Epson Color 800 User Manual
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EPSON Stylus COLOR 800
Character mode
Printing speed
Character pitch
(characters per inch)
10 80 533 400
12 96 640 480
15 120 800 600
17 (10 condensed) 137 912 684
20 (12 condensed) 160 1067 800
Printable
columns
Raster graphics mode (Print able area is 8.27 inches)
Print quality Available dots CR speed (inches per second)
180 dpi
360 dpi
720 dpi
1440 dpi
180 dpi 1488 26.7
×
360 dpi 2976 20
×
720 dpi 5952 20
×
720 dpi 5952 10
×
(characters per second)
Draft Normal (LQ)
black print head
clean i n g bu t t on
ink cartridge
clamp
color print head
cleaning button
thickness lever
load/eject
button
Printer Specifications
Printing
Printing method On-demand ink jet
Nozzle
configuration 128 black nozzles ( 32
64 color nozzles
yellow)
Printable columns
and printing speed Up to 8 pages per min ute in black,
7 pages per minute in color
4, staggered)
×
3 (cyan, magenta,
×
power
button
Resolution Maximum 1440 × 720 dpi (using driver
MicroWeave)
Input buffer 32KB
Print direction Bidirectional with logic seeking for text
and graphics
™
Control code ESC/P 2
and expanded raster graphics
code; IBM X24E emulatio n c ode;
EPSON remote command
Character tables 1 italic and 10 graphics character tables
Character sets 14 international character sets and 1
legal character set
Bitmap fonts • EPSON Roman (pr opor tiona l)
• EPSON Sans Ser if (proportional)
• EPSON Courier
• EPSON Prestige
• EPSON Script
All bitmap fonts are available in 10, 12,
and 15 cpi. You can s elect oth e r font/
pitch
combinations using ESC/P command s.
Scalable fonts • EPSON Roman
• EPSON Sans Ser i f
• EPSON Roman T
• EPSON Sa ns Se rif H
All scalable fonts are available in sizes from 8 to 32 points,
in 2 point increments, and four styles: normal, bold, italic,
and bold italic.
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The printer always u ses the fonts you se lec t with you r
software application. You need to use the printer’s internal
fonts only if your applica tion does n’t allow you to s ele ct
fonts.
Paper Type Size Paper Types Thickness Weight
Single Sheets Letter (8.5 × 11 inches)
Transparencies and
glossy media
Self adhesive sheets A4 (210 × 297 mm) Self adhesive sheets
Envelopes No. 10 (9.5 × 4.1 inches,
Cards A6 (105 × 148 mm)
A4 (210 × 297 mm)
A5 (148 × 210 mm)
B5 (182 × 257 mm)
Legal (8.5 × 14 inches)
Half letter (5.5 × 8.5 inches)
Executive (7.5 × 10 inches)
Letter (8.5 × 11 inches)
A4 (210 × 297 mm)
A6 (105 × 148 mm, glossy film only)
240 × 104 mm)
DL (8.7 × 4.3 inches,
220 × 110 mm)
C6 (4.4 × 6.4 inches,
114 × 162 mm)
5 × 8 inches (127 × 203 mm)
8 × 10 inches (203 × 254 mm)
Plain paper and special ink
jet papers distributed by
EPSON
Transparencies, glossy
paper, and glossy film
distributed by EPSON
distributed by EPSON
Plain, bond, or air mail
paper
Ink jet cards dist ribut ed by
EPSON
Paper
0.003 to 0.004 inch
(0.0 8 to 0.11 mm)
Glossy film and transparencies:
0.0051 to 0.0059 inch
(0.1 3 to 0.15 mm)
glossy paper:
0.0067 to 0.0071 inch
(0.1 7 to 0.18 mm)
——
0.006 to 0.017 inch
(0.1 6 to 0.43 mm)
0.0091 inch (0.23 mm) 50.7 lb (188 g/m
17 to 24 lb (64 to 90g/m
use 24 lb (90 g/m
normal temperature and humidity
conditions
—
12 to 20 lb (45 to 75g/m
2
);
2
) paper under
2
)
2
)
Notes:
Since the qu ality of any particular brand or type of paper may
be changed by th e manufacturer at any time, EPSON canno t
guarantee the use of any particular brand or type of paper.
Always test samples of paper stock be fo re purchasing large
quantities or printing large jobs.
Poor qua li ty paper ma y re duce print quality and caus e pa p e r
jams and othe r p roble ms. I f you enc oun ter probl ems, s witch to
a higher grade of paper.
Do not load curled or folded paper, envelopes, or
transparencies.
Print on in k jet papers and envelopes only under these
conditions:
Temperatur e: 59 to 77°F (15 to 25°C)
Humi di t y: 40 to 60% RH
Store gloss y media and self adhesive shee ts under these
conditions:
Temperatur e: 59 to 86°F (15 to 30°C)
Humi di t y: 20 to 60% RH
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Printable area
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EPSON Stylus COLOR 800
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A
B-R
B-L
B-R
C
C
Envelope
Single sheet
A The minimum top margin is 0.12 inch (3.0 mm).
When printing multiple sheets of glossy medi a, the minimum
top margin is 1.2 inches (30 mm).
Note:
Always load paper int o the sheet feeder short edge first except
envelo pes . Load envelopes long edge first.
BL The minimum left margin is 0.12 inch (3.0 mm).
BR The minimum right margin is:
0.35 inch (9.0 mm) for Letter and Legal
0.12 inch (3.0 mm) for all other paper sizes
1.10 inches (28 mm) for #10 envelopes
0.28 inch (7 mm) for DL envelopes
0.12 inch (3 mm) for C6 envelopes
C The minimum bottom margin is 0.54 inch (14.0 mm).
Ink Cart ri dg es
Specification Black ink cartridge (S020108) Color ink cartridge (S020089)
Color(s)
Print Capacity*
Cartridge life
Storage Tempe rat ur e
Transit Temperature
Freezing Temperature**
Dimensions
Black Cyan, magenta, and yellow
900 pages (A4 paper; text at Normal - 360 dpi; 5%)
(ISO/IEC 10561 Letter Pattern)
2 years from production date and up to within 6 months after opening package at 25 °F (77 °C)
–4 to 104 °F (–20 to 40 °C)1 month at 104 °F (40 °C)
–30 to 60 °F (–22 to 140 °C)
1 month at 104 °F (40 °C)
120 hours at 140 °F (60 °C)
–3.2 °F (16 °C) –0.4 °F (–18 °C)
1.09 (W) × 2.1 (D) × 1.5 (H) i nches
27.8 (W ) × 52.7 (D) × 38.5 (H) mm
300 pages (A4 paper; Normal - 360 dpi, 5% each color)
1.7 (W) × 2.1(D) × 1.5 (H) inches
42.9 (W) × 52.7 (D) × 38.5 (H) mm
* The print capacity may vary depending on how of ten you use the
print head cleaning function. Also, if you print large graphics and
dense text wit h little white space, you use ink faster.
** The i nk thaws and is usable after approximately 3 hou rs at 77 °F (25
°C).
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Caution:
To ensure good results, us e genuine EPSON cart ridges and
do not re fill t he m. Oth er pr oduct s ma y ca use d amage to yo ur
print er not covered by EPSON’s warr a nty.
Do not use an ink cartridge after the expiration date on the
package.
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Mechanical
Paper feed
method Friction with auto sheet feeder, rear
entry
Sheet feeder
capacity Max imu m 10 0 she ets of 17 lb
(64 g/m
2
) paper
Dimensions St orage
Width: 18.7 in ches (4 75 m m )
Depth: 10.7 inches (274 m m )
Height: 7.4 inches (177 mm)
Printing
Width: 18.7 inch es (4 75 m m )
Depth: 24.0 inches (610 m m )
27.2 inches (692 m m ,
when loading transparencies)
Height: 12.4 inches (315 mm)
7.95 inches (202 m m ,
when loading transparencies)
Weight 14.3 lb (6.5 kg) without the ink
cartridges
Electrical
Safety Approvals
Safety standards UL 1950 with D3, CSA 22.2 950
with D3
EMC FCC part 15 subpart B class B
CSA C108.8 class B
DOS Support
If driver support for the EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 is not
available from your software manufacturer, you can use one
of the other EPSON ESC/P 2 print er drivers. Choos e the first
printer available from the following two lists:
Black printing only
• LQ-870/1170
• LQ-570(+)/1070(+)
• SQ-870/1070
• LQ-850
• LQ-500
Color and black printing
• EPSON Stylus PRO
• EPSON Stylus COLOR 500
• EPSON Stylus COLOR II
• LQ-860
• LQ-2550
Specification 120 V model 240 V model
Input voltage range 103.5 to 132 V 198 to 264 V
Rated frequency range 50 to 6 0 Hz
Input frequency range 49.5 to 60.5 Hz
Rated current 0.4A 0.2A
Power consumption Approx. 18 W (ISO/IEC 10561 Letter Pattern)
Environmental
Temperature Operation 50 to 95 °F (10 to 35 °C)
Storage* –4 to 140 °F (– 20 to 60 °C)
1 month at 104 °F (4 0 °C)
120 hours at 140 °F (60 °C)
Humidity Operation 20 to 80% RH
Storage* 5 to 85% RH
(without condensa tion)
* Stored in sh ipping container
Control Panel
black clean ing
button
color cleani ng
button
paper ou t li g ht
black ink out li ght
color in k out light
load/eject button
power button
power light
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The four lights on your printer’s control panel show the
printer’s status and alert you to p roble ms like pa per jam s.
When the paper light flashes, paper is
S
jammed in the printer. Turn off the
printer and gently pull out all jammed
load/eject
paper. Then press the
E
button.
When the paper light comes on, your
S
paper ran out or is incorrectly loaded.
Load paper in the feeder and then press
load/eject button.
E
the
BA
When an ink light flashes, your ink
supply is low. Make sure you h av e a
replacement cartridge.
BA
When an ink light comes on, you need to
replace the ink cartridge.
P
When the power light flashes, the
printer is receiving a print job or
performing a maintenance operation.
PSBA
When the power and paper lights flash
and the other lights are on, you r printer
has a carriage error.
PSBA
When all the lights flash, your printer
may have an internal error.
Testing the Printer
You can run a self test to determine whether the problem
comes from the printer itself or the computer.
❏ If the results are satisfac tory, the problem lies in software
settings, the interface cable, or your computer.
❏ If the self test does not pr int correctly, you have a problem
with your printer.
Follow these steps to run the test:
1. Make sure both the printer a nd computer are turned off.
2. Disconnect th e in terface cable from th e p r in te r .
3. Make sure paper is loaded in th e feeder.
load/eject button and hold it down while you
4. Press the
press the
until the
The printer prin ts a nozzle check pattern and sa mpl es of
fonts and colors.
5. To end the test, turn off the printer.
E
power button. Continue to hold the buttons
P
power light star ts to flash.
P
Using Hex Dump Mode
You can use the printer’s hex dump mod e to id entify
problems if you know how to interpret hex code. Or, you
can fax the hex printout to a technic al su ppor t
representative. Fo llow thes e steps to us e he x dump m ode :
1. Make sure the printer is turned off and has paper in the
feeder.
2. Open the cover.
load/eject button and the X color
3. Hold down the
cleaning but ton and press the
E
power button. The printer
P
prints Hex Dump Mode at t he top of a page and then s tops.
4. Print one or more pages from an application as usual. The
printer pr ints the exact code it re ceives in hexadecima l
format.
Default Con tro l Pane l Se ttings
You can change the following “default” settings from the
printer’s control pane l:
Setting Options
Print direction Auto, Bi-D, Uni-D
Font Courier, Roman, Sans Serif, Prestige, Script,
Pitch 10 cpi, 12 cpi, 15 cpi, 17.1 cpi, 20 cpi,
I/F mode Auto, Parallel, Serial, Option
Auto I/F wait time 10 seconds, 30 seconds
Softwa r e ESC/ P 2, IBM X24E
Auto CR (IBM mode only) Off, On
AGM (IBM mode only) Off, On
Character table PC437, PC850, PC860, PC861, PC863, PC865,
Auto line feed Off, On
Network I/F mode Off, On
Loading position 8.5 mm, 3 mm, Others
Economy Off, On
Parallel I/F transfer rate Fast, Normal
Changing control panel settings
Follow these steps to change the settings liste d above:
1. Make sure the printer is turned off and has paper loaded.
2. Hold down the
power button. The printer prints a summary of
instructions for changing settings and choosing the
language to use for add itional instructions.
Roman T, Sans Serif H, Draft
Proportional
Abicomp, BRA S CII, Rom an 8, IS O Latin 1,
Italic U.S.A., Italic France, Italic Germany,
Italic U.K., Italic Denmark 1, Italic Sweden,
Italic Italy, Italic Spain 1
color cleaning button and press the
X
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3. Press the
color cleaning button t o print a list o f current
X
settings and additional in st ructions.
4. After you make the changes you want, turn the printer
off to s ave t he set tin gs. T he s et tings re main in ef f ect un til
you change them again.
Printing from Windows
When you want to print f rom your Win dows a pplication,
you click the print icon or cho ose Print from the File men u.
You can then choose which pages to print, the number of
copies, and other options. The settings that describe your
print job—wheth er you w a nt to us e color or bla ck ink, for
example—are pa rt of y our pr inte r driv e r softwa re.
Note:
If you’re using Windows NT, you’ll need special software for
your print e r . Contact EPSO N if you need pri nter driver
software for Windows NT.
Setting Printer Options from Windows Applications
Follow these steps to check printer settings from your word
processor or oth e r Win dow s s oftw a re:
1. Click the Pri nt i con or ch oose Pri nt o r Print Set up from t he
File menu. You see a printing dialog box.
2. Make sure your EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 printer is
selected, and then cl ick the Printer, Setup, Properties, or
Options button. (You may have to click a combinati on of
these buttons.) You see a dialog box li ke the following:
3. Click the Main ta b if necessary and make sure the Mode
option is se t to Automatic. This is the easies t way to get
good printing results for all kinds of documents, on all
types of paper.
4. Choose the Media Ty pe you want to print on.
The type of paper or other media you cho os e det ermines
the print quali ty or resol ution you ca n use. See page 14 for
guidelines on choosing paper.
Note:
For print ing at the highest resoluti on (SuperFi ne quality
at 1440 dpi), you need to use one of the photo quality
media. For the b est prin tin g at any re so lut ion, alwa ys use
EPSON media.
5. Choose Color or Bla ck ink.
6. Set the slider to Quality or Speed. This lets you choose
between the fast es t printing or the highest resolution for
the media you’re using. (The slider is not available for
certain media type s. )
7. If necessary, click the Paper tab and choose your paper
size, number of copies, and orientation. If your software
application lets you control these settings, you don’t need
to use the P ap er tab.
8. Click OK when you’re finished checking your settings.
The dialog box clos es.
If you’re using Windows 95, you ca n click Apply and
keep the dialog box open.
9. In the printing dia log box, click Close, OK, or Print. You
may need to click a combination of these buttons.
Click to see
list of media
types.
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Click for
more
information.
Setting Windows Default Options
When you change printer s ettings through your software
application, the settings apply only to the application you’re
using. If you want to adju st the de fault settings for all your
Windows applications, you can access the dialog box
through the Window s 95 Settings option or the Windows
3.1 Control Panel.
Make sure all your sof tware applic ations are closed before
you start. If not, you’ll have to clos e and then re o pe n them
to have the new default settings take effect.
Setting Default Options in Windows 95
Follow these steps:
1. Click Start , point to Settings , and then point to Printers.
2. Right-click the EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 icon.
3. Select Properties. Then click the Main tab.
You see the Main p rint er sett ings di al og box. Any c hanges
you make will become the defa ult settings for al l your
applicati ons and documents.
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