Using the Printer Software with Windows Stored Job The Stored Job option is useful for storing documents you print on a regular basis such as invoices The stored data remains on the Hard Disk Drive even if you turn off the printer or reset it using the Reset AII function Follow the steps below to store print data using the Stored Job option 1 2 Click th
180. inter Software with Windows 111 10 In the dialog box that appears select your country or region and the URL for EPSON s Web site in that country or region appears Then click OK EPSON Printer Utility Setup Ed Choose the country of region in which you use ther printer By choosing a country or a region you wil actrvate the online consumables order function Europe Australia Singapore Hong Kong No Setting Consumables Web Site URL ot Note Q In the dialog box you can set the URL for the site where you can order consumables online See Order Online on page 116 for details Q Selecting your country or region allows you to change the settings of the URL Q When you click the Cancel button the Web site s URL does not appear but the EPSON Status Monitor 3 installation continues 11 When the installation is complete click OK Accessing EPSON Status Monitor 3 Follow the steps below to access EPSON Status Monitor 3 1 Access the printer driver then click the Optional Settings tab 112 Using the Printer Software with Windows 2 Click EPSON Status Monitor 3 amp EPSON AL C2600 Advanced Printing Preferences AE Basic Settings Advanced Layout Optional Settings 1 Display about error information elc Monitanng Preferences Installed Miemocy B4B Dplional Paper Source Mo Ophonal Pape Source Colca Toner Cartridges Extended Sethrigs Setting Inia Drive
181. inter emulation setting in your Make sure that your application is set for application may be incorrect the printer emulation you are using For example if you are using the LJ4 emulation mode make sure that your application is set To use a LaserJet 4 printer You may need more memory Graphics require large amounts of memory Install an appropriate memory module See Memory Module on page 303 Toner is no fixed to the paper 374 Troubleshooting The lever on the fuser unit is set to Pull up the lever to set it to the original the envelope position position Color Printing Problems Cannot print in color Color toner cartridges are not Install color toner cartridges See installed Switching the Printing Mode on page 283 for instructions Color Toner Cartridges check box is select the Color Toner Cartridges check not selected in the printer driver box Black is selected as the Color setting Change this setting to Color in the printer driver The color setting in the application Make sure that the settings in your you are using is not appropriate for application are appropriate for color color printing printing The printout color differs when printed from different printers Troubleshooting 375 Printer driver default settings and set the Gamma setting to 1 5 in the More color tables vary by printer model settings dialog box in the printer driver then print again If you still do not get the printouts
182. inting a Status Sheet on page 370 Note for Windows users If EPSON Status Monitor 3 is not installed you have to make settings manually in the printer driver See Making Optional Settings on page 98 Note for Macintosh users When you have attached or removed printer options you need to delete the printer using Print Setup Utility for Mac OS X 10 3 Print Center for Mac OS X 10 2 or below or Chooser for Mac OS 9 and then re register the printer Removing the optional paper cassette unit Turn off the printer and perform the installation procedure in reverse Duplex Unit For specifications or details about the paper types and sizes that you can use with the Duplex Unit see Duplex Unit on page 414 Installing the Duplex Unit Follow the steps below to install the optional Duplex Unit 1 Turn the printer off and unplug the power cord and interface cable Installing Options 293 2 Open the MP tray 3 Push the latch on cover A to the left and open the cover Installing Options 294 4 Remove the two screws securing the cover MP 5 Remove the cover MP from cover A 6 Take the Duplex Unit out of its package 295 Installing Options 7 Fitthe hooks on cover A into the notches on the Duplex Unit Installing Options 296 8 Pulltheupper partof the Duplex Unit upward and secure the Duplex Unit to the printer w
183. ira from the control panel s Reset Menu For instruction iod accessing the control panel menus see How to access the control panel menus on page 223 Form Feed The printer is ejecting paper due to a user request This message appears when pressing the O Start Stop button once to make the printer offline then holding down the O Start Stop button for more than 2 seconds in order not to receive form feed command Format Error ROM A An unformatted ROM module has been inserted To clear this error either press the O Start Stop button or turn off the printer and remove the ROM module then reinstall the ROM module If that fails to clear the error contact your dealer Hard Disk Full The optional Hard Disk Drive is full and you cannot save any data Delete the Ee Had dom the Hard Disk Drive To clear this error select Ciear Warnins from the control panel s Reset Menu For instruction EM accessing the control panel menus see How to access the control panel menus on page 223 HDD CHECK The printer is checking the Hard Disk Drive Image Optimum Using the Control Panel There is insufficient memory to print the page at the specified print quality The printer automatically lowers the print quality so that it can continue printing If the quality of the printout is not acceptable try simplifying the page by limiting the number of graphics or reducing the number and size of fonts To clear this error select lear Warninsfrom the
184. is check boxis selected the Job management icon appears on the taskbar during printing To display the notification message when your print job is finished select the Notify when printing completed check box Note This menu is enabled only under the conditions given in Using the Job Management function on page 190 Status Alert window The Status Alert window indicates what type of error has occurred and offers you a possible solution The window closes automatically once the problem is cleared AL XXXX XOXOXXX Apple Talk Open the following covers and remove any jammed paper Cover A F7 e F Paper jam ld 1 Close This window will appear according to the selected notification in the Monitoring Preference dialog box when the Monitor the Printer check box is selected To select the Monitor the Printer check box follow the instructions below Using the Printer Software with Macintosh 189 For Mac OS X users 1 Open the Print dialog box and select Print Settings from the drop down list 2 Click the Utility tab and select the Monitor the Printer check box For Mac OS 9 users 1 Select Chooser from the Apple menu and click the icon for your printer 2 Click Setup and select the Monitor the Printer check box If you wish to see information about printer consumables click button for Mac OS X or Details for Mac OS 9 If you click this button the Status Alert Window will not disappear even after
185. items appear only when a corresponding optional device is installed or an appropriate setting has been done Information Menu From this menu you can check the toner level and the remaining service life of consumable products You can also print status and sample sheets showing the printer s current settings available fonts and a brief summary of available features Press the V Down or A Up button to select an item Press the Enter button to print a sheet or font sample Using the Control Panel 225 tem 00000 Settings default in bold Status Sheet Toner Check Sheet Reserve Job List Form Overlay List Network Status Sheet AUX Status Sheet USB EXT I F Status Sht PS3 Status Sheet PS3 Font List LJ4 Font Sample ESCP2 Font Sample FX Font Sample Available only in the Color mode or 4 x B W mode 2 Available only when the jobs are stored by using the Quick Print Job feature 5 Available only when Form Overlay data exists 4 Available only when the Hetwerk IF setting is set to ON Available only when an optional Type B interface card is installed and the printer has been turned on when the ax IF setting is set to GH 6 Available only when the printeris connected to a USB device with DA support and has been turned on when the LSE IF setting is set to OH 226 Using the Control Panel 7 Varies depending on the mode B W mode 4 x B W mode or Color mode Available only in the 4 x B W
186. ith the two provided screws 9 Close cover A and the MP tray To confirm that the option is installed correctly print a Status Sheet See Printing a Status Sheet on page 370 Note for Windows users If EPSON Status Monitor 3 is not installed you have to make settings manually in the printer driver See Making Optional Settings on page 98 Note for Macintosh users When you have attached or removed printer options you need to delete the printer using Print Setup Utility for Mac OS X 10 3 Print Center for Mac OS X 10 2 or below or Chooser for Mac OS 9 and then re register the printer Installing Options 297 For Windows see Printing with the Duplex Unit on page 94 For Macintosh see Printing with the Duplex Unit on page 171 for information about duplex printing Removing the Duplex Unit Turn off the printer and perform the installation procedure in reverse Hard Disk Drive The optional Hard Disk Drive allows you to expand the printer s input buffer when the Ethernet interface is used and gives you additional memory for graphics form data and faster multi page multi output sorting Installing the Hard Disk Drive Follow the steps below to install the Hard Disk Drive ul Caution Before you install the Hard Disk Drive be sure to discharge any static electricity by touching a grounded piece of metal Otherwise you may damage static sensitive components W Warning Be careful whe
187. itor 3 of other printers 8 Follow the on screen instructions Uninstall the USB device driver When you connect the printer to your computer with a USB interface cable the USB device driver is also installed When you uninstalled the printer driver you also need to uninstall the USB device driver Follow the steps below to uninstall the USB device driver Using the Printer Software with Windows 131 Note Q Uninstall the printer driver before uninstalling the USB device driver Q Once you uninstalled the USB device driver you cannot access any other Epson printers connected with a USB interface cable 1 Follow steps 1 through 3 of Uninstalling the printer driver on page 129 2 Select EPSON USB Printer Devices then click Add Remove Add Remove Programs Properties Install Uninstall Windows Setup Startup Disk p To install a new program fram a floppy disk or CO ROM drive click Install Install The following software can be automatically removed by Windows To remove a program orto modify its installed components select it from the list and click Add Remove EPSON PhotoQuicker3 2 EPSON PhotoStarters 0 EPSON PRINT Image Framer Tooll 1 EPSON Printer Service Utility 2 ELM Prim TES OM USB Printer Devices 4 F2 Proce ooer Help Workshop HTML Help Workshop Add Remove 2 OK Cancel rpm Note Q EPSON USB Printer Devices appears only when the printer is connected to Windo
188. iver Macintosh 220 Accessing the PostScript printer driver Windows 211 hardware requirements 201 Installing the PostScript printer driver for Mac OS 9 users 215 Installing the PostScript printer driver for Mac OS X users 214 Selecting a printer in a network environment for Mac OS 9 users 219 Selecting a printer in a network environment for Mac OS X users 217 Selecting the printer when it connected via a USB connection for Mac OS 9 users 216 system requirements Macintosh 203 system requirements Windows 202 PostScript printer driver settings Making changes to PostScript printer settings Macintosh 221 Making changes to PostScript printer settings Windows 212 Using AppleTalk under Windows 2000 or NT 213 Index 469 Using the Reserve Job function Windows 212 Predefined print settings Using the predefined settings Macintosh 156 Using the predefined settings Windows 70 Printer consumable products 31 Control panel 29 Electrical 409 Environmental 407 General 406 Mechanical 408 optional products 30 parts front view 26 parts inside 28 parts rear view 27 Standard and approvals 409 Printer driver About the Printer Software Macintosh 153 About the Printer Software Windows 66 Accessing the printer driver Macintosh 153 Accessing the printer driver Windows 66 Uninstalling the printer driver Windows 129 Uninstalling the Printer Software Macintosh 195 Uninstall the USB device driver Wi
189. k Drive 004 302 Memory NOGUIC i asa eee Gao G ed eae hey sae etr edet 303 Installing a memory module 0 00 00 0084 303 Removing a memory module 5 00 00 e eee 307 Interraee C anc ee gitar indy fad turd bue oU EO eee edv Sidon 307 19 Installing an interface card 0 0 0 0 eee eee 307 Removing an interface card 0 0 eee eee 309 PSC Emulation ICs om eer we Boe a sod mtra Angee Sand Boe 309 Installing the P5C ROM modules o ceeds esas woe 309 Removing the P5C ROM module 04 312 Chapter 9 Replacing Consumable Products Replacement Messages a squ bs ete aen Rt dre canoe rond 313 ONCE Cavin ee c oov deme m ESSO REPRE Na y dodge mp 315 Handling Preca HoN esee dt ira ER REFIERE 315 Replacing a toner cartridge leeeeeeeeees 316 Photocondu Or D Ib eos deos ret fex edt Vota S peenefedes 319 Llandbne precquioDs eo doodvvre peser ee vat eee dues 319 Replacing the photoconductor unit 0 320 Pacer PIDE ei cx ation NE PU DEI beo Oe ut Uu E ded Mund 326 Handino precas sieer erae Vect etal teens 326 Replace tne TUSeT UD ooo cere BEG ae VoU wae Res 327 Waste Toner Collector s s esae ae Geral ehe eU AR bed 331 Handle precaullOns sey Pesce me wes vicende pte 3 331 Replacing the waste toner collector 331 Chapter 10 Cleaning and Transporting the Printer Cleaning Ehe TENET unes s wet neris ae ioco cana qe vets Ex 335 Cle
190. lity settings on page 68 for more information For Macintosh see Making the print quality settings on page 154 for more information Printer Features and Various Printing Options 33 Color printing mode and monochrome printing mode The printer can be used both for color and monochrome printing The printer has three color modes color printing mode monochrome printing mode with one black toner cartridge and monochrome printing mode with four black toner cartridges Toner save mode To reduce the amount of toner used in printing documents you can print rough drafts using the Toner Save mode Resolution Improvement Technology and Enhanced MicroGray technology Resolution Improvement Technology RITech is an original Epson printer technology that works by smoothing out the jagged edges of diagonal and curved lines in both text and graphics Enhanced MicroGray improves the halftone quality of graphics With the driver provided the printer s resolution dots per inch is enhanced by RITech and Enhanced MicroGray technology Wide variety of fonts The printer comes with a selection of 93 Laser Jet compatible scalable fonts and 7 bitmap fonts in LJ4 emulation mode to provide you with the fonts you need to create professional looking documents 34 Printer Features and Various Printing Options Adobe PostScript 3 Mode The printer s Adobe PostScript 3 Mode provides you with the ability to print documents formatted for PostSc
191. lt in fire or electric shock Laser safety labels W Warning The performance of procedures and adjustments other than those specified in the printer s documentation may result in hazardous radiation exposure Your printer is a Class 1 laser product as defined in the IEC60825 specifications The label shown is attached to the back of the printer in countries where required CLASS 1 LASER PRODUCT LASER KLASSE 1 PRODUIT LASER DE CLASSE 1 PRODUCTO LASER CLASE 1 125 DET in Infernal laser radiation Max Average Radiation Power 15 mW at laser aperture Wavelength 770 to 800 nm Safety Instructions 11 This is a Class III b Laser Diode Assembly that has an invisible laser beam The printer head unit is NOT A SERVICE ITEM therefore the printer head unit should not be opened under any circumstances An additional laser warning label is affixed to the inside of the printer CDRH regulations For information about the Center for Devices and Radiological Health of the U S Food and Drug Administration see Standard and approvals on page 409 Ozone safety Ozone emission Ozone gas is generated by laser printers as a by product of the printing process Ozone is produced only when the printer is printing Ozone exposure limit The recommended exposure limit for ozone is 0 1 parts per million ppm expressed as an average time weighted concentration over an eight 8 hour period The Epson laser printer generates less than
192. may damage static sensitive components W Warning Be careful when working inside the printer as some components are sharp and may cause injury Turn off the printer and perform the installation procedure in reverse 312 Installing Options Chapter 9 Replacing Consumable Products Replacement Messages When you see the following messages on the LCD panel or the window of EPSON Status Monitor 3 replace the appropriate consumable products You can continue to print for a short time after a message appears but Epson recommends early replacement to maintain print quality and extend the life of your printer Worn Photoconductor The photoconductor unit has reached the end of its service life Worn Fuser The fuser unit has reached the end of its service life Worn Transfer Unit The transfer unit is near the end of its service life Note To clear the warning select Cisar All Warnins from the control panel s Reset Menu If a consumable product reaches the end of its service life the printer stops printing and displays the following messages on the LCD panel or the window of EPSON Status Monitor 3 When this happens the printer cannot resume printing until you replace the depleted consumable products Replacing Consumable Products 313 Replace Toner The indicated toner cartridges are empty uuuu Replace Printing has stopped to avoid damage to the Photoconductor engine Replace Waste T Box The waste toner collector is
193. mmed paper J Do not remove jammed paper by force Torn paper can be difficult to remove and might cause other paper jams Pull it gently in order to avoid tearing _I Always try to remove jammed paper with both hands to avoid tearing it J Ifjammed paper is torn and remains in the printer or if paper is jammed in a place not mentioned in this chapter contact your dealer L Make sure that the paper type that is loaded is the same as the Paper Type setting in the printer driver Troubleshooting 345 W Warning Q Be careful not to touch the fuser which is marked CAUTION HICH TEMPERATURE or the surrounding areas If the printer has been in use the fuser and the surrounding areas may be very hot Q Do not insert your hand deep into the fuser unit as some components are sharp and may cause injury Jam A cover A Follow the steps below to clear paper jams at cover A 1 Remove all paper that is loaded on the MP tray 346 Troubleshooting 2 Close the MP tray Note Close the expansion trays if needed before closing the MP tray 3 Pushthe latch on cover A to the left and open the cover until it stops Troubleshooting 347 4 Ifthe optional Duplex Unitis not installed gently pull out any sheets of paper Be careful not to tear the jammed paper If the optional Duplex Unitis installed lift up the Duplex Unit Hold it and gently pull o
194. mode Available only in the Color mode Status Sheet AUX Status Sheet PS3 Status Sheet Prints a sheet showing the current printer settings and installed options These sheets can be useful to confirm whether options have been installed correctly Toner Check Sheet Prints a sheet showing the printing patterns using the currently installed toner cartridges Reserve Job List Prints a list of reserved print jobs stored on the optional Hard Disk Drive Form Overlay List Prints a list of the form overlays stored on the optional Hard Disk Drive Network Status Sheet Prints a sheet showing the working status of the network USB ExtI F Status Sht Prints a sheet showing the working status of the USB interface PS3 Font List LJ4 Font Sample ESCP2 Font Sample FX Font Sample I239X Font Sample Prints a List of the fonts available for your selected printer emulation Using the Control Panel 227 228 C Toner M Toner Y Toner K Toner Photocon Fuser Unit Displays the amount of toner left in the toner cartridges and the remaining service life of the photoconductor unit and the fuser unit as shown below ETXPEEREF 100 to 84 EXSEEE F 83 to 67 ERERE F 66 to 51 ERKE F 50 to 34 EEE F 33 to 17 16 to 196 E F 076 Toner Ave This menu is available only when the printer is in the 4 x B W mode It displays the average amount of toner leftin the four black toner cartridges Total Pages Displays t
195. mode You can specify different emulations for each interface in other words for each computer you connect the printer to Since each emulation mode has its own specific options make settings in the LJ4 ESC P2 FX GL2 or I239X menu as necessary The settings you can choose from are the same for every interface Settings default in bold Parallel Auto LJ4 ESCP2 FX 1239X PS3 GL2 P5C USB Auto LJA ESCP2 FX 1239X PS3 GL2 P5C Network Auto LJA ESCP2 FX 1239X PS3 GL2 P5C AUX Auto LJA ESCP2 FX 1239X PS3 GL2 PSC 2 Available only when an optional Type B interface card is installed 2 Available only when an optional PSC module is installed Printing Menu This menu allows you to make standard print settings such as Page Size and Orientation when printing from an application or operating system that does not support your printer driver Be sure to use the printer driver to make these settings whenever you can since settings made on your computer always override these settings 230 Using the Control Panel Settings default in bold Page Size A4 A5 B5 LT HLT GLT EXE MON C10 DL C5 C6 IB5 CTM Toner Save Off On Image Optimum Auto Off On 0 0 Top Offset 99 0 mm in 0 5 increments Left Offset 0 0 99 0 mm in 0 5 increments Top Offset p 0 0 99 0 mm in 0 5 increments Left Offset B 0 0 99 0 mm in 0 5 increments Default pa
196. mory modules on page 414 or reduce the resolution of the image to be printed NonGenuine Toner Cartridge The installed toner cartridge is not a genuine Epson product Installing a genuine toner cartridge is recommended Using a non genuine toner cartridge may affect print quality Epson shall not be liable for any damages or problems arising from the use of consumable products not manufactured or approved by Epson Install a genuine Epson product or Clear All Warnings of the Reset Menu on the control panel to clear the warning message See Ioner Cartridge on page 315 for instructions on replacing the imaging cartridge NonGenuine Toner uuuu Using the Control Panel The installed toner cartridge is not a genuine Epson toner cartridge Using a non genuine toner cartridge may affect print quality Epson shall not be liable for any damages or problems arising from the use of consumable products not manufactured or approved by Epson Installing a genuine toner cartridge is recommended Press the O Start Stop button on the control panel to resume printing Offline The printer is not ready to print Press the O Start Stop button Optional RAM Error The optional memory module may be corrupted or incorrect Replace it with a new one Paper Jam WWWW The location where the paper jam occurred is displayed at iilii hihihiihi indicates the location of the error If a paper jam occurs at two or more locations simultaneously the cor
197. n Make sure that the printed image does not extend beyond the edge of the paper Otherwise you may damage the printer Top Offset B Adjusts the vertical printing position on the back of the paper when printing on both sides Use this if the printout on the back is not where you expected Left Offset B Adjusts the horizontal printing position on the back of the paper when printing on both sides Use this if the printout on the back is not where you expected Setup Menu This menu allows you to make various basic configuration settings related to paper sources feeding modes and error handling You can also use this menu to select the LCD panel display language Using the Control Panel 233 234 em 0 00 Settings default in bold English Francais Deutsch Italiano ESPANOL SVENSKA Dansk Nederlands SUOMI Portugu s px SFE rx of 0 5 to 60 to 300 in increments T Available only when the corresponding option is installed 2 Available only for PCL5e ESC Page ESC P2 FX or 1239X mode Lang Specifies the language displayed on the LCD panel and that printed on the status sheet Time Out Using the Control Panel Specifies the length of the time in seconds before a time out when interfaces are being switched automatically The time before a time out occurs is the length of time from the point when no data is being received from an interface until the point of switching the interface If the p
198. n then click the USB port your printer is connected to Chooser setup Background Printing On Off Active Q Inactive 7 8 2 AppleTalk Using the Printer Software with Macintosh 193 2 Select Background Printing to turn background printing on or off Note Q Background printing must be turned on for the EPSON Status Monitor 3 to manage print jobs Q When background printing is on you can use your Macintosh while it is preparing a document for printing 3 Close Chooser Canceling Printing If the printouts are not what you expected and display incorrect or garbled characters or images you may need to cancel printing When a print job continues on the computer follow the instruction below to cancel printing For Mac OS X users Open Printer Setup Utility for Mac OS X 10 3 or Print Center for Mac OS X 10 2 or below and double click your printer from the print queue Then select Delete Job from the jobs menu For Mac OS 9 users L Press the Period key while pressing the Command key to cancel printing Depending on applications the message shows the procedure to cancel printing during If this appears follow instructions in the message 194 Using the Printer Software with Macintosh J During background printing open EPSON Status Monitor 3 from the Application menu Then stop printing from EPSON Status Monitor 3 or delete the file that is in sleep mode After the last page is output
199. n access a variety of symbol sets Many of these symbol sets differ only in the international characters specific to each language Note Since most software handles fonts and symbols automatically you will probably never need to adjust the printer s settings However if you are writing your own printer control programs or if you are using older software that cannot control fonts refer to the following sections for symbol set details When you are considering which font to use you should also consider which symbol set to combine with the font Available symbol sets vary depending on which emulation mode you use and which font you choose In the LJ4 Emulation Mode The following symbol sets are available in LJ4 emulation mode Available typefaces Symbol set name Information about Fonts 449 19 Typefaces Courier CG Times Universe Letter Gothic Line Printer 19 Typefaces Courier CG Times Universe Letter Gothic 19 Typefaces Courier CG Times Universe Letter Gothic Dorit Malka Naamit Naskh Koufi Ryadh IBM US 10U ECM94 1 ON 8859 9 ISO 5N IBM DN 11U PcE Europe 17U WiAnsi 19U WiTurkish 5T UK TE Italian Ol German 1G French2 1F 8859 15ISO 9N PcBIt775 26U WIBALT 19L PsText 10J McText 12J PiFont 15U Velnternational 13J PsMath 5M 450 Information about Fonts Roman 8 8U 8859 2 ISO 2N 8859 10ISO 6N PcMultilingual 12U PcTk437 9T WiE Europe 9
200. n working inside the printer as some components are sharp and may cause injury 298 Installing Options 1 Turn the printer off and unplug the power cord 2 Remove the four screws from the cover on the back side of the printer Installing Options 299 3 Hold the cover with both hands and pull it toward you to remove it Warning Be careful when touching the circuit board inside the back side cover since some parts may be very hot wW 4 Identify the connection socket for the Hard Disk Drive IRL p Ai dl JH 3 300 Installing Options 5 Secure the Hard Disk Drive with the four screws provided ul Caution You should not remove any modules from the circuit board Otherwise the printer will not work 6 Plug the connection cable into both the socket on the HDD and that on the board as shown below f A J Installing Options 301 7 Reattach the cover to the back side of the printer and secure it with the four screws To confirm that the option is installed correctly print a Status Sheet See Printing a Status Sheet on page 370 Note for Windows users If EPSON Status Mo
201. n your printer in order to use the Reserve Job function Using the HDD form overlay function Hard Disk Drive on page 298 Using HDD form overlay on page 88 Windows 40 Printer Features and Various Printing Options Chapter 3 Paper Handling Paper Sources This section describes the combinations of paper sources and paper types that you can use Paper Handling 41 MP fray Plain paper A4 A5 B5 Letter LT Up to 150 sheets Weight 64 to 90 Half Letter HLT Total thick stack g m Executive EXE up to 16 5 mm Government Letter GLT Custom size paper 98 x 148 mm minimum 216 x 297 mm maximum Envelopes C5 Co C10 DL Up to 15 sheets Weight 75 To 105 Monarch MON ISO B5 Total thick stack g m up to 16 5 mm A4 Letter LT Up to 50 sheets Thick paper A4 A5 B5 Letter LT Up to 75 sheets Weight 91 to 163 Half Letter HLT g m Executive EXE Government Letter GLT Custom size paper 98 x 148 mm minimum 216 x 297 mm maximum EPSON Color Up to 150 sheets Laser Paper Total thick stack up to 16 5 mm EPSON Color A4 Letter LT Up to 60 sheets Laser Transparencies You can print on the back side of paper that has been printed on previously by this printer if the paper is listed above Standard lower paper cassette Plain paper A4 Letter LT Up to 500 sheets Weight 64 to 90 Total thick stack less g m than 55 mm 42 Paper Handling EPSON Color Up to 500 she
202. nceling PANUNG vr ue aem E peer rep tere E sw PP enpPets 194 For MacOS A Users jare ipe ospdate da tama ease esas 194 For MacOS Usei ieser tise odes UC DERE ERI EA KS 194 Uninstalling the Printer Software 0 0 0 0 ce eee 195 FOr Wine OS USCIS nein noc bade Pete Ree Meas en eT 195 FOr Mac OS 9 USelS inc im verdad sehen eee 196 Sharing the Printer on a Network 0 0 00 0000005 197 Dating Ihe DEINE sienna ehe epa we ob ma ahve PSP es 197 FOr Wace Oo USES sei nse Pest pee SEV mop EUM eS 197 For MacOS 9 Users eus moe dress bre neces 197 Chapter 6 Using the PostScript Printer Driver About the PostScript 3 Features iss ies vate bv RR bes 201 PC CUR CS fori gre ETT 201 Hardware requirements 2o cy sn canbe e parte emus 201 17 System TEC UIT e eblle un inpar vua dium aH badba qd Rue do t 202 Using the PostScript Printer Driver with Windows 204 Installing the PostScript printer driver for the parallel interface 204 Installing the PostScript printer driver for the USB interface206 Installing the PostScript printer driver for the network interface 208 Accessing the PostScript printer driver 211 Making changes to PostScript printer settings 212 Using the Reserve Job function 212 Using AppleTalk under Windows 2000 or NT 4 0 213 Using the PostScript Printer Driver with Macintosh 214 Installing the PostScript printer driver 214 Selectin
203. nd Error Messages 262 Using the Confidential Job Menu 279 Using the Control Panel Menus 223 Using the Quick Print Job Menu 278 Control panel menus 1239X menu 256 AUX menu 244 Confidential Job menu 241 Emulation menu 230 ESCP2 menu 250 FX menu 253 GL2 menu 247 how to access the control panel menus 223 Information menu 225 LJ4 menu 244 Mode Config Menu 238 464 Index Network menu 244 Parallel menu 241 Printer Adjust Menu 260 Printing menu 230 PS3 menu 250 Quick Print Job menu 240 Reset menu 239 Setup menu 233 Support menu 259 lray menu 229 USB menu 242 When to make control panel settings 223 Customer support 401 Custom paper size printer settings 64 D Duplex Unit Installing the Duplex Unit 293 Removing the Duplex Unit 298 Specifications 414 E Envelopes printer settings 58 EPSON BarCode Font BarCode Font specifications 427 Installing EPSON BarCode Fonts 419 Printing with EPSON BarCode Fonts 422 System requirements 418 Epson Color Laser Paper printer settings 56 Epson Color Laser Paper Transparencies printer settings 57 EPSON Font Manager Installing EPSON Font Manager 446 System requirements 446 EPSON Status Monitor 3 Accessing EPSON Status Monitor 3 Macintosh 184 Accessing EPSON Status Monitor 3 Windows 112 Connections supporting the Job Management function Windows 120 Getting printer status details Macintosh 186 Getting printer status details Wi
204. ndows 114 Index 465 Installing EPSON Status Monitor 3 Windows 109 Job Management function Windows 120 Monitored Printers settings Windows 125 Monitoring Your Printer Using EPSON Status Monitor 3 Macintosh 184 Monitoring Your Printer Using EPSON Status Monitor 3 Windows 108 Order online 116 Re printing your print job Windows 123 Setting Monitoring Preferences Macintosh 188 Setting Monitoring Preferences Windows 118 Setting to notify when printing is completed Windows 124 Status Alert window Macintosh 189 Status Alert window Windows 120 Stopping monitoring Windows 125 Using the Job Information menu 122 Using the Job Management function Macintosh 190 Features Adobe PostScript 3 Mode 35 Color printing mode and monochrome printing mode 34 High quality printing 33 P5C Emulation Mode 35 Pre defined color settings in printer driver 33 Resolution Improvement Technology and Enhanced MicroGray technology 34 Toner save mode 34 Wide variety of fonts 34 Fonts adding fonts 445 downloading fonts 445 selecting fonts 445 Fonts information Available Fonts 438 EPSON BarCode Fonts Windows 417 EPSON Font Manager Windows 446 Symbol Sets 449 Fuser Unit Specifications 416 G Guides Network Guide 25 Online Help 25 Paper Jam Guide 25 466 Index Setup Guide 25 User s Guide 25 H Hard Disk Drive Installing the Hard Disk Drive 298 Removing th
205. ndows 131 Printer driver settings automatically resizing printout Windows 75 Canceling Printing Macintosh 194 Canceling Printing Windows 128 Confidential Job Macintosh 181 Confidential job Windows 106 Creating an overlay Windows 83 customizing print settings Macintosh 159 customizing print settings Windows 73 Delete the form overlay data on the Hard Disk Drive Windows 92 different printer settings overlay data Windows 88 Duplex printing Macintosh 170 Duplex printing Windows 93 Making a new watermark Macintosh 166 Making a new watermark Windows 81 Making Extended Settings Macintosh 172 Making Extended settings Windows 95 Making Optional settings Windows 98 Printing with an overlay Windows 87 printing with HDD form overlay Windows 90 Printing with the Duplex Unit Macintosh 171 470 Index Printing with the Duplex Unit Windows 94 print layout Macintosh 163 print layout Windows 78 print quality Macintosh 154 print quality Windows 68 print settings Macintosh 156 print settings Windows 70 Register the HDD form overlay data on the Hard Disk Drive Windows 89 Re Print Job Macintosh 176 Re Print Job Windows 102 Reserve Job Macintosh 174 Reserve Job Windows 100 resizing printout Macintosh 162 resizing printout Windows 76 saving Macintosh 160 saving Windows 74 Setting Up the USB Connection Macintosh 192 Setting Up the USB
206. ndows 2000 type the name of the shared printer then click Next Add Printer Wizard Locate Your Printer How do pou wani lo bcaa pow prie you dant knon the nama ol lha pirts you can browns Bor on on the nebeik winal do yeu wani lo da Type the printer name or eek He bo biowse ka a printer 146 Using the Printer Software with Windows Note Q You can also type the name of the computer that is locally connected to the shared printer the shared printer s name in network path or queue name Q You do not necessarily need to type the name of the shared printer For Windows XP select Browse for a printer Add Printer Wizard Specily a Printer li vou dont know the name or address of the printer you can seach far a printes that meets your needs Whal printer do you wani to connect to Connect to this printer or to browse foe a printer select this option and cick Next Mame Example serverpinter Connect to a printer on the Inlemet cc on a home or alice network URL Example hikgc secee Apuntes s ripnniber Z pinter Using the Printer Software with Windows 147 5 Click the icon of the computer or server that is connected to the shared printer and the name of the shared printer then click Next Add Printer Wizard Browse for Printer When the lest of pointers appears select the one you want bo use Printer MW ORKZAEPSON 300 Advanced Shared puirtess
207. ne of characters is changed in the middle of the line a conversion code is automatically inserted QJ The height of the bar code is automatically adjusted to 15 or more of its total length in conformance to the Code128 standard For this reason it is important to keep at least one space between the bar code and the surrounding text to prevent overlapping Q Some applications automatically delete the spaces at the end of lines or change multiple spaces into tabs Bar codes containing spaces may not be correctly printed from applications that automatically delete spaces from the ends of lines or change multiple spaces into tabs J When printing two or more bar codes on one line separate the bar codes with a tab or select a font other than a BarCode Font and input the space If a space is input while Code128 is selected the bar code will not be correct Character type All ASCII characters 95 in total Font size 26 pt to 10A pt up to 96 pt in Windows XP 2000 NT 4 0 Server 2003 Recommended sizes are 26 pt 52 pt 78 pt and 104 pt The following codes are inserted automatically and need not be input by hand J Left Right quiet zone L Start Stop character J Check digit Information about Fonts 433 J Change code set character Print sample EPSON Code128 EPSON ITF _1 The EPSON ITF fonts conform to the USS Interleaved 2 of 5 standard American J Four EPSON ITF fonts are available allowing you to enable
208. neral Notice Other product names used herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners Epson disclaims any and all rights in those marks Copyright 2005 Seiko Epson Corporation All rights reserved Safety Instructions Safety Warnings Cautions and Notes W Warnings must be followed carefully to avoid bodily injury ul Cautions must be observed to avoid damage to your equipment Notes contain important information and useful tips on the operation of your printer Safety precautions Besure to follow the precautions carefully to ensure safe efficient operation Safety Instructions 3 4 Because the printer weighs approximately 37 kg 81 5 Ib with consumable products installed one person should not lift or carry it Two people should carry the printer lifting it by the correct positions as shown below Do not lift the printer by these areas Safety Instructions Be careful not to touch the fuser which is marked CAUTION HIGH TEMPERATURE or the surrounding areas If the printer has been in use the fuser and the surrounding areas may be very hot If you must touch one of these areas wait 30 minutes to allow the heat to subside before doing so gt n ae ASA S WARY Z5 lt A PA ae SY AS Ef E SY 1 Do not insert your hand deep into the fuser unit 2 CAUTION HIGH TEMPERATURE yo M Do not insert your hand deep into the fuser uni
209. ng Canceled Displays only your jobs that have been canceled printing Job Name Displays the user s print job file names Other user s print jobs are displayed as Status Waiting The print job which is waiting to be printed opooling The print job which is being spooled on your computer Displays the username 000 Displays the username 000 user name E n d the name of the computer connected to the E n d Job Type Displays the job type When the Reserve job function is used the jobs are displayed as Stored Verify Re Print and Confidential respectively About the Reserve Job function see Using the Reserve Job Function on page 100 Cancel selecting a print job and clicking this button cancels Job the selected print job button Print Display the dialog box to print the spooled and held button status job h Refresh Clicking this button refreshes the information on this button menu Re printing your print job Clicking Print on the EPSON Status Monitor 3 screen lets you print a spooled job Follow the steps below to re print your job Using the Printer Software with Windows 123 Note You cannot re print your jobs in the following cases Q The status of the job is other than Held Q The job is sent by someone other than you Q When multiple jobs are selected 1 Access EPSON Status Monitor 3 See Accessing EPSON Status Monitor 3 on page 112 for details 2 Click the Job Information tab
210. ng a Status Sheet on page 370 Note for Windows users If EPSON Status Monitor 3 is not installed you have to make settings manually in the printer driver See Making Optional Settings on page 98 Note for Macintosh users When you have attached or removed printer options you need to delete the printer using Print Setup Utility for Mac OS X 10 3 Print Center for Mac OS X 10 2 or below or Chooser for Mac OS 9 and then re register the printer 306 Installing Options Removing a memory module ul Caution Before you remove a memory module be sure to discharge any static electricity by touching a grounded piece of metal Otherwise you may damage static sensitive components W Warning Be careful when working inside the printer as some components are sharp and may cause injury Turn off the printer and perform the installation procedure in reverse Interface Card Your printer comes with a Type B interface slot Various optional interface cards are available to expand your printer s interface options Installing an interface card Follow the steps below to install an optional interface card ul Caution Before you install the interface card be sure to discharge any static electricity by touching a grounded piece of metal Otherwise you may damage static sensitive components 1 Turnthe printer off and unplug the power cord and interface cable Installing Options 307 2 Removetwo screws securing the in
211. ninsfrom the control panel s Reset Menu For instruction about accessing the control panel menus see How to access the control panel menus on page 223 Color Data Received The printer receives color printing data when it is in the B W or 4x B W mode Press the O Start Stop button to print the data in monochrome or press the 1 Cancel Job button to cancel the print job Cooling Down The printer lowers its temperature to optimize for the fixing toner Wait for a moment for Reads to appear in the LCD panel Duplex Memory Overflow There is not enough memory for duplex printing The printer prints only on the front and ejects the paper To clear this error follow the instructions below If Gt is selected as the Auto Cont setting on the control panel s Setup Menu press the O Start Stop button to print on the back of the next sheet or press the t Cancel Job button to cancel the print job If tir is selected as the Auto Cont setting on the control panel s Setup Menu printing continues automatically after a certain period of time Formatting HDD The Hard Disk Drive is being formatted Form Data Canceled Using the Control Panel 265 266 Unable to store form overlay data on the printer s optional Hard Disk Drive Either the drive is full or the maximum number of form overlay files has been reached Delete any form overlay files you no longer need then try storing the new overlay again To clear this error select i Harr
212. nitor 3 is not installed you have to make settings manually in the printer driver See Making Optional Settings on page 98 Note for Macintosh users When you have attached or removed printer options you need to delete the printer using Print Setup Utility for Mac OS X 10 3 Print Center for Mac OS X 10 2 or below or Chooser for Mac OS 9 and then re register the printer Removing the Hard Disk Drive ul Caution Before you remove the Hard Disk Drive be sure to discharge any static electricity by touching a grounded piece of metal Otherwise you may damage static sensitive components 302 Installing Options W Warning Be careful when working inside the printer as some components are sharp and may cause injury Turn off the printer and perform the installation procedure in reverse Memory Module By installing a Dual In line Memory Module DIMM you can increase printer memory up to 512 MB You may want to add additional memory if you are having difficulty printing complex graphics This printer has two memory slots but one slot has a 64 MB DIMM already installed in it at the time of manufacture To increase printer memory more than 320 MB you have to remove the original 64 MB DIMM first and then install two optional DIMMs Installing a memory module Follow the steps below to install an optional memory module ul Caution Before you install a memory module be sure to discharge any static electricity b
213. nst something stable Hold the cleaning knob a and move it slowly in and out a few times j MI Mii MHI Note Move the knob completely in and out Otherwise the printer may not be cleaned effectively 3 Close cover D Cleaning the exposure window knob b 1 Open cover D and remove the waste toner collector Note When placing the waste toner collector that is removed stand it on a flat surface leaning against something stable Cleaning and Transporting the Printer 339 2 Hold the knob b and move it slowly in and out a few times j ES I Inm EN IBS SS SS Ml Note Move the cleaning knob completely in and out Otherwise the printer may not be cleaned effectively 3 Close cover D Transporting the Printer For long distances If you need to transport your printer for long distances carefully repack it using the original box and packing materials Follow the steps below to repack your printer 1 Turn off the printer and remove the following items J Power cord L Interface cable 340 Cleaning and Transporting the Printer O L L Loaded paper Toner Cartridge Photoconductor unit Installed options Y Caution Before handling the photoconductor unit be sure to confirm the handling precautions See Handling precautions on page 319 for instructions 2 Attach the protective materials onto the printer then repack the printer in it
214. nter Troubleshooting 3063 8 Reinsert the paper cassette 9 Open the MP tray and reload the paper Jam A E C2 cover A E and optional paper cassette Follow the steps below to clear paper jams at cover A C and the optional paper cassette 1 Remove all paper that is loaded on the MP tray 364 Troubleshooting 2 Close the MP tray Close the expansion trays if needed before closing the MP tray 3 Push the latch on cover A to the left and open the cover until it stops Troubleshooting 365 4 Ifthe optional Duplex Unit is not installed gently pull out any sheets of paper Be careful not to tear the jammed paper If the optional Duplex Unitis installed lift up the Duplex Unit Hold it and gently pull out any sheets of paper Be careful not to tear the jammed paper 366 Troubleshooting W Warning Be careful not to touch the fuser which is marked CAUTION HIGH TEMPERATURE or the surrounding areas If the printer has been in use the fuser and the surrounding areas may be very hot If you must touch one of these areas open cover A and B then wait 30 minutes to allow the heat to subside before doing so 5 Close cover A 6 Opencover E Troubleshooting 367 7 Gently pull out any sheets of paper that have fed part way into the printer
215. nts ppm pages per minute The number of pages can be printed in one minute printer driver Software that sends instructions to the printer to tell it what to do For example your printer driver accepts print data from your word processor application and sends instructions to the printer on how to print this data Glossary 461 4062 printer emulation A set of operating commands that determines how data sent from the computer isinterpreted and acted upon Printer emulations replicate existing printers such as the HP LaserJet 4 proportional font A font whose characters have varying amounts of horizontal space depending on the width of the character Thus the uppercase M takes up more horizontal space than the lowercase 1 RAM Random Access Memory The portion of the printer s memory used as a buffer and for storing user defined characters All data stored in RAM is lost when the printer is turned off reset To refresh the printer s memory and erase the current print jobs resident font A font that is stored permanently in the printer s memory resolution A measure of the fineness and clarity of images produced by the printer or monitor Printer resolution is measured in dots per inch Monitor resolution is measured in pixels RITech Resolution Improvement Technology A feature that smooths the jagged edges of printed lines or shapes ROM Read Only Memory A portion of memory that can only be read and cannot
216. o Please select your printer EPSON AcuLaser XXXXX EPSON AcuLaser XXXX EPSON Lanquage Exit Using the Printer Software with Windows 109 6 Inthe dialog box that appears click Local EPSON AcuLaser XXXX Please select from the fallewing hema Set up the printer via a local connection Lr Network Setup the printer via a network connection qui EPSON SaaS Pa Note See the Network Guide for information on installing EPSON Status Monitor 3 on a network 7 Click Custom EPSON AcuLaser 0 0 0 4 a w LI Ww I This CD ROM has all the sofrarare and information you need Click the Install button to get started o Printer Driver EPSOM Status Monitor 3 User s Guide Paper Jam Guide EPSOM BarCode Font EPSOM Font Manager CD Meta Padog EPSON 5597 ES EN ES 110 Using the Printer Software with Windows 8 Select the EPSON Status Monitor 3 check box then click Install EPSON AcuLaser XAXXX Select ihe leme you want and click Insiall Printer Driver 1 User s Guide Paper Jam Guide EPSON BarCode Font EPSON Font Manager EPSON ommi Seay Heal nsi In the dialog box that appears make sure that your printer s icon is selected and click OK IX EPSON Status Monitor 3 Setup EPSOM Status Monitor 3 EPSON aL 300 Advanced The EPSON Status Monitor 3 utility checks the printer status and displays the printing progress Using the Pr
217. oftware choose the font name listed in the HP Equivalent column Note Depending on the print density or on the quality or color of the paper OCR A OCR B Code39 and EAN UPC fonts may not be readable Print a sample and make sure the fonts can be read before printing large quantities 440 Information about Fonts ESC P 2 and FX modes eme m 0 Courier EPSON Prestige EPSON Roman EPSON Sans serif Arial Letter Gothic Times New Roman EPSON Script OCRA OCR B Medium Bold Medium Bold Medium Bold Medium Bold Available only in ESC P2 mode Note Depending on the print density or on the quality or color of the paper OCR A and OCR B fonts may not be readable Print a sample and make sure the fonts can be read before printing large quantities 1239X mode eme my Courier EPSON Prestige EPSON Gothic EPSON Orator EPSON Script EPSON Presentor EPSON Sans serif Medium Bold Information about Fonts 441 Note Depending on the print density or on the quality or color of the paper the OCR B font may not be readable Print a sample and make sure the font can be read before printing large quantities PS 3 mode Seventeen scalable fonts The fonts include Courier Courier Oblique Courier Bold Courier Bold Oblique Helvetica Helvetica Oblique Helvetica Bold Helvetica Bold Oblique Helvetica Narrow Helvetica Narrow Oblique Helvetica Narrow Bold Helvetica Narrow Bold Oblique
218. og box click Extended Settings on the Optional Settings menu Using the Printer Software with Windows 95 96 Printing mode Print True Type fonts as bitmap check box Print True Type fonts with substitution check box setting button Uses the settings specified on the printer check box Uses the settings specified on the driver check box High Quality PC select this mode if you use a computer with higher specs to reduce the printer load In this mode functions such as Form Overlay and Print true type with fonts with substitution cannot be used High Quality Printer select this mode if you use a computer with lower specs to reduce the PC load CRT select this mode if your printing results are nof as good as you wish with High Quality PC or High Quality Printer In this mode functions such as PhotoEnhance4 Print Layout Binding Method Watermark Form Overlay and Print true type with fonts with substitution cannot be used select this check box to print as bitmap the True Type fonts that are not substituted with device fonts in the document Select this check box to print the True Type fonts in the document as device fonts This function is not available when the Graphic Mode setting is set to High Quality PC Click this button to open the Font substitution dialog box This button is available when Print True Type fonts with substitution is select
219. ogram Standard and approvals U S model Safety UL 60950 CSA No 60950 EMC FCC Part 15 Subpart B Class B CSA C108 8 Class B European model Technical Specifications 409 Low Voltage Directive 72 23 EEC EN 60950 EMC Directive 89 336 EEC EN 55022 Class B EN 55024 EN 61000 3 2 EN 61000 3 3 Australian model EMC AS NZS 3548 CISPR22 Class B Laser safety 410 This printer is certified as a Class 1 laser product under the U S Department of Health and Human Services DHHS Radiation Performance Standard according to the Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act of 1968 This means that the printer does not produce hazardous laser radiation Since radiation emitted by the laser is completely confined within protective housings and external covers the laser beam cannot escape from the machine during any phase of user operation Technical Specifications CDRH regulations The Center for Devices and Radiological Health CDRH of the U S Food and Drug Administration implemented regulations for laser products on August 2 1976 Compliance is mandatory for products marketed in the United States The label shown below indicates compliance with the CDRH regulations and must be attached to laser products marketed in the United States This laser product conforms to the applicable requirement of 21 CFR Chapter I subchapter J SEIKO EPSON CORP Hirooka Office 80 Hirooka Shiojiri shi Nagano ken Japan Interface
220. olor Laser Transparencies Note Duplex printing is not available for transparencies Transparencies can be loaded into the MP tray only When using transparencies you should make paper settings as shown below L Make settings on the Basic Settings in the printer driver Paper Size A4 or LT Paper Source MP Tray up to 60 sheets Paper Type Transparency J You can also make these settings on the Tras Meru in the control panel See Tray Menu on page 229 Please note the following when handling this media Paper Handling 57 L Hold each sheet by its edges as oil from your fingers may transfer to the surface and damage the printable surface of the sheet The Epson logo appears on the printable side L When loading transparencies in the MP tray insert the short edge first as shown below L When using transparencies load them in the MP tray and set the Paper Type setting to Transparency in the printer driver 2 When the Paper Type setting in the printer driver is set to Transparency do not load any other type of paper except transparencies J When printing transparencies the printing speed is extremely slow ul Caution Sheets that have just been printed on may be hot Envelopes The print quality of envelopes may be irregular because different parts of an envelope have different thicknesses Print one or two envelopes to check the print quality 58 Paper Handling ul Caution Do n
221. om the printer memory Options and Consumable Products Options You can add to your printer s capabilities by installing any of the following options L Optional Paper Cassette Unit C12C802211 This unit increases paper feeding capacity up to 500 sheets of paper Q Duplex Unit C12C802221 This Duplex Unit allows for automatic printing on both sides of the paper 30 Getting to Know Your Printer Q Hard Disk Drive C12C824172 This option expands the printer s capacity by allowing you to print complex and large print jobs at high speed This option also enables you to use the Reserve Job function By using the Reserve Job function you can store print jobs in the printer s hard disk and print them later directly from the printer s control panel _ P5C Emulation Kit C12C832641 The P5C emulation kit provides you with the ability to print documents in the PCL5c printing language with this printer This optional kit includes the ROM module and printer driver L Memory Module This option expands the printer s memory by allowing you to print complex and graphics intensive documents The memory can be installed up to 512 MB for your printer Note Make sure that the DIMM you purchase is compatible with EPSON products For details contact the store where you purchased this printer or an EPSON qualified service representative Consumable products The life of the following consumable products is monitored by the p
222. on Change or Remove Programs Using the Printer Software with Windows 129 4 Select EPSON Printer Software then click Add Remove For Windows XP 2000 or Server 2003 select EPSON Printer software then click Change Remove IS Add or Remove P IERTAT Cure ende inet alid proge ars 4 debe Arraba 5 0 i9 Adobe Photoshop Elements 2 0 El Gel Aimar nett F Dell Solution Center fo son czopa TS EPSOM PheinH Verl LS EPSON Printer Soltmane Te change Hes pecoram er renceve Renan yer computer Check Change ieee VH EPSON PS Took JE araelie Extreme Graphics Deiner E ae Prod eaor Aber ered Drivers BU eR Prose ai Powerit e es Version amp 13E 130 Using the Printer Software with Windows 6 Click the Utility tab and confirm that the check box for the printer software you want to uninstall is selected boi EPSON Printer Utility Uninstall Printer Mode Utility 4 I EPSON Status Monitor 3 for EPSON AL Aak Advanced 5 2 PSUM Slalu Monitor 3 oniered Fines Descnption The EPSON Status Monitor 3 utility checks the printer status and displays the printing progress Carcel Note If you wish to uninstall only EPSON Status Monitor 3 select the EPSON Status Monitor 3 check box 7 To uninstall click OK Note You can uninstall only the Monitored Printers utility of EPSON Status Monitor 3 When the utility is uninstalled you cannot change the settings of Monitored Printers from EPSON Status Mon
223. on on assembling the printer and installing the printer software User s Guide this manual Provides you with detailed information on the printer s functions optional products maintenance troubleshooting and technical specifications Network Guide Provides network administrators with information on both the printer driver and network settings You need to install this guide from the Network CD ROM to your computer s hard disk before referring it Paper Jam Guide Provides you with solutions for paper jam problems about your printer you may need to refer to on a regular basis We recommend printing this guide and keeping it near the printer Online Help for printer software Click Help for detailed information and instructions on the printer software that controls your printer Online help is automatically installed when you install the printer software Getting to Know Your Printer 25 Printer Parts Front view 26 a output tray b cover B c latch on cover A d cover A e MP tray Multi Purpose tray f expansion tray 2 g expansion tray 1 h standard lower paper cassette i cover D j control panel Getting to Know Your Printer Rear view TIL I LI HHL HU a Ethernet interface connector b parallel interface connector c USB interface connector d interface card slot e power switch f AC inlet Getting to Know Your Printer 27 Insi
224. ontrol panelzaeseacdes vba wetute enm uud eas 29 Options and Consumable Products 008 30 OPIO qued Us eds tak eh tele Sate eee Prem lene ed 30 Consu mable products ect dabei appe pe e 31 Chapter 2 Printer Features and Various Printing Options Panter Eeatut6Sia e eater ooo edo o opis pado vtpote oit eto ios 33 LEIiehisqualtb Prine a oa aie totes tree e Pe uci dtu eet 33 Pre defined color settings in the printer driver 33 Color printing mode and monochrome printing mode 34 TONED save ModE ax pte von edad d PULS Ea eda saad 34 Resolution Improvement Technology and Enhanced MicroGray technology uu ters s rs beue Rao gases 34 Wade varteb ODFODES o oa ses dene pot rhe audies pay Sah ardt 34 Adobe Postscript 3 MOd 46e ct e et 35 PSC Emulation Mode s op yate nahe ET RR eds 35 Various Phubne ODONIS d be pret arbiter t PHA 35 14 Double sided printing o c oe asp at a emicat Ane to actes glace 35 1t to page primis ioo Ce dob sr er p a Te CR Eg ea ios CRI ge 36 Pases per SHEE DEITIDITIS oes eto cor alee ay Sass Sonoma tu 37 Watermark pEIDUng secu order ROLES nee DUE PEF eS 37 ON CRNA DRIIUTID era retentu mte iUi eS E 39 Using the Reserve Job function 00006 39 Using the HDD form overlay function 40 Chapter 3 Paper Handling Paper SOW C s icri ener oH ENERO dE pea p pipi 4 MIPTAY PETER 42 Standard lower paper cassette 0 0 0c eee e
225. oose desired printing resolution from Fast or Fine Note When making the other settings click the 2 button for details on each setting 5 Click OK to apply the settings and return to the Basic Settings dialog box Note For details on each setting see the online help Saving your settings For Mac OS X users Use the following procedures to save your custom settings 160 Using the Printer Software with Macintosh For Mac OS X 10 1 x users save your custom settings in Save Custom Setting Your settings will be saved as Custom in the Preset drop down list You can save only one set of custom settings For Mac OS X 10 2 or 10 3 users save your custom settings by Save or Save As in the Preset on the Print dialog box Type a name for your custom settings in the name box Your settings will be saved with this name in the Preset drop down list Note The Custom Setting option is a standard feature of Mac OS X For Mac OS 9 users To save your custom settings select Advanced then click Save settings on the Basic Settings dialog box The Custom Settings dialog box appears Type a name for your custom settings in the Name box click Save Your settings will appear in the list on the right of Automatic in the Basic Settings dialog box Note Q Todeleteacustom setting select Advanced click Save Settings on the Basic Settings dialog box select the setting in the User Settings dialog box then click Delete Q You cannot
226. op down list and select Utilities 184 Using the Printer Software with Macintosh 3 Click your printer s icon Printer AL CXXXX Presets Standard aj s Printer Settings EH Basic Settings Extended Settings EPSONStatusMonitor3 al Monitor the Printer Fi X Version Info P Preview Save As PDF Cancel Prine For Mac OS 9 users You can access EPSON Status Monitor 3 by selecting the EPSON Status Monitor 3 alias from the Apple menu Note Q The appropriate printer port must already be selected in the Chooser so that necessary information can be received from the selected printer driver when the EPSON Status Monitor 3 starts If the printer port is not correct an error will occur Q Ifyou change the printer driver in the Chooser while the spool file is printing in the background output to the printer may be disrupted Q Printer and consumable products status information appears in the status window only if the Chooser is acquiring status normally Using the Printer Software with Macintosh 185 Getting printer status details You can monitor printer status and get information on consumable products using the EPSON Status Monitor 3 dialog box CO e 0 AL XOOCR KAAM Apple Talk a amp Ready EE b Ready to print LE T f Close Consumables Jab Information i hn T o0 Paper Toner MP Tray AA Plain We Black ee Lower Cassette 1 A
227. ort you will not be able to select the printer from the Chooser You will have tolaunch the Apple Desktop Printer Utility then register the printer as a Desktop Printer The Desktop Printer Utility is automatically installed when you install the Adobe PostScript printer driver Follow the steps below to select the printer and to create a Desktop Printer Note When printing via the USB port from a Power Macintosh running Mac 0S 9 the printer must be set to handle ASCH data To specify this setting select Print from the File menu of the application that you are using then select the name of the application from the options available in the Print dialog box On the setup option page that appears select ASCII for the data format setting The actual setting name varies by application but is often called Encoding or Data 1 Open the AdobePS Components folder in your hard disk then double click the Desktop Printer Utility 2 The New Desktop Printer dialog box appears Select AdobePS from the With pop up menu click Printer USB in the Create Desktop list then click OK 3 Click Change in USB Printer Selection 4 The USB Printer dialog box appears Select your printer from the list of connected USB printers then click OK Using the PostScript Printer Driver 5 Click Auto Setup to select the PostScript Printer Description PPD file When a PPD file is selected the selected printer name will be displayed under the printer icon I
228. ot use window envelopes The plastic on most window envelopes will melt when it comes into contact with the fuser Note Q Depending on the quality of envelopes the printing environment or the printing procedure envelopes might be wrinkled Make a trial print run before you print on a lot of envelopes Q Duplex printing is not available for envelopes When loading envelopes you should make paper settings as shown below L Make settings on the Basic Settings in the printer driver Paper Size IB5 C6 MON C10 DL or C5 Paper Source MP Tray up to 15 sheets or a stack up to 16 5 mm thick Paper Type Normal _I You can also make these settings on the Tras Meri in the control panel See Tray Menu on page 229 Please note the following when handling this media Paper Handling 59 J When printing on envelopes be sure to set the lever on the fuser unit to the envelope position before loading the envelopes After printing envelopes be sure to reset the lever to the original position Printing on media other than envelopes when the lever is set to the envelope position may cause poor print quality because the printer fails to fix toner to the media It also may cause paper jam and dirty printouts because of the toner that adheres to the rollers inside the printer When this happens reset the lever to the original position and print blank pages until the printouts are clean ul Caution Be ca
229. oteeies vs 98 Ordering Consumables o 65m tees ericerer De b i ead rper e 99 Using the Reserve Job Function 000 000 0008 100 Re Print JOO 4 eS EE ils apes es ee ied eke ees 102 NV City JO see sere dodanie E EEE et oer param ata 103 SOA SOD s ote e isk Grek Dei abor eee Bed de hee ie bene 105 Confidential JODa 4 dert tot DRE RR ERI E ES 106 Monitoring Your Printer Using EPSON Status Monitor 3 108 Installing EPSON Status Monitor 3 lusus 109 Accessing EPSON Status Monitor 3 0 112 Getting printer status details 0 000 006 114 Order CIBO i sinc sin chr reap Aah ead ae poe hae 116 Setting Monitoring Preferences eese 118 Status Alert WANdOW s op aede Redde DOT bene eet ome 120 Job Management function iati obe Rhea 120 SLOP PING MOMOMNG soo caro e ro tecu eee ks aed ds bes 125 Monitored Printers settings 0 0 e ee eee eee 125 Setting Up the USB Connection 0 0 0 0 126 Cancelng PEIUS sos oan ot are aay S apod q bare oe Hane De 128 Uninstalling the Printer Software 00 00006 129 Uninstalling the printer driver 004 129 Uninstall the USB device driver 45 sie v ERR 131 Sharing the Printer on a Network 00 00 0086 133 Satie Ie PHN s estenescod nda oes sevo mere iia ae 133 Setting up your printer as a shared printer 134 Using an additionaldrivers cused reo
230. our paper is too rough type of paper for your printer printed characters may appear distorted or broken EPSON special paper or smooth high quality copier paper is recommended for best results See Available paper types on page 403 for information on choosing paper The paper path inside the printer Turn off the printer Clean internal printer may be dusty components by printing three pages with only one character per page White dots appear in the printout The paper path inside the printer Turn off the printer Clean internal printer may be dusty components by printing three pages with only one character per page Inside of knob a and knob b is Clean knob a and knob b See dirty Cleaning the Printer on page 335 for instructions There may be a problem with the Replace the photoconductor unit See photoconductor unit Photoconductor Unit on page 319 Troubleshooting 377 Print quality or fone is uneven Your paper may be moist or damp Do not store paper in a humid or damp environment There may be no toner left in the If the message on the LCD panel or in toner cartridge EPSON Status Monitor 3 indicates that the amount of toner is low replace the toner cartridge See Toner Cartridge on page 315 There may be a problem with the Replace the photoconductor unit See photoconductor unit Photoconductor Unit on page 319 The Hishiand setting may not be set select i as the Highland setting w
231. ous users If your printer model is not automatically selected in the Printer Model list you need to reinstall the PostScript printer driver See Installing the PostScript printer driver on page 214 Click Add Note for IP Printing users USB or Rendezvous users Select your printer from the Printer list then select Show Info from the Printers menu The Printer Info dialog box appears Select Installable Options from the pop up list then make the necessary settings Confirm that your printer s name is added to the Printer List Then quit Printer Setup Utility for Mac OS X 10 3 or Print Center for Mac OS X 10 2 For Mac OS 9 users Follow the steps below to select the printer 1 zs Select Chooser from the Apple menu Make sure that AppleTalk is active Click the AdobePS icon and select the network to be used in the AppleTalk Zone box Your printer appears in the Select a PostScript Printer box Using the PostScript Printer Driver 219 Note By default the six digit MAC address is displayed after the printer name if the printer is connected through an optional network card Refer to your network card manual for details 4 Click your printer The Create button appears Note If your computer is connected to more than one AppleTalk zone click the AppleTalk zone your printer is connected to in the AppleTalk Zones list 5 Click Create Accessing the PostScript printer driver To control your printer an
232. out is acceptable required quality level because of If not add more memory for a permanent insufficient memory and the printer solution or lower print quality temporarily lowers the quality automatically so in the printer driver that the printer can continue printing Insufficient memory for current task The printer has insufficient memory Add more memory for a permanent for current task solution or lower print quality temporarily in the printer driver Insufficient memory fo print all copies The printer does not have sufficient Only one set of copies will be printed memory to collate print jobs Reduce the contents of print jobs or add more memory For information on installing more memory see Memory Module on page 303 Paper Handling Problems Paper does not feed properly 382 Troubleshooting The paper guides are not set Make sure that the paper guides in all the correctly paper cassettes are set in the correct paper size positions The paper source setting may not Make sure that you have selected the be correct correct paper source in your application There may be no paper in the Load paper into the selected paper cassettes SOUrce The size of loaded paper differs from Make sure that the correct oo size is the control panel setting set inthe CONTO panel s Source and e settings Too many sheets may be loaded in Make sure that you have not tried to load the MP tray or paper cassettes too many
233. ows Me or 98 see With Windows Me or 98 on page 143 For Windows XP or 2000 see With Windows XP or 2000 on page 145 For Windows NT 4 0 see With Windows NT 4 0 on page 149 Note When sharing the printer be sure to set EPSON Status Monitor 3 so that the shared printer can be monitored on the print server See Setting Monitoring Preferences on page 118 When you are using shared printer in a Windows Me or 98 environment on the server double click the Network icon in Control panel and make sure that the File and printer sharing for Microsoft Networks component is installed then on the seroer and clients make sure that the IPX SP X compatible Protocol or the TCP IP Protocol is installed The print server and clients should be set on the same network system and they should be under the same network management beforehand The screen may vary depending on your operating system version Setting up your printer as a shared printer 134 When the print server s OS is Windows Me or 98 follow the steps below to set the print server 1 Click Start point to Settings then click Control Panel Using the Printer Software with Windows Double click the Network icon Click File and Print Sharing on the Configuration menu Select the want to be able to allow others to print to my printer s check box then click OK Click OK to apply the settings Note Q When Insert the Disk appears insert th
234. paper size the paper type and the approximate amount of paper remaining in the paper source Information for the optional paper cassette is displayed only if this option is installed Order Online button Clicking this button enables you to order consumables online See Order Online on page 116 for details Waste toner The icon flashes when remaining collector functional life of the waste toner collector is low or an error has occurred Photoconductor Indicates the remaining functional life of Unit the photoconductor unit The green level meter indicates the remaining life of the photoconductor unit that is set The level meter color turns to red when the life is low h Indicates the amount of remaining toner The toner icon flashes if the toner is low Note The example shown above is for the Color mode When the printer is in the B W mode one black toner cartridge is displayed When the printer is in the 4 x B W mode four black toner cartridges are displayed Using the Printer Software with Windows 115 Order Online To order consumables online click the Order Online button on the EPSON Status Monitor 3 dialog box The Order Online dialog box appears Note The Order Online dialog box also appears by clicking the Order Online button on the Basic Settings tab in the printer driver Order Online This window appears automatically when one or more consumables for EPSON AL C2600 Advanced Copy 2 are low The
235. pear on the LCD panel 5 After three black toner cartridges are installed the printer automatically changes to the 4 x B W mode 4 x B W mode to B W mode Follow the steps below to switch from the 4 x B W mode to B W mode 1 Make sure the LCD panel displaysEeads or leer then press the Enter button to access the control ndm menus 2 Pressthe WV Down button repeatedly until i ontfis Menu appears on the LCD panel then press the T Enter buon 3 Press the Y Down button repeatedly until Charise Mode Bei is displayed then press the Enter button 4 When the LCD panel displays Remove Toner remove the currently installed black toner cartridge See Replacing a toner cartridge on page 316 for instructions on how to remove a toner cartridge 5 Afterthree of the black toner cartridges are removed from the printer the printer automatically changes to the B W mode 4 x B W mode to color mode Follow the steps below to switch from the 4x B W mode to Color mode Using the Control Panel 287 1 Make sure the LCD panel displaysReads or leer then press the f Enter button to access the control uncia menus 2 Pressthe Y Down button repeatedly until ii nfis Henu appears on the LCD panel then press the JE Enter bien 3 Pressthe V Down button repeatedly until Charise Mode Color is displayed then press the Enter button 4 When the LCD panel displays CF Toner to xx remove the currently installed black toner r cartridg
236. per sizes are automatically detected 2 Custom size paper 98 x 148 minimum 216 x 297 maximum 3 Available only when the optional Duplex Unit is installed Page Size Specifies the paper size Wide A4 Selecting ir decreases the left and right margins from 4 mm to 3 4 mm Orientation Specifies whether the page is printed in portrait or landscape orientation Resolution Using the Control Panel 231 232 Specifies the printing resolution RITech Turning RITech on produces smoother and crisper lines text and graphics Toner Save When this setting is selected in the B W and 4 x B W modes the printer saves toner by substituting a gray shade for the black inside of characters The characters are outlined in full black on the right and lower edges When this setting is selected in the Color mode the printer saves toner by using half the normal amount of toner Image Optimum When this mode is on the quality of graphics is reduced It reduces the amount of graphics data when the data reaches the memory limit allowing complex documents to be printed Top Offset Makes fine adjustments to the vertical printing position of the page Caution Make sure that the printed image does not extend beyond the edge of the paper Otherwise you may damage the printer Left Offset Makes fine adjustments to the horizontal printing position of the page This is useful for fine adjustments Using the Control Panel Cautio
237. pewseingsab M NE i U Photoconductor Copies fi Colate in Printer Onder Orire Default OK Cancel Be Help Note This screen may vary depending on your operating system version 3 Select the most appropriate setting from the list according to the type of document or image you want to print 70 Using the Printer Software with Windows When you choose a predefined setting other settings such as Printing Mode Resolution Screen and Color Management are set automatically Changes are shown in the current settings list on the Setting Information dialog box that appears by pressing the Setting Info button on the Optional Settings menu This printer driver provides the following predefined settings Draft Suitable for printing inexpensive drafts Text Suitable for printing documents that include mainly text Text amp Image Suitable for printing documents that include text and images Photo Suitable for printing photos Web Suitable for printing web screens that include many icons symbols and colored text This setting is effective for screens that include full color 24 or 36 bit images It is not effective for screens that include only illustrations graphs and text and do not include any images Text Graph Suitable for printing documents that include text and graphs such as presentation documents Graphic CAD Using the Printer Software with Windows 71 72 Suitable for printing
238. photoconductor unit Follow the steps below to replace the photoconductor unit the waste toner collector and the filter 1 Open cover D MI IJ LLL 320 Replacing Consumable Products 2 Remove the filter from the printer 3 Take the new filter out of its package Insert the new filter to the printer 4 Remove the waste toner collector Ea ee Sar Replacing Consumable Products 321 5 Take the cap off and cover the hole for the waste toner collector with it Note If you need to set the waste toner collector down place it on a flat surface with the capped side facing up to prevent the toner content from spilling out 6 Turn the blue knob on the front of the photoconductor as shown below LY IJ MM 322 Replacing Consumable Products 7 Hold the handle of the photoconductor unit and pull it toward you to remove the photoconductor unit form the printer 8 Take the new photoconductor unit out of its package and remove the protective cover ul Caution Do not touch the belt on the top of the unit or the ereen photo conductor area Otherwise the print quality may decrease Replacing Consumable Products 323 9 Holdthephotoconductor unit by its handle and insert the unit into the printer MM Wii LLL 324 Replacing Consumable Products 11 Hold the cleaning knob a and mo
239. print the remaining copies or delete this data using the printer s control panel See Using the Quick Print Job Menu on page 278 for instructions Using the Printer Software with Macintosh 179 Stored Job 180 The Stored Job option is useful for storing documents you print on a regular basis such as invoices The stored data remains on the Hard Disk Drive even if you turn off the printer or reset it using the Reset All function Follow the steps below to store print data using the Stored Job option For Mac OS X users 1 Open the Print dialog box and select Printer Settings from the drop down list then click the Basic Settings tab 2 Click the Reserve Job button The Reserve Job dialog box appears 3 Select the Reserve Job On check box then select Stored Job 4 Enter a username and job name in the corresponding text box 5 Click OK The printer prints your document then stores the print job data on the Hard Disk Drive For Mac OS 9 users 1 Make printer driver settings as appropriate for your document open the Basic Settings menu then click the amp Reserve Jobs icon The Reserve Jobs Settings dialog box appears Using the Printer Software with Macintosh 2 Select the Reserve Job On check box then select Stored Job Hi Reserve Job On Quick Print lob User Marne O Verify Job amp Stored Job Job Mama C Confidential Job Pl Password 1 4 Create a thumbnail ki Cx 3 Ente
240. r Click Yes for Windows 2000 or Continue Anyway for Windows XP or Server 2003 and continue installing 7 When installing in Windows XP 2000 or Server 2003 click Close When installing in Windows NT 4 0 the property window closes automatically Note Confirm the following items when sharing the printer _1 Be sure to set EPSON Status Monitor 3 so that the shared printer can be monitored on the print server See Setting Monitoring Preferences on page 118 LI Set the security for the shared printer access right for clients Clients cannot use the shared printer without right For details see Windows help You need to set the client computers so that they can use the printer on a network See the following pages for details J With Windows Me or 98 on page 143 J With Windows XP or 2000 on page 145 I With Windows NT 4 0 on page 149 Setting up clients This section describes how to install the printer driver by accessing the shared printer on a network 142 Using the Printer Software with Windows Note To share the printer on a Windows network you need to set the print server For details see Setting up your printer as a shared printer on page 134 Windows Me or 98 or Using an additional driver on page 136 Windows XP 2000 NT 4 0 or Server 2003 This section describes how to access the shared printer on a standard network system using the server Microsoft workgroup If you cannot ac
241. r Settings Version Indo Reserve Jobs Settings Consumables Info Settings Using the Printer Software with Windows 113 Getting printer status details You can monitor printer status and obtain information on consumable products using the EPSON Status Monitor 3 dialog box a g Ready ij b Ready to print H d M e Consumables Job Ringe f Paper 3 Toner MP Tray as h A4 Plain les Black Lowe Cassette ls Cyan 4 Plain led Magenta Lowe Casselle a l Yelow k 7__ Photoconductos Unit e Waele toner collectio i Note This screen may vary depending on your operating system version Icon Message The icon and message show the printer status Printer image The image at the upper left shows the printer status graphically C Text box The text box next to the printer image displays the current status of the printer When a problem occurs the most probable solution is displayed 114 Using the Printer Software with Windows Close button Clicking this button closes the dialog box Consumables Displays information for the paper trays and consumables f Job Information Displays information for the print jobs The Job Information menu is displayed when the Show job information check box on the Monitoring Preferences dialog box is on See Using the Job Information menu on page 122 for details Displays the
242. r a user name and job name in the corresponding text boxes Note If you want to create a thumbnail of the first page of a job select the Create a thumbnail check box Thumbnails can be accessed by entering http followed by the internal print server s IP address in a Web browser 4 Click OK The printer stores the print data on the Hard Disk Drive To print or delete this data using the printer s control panel see Using the Quick Print Job Menu on page 278 Confidential Job The Confidential Job option allows you to apply passwords to print jobs stored on the Hard Disk Drive Using the Printer Software with Macintosh 181 182 Follow the steps below to store print data using the Confidential Job option For Mac OS X users jm Open the Print dialog box and select Printer Settings from the drop down list then click the Basic Settings tab Click the Reserve Job button The Reserve Job dialog box appears Select the Reserve Job On check box then select Confidential Job Enter a user name and job name in the corresponding text box Set the password for the job by entering a four digit number in the password dialog box Note d Password must be four digits Q Only numbers from 1 through 4 can be used for password _1 Keep password in a safe place You must enter the correct password when printing a Confidential Job Click OK The printer prints your document then stores the print job data on the H
243. r is checking the RAM Ready The printer is ready to receive data and print Remove Toner Using the Control Panel 273 274 This message appears when the printer switches to the B W mode See Switching the Printing Mode on page 283 to find how to switch the mode Replace Fuser The fuser has reached the end of its service life Turn the printer off then replace the fuser unit with a new one See Fuser Unit on page 326 for instructions Replace Photoconductor The photoconductor has reached the end of its service life Turn off the printer then replace the photoconductor unit with a new one See Photoconductor Unit on page 319 for instructions The error clears automatically after you replace the unit then close all printer covers The photoconductor service life counter is reset automatically When the error light is blinking you can continue printing by pressing the O Start Stop button However the print quality is not guaranteed from then on Replace Toner uuuu The indicated toner cartridges are out of toner and need to be replaced The letters C M Y or K appear in place of uuiu and indicate the colors Cyan Magenta Yellow and Black respectively See Toner Cartridge on page 315 for instructions Replace Waste T Box The waste toner collector is full of toner Replace it with a new waste toner collector See Waste Toner Collector on page 331 for instructions Using the Control Panel Reserve
244. r remaining in the paper source Information for the optional paper cassettes are displayed only if this option is installed Using the Printer Software with Macintosh 187 Setting Monitoring Preferences To make specific monitoring settings select Monitor Setup from the File menu The Monitor Setup dialog box appears Monitor Setup Printer AL CXXXX XXXXXX Hd Select Notification A Screen Notifi v Not Ready On ral Communication Error On a 1 Taner Low Off Other Warnings Off 7 f Default b f Job Management C Show job information Notify when printing completed i Save Cancel OK e c E The following settings and buttons appear in the dialog box Select Notification Use the check boxes in this area to select the types of error that you wish to be notified about To select the notification item to be displayed select the corresponding check box in Event The current status of the notification item is displayed as On or Off in Screen Notification Default button Restores default settings OK button saves new changes and closes the dialog box Cancel button Cancels any changes 188 Using the Printer Software with Macintosh save button Saves new changes Note This function is only available with Mac OS X Job Management select the Show job information check boxto display the Job Information menu in the EPSON Status Monitor 3 window When th
245. reful not to touch the fuser which is marked CAUTION HICH TEMPERATURE or the surrounding areas If the printer has been in use the fuser and the surrounding areas may be very hot If you must touch one of these areas open cover A and B then wait 30 minutes to allow the heat to subside before doing so 60 Paper Handling _1 Load envelopes with the short edge first as shown below J Do not use an envelope that has glue or tape on it Caution Make sure that the minimum size of envelopes meets the following size requirements Height 162 mm Width 98 43 mm 1 1 98 43 mm 2 162 mm _1 When printing envelopes the printing speed is extremely slow Paper Handling 61 Labels 62 You can load up to 16 5 mm thick stack of labels into the MP tray at a time However you may need to feed some labels one sheet at a time or load them manually Note Q Duplex printing is not available for labels Q Depending on the quality of labels the printing environment or the printing procedure labels might be wrinkled Make a trial print run before you print on a lot of labels When loading labels you should make paper settings as shown below J Make settings on the Basic Settings in the printer driver Paper Size A4 or LT Paper Source MP Tray up to 50 sheets Paper Type Labels QJ You can also make these settings on the Tras Meri in the control panel See Tray Menu on page 229 Note Q Yo
246. responding multiple locations are displayed Jam A Paper is jammed at cover A For instructions on how to remove jammed paper at cover A see Jam A cover A on page 346 Jam A B Paper is jammed at cover B For instructions on how to remove jammed paper at cover B see Jam A B cover A and B on page 349 Jam MP A Paper is jammed at the MP tray For instructions on how to remove jammed paper at the MP tray see Jam MP A MP tray and cover A on page 356 Using the Control Panel 271 272 Jam A Cl Paper is jammed at the standard lower paper cassette For instructions on clearing this type of paper jam see Jam A C1 cover A and standard lower paper cassette on page 359 Paper is jammed at the optional paper cassette For instructions on clearing this type of paper jam see Jam A E C2 cover A E and optional paper cassette on page 364 Paper Out tttt sssss There is no paper in the specified paper source t ttt Load paper of the size 22222 into the paper source Paper Set tttt sssss The paper loaded in the specified paper source tttt does not match the required paper size 2222 Replace the loaded paper with the correct size paper and press the O Start Stop button to resume printing or press the t Cancel Job button to cancel the print job If you press the O Start Stop button without replacing the paper the printer will print on the loaded paper even though it does not match the required size
247. rinter The printer lets you know when replacements are needed Product name Product code 5K high capacity toner cartridge Yellow 0226 5K high capacity toner cartridge Magenta 0227 5K high capacity toner cartridge Cyan 0228 5K high capacity toner cartridge Black 0229 2K standard capacity toner cartridge Yellow 0230 Getting to Know Your Printer 31 32 2K standard capacity toner cartridge Magenta 2K standard capacity toner cartridge Cyan Photoconductor unit Fuser unit 120 110 120V Fuser unit 220 220 240V Waste toner collector 023 0232 1107 3019 3018 0223 Getting to Know Your Printer Chapter 2 Printer Features and Various Printing Options Printer Features The printer comes with a full set of features that contributes to ease of use and consistent high quality output The main features are described below High quality printing When using the driver provided your printer does 2400RIT printing at a speed of up to 30 pages per minute when printing on A4 paper in monochrome mode You ll appreciate the professional print quality produced by your printer and its quick processing speed Epson AcuLaser Resolution Improvement Technology Pre defined color settings in the printer driver The printer driver offers many pre defined settings for printing allowing you to optimize print quality for various types of color documents For Windows see Making the print qua
248. rinter has a print job when switching the interface the printer prints the print job Paper Source Specifies whether paper feeds into the printer from the MP tray or the optional paper cassette unit If you select Fita paper feeds from the paper source containing paper that Boe your Paper Size setting It an ee size C3 Ce Ci8 DL HOH or IES 1s selected as the Fa iius d paper r always fe feeds from the MP tray If you selecti Thick orTrr as the F amp setting paper always feeds from the MP d MP Mode This setting determines whether the MP tray has the highest or lowest priority when Auto is selected as the Paper Source setting in the printer driver When Ha rial is selected as the MP Mode the MP tray has the highest priority as the paper source If you select i 3z t the MP tray has the lowest priority Manual Feed Allows you to select the manual feed mode for the MP tray Copies Designates the number of copies to be printed from 1 through 999 Duplex Using the Control Panel 235 236 Turns duplex printing on or off Binding Specifies the binding direction of the printout Start Page Specifies whether printing starts from the front or back of the page Paper Type Specifies the type of paper to be used for printing The printer adjusts the printing sec cee to iL uud The printing speed is reduced when Thick or rriz is selected Page Side Select Front when printing on the front of thick paper Thi
249. ript printers Seventeen scalable fonts are included IES Intelligent Emulation Switch and SPL Shared Printer Language support allow the printer to switch between the PostScript mode and other emulations as print data is received at the printer P5C Emulation Mode The P5C Emulation mode provides you with the ability to print documents in the PCL5c printing language with this printer Installing this optional memory modules into your printer this printer driver allows your computer to control the P5C printer Various Printing Options This printer provides you with a variety of different printing options You can printin various formats or can print using many different types of paper The following explains the procedure for each type of printing Choose the appropriate one for your printing Double sided printing Duplex Unit on page 293 Duplex printing on page 93 Windows Printer Features and Various Printing Options 35 Duplex printing on page 170 Macintosh Lets you print on both sides of the paper Note You need an optional Duplex Unit installed on your printer in order to automatically print on both sides of the paper Fit fo page printing Resizing printouts on page 75 Windows Resizing printouts on page 162 Macintosh 36 Printer Features and Various Printing Options Note This function is not available with Mac OS X Lets you automatically enlarge or reduce the size of your document
250. rmark Settings Watermark Confidential New Delete Color Bed Edit Text Intensity Light W Dark l I i I Rotate by mouse Angle degrees Print on First Page only 4 Bj Print Layout Print Layout Settings 2 Select Pages ta Print All Pages in Range Duplex Duplex 5ettings ne O odd Pages Binding s Left Top Right C Even Pages O Print the Frame 3 Select the number of pages you want to print on one sheet of paper EPSON 1 00 Print Layout Settings Pages i 2Pages 3 4Pages Page Order amp Left to Right Right to Left i Top to Bottom 164 Using the Printer Software with Macintosh 4 Select the page order in which the pages are printed on each sheet Note Page Order choices depend on Pages selected above and Orientation 5 Click OK to apply the settings and return to the Layout dialog box 6 Select the Print the Frame check box on the Layout dialog box when you want to print the pages surrounded by a frame 7 Click OK to apply the settings Using a watermark Follow the steps below to use a watermark on your document In the Layout dialog box you can select from a list of predefined watermarks or you can select a bitmap PICT file or text file as your own custom watermark The Layout dialog box also allows you to make a variety of detailed watermark settings For example you can select the size intensity and position of your watermark Note This function is not available
251. rom the pop up list Note for Appletalk users Make sure to select AppleTalk Do not select EPSON AppleTalk because it cannot be used with the PostScript 3 printer driver Note for IP Printing users L Make sure to select IP Printing Do not select EPSON TCP IP because it cannot be used with the PostScript 3 printer driver LJ After selecting P Printing enter the IP address for the printer then make sure to select the Use default queue on server check box Note for USB users Make sure to select USB Do not select EPSON USB because it cannot be used with the PostScript 3 printer driver 4 Follow the instructions as appropriate below to select your printer AppleTalk Select your printer from the Name List then select Auto select from the Printer Model List IP Printing Select Epson from the Name List then select your printer from the Printer Model List USB Select your printer from the Name List then select your printer from the Printer Model List 218 Using the PostScript Printer Driver Note for Mac OS X 10 3 users If ESC Page driver is not installed your printer model is automatically selected in the Printer Model List when you select your printer from the Name List while the printer is on Rendezvous Select your printer the printer name is followed by PostScript from the Name List Your printer model is automatically selected in the Printer Model List Note for USB for Mac OS X 10 2 or Rendezv
252. rt point to Settings and then click Printers For Windows XP or Server 2003 click Start point to Control Panel and then double click the Printers and Faxes icon 4 Right click the EPSON AL C2600 Advanced or EPSON AL 2600 Advanced icon and then click Properties 5 Click the Optional Settings tab 6 Click Register The Register to HDD dialog box appears Using the Printer Software with Windows 89 7 Select the form name from the Form Names list and then click Register Register to HDD 1 Fom Overlay Details Faper Size Aa 210 x 237 mm Dnentahar Potrat Update 2004 1717 Color Coke Resolution 3i dpi Print blode High Quality Zoom Rabe 100 DutpurPaper A4 210 x 237 mm Paint Layout nip reqitrables names appear Select All 2 Paint List Back Note Only form names that can be registered appear on the Form Name list 8 If you plan to distribute the form list to the clients click Print List to print the list 9 Click Back to close the Register to HDD dialog box 10 Click OK to close the window Printing with HDD form overlay All Windows users can use the registered form data on the optional Hard Disk Drive Follow the steps below to print with HDD form data 1 Click the Advanced Layout tab 2 Select the Form Overlay check box and click Overlay settings The Overlay Settings dialog box appears 90 Using the Printer Software with Windows 3 Select No Form name in the Form drop down list and cli
253. s 2 Select the Watermark Settings check box then click New Delete The Custom Watermark dialog box appears omis 8 O Fitto Page Output Paper A Location UpperLeft Center ha Watermark Settings Watermark Confidential New Delete Color Red s Edit Text Intensity Light T E Dark Rotate hy mouse Angle degrees n amp On FIrSE Page on O Print on First P ly O Print Layout Print Layout Settings Select Pages to Print amp All Pages in Range Duplex Duplex Settings x C Odd Pages Binding si Left Top Right i C3 Even Pages O Print the Frame 3 Click Add Text on the Custom Watermark dialog box i XXXXXX 1 00 e save List Name 1 Edit Text Delete Using the Printer Software with Macintosh 167 4 Type the watermark text in the Text box select the Font and Style then click OK on the Text Watermark dialog box AL CHXKK 1 00 2 Charcoal F 1 Plain O Outline O Bold O Shadow L Italic O Condense O Underline O Extend O Frame O Circle 5 Type the file name in the Name box then click Save EPSON XXXXXX 1 00 2 List Cancel im Add PICT Delete Note Ld To edit the saved text watermark select it from the List box then click Edit Text After editing be sure to click OK to close the dialog box Ld To remove the saved text watermark select it from the List box then click Delete After removing it be sure to click Save to close the dialog box
254. s NSA SN X A 7 oN 318 Replacing Consumable Products 9 Close cover D Ulli JIL Photoconductor Unit Handling precautions Always observe the following handling precautions when replacing the consumable products AJ The photoconductor unit weighs 1 3 kg 2 9 Ib Be sure to hold it firmly by the handle when carrying it J When replacing the photoconductor unit avoid exposing it to room light any longer than three minutes L Be careful not to scratch the surface of the drum Also avoid touching the drum since oil from your skin may permanently damage its surface and affect print quality QJ To get the best print quality do not store the photoconductor unit in an area subject to direct sunlight dust salty air or corrosive gases such as ammonia Avoid locations subject to extreme or rapid changes in temperature or humidity Replacing Consumable Products 319 L When storing the photoconductor unit make sure to attach the protective cover to the photoconductor unit and put it in the sealed blackout package and the box in which the photoconductor unit was sold and store it ina safe level place I Do not tilt the photoconductor unit W Warning Ld Do not dispose of the used consumable products in fire as it may explode and cause injury Dispose of it according to local regulations L Keep the consumable products out of the reach of children Replacing the
255. s Parallel interface Use the IEEE 1284 I compliant parallel interface connector ECP mode Nibble mode USB interface USB 2 0 High Speed mode Technical Specifications 411 Note Q Only computers equipped with a USB connector and running Mac OS 9 x or X and Windows XP Me 98 2000 or Server 2003 support the USB interface Q Your computer must support USB 2 0 in order to use USB 2 0 as the interface to connect your computer to the printer Q Since USB 2 0 is fully compatible with USB 1 1 USB 1 1 can be used as an interface Q USB 2 0 can be used with Windows XP 2000 and Server 2003 operating systems If your operating system is Windows Me or 96 use a USB 1 1 interface Ethernet interface You can use an IEEE 802 3 100BASE TX 10 BASE T straight through shielded twisted pair interface cable with an RJ45 connector Note Ethernet Interface may not be available depending on the printer model 412 Technical Specifications Options and Consumable Products Optional paper cassette unit Product code C12C80221 Paper weight 64 to 90 g m 17 to 24 Ib Paper feed One paper cassettes mounted Automatic feed delivery system Cassette capacity up to 500 sheets Paper types Plain paper EPSON Color Laser Paper Power supply 5 V 0 3 A and 24 V 0 35 A supplied by the printer Dimensions and weight 140 mm 5 5 in 408 mm 16 1 in 482 mm 19 0 in 5 1 kg 11 2 Ib including all cassettes This prod
256. s you will need the indicated amount of additional space The optional paper cassette unit adds 115 mm 4 5 in to the bottom of the printer In addition to space considerations always heed the following precautions when finding a place to locate the printer Cleaning and Transporting the Printer 343 344 _I Place the printer where you can easily unplug the power cord L Keep the entire computer and printer system away from potential sources of interference such as loudspeakers or the base units of cordless telephones _I Avoid using an electrical outlet that is controlled by wall switches or automatic timers Accidental disruption of power can erase valuable information in your computer s and printer s memory ul Caution L Leave adequate room around the printer to allow for sufficient ventilation Q Avoid locations that are subject to direct sunlight excessive heat moisture or dust Q Avoid using outlets that other appliances are plugged into Q Usea grounded outlet that matches the printer s power plug Do not use an adapter plug Q Only use an outlet that meets the power requirements for this printer Cleaning and Transporting the Printer Chapter 11 Troubleshooting Clearing Jammed Paper If paper becomes jammed in the printer the printer s LCD panel and EPSON Status Monitor 3 provide alert messages Precautions for clearing jammed paper Be sure to observe the following points when you clear ja
257. s 425 Note If there is an error in the bar code character string such as inappropriate data the bar code will be printed as it appears on the screen but it cannot be read by a bar code reader Notes on inputting and formatting bar codes 426 Please note the following when inputting and formatting bar code characters Do not apply shading or special character formatting such as bold italic or underline Print bar codes in black and white only When rotating characters only specify rotation angles of 90 180 and 270 Turn off all automatic character and word spacing settings in your application Do not use features in your application that enlarge or reduce the size of characters in only the vertical or horizontal direction Turn off your application s auto correct features for spelling grammar spacing etc To more easily distinguish bar codes from other text in your document set your application to show text symbols such as paragraph marks tabs etc Because special characters such as Start bar and Stop bar are added when an EPSON BarCode Font is selected the resulting bar code may have more characters than were originally input Information about Fonts L For best results use only the font sizes recommended in BarCode Font specifications on page 427 for the EPSON BarCode Font you are using Bar codes in other sizes may not be readable with all bar code readers Note Depending on
258. s original box For short distances Always pay attention to the following handling precautions when you need to move the printer for short distances If you are moving the printer on its own two people should lift and carry the printer Follow the steps below to move the printer for short distances 1 Turn off the printer and remove the following items d E d d d Power cord Interface cable Loaded Paper Toner Cartridge Photoconductor unit Cleaning and Transporting the Printer 341 Q Installed options ul Caution Before handling the photoconductor unit be sure to confirm the handling precautions See Handling precautions on page 319 for instructions 2 Besureto lift the printer by the correct positions as shown below u 7 Ss Z zu 44 i k E zum dS SSS aS SS N N CR Do not lift the printer by these areas 3 When moving the printer always keep it horizontal 342 Cleaning and Transporting the Printer Finding a place for the printer When relocating the printer always choose a location that has adequate space for easy operation and maintenance Use the following illustration as a guide for the amount of space required around the printer to ensure smooth operation Dimensions shown in the illustrations below are in centimeters 1 1 1 1 1 1 t 1 1 Ug gg LY MM S To install and use any of the following option
259. sheets of paper For the maximum paper capacity for each paper source see MP tray on page 42 Standard lower paper cassette on page 42 or Optional paper cassette unit on page 43 If paper does not feed from the For instructions on installing the unit see optional paper cassette unit the Optional Paper Cassette Unit on page unit may not be installed properly 289 Problems Using Options To confirm your options are installed correctly print a status sheet See Printing a Status Sheet on page 281 for details The message Invalid AUX IF Card appears on the LCD panel The printer cannot read the Turn off the computer then remove the installed optional interface card card Make sure the interface card is of a supported model Troubleshooting 383 Paper does not feed from the optional paper cassette The optional paper cassette may see Optional Paper Cassette Unit on not be installed properly page 289 for instructions on installing an optional paper cassette unit The paper source setting may not Make sure you have selected the proper be correct paper source in your application There may be no paper in the paper Load paper into the selected paper cassette SOUICe Too many sheets may be loaded in Make sure that you have not tried to load the paper cassette in with too many sheets of paper For the maximum paper capacity for the paper casette see Optional paper cassette unit on page 43 The paper
260. sing the Printer Software with Macintosh 155 2 Click Automatic on Print Quality then choose desired printing resolution from Fast or Fine with the slider bar Note If printing is unsuccessful or a memory related error message appears selecting a lower resolution may allow printing to proceed Using the predefined settings The predefined settings are provided to help you optimize print settings for a particular kind of printout such as presentation documents or images taken by a video or digital camera Follow the steps below to use the predefined settings For Mac OS X users 1 Open the Print dialog box 2 Select Printer Settings from the drop down list and select the Basic settings tab 156 Using the Printer Software with Macintosh 3 Select Advanced You will find the predefined settings in the list on the right of Automatic Printer AL CXXXX Presets Standard sj is Printer Settings HA Basic Settings Extended Settings Utility Paper Source Auto Selection re Mi Manual Feed Paper Type Unspecified Hn Each Page Output Tray Face down Tray 4 1 m Color ra Print Quality O Automatic ETa Graphic CAD Photo 2 Colorsyne Binding v Let Automatic High Quality Advanced Text Graph ReserveJob jJ Advanced Graphic CAD Advanced Photo P Preview P f Save As PDF d Cancel Print 4 Select the most appropriate setting from the list according to the type of do
261. size is not set correctly Make sure that the correct paper size is selected in the Tray Menu on the control panel Feed jam when using the optional paper cassette Cause What to do The paper is jammed at the see Clearing Jammed Paper on page optional paper cassette 345 to clear jammed paper An installed option cannot be used 384 Troubleshooting The installed option is not defined in For Windows users the printer driver You have to make settings manually in the printer driver See Making Optional settings on page 98 For Macintosh users When you have attached or removed printer options you need to delete the printer using Print Setup Utility for Mac OS X 10 3 Print Center for Mac OS X 10 2 or below or Chooser for Mac OS 9 and then re register the printer Correcting USB Problems If you are having difficulty using printer with a USB connection see if your problem is listed below and take any recommended actions USB connections USB cables or connections can sometimes be the source of USB problems Try one or both of these solution _I For best results you should connect the printer directly to the computer s USB port If you must use multiple USB hubs we recommend that you connect the printer to the first tier hub Troubleshooting 385 Windows operating system Your computer must be a model pre installed with Windows XP Me 98 2000 or Server 2003 a model that was pre installe
262. t as some components are sharp and may cause injury Avoid touching the components inside the printer unless instructed to do so in this guide Never force the printer s components into place Although the printer is designed to be sturdy rough handling can damage it When handling a toner cartridge always place it on a clean smooth surface Safety Instructions 5 6 Do not attempt to modify a toner cartridge or take it apart They cannot be refilled Do not touch the toner Keep the toner away from your eyes Do not dispose of used toner cartridge photoconductor units fuser units or waste toner collector in fire as they can explode and cause injury Dispose of them according to local regulations If toner is spilled use a broom and dustpan or a damp cloth with soap and water to clean it up Because the fine particles can cause a fire or explosion if they come into contact with a spark do not use a vacuum cleaner Wait at least one hour before using a toner cartridge after moving it from a cool to a warm environment to prevent damage from condensation When removing the photoconductor unit avoid exposing it to room light for more than five minutes The unit contains a green colored light sensitive drum Exposure to light can damage the drum causing dark or light areas to appear on the printed page and reducing the service life of the drum If you need to keep the unit out of the printer for long periods cover it
263. t data is too large For Windows users only Printing cannot be performed using the network interface If the file is created in an application that allows you to change the data format or encoding such as Photoshop make sure that the setting in the application matches that in the printer driver If the network connection is something other than AppleTalk make sure that the Data Format setting is set to ASCII data or Tagged binary communications protocol Windows or set to ASCII Macintosh When AppleTalk is active and Job Management ON is selected the printer does not print normally Make sure to clear the Job Management On check box on the Job Settings sheet of the printer s Properties Make sure that both the Send CTRL D Before Each Job and Send CTRL D After Each Job settings are set to No Click Advanced on the PostScript sheet of the printer s Properties then change the Data Format setting from ASCII data default to Tagged binary communications protocol Click Advanced on the PostScript sheet of the printer s Properties then change the Data Format setting from ASCII data default to Tagged binary communications protocol Troubleshooting 399 An undefined error occurs Macintosh only The version of the Mac OS that This printer s driver can only be used on you are using is unsupported Macintosh computers running Mac OS 9 version 9 1 or later and Mac OS X version 10 2 4 or later Insuffic
264. t is connected to the shared printer To make sure of the name of the shared printer ask the administrator of the network 6 Click Next Note I Ifthe printer driver is installed in the client beforehand you need to select the new printer driver or the current printer driver When the prompt to select the printer driver appears select the printer driver according to the message Q If the print server s OS is Windows Me or 98 or the additional driver for Windows Me or 98 is installed in the Windows XP 2000 NT 4 0 or Server 2003 print server go to the next step Q Ifthe additional driver for Windows Me or 98 is not installed in the Windows XP 2000 NT 4 0 or Server 2003 print server goto Installing the printer driver from the CD ROM on page 151 144 Using the Printer Software with Windows 7 Make sure of the name of the shared printer then select whether to use the printer as the default printer or not Click Next then follow the on screen instructions Note You can change the shared printer s name so that it appears only on the client computer With Windows XP or 2000 Follow the steps below to set Windows XP or 2000 clients You can install the printer driver for the shared printer if you have Power Users or more powerful access rights even if you are not the Administrator If the print server s OS is Windows NT 4 0 confirm the following items J Ina Windows NT 4 0 print server the additional driver for
265. t results from your printer The printer driver also includes EPSON Status Monitor 3 which is accessed through the Optional Settings menu EPSON Status Monitor 3 lets you check the status of your printer See Monitoring Your Printer Using EPSON Status Monitor 3 on page 108 for more information Accessing the printer driver You can access the printer driver directly from any application programs from your Windows operating system The printer settings made from many Windows applications override the setting made when the printer driver is accessed from the operating system so you should access the printer driver from your application to make sure that you get the result you want From the application To access the printer driver click the Print or Page Setup from the File menu You also need to click Setup Options Properties or a combination of these buttons 66 Using the Printer Software with Windows Windows XP or Server 2003 users To access the printer driver click Start click Printers and Faxes then click Printers Right click your printer s icon then click Printing Preferences Windows Me or 98 users To access the printer driver click Start point to Settings then click Printers Right click your printer s icon then click Properties Windows 2000 users To access the printer driver click Start point to Settings then click Printers Right click your printer s icon then click Printing Preferences W
266. t step Follow the instructions that appear on the LCD panel 284 Using the Control Panel 5 After all color toner cartridges are replaced by the black cartridges the printer automatically changes to the 4x B W mode Note for Windows users If EPSON Status Monitor 3 is not installed make sure that the Color Toner Cartridges check box on the Optional Settings dialog box is not selected The Optional Settings dialog box appears by clicking the Settings button on the Optional Settings tab Note for Mac OS X users After changing the modes you need to close all applications delete the printer using Print Setup Utility for Mac OS X 10 3 or Print Center for Mac OS X 10 2 or below and then re register the printer B W mode to color mode Follow the steps below to switch from the B W mode to Color mode 1 Make sure the LCD panel displaysEeads or leer then press the Enter button to access the control oer menus Press the Y Down button repeatedly until onfis Meru appears on the LCD panel then press the T Enter button Press the V Down button repeatedly until Chanse Hode Color is displayed then press the Enter button When the LCD panel displays install xx TnrCart inserta toner cartridge of the color E as xx C Fi or Y into the printer See Replacing a toner eerta oe on page 316 for instructions on how to insert a toner cartridge Using the Control Panel 285 Note If the wrong toner cartridge was installe
267. t with overlay data 1 2 Open the file to print with overlay data From the application access the printer driver Open the File menu choose Print or Print Setup then click Printer Setup Options Properties or a combination of these buttons depending on your application Click the Advanced Layout tab Select the Form Overlay check box and click Overlay Settings to open the Overlay Settings dialog box Choose the form from the Form drop down list then click OK to return the Advanced Layout menu Overlay Settings sample 1 f Overlay Print Details t Create Overlay Data Edit Cancel Help Using the Printer Software with Windows 87 Note If the Assign to Paper Source check box is selected the form name is displayed in the Paper Source drop down list on the Basic settings tab You can also select the form without accessing the dialog box above 6 Click OK to print the data Different printer settings overlay data The overlay data is made with the current printer settings such as Orientation Portrait If you want to make the same overlay with different printer settings such as Landscape follow the instructions below 1 Re accessthe printer driver as described in step 2in Creating an overlay on page 83 2 Make the printer settings and exit the printer driver 3 Send the same data that you made by application to the printer like step 12 in Creating an overlay on page 8
268. ter settings EPSON Sos Advanced Ta close this wizard click Finish With Windows NT 4 0 Follow the steps below to set Windows NT 4 0 clients You can install the printer driver for the shared printer if you have Power Users or more powerful access rights even if you are not the Administrator 1 Click Start point to Settings then click Printers 2 Double click the Ada Printer icon 3 Select Network printer server then click Next Using the Printer Software with Windows 149 4 Click the icon of the computer or server that is connected to the shared printer and the name of the shared printer Then click OK Connect to Printer CG Printer wORKEXEPSON XXXXXX Ad Shared Printers IY Expand by Default agi Microsoft windows Network C Netware oi Compatible Network iu SERVERS r Printer Information Description Status Documents Waring Note Q You can also type the name of the computer that is locally connected to the shared printer the shared printer s name in network path or queue name Q The name of the shared printer may be changed by the computer or server that is connected to the shared printer To make sure of the name of the shared printer ask the administrator of the network I If the printer driver is installed in the client beforehand you need to select the new printer driver or the current printer driver When the prompt to select the printer driver appears
269. terface card slot cover and remove the cover 3 Slide and push the interface card into the slot firmly then fasten the screw as shown below 4 Reconnect the interface cable and power cord and turn the printer on To confirm that the option is installed correctly print a Status Sheet See Printing a Status Sheet on page 370 308 Installing Options Removing an interface card ul Caution Before you remove an interface card be sure to discharge any static electricity by touching a grounded piece of metal Otherwise you may damage static sensitive components Turn off the printer and perform the installation procedure in reverse P5C Emulation Kit The P5C Emulation kit is available as an option for this printer This module allows your printer to print documents in the PCL5c printing language Installing the P5C ROM module Follow the steps below to install the Adobe PostScript 3 ROM module ul Caution Before you install the ROM module be sure to discharge any static electricity by touching a grounded piece of metal Otherwise you may damage static sensitive components W Warning Be careful when working inside the printer as some components are sharp and may cause injury 1 Turn the printer off and unplug the power cord and interface cable Installing Options 309 2 Remove the four screws from the cover on the back side of the printer 3 Hold the cover wi
270. th Windows 3 Select the Zoom Io check box then specify the magnification percentage in the box Basic Settings Advanced Layout Optional Settings Prnt Lapout v Zoom Options d C OulputPaper LT8SkTim i E MEN oe 2 LT 85 11in m fo wiii l LT 85x11 in UT tT d Hone r A ES New Delete NE ME ss rl rr i FomQOverlay Rotate by 180 Default Help Note The percentage can be set between 50 and 200 in 1 increments 4 Click OK to apply the settings If necessary select the paper size to be printed from the Output Paper drop down list Using the Printer Software with Windows 77 Modifying the print layout Your printer can print either two or four pages onto a single page and specifies the printing order automatically resizing each page to fit the specified paper size You can also choose to print documents surrounded by a frame 1 Click the Advanced Layout tab 2 Select the Print Layout check box and the number of pages you want to print on one sheet of paper Then click More settings The Print Layout Settings dialog box appears Basic Settings Advanced Layout Optional Settings M Pini Layout 290m Options 2 a 3 LT amp 5411 in m z M abermatk e a 1 2 Hew Delete lcd cid Fom Overlay on eting f Rotate by 180 Defaut LE I Cancel C amp m Help 78 Using the Printer Software with Windows 3 Selectthe Page Ord
271. th both hands and pull it toward you to remove it W Warning Be careful when touching the circuit board inside the back side cover since some parts may be very hot 310 Installing Options 4 Identify the ROM module slots f zl J im ai I cL XN E H Jy aca _ Wo on NN liil je Note There are two ROM slots and either slot can be used to attach the ROM module 5 Insert the ROM module horizontally into the slot until the clip comes out 5 lt y Caution I Do not force the ROM module into the socket _1 Be sure to insert the ROM module in the correct direction _1 Never remove the ROM module installed on the standard ROM socket P Installing Options 311 6 Reattach the cover to the back side of the printer and secure it with the four screws 7 Reconnect the power cord and turn the printer on To confirm that the option is installed correctly print a Status Sheet See Printing a Status Sheet on page 370 If P5C is not listed as an installed emulation on the status sheet try reinstalling the module Make sure that it is securely seated into the ROM slot on the circuit board Removing the P5C ROM module ul Caution Before you remove the ROM module be sure to discharge any static electricity by touching a grounded piece of metal Otherwise you
272. the Ready green light on the printer turns on Note You can also cancel the current print job that is sent from your computer by pressing the t Cancel Job button on the printer s control panel When canceling the print job be careful not to cancel print sent by other users Uninstalling the Printer Software When you wish to reinstall or upgrade the printer driver be sure to uninstall the current printer software beforehand For Mac OS X users 1 Quit all applications and restart your Macintosh 2 Insert the EPSON printer software CD ROM in your Macintosh 3 Double click the Mac OS X folder 4 Double click the Printer Driver folder 5 Double click your printer s icon Note If the Authorization dialog box appears enter the Password or phrase then click OK Using the Printer Software with Macintosh 195 6 Whenthesoftwarelicense agreement screen appears read the statement then click Accept 7 Select Uninstall from the menu at the upper left then click Uninstall Follow the on screen instructions For Mac OS 9 users 1 Quitall applications and restart your Macintosh 2 Insert the EPSON printer software CD ROM in your Macintosh 3 Double click the English folder then double click Disk 1 folder inside the Printer Driver folder 4 Double click the Installer icon Installer 5 Click Continue When the software license agreement screen appears read the statement then click Accept
273. the problem is cleared To close the window you need to click Close Using the Job Management function You can obtain information on the print jobs on the Job Information menu on the EPSON Status Monitor 3 dialog box 190 Using the Printer Software with Macintosh To display the Job Information menu select the Show job information check box on the Monitor Setup dialog box then click the Job Information menu on the EPSON Status Monitor 3 dialog box th Of Status Jnb Mame User Computer Job Type z EIRE Boreal Retresh h g Status Waiting The print job which is waiting To be printed Spooling The print job which is being spooled on your computer Note This function is only available with Mac OS 9 Deleting The print job which is being deleted The print job which is printed currently Complete Displays only your jobs that have d finished printing Canceled Displays only your jobs that have been canceled printing Job is on hold Job Name Displays the user s print job file names Other users print jobs are displayed as i User Displays the user name Using the Printer Software with Macintosh 191 pepe Displays the name of the computer connected to the printer Job Type Displays the job type When the Reserve job function is used the jobs are displayed as Re Print Verify stored and Confidential respectively About the Reserve Job function see Using the
274. the unit Replacing Consumable Products 329 8 Turn the handles on both sides of the fuser unit to lock them Note Make sure that the locks are completely in the locked position 9 Close covers B and A 330 Replacing Consumable Products Waste Toner Collector Handling precautions Always observe the following handling precautions when replacing the consumable products Do not reuse toner found in the waste toner collector W Warning L Do not dispose of the used consumable products in fire as it may explode and cause injury Dispose of it according to local regulations L Keep the consumable products out of the reach of children Replacing the waste toner collector Follow the steps below to replace the waste toner collector and the filter 1 Open cover D j NY Wii LIL Replacing Consumable Products 331 2 Remove the waste toner collector 3 Take the cap off and lid the waste toner collector with it S gt Note When placing the waste toner collector that is removed lay it on a flat surface with the capped side facing up to prevent the toner content from spilling out 332 Replacing Consumable Products 4 Install the new waste toner collector into the printer 6 Take the new filter out of its package Insert the new filter to the printer Replacing Consumable Products 333 7 Close cover D p LLL
275. this button is clicked the Status Alert window will not disappear even after a problem is cleared Click Close to close the window Job Management function Using the Job Management function you can obtain information on print jobs on the Job Information menu in the EPSON Status Monitor 3 dialog box You can also choose to have a notice appear on the screen when printing is completed Connections supporting the Job Management function The Job Management function is available when the following connections are used Server and Client Environments 120 Using the Printer Software with Windows J When using the shared Windows 2000 Server 2003 or NT 4 0 LPR connection with Windows XP Me 98 2000 or NT 4 0 clients J When using the shared Windows 2000 or Server 2003 Standard TCP IP connection with Windows XP Me 98 2000 or NT 4 0 clients J When using the shared Windows 2000 Server 2003 or NT 4 0 EpsonNet Print TCP IP connection with Windows XP Me 98 2000 or NT 4 0 clients Client only Environments AJ When using the LPR connection in Windows XP 2000 Server 2003 or NT 4 0 J When using the Standard TCP IP connection in Windows XP 2000 or Server 2003 AJ When using the EpsonNet Print TCP IP connection in Windows XP Me 98 2000 Server 2003 or NT 4 0 Note You cannot use this function in the following situations Q When using an optional Ethernet interface card that does not support the Job Man
276. tion 1 Click the Basic Settings tab 2 Selectthe Collate in Printer check box Specify the number of copies to be printed and make other printer driver settings as appropriate for your document 3 Click the Optional Settings tab then click Reserve Jobs settings The Reserve Job Settings dialog box appears 4 Select the Reserve Job On check box then select Re Print Job Quick Print Job User Name 2 i Re Print Job Verify Job Jab Mame E f Stored Job f Confidential Job Create a thumbnail HP NN 5 Entera user name and job name in the corresponding text boxes 102 Using the Printer Software with Windows Note If you want to create a thumbnail of the first page of a job select the Create a thumbnail check box Thumbnails can be accessed by entering http followed by the internal print server s IP address in a Web browser Click OK The printer prints your document and stores the print job on the Hard Disk Drive To reprint or delete this data using the printer s control panel see Printing and Deleting Reserve Job Data on page 278 Verify Job The Verity Job option allows you to print one copy in order to verify the content before printing multiple copies Follow the steps below to use the Verify Job option 1 2 Click the Basic Settings tab Select the Collate in Printer check box Specify the number of copies to be printed and make other printer driver sett
277. tional P5C Emulation Kit make sure that the printer is in the Color mode Invalid PS3 The PostScript3 ROM module is broken Turn off the printer and contact your dealer Invalid ROM A The printer cannot read the installed optional ROM module Turn off the printer then remove the ROM module Jam Paper Size Error A paper jam occurred because the wrong size paper has been loaded Clear the jammed paper and set the paper size setting correctly See Clearing Jammed Paper on page 345 to find how to clear the jammed paper Manual Feed ssss The manual feed mode is specified for the current print job Make O Start Stop button Mem Overflow The printer has insufficient memory to execute the current task Press the O Start Stop button on the control panel to resume printing or press the 1 Cancel Job button to cancel the print job Using the Control Panel 269 270 Menus Locked This message appears if you try to change the printer s settings through the control panel when the buttons are locked You can unlock them by using the Network utility Refer to the Network Guide for information Need Memory The printer has insufficient memory to complete the current print job To clear this error message select lear Warninsfromthe control panel s Reset Menu See How to access the control panel menus on page 223 for instructions To prevent this problem from happening again add more memory to your printer as described in Me
278. ts the default font source Font Number Sets the default font number for the default font source The available number depends on the settings you made Pitch Specifies the default font pitch if the font X oes and of fixed pitch You can select from 8 44 to 23 23 cpi characters per inch in 0 01 cpi increments This item may not appear depending on the Font Source or Font Number settings Height Specifies the default font height if the font is e and proportional You can select from 4 amp amp to 373 75 points in 0 25 point increments This item may not appear i decondins on the Font Source or Font Number settings SymSet Selects the default symbol set If the font you selected in Font Source and Font Number is not available in the new SymSet setting the Font Source and the Font Number a are automatically replaced with the default value Form Using the Control Panel Selects the number of lines for the selected paper size and orientation This also causes a line spacing VMI change and the new VMI value is stored in the printer This means that later changes in the Page Size or Orientation settings cause changes in the Farm value based on the stored VMI Source SymSet Dest SymSet Available only in certain locations where printers are sold with a special ROM module installed to handle specific languages CR Function LF Function These functions are included for users of particular operating systems such
279. tus sheet 1 Turn on the printer The LCD panel shows Read 2 Press the Enter button three times The printer prints a status sheet Enter button 3 Confirm that the information about the installed options is correct If the options are installed correctly they appear under Hardware Configurations If the options are not listed try reinstalling them Note L Ifthe status sheet does not list your installed options correctly make sure that they are securely connected to the printer I Ifyou are unable to get the printer to print a correct status sheet contact your dealer Using the Control Panel 281 Q For the Windows printer driver you can update the installed option information manually See Making Optional Settings on page 98 Canceling Printing You can cancel printing from your computer by using the printer driver To cancel a print job before it is sent from your computer for Windows see Canceling Printing on page 128 or for Macintosh see Canceling Printing on page 194 Using the Cancel Job button The ty Cancel Job button on your printer is the quickest and easiest way to cancel printing Pressing this button cancels the currently printing job Pressing the t Cancel Job button for more than two seconds deletes all jobs from the printer memory including jobs the printer is currently receiving or printing Using the Reset menu 282 Selecting E
280. u should only use labels designed for laser printers or plain paper copiers L To prevent the label adhesive from coming into contact with printer parts always use labels that completely cover the backing sheet with no gaps between the individual labels _ Pressa sheet of paper on top of each sheet of labels If the paper sticks do not use those labels in your printer Paper Handling Q You may have to make the setting Thick for Farer Ture in the Q When printing labels the printing speed is extremely slow Thick paper You can load thick paper 91 to 163 g m When loading thick you should make paper settings as shown below L Make settings on the Basic Settings in the printer driver Paper Size A4 A5 BS LT HLT EXE GLT Paper Source MP Iray up to 75 sheets Paper Type Thick Note When using thick paper you cannot do duplex printing automatically When you want to do duplex printing with thick paper set the Paper Type setting on printer driver to Thick Back then do duplex printing manually When you use thick paper that has been printed on previously straighten any curled parts before loading it _I You can also make these settings on the Tras Meri in the control panel See Tray Menu on page 229 _J When you use EPSON Color Laser Coated Paper make the settings as thick paper J When printing thick paper the printing speed is extremely slow Paper Handling 63 Loading a custom paper size
281. ubstitution fonts using the Font The Send TrueType fonts to printer according to the font Substitution Table setting on the Fonts sheet of the printer s Properties dialog box is Turned on but the TrueType fonts are not replaced by the Substitution Table printer fonts For Windows Me or 98 specify the appropriate substitution fonts using the Font Substitution Table The appropriate substitution fonts 9 are not correctly specified on the Device Settings sheet of the printer s Properties dialog box For Windows XP or 2000 The printer fonts cannot be installed What to do The Emulation menu in the printer s Control Panelis not set to for the interface that you are using then try reinstalling the printer fonts again using The edges of texts and or images are not smooth Cause What to do The Print Quality is set to Fast Change the Print Quality setting to Quality The printer does not have Increase the printer memory sufficient memory Troubleshooting 397 The printer does not print normally via the parallel interface Windows 98 only The computer is connected to the Make sure that the mode setting is printer via the parallel interface and Correct the parallel port setting is set to the ECP mode The printer does not print normally via the USB interface What to do For Windows users only The printer cannot print binary data when it is connected to the computer via the USB interface
282. uct conforms to CE marking requirements in accordance with EC Directive 89 336 EEC Technical Specifications 413 Duplex Unit Power supply 5V 0 1 A and 24 V 1 0 A supplied by the printer Model EU 115 Dimensions and weight 220 mm 8 7 in 132 mm 5 2 in 282 mm 11 1 in 0 8 kg 1 8 Ib This product conforms to CE marking requirements in accordance with EC Directive 89 336 EEC Memory modules DRAM type synchronous Dynamic RAM Double In line memory module SDRAM DIMM Memory size 16 MB 32 MB 64 MB 128 MB or 256 MB Only DIMMs produced specifically for EPSON products are compatible 414 Technical Specifications Hard Disk Drive Product code C12C824172 Capacity 40 GB This product conforms to CE marking requirements in accordance with EC Directive 89 336 EEC Toner cartridge Product code Yellow High 0226 0230 capacity Standard capacity Magenta High 0227 0231 capacity Standard capacity Cyan High 0228 0232 capacity Standard capacity Black High 0229 capacity storage temperature O to 35 C 32 to 95 F storage humidity 15 to 85 RH ul Caution If you have moved a toner cartridge from a cool to a warm environment wait for at least one hour before installing it to prevent damage from condensation Photoconductlor unit Product code 1107 storage temperature O to 35 C 32 to 95 F Technical Specifications 415 Storage humidity 15 to 85
283. uctor unit Photoconductor Unit on page 319 Areas are missing in the printed image Your paper may be moist or damp This printer is sensitive To moisture absorbed by the paper The higher the moisture content in the paper the lighter the printout Do not store paperin a humid or damp environment You may not be using the correct If the surface of your paper is too rough type of paper for your printer printed characters may appear distorted or broken EPSON special paper or smooth high quality copier paper is recommended for best results See Available paper types on page 403 for information on choosing paper Troubleshooting 379 Completely blank pages are output The printer may have loaded more Remove the paper stack and fan it Tap it than one sheet at a time on a flat surface to even the edges then reload the paper There may be no toner left in the If the message on the LCD panel or in toner cartridge EPSON Status Monitor 3 indicates that the amount of toner is low replace the toner cartridge See Toner Cartridge on page 315 The problem may be with your Print out a status sheet See Printing a application or interface cable Status Sheet on page 281 If a blank page is ejected the problem may be with the printer Turn off the printer and contact your dealer e Setting may be Mess sure ine correct paper size is set in nconeen Meru on the control panel There may be a problem with the Replac
284. uet Par ded eset 260 Status aud ESTO MESSA COS iux SRERRgRE betes qi artic pdt Satna os 262 Printing and Deleting Reserve Job Data 278 Using the Quick Print Job Menu 005 278 Using the Confidential Job Menu 0 279 PRINS a status ONES cau haath en 2S cena hein a ded ut 281 Cancelitio PENOS ine eien iu eet ett nep ated opt atta pn ais 282 Using the Cancel Job button 4 e rr REESE 282 Usine the RESEE mien docs bors ton pints anteater eee hee aren 282 owitchine the Printing Mode xs ea RARE here OM nade 283 Color mode to B W mode 0 0 0 cece eee eee 283 Color mode to 4x B W mode 0 0 0 0 0c ee eee 284 B W mode to color mode m Rer rnn 285 B W mode to4 x B W mode 0 0 286 4x B W mode to B W mode 0 0 0 eee eee 287 4 x B W mode to color mode 00 0 cee eee 287 Chapter amp Installing Options Optional Paper Cassette Unit 0 0 0000000088 289 Handling precaullotis aa ena arm Che ee kes 289 Installing the optional paper cassette unit 290 Removing the optional paper cassette unit 209 D plex Hits sve el ee ree eee ae ee us E E d 293 Instolline the Duplex Unit seco PEE ER aet 293 Removing the Duplex Unit 00 00 0088 298 Hard Disk DEPO MU one ne terori ra wy ie fag da co oe tur abad 298 Installing the Hard Disk Drive 004 298 Removing the Hard Dis
285. ured in cpi characters per inch You can also choose proportional spacing Condensed Turns condensed printing on or off T Margin Sets the distance from the top of the page to the baseline of the first printable line The distance is measured in inches The smaller the value the closer the printable line is to the top Text Sets the page length in lines For this option a line is assumed to be 1 pica 1 6 inch If you change the Orientation Page Size or T Margin settings the page length setting automatically returns to the default for each paper size CG Table Use the character generator CG table option to select the graphics character table or the italics table The graphics table contains graphic characters for printing lines corners shaded areas international characters Greek characters and mathematical symbols If you select 1 aiic the upper half of the character table is defined as italic characters Country Use this option to select one of the fifteen international symbol sets See International character sets on page 455 for samples of the characters in each country s symbol set Auto CR Using the Control Panel Specifies whether the printer performs a carriage return line feed CR LF operation whenever the printing position goes beyond the right margin If you select HFF the printer does not print any characters beyond the right margin and does not perform any line wrapping until it receives a
286. ut any sheets of paper Be careful not to tear the jammed paper W Warning Be careful not to touch the fuser which is marked CAUTION HIGH TEMPERATURE or the surrounding areas If the printer has been in use the fuser and the surrounding areas may be very hot If you must touch one of these areas open cover A and B then wait 30 minutes to allow the heat to subside before doing so 348 Troubleshooting 5 Close cover A Then open the MP tray and reload the paper Jam A B cover A and B Follow the steps below to clear paper jams at cover A and B 1 Remove all paper that is loaded on the MP tray 2 Close the MP tray Note Close the expansion trays if needed before closing the MP tray Troubleshooting 349 3 Push the latch on cover A to the left and open the cover until it stops 4 Ifthe optional Duplex Unit is not installed gently pull out any sheets of paper Be careful not to tear the jammed paper 350 Troubleshooting If the optional Duplex Unit is installed lift up the Duplex Unit Hold it and gently pull out any sheets of paper Be careful not to tear the jammed paper W Warning Be careful not to touch the fuser which is marked CAUTION HIGH TEMPERATURE or the surrounding areas If the printer has been in use the fuser and the surrounding areas may be very hot If you must touch one of these
287. ve it slowly in and out a few times j JIII IU MM Replacing Consumable Products 325 13 Close cover D MI IJ LLL Fuser Unit Handling precautions Always observe the following handling precautions when replacing the consumable products Do not touch the surface of the consumable product Doing so may impair print quality W Warning Ld The fuser unit can be very hot if the printer has been in use Turn the printer off and wait for 30 minutes until the temperature has subsided before replacing the fuser unit Ld Do not dispose of the used consumable products in fire as it may explode and cause injury Dispose of it according to local regulations Q Keep the consumable products out of the reach of children 326 Replacing Consumable Products Replacing the fuser unit Follow the steps below to replace the fuser unit 1 Turn off the printer and wait for 30 minutes until the temperature has subsided 2 Push the latch on cover A to the left and open the cover Replacing Consumable Products 327 4 Turnthehandles on both side of the fuser unit to unlock them 328 Replacing Consumable Products 6 Take the new fuser unit out of its package and remove the protective cover 7 Hold the new fuser unit by the handles and lower it into the printer making sure that the guide posts slide into the holes on the bottom of
288. when in the LJ4 mode 244 Using the Control Panel LENNENE C I NN 0 44 10 00 99 99 cpi in 0 01 cpi increments 4 00 12 00 999 75 pt in 0 25 pt increments SymSet IBM US Roman 8 Roman 9 ECM94 1 8859 2 ISO 8859 9 ISO 8859 10ISO 8859 15ISO PcBIt775 IBM DN PcMultiling PCE Europe PcTk437 PcEur858 Pc1004 WiAnsi WiE Europe WiTurkish WIBALT DeskTop PsText Velnternati VeUS MsPublishin Math 8 PsMath VeMath PiFont Legal UK ANSI ASCII Swedis2 Italian spanish German Norwegl French2 Windows McText Pclcelandic PcLt774 PcTurk l PcPortugues PcEt850 PcTurk2 PeCanFrench PcSIA37 PCNordic 8859 3 ISO 8859 4 ISO WiBaltic WiEstonian WiLatvian Mazowia CodeMJK BpBRASCII BoAbicomp PcGk437 PcGk851 PcGk869 8859 7 ISO WiGreek Europe3 PcCy855 PcCy866 PCLt866 PcUKkr866 PcLit771 8859 5 ISO WiCyrillic Bulgarian Hebrew7 8859 8 ISO Hebrew8 PcHe862 Arabic8 PcAr864 8859 6 ISO OCR A OCR B Pc866Cyr Pc866Ukr WinCyr ISOCyr Pc8Grk Pc851Grk WinGrk ISOGrk Greek8 Pc862Heb Pc864Ara HPWARA T Available only when the optional font ROM module is installed E Depending on whether Letter 60 or A4 64 paper has been selected Using the Control Panel 245 246 Note If you normally use the HP LaserJet 4 printer driver when printing you should change settings using this driver whenever you can Printer driver settings always override the LJ4 Menu options FontSource Se
289. ws Me or 98 with a USB interface cable 132 Using the Printer Software with Windows LI Ifthe USB device driver is not installed correctly EPSON USB Printer Devices may not appear Follow the steps below to run the Epusbun exe file in the CD ROM that comes with your printer 1 Insert the CD ROM in your computer s CD ROM drive 2 Access the CD ROM drive 3 Double click the Win9x folder 4 Double click the Epusbun exe icon 3 Double click the XXXX language folder corresponding to your language 4 Follow the on screen instructions Sharing the Printer on a Network Sharing the printer This section describes how to share the printer on a standard Windows network The computers on a network can share a printer that is directly connected to one of them The computer that is directly connected to the printer is the print server and the other computers are the clients which need permission to share the printer with the print server The clients share the printer via the print server According to the versions of Windows OS and your access rights on the network perform the appropriate settings of the print server and clients Setting the print server J For Windows Me or 98 see Setting up your printer as a shared printer on page 134 Using the Printer Software with Windows 133 E For Windows XP 2000 NT 4 0 or Server 2003 see Using an additional driver on page 136 Setting the clients E E Ly For Wind
290. y Print Create Overlay Data Settings 2 Cancel Help Select the Use Form Name check box then click Add Form Name The Add Form dialog box appears Form Settings 1 seen bent Add Form Mame 2 Pape Size Driera ation Assign to Paper Source Front Back Ovela Data List Color Resolution Priming Mode Zoom Output Pape Print Layout Print Quality Graphic Mode Using the Printer Software with Windows 65 Note If the Assign to Paper Source check box is selected the form name is displayed in the Paper Source drop down list on the Basic settings tab 7 Typethe form name in the Form Name box and its description in the Description box Add Form Form Mame er Oe The printer s HOD will accept the following characters AZ az 0 9 and X Description ToFront C ToBack Gave to Change Directory JAWINDOMWS So ystems coed dh 8 Select Io Front or lo Back to specify whether the overlay will be printed as background or foreground of the document 9 Click Register to apply the settings and return to Form settings dialog box 10 Click OK in the Form Settings dialog box 11 Click OK in the Overlay Settings dialog box 12 Print the file saved as overlay data It is possible to save any kind of file as an overlay The overlay data is created 66 Using the Printer Software with Windows Printing with an overlay Follow the steps below to print a documen
291. y touching a grounded piece of metal Otherwise you may damage static sensitive components W Warning Be careful when working inside the printer as some components are sharp and may cause injury 1 Turn the printer off and unplug the power cord and interface cable Installing Options 303 2 Remove the four screws from the cover on the back side of the printer 3 Hold the cover with both hands and pull it toward you to remove it W Warning Be careful when touching the circuit board inside the back side cover since some parts may be very hot 304 Installing Options 4 9 Identify the RAM slot il Stes Insert the memory module vertically into the slot until the clip comes out Make sure that the left slot has a module at all times qi c 4 S ul Caution Ld Do not force the memory module into the slot d Be sure to insert the memory module facing the correct way Q You should not remove any modules from the circuit board Otherwise the printer will not work Installing Options 305 6 Reattach the cover to the back side of the printer and secure it with the four screws 7 Reconnect the interface cable and power cord and turn the printer on To confirm that the option is installed correctly print a Status Sheet See Printi
292. you are individually for each interface which using is incorrect receives print job data Set the emulation mode for the interface you are using to set the emulation mode through the selecType Emulation menu on the printer see Emulation Menu on page 230 Ihe printer does not print The Color check box is selected in select the Black check box in the printer the printer driver when the printer driver isin the B W orAx B W mode and Q oilor Data Receiwec error OCCUIS The Print to file check box is Clear the Print to file check box in the Print selected in the Print dialog box dialog box except on Mac OS X 394 Troubleshooting The Save as File check box is Clear the Save as File check box on the selected on the Output Option Output Option sheet in the Print dialog box sheet in the Print dialog box Mac OS X only An incorrect printer driver is Make sure that the PostScript printer driver selected that you are using to print is selected For Mac OS 9 users only Clear the Unlimited Downloadable Fonts ae check box The Unlimited Downloadable Fonts check box on the PostScript Options setup option page in the Page Setup dialog box is selected The Emulation menu in the printer s Control Panel is set to a PES the interface that you are using Printouts are black and white even though the Resolution setting is set to Color in The printer driver For Mac OS X users only only when printing with an
293. you expect adjust the color using the slide bar for each color For details about the More Settings dialog box see Customizing print settings on page 73 for Windows orsee Customizing print settings on page 159 for Macintosh The color looks different from what you see on ihe computer screen Cause What to do Printed colors do not exactly match Although it is difficult to match colors the colors on your monitor since perfectly selecting the printer driver s printers and monitors use different ICM setting for Windows XP Me 98 2000 Color systems monitors use RGB or Server 2003 or ColorSync setting for red green and blue while Macintosh can improve color matching printers typically use CMYK cyan between different devices For details magenta yellow and black see Using the predefined settings on page 70 for Windows and Using the predefined settings on page 156 for Macintosh For Macintosh the System Profile To apply ColorSync properly your input setting is not in use device and the application must support ColorSync and a System Profile must be used for your monitor PhotoEnhance may be selected in The PhotoEnhance feature corrects the the printer driver contrast and brightness of the original image data and so may not be suitable for printing vivid images 376 Troubleshooting Print Quality Problems The background is dark or dirty You may not be using the correct If the surface of y

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