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Safety Instructions
Warning, Caution, Important, and Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Introduction
About Your Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
About This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Operating Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Features of the Network Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Network Interface Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Status light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Network connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
About the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
How To
Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Selecting a Printing Method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Printing from Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Printing from OS X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Features of the Printing Methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Installing Components on Your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
About Installing Components on Your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Windows 8.x/7/Vista/Server 2012/Server 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Windows XP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Windows Server 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
OS X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Setting Up the Network Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Connecting the Network Interface to the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Configuring the Network Interface (Windows) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Configuring the Network Interface (OS X) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Installing the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
About Installing the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Windows 8.x/7/Vista/Server 2012/Server 2008 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Windows XP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Windows Server 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
OS X (10.5 or later) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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Network Software
EpsonNet Config for Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
About EpsonNet Config . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Installing EpsonNet Config. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Accessing the EpsonNet Config User’s Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
EpsonNet Config for Mac OS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
About EpsonNet Config . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Installing EpsonNet Config. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Accessing the EpsonNet Config User’s Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
EpsonNet Config with Web Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
About EpsonNet Config . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Configuring the Network Interface Using EpsonNet Config with Web Browser. . . . . . . 34
Opening Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Remote Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
About Remote Manager. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Configuring the Network Interface Using Remote Manager . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
EpsonNet Print (for Windows users) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
About EpsonNet Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Installing EpsonNet Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Configuring the Printer Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Troubleshooting
General Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Cannot configure the network interface or cannot print from the network. . . . . . . . . . . 46
Cannot print even if you have assigned the IP address to the computer and the printer.46
Unable to start EpsonNet Config with. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
The message “EpsonNet Config cannot be used because no network is installed.” appears when
you start EpsonNet Config. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Unable to start EpsonNet Config with Web Browser or Remote Manager. . . . . . . . . . . 47
The Model Name and IP Address do not appear in the EpsonNet Config dialog box. . 47
Printing a Network Status Sheet (Large Format Inkjet Printers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Tips for Administrator
Setting an IP Address on the Printer’s Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Secure Communication Using IPsec, Access Control, SSL, and IEEE 802.1X. . . . . . . . . . . 49
IPsec protocol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Access Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
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SSL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
IEEE 802.1X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Secure Communications (IPsec/Access Control) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Overview and Sample Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Configuration Workflow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Product Security Policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Supported Security Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
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Safety Instructions
Warning, Caution, Important, and Note
Warning
must be followed carefully to avoid serious bodily injury.
Caution
must be followed carefully to avoid bodily injury.
Important
must be observed to avoid damage to your equipment.
Note
contains important information and useful tips on the operation of your printer.
Safety Instructions 7
Introduction
About Your Printer
Your printer has a built-in Ethernet interface and can connect anywhere on your network
using 10Base-T, 100Base-TX, and 1000Base-T Ethernet. The built-in Ethernet interface,
which is called the network interface in this manual, automatically selects the correct
standard when it connects to a network. In addition, it automatically selects appropriate
network protocols.
Because the network interface supports multiple protocols and automatically detects
protocols on your network, you can print from Microsoft® Windows® and OS X®
applications.
Use the Software Disc to easily configure the network interface for use on the TCP/IP
network and install the printer driver. You can use the printer on the TCP/IP network at
once.
If you want to configure the network interface for protocols such as TCP/IP, WSD, LLTD,
UPnP, Bonjour, and SNMP, use EpsonNet Config, the configuration utility provided with
your product, to quickly and easily configure the network interface to use those protocols.
Note:
The EpsonNet Config utility configures the network interface to work only with protocols that exist
on your network. This does not imply that you can use all of the above-mentioned protocols on your
network or operating system. The protocols that the network interface can use may vary depending
on the operating system and the network configuration.
About This Guide
This Network Guide contains information about using the network interface on a network.
It includes how to set up the network interface, install the configuration software, and
modify network settings of your printer and computers.
For information about your printer, see your User’s Guide.
Note:
O To read the guide, you must have Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your
computer.
O This guide is written for network administrators, and many of the steps included here require
detailed network knowledge and administrator rights.
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O The term “network administrator” refers to the person responsible for maintaining the network.
“Administrator” is synonymous with “Supervisor” in this guide.
O The term “network interface” refers to the built-in Ethernet interface of the printer in this guide.
O Some screen shots in this guide may list a printer name other than your printer. This difference
does not alter the instructions.
O The supported operating systems are different depending on the printer. See your printer’s
User’s Guide for the supported operating systems.
Operating Environment
The network interface supports the following environments.
OS Protocol IPv4 IPv6
Windows 8.x
Windows 7
Windows Vista
Windows Server 2012
Windows Server 2008
Windows XP (Home,
Professional)
Windows Server 2003
OS X 10.5 or later Bonjour supported supported
TCP/IP (Standard TCP/IP port) supported supported
TCP/IP (EpsonNet Print port) supported not supported
TCP/IP (Standard TCP/IP port) supported not supported
TCP/IP (EpsonNet Print port) supported not supported
Features of the Network Interface
O Connects your Epson printer using a built-in Ethernet interface, which is called the
network interface in this manual, to the network.
O Supports multiple protocols, such as TCP/IP, WSD, LLTD, UPnP, Bonjour, and SNMP.
O Supports 10Base-T, 100Base-TX, and 1000Base-T Ethernet.
O Supports Bonjour on OS X 10.5 or later.
O Supports access control to your printer by filtering client computer’s IP addresses.
O Supports SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) for HTTPS protocols.
O Supports IPSec.
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O Supports IEEE 802.1X
O Supports EpsonNet Config with a Web Browser and Remote Manager, which allows
you to configure and monitor your printer using a Web browser.
Network Interface Operation
Status light
The indicator lights provide you with important information on the operations of the network
interface.
Large format inkjet printers (Models that do not support 1000 Mbps
communication)
Status light Data light Network Status
Green Yellow Ready (10 M link)
Green Yellow (Flashing) Receiving packets (10 M link)
Red Yellow Ready (100 M link)
Red Yellow (Flashing) Receiving packets (100 M link)
Large format inkjet printers (Models that support 1000 Mbps
communication)
Status light Data light Network Status
Red Yellow Ready (100 M link)
Red Yellow (Flashing) Receiving packets (100 M link)
Green Yellow Ready (1000 M link)
Green Yellow (Flashing) Receiving packets (1000 M link)
Network connector
RJ-45 connector: This connector is used to connect an Ethernet cable to a network. You
can use this cable for 10Base-T, 100Base-TX, and 1000Base-T Ethernet.
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Important:
You must use the following shielded twisted-pair cable to connect the network interface to a
network.
O Category-5 or higher for the 10Base-T or 100Base-TX connection
O Category-6 or higher for the 1000Base-T connection
About the Software
The Software Disc provided with your printer includes the following network software.
Note:
The software provided varies depending on your printer model.
O EpsonNet Config for Windows is a Windows-based configuration utility for
administrators that allows you to configure the network interface for various protocols
such as TCP/IP, and SNMP. See “EpsonNet Config for Windows” on page 31.
O EpsonNet Config with Web Browser and Remote Manager are Web-based
configuration utility programs that allow you to configure a network interface for TCP/IP
and SNMP. See “EpsonNet Config with Web Browser” on page 33 and “Remote
Manager” on page 36.
O EpsonNet Config for Mac OS is a OS X-based configuration utility for administrators
that allows you to configure the network interface for TCP/IP. See “EpsonNet Config for
Mac OS” on page 32.
O EpsonNet Print is a Windows-based utility program that provides peer to peer printing
to Epson printers on the TCP/IP network. See “EpsonNet Print (for Windows users)” on
page 37
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How To
Overview
This section describes the general procedure on how to set up the network interface for
use on a network.
1. Check the network interface operation.
Check the functions and operations of the network interface, such as status lights and
RJ-45 connector. See “Network Interface Operation” on page 10 for details.
2. Select a printing method.
Select a printing method appropriate for your network environment and operating
system. If you are not sure, see “Printing from Windows” on page 13 or “Printing from
OS X” on page 13 for details.
3. Install the necessary components on your computer.
Make sure the necessary components (such as TCP/IP) are installed on the computer,
and network settings (such as IP address, subnet mask, etc.) of the computer is set.
See “About Installing Components on Your Computer” on page 14 for details.
4. Connect the network interface to the network.
Connect the network interface to the network. See “Connecting the Network Interface
to the Network” on page 18 for details.
5. Configure the network interface and install the printer driver.
See “Configuring the Network Interface (Windows)” on page 19 or “Installing the Printer
Driver” on page 21 for details.
6. If necessary, configure the network settings of the network interface using EpsonNet
Config.
Configure the network interface using EpsonNet Config. For Windows users, see
“EpsonNet Config for Windows” on page 31. For OS X users, see “EpsonNet Config for
Mac OS” on page 32.
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Selecting a Printing Method
Printing from Windows
Check if there is a Windows 8.x/7/Vista/XP/Server 2012/Server 2008/ Server 2003 print
server on your network, and then use the suggestions below.
Note:
Only the recommended printing methods are introduced here. See “Features of the Printing
Methods” on page 13 for information on additional methods.
If no Windows print server exists
We recommend TCP/IP printing. See “Windows 8.x/7/Vista/Server 2012/Server 2008” on
page 14, “Windows XP” on page 15, or “Setting Up the Network Interface” on page 18.
If a Windows print server exists
On the server, set the printer to connect and turn it into a shared printer. Your clients can
then print to this shared printer.
Printing from OS X
OS X 10.5 or later
O Bonjour
Features of the Printing Methods
This section describes features of the printing methods available for you to choose.
TCP/IP printing
Advantages
O Connects directly to the network; no USB cable required.
O No special utility for Windows is required.
O You can see the printer status using EPSON Status Monitor.
O You can print via a router.
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Disadvantages
O You need to set up TCP/IP.
Installing Components on Your Computer
About Installing Components on Your Computer
Before configuring the network interface and printing from the computer, you need to install
the necessary components (such as TCP/IP) and assign an IP address and subnet mask
for your computer, depending on the printing method you want to use. See the section in
this chapter appropriate for your operating system.
Note:
O The Windows operating system disk may be required during the installation.
O When using TCP/IP for printing, you need to set the IP address, the subnet mask, and the
default gateway of the computer.
Windows 8.x/7/Vista/Server 2012/Server 2008
Use the following procedure to install the necessary components.
1. Open the Control Panel, and then click View network status and tasks or
double-click Network and Sharing Center.
2. Do one of the following:
O Windows 8.x/Server 2012: Click Change Adapter Setting, select your network
adapter, and then click Change settings of this connection.
O Windows 7: Click Local Area Connection and then click the Properties button.
O Windows Vista/Server 2008: Click View Status and then click the Properties
button.
Note:
If the User Account Control screen appears, click the Yes or Continue button.
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3. Check if the following necessary components are in the list.
The following table lists the components required for configuring the network interface
with EpsonNet Config.
EpsonNet Config’s setting screens Necessary components
TCP/IP, WSD, UPnP, Bonjour Internet Protocol (TCP/IP IPv4) or Internet Protocol
(TCP/IP IPv6)
The following table lists the components required for network printing.
Printing method Necessary components
TCP/IP printing Internet Protocol (TCP/IP IPv4) or Internet Protocol
(TCP/IP IPv6)
4. Double-click Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) or Internet Protocol Version 6
(TCP/IPv6) on the Local Area Connection Properties dialog box to open the properties
dialog box. Set the IP address, the subnet mask, etc. and then click OK.
5. Restart the computer.
The necessary components are now installed. Go to the section “Setting Up the Network
Interface” on page 18.
Windows XP
For Windows XP, use the following procedure to install the necessary components.
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1. Click Start, highlight Control Panel, and then click Network and Internet
Connections. Select Network Connections.
2. Under LAN or High-Speed Internet, click the Local Area Connection icon.
3. Under Network Tasks, click Change settings of this connection.
4. Check if the following necessary components are in the list.
The following table lists the components required for configuring the network interface
with EpsonNet Config.
EpsonNet Config’s setting screens Necessary components
TCP/IP, WSD, UPnP, Bonjour Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
The following table lists the components required for network printing.
Printing method Necessary components
TCP/IP printing Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
5. Double-click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) on the Local Area Connection Properties
dialog box to open the Internet Protocols (TCP/IP) Properties dialog box. Set the IP
address, the subnet mask, etc. and then click OK.
6. Restart the computer.
The necessary components are now installed. Go to the section “Setting Up the Network
Interface” on page 18.
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Windows Server 2003
For Windows Server 2003, use the following procedure to install the necessary
components.
1. Click Start, point to Control Panel, and then select Network Connections. Click
Local Area Connections.
2. Click the Properties button.
3. Check if the following necessary components are in the list.
The following table lists the components required for configuring the network interface
with EpsonNet Config.
EpsonNet Config’s setting screens Necessary components
TCP/IP, WSD, UPnP, Bonjour Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
The following table lists the components required for network printing.
Printing method Necessary components
TCP/IP printing Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
4. Double-click Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) on the Local Area Connection Properties
dialog box to open the Internet Protocols (TCP/IP) Properties dialog box. Set the IP
address, the subnet mask, etc. and then click OK.
5. Restart the computer.
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