Epson cpd7424 User Manual

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EPSON® USB/Parallel Adapter

User’s Guide

for the EPSON Stylus COLOR 440,

EPSON Stylus COLOR 640,

EPSON Stylus COLOR 600

and EPSON Stylus Photo EX

IMPORTANT: To use the USB/Parallel Adapter with your Apple®

c™,

iMa Apple at http://swupdates.info.apple.com.

you must download and install the iMac Update 1.0 from

CPD 7424

EPSON and EPSON Stylus are registered trademarks of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION.

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.

FCC Compliance Statement

For United States Users

This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation. This equipment generates, uses, and can radiate radio frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio or television reception. However, there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause interference to radio and television reception, which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures.

◗ Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna. ◗ Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver. ◗ Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to

which the receiver is connected.

◗ Consult the dealer or an experienced radio/TV technician for help.

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WARNING

The connection of a non-shielded equipment interface cable to this equipment will inv alidate the FCC Certification of this de vice and ma y cause interference levels which exceed the limits established by the FCC for this equipment. It is the responsibility of the user to obtain and use a shielded equipment interface cable with this device. If this equipment has more than one interface connector, do not leave cables connected to unused interfaces. Changes or modifications not expressly approved by the manufacturer could void the user’s authority to operate the equipment.

For Canadian Users

This Class B digital apparatus meets all requ irements of the Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment Regulations.

Cet appareil numérique de la classe B resp ecte toutes les exigences du Règlement sur le materiel brouilleur du Canada.

Introduction 7 Setting Up the Printer 8 Getting Started on an iMac 8

Connecting the Cable 10 Installing the Printer Software 13

Getting Started on a Windows 98 System 15

Connecting the Cable 16 Installing the Printer Software 19 Setting Up Your System to Print to the

EPSON Stylus COLOR 600 27

Appendix A: Using Monitor3 with

Your iMac 29 Setting Up Monitor3 29 Monitoring Print Jobs with Monitor3 30

Appendix B: Specifications 33

USB/Parallel Adapter Specifications 33 System Requirements 34

Introduction

The EPSON USB/Parallel Adapter allows you to use smart cable technology to connect your EPSON printer to your Apple iMac or Windows Stylus COLOR 640, and EPSON Stylus Photo EX.

To use the EPSON USB/Parallel Adapter with your computer and EPSON printer, you’ll need to:

◗ Install iMac Update 1.0 if you have an iMac ◗ Set up the printer ◗ Connect the cable ◗ Install the printer software

If you have any prob lems with the instructions in this guide, see the Where to Get Help section in your printer user’s guide.

98 computer. It supports the following printers: EPSON

COLOR 600, EPSON Stylus COLOR 440, EPSON Stylus

Setting Up the Printer

If you’ve been using your EPSON printer with your computer, the printer is probably set up already. If so, turn it off and disconnect it from the previous computer. Then go to the section explaining how to connect the cable to your system.

If you’re setting up a new printer , see the documentation that came with your printer for instructions on unpacking, installing ink cartridges, and loading paper. Then return to this booklet for instructions on connecting the cable and installing the printer software.

Getting Started on an iMac

The instructions on the next few pages explain how to connect the USB/ Parallel Adapter cable to your iMac and how to install the printer software that came on the USB Printer Software CD-ROM.

IMPORTANT:

You can’t use the adapter with the printer driver software that came with your printer. You must use the USB/Parallel Adapter printer driver software.

To use the adapter with the iMac, you must download and install the iMac Update 1.0 from Apple at http://swupdates.info.apple.com before you install the USB printer software. Contact Apple Computer if you have problems installing this update.

For instructions on using the printer software, see the following: ◗ If you have an EPSON Stylus COLOR 440 or EPSON Stylus

COLOR 640, locate the electronic

Driver Software Guide for Macintosh

USB Printer Software CD-ROM. Copy the manual to your hard driv e and view it using Adobe Reader on your computer, you can install it using the Acrobat Reader

3.01 Installer on your USB Printer Software CD-ROM.)

◗ If you ha ve an EPSON Stylus COLOR 600 or EPSON Stylus Photo EX,

see the

User’s Guide

Acrobat Reader 3.01. (If you don’t have Acrobat

that came with your printer.

EPSON Stylus COLOR 440/640

in the Manual directory on your

Note:

There are three main differences between the printer driver software documented in your EPSON Stylus COLOR 600 or EPSON Stylus Photo EX User’s Guide and the USB/Parallel Adapter printer software: there is no Status Monitor utility, Monitor2 is upgraded to Monitor3, and you use the SC 600 or SPEX icon to select the printer in the Chooser. For information on using Monitor3, see Appendix A in this guide.

Connecting the Cable

You can connect the USB/Parallel Adapter directly to a USB port on your iMac or to a USB hub connected to a port on the iMac. If you have any printing problems when the printer is connected via a USB hub, try connecting the printer directly to the USB port on the iMac instead.

1 To connect the adapter to the USB port on the side of the iMac, first

open the port door. Hold the adapter’s USB connector so the icon faces up and connect it to the available USB port.

available USB port

USB/Parallel adapter

optional USB hub

If you’re using a USB hub, plug it into the USB port on your iMac, then connect the adapter to an available USB port on the hub.

To connect the adapter to one of the USB ports on the iMac keyboard, hold the adapter’s USB connector so the icon faces away from you and connect it to the USB port.

available USB port

optional USB hub

USB/Parallel adapter

If you’re using a USB hub, plug it into the USB port on the iMac keyboard, then connect the adapter to an av ailable USB port on the hub.

2 Connect the adapter’s parallel connector to the parallel port on the back

of the printer, then secure it with the wire clips.

parallel connector

3 Now follow the instructions in the next section to install the printer driver

software from the USB/Parallel Adapter CD-ROM.

Installing the Printer Software

IMPORTANT:

You can’t use the adapter with the printer driver software that came with your printer. You must use the printer driver software that came on the USB Printer Software CD-ROM.

Before you begin this procedure, you must install the iMac Update 1.0 from Apple at http://swupdates.info.apple.com. Contact Apple Computer if you have any problems installing this update.

Follow these steps to install the USB printer driver software: 1 Turn on your iMac and wait until you see your desktop icons. (

turn on your computer one) and your EPSON printer.

2 You see a message that the computer can’t find the software it needs

for your device. Click OK.

3 Insert the EPSON USB Printer Software CD-ROM. 4 Double-click the 5 Click

6 After installation is complete, click 7 Open the Chooser from the Apple menu.

Install

and follow the on-screen instructions to install the printer

driver and utilities, and select a default paper size.

first

Installer

.) Then turn on the USB hub (if you’re using

icon for your printer, then click

Restart

to restart your iMac.

Always

Continue

8 Click the printer icon for your printer.

Note:

The printer icons are labeled SC 600 (EPSON Stylus COLOR 600), SC 440 (EPSON Stylus COLOR 440), SC 640 (EPSON Stylus COLOR 640), and SPEX (EPSON Stylus Photo EX.)

9 Click the

printer, the port is numbered).

10 Turn on background printing, if you want to use it. Then close the

Chooser.

If you don’t see your printer icon in the Chooser, make sure your USB port and parallel port connections are secure and your printer is turned on. Check the MacOS Info Center on your iMac desktop for additional information on USB connections.

If your EPSON printer came with other application software, see your printer documentation for instructions on installing it from the printer’s CD-ROM.

USB Port

icon (if you’ve connected more than one EPSON

Getting Started on a Windows 98 System

The instructions on the next few pages explain how to connect the USB/ Parallel Adapter cable to your Windows 98 system and how to install the printer software. If you’re connecting to an EPSON Stylus COLOR 600 printer, you’ll also find instructions on how to set up your system to use Windows Print Manager.

For instructions on using the printer software, see the documentation that came with your printer.

IMPORTANT:

You can’t use the adapter with the printer driver software that came with your printer. You must use the printer software that came on the USB Printer Software CD-ROM.

However, you can use the USB printer software to connect the printer to your computer via the parallel port, if you want.

Connecting the Cable

You can connect the USB/Parallel Adapter directly to a USB port on your computer, or you can connect it to a USB hub connected to a port on your computer. If you have any printing problems when the printer is connected via a USB hub, try connecting your printer directly to the USB port on the computer instead.

1 Locate an available USB port on your computer (your USB ports may be

in a different location than shown in the illustration on page 17).

2 Hold the adapter’s USB connector so the icon faces to the right and

connect it to the USB port, or If you’re using a USB hub, plug it into the USB port on your computer,

then connect the adapter to an available USB port on the hub.

optional USB hub

USB/Parallel adapter

3 Connect the adapter’s parallel connector to the parallel port on the back

of the printer, then secure it with the wire clips.

parallel connector

4 Now follow the instructions in the next section to install the printer driver

software.

Installing the Printer Software

The steps you follow to install the USB printer driver software depend on whether you’ve already installed a printer driver for your printer, or whether you’re performing a new installation. If you’ve already installed a printer driver, follow the steps below. If not, follow the steps on page 24.

Note:

The USB printer driver software works best with a Windows 98 system that has not been upgraded from Windows 95.

If you’ve already installed a printer driver for your EPSON printer

You need to delete the printer driver’s INF file before you install the USB printer driver.

Deleting the INF file for the old printer driver

1 Click 2 Open your Windows directory. If you see an Inf folder, go to step 5.

3 From the Windows Explorer View menu, select

Start

, point to

Otherwise, continue with step 3.

Folder Options dialog box opens.

Programs

, and select

Windows Explorer

Folder Options

. The

4 Click the View tab. Under Hidden files, select

Apply

to save the setting, then click OK to close the Folder Options

dialog box.

5 Open the Inf folder, then locate and select the INF file corresponding to

your installed printer driver:

Show all files

. Click

EPSON Stylus Photo EX EPSON Stylus COLOR 600 EPSON Stylus COLOR 440 EPSON Stylus COLOR 640

6 Click

Delete

to delete the old printer driver. Close Windows Explorer.

EPSONEPIIFE2J.INF EPSONEPS600.INF EPSONEPIIFE3P.INF EPSONEPIIFE3O.INF

Installing the USB printer driver software

1 Restart your computer. Then turn on the USB hub (if you’re using one)

and your EPSON printer. You see the Add New Hardware Wizard screen.

2 Insert the USB Printer Software CD-ROM in your CD-ROM drive. 3 Click

your device

. At the next screen, select

and click

Search for the best driver for

4 Select

Specify a location

software. The software is located in the following folders on the CD-ROM: Stylus Photo EX, Stylus COLOR 600, Stylus COLOR 440, and Stylus COLOR 640.

, then click

Browse

to locate the USB printer

5 Click

Conversion Cable

. The Add New Hardware Wizard now displays

EPSON USB

6 Click

. The installer copies the USB printer files to your system. At

the final screen, click

Finish

Windows 98 detects your printer and displays a screen similar to the following:

7 Click

8 Follow the on-screen instructions to install your printer driver. Be sure to

9 When you see a message that installation is complete, click OK. If you’ve installed driver software for the EPSON Stylus COLOR 600, you

need to set up your system to use Windows Print Manager. See “Setting Up Your System to Print to the EPSON Stylus COLOR 600” on page 27.

to install your printer driver. At the next screen, select

Search for the best driver for your device

click the printer. At the last screen, click

Yes

radio button to set your printer as the Windows default

Finish

and click

If you’re performing a new installation

Don’t install the printer driver software that came with your printer.

can’t use this driver software with your USB/Parallel adapter. However, you can use the USB printer software to connect the printer to your computer via the parallel port, if you want.

Note:

If you install the printer driver software by mistake, see page 19 for instructions on deleting the driver’s INF file.

If you don’t want to install any creative applications that came with your printer driver software CD-ROM, follow the instructions under “Installing the USB printer driver software” on page 20.

If you want to install the creative software on your printer driver software CD-ROM, follow these steps:

1 Locate the software installation instructions that came with your printer.

(They may be in a document called

Setup

Start Here, Getting Started

, or

You

Quick

2 Follow the instructions to begin installation of your printer software.

When you see a screen similar to the following, click printer driver installation.

3 Continue with the instructions to install your creative software

applications.

Cancel

to cancel

Note:

The installer for the EPSON Stylus Photo EX installs the creative software before it installs the printer driver software.

4 When you’ve finished installing the creative software, restart your

system.

5 Remove your printer driver CD-ROM. Then continue with the

instructions under “Installing the USB printer driver software” on page 20.

Checking your installation

To verify that your USB software installed properly, check the Device Manager. Click

System

You should see the device Click the + next to the device; you should see

Cable (EPXUSB1:)

and click the

Start

, point to

Device Manager

listed too.

Note:

If you’ve installed more than one USB printer device, each new installation will increase the last digit of the USB conversion cable device name by a factor of one. For example, a second installed USB printer device would be listed as EPSON USB Conversion Cable (EPXUSB2:), and a third installation would be listed as USB Conversion Cable (EPXUSB3).

If the printer doesn’t work correctly, uninstall the printer software as described in your printer documentation. Also uninstall the EPSON USB printer device software the same way. Then reinstall the USB device and printer software as described in this guide. If you’ve installed printer driver software for the EPSON Stylus COLOR 600, remember to set up your system to use Windows Print Manager. (See “Setting Up Your System to Print to the EPSON Stylus COLOR 600” on the next page.)

If you still have problems, contact your EPSON dealer or EPSON technical support as described in your printer documentation.

Settings

EPSON USB Conversion Cable Devices

, and click tab.

Control Panel

EPSON USB Conversion

. Then click

listed.

Setting Up Your System to Print to the EPSON Stylus COLOR 600

The EPSON Stylus COLOR 600 printer driver software requires that you use the Windows Print Manager when printing to the USB/Parallel Adapter.

Follow these steps to enable the Windows Print Manager: 1 Click 2 In the EPSON Spool Manager window, select the

3 From the

Start

COLOR 600

Queue

appears.

, point to

Programs, Epson

icon.

menu, select

, and select

Setup

. The Queue Setup dialog box

Spool Manager4

EPSON Stylus

4 Select

5 Close the Spool Manager window.

Use Print Manager

Setup dialog box.

, then click OK to close the Queue

Appendix A: Using Monitor3 with Your iMac

The Monitor3 utility lets you continue to work on your iMac while your document is printing (though printing and processing may be slower). The Monitor3 dialog box lets you check on your print jobs and cancel, pause, or restart them.

See the next section to turn on background printing and increase the memory allocation for Monitor3.

Setting Up Monitor3

1 Open the Chooser from the Apple menu and select the icon for

your printer ( the USB Port.

2 Under 3 To increase the memory allocation, select

the Extensions folder in your System folder. Then choose

Info

from the File menu and set the

2000 or 3000, depending on your system’s available RAM.

Now see the next section for instructions on using Monitor3.

SC 600, SC 440, SC 640

Background Printing

, click On and close the Chooser.

SPEX

, or

Memory Requirements

). Then select

EPSON Monitor3

Get

Monitoring Print Jobs with Monitor3

While you’re printing, click the Application menu at the right end of the menu bar. You see the following dialog box:

Job currently printing

Jobs queued for printing

Click to set priorities or print times for waiting print jobs

You can track the printer’s progress with the current job, or doubleclick a job and use these command buttons:

◗ click to delete ◗ click to restart ◗ click to pause

EPSON Monitor3

icon on the

To set priorities for jobs waiting to print, click the job, then click the

Show details

Settings selected for the highlighted print job

arrow at the bottom of the window.

Priority list box

Note:

If you see a stop sign icon and the message “Print queue on hold” in the EPSON Monitor3 dialog box, select Start print queue from the Printer menu to release the queue and resume printing.

Priority

The the following settings:

list becomes active. Click the arrow and select one of

Normal

◗

Urgent

◗

print queue

Hold

◗

release it for printing by clicking the restart icon

Print Time

◗

and time for printing.

prints the job in the order it is received

moves the job before any Normal priority jobs in the

holds the job in the print queue until you’re ready to

opens this dialog box so you can set a specific day

Appendix B: Specifications

USB/Parallel Adapter Specifications

USB connector: USB series A; compliant with USB

Specification Revision 1.0

Parallel connector: IEEE-1284-B; Compatibility, Nibble, and

ECP mode supported

Cable: 2-meter, 5-conductor, insulated, shielded,

USB compliant

Temperature: Operating: 32 to 158 °F

(0 to 70 °C)

Non-operating: –4 to 212 °F

(–20 to 100 °C)

Storage: –67 to 257 °F

(–55 to 125 °C) Operating humidity: 10 to 80% relative humidity, no condensation Input voltage: 4.40 to 5.25 V Power consumption: During operation: 38 mA

During suspend mode: 650 µA

Weight: 5 ounces (140 grams)

System Requirements

Macintosh

Computer: Apple iMac Operating system: Macintosh OS 8.1 with iMac Update 1.0 Memory: 32MB RAM Storage: At least 50MB of free hard disk space for

storing images (100MB or more

recommended) Display: 13-inch RGB display or better CD-ROM drive: 24-speed CD-ROM drive Printer cable: EPSON USB/Parallel Adapter cable

Windows

Computer: An IBM® compatible PC with at least a 486/

66 MHZ processor (Pentium

recommended) Operating system: Windows 98 Memory: At least 16MB of RAM (32MB

recommended) Storage: At least 50MB or free hard disk space for

storing images (100MB recommended) Display: VGA, Super VGA, or better display adapter

and monitor CD-ROM drive: Double-speed CD-ROM drive (quad-speed

or faster recommended) for installing the

printer software Printer cable: EPSON USB/Parallel Adapter cable

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Epson cpd7424 User Manual

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Contents

Introduction

Setting Up the Printer

Getting Started on an iMac

Connecting the Cable

Installing the Printer Software

Getting Started on a Windows 98 System

Connecting the Cable

Installing the Printer Software

Setting Up Your System to Print to the EPSON Stylus COLOR 600

Appendix A: Using Monitor3 with Your iMac

Setting Up Monitor3

Monitoring Print Jobs with Monitor3

Appendix B: Specifications

USB/Parallel Adapter Specifications

System Requirements