Epson C11C649001BX User Manual

User's Guide

NPD1962-00

Copyright and Trademarks

No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of Seiko Epson Corporation. No patent liability is assumed with respect to the use of the information contained herein. Neither is any liability assumed for damages resulting from the use of the information contained herein.

Neither Seiko Epson Corporation nor its affiliates shall be liable to the purchaser of this product or third parti es for damages, losses, costs, or expenses incurr ed by purchaser or third parties as a result of: accident, mi suse, or abuse of this product or unauthorized modi fications, 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 Corp oration and its affiliates shall not be liable against any da mages or problems arising from the use of any options or any consumable products other than those designated as Original Epson Products or Epson Approved Products by Seiko Epson Corporation.

Features Zoran Corporation Integrated Print System (IPS) for print language emulation.

A part of the ICC Profile contained within this product was created by Gretag Macbeth ProfileMaker. Gretag Macbeth is the registered trademark of Gretag Macbeth Holding AG Logo. ProfileMaker is the trademark of LOGO GmbH.

IBM and PS/2 are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. Microsoft States of America and other countries. Apple

EPSON and EPSON ESC/P are registered trademarks and EPSON ESC/P 2 is a trademark of Seiko Epson Corporation.

Coronet is a trademark of Ludlow Industries (UK) Ltd.

Marigold is a trademark of Arthur Baker and may be registered in some jurisdictions.

CG Times and CG Omega are trademarks of Agfa Monotype Corporation and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.

Arial, Times New Roman and Albertus are trademarks of The Monotype Corporation and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.

and Windows® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United

and Macintosh® are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.

2 Copyright and Trademarks

ITC Avant Garde Gothic, ITC Bookman, ITC Zapf Chancery and ITC Zapf Dingbats are trademarks of International Typeface Corporation and may be registered in some jurisdictions.

Antique Olive is a trademark of Fonderie Olive.

Helvetica, Palatino, Times, Univers, Clarendon, New Century Schoolbook, Miriam and David are trademarks of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG which may be registered in certain jurisdictions.

Wingdings is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation and may be registered in some jurisdictions.

HP, HP LaserJet and PCL are registered trademarks of the Hewlett-Packard Company.

Adobe, the Adobe logo and PostScript3 are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated, which may be registered in certain jurisdictions.

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.

Safety Instructions

Safety . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Warnings, Cautions, and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Safety precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13

Important Safety Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17

Safety Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .21

Power On/Off Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23

Chapter 1 Getting to Know Your Printer

Where to Find Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .24

Printer Parts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Front view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25

Rear view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .26

Inside the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .27

Control panel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .28

Options and Consumable Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .29

Consumable products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30

Chapter 2 Printer Features and Various Printing Options

Printer Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

High-quality printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Toner save mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .31

Resolution Improvement Technology (RITech). . . . . . . . . . . .31

Wide variety of fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Adobe PostScript 3 Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

PCL6 Emulation Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Various Printing Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32

Double-sided printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .33

Fit to page printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Pages per sheet printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34

Watermark printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35

Overlay printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Web-Page Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36

Chapter 3 Paper Handling

Paper Sources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

MP tray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38

Standard lower paper cassette . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

550-Sheet Universal Paper Cassette Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Selecting a paper source . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39

Loading Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41

MP tray and standard lower paper cassette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

550-Sheet Universal Paper Cassette Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49

Output tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Printing on Special Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50

Envelopes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .51

Labels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54

Thick paper and extra thick paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55

Transparencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

Loading a custom paper size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56

Chapter 4 Using the Printer Software with Windows

About the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Accessing the printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58

Making Changes to Printer Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Making the print quality settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .59

Duplex printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65

Displaying information about consumables with the printer

driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .67

Ordering Consumables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

Resizing printouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68

Modifying the print layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Using a watermark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Using an overlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76

Making Extended Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Making Optional Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Printing a status sheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

Monitoring Your Printer Using EPSON Status Monitor . . . . . . . . 86

Installing EPSON Status Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Accessing EPSON Status Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Information on EPSON Status Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Simple Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Detailed Status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Consumables Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Job Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Notice Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99

Order Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Tray Icon Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

Setting Up the USB Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Canceling Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104

Uninstalling the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Uninstalling the printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105

Uninstall the USB device driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Sharing the Printer on a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Sharing the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Setting up your printer as a shared printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

Using an additional driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Setting up clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Installing the printer driver from the CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . . 125

Chapter 5 Using the PostScript Printer Driver

About the PostScript 3 Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

System requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Using the PostScript Printer Driver with Windows . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Installing the PostScript printer driver for the parallel

interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Installing the PostScript printer driver for

the USB interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Installing the PostScript printer driver for the network

interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133

Accessing the PostScript printer driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

Making changes to PostScript printer settings. . . . . . . . . . . .135

Using AppleTalk under Windows 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136

Using the PostScript Printer Driver with Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . .137

Installing the PostScript printer driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137

Selecting the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138

Accessing the PostScript printer driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143

Making changes to PostScript printer settings. . . . . . . . . . . .143

Chapter 6 Using the PCL6 Printer Driver

About the PCL6 Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

Hardware requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146

Using the PCL6 Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147

Chapter 7 Using the Control Panel

Using the Control Panel Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

When to make control panel settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

How to access the control panel menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149

Control Panel Menus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

Information Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151

Tray Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

Emulation Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

Printing Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158

Reset Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163

Parallel Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164

USB Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166

Network Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168

AUX Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168

LJ4 Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168

PS3 Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171

ESCP2 Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .172

FX Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 175

I239X Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178

Status and Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181

Printing a Status Sheet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192

Canceling Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Using the Cancel Job button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Using the Reset menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193

Chapter 8 Installing Options

550-Sheet Universal Paper Cassette Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Handling precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194

Installing the 550-Sheet Universal Paper Cassette Unit. . . . 195

Removing the 550-Sheet Universal Paper Cassette Unit. . . 198

Duplex Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Installing the Duplex Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198

Removing the Duplex Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201

Memory Module. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Installing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202

Removing a memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207

Interface Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Installing an interface card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208

Removing an interface card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211

Chapter 9 Replacing Consumable Products

Replacement Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212

Imaging Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Handling precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213

Replacing an imaging cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 214

Fuser Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Handling precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217

Replacing the fuser unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218

Chapter 10 Cleaning and Transporting the Printer

Cleaning the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223

Cleaning the pickup roller. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223

Transporting the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227

For long distances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227

For short distances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .227

Finding a place for the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .229

Chapter 11 Troubleshooting

Clearing Jammed Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231

Precautions for clearing jammed paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .231

Jam A (Cover A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .232

Jam A B (Cover A or B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .235

Jam DM (Cover DM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .240

Jam MP A, Jam C1 A, Jam C2 A, Jam C3 A

(All paper cassettes and Cover A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .242

Printing a Status Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245

Operational Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245

The Ready light does not turn on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245

The printer does not print (Ready light off) . . . . . . . . . . . . . .245

The Ready light is on but nothing prints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246

The optional product is not available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .246

The Properties dialog box does not appear or it takes

too much time to open it (For Windows Only) . . . . . . . . .247

The amount of a toner remaining is not updated

(For Windows users only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .247

Printout Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248

The font cannot be printed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248

Printout is garbled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .248

The printout position is not correct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249

Graphics do not print correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249

Print Quality Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249

The background is dark or dirty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .249

White dots appear in the printout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250

Print quality or tone is uneven . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .250

Half-tone images print unevenly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .251

Toner smudges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251

Areas are missing in the printed image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

Completely blank pages are output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252

The printed image is light or faint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253

The non-printed side of the page is dirty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Memory Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Print quality decreased. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Insufficient memory for current task . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Insufficient memory to print all copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254

Paper Handling Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Paper does not feed properly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255

Problems Using Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

The message Invalid AUX /IF Card appears on

the LCD panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256

Paper does not feed from the optional paper cassette . . . . . 256

Feed jam when using the optional paper cassette . . . . . . . . 257

An installed option cannot be used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Correcting USB Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

USB connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257

Windows operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

Printer software installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258

Status and Error Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Canceling Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

Printing in the PostScript 3 Mode Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265

The printer does not print correctly in the PostScript

mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

The printer does not print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266

The printer driver or printer that you need to use does not

appear in the Printer Setup Utility (Mac OS 10.3.x),

Print Center (Mac OS 10.2.x), or Chooser (Mac OS 9) . . . 267 The font on the printout is different from that on

the screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267

The printer fonts cannot be installed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268

The edges of texts and/or images are not smooth . . . . . . . . 268

The printer does not print normally via the parallel

interface (Windows 98 only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

The printer does not print normally via the USB interface. 269 The printer does not print normally via the network

interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269

An undefined error occurs (Macintosh only). . . . . . . . . . . . .271

Insufficient memory to print data (Macintosh only). . . . . . .271

Printing in the PCL6 Mode Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272

The printer does not print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272

The font on the printout is different from that on

the screen. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .272

The edges of texts and/or images are not smooth . . . . . . . .272

Appendix A Where To Get Help

Technical Support Web Site . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273

Contacting Customer Support. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273

Before Contacting Epson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .273

Appendix B Technical Specifications

Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275

Available paper types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .276

Paper that should not be used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .276

Printable area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .277

Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279

General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .279

Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .280

Mechanical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .280

Electrical. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281

Standard and approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281

Interfaces. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282

Parallel interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282

USB interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282

Ethernet interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282

Options and Consumable Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283

550-Sheet Universal Paper Cassette Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .283

Duplex Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284

Memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284

Imaging cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .285

Fuser unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .285

Appendix C Information about Fonts

Working with Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

EPSON BarCode Fonts (Windows Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286

Available fonts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 309

Adding more fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Selecting fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

Downloading fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317

EPSON Font Manager (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318

Symbol Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

Introduction to symbol sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320

In the LJ4 Emulation Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321

In the ESC/P 2 or FX Modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325

In the I239X Emulation Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

In the PCL6 Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328

Index

Safety Instructions

Safety

Warnings, Cautions, and Notes

Warnings

must be followed carefully to avoid bodily injury.

Cautions

must be observed to avoid damage to your equipment.

Notes

contain important information and useful tips on the operation of your printer.

Safety precautions

Be sure to follow the precautions carefully to ensure safe, efficient operation:

Safety Instructions 13

❏ Because the printer weighs approximately 19.5 kg (43 lb)

without the imaging cartridge and optional 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.

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❏ Be careful not to touch the fuser, which is marked CAUTION

HOT SURFACE and CAUTION HIGH TEMPERATURE, or the

surrounding areas. If the printer has been in use, the fuser and the surrounding areas may be very hot. If you must touch one of these areas, wait 40 minutes to allow the heat to subside before doing so.

a. CAUTION HOT SURFACE b. 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 an imaging cartridge, always place it on a

clean, smooth surface.

❏ Do not attempt to modify an imaging cartridge or take it apart.

It cannot be refilled.

Safety Instructions 15

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

❏ Do not dispose of used imaging cartridges or fuser 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 an imaging cartridge after

moving it from a cool to a warm environment to prevent damage from condensation.

❏ Do not open the drum’s protective cover and avoid exposing

an imaging cartridge to room light any longer than necessary. Overexposing the cartridge may cause abnormally dark or light areas to appear on the printer page and reduce the life of the cartridge.

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❏ To prevent damage from condensation, do not place the

printer in a location subject to extreme or rapid changes in temperature or humidity, and do not move it from a cool to a warm environment.

❏ Be sure to keep consumable components out of the reach of

children.

❏ Do not leave jammed paper inside the printer. This can cause

the printer to overheat.

❏ Avoid sharing outlets with other appliances.

❏ Use only an outlet that meets the power requirements of this

printer.

Important Safety Instructions

Read all of the following instructions before operating your printer:

When choosing a place and power source for the printer

❏ Place the printer near an electrical outlet where you can easily

plug in and unplug the power cord.

❏ Do not place the printer on an unstable surface.

❏ Do not put your printer where the cord will be stepped on.

❏ Slots and openings in the cabinet and the back or bottom are

provided for ventilation. Do not block or cover them. Do not put the printer on a bed, sofa, rug, or other similar surface or in a built-in installation unless proper ventilation is provided.

❏ All interface connectors for this printer are Non-LPS

(non-limited power source).

Safety Instructions 17

❏ Connect your printer to an electrical outlet that meets the

power requirements of this printer. Your printer’s power requirements are indicated on a label attached to the printer. If you are not sure of the power supply specifications in your area, contact your local power company or consult your dealer.

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

outlet, contact an electrician.

❏ Avoid using outlets that other appliances are plugged into.

❏ Use the type of power source indicated on the label. If you are

not sure of the type of power available, consult your dealer or local power company.

❏ If you are unable to insert the plug into the outlet, contact a

qualified electrician.

❏ When connecting this product to a computer or other device

with a cable, ensure the correct orientation of the connectors. Each connector has only one correct orientation. Inserting a connector in the wrong orientation may damage both devices connected by the cable.

❏ If you use an extension cord, make sure that the total of the

ampere ratings on the products plugged into the extension cord does not exceed the extension cord ampere rating.

❏ Unplug this printer from the wall outlet and refer servicing

to a qualified service representative under the following conditions:

A. When the power cord or plug is damaged or frayed.

B. If liquid has been spilled into it.

C. If it has been exposed to rain or water.

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D. If it does not operate normally when the operating

instructions are followed. Adjust only those controls that are covered by the operating instructions since improper adjustment of other controls may result in damage and will often require extensive work by a qualified technician to restore the product to normal operation.

E. If it has been dropped or the cabinet has been

damaged.

F. If it exhibits a distinct change in performance,

indicating a need for service.

When using the printer

❏ The printer weighs about 19.5 kg (43 lb). One person should

not attempt to lift or carry the printer. Two people should carry it.

❏ Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the printer.

❏ Unplug this printer from the wall outlet before cleaning.

❏ Use a well-wrung cloth for cleaning and do not use liquid or

aerosol cleaners.

❏ Do not use aerosol products that contain flammable gases

inside or around this product. Doing so may cause fire.

❏ Avoid touching the components inside the printer unless

instructed to do so in the printer’s documentation.

❏ Never force printer components into place. Although the

printer is designed to be sturdy, rough handling can damage it.

❏ Be sure to keep consumables out of the reach of children.

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❏ Do not use printer in a damp environment.

❏ Do not leave jammed paper inside the printer. This can cause

the printer to overheat.

❏ Never push objects of any kind through cabinet slots as they

may touch dangerous voltage points or short out parts that could result in a risk of fire or electric shock.

❏ Never spill liquid of any kind on the printer.

❏ Except as specifically explained in the printer’s

documentation, do not attempt to service this product yourself.

❏ Adjust only those controls that are covered by the operating

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

ENERGY STAR® compliance

As an ENERGY STAR® Partner, Epson has determined that this product meets the ENERGY

STAR

guidelines for energy efficiency.

The International ENERGY STAR

Office Equipment Program is a voluntary partnership with the computer and office equipment industry to promote the introduction of energy-efficient personal computers, monitors, printers, fax machines, copiers, scanners, and multifunction devices, and in an effort to reduce air pollution caused by power generation. Their standards and logos are uniform among participating nations.

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Safety Information

Power cord

Caution:

Be sure the AC power cord meets the relevant local safety

standards. Use only the power cord that comes with this product. Use of the another cord may result in fire or electric shock. This product’s power cord is for use with this product only. Use with other equipment may result in fire or electric shock.

Laser safety labels

Warning:

The performance of procedures and adjustments other than those

specified in the printer’s documentation may result in hazardous radiation exposure. Your printer is a Class 1 laser product as defined in the IEC60825 specifications. The label shown is attached to the back of the printer in countries where required.

Internal laser radiation

Max. Average Radiation Power: 5 mW at laser aperture

Wavelength: 770 to 800 nm

Safety Instructions 21

This is a Class III b Laser Diode Assembly that has an invisible laser beam. The printer head unit is NOT A SERVICE ITEM, therefore, the printer head unit should not be opened under any circumstances. An additional laser warning label is affixed to the inside of the printer.

Ozone safety

Ozone emission

Ozone gas is generated by laser printers as a by-product of the printing process. Ozone is produced only when the printer is printing.

Ozone exposure limit

The recommended exposure limit for ozone is 0.1 parts per million (ppm) expressed as an average time-weighted concentration over an eight (8) hour period. The Epson laser printer generates less than 0.1 ppm for eight (8) hours of continuous printing.

Minimize the risk

To minimize the risk of exposure to ozone, you should avoid the following conditions:

❏ Use of multiple laser printers in a confined area

❏ Operation in conditions of extremely low humidity

❏ Poor room ventilation

❏ Long, continuous printing together with any of the above

Printer location

The printer should be located so that the exhaust gases and heat generated are:

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❏ Not blown directly into the user’s face

❏ Vented directly out of the building whenever possible

Power On/Off Cautions

Do not turn off the printer:

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

LCD panel.

❏ While the Ready light is flashing.

❏ While the Data light is on or flashing.

❏ While printing.

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Chapter 1

Getting to Know Your Printer

Where to Find Information

Setup Guide

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

User’s Guide (this manual)

Provides you with detailed information on the printer’s functions, optional products, maintenance, troubleshooting, and technical specifications.

Network Guide

Provides network administrators with information on both the printer driver and network settings.You need to install this guide from the Network Utilities CD-ROM to your computer’s hard disk before referring it.

Paper Jam Guide

Provides you with solutions for paper jam problems about your printer you may need to refer to on a regular basis. We recommend printing this guide and keeping it near the printer.

Online Help for printer software

Click Help for detailed information and instructions on the printer software that controls your printer. Online help is automatically installed when you install the printer software.

24 Getting to Know Your Printer

Printer Parts

Front view

a. paper support b. control panel c. MP tray (Multi-Purpose tray) d. standard lower paper cassette e. power switch

c d

Getting to Know Your Printer 25

Rear view

h g

a. cover B b. option covers c. duplex connector d. AC inlet e. USB interface connector f. parallel interface connector g. Type B interface and slot cover h. Ethernet interface connector

26 Getting to Know Your Printer

Inside the printer

a. imaging cartridge b. fuser unit c. cover A

Getting to Know Your Printer 27

Control panel

a b

c d

hij

a. LCD panel Displays printer status messages and

control panel menu settings.

Back button

Up button

Enter button

Down button

f. Error light

(Red)

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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 149.

On or flashes when an error has occurred.

g. Start/Stop

button

h. Ready light

(Green)

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.

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

i. Data light

(Orange)

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.

Options and Consumable Products

Options

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

❏ 550-Sheet Universal Paper Cassette Unit (C12C802002)

This unit holds one paper cassette. It increases paper-feeding capacity up to 550 sheets of paper.

Getting to Know Your Printer 29

❏ Duplex Unit (C12C813982)

This unit provides for automatic printing on both sides of the paper.

❏ Memory Module

This option expands the printer’s memory by allowing you to print complex and graphics-intensive documents. The printer’s RAM can be increased up to 320 MB by adding one additional 256 MB RAM DIMM.

Note:

Make sure that the DIMM you purchase is compatible with EPSON products. For details, contact the store where you purchased this printer or an EPSON qualified service representative.

Consumable products

The life of the following consumable products is monitored by the printer. The printer lets you know when replacements are needed.

Product name Product code

Imaging Cartridge 0290

Fuser unit 3023

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Chapter 2

Printer Features and Various Printing Options

Printer Features

The printer comes with a full set of features that contributes to ease of use and consistent, high-quality output. The main features are described below.

High-quality printing

When using the driver provided, your printer does 1200 RIT* printing at a speed of up to 30 ppm (pages per minute) when printing on A4 paper. You’ll appreciate the professional print quality produced by your printer and its quick processing speed. * Resolution Improvement Technology

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.

Printer Features and Various Printing Options 31

Wide variety of fonts

The printer comes with a selection of 95 Laser-Jet-compatible scalable fonts, and 5 bitmap fonts in LJ4 emulation mode to provide you with the fonts you need to create professional-looking documents.

Adobe PostScript 3 Mode

The printer’s Adobe PostScript 3 Mode provides you with the ability to print documents formatted for PostScript printers. Seventeen scalable fonts are included. IES (Intelligent Emulation Switch) and SPL (Shared Printer Language) support allow the printer to switch between the PostScript mode and other emulations as print data is received at the printer.

PCL6 Emulation Mode

The PCL6 Emulation mode provides you with the ability to print documents in the PCL6/5e printing language with this 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.

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Double-sided printing

"Duplex Unit" on page 198

"Duplex printing" on page 65

Lets you print on both sides of the paper.

Note:

You need an optional Duplex Unit installed on your printer in order to automatically print on both sides of the paper.

Printer Features and Various Printing Options 33

Fit to page printing

"Resizing printouts" on page 68

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 71

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

34 Printer Features and Various Printing Options

Watermark printing

"Using a watermark" on page 73

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

Printer Features and Various Printing Options 35

Overlay printing

"Using an overlay" on page 76

Lets you prepare standard forms or template on your printout that you can use as overlays when printing other documents.

Note:

The Overlay printing function is not available in the PostScript 3 mode.

Web-Page Printing

EPSON Web-To-Page lets you make Web pages fit to your paper size when printing. You can also see a preview before printing.

Note:

❏ This software is for Windows only.

❏ Install EPSON Web-To-Page from the printer software CD-ROM

to use this function.

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Accessing EPSON Web-To-Page

After you install EPSON Web-To-Page, the menu bar is displayed on the Microsoft Internet Explorer Toolbar. If it does not appear, select Toolbars from the View menu of Internet Explorer, and then select EPSON Web-To-Page.

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Chapter 3

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 Weight: 60 to 90 g/m²

Envelopes Monarch (MON), C10, DL,

Labels A4, Letter (LT) Up to 75 sheets

A3, A4, A5, Letter (LT), B4, B5, Half-Letter (HLT), Executive (EXE), Legal (LGL), Government Letter (GLT), Government Legal (GLG), B (Ledger), F4

Custom-size paper:

76.2 × 98.4 mm minimum

304.8 × 508 mm maximum

C5, C6, IB5

Up to 150 sheets (75 g/m²) Up to 200 sheets (64 g/m²) (Total thick stack: up to 17.5 mm)

Up to 10 envelopes (Total thick stack: up to 17.5 mm)

38 Paper Handling

Thick paper/Extra thick paper Weight: 91 to 216 g/m²

Transparencies A4, Letter (LT) Up to 100 sheets

A3, A4, A5, Letter (LT), B4, B5, Half-Letter (HLT), Executive (EXE), Legal (LGL), Government Letter (GLT), Government Legal (GLG), B (Ledger), F4

Custom-size paper:

76.2 × 98.4 mm minimum

304.8 × 508 mm maximum

Up to 17.5 mm thick stack

Standard lower paper cassette

Paper Type Paper Size Capacity

Plain paper Weight: 60 to 90 g/m²

A3, A4, A5, B4, B5, Letter (LT), Legal (LGL)

Up to 250 sheets (Total thick stack: up to 27.6 mm)

550-Sheet Universal Paper Cassette Unit

Paper Type Paper Size Capacity

Plain paper Weight: 60 to 90 g/m²

A3, A4, A5, B4, B5, Letter (LT), Legal (LGL)

Up to 550 sheets (Total thick stack: up to 59.4 mm)

Selecting a paper source

You can specify a paper source manually, or set the printer to select the paper source automatically.

Paper Handling 39

Manual selection

You can use the printer driver or the printer’s control panel to select a paper source manually. To access the printer driver, see "Accessing the printer driver" on page 58. And to use the printer’s control panel, see "Using the Control Panel Menus" on page 149.

Using the printer driver:

❏ 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.

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

You can use the printer driver or the printer’s control panel to select a paper source containing the appropriate size of paper automatically. To access the printer driver, see "Accessing the printer driver" on page 58. And to use the printer’s control panel, see "Using the Control Panel Menus" on page 149.

Using the printer driver:

❏ Access the printer driver, click the Basic Settings tab, and

select Auto Selection as the paper source. Then click OK.

Using the printer’s control panel:

❏ Access the control panel’s Setup Menu, and select

Paper Source, then select Auto.

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The printer will search for a paper source containing the specified paper size in the following order.

Standard configuration:

MP tray Lower Cassette 1

With one or two optional 550-Sheet Universal Paper Cassette Units 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.

❏ 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 158.

Loading Paper

This section describes how to load paper into the MP tray and the standard lower paper cassette. If you use special media such as transparencies or envelopes, see also "Printing on Special Media" on page 50.

You can load various paper sizes by expanding the MP tray or standard lower paper cassette as shown in the illustration below.

Paper Handling 41

For MP tray

Note:

When loading 432 mm or longer size paper into the MP tray, remove the MP tray cover and let the bottom edge of the paper stick out. For details, see "Loading a custom paper size" on page 56.

For standard lower paper cassette

42 Paper Handling

MP tray and standard lower paper cassette

The MP tray is the most flexible paper source, accommodating various paper sizes and paper types. See "MP tray" on page 38 for details.

For information on the paper sizes and types supported by the standard lower paper cassette, see "Standard lower paper cassette" on page 39.

Note:

MP tray can be set into the upper paper cassette slot only, and standard lower paper cassette can be set into the lower paper cassette slot only. Do not set into the different slot by force.

Follow these steps to load paper into the MP tray.

Note:

The procedure for loading paper into the standard lower paper cassette is the same as that for the MP tray.

1. Pull out the MP tray.

Paper Handling 43

2. Remove the MP tray cover.

3. Adjust the paper cassette size to accommodate the paper you

are loading.

When loading A4, Letter (LT), B5, or A5 size paper

Slide the side paper guide outward while pinching the knob. Then, slide the end paper guide while pinching the knob, to accommodate the paper you are loading.

When loading A3, B4, Legal (LGL) size paper

44 Paper Handling

Unlock the lock levers.

Expand the paper cassette to accommodate the paper you are loading, and lock the lock levers.

Note:

When loading A3 size paper, expand the paper cassette all the way out until the A3 arrow mark is aligned opposite with the arrow mark below the lock lever. When loading B4 or Legal (LGL) size paper, expand the paper cassette until the B4/LG14 arrow mark is aligned opposite with the arrow mark below the lock lever.

* Do not hold the roller when expanding the paper cassette. Doing so may damage the paper cassette.

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Slide the side paper guide outward while pinching the knob. Then, slide the end paper guide while pinching the knob, to accommodate the paper you are loading.

4. Load a stack of the desired paper on the center of the paper

cassette with the printable surface facing up. Then slide the side paper guide while pinching the knob until it is against the right side of the stack to get a snug fit.

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5. Set the paper cassette label into the label holder on the front of the paper cassette.

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6. Replace the MP tray cover, making sure the front edge is flush and as far forward as possible. And reinsert the paper cassette in the printer.

Note:

❏ When loading paper that is 432 mm or longer, you do not have

to reattach the MP tray cover. For details, see "Loading a custom paper size" on page 56.

❏ The following paper sizes are detected automatically. When

loading other paper sizes or fixing the paper size despite the loaded paper size, use the control panel to set the paper size. For details, see "Tray Menu" on page 153.

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Detected paper sizes:

MP tray: A3, A4, A5, B4, B5, Letter (LT),

Legal (LGL)

Standard lower paper cassette:

7. Extend the paper support to accommodate the size of the paper loaded in the lower paper cassette to prevent it from slipping off the printer.

A3, A4, A5, B4, B5, Letter (LT), Legal (LGL)

550-Sheet Universal Paper Cassette Unit

The paper sizes and types supported by the optional 550-Sheet Universal Paper Cassette Unit are the same as the standard lower paper cassette. For more information, see "550-Sheet Universal Paper Cassette Unit" on page 39.

The paper-loading procedure is also the same as that for the standard lower paper cassette. For detailed information, see "MP tray and standard lower paper cassette" on page 43.

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Output tray

The face-down tray is located on the top of the printer. Your printouts will be stacked facing down.

You can use the face-down tray with the following types of paper.

Paper type: All types of paper that are supported can be used.

Capacity: Up to 250 sheets of plain paper

When printing on B4 or larger size paper, pull out the paper support to prevent your printouts from slipping off the printer.

Printing on Special Media

You can print on special media such as thick paper, envelopes, transparencies, and labels.

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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.

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

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

Note:

❏ Duplex printing is not available for envelopes.

❏ 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.

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❏ When printed envelopes are wrinkled, open Cover B and push up

the form feed pressure change levers at both sides of the fuser unit until they are in the vertical position. It may reduce the wrinkles in the envelopes. When using paper other than envelopes, be sure to push the levers back down.

Warning:

Unless specifically instructed in this guide, be careful not to touch

the fuser, which is marked CAUTION HOT SURFACE and CAUTION HIGH TEMPERATURE, or the surrounding areas. If

the printer has been in use, the fuser and the surrounding areas may be very hot. If you must touch one of these areas, wait 40 minutes to allow the heat to subside before doing so.

When loading envelopes, you should make paper settings as shown below:

Paper Source MP tray (up to 10 envelopes)

MP Tray Size setting in the Tray Menu

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

Mon, C10, DL, C5, C6, IB5

Paper Source: MP tray

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Note:

When printing on envelopes, set the envelope size on the MP Tray Size setting in the Tray Menu on the control panel.

Please note the following tips for handling this media.

❏ Load envelopes with the flap closed and facing forward as

shown below.

a. C5, IB5 b. DL, C6, C10, MON

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

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Caution:

Make sure that the minimum size of envelopes meets the following

size requirements:

1. Min. 76.20 mm

2. Min. 98.40 mm

Labels

You can load up to 17.5 mm thick stack of labels into the MP tray at a time. However, you may need to feed some labels one sheet at a time, or load them manually.

Note:

❏ 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.

When loading labels, you should make paper settings as shown below:

Paper Source MP tray (up to 75 sheets)

MP Tray Size setting in the Tray Menu

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Auto (or A4, LT)

Printer driver settings Paper Size: A4, LT

Paper Source: MP tray

Paper Type: Labels

Note:

❏ You should only use labels designed for laser printers or 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.

❏ 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

When loading thick or extra thick paper, you should make paper settings as shown below:

Paper Source MP tray (up to 17.5 mm thick stack)

Printer driver settings Paper Size: A3, A4, A5, B4, B5, LT, HLT, EXE,

LGL, GLG, B, GLT, F4

Paper Source: MP tray

Paper Type: Thick (for 90 to 157 g/m² paper) or Extra Thick (for 157 to 216 g/m² paper)

Note:

Using extra thick paper with the Duplex Unit may cause paper jams. Print each side of the paper separately when using extra thick paper.

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Transparencies

When loading transparencies, you should make paper settings as shown below:

Paper Source MP tray (up to 100 sheets)

MP Tray Size setting in the Tray Menu

Printer driver settings Paper Size: A4, LT

Auto (or A4, LT)

Paper Source: MP tray

Paper Type: Transparency

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:

76.2 × 98.4 mm to 304.8 × 508.0 mm

When loading a custom paper size, you should make paper settings as shown below:

Paper Source MP tray (up to 150 sheets (75 g/m²), up

Printer driver settings Paper Size: User Defined Size

to 200 sheets (64 g/m²))

Paper Source: MP tray

Paper Type: Plain or Thick

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When loading 432 mm or longer size paper into the MP tray, remove the MP tray cover and let the bottom edge of the paper stick out as shown below.

Note:

❏ Access the printer driver, then select User-Defined Size from the

Paper Size list on the Basic Settings tab. In the User Defined Paper Size dialog box, adjust the Paper Width, Paper Length, and Unit settings to match your custom paper. Then click OK and your custom paper size will be saved.

❏ If you cannot use the printer driver as explained above, make this

setting at the printer by accessing the control panel’s Printing Menu and selecting CTM (custom) as the Page Size setting.

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Chapter 4

Using the Printer Software with Windows

About the Printer Software

The printer driver lets you choose from a wide variety of settings to get the best results from your printer. EPSON Status Monitor lets you check the status of your printer. See "Monitoring Your Printer Using EPSON Status Monitor" on page 86 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.

Note:

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

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.

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Windows XP or Server 2003 users

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

Windows Me or 98 users

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

Windows 2000 users

To access the printer driver, click Start, point to Settings, then click Printers. Right-click your printer’s icon, then click Printing Preferences.

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.

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When Automatic is selected on the Basic Settings tab, the printer driver takes care of all detailed settings according to the setting you select. Print quality is the only setting 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.

2. Click Automatic, then choose desired printing quality.

3. Click OK to apply the settings.

The printer driver provides the following quality modes.

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Draft, Text&Image, Photo

Note:

If printing is unsuccessful or a memory-related error message appears, selecting a different print quality may allow printing to proceed.

Using the predefined settings

The predefined settings are provided to help you optimize print settings for a particular kind of printout, such as presentation documents or images taken by a video or digital camera.

Follow the steps below to use the predefined settings.

1. Click the Basic Settings tab.

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

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Note:

This screen may vary depending on your operating system version.

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

When you choose a predefined setting, other settings such as Resolution and Graphics are set automatically. Changes are shown in the current settings list on the Setting Information dialog box that appears by pressing the Setting Info. button on the Optional Settings tab.

This printer driver provides the following predefined settings:

Draft

Suitable for printing inexpensive drafts.

Text & Image

Suitable for printing documents that include text and images.

Photo

Suitable for printing photos.

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.

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3. Choose the desired printing resolution with the Resolution

slider bar, then select the Graphics settings.

Note:

❏ This screen may vary depending on your operating system

version.

❏ When making the other settings, see online help for details on

each setting.

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

tab.

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Saving your settings

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

box appears.

Type a name for your custom s ettings in the Name box, then cl ick Save. Your settings will appear in the list below of Automatic on the Basic Settings tab.

Note:

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

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

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

❏ 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 tab, 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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Duplex printing

Duplex printing prints on both sides of the paper. When printing for binding, the binding edge can be specified as required to produce the desired page order.

Printing with the Duplex Unit

Follow the steps below to print with the Duplex Unit.

1. Click the Basic Settings tab.

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

the Binding position.

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

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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.

5. When printing for binding as a booklet, select the Binding Method check box and make appropriate settings. For details about each setting, see online help.

6. Click OK to apply the settings and return to the Basic Settings tab.

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Displaying information about consumables with the printer driver

The amount of toner remaining is displayed on the Basic Settings tab when EPSON Status Monitor is installed. The Order Online button is also available. You can set the interval at which the information about the consumables is updated on the Consumables Info Settings dialog box that appears by clicking the Consumables Info Settings button on the Optional Settings tab.

Note:

❏ The driver and EPSON Status Monitor use different methods to

measure the amount of toner remaining in the cartridge. Because of this, the information that is displayed in EPSON Status Monitor and the Basic Settings tab might be different. Use EPSON Status Monitor to get more detailed information.

❏ The country/region and URL for a web site must be specified when

installing EPSON Status Monitor to use the function for ordering consumables online.

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Ordering Consumables

To order consumables online, click the Order Online button on the Basic Settings tab. See "Order Online" on page 100 for details.

Resizing printouts

You can have your document enlarged or reduced during printing.

To automatically resize pages to fit the output paper

1. Click the Advanced Layout tab.

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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.

3. Select Upper Left (to print reduced page image at upper left corner of the paper) or Center (to print reduced page image with centering) for Location setting.

4. Click OK to apply the settings.

Resizing pages by a specified percentage

1. Click the Advanced Layout tab.

2. Select the Zoom Options check box.

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

percentage in the box.

Note:

The percentage can be set between 50% and 200% in 1% increments.

4. Click OK to apply the settings.

If necessary, select the paper size to be printed from the Output Paper drop-down list.

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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 Advanced Layout tab.

2. Select the Print Layout check box and the number of pages you want to print on one sheet of paper. Then click More Settings. The Print Layout Settings dialog box appears.

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3. Select the Page Order in which the pages are printed on each sheet.

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 tab.

5. Click OK to apply the settings and return to the Advanced Layout tab.

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Using a watermark

Follow the steps below to use a watermark on your document. On the Advanced Layout tab or Watermark dialog box, you can select from a list of predefined watermarks, or you can make an original watermark with text or a bitmap. The Watermark dialog box also allows you to make a variety of detailed watermark settings. For example, you can select the size, intensity, and position of your watermark.

1. Click the Advanced Layout tab.

2. Select a watermark that you want to use from the Watermark drop-down list. If you want to make detailed settings, click Watermark Settings. The Watermark dialog box appears.

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3. Adjust the image intensity of the watermark with the

Intensity slider bar.

4. Select Front (to print the watermark in the foreground of the document) or Back (to print the watermark in the background of the document) for the Position setting.

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

6. Adjust the X (horizontal) or Y (vertical) Offset position.

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

8. Click OK to apply the settings and return to the Advanced Layout tab.

Making a new watermark

You can make a new watermark as follows:

1. Click the Advanced Layout tab.

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

appears.

Note:

The User Defined Watermarks dialog box also appears by clicking New/Delete in the Watermark dialog box.

3. Select Text or BMP and type a name for the new watermark

in the Name box.

Note:

This screen appears when you select Text.

4. If you select Text, type the watermark text in the Text box. If you select BMP, click Browse, select the BMP file you want to use, then click OK.

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

6. Click OK to apply the new watermark settings.

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Note:

You can register up to 10 watermarks.

Using an overlay

The Overlay Settings dialog box allows you to prepare standard forms, or templates, that you can use as overlays when printing other documents. This feature can be useful for creating corporate letterheads or invoices.

Note:

The overlay function is available only when High Quality (Printer) is selected for the Printing Mode in the Extended Settings dialog box from the Optional Settings tab.

Creating an overlay

Follow the steps below to create and save a form overlay file.

1. Open your application and create the file that you want to use as an overlay.

2. When the file is ready to be saved as an overlay, choose Print or Print Setup from the File menu of your application, then click Printer, Setup, Options, Properties, or a combination of these buttons, depending on your application.

3. Click the Advanced Layout tab.

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4. Select the Form Overlay check box, then click Overlay Settings. The Overlay Settings dialog box appears.

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5. Select Create Overlay Data, then click Settings. The Form

Settings dialog box appears.

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6. Select the Use Form Name check box, then click Add Form Name. The Add Form dialog box appears.

Note:

If the Assign to Paper Source check box is selected, the form name is displayed in the Paper Source drop-down list on the Basic Settings tab.

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7. Type the form name in the Form Name box and its description in the Description box.

8. Select To Front or To Back to specify whether the overlay will be printed as background or foreground of the document.

9. Click Register to apply the settings and return to Form settings dialog box.

10. Click OK in the Form Settings dialog box.

11. Click OK in the Overlay Settings dialog box.

12. Print the file saved as overlay data. It is possible to save any kind of file as an overlay. The overlay data is created.

Printing with an overlay

Follow the steps below to print a document with overlay data.

1. Open the file to print with overlay data.

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2. From the application, access the printer driver. Open the File

menu, choose Print or Print Setup, then click Printer, Setup, Options, Properties, or a combination of these buttons, depending on your application.

3. Click the Advanced Layout tab.

4. Select the Form Overlay check box, and click Overlay Settings to open the Overlay Settings dialog box.

5. Choose the form from the Form drop-down list, then click OK to return the Advanced Layout tab.

Note:

If the Assign to Paper Source check box is selected, the form name is displayed in the Paper Source drop-down list on the Basic Settings tab. You can also select the form without accessing the dialog box above.

6. Click OK to print the data.

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Different printer settings overlay data

The overlay data is made with the current printer settings (such as Orientation: Portrait). If you want to make the same overlay with different printer settings (such as Landscape), follow the instructions below.

1. Re-access the printer driver as described in step 2 in "Creating an overlay" on page 76.

2. Make the printer settings and exit the printer driver.

3. Send the same data that you made by application to the printer like step 12 in "Creating an overlay" on page 76.

This setting is available only for Form Name data.

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 tab.

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Printing mode: High Quality (PC):

Select this mode if you use a computer with higher specs to reduce the printer load. In this mode, functions such as “Form Overlay,” and “Print true type with fonts with substitution” cannot be used.

High Quality (Printer): Select this mode if you use a computer with lower specs to reduce the PC load.

Print True Type fonts as bitmap radio button:

Print True Type fonts with substitution radio button:

Setting button: Click this button to open the Font

Uses the settings specified on the printer radio button:

Uses the settings specified on the driver radio button:

Offset: Makes fine adjustments to the printing

Density: Select a print density in the range 1 to

Select this check box to print, as bitmap, the True Type fonts that are not substituted with device fonts in the document.

Select this check box to print the True Type fonts in the document as device fonts. This function is not available when the Printing Mode setting is set to High Quality (PC).

Substitution dialog box. This button is available when Print True Type fonts with substitution is selected.

Select this check box to use the Offset, the Skip blank page, and Ignore the selected paper size settings on the control panel.

Select this check box to use the Offset, the Skip blank page, and Ignore the selected paper size settings in the printer driver.

position on the front and the back of data on a page in 0.5 mm increments.

5. Adjust the print density to any of 5 levels to make your printout lighter or darker. 1 is the lightest, 5 is the darkest.

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Skip Blank Page check box: The printer will automatically remove

any blank pages from the print job to save paper.

Ignore the selected paper size check box:

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

High Speed Graphics Output check box:

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.

Uses the collate settings specified in the application check box:

Uses the spooling method provided by the operating system check box:

Extended Printable Area check box

*1*2

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, or Server 2003.

Select this check box to extend printable area by decreasing the margins to 4 mm.

Default button: Click this button to return the driver

settings to the initial settings.

Help button: Click this button to open online help.

Cancel button: Click this button to exit the dialog box

or printer driver without saving the settings.

OK button: Click this button to save the settings

and to exit the dialog box or printer driver.

When Extended Prin table Area check box is selected, there is 4-mm minimum margin on all sides.

Extend Printable Area cannot be selected if you print on Wide A4 size paper.

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Making Optional Settings

You can update the installed option information manually if you have installed options to your printer.

For Windows XP/2000:

1. Open the printer’s Properties dialog box.

2. Click the Optional Settings tab, then select Update the Printer Option Info Manually.

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

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

For Windows Me/98:

1. Click the Optional Settings tab, then select Update the Printer Option Info Manually.

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

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

Printing a status sheet

To confirm the current status of the printer, print a status sheet from the printer driver. The status sheet contains information about the printer, the current settings.

Follow the steps below to print a status sheet.

1. Access the printer driver.

2. Click the Optional Settings tab and then click Status Sheet. The printer starts printing a status sheet.

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Monitoring Your Printer Using EPSON Status Monitor

Installing EPSON Status Monitor

Follow the steps below to install EPSON Status Monitor.

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

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

Note:

❏ 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.

3. Click User Installation.

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4. Click Custom Install.

Note:

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

5. Click EPSON Status Monitor.

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

7. When the software license agreement screen appears, read the statement and then click Accept.

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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.

Note:

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

can order consumables online. See "Order Online" on page 100 for details.

❏ Selecting your country or region allows you to change the

settings of the URL.

❏ When you click the Cancel button, the Web site’s URL does

not appear, but the EPSON Status Monitor installation continues.

9. When the installation is complete, click OK.

Accessing EPSON Status Monitor

EPSON Status Monitor is a utility program that monitors your printer and gives you information about its current status. Follow the steps below to access EPSON Status Monitor.

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1. Right-click the tray icon on the taskbar.

2. Select your printer name and then Simple Status. The Simple

Status window appears.

Note:

You can also access EPSON Status Monitor by clicking the Simple Status button on the Optional Settings tab.

To find detailed information on EPSON Status Monitor, see "Information on EPSON Status Monitor" on page 91, "Simple Status" on page 92, "Detailed Status" on page 93, "Consumables Information" on page 94, "Job Information" on page 96, "Notice Settings" on page 99, "Order Online" on page 100, and "Tray Icon Settings" on page 102.

Note for Windows XP users:

EPSON Status Monitor is not available when printing from a Remote Desktop connection.

Note for Netware users:

When monitoring NetWare printers, a Novell Client that corresponds to your operating system must be used. Operation is confirmed for the versions below:

❏ For Windows 98:

Novell Client 3.4 for Windows 95/98

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❏ For Windows XP or 2000:

Novell Client 4.91 SP1 for Windows 2000/XP

❏ To monitor a NetWare printer, connect only one print server to each

queue. For directions, see the Network Guide for the printer.

❏ You cannot monitor a NetWare queue printer beyond the IPX router

because the setting for IPX hops is 0.

❏ This product supports NetWare printers configured by a

queue-based printing system such as Bindery or NDS. You cannot monitor NDPS (Novell Distributed Print Services) printers.

Information on EPSON Status Monitor

You can obtain information about EPSON Status Monitor such as product versions or interface versions.

This window appears by right-clicking the tray icon on the taskbar and selecting your printer name and About.

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Simple Status

The Simple Status window indicates printer status, errors, and warnings.

This window appears by right-clicking the tray icon on the taskbar, then selecting your printer name, then clicking Simple Status. This window also appears when errors occur according to the Pop-up Notice you select in the Notice Settings dialog box.

If you wish to see more information about the status of your printer, click Details.

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Detailed Status

You can monitor detailed printer status by right-clicking the tray icon on the taskbar, then selecting your printer name, then clicking Detailed Status.

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

status.

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

printer status graphically.

c. Text box: The text box next to the printer image

displays the current status of the printer. When a problem occurs, the most probable solution is displayed.

d. Close button: Clicking this button closes the dialog box.

Note:

You can see information about jobs or consumables by clicking on the respective tab.

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Consumables Information

You can obtain information on paper sources and consumable products by right-clicking the tray icon on the taskbar, then selecting your printer name, then clicking Consumables Information.

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

and the approximate amount of paper remaining in the paper source. Information on the optional paper cassettes are displayed only if these options are installed.

The paper cassette icon flashes when the amount of paper remaining in the paper cassette is low.*

b. Toner: Indicates the amount of remaining toner.

The toner icon flashes when a toner error occurs or the toner is low.

c. Order Online button: Clicking this button enables you to order

consumables online. See "Order Online" on page 100 for details.

d. Close button: Clicking this button closes the dialog box.

* The icon flashes only for the optional 550-Sheet Universal Paper Cassette Unit.

Note:

You can see the status of the printer or information about jobs by clicking on the respective tab.

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Job Information

You can check job information by right-clicking the tray icon on the taskbar, then selecting your printer name, then clicking Job

Information.

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

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

b. Status: Waiting: The print job which is waiting to be

Spooling: The print job which is being spooled

Deleting: The print job which is being deleted.

Printing: The print job which is printed

Completed: Displays only your jobs that have

Canceled: Displays only your jobs that have

printed.

on your computer.

currently.

finished printing.

been canceled printing.

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c. User: Displays the user name.

d. Computer: Displays the name of the computer that sent the print

job.

e. Cancel

Job button:

f. Close

button:

g. Refresh

button:

h. Display

settings button:

Note:

You can see the status of the printer or information about consumables by clicking on the respective tab.

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.

The Job Information tab is available when the following connections are used:

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

Clicking this button closes the dialog box.

Clicking this button refreshes the information on this menu.

Displays the Display settings dialog box to select items to be displayed.

Server and Client Environments:

❏ When using the shared Windows 2000 or Server 2003 LPR

connection with Windows XP, Me, 98, or 2000 clients.

❏ When using the shared Windows 2000 or Server 2003

Standard TCP/IP connection with Windows XP, Me, 98, or

2000.

❏ When using the shared Windows 2000 or Server 2003

EpsonNet Print TCP/IP connection with Windows XP, Me, 98, 2000 clients.

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Client only Environments:

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

Server 2003).

❏ 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, 2000, or Server 2003).

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.

❏ When the NetWare connections do not support the Job Management

function.

❏ When the printing jobs from NetWare and NetBEUI are displayed

as “Unknown” on the Job Management menu.

❏ 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.

Note on deleting print jobs:

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

❏ When using the shared Windows 2000 or Server 2003 LPR

connection.

❏ When using the shared Windows 2000 or Server 2003 standard

TCP/IP connection.

❏ When using the shared Windows 2000 or Server 2003 EpsonNet

Print TCP/IP connection.

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Notice Settings

You can make specific monitoring settings by right-clicking the tray icon on the taskbar, then selecting your printer name, then clicking Notice Settings. The Notice Settings dialog box appears.

a. Monitor the printer

status check box:

b. More Settings

button:

c. Pop-up Notice: Sets the notification to be displayed.

d. Allow monitoring of

the shared printers check box:

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When this check box is selected, EPSON Status Monitor monitors the printer status during a print job is processed.

Displays the More Settings dialog box to set how to display the tray icon.

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

e. Display the Order

Online window automatic ally check box:

When this check box is selected, the Order Online window appears automatically when a consumable becomes low or reaches end of service life and keeps appearing once a day until the consumable is replaced.

f. Display once a day

when a consumable is low check box:

g. Display only when a

consumable first becomes low check box:

h. More Settings

button:

i. Monitor Settings

button:

j. Cancel button: Click this button to exit the dialog box

k. OK button: Click this button to save the settings and

When this radio button is selected, the Order Online window appears automatically once a day when you start printing or display the status by accessing EPSON Status Monitor.

When this radio box is selected, the Order Online window appears automatically only when a consumable first becomes low.

Displays the More Settings dialog box in which you can set the URL for placing an order appears.

Displays th e Monitor Settings dial og box to set the monitoring interval.

without saving the settings.

to exit the dialog box.

Order Online

You can order consumables online by clicking the Order Online button on the EPSON Status Monitor dialog box. The Order Online dialog box appears.

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Epson C11C649001BX User Manual

Specifications and Main Features

Frequently Asked Questions

User Manual

Copyright and Trademarks

Contents

Safety Instructions

Safety

Warnings, Cautions, and Notes

Safety precautions

Important Safety Instructions

Safety Information

Power On/Off Cautions

Getting to Know Your Printer

Where to Find Information

Printer Parts

Front view

Rear view

Inside the printer

Control panel

Options and Consumable Products

Options

Consumable products

Printer Features and Various Printing Options

Printer Features

High-quality printing

Toner save mode

Resolution Improvement Technology (RITech)

Wide variety of fonts

Adobe PostScript 3 Mode

PCL6 Emulation Mode

Various Printing Options

Double-sided printing

Fit to page printing

Pages per sheet printing

Watermark printing

Overlay printing

Web-Page Printing

Paper Handling

Paper Sources

MP tray

Standard lower paper cassette

550-Sheet Universal Paper Cassette Unit

Selecting a paper source

Loading Paper

MP tray and standard lower paper cassette

550-Sheet Universal Paper Cassette Unit

Output tray

Printing on Special Media

Envelopes

Labels

Thick paper and extra thick paper

Transparencies

Loading a custom paper size

Using the Printer Software with Windows

About the Printer Software

Accessing the printer driver

Making Changes to Printer Settings

Making the print quality settings

Duplex printing

Displaying information about consumables with the printer driver

Ordering Consumables

Resizing printouts

Modifying the print layout

Using a watermark

Using an overlay

Making Extended Settings

Making Optional Settings

Printing a status sheet

Monitoring Your Printer Using EPSON Status Monitor

Installing EPSON Status Monitor

Accessing EPSON Status Monitor

Information on EPSON Status Monitor

Simple Status

Detailed Status

Consumables Information

Job Information

Notice Settings

Order Online