Epson ACULASER C3000 NETWORK ADMINISTRATOR'S GUIDE

®

Color Laser Printer

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Where to Find Information

Setup Guide

Provides you with information on assembling the printer and
installing the printer software.

Reference 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 Utility CD 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.

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Contents

Safety Information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Warnings, Cautions, and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .10

Important Safety Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Power On/Off Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14

Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your Printer

Printer Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15

Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16

Inside the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Control panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18

Options and Consumable Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Consumable products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20

Printer Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

High-speed tandem printing engine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Duplex printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Pre-defined color settings in printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Toner save mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22

Resolution Improvement Technology (RITech). . . . . . . . . . . .22

Various Printing Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Double-sided printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Fit to page printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Pages per sheet printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Watermark printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

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Chapter 2 Paper Handling

Paper Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

MP tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Standard lower cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

500-Sheet/1000-Sheet Paper Cassette Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Selecting a paper source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Loading Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

MP tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Standard lower cassette and optional paper cassette unit . . 33

Output Tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Printing on Special Media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

EPSON Color Laser Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

EPSON Color Laser Transparencies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

Thick paper and extra thick paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Transparencies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Loading a custom paper size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Chapter 3 Using the Printer Software with Windows

About the Printer Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Accessing the printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Making Changes to Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Making the print quality setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Resizing printouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56

Modifying the print layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58

Using a watermark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60

Printing with the duplex unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

Making Extended Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

Making Optional Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Monitoring Your Printer Using EPSON Status Monitor 3 . . . . . . . 69

Installing EPSON Status Monitor 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Accessing EPSON Status Monitor 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Getting printer status details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Order Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Setting Monitoring Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

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Status Alert window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Job Management function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .79

Stopping monitoring . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

Monitored Printers settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84

Setting Up the USB Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .85

Canceling Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87

Uninstalling the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Uninstalling the printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88

Uninstall the USB device driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .91

Chapter 4 Using the Printer Software with Macintosh

About the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Accessing the printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .93

Making Changes to Printer Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

Making the print quality settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .94

Resizing printouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101

Modifying the print layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102

Using a watermark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104

Printing with the duplex unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110

Making Extended Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Monitoring Your Printer using EPSON Status Monitor 3 . . . . . . .114

Accessing EPSON Status Monitor 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114

Getting printer status details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115

Setting Monitoring Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117

Status Alert window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118

Using the Job Management function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119

Setting Up the USB Connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121

Canceling Printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .122

Uninstalling the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

For Mac OS 9.X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123

For Mac OS X. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124

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Chapter 5 Setting Up Your Printer on a Network

For Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Sharing the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Setting up your printer as a shared printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Using an additional driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128

Setting up a clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134

Installing the printer driver from the CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . . 142

For Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Sharing the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Setting up your printer as a shared printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144

Accessing the shared printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

For Mac OS X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Chapter 6 Functions of the Control Panel

Using the Control Panel Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

When to make control panel settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

How to access the control panel menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148

Control Panel Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Information Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Tray Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Color Regist Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Reset Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

USB Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Network Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Chapter 7 Installing Options

500-Sheet/1000-Sheet Paper Cassette Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

Installing the optional paper cassette unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Removing the optional paper cassette unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168

Memory Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172

Removing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177

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Chapter 8 Maintenance and Transportation

Replacement Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181

Toner Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183

Photoconductor Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .188

Fuser Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .194

Transfer Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199

Cleaning the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202

Transporting the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203

Checking color registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208

Chapter 9 Troubleshooting

Clearing Jammed Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212

Precautions for clearing jammed paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212

Jam AB (covers A and B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213

Jam A (cover A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .216

Jam AC (cover A and paper cassettes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220

Jam B (cover B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .225

Jam ABC (cover A, paper cassettes and cover B). . . . . . . . . .227

Jam at the MP tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228

Printing a Status Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .228

Operational Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230

The Ready light does not turn on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230

The printer does not print (Ready light off) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .230

The Ready light is on but nothing prints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231

The optional product is not available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231

Sharing Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232

Network printers cannot be monitored in a Windows 95

environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232

Printout Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232

Printout is garbled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232

Misalignment of colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233

The printout’s orientation on the page is not correct . . . . . .233

Graphics do not print correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .233

Color Printing Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234

Cannot print in color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234

The printout color differs when printed from different

printers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .234

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The color looks different from what you see on

the computer screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235

Print Quality Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

The background is dark or dirty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

White dots appear in the printout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236

Print quality or tone is uneven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Half-tone images print unevenly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237

Toner smudges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Areas are missing in the printed image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238

Completely blank pages are output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239

The printed image is light or faint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

The non-printed side of the page is dirty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240

Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Print quality decreased. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Insufficient memory for current task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Insufficient memory to print all copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241

Paper Handling Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Paper does not feed properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242

Problems When Using Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243

Paper does not feed from the optional paper cassette . . . . . 243

Feed jam when using the optional paper cassette . . . . . . . . 243

An installed option cannot be used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Correcting USB Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

USB connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244

Windows operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Printer software installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245

Status and Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

Canceling Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Using the Cancel Job button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Using the Reset menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

Contacting Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

Appendix A Technical Specifications

Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Available paper types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270

Paper that should not be used. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271

Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272

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Printable area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .274

Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275

Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .276

Mechanical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .276

Electrical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277

Standard and approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277

Interfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279

USB interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279

Ethernet interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279

Options and Consumables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .280

500-Sheet/1000-Sheet Paper Cassette Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .280

Memory modules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281

Toner cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282

Photoconductor unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283

Transfer unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283

Fuser unit 120/220 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284

Reliability and durability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284

Appendix B Working with Fonts

EPSON BarCode Fonts (Windows Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .285

System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287

Installing EPSON BarCode Fonts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287

Printing with EPSON BarCode Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .289

BarCode Font specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293

Glossary

Index

9

Safety Information

Warnings, Cautions, and Notes

Warnings

must be followed carefully to avoid bodily injury.

w

Cautions

must be observed to avoid damage to your equipment.

c

Notes

contain important information and useful tips on the operation of your

printer.

Safety Precautions

Be sure to follow these precautions carefully to ensure safe,

efficient operation:

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❏ Because the printer weighs approximately 36.0 kg (79 lb) 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.

❏ 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.

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11

1. Do not insert your hand deep into the fuser unit.

2. CAUTION HIGH TEMPERATURE

❏ Do not insert your hand deep into the fuser unit 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 them on a

clean, smooth surface.

❏ Do not attempt to modify a toner cartridge or take them apart.

They cannot be refilled.

❏ Do not touch the toner. Keep the toner away from your eyes.

❏ Do not dispose of used toner cartridges, photoconductor

units, fuser units, or transfer units 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.

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❏ 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 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.

❏ 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

❏ 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.

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❏ If you are unable to insert the AC plug into the electrical

outlet, contact an electrician.

❏ Adjust only those controls that are covered by the operating

instructions. Improper adjustment of other controls may
result in damage that requires repair by a qualified service
representative.

ENERGY STAR

The International

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.

®

Compliance

As an International ENERGY STAR® Partner,
EPSON has determined that this product meets the
International
for energy efficiency.

ENERGY STAR

ENERGY STAR

®

Office Equipment Program is

®

Program guidelines

Power On/Off Cautions

Do not turn off the printer:

❏ After turning on the printer, wait until Ready appears on

the LCD panel.

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❏ While the Ready light is flashing

❏ While the Data light is on or flashing

❏ While printing

Chapter 1

Getting to Know Your Printer

Printer Parts

Front view

ab c

i

h

1

1

1

1

1

1

d

1

1

a. control panel
b. cover A
c. output tray
d. power switch
e. latch on cover B
f. latch on cover A
g. standard lower cassette
h. MP tray (Multi-Purpose tray)
i. expansion tray

Getting to Know Your Printer 15

efg

1

1

1

1

Rear view

d

a. stopper
b. Ethernet interface connector
c. USB interface connector
d. AC inlet

a

b

c

16 Getting to Know Your Printer

Inside the printer

b

1

c

a

a. transfer unit
b. fuser unit
c. photoconductor unit
d. toner cartridge
e. cover D

1

1

1

d

1

1

e

1

1

1

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1

1

1

Control panel

a

b
c

d
e

f

g

j

h

i

a. LCD panel Displays printer status messages and

control panel menu settings.

b.

Back button

c.

Up button

d.

Enter button

e.

Down button

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 148.

f. Error light

(Red)

On or flashes when an error has occurred.
Flashing slowly when the printer is not
ready.

18 Getting to Know Your Printer

g. 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.

h. Ready light

(Green)

On when the printer is ready, indicating
that the printer is ready to receive and
print data.
Off when the printer is not ready.

1

1

1

i. Data light

(Yellow)

j. Cancel Job

button

On when print data is stored in the print
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.

Press once to cancel the current print job.
Press and hold for more than two seconds
to delete all jobs from the printer
memory, including jobs the printer is
currently receiving, saving to the
printing.

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1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Getting to Know Your Printer 19

1

Options and Consumable Products

Options

You can add to your printer’s capabilities by installing any of the

following options.

❏ The 500-Sheet Paper Cassette Unit (C12C802061) holds one

paper cassette. It increases paper-feeding capacity up to 500
sheets of paper.

❏ The 1,000-Sheet Paper Cassette Unit (C12C802071) holds two

paper cassettes. It increases paper-feeding capacity up to
1,000 sheets of paper.

❏ Optional memory modules expand your printer’s memory,

allowing you to print complex and graphics-intensive
documents.

Consumable products

The life of the following consumable products is monitored by the

printer. The printer lets you know when replacements are needed.

Toner Cartridge (Yellow)
Toner Cartridge (Magenta)
Toner Cartridge (Cyan)
Toner Cartridge (Black)
Photoconductor Unit
Transfer Unit
Fuser Unit 120/220

*Product number varies by location.

0210
0211
0212
0213
S051093
S053006
S053011/S053012*

20 Getting to Know Your Printer

The EPSON special media listed below provide you with the
best-quality printouts.

EPSON Color Laser Paper (A4)
EPSON Color Laser Paper (Letter)

EPSON Color Laser Transparencies (A4)
EPSON Color Laser Transparencies (Letter)

Caution:

❏ Do not use other EPSON media such as EPSON special

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media for ink jet printers, as this can cause paper jams and
damage the printer.

S041215
S041218

S041175
S041174

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1

1

1

❏ Do not use the media listed above in other printers, except

when specified in the documentation.

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-speed tandem printing engine

Your printer’s state-of-the-art tandem engine features 400 MHz
image processing and single-pass technology that delivers 24
ppm (pages per minute) at 600 dpi color and monochrome
printing.

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

Getting to Know Your Printer 21

Duplex printing

This printer comes with a built-in duplex unit, allowing you to

easily print on both sides of the page. You can produce

professional quality double-sided documents. Use this feature

with any print job to cut costs and save resources.

As an

ENERGY STAR

the duplex printing function. See

for more information on the

®

partner, EPSON recommends the use of

ENERGY STAR

ENERGY STAR

®

Compliance

®

program.

Pre-defined color settings in printer driver

The printer driver offers many pre-defined settings for color

printing, allowing you to optimize print quality for various types

of color documents.

For more information, see “Making the print quality setting” on

page 49 for Windows, or “Making the print quality settings” on

page 94 for Macintosh.

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 (RITech)

Resolution Improvement Technology (RITech) is an original

EPSON printer technology that improves the appearance of

printed lines, text, and graphics.

22 Getting to Know Your Printer

Various Printing Options

This printer provides you with a variety of different printing
options. You can print in 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

“Printing with the duplex unit” on page 64 (Windows)

“Printing with the duplex unit” on page 110 (Macintosh)

Lets you print on both sides of paper.

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Fit to page printing

“Resizing printouts” on page 56 (Windows)

“Resizing printouts” on page 101 (Macintosh)

Note:

This function is not available with Mac OS X.

Lets you automatically enlarge or reduce the size of your

document to fit the paper size you selected.

Pages per sheet printing

“Modifying the print layout” on page 58 (Windows)

“Modifying the print layout” on page 102 (Macintosh)

Lets you print two or four pages on a single sheet.

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Watermark printing

“Using a watermark” on page 60 (Windows)

“Using a watermark” on page 104 (Macintosh)

Note:

This function is not available with Mac OS X.

Lets you print a text or image as a watermark on your printout.
For example, you can put “Confidential” on an important
document.

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Chapter 2

Paper Handling

Paper Sources

This section describes the combinations of paper sources and

paper types that you can use.

MP tray

Paper Type Paper Size Capacity

Plain paper A4, A5, B5, Letter (LT),

Envelopes Monarch (MON), C10, DL,

Labels A4, Letter (LT) Up to a 10 mm thick

Thick paper
Weight: 106 to
159 g/m²

Extra thick paper
Weight: 160 to
216 g/m²

26 Paper Handling

Half-Letter (HLT),
Executive (EXE),
Government Legal (GLG),
Legal (LGL),
Government Letter (GLT),
F4

Custom-size paper:

88.9 × 139.7 mm minimum

215.9 × 355.6 mm maximum

C5, C6, IB5

88.9 × 139.7 mm minimum

215.9 × 355.6 mm maximum

88.9 × 139.7 mm minimum

215.9 × 355.6mm maximum

Up to a 100 sheets
(Total thick stack:
up to 10 mm)

Up to a 10 mm thick
stack

stack

Up to a 10 mm thick
stack

Up to a 10 mm thick
stack

Paper Type Paper Size Capacity

EPSON Color
Laser Paper

EPSON Color
Laser
Transparencies

A4, Letter (LT) Up to100 sheets

(Total thickness:
up to 10 mm)

A4, Letter (LT) Up to a 10 mm thick

stack

Standard lower cassette

Paper Type Paper Size Capacity

Plain paper A4, A5, B5,

EPSON Color Laser
Paper

Executive (EXE),
Letter (LT),
Legal (LGL)
Government Legal
(GLG),

A4, Letter (LT) Up to 500 sheets

Up to 500 sheets
(Total thickness:
up to 56 mm)

500-Sheet/1000-Sheet Paper Cassette Unit

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Paper Type Paper Size Capacity

Plain paper A4, A5, B5,

Letter (LT),
Executive (EXE),
Legal (LGL)
Government Legal
(GLG),

EPSON Color Laser
Paper

A4, Letter (LT) Up to 500 sheets in each

Up to 500 sheets in each
cassette
(Total thickness:
up to 56mm)

cassette

Paper Handling 27

2

2

2

2

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.

❏ Using the printer driver

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.

For Macintosh, access the printer driver, open the Basic
Settings dialog box, and select the paper source that you want
to use from the Paper Source list. Then click OK.

❏ Using the printer’s control panel

Access the control panel’s Setup Menu, then select Paper
Source and specify the paper source you want to use.

Auto selection

If you want the printer to select the paper source containing the

appropriate size of paper automatically, select Auto Selection in

the printer driver or Auto using the printer’s control panel.

The printer will search for a paper source containing the specified

paper size in the following order.

28 Paper Handling

Standard configuration:

MP Tray
Lower Cassette 1

Note:

❏ If you make paper size settings or paper source settings in your

application, these settings may override the printer driver settings.

❏ If you select an envelope for the Paper Size setting, it can be fed only

from the MP tray regardless of the Paper Source setting.

❏ You can change the priority of the MP tray by using the MP Mode

setting in the control panel’s Setup Menu. For details, see “Setup
Menu” on page 156.

With optional 500-Sheet/1000-Sheet Paper Cassette Unit
installed:

MP Tray
Lower Cassette 1
Lower Cassette 2
Lower Cassette 3

Note:

❏ If you make paper size settings or paper source settings in your

application, these settings may override the printer driver settings.

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

❏ If you select an envelope for the Paper Size setting, it can be fed only

from the MP tray regardless of the Paper Source setting.

❏ You can change the priority of the MP tray by using the MP Mode

setting in the control panel’s Setup Menu. For details, see “Setup
Menu” on page 156.

Paper Handling 29

2

2

2

2

Manually feeding paper

Manual feeding is similar to normal paper feeding, except that

you need to press the N Start/Stop button to print each page or

each job. This can be helpful when you want to set paper for the

page or job.

Follow these steps to feed paper manually.

1. Access the printer driver by one of the following methods.

❏ To access the printer driver from your application, select

Print or Page Setup from the File menu. You also need
to click Setup, Options, Properties, or a combination of
these buttons.

❏ To access the printer driver from Windows XP, Me, 98, 95,

2000, NT 4.0, or Server 2003, click Start, point to Settings,
and click Printers. Next, right-click the EPSON AL-C3000
Advanced icon and click Properties (in Windows Me,
98, or 95), Printing Preferences (in Windows XP, 2000, or
Server 2003), or Document Defaults (in Windows NT

4.0).

❏ To access the printer driver from Macintosh, select Print

from the File menu on any application or select Chooser
from the Apple menu and click the AL-C3000 icon
beforehand.

❏ To access the printer driver from Mac OS X, register your

printer in Print Center, then click Print on the file menu
of any application and select your printer.

30 Paper Handling

2. For Windows, click the Basic Settings tab, then select the
Manual Feed check box. For Macintosh, click the Manual
Feed check box in the Basic Settings dialog box.

If you want to press the N Start/Stop button before printing
each page, select the Each Page check box; otherwise, you
only need to press the N Start/Stop button once to start
printing.

2

2

3. Select the correct paper size from the Paper Size list.

4. If paper of the selected size is already loaded, go on to the next
step. Otherwise, remove any paper remaining in the tray.
Load a sheet or a stack of the selected size paper with the
printable side up. Adjust the paper guides to match the paper
size you are loading.

Note:

Load paper into the MP tray with the printable surface facing down,
but load the standard and optional paper cassettes with the printable
surface facing up.

5. Print a document from your application. The LCD panel
shows Manual Feed and the selected page size.

Press the N Start/Stop button to print. Paper is loaded and
printed.

Loading Paper

This section describes how to load paper into the MP tray and the
optional paper cassette. If you use special media such as
transparencies or envelopes, see also “Printing on Special Media”
on page 39.

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Paper Handling 31

2

MP tray

Follow these steps to load paper into the MP tray.

1. Open the MP tray, then pull out the expansion tray on the MP
tray to accommodate the size of the media you want to load.

2. Load a stack of the desired media with the printable surface
facing down, then slide the guides against the sides of the
stack to get a snug fit.

32 Paper Handling

3. Select the Paper Source and Paper Size settings that match the
loaded media by using the printer driver or the printer’s
control panel.

Note:

To print on the back side of previously printed paper, use the MP tray.
The duplex unit cannot be used for this purpose.

Standard lower cassette and optional paper

2

2

2

cassette unit

The paper sizes and types supported by the optional paper
cassette units are the same as the standard lower cassette unit. For
more information, see “500-Sheet/1000-Sheet Paper Cassette
Unit” on page 27.

The paper-loading procedure is the same for the standard lower
cassette and the optional paper cassette unit.

In addition to plain paper, you can also use special media such as
EPSON Color Laser Paper in the paper cassettes.

Follow these steps to load paper into the standard and optional
paper cassette units. The illustrations show the standard lower
cassette.

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Paper Handling 33

2

1. Pull the paper cassette out until it stops. Then lift up the front
of the cassette and pull out the cassette.

2. Slide the guides to accommodate the paper you are loading.
Tilt the rear guide forward to slide it.

34 Paper Handling

3. To prevent the sheets from sticking together, fan a stack of
paper. Then tap the edge on a firm surface to line it up.

Note:

If your printouts are curled or do not stack properly when using
plain paper, try turning the stack over and reloading it.

4. Insert the stack into the cassette, lining it up with both the back
and right sides of the cassette. Make sure that all the paper is
under the metal retaining clip, with the printable surface up.

2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Note:

❏ Loading the cassette with too much paper may cause paper jams.

Paper Handling 35

2

2

2

2

2

❏ When loading A5 size paper, attach the adjuster that comes with

the cassette, as shown below.

36 Paper Handling

5. Slide the paper guides to fit the paper you are loading.

2

2

2

2

6. Insert the paper cassette gently into the printer, and push it
back to the printer.

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2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Paper Handling 37

7. Use the printer’s control panel to select the LC1 Type setting
that matches the type of loaded paper. For details, see “Tray
Menu” on page 155.

Note:

If you have installed and loaded paper into the optional paper cassette
unit, select LC1 Type through LC3 Type settings that match the
loaded paper types.

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. Raise the stopper to
prevent your printouts from slipping off the printer.

38 Paper Handling

Printing on Special Media

You can print on special media such as EPSON Color Laser Paper,
EPSON Color Laser Transparencies, thick paper, envelopes, and
labels.

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.

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2

2

2

EPSON Color Laser Paper

You can load EPSON Color Laser Paper in the following paper
sources:

MP tray (up to 100 sheets)
standard lower cassette (up to 500 sheets)
optional paper cassette unit (up to 500 sheets in each cassette)

EPSON Color Laser Transparencies

EPSON recommends the use of EPSON Color Laser
Transparencies.

Note:

Duplex printing is not available for transparencies.

Transparencies can be loaded into the MP tray only (up to a 10
mm thick stack). When using transparencies, you should make
paper settings as shown below:

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2

2

2

2

2

2

2

Paper Handling 39

❏ Make settings on the Basic Settings menu (for Windows) or

the Basic Settings dialog box (for Macintosh) in the printer
driver as shown below.

Paper Size: A4 or Letter

Paper Source: MP tray

Paper Type: Transparency

❏ You can also make these settings on the Tray Menu in the

control panel.

MP Tray Size: A4 or LT

MP tray Type: Trnsprncy

Please note the following when handling this media:

❏ 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.

40 Paper Handling

❏ When loading transparencies in the MP tray, insert the short

edge first with the printable surface facing down.

2

2

2

2

2

2

If transparencies are loaded incorrectly, the message Check
Transparency appears on the LCD panel. Remove the
transparencies from the MP tray and remove the jammed
transparencies from the MP tray. Open and close cover A to
clear the message on the LCD panel, then reload the
transparencies. The printer resumes printing from the page
that jammed.

❏ When using transparencies, load them in the MP tray and set

the Paper Type setting to Transparency in the printer driver.

❏ When the Paper Type setting in the printer driver is set to

Transparency, do not load any other type of paper except
transparencies.

Caution:

Sheets that have just been printed on may be hot.

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Paper Handling 41

2

2

2

2

2

2

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.

Caution:

Do not use window envelopes. The plastic on most window

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envelopes will melt when it comes into contact with the fuser.

Note:

❏ 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.

❏ Duplex printing is not available for envelopes.

The following table shows important settings you have to make
when using envelopes.

Paper Source MP tray (up to 10 mm thickness)

MP Tray Size setting in the
Tray Menu

Printer driver settings Paper Size: Mon, C10, DL, C5, C6, IB5

Please note the following tips for handling this media.

Mon, C10, DL, C5, C6, IB5

Paper Source: MP Tray

Paper Type: Thick

42 Paper Handling

❏ Load envelopes with the short edge first and the printable side

down, as shown below.

2

2

2

2

2

2

❏ Do not use an envelope that has glue or tape on it.

Caution:

Make sure that the minimum size of envelopes meets the

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following size requirements:

Height: 139.7 mm
Width: 88.9 mm

Min.

139.7 mm

Min.

88.9 mm

Min.

88.9 mm

Min.

139.7 mm

Paper Handling 43

2

2

2

2

2

2

Labels

You can load up to 10 mm thickness 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:

❏ Duplex printing is not available for labels.

❏ 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.

The following table shows important settings you have to make
when using labels.

Paper Source MP tray (up to 10 mm thickness)

MP Tray Size setting in the Tray
Menu

Printer driver settings Paper Size: A4, LT

A4 or LT

Paper Source: MP Tray

Paper Type: Labels

Note:

❏ You should only use labels designed for monochrome laser printers

or monochrome plain-paper copiers.

❏ 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.

❏ Press a sheet of paper on top of each sheet of labels. If the paper sticks,

do not use those labels in your printer.

44 Paper Handling

❏ You may have to make the setting Thick* for Paper Type in the

Setup Menu.

* When using especially thick labels, set Paper Type to ExtraThk.

Thick paper and extra thick paper

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2

The following table shows important settings you have to make
when using thick (for 106 to 162 g/m² paper) or extra thick (for
163 to 216 g/m² paper) paper.

Paper Source MP tray (up to 10 mm thickness)

Printer driver settings Paper Size: A4, A5, B5, LT, HLT, EXE, LGL,

GLG, GLT, F4

Paper Source: MP Tray

Paper Type: Thick or Extra Thick

Note:

When using thick and extra thick paper, you cannot do duplex printing
automatically.

Transparencies

You can load transparencies up to 100 sheets into the MP tray.

The following table shows important settings you have to make
when using transparencies.

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MP Tray Size setting in the Tray
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Printer driver settings Paper Size: A4, LT

A4 or LT

Paper Source: MP Tray

Paper Type: Transparency

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Loading a custom paper size

You can load non-standard size paper into the MP tray as long as
it meets the following size requirements:

88.9 × 139.7 mm to 215.9 × 355.6 mm for MP tray.

Paper Source MP tray

Printer driver settings Paper Size: User Defined Size

Paper Source: MP Tray

Paper Type: Plain, Thick or Extra Thick

❏ For Windows, access the printer driver, then select

User-Defined Size from the Paper Size list on the Basic
Settings menu. 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.

❏ 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.

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Chapter 3

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 best results from your printer. The printer driver also
includes EPSON Status Monitor 3, which is accessed through the
Utility menu. EPSON Status Monitor 3 lets you check the status of
your printer. See “Monitoring Your Printer Using EPSON Status
Monitor 3” on page 69 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.

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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.

Windows XP or Server 2003 users

To access the printer driver, click Start, click Printers and Faxes,
then click Printers. Right-click your printer icon, then click
Printing Preferences.

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Windows Me, 98 or 95 users

To access the printer driver, click Start, point to Settings, then
click Printers. Right-click your printer icon, then click Properties.

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.

Windows NT4.0 users

To access the printer driver, click Start, point to Settings, then
click Printers. Right-click your printer icon, then click Document
Defaults.

Note:

The printer driver’s online help provides details on printer driver
settings.

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Making Changes to Printer Settings

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Making the print quality setting

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 two levels of print output, 300 dpi and 600 dpi.
600 dpi provides high quality, precise printing, but requires more
memory and slows the printing speed.

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. Color and resolution 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.

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2. Click Automatic. Then choose desired printing resolution
from Fast (300 dpi) or Fine 600 dpi) with the slider bar.

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Note:

If printing is unsuccessful or a memory-related error message
appears, selecting a lower resolution may allow printing to proceed.

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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 on the right of Automatic.

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3. Select the most appropriate setting from the list according to
the type of document or image you want to print.

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 left of the Basic Settings menu.

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 graphics and charts.

Photo

Suitable for printing photos.

PhotoEnhance4

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.

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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.

Automatic (High Quality)

Suitable for printing high-quality printing documents.

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.

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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 from 600 dpi or 300 dpi with the
Resolution slider bar.

Note:

When making the other settings, see online help for details on each
setting.

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This screen may vary depending on your operating system version.

4. Click OK to apply the settings and return to the Basic Settings
menu.

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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.

Type a 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:

❏ You cannot use a predefined setting name for your custom settings.

❏ To delete a custom setting, click Advanced, click Save Settings

in the Basic Settings menu, select the setting in the Custom Settings
dialog box, then click Delete.

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❏ You cannot delete 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.

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Resizing printouts

You can have your document enlarged or reduced during
printing.

To automatically resize pages to fit the output paper

1. Click the Layout tab.

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.

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corner of the paper) or Center (to print reduced page image
with centering) for Location setting.

4. Click OK to apply the settings.

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Resizing pages by a specified percentage

1. Click the Layout tab.

2. Select the Zoom Options check box.

3. Select the Zoom To check box, then specify the magnification

percentage in the box.

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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.

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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 Layout tab.

2. Select the Print Layout check box, then click Print Layout

Settings. The Print Layout Settings dialog box appears.

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3. Select the number of pages you want to print on one sheet of
paper. Then Select the Page Order in which the pages are
printed on each sheet.

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4. Select the 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.

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Using a watermark

Follow the steps to use a watermark on your document. In the
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.

1. Click the Special tab.

2. Select the Watermark check box, then click Watermark

Settings. The Watermark dialog box appears.

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3. Select a watermark from the Watermark Name drop-down
list, then select the color from the Color drop-down list.

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4. Adjust the image intensity of the watermark with the
Intensity slider bar.

5. 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.

6. Select the location on the page where you want to print the
watermark from the Location drop-down list.

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7. Adjust the horizontal or vertical Offset position.

8. Adjust the size of the watermark with the Size slider bar.

9. Click OK to apply the settings and return to the Special menu.

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Making a new watermark

You can make a new watermark as follows.

1. Click the Special tab.

2. Select the Watermark check box.

3. Click Watermark Settings. The Watermark dialog box

appears.

4. Click New/Delete. The User Defined Watermarks dialog box

appears.

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5. Select Text or BMP and type a name for the new watermark
in the Name box.

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This screen appears when you select Text.

6. 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.

7. Click Save. Your watermark will appear in the List box.

8. Click OK to apply the new watermark settings.

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You can register up to 10 watermarks.

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Printing with the duplex unit

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.

As an

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program.

1. Click the Layout tab.

2. Select the Duplex check box, then select Left, Top, or Right as

Binding position.

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3. Click Duplex Settings to open the Duplex Settings dialog box.

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.

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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 Layout menu.

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Making Extended Settings

You can make various settings in the Extended Settings dialog
box. To open the dialog box, click Extended Settings on the
Optional Settings menu.

a. Offset Makes fine adjustments to the

printing position on the front and
the back of data on a page in 1 mm
increments.

b. Uses the settings

specified on the printer
button:

c. Uses the settings

specified on the driver
button:

d. Ignore the selected

paper size check box:

e. Auto Continue check

box:

f. Data Compression

Level:

Select this button to use the
settings specified on the control
panel.

Select this button to use the
settings specified in the printer
driver.

When you select this check box,
the printer prints on loaded paper,
regardless of size.

Select this check box to clear errors
automatically and continue
printing after a given time (about
5 seconds) when Paper Set, Print
Overrun, or Mem Overflow
occurs.

Select the compression level for
image data from the drop-down
list. For example, selecting Low
(Higher Quality) provides better
print quality, but slows the
printing speed.

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g. Automatically change

to monochrome mode

check box:

Select this check box to have the
printer driver analyze the
printing data, and automatically
switch to monochrome mode if
the printing data is black and
white.

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box:

i. High Speed Graphics

Output check box:

j. Uses the collate settings

specified in the
application check box:

k. Uses the spooling

method provided by
the operating system

check box:

l. Avoid Page Error check

box:

When you select this check box,
the printer skips blank pages.

Select this check box to optimize
the printing speed of graphics
composed of line drawings such
as overlaid circles and squares.

Clear this check box if graphics do
not print correctly.

Select this check box to enable the
collate settings that are specified
on the application.

Select this check box to enable the
Spool function for Windows XP,
2000, NT 4.0, or Server 2003.

Select this check box to avoid Print
Overrun errors when printing
data which requires a lot of
memory to print, such as
documents with a large number of
complex fonts or graphics. Doing
so may slow down printing
somewhat.

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m. Default button: Click this button to return the

driver settings to the initial
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n. Help button: Click this button to open online

help.

o. Cancel button: Click this button to exit the dialog

box or printer driver without
saving the settings.

p. OK button: Click this button to save the

settings and to exit the dialog box
or printer driver.

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 the Update the
Printer Option Info Manually button.

2. Click Settings. The Optional Settings dialog box appears.

3. Make settings for each installed option, then click OK.

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Monitoring Your Printer Using EPSON Status Monitor 3

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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:

❏ 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 Windows 95 users:

When monitoring network printers in a Windows 95 environment,
Windows Socket 2 must be installed. Windows Socket 2 is available from
Microsoft corporation.

Installing EPSON Status Monitor 3

Follow the steps below to install EPSON Status Monitor 3.

1. Make sure that the printer is off and that Windows is running
on your computer.

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2. Insert the printer software CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive.

Note:

❏ If the language selection window appears, select your country.

❏ 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.

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3. Click Continue. When the software license agreement screen
appears, read the statement, then click Agree.

4. In the dialog box that appears, click Local.

Note:

See the Network Guide for information on installing EPSON Status
Monitor 3 on a network.

5. Click Custom.

6. Select the EPSON Status Monitor 3 check box, then click
Install.

7. In the dialog box that appears, make sure that your printer
icon is selected, and click OK.

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8. 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.

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Note:

❏ In this dialog box, you can set the URL for the site where you

can order consumables online. See “Order Online” on page 75
for details.

❏ Selecting your country or region allows you to change the

settings of the URL.

❏ The URL for the site is not displayed when selecting (No

Setting). Also, you cannot use the Order Online button on

the EPSON Status Monitor 3 dialog box.

❏ When you click the Cancel button, the Web site’s URL does not

appear, but the EPSON Status Monitor 3 installation
continues.

9. When the installation is complete, click OK.

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Accessing EPSON Status Monitor 3

Follow the steps below to access EPSON Status Monitor 3.

1. Access the printer driver, then click the Utility tab.

2. Click EPSON Status Monitor 3.

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Getting printer status details

You can monitor printer status and obtain information on
consumable products using the EPSON Status Monitor 3 dialog
box.

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This screen may vary depending on your operating system version.

a. Icon/Message: The icon and message show the

printer status.

b. Printer image: The image at the upper left shows the

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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.

d. Close button: Clicking this button closes the dialog

box.

e. 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 81 for details.

g. Paper: Displays the paper size, the paper type

and the approximate amount of paper
remaining in the paper source.
Information for the optional cassette is
displayed only if this option is
installed.

h. Toner: Indicates the amount of remaining

toner. The toner icon flashes if the
toner is low.

i. Order Online

button:

j. Photoconductor

Unit:

Clicking this button enables you to
order consumables online. See “Order
Online” on page 75 for details.

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
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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.

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Opens the EPSON Status Monitor 3
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c. Order Now/Find

Dealer button

Connects to the URL where you can
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.

d. Utility Settings

button:

e. Close button: Closes the dialog box.

f. Do not display this

window
automatically

check box:

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 Settings dialog box.

When this check box is selected, the
Order Online dialog box does not
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Setting Monitoring Preferences

To make specific monitoring settings, click Monitoring
Preferences in the Utility tab of the printer driver. The

Monitoring Preferences dialog box appears.

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a. Select Notification: Use the check boxes in this area to

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select the types of error that you
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c. 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 task
bar.
Once the shortcut icon is in the task
bar, you can double-click it to open
the EPSON Status 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.

d. Job management: To display the Job Information

menu in the EPSON Status Monitor
3 window, select the Show job
information check box.

Note:

This menu is enabled only under the
conditions given in “Connections
Supporting the Job Management
function” on page 80.

To display the notification message
when your print job is finished,
select the Notify when printing
completed check box.

e. Allow monitoring of

shared printers check
box:

When this check box is selected, a
shared printer can be monitored by
other PCs.

f. OK button: Saves new changes.

g. Cancel button: Cancels any changes.

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h. Help button: Opens online help for the

Monitoring Preferences dialog box.

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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.

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
Consumables. Once this button is clicked, the Status Alert
window will not disappear even after a problem is cleared. Click
Close to close the window.

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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.

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Connections Supporting the Job Management function

The Job Management function is available when the following
connections are used:

Server and client environments:

❏ When using the shared Windows 2000, Server 2003, or NT 4.0

LPR connection with Windows XP, Me, 98, 95, 2000, or NT 4.0
clients.

❏ When using the shared Windows 2000 or Server 2003

Standard TCP/IP connection with Windows XP, Me, 98, 95,
2000, or NT 4.0 clients.

❏ When using the shared Windows 2000, Server 2003, or NT 4.0

EpsonNet Print TCP/IP connection with Windows XP, Me,
98, 95, 2000, or NT 4.0 clients.

Client only environments:

❏ When using the LPR connection (in Windows XP, 2000, Server

2003, or NT 4.0).

❏ When using the Standard TCP/IP connection (in Windows

XP, 2000, or Server 2003).

❏ When using the EpsonNet Print TCP/IP connection (in

Windows XP, Me, 98, 95, 2000, Server 2003, or NT 4.0).

Note:

You cannot use this function in the following situations:

❏ When using an optional Ethernet interface card that does not

support the Job Management function.

❏ 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.

❏ When using a computer running Windows XP as a print server.

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Note on deleting print jobs:

You cannot delete the print job spooling on client computers running
Windows Me, 98, or 95 using EPSON Status Monitor 3 when the
following connections are used:

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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

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 77 for details.),
then click the Job Information tab on the EPSON Status Monitor
3 dialog box.

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a. Status: Waiting: The print job which waiting to be

printed.

Printing: The print job which is printed currently.

Completed: Displays only your jobs that have

finished printing.

Canceled: Displays only your jobs that have been

canceled printing.

b. Job Name: Displays the user’s print job file names. Other user’s

print jobs are displayed as --------.

c. Cancel Job

button:

d. Refresh

button:

Selecting a print job and clicking this button, cancels
the selected print job.

Clicking this button refreshes the information on this
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Setting to notify when printing is completed

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.

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a. Printing completed

notice:

Displays the user’s name, document
name, number of sheets, and
computer name for the completed job.

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b. Notices: Displays the number of notices

including the one currently displayed.

c. Previous Notice

button:

d. Close button: Clicking this button closes the dialog

Note:

When you canceled the target job, the Notify when printing completed
dialog box does not appear.

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Clicking this button makes the
previous notify dialog box appear.

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Stopping monitoring

You can stop monitoring the printing status by clearing the
Monitor the Printing Status check box in the printer driver’s
Utility menu if you don’t need to monitor the printer at all.

Note:

❏ The Monitor the Printing Status check box is displayed in the

Utility menu of Document Defaults in Windows NT 4.0, or in the
Utility menu of Printing Preference in Windows XP, 2000, or
Server 2003.

❏ You can find out the current printer status by clicking the EPSON

Status Monitor 3 icon in the printer driver’s Utility 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 EPSON Status Monitor 3, this utility is also installed.
Usually, it is not necessary to change a setup.

1. Click Start, point to Programs, point to EPSON Printers, then
click Monitored printers.

2. Clear the check boxes of the type of printers you do not want
to monitor.

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3. Click OK to apply the settings.

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Setting Up the USB Connection

The USB interface that comes with your printer complies with
Microsoft Plug and Play (PnP) USB specifications.

Note:

❏ Only PC systems equipped with a USB connector and running

Windows XP, Me, 98, 2000, and Server 2003 support the USB
interface.

❏ Your computer must support USB 2.0 in order to use it as an

interface.

❏ Since USB 2.0 is fully compatible with USB 1.1, USB 1.1 can be

used as an interface.

❏ USB 2.0 is applied for Windows XP, 2000, and Server 2003

operating systems. 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.

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3. For Windows Me or 98, select the EPUSB1: (your printer) USB

port from the Print to the following port drop-down list. For
Windows XP, 2000, or Server 2003, select the USB001 USB port
in the list on the Ports menu.

Note:

This screen may vary depending on your operating system version.

4. Click OK to save this settings.

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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 icon is displayed on the taskbar, follow the
instructions below to cancel the printing.

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Double-click your printer icon on the task bar. Select the task in
the list, then click Cancel from the Document menu.

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 q Cancel Job button on the printer’s control panel. When
canceling the print job, be careful not to cancel print sent by other users.

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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, NT 4.0, and 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, then click Control
Panel.

3. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.
For Windows XP or Server 2003, click Add or Remove
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4. Select EPSON Printer Software, then click Add/Remove.
Windows XP, 2000, or Server 2003, select EPSON Printer
Software, then click Change/Remove.

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6. Click the Utility tab, and confirm that the check box for the

printer software you want to uninstall is selected.

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If you uninstall only EPSON Status Monitor 3, select the EPSON
Status Monitor 3 check box.

7. To uninstall click OK.

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Note:

You can uninstall only the Monitored Printers utility of EPSON
Status Monitor 3. When the utility is uninstalled, you cannot
change the setting of Monitored Printers from EPSON Status
Monitor 3 of other printers.

8. Follow the on-screen instructions.

Uninstall the USB device driver

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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.

Note:

❏ Uninstall the printer driver before uninstalling the USB device

driver.

❏ 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 88.

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❏ EPSON USB Printer Devices appears only when the printer

is connected to Windows Me or 98 with a USB interface cable.

❏ If the 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. Follow the on-screen instructions.

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Chapter 4

Using the Printer Software with Macintosh

About the 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. EPSON Status
Monitor 3 is accessed through the Apple menu. EPSON Status
Monitor 3 lets you check the status of your printer. See
“Monitoring Your Printer using EPSON Status Monitor 3” on
page 114 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 9.x

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To access the printer driver, open the appropriate dialog box,
select Chooser from the Apple menu, then click your printer icon
beforehand.

Mac OS X

To access the printer driver, register your printer in Print Center,
click Print on the file menu of any application, then select your
printer.

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Opening the dialog boxes

❏ To open the Paper Setting dialog box, select Page Setup from

the File menu on any application.

❏ To open the Basic Settings dialog box, select Print from the File

menu on any application.

❏ To open the Layout dialog box, click the Layout icon on

the Basic Settings dialog box.

Note:

The printer driver’s online help provides details on printer driver
settings.

Making Changes to 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 two levels of print output, 300 dpi and 600 dpi.
600 dpi provides high quality, precise printing, but requires more
memory and slows the printing speed.

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
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Note:

The printer driver’s online help provides details on printer driver
settings.

1. Open the Basic Settings dialog box.

2. Click Automatic on Print Quality, then choose desired
printing resolution from Fast (300 dpi) or Fine (600 dpi) with
the slider bar.

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Note:

❏ For details about the RITech function, see the Online Help.

❏ If printing is unsuccessful or a memory-related error message

appears, selecting a lower resolution may allow printing to
proceed.

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 Automatic, then choose the resolution from the
Resolution drop-down list.

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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. Open the Basic Settings dialog box.

2. Select Advanced. You will find the predefined settings in
the list on the right of Automatic.

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3. Select the most appropriate setting from the list according to
the type of document or image you want to print.

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. Select Advanced. You will find the predefined settings in
the list on the right of Automatic.

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4. Select the most appropriate setting from the list according to
the type of document or image you want to print.

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 (Mac OS X), or in the current
settings list on the left of the Basic Settings dialog box (Mac OS 9).

This printer driver provides the following predefined settings:

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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.

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This function is not available with Mac OS X.

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ColorSync

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

Many users will never need to make their own print settings
manually. However, 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.

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2. Click Advanced, then click More Settings. The following
dialog box appears.

3. Choose Color or Black as the Color setting.

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4. Choose desired printing resolution from Fast (3 0 0 d p i) o r Fine
(600 dpi).

Note:

When making the other settings, see the button for details on
each settings.

5. Click OK to apply the settings and return to the Basic Settings
dialog box.

Note:

For details on each settings, see the Online help.

Saving your settings

To save your custom settings, select Advanced, then click Save
Settings on the Basic Settings dialog box. The Custom Settings

dialog box appears.

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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:

❏ You cannot use a predefined setting name for your custom settings.

❏ To delete a custom setting, select Advanced, click Save Settings

on the Basic Settings dialog box, select the setting in the User
Settings dialog box, then click Delete.

❏ You cannot 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.

For Mac OS X users

Use the following procedures to save your custom settings.

For Mac OS 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 10.2 or 10.3 users, save your custom settings in Save
Custom Setting. 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.

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