EPSON C1900 User Manual
Setup Sheet
Provides you with information on assembling the printer and
installing the printer software.
Reference Guide (this manual)
Provides you with detailed information on the printer’s functions,
optional products, maintenance, troubleshooting, and technical
specifications.
Administrator’s Guide
Provides network administrators with information on both the
printer driver and network settings.
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Color Laser Printer
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Original EPSON Products or EPSON Approved Products by SEIKO EPSON
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Copyright © 2002 by SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION, Nagano, Japan
Reference Guide
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Contents
Contents
Warnings, Cautions, and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Safety Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Important Safety Instructions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Power On/Off Cautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Chapter 1 Product Information
Chapter 1 Printer Parts
Options and Consumable Products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Consumable products. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
About Your Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Reserve Job function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
HDD Form Overlay function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Pre-defined color settings in printer driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Duplex printing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Resolution Improvement Technology (RITech) . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Chapter 2 Paper Handling
Available Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
EPSON special media. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
General paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Paper that should not be used. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Paper Sources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
MP tray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
500-Sheet Paper Cassette Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Selecting a paper source. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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Output Tray. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .37
Loading Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
MP tray . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Optional Lower Cassette. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .40
Printing on Special Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .41
EPSON Color Laser Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
EPSON Color Laser Coated Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
EPSON Color Laser Transparencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43
Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Labels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .46
Thick paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Loading a custom paper size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .47
Chapter 3 Using the Printer Software with Windows
About the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Accessing the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .49
Making Changes to Printer Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Making the print quality setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Resizing printouts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Modifying the print layout. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .58
Using a watermark. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .61
Using an overlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .64
Using HDD form overlay . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Printing with the Duplex Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .72
Making Extended Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .74
Using the Reserve Job Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .77
Re-Print Job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .78
Verify Job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80
Stored Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .81
Confidential Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
Monitoring Your Printer by Using EPSON Status Monitor 3. . . . .84
Installing EPSON Status Monitor 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .84
Accessing EPSON Status Monitor 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Getting printer status details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .89
Using the Job Management function. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .90
Setting Monitoring Preferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .95
Status Alert window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
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Stopping monitoring. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Setting Monitored Printers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Setting for the USB Connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Canceling Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Uninstalling the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Uninstalling the printer driver and EPSON Status Monitor 3101
Uninstalling only EPSON Status Monitor 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Chapter 4 Using the Printer Software with Macintosh
About the Printer Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Accessing the Printer Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Making Changes to Printer Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Making the print quality setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Resizing printouts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Modifying the print layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
Using a watermark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Printing with the Duplex Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Making Extended Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
Using the Reserve Job Function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Re-Print Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
Verify Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
Stored Job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Confidential Job. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
Monitoring Your Printer by using EPSON Status Monitor 3. . . . 135
Accessing the EPSON Status Monitor 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Getting printer status details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
Setting Monitoring Preferences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
Status Alert window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Using the Job Management function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
Setting for the USB connection. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
Canceling Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
Uninstalling the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
Chapter 5 Setting Up Your Printer on a Network
For Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
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Sharing the printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
Setting up your printer as a shared printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
Using an additional driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
Setting for the clients. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
Installing the printer driver from the CD-ROM . . . . . . . . . .162
For Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
About the shared printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
Setting up your printer as a shared printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
Accessing the shared printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
Chapter 6 Installing Options
500-Sheet Paper Cassette Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .169
Duplex Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
Hard Disk Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
Memory Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .186
Adobe PostScript 3 ROM Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .190
Interface Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
Printing a Status Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196
Chapter 7 Functions of the Control Panel
Using the Control Panel Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
When to make control panel settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
How to access the control panel menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .199
Printing and Deleting Reserve Job Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
Using the Quick Print Job Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .201
Using the Confidential Job Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .202
Control Panel Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Control panel menu summary. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203
Information Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205
Status Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
Tray Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
Emulation Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210
Printing Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .210
Setup Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
Quick Print Job Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .218
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Confidential Job Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Reset Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
Parallel Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
USB Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Network Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
AUX Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
LJ4 Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 224
GL2 Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
PS3 Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
ESCP2 Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
FX Menu. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
I239X Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
Chapter 8 Replacing Consumable Products
Precautions During Replacement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
Replacement Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
Developer Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
Photoconductor Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
Waste Toner Collector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Transfer Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
Chapter 9 Cleaning and Transporting the Printer
Cleaning the Printer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Cleaning the pickup roller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Cleaning the print head filter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Transporting the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
Chapter 10 Troubleshooting
Clearing Jammed Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Precautions for clearing jammed paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
Jam A (Cover AB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
Jam B (Cover AB) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 271
Jam C (Cover C). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
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Jam DM (Cover DM) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .280
Operational Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282
The Ready light does not turn on . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282
The printer does not print (Ready light off). . . . . . . . . . . . . .282
The Ready light is on but nothing prints . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .282
The optional product is not available . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284
Printout Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284
The font will not print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284
Printout is garbled . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .284
The printout position is not correct. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286
Graphics do not print correctly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .286
The surface is rough (duplex printing, coated paper) . . . . .286
Color Printing Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287
Cannot print in color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .287
The color differs when printed from different printers . . . .287
The color looks different from the computer screen. . . . . . .287
Print Quality Problems. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .288
The background is dark or dirty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .288
Black or white bands appear in the printout . . . . . . . . . . . . .290
White dots appear in the printout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290
Print quality is uneven on the page. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .290
Print quality is uneven (thick or coated paper) . . . . . . . . . . .291
Half-tone images print unevenly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291
Toner smudges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .291
Areas are missing in the printed image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293
Completely blank pages are output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .293
The printed image is light or faint. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295
The non-printed side of the page is dirty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295
Paper Handling Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295
Paper does not feed properly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .295
Status and Error Messages. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .296
Canceling Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .309
Using the Cancel Job button. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310
Using the Reset Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .310
Appendix A Technical Specifications
Available Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .311
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Available paper types. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 312
Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 313
Printable area. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 315
Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Environmental. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
Standards and approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Parallel interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
USB interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Ethernet interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Options and Consumables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
500-Sheet Paper Cassette Unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Duplex Unit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Memory module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
IEEE 1394 Interface (for Macintosh only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Hard Disk Drive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Developer cartridges. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
Photoconductor unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Transfer unit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
Waste toner collector. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
Appendix B Symbol Sets
Introduction to Symbol Sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
In the LJ4 Emulation Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
International character sets for ISO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
In the ESC/P 2 or FX Modes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
International character sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
Characters available with the ESC (^ command. . . . . . . . . . 336
In the I239X Emulation Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
In the EPSON GL/ 2 Mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Appendix C Working with Fonts
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EPSON BarCode Fonts (Windows Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
System requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Installing EPSON BarCode Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
Printing with EPSON BarCode Fonts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
BarCode Font specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
Available Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
LJ4/GL2 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
ESC/P 2 and FX modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
I239X mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
Printing font samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Adding More Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
Selecting Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Downloading Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
EPSON Font Manager (Windows Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
Installing EPSON Font Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Available Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
LJ4/GL2 mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
ESC/P 2 and FX modes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 368
I239X mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Printing font samples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 369
Adding More Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Selecting Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
Downloading Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
EPSON Font Manager (Windows Only). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Installing EPSON Font Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
Contacting Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
For users in Latin America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
For users in Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
For users in Singapore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
For users in Thailand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 376
For users in Indonesia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
For users in Hong Kong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
For users in Malaysia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
For users in India. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
For users in the Philippines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Appendix D Notice for Windows XP Users
Glossary
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Index
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Warnings, Cautions, and Notes
Warnings must be followed carefully to avoid bodily injury.
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Cautions must be observed to avoid damage to your equipment.
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Notes contain important information and useful tips on the operation
of your printer.
Safety Precautions
Be sure to follow these precautions carefully to ensure safe,
efficient operation:
❏ Because the printer weighs approximately 30 kg (66.1 lb), 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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❏ Unless specifically instructed in this guide, be careful not to
touch the fuser, which is marked CAUTION Hot Surface Avoid
Contact, or the surrounding areas. If the printer has been in
use, the fuser and the surrounding areas may be very hot.
Unless specifically
instructed in this guide, do
not insert your hand into
the fuser unit, as it may be
very hot.
❏ Do not insert your hand 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 developer cartridges or photoconductor
units, always place them on a clean, smooth surface.
❏ Do not attempt to modify developer cartridges or take them
apart. They cannot be refilled.
❏ Do not touch the toner. Keep the toner away from your eyes.
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❏ Do not dispose of used developer cartridges, waste toner
collectors or photoconductor units in fire, as they can explode
and cause injury. Dispose of them according to local
regulations.
❏ Wait at least one hour before using a developer cartridge or
a photoconductor unit after moving it from a cool to a warm
environment to prevent damage from condensation.
❏ When removing the photoconductor unit, avoid exposing it
to light for more than 5 minutes. The unit contains a
green-colored light-sensitive drum. Exposure to light can
damage the drum, causing dark or light areas to appear on
the printed page and reducing the service life of the drum. If
you need to keep the unit out of the printer for long periods,
cover it with an opaque cloth.
❏ Be sure not to scratch the surface of the photoconductor unit’s
drum. When you remove the photoconductor unit from the
printer, always place the unit on a clean, smooth surface.
Avoid touching the drum, since oil from your skin can
permanently damage its surface and affect print quality.
❏ To get the best print quality, do not store the photoconductor
unit in an area subject to direct sunlight, dust, salty air, or
corrosive gases (such as ammonia). Avoid locations subject to
extreme or rapid changes in temperature or humidity.
❏ Be sure to keep all 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.
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Important Safety Instructions
❏ Connect your printer to an electrical outlet that meets the
power requirements of this printer. Your printer’s power
requirements are indicated on a label attached to the printer.
If you are not sure of the power supply specifications in your
area, contact your local power company or consult your
dealer.
❏ If you are unable to insert the AC plug into the electrical
outlet, contact an electrician.
❏ Adjust only those controls that are covered by the operating
instructions. Improper adjustment of other controls may
result in damage that requires repair by a qualified service
representative.
ENERGY STAR
The International
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, and scanners, in an effort to reduce air
pollution caused by power generation.
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Compliance
As an International ENERGY STAR® Partner,
EPSON has determined that this product meets the
International
for energy efficiency.
ENERGY STAR
ENERGY STAR
®
Office Equipment Program
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Program guidelines
Power On/Off Cautions
Do not turn off the printer:
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❏ For at least 180 seconds 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
Product Information
Printer Parts
control panel
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face-down tray
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Cover AB
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front cover
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Ethernet interface
connector
Type B Interface
card slot cover
parallel interface
connector
USB interface
connector
power switch
MP tray
(Multi-Purpose tray)
AC inlet
transfer unit
photoconductor unit
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developer
cartridge
waste toner
collector
Control panel
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Error light
Start/Stop
button
LCD panel Displays printer status messages and
Back button
Up button
Enter button
Down button
Cancel Job button Press once to cancel the current print job.
Ready light
LCD Panel
Data light
control panel menu settings
Use these buttons to access the control
panel menus, where you can make
printer settings and check the status of
consumable products. For instructions
on how to use these buttons, see “Using
the Control Panel Menus” on page 199.
Press and hold for more than two
seconds to delete all jobs from the printer
memory, including jobs the printer is
currently receiving, saving to the Hard
Disk Drive, or printing.
Back button
Cancel Job
button
Up button
Enter button
Down button
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Data light
(Yellow)
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
Ready light
(Green)
Start/Stop button When the printer is printing, pressing
Error light
(Red)
On when the printer is ready, indicating
that the printer is ready to receive and
print data
Off when the printer is not ready
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 or flashes when an error has
occurred
Options and Consumable Products
Options
You can add to your printer’s capabilities by installing any of the
following options.
❏ The 500-Sheet Paper Cassette Unit (C12C813911) holds one
paper cassette. It increases paper-feeding capacity up to 500
sheets of paper.
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❏ The Duplex Unit (C12C813921) provides for automatic
printing on both sides of the paper.
❏ The Hard Disk Drive (C12C823921) expands the printer’s
capacity by allowing you to expand the printer’s receive
buffer when the Ethernet interface is used and to print
complex and large print jobs at high speed.
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❏ An optional memory module expands your printer’s
memory, allowing you to print complex and
graphics-intensive documents.
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❏ The Adobe
allows your printer to print documents in the PostScript
printing language. It cannot be used for a Macintosh
connected with an IEEE 1394 Type B Interface Card.
❏ The IEEE 1394 Type B Interface Card (C12C82372✽) can be
used for Macintosh users. It can be connected to a Macintosh
FireWire
❏ You can install various optional interface cards to supplement
your printer’s built-in parallel, USB, and Ethernet interfaces
to provide added network compatibility.
Note:
The asterisk (✽) is a substitute for the last digit of the product number,
which varies by country.
PostScript® 3™ ROM Module (C12C832531)
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port.
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Consumable products
The life of the following consumable products is monitored by the
printer. The printer lets you know when replacements are needed.
Developer Cartridge (Black)
Developer Cartridge (Yellow)
Developer Cartridge (Magenta)
Developer Cartridge (Cyan)
Photoconductor Unit
Waste Toner Collector
Transfer Unit
The EPSON special media listed below provide you with
best-quality printouts.
EPSON Color Laser Paper (A4)
EPSON Color Laser Paper (Letter)
EPSON Color Laser Transparencies (A4)
EPSON Color Laser Transparencies (Letter)
EPSON Color Laser Coated Paper (A4)
Caution:
❏ Do not use other EPSON media such as EPSON special
c
media for ink jet printers, as they can cause paper jams and
damage the printer.
S050100
S050097
S050098
S050099
S051083
S050101
S053009
S041215
S041218
S041175
S041174
S041383
❏ Do not use the media listed above in any other printers, except
when specified in the documentation.
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About Your Printer
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.
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Reserve Job function
The Reserve Job function lets you store a print job on the printer’s
Hard Disk Drive and reprint it directly from the printer’s control
panel at any time without using your computer. You can also
print one copy in order to verify the content before printing
multiple copies. If the content of the print job is confidential, you
can set a password to limit access to it. For more information, see
“Using the Reserve Job Function” on page 77 for Windows, or
“Using the Reserve Job Function” on page 128 for Macintosh.
Note:
You need an optional Hard Disk Drive installed in your printer in order
to use the Reserve Job function.
HDD Form Overlay function
Enables faster printing with form overlays by allowing you to
save the overlay data on the optional Hard Disk Drive instead of
your computer. This feature is only available for Windows. For
details, see “Using HDD form overlay” on page 70.
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Pre-defined color settings in printer driver
The printer driver offers many pre-defined settings for color
printing, allowing you to optimize print quality for various types
of color documents.
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For Windows, see “Using the predefined settings” on page 51. For
Macintosh, see “Using the predefined settings” on page 111.
Duplex printing
EPSON provides optional Duplex Unit, allowing you to easily
print on both sides of the page. You can produce professional
quality double-sided documents. Use this feature with any print
job to cut costs and save resources.
Resolution Improvement Technology (RITech)
Resolution Improvement Technology (RITech) is an original
EPSON printer technology that improves the appearance of
printed lines, text, and graphics. RITech is also applied to color
printing.
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Chapter 2
Paper Handling
Available Paper
This section explains what kind of paper you can use with your
printer. Avoid using paper not mentioned in this section.
Note:
The printer is extremely sensitive to moisture. Be sure to store your paper
in a dry environment.
EPSON special media
EPSON provides special media that are created especially for this
printer.
EPSON Color Laser Paper
This media is designed specifically for this printer. You can load
this media from the MP tray and the optional 500-Sheet Paper
Cassette Unit.
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S041215 (A4)
S041218 (Letter)
EPSON Color Laser Transparencies
This media is designed specifically for this printer. You can load
this media only from the MP tray.
S041175 (A4)
S041174 (Letter)
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2
2
Caution:
❏ Do not use other EPSON media such as EPSON special
c
media for ink jet printers, as they can cause paper jams and
damage the printer.
❏ Do not use the media listed above in any other printers, except
when specified in the documentation.
EPSON Color Laser Coated Paper
EPSON Color Laser Coated Paper is designed specifically for this
printer. This media is thicker than EPSON Color Laser Paper and
produces glossier and higher quality printing. To print on EPSON
Color Laser Coated Paper, choose Coated or Coated (Back) as the
Paper Type setting. This setting is optimized for printing on
coated paper, but paper can only be fed from the MP tray.
S041383 (A4)
Note:
Duplex printing using the optional Duplex Unit is not possible when
Thick or Thick (Back) is selected as the Paper Type setting in the printer
driver.
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