Epson P5C Emulation Kit, ACULASER C4200 User’s Guide

P5C Emulation Kit

User’s Guide

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Contents

Chapter 1 About the P5C Emulation Kit

About the P5C Emulation Kit. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Hardware Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

For Windows Me, 98, or 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

For Windows NT 4.0. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

For Windows XP, 2000, or Server 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Installing the P5C Emulation ROM Module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Chapter 2 Using the P5C Printer Driver

About the P5C Printer Driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Installing the P5C Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Installing the USB Device Driver for Windows Me

or 98 users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Accessing the P5C Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

From the application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

From the operating system . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Making Changes to the P5C Printer Settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Using online help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Making changes to the color settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Updating the printer driver. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Chapter 3 Problem Solver

Printing in the P5C Mode Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

The printer does not print correctly in the P5C mode. . . . . . 15

The printer does not print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

The font on the printout is different from that

on the screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

The edges of texts and/or images are not smooth. . . . . . . . . 17

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Chapter 1

About the P5C Emulation Kit

About the P5C Emulation Kit

The P5C Emulation Kit is an optional product for Epson color
emulation laser printers. It includes the ROM module and printer
driver. Installing this device allows your printer to support HP
PCL5c emulation. The ROM module is designed for EPSON laser
printers (AcuLaser Series) and is not compatible with other
printers. Make sure that you install the printer driver included in
this kit. EPSON is not liable for any problems arising from
printing with HP Color LaserJet printer drivers.

Hardware Requirements

Your printer must meet the following hardware requirements to
be able to use the P5C printer driver.

Memory requirements for using the P5C printer driver are shown
below. Install optional memory modules into your printer if the
amount of memory currently installed does not meet your
printing needs.

Minimum memory Recommended memory

128 MB
(for a simple print job at 600 dpi)

* Printing may not be possible with this amount of memory, depending on the

specifics of the job being printed.

256 MB* or more

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System Requirements

Your computer must meet the following system requirements to
use the P5C printer driver.

For Windows Me, 98, or 95

Minimum Recommended

Computer IBM PC series or IBM compatible

with an 486 or higher CPU

Hard Disk 10 MB free (for driver installation)

Memory 64 MB 128 MB

IBM PC series or IBM compatible
with Pentium or higher CPU

For Windows NT 4.0

Minimum Recommended (Server Pack 6)

Computer IBM PC series or IBM compatible

with an 486 or higher CPU

Hard Disk 10-20 MB free (for driver installation)

Memory 128 MB 256 MB

IBM PC series or IBM compatible
with Pentium II or higher CPU

For Windows XP, 2000, or Server 2003

Minimum Recommended

Computer IBM PC series or IBM compatible

with Pentium or higher CPU

IBM PC series or IBM compatible
with Pentium II or higher CPU

Hard Disk 10-25 MB free (for driver installation)

Memory 128 MB (256 MB for Server 2003) 256 MB

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Installing the P5C Emulation ROM Module

For instructions on how to install the P5C Emulation ROM
module into your printer, see the User’s Guide for your printer.

After you install the ROM module, see “Installing the P5C Printer
Driver” on page 7 for instructions on installing the software into
your computer.

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