Epson Artisan 700 Basic User Guide

Artisan 700 Series

™

Basics Guide

Copyright Notice

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Seiko Epson Corporation. The information contained herein is designed only for use with this Epson product. Epson is not responsible for any use of this information as applied to other equipment.

Neither Seiko Epson Corporation nor its affiliates shall be liable to the purchaser of this product or third parties for damages, losses, costs, or expenses incurred by purchaser or third parties as a result of: accident, misuse, or abuse of this product or 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 shall not be liable for any damages or problems arising from the use of any options or any consumable products other than those designated as Original Epson Products or Epson Approved Products by Seiko Epson Corporation.

Responsible Use of Copyrighted Materials

Epson encourages each user to be responsible and respectful of the copyright laws when using any Epson product. While some countries’ laws permit limited copying or reuse of copyrighted material in certain circumstances, those circumstances may not be as broad as some people assume. Contact your legal advisor for any questions regarding copyright law.

Trademarks

Epson is a registered trademark, Epson Exceed Your Vision is a registered logomark, and Supplies Central is a service mark of Seiko Epson Corporation.

Artisan is a trademark and Epson Connection is a service mark of Epson America, Inc.

General 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.

This information is subject to change without notice.

Using the Control Panel

Loading Paper

Using Special Papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Placing Originals for Copying or Scanning

Copying a Document or Photo

Copying a Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Restoring, Cropping, or Copying Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Printing From Your Camera’s Memory Card

Inserting Your Camera’s Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Inserting a USB Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Selecting and Printing Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Printing Layout Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Printing From a Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Printing Special Projects

Printing Lined Paper and Graph Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Printing Personal Notepaper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Printing CDs and DVDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Printing From Your Computer

Printing in Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Printing With a Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Selecting the Correct Paper Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Two-sided Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Scanning a Document or Photo

Basic Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Maintaining Your Artisan 700 Series

Checking the Print Head Nozzles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Cleaning the Print Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Checking the Ink Cartridge Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47

Purchasing Epson Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48

Replacing Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

Solving Problems

Checking for Software Updates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Problems and Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52

Where To Get Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

Notices

Index

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Contents

Using the Control Panel

The control panel is adjustable. To raise it, lift it as shown below. To lower it, press the button and push the control panel down.

Caution:

To avoid damaging the Artisan 700 Series, always press the the control panel. Don’t try to push it down.

Display/Crop

button to lower

View Auto Correct

Blue status light

To save energy, the LCD screen goes dark after 13 minutes of inactivity. Press

■

any button (except the

■

To switch the display screen from displaying one photo at a time to 9 photos at a time, press the

■

The blue status light at the bottom of the panel flashes when the Artisan 700

P On

button) to wake it up.

Display/Crop

Stop/Clear Settings

Series is operating or performing routine maintenance.

Note:

If the blue status light flashes rapidly, check the control panel for error messages.

Using the Control Panel

You may see the following icons on the screen:

Icon Meaning

The Artisan 700 Series is connected to a wired network

The Artisan 700 Series is connected to a wireless network

The current photo is cropped

The Fix Red-Eye setting is on for the current photo or all photos

Using the Control Panel

Loading Paper

Your Artisan 700 Series has two paper trays. The main tray is for letter-size, legalsize, A4, or 8 plain paper in the main tray. When extended, the tray can hold up to 50 legal-size sheets.

The photo tray is for 4

6 and 20 sheets of 5 × 7-inch paper.

1. Pull out the paper cassette. Then slide back the photo tray and lift it up.

10 inch paper. You can load up to 120 sheets of letter-size or A4

6 or 5 × 7-inch paper. You can load up to 20 sheets of

2. Squeeze the edge guides and slide them out. Then insert paper with the glossy or printable side face-down.

For legal-size paper, squeeze lever to extend tray.

Note:

Load letterhead or pre-printed paper face-down, with the top edge facing the back of the paper cassette. To load legal-size paper, squeeze the lever and extend the tray.

Loading Paper

3. Slide the left edge guide against the paper.

4. Adjust the other edge guide to your paper size.

Make sure the paper stack fits under the edge guide

5. Lower the photo tray.

Loading Paper

6. To load paper in the photo tray, squeeze the edge guides and slide them out. Then insert photo paper with the glossy or printable side face-down.

7. Slide the left edge guide against the paper. Then adjust the other edge guide to your paper size.

Note:

Make sure the paper fits under the edge guide.

8. Keep the cassette flat as you insert it.

Loading Paper

9. Extend the output tray and flip up the stopper.

For details on paper and instructions on loading envelopes and legal-size sheets, see the on-screen Epson Information Center.

Using Special Papers

Epson offers a wide array of high quality papers, making it easy to maximize the impact of your photos, presentations, and creative projects.

You can purchase genuine Epson ink and paper at Epson Supplies Central www.epson.com/ink3 (U.S. sales) or www.epson.ca (Canadian sales). You can also purchase supplies from an Epson authorized reseller. To find the nearest one, call 800-GO-EPSON (800-463-7766).

Part

Paper name Size

Epson Bright White Paper Letter (8.5 × 11 inches) S041586 500

Epson Photo Paper Glossy Borderless 4 × 6 inches S041809

Letter (8.5 × 11 inches) S041141

Loading Paper

number

S04203850100

S041649 S041271

Sheet count

20 50 100

Paper name Size

Part number

Sheet count

Epson Premium Photo Paper

Glossy

Epson Ultra Premium Photo

Paper Glossy

Epson Premium Photo Paper

Semi-gloss

Epson Presentation Paper Matte Letter (8.5 × 11 inches) S041062 100

Epson Ultra Premium Photo

Paper Luster

Epson Premium Presentation

Paper Matte

Borderless 4 × 6 inches S041808

S04172740100

Borderless 5 × 7 inches S041464 20

Borderless 8 × 10 inches S041465 20

Letter (8.5 × 11 inches) S042183

S0416672550

Borderless 4 × 6 inches S042181

S04217460100

Borderless 5 × 7 inches S041945 20

Borderless 8 × 10 inches S041946 20

Letter (8.5 × 11 inches) S042182

S0421752550

Borderless 4 × 6 inches S041982 40

Letter (8.5 × 11 inches) S041331 20

Legal (8.5 × 14 inches) S041067 100

Letter (8.5 × 11 inches) S041405 50

Borderless 8 × 10 inches S041467 50

Letter (8.5 × 11 inches) S041257

S04218050100

Epson Premium Presentation

Paper Matte Double-sided

Epson Ultra Premium

Presentation Paper Matte

Epson Photo Quality Self-

adhesive Sheets

Epson Iron-on Cool Peel Transfer

Paper

Letter (8.5 × 11 inches) S041568 50

Letter (8.5 × 11 in.) S041341 50

A4 (8.3 × 11.7 inches) S041106 10

Letter (8.5 × 11 inches) S041153 10

Using Special Papers

Placing Originals for Copying or Scanning

You can place one or two photos or a document up to letter-size (or A4) on the scanner glass to make color or black and white copies.

1. Open the document cover and place your original face-down on the scanner glass, with the top against the back left corner.

If you’re scanning 3 × 5- or 4 × 6-inch photos, you can place up to two at a time on the scanner glass. Place them at least 1/4 inch (5 mm) apart.

1/4 inch (5 mm)

Note:

If the edges of your document or photo are cut off, move the document or photo 1/4 inch (5 mm) away from the corner of the scanner glass.

2. Close the cover gently so you don’t move the original(s).

Placing Originals for Copying or Scanning

Copying a Document or Photo

Once you’ve placed your originals on the scanner glass, you can make color or black and white copies. See:

■

“Copying a Document” below

■

“Restoring, Cropping, or Copying Photos” on page 14

Copying a Document

1. Place your original for copying (see page 12).

2. Load letter-size plain paper, Epson Bright White Paper, or Epson Presentation Paper Matte.

3. Press the

4. Press

5. Press

Home

button until

or – to select the number of copies you

Copy

want.

6. Press

or d to select

Color

B&W

white) copies.

7. Press

or r to adjust the density (make the copies lighter or darker) if

necessary.

8. To change copy settings, press x

to select

Layout Paper Size

■

To adjust the copy size, press d to select

Reduce/Enlarge

to choose using

Paper and Copy Settings

setting should be

should be

With Border

Letter

, pressr, then pressu or d

or –),

Actual

(and select a percentage

Auto Fit Page

paper), or one of the specific sizes listed. Then press

is selected.

(black and

, then . The

and the

(to automatically size the image to fit your

Copying a Document or Photo

■

Pressd to scroll down to the

Then press

■

For the

Text & Image OK

■

To change the copy quality, select choose

Draft, Standard Quality

Document Type

if your document contains photos or graphics. Then press

Paper Type

setting, choose

Quality

, or

Best

setting and select

Text

for plain documents or

Plain Paper

, pressr, then pressu or d to

. Then press OK.

For more information about copy settings, see your on-screen Epson

Information Center.

9. After you finish selecting your settings, press

Start

10. Press x

Settings

to begin copying. To cancel copying, press y

Stop/Clear

Restoring, Cropping, or Copying Photos

You can copy one or two photos onto 4×6-inch, 5×7-inch, 8×10-inch, or letter-size photo paper for instant photo reprints. You can also restore colors in faded photos, print with or without borders, convert photos to black and white, and crop your photos.

1. Place one or two photos on the scanner glass. Place them at least 1/4 inch (5 mm) apart.

2. Load 4 × 6-inch or 5 × 7-inch paper in the photo tray or 8 × 10-inch or lettersize Epson photo paper in the main tray. Load it printable side down.

3. Press the then press

4. Press x

Restore Photos

Home

button until

. You see this screen.

, pressl or r to select

, then press

Copy

OK.

is selected,

Copy/

Copying a Document or Photo

5. To restore colors in faded photos as you copy, press

to select On. (If your photos are not

faded, do not turn on

to select

Off

.) Then press OK.

Color Restoration;

press

6. When you see this screen, press

to prescan

your photos.

7. When you see a message asking you to select the number of copies, press

8. If you placed two photos on the scanner glass,

press

or r to view the second one and select

the number of copies.

9. To print more than 1 copy, press

or – to select the number (up to 99). If

you are copying 2 photos, do this for the other photo as well.

10. If you want to crop one of your photos and enlarge the resulting image area to fit onto your paper, press

■

To resize the image area, press + or –.

■

To move the image area, use the arrow

Display/Crop

buttons.

■

To check the zoomed image, press OK.

When you finish cropping your photo, press

11. Press

again to continue.

12. To change any of the settings displayed on the screen, press x

Paper and Copy Settings

■

To change the paper size, select

and then OK to select

Paper Size

and choose the size of paper you loaded. Press

. (

Paper Type

the

Paper Size

options depend on

setting you choose.)

Restoring, Cropping, or Copying Photos

■

To change the paper type, select

Paper Type

, pressr, then pressuor

to choose the setting for the paper you loaded:

For this paper type Choose this setting

Epson Premium Photo Paper Glossy Prem. Glossy

Epson Premium Photo Paper Semi-gloss

Epson Ultra Premium Photo Paper Luster

Epson Ultra Premium Photo Paper Glossy Ultra Glossy

Epson Photo Paper Glossy Glossy

■

To change the print layout, select to choose

to expand the image all the way to the edge of the paper

(slight cropping may occur) or

image. Then press

■

To adjust the amount of image expansion when printing borderless photos, select

Standard, Medium

Expansion,

pressr, then pressu or d to choose

, or

Minimum

photos may have white borders if you use the

Borderless

Off

to leave a small margin around the

, then pressr. Pressu or d

. Then press OK. (Your printed

Medium

Minimum

setting.)

■

To automatically adjust brightness, contrast, and saturation to best effect, select

Fix Photo

, then press r. Pressu or d to choose On.

■

If you want to create a black-and-white copy of a color photo, select

Filter

, pressr, then pressu or d and choose

13. After you finish selecting your settings, press

14. When you’re ready to copy, press x

Clear Settings

Note:

When you scan with your computer, you can use additional options to transform faded, dusty, or badly exposed photos into ones with true-to-life color and sharpness. See the on-screen Epson Information Center for details.

Copying a Document or Photo

Start

. To cancel copying, press y

B&W

. Then press OK.

Stop/

Printing From Your Camera’s Memory Card

The Artisan 700 Series lets you print photos from your digital camera’s memory card, or by connecting your camera directly and using its DPOF

™

settings. You

can also print photos stored on a USB drive. See these sections:

■

“Inserting Your Camera’s Memory Card” below

■

“Inserting a USB Drive” on page 19

■

“Selecting and Printing Photos” on page 20

■

“Printing Layout Sheets” on page 22

■

“Printing From a Camera” on page 24

Inserting Your Camera’s Memory Card

1. Insert the card into the correct slot, as shown. Insert just one card at a time.

Upper slot: SDTM, SDHC

miniSDTM*, miniSDHC* microSD*, microSDHC* MultiMediaCard MMCplus, MMCmobile, MMCmicro* Memory Stick Memory Stick DuoTM* Memory Stick MicroTM* Memory Stick PRO Memory Stick PRO DuoTM* Memory Stick PRO-HG Duo* MagicGate MagicGate Memory Stick Duo xD-Picture Card xD-Picture Card Types H, M, M+

Lower slot: CompactFlash

Microdrive

Memory Stick

* Adapter required

Printing From Your Camera’s Memory Card

Make sure the image files on your card meet these requirements:

File format JPEG with the Exif version 2.21 standard

Image size 80 × 80 pixels to 9200 × 9200 pixels

Number of files Up to 9990 (If there are more than 999 photos on the

card, you can select a group of photos to display. See your on-screen Epson Information Center.)

2. After you insert the card, the memory card

Memory card access light

access light flashes, then stays on.

3. See page 20 to select and print your photos.

Removing Your Card

After you finish printing your photos, follow these steps to remove the card:

1. Make sure the memory card access light is not flashing.

Caution:

Do not remove the card or turn off the Artisan 700 Series while the memory card access light is flashing; you may lose data on the card.

2. If the Artisan 700 Series is connected to your computer, do one of the following before removing the memory card or turning it off:

■

Windows®:Click the or icon on the taskbar and select

remove USB Mass Storage Device

■

Macintosh®:Drag the removable disk icon from your desktop into the

trash.

3. Pull the card straight out of its slot.

Safely

Printing From Your Camera’s Memory Card

Inserting a USB Drive

You can print from an external storage device connected to the Artisan 700 Series, such as a USB flash drive, external hard drive, or CD burner.

Note:

Epson cannot guarantee the compatibility of any drives. You may not be able to print photos from the storage device if they were saved to the device using a product other than the Artisan 700 Series.

1. Remove any inserted memory card from the Artisan 700 Series.

2. Insert your USB flash drive or the USB cable for your external drive into the

USB connector on the front of your Artisan 700 Series.

3. Insert storage media (such as a CD) into your drive, if necessary.

4. If there are folders on your storage media, select the folder you want and press

5. See the next section to select and print your photos.

Note:

Before removing your USB drive, make sure its access light is not flashing.

Inserting a USB Drive

Selecting and Printing Photos

1. Load Epson photo paper. See page 10 for a list.

2. Press the selected, then press

3. Select

4. Press

Home

button until

OK.

View and Print Photos

or r to move through your photos

Photos

and press OK.

and display one you want to print.

Tip:

View Auto Correct: Off appears at the top of the display screen. Press View Auto Correct to see how the image will look when Fix Photo is turned on (see page 21). Press View Auto Correct again to return to the original view.

5. To print more than one copy, press + or – to select the number of copies you want of that photo.

6. If you want to crop the photo and enlarge the resulting image area to fit onto your paper,

Display/Crop

press

■

To resize the image area, press + or –.

■

To move the image area, use the arrow

buttons.

■

To rotate the image area, press x

■

To check the zoomed image, press OK.

When you finish cropping your photo, press

7. Press

or r to view other photos, select the number of copies, and crop, if

desired.

8. When you’re done selecting photos, press

. You see the Print Preview screen:

Printing From Your Camera’s Memory Card

+ 44 hidden pages

Epson Artisan 700 Basic User Guide

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Copyright Notice

Contents

Using the Control Panel

Loading Paper

Using Special Papers

Placing Originals for Copying or Scanning

Copying a Document or Photo

Copying a Document

Restoring, Cropping, or Copying Photos

Printing From Your Camera’s Memory Card

Inserting Your Camera’s Memory Card

Removing Your Card

Inserting a USB Drive

Selecting and Printing Photos