Epson EPL-7500 Setup Guide

EPL-7500

SETUP SHEET

CONTENTS

Unpacking

Assembling

Paper Loading

Test Printing

Selecting the Interface

Connecting the Printer to the Computer

Macintosh® Users : You must
follow the steps on page 6
before you connect your printer.

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Unpacking

Remove the accessory pack

1.

from the large box.

2.

Remove the printer from
the box and set it on a flat,
stable surface.

3.

Remove the plastic bags
protecting the printer and
the paper cassette. Save the
packing material in case you
need to transport the
printer.

4.

Locate the protective plate.
Use the wrench to unscrew
the two screws as shown
below; open the printer and
remove the protective plate.

Power cord

-Wrench

Accessory pack

Printer

Assembling

Installing the imaging cartridge

To install the imaging cartridge and the cleaning pad, follow the

instructions in the imaging cartridge box.

CAUTIONS:

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Do not turn the cartridge upside down.

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Never transport the printer with the imaging cartridge
installed.

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Installing the paper cassette

Remove the tapes from the

1.

paper cassette.

Align the small notches on

2.
either side of the paper
cassette with the metal pins
inside the printer; then
lower the paper cassette
into place. Make sure the
notches fit securely onto the
pins on the printer. If the
paper cassette is not
installed properly, an OUT
OF PAPER error may
appear on the display.

Attaching the power cord

1.

Make sure the power switch
is turned off.

Insert the power cord into

2.
the socket at the back of
the printer. Then plug the
other end of the power cord
into a properly-grounded
outlet.

WARNING: If the rated voltage of the printer and your

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outlet voltage do not match, contact your dealer for
assistance. Do not plug in the power cable.

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Paper Loading

Push the paper set lever

1.
forward to the manual
position.

Slide the paper guides on

2.
the paper cassette all the
way open.

Take a stack of paper (high-

3.
quality copier paper is
preferred). Tap the edge of
the paper on a flat surface.

Insert the stack of paper

4.
into the paper cassette,
making sure that the top of
the stack does not exceed

the maximum height mark

inside the cassette.

Slide the paper guides

5.
together until they both rest
lightly against the paper.

Pull the paper set lever back

6.

to the automatic position.

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Test Printing

1.

Make sure the imaging cartridge is installed. Then, turn on the

printer by pressing the vertical bar ( I) on the power switch.

2. After about 70 seconds, the printer automatically begins
printing a start page.

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CAUTION: Be careful not to touch the fuser, which is
marked by a caution label. Also, don’t touch the areas

marked by high voltage labels.

Selecting the Interface

IBM® and Compatible Computer Users

Users of IBM and compatible computers can skip to the next
section because the parallel interface is already selected.

Macintosh® Users

Follow the simple 10-step procedure below to select the EPL-7560’s
AppleTalk® interface before connecting your Mac® to the printer.

CAUTION: Do not connect the cable before you have
selected the AppleTalk interface on the EPL-7500.

To select the AppleTalk interface, follow these steps:

1.

Turn on the printer and wait until it prints the start page.

2.

Press ON LINE to take the printer off line.

3.

Press

SelecType

twice. The level 2 light comes on.

4.

If INTERFACE does not appear on the display, press
once. INTERFACE appears on the display.

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5. Press

1,1

once and then press

appears on the display.

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until APPLETALK

WF’LETFILK

6. Press

then APPLETALK* appears. The asterisk (*) shows that
AppleTalk is selected.

7. Press

8. Press

9. Press

10.

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once. SELECTED appears briefly on the display;

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once, then

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until SAVE LEVEL 2 appears on the display.

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once.

Turn the printer off.

CAUTION: If you connect an AppleTalk cable, never
operate the printer with the SelecType INTERFACE

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once, then

SQl..JE LEI..!EL 2

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once.

APPLETALK setting may leave your printer inoperable or

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Connecting the Printer to the Computer

1.

Make sure both the printer and the computer are off.

2.

Connect a properly-shielded interface cable to the appropriate
interface connector, as shown below.

Parallel interface

Plug the other end of the cable into your computer.

Next, read the instructions on the disk package.

IBM is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corporation.

AppleTalk, Macintosh, and Mac are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc

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