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EPSON Stylus COLOR 440
Manual

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All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION. The information contained herein is designed only for use with this EPSON printer. EPSON is not responsible for any use of this information as applied to other printers.
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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.
WARNING
The connection of a non-shielded equipment interface cable to this equipment will invalidate the FCC Certification of this device and may 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 complies with Canadian ICES-003. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B est conforme à la norme NMB-003 du Canada.
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Contents

Introduction
Windows System Requirements 10 How To Use Your Manuals 11
Warnings, Cautions, Notes, and Tips 12 ENERGY STAR Compliance 12 Year 2000 Ready 13 Important Safety Instructions 13 Identifying Printer Parts 16
Basic Printing
Printing from Windows Applications 17
Setting Printer Options from Windows Applications 18
Setting Default Printer Options 21 Checking Printer Status 25
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Advanced Printing
Using Predefined Advanced Settings 29 Customizing Print Quality and Special Effects 32 Adjusting Color Settings 36
Adjusting Colors in Photos and Scanned Images
(Windows 95, 98, and NT only) 36
Making Custom Color Corrections 38 Selecting Paper Size and Orientation 41 Selecting Print Layout Options 47
Reducing and Enlarging Your Document Size 48
Using Multiple Print Layouts and Page Frames 52
Adding a Watermark 54 Saving Custom Settings 58
Redefining Custom Settings 59
Deleting Custom Settings 60
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Printing on Special Media
Selecting Special Media 62 Media Loading and Handling Guidelines 64
Letterhead, Preprinted Forms, and Legal-size Paper 66
Envelopes 67
EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet and Note Cards 69
EPSON Ink Jet Paper 69
EPSON Photo Quality Glossy Paper, Film,
and Transparencies 70 EPSON Ink Jet Transparencies 76 EPSON Photo Quality Self Adhesive Sheets 76 EPSON Photo Stickers 77 EPSON Iron-On Cool-Peel Transfer Paper 78
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Managi ng Print Jobs
Managing Print Jobs in Windows 95, Windows 98,
and Windows NT 4.0 80 Selecting the Speed & Progress Options 81 Using the Spool Manager 83 Using Status Monitor 2 85
Managing Print Jobs in Windows 3.1x 94
Using the Spool Manager 95
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Network Printing in Windows 95 and Windows 98 97
Setting Up Your Printer as a Shared Printer 100
Maintenance and Transportation
Cleaning the Print Head 103
Using the Head Cleaning Utility 103 Using the Control Panel 105 Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern 106
Replacing an Ink Cartridge 107
Removing an Empty Ink Cartridge 109 Installing the New Cartridge 111 Replacing an Outdated Ink Cartridge 114
Aligning the Print Head 115 Cleaning the Printer 116 Transporting the Printer 117
Troubleshooting
Diagnosing Problems 119
Checking the Control Panel Lights 120 Running a Printer Check 123
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Improving Print Quality 125 Solving Printing Problems 131
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Solving Printer Software Problems 135 Fixing Paper Problems 139 Solving Miscellaneous Printout Problems 142 Uninstalling Printer Software 144 Where To Get Help 146
Specifications Glossary Index
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Introduction

Your EPSON Stylus® COLOR 440 printer is the perfect printer for small office or home use. You can print anything from reports and resumes to photos and greeting cards. With resolutions up to 720 by 720 and EPSON ’s Micr o P iezo™ t echnology, you get amazingly realistic photogr aphi c im ages, vivid col or gr aphi cs, a nd r azor-shar p black text.
EPSON’s speciall y form ulated ink car tri dge s an d wide var iety of ink jet papers offer the greatest flexibility for getting the results you want.
This chapter gives you general information about your printer in these sections:
◗ Windows System Requirements ◗ How To Use Your Manuals ◗ ENERGY STAR Compliance ◗ Year 2000 Ready ◗ Important Safety Instructions ◗ Identifying Printer Parts
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Windows System Requirements

To use your printer and its software with a PC, your system should have:
◗ Windows® 3.1x, Windo w s 95, Windows 98 , or W indo ws N T® 4.0 ◗ An IBM
for Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0; 486/66 MHz processor for Windows 98; and 386/25 MHz processor for Windows 3.1. A Pentium® processor or its equivalent is recommended.
◗ 16MB RAM (32MB recommended) ◗ At least 50MB of free hard disk space for storing images
(100MB recommended)
◗ VGA or better display adapter and monitor ◗ Double-speed CD-ROM drive (quad-speed or faster
recommended)
◗ A shielded, twisted- pair parallel printe r cable (6 to 10 feet l ong)
to connect your com pute r to th e print er. T he cab le must h ave a D-SUB, 25-pi n, male connector fo r your co mputer a nd a 36-p in, Centronics® compatible connector for the printer.
®
compatible PC with at least a 486/25 MHz processor
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How To Use Your Manuals

This manual contains the following information:
Basic Printing covers the basics of printing with Windows. Advanced Printing tells you how to print special projects with
custom settings for print quality, col or man agement, and distinct ive layouts.
Printing on Special Media gives guidelines for selecting and using
the right paper or other media for your print job and instructions for loading it in your printer.
Managing Print Jobs explains how to manage print jobs, check
printer status, and handle network printing.
Maintenance and Tr ansportatio n gives ins tructions for replacing ink
cartridges, cleaning and aligning the print heads, and cleaning and transporting the printer.
Troubleshooting provides sol utio ns fo r a ny pr oblem s you ma y hav e
with your printer software.
Specifications provides the technical details of your printer, ink
cartridges, and EPSON media. A Glossary and an Index are included at the end of the manual.
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Warnings, Cautions, Notes, and Tips

You’ll find this information throughout your manual:
Warnings must be followed carefully to avoid bodily injury.
Cautions must be observed to avoid damage to your equipment.
Notes contain important information about your printer.
Tips contain additional hints for great printing.

ENERGY STAR Complianc e

As an E product meets the E
The EPA E partnership with the computer and office equipment industry to promote the introduction of energy-efficient personal computers, monitors, printers, fax machines, and copiers in an effort to reduce air pollution caused by power generation.
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NERGY STAR
Partner, EPSON has determined that this
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Office Equipment program is a voluntary
guidelines for energy efficiency.

Year 2000 Ready

Your EPSON printer is the other parts of your computer system are also ready for the year 2000.
Year 2000 Ready
. However, be sure

Important Safety Instructions

Before using your printer, read the following safety instructions to make sure you use the printer safely and effectively.
◗ Always use the Ppower button to turn the printer on or off.
Never use an external switch—such as a power strip—to turn off the printer.
◗ Turn off and unplug the printer before cleaning. Clean with a
damp cloth only. Do not spill liquid on the printer.
◗ Do not place the printer on an unstable surface or near a
radiator or heating vent.
◗ Do not block or cover the openings in the printer’s cabinet or
insert objects through the slots.
◗ Use only the type of power source indicated on the printer’s
label.
◗ Connect all equipment to properly grounded power outlets.
Avoid using outlets on the same circuit as photocopiers or air control systems that regularly switch on and off.
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◗ Place the printer near a wal l outlet where the plug can be ea sily
unplugged.
Placez l’imprimante près d’une prise de contacte où la fiche
peut être débranchée facilement.
◗ Do not let the power cord become damaged or frayed. ◗ If you use an extension cord with the printer, make sure the
total ampere rating of the devices plugged into the extension cord does not exceed the cord’s ampere rating. Also, make sure the total of all devices pl ugged into the wall outlet does not exceed 15 amperes.
◗ Except as specifically explained in this
Manual
, do not attempt
to service the printer yourself.
◗ Unplug the printer and refer servicing to qualified service
personnel under the following conditions: If the power cord or plug is damaged; if liquid has entered the
printer; if the p rinter has b een dropped or the cabi net damag ed; if the printer does not operate normally or exhibits a distinct change in performance. Adjust only those controls that are covered by the operating instructions.
◗ Do not put your hand inside the printer or touch the cartridge
during printing.
◗ Under normal circumstances, ink will not come out of the
cartridge. If it does get on your skin, wash it off with soap and water. If it gets in your eyes, flush them immediately with water.
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◗ Keep ink cartridges out of the reach of children. ◗ Do not dismantle the ink cartridges or try to refill them. This
could result in damage to the print head.
◗ Once you install an ink cartridge, do not open the clamp or
remove the cartridge except to replace it with a new one. The cartridge may become unusable otherwise.
◗ Install the ink cartridge immediately after you remove it from its
foil package. Leaving the cartridge unpacked for a long time before use may result in reduced print quality.
◗ Do not use an ink cartridge beyond the date printed on the
cartridge carton. For best results, use up the ink cartridges within six months of installing them.
◗ Do not shake an ink cartridge; this can cause leakage. ◗ Always turn the printer off using the Ppower button. When this
button is pressed, the Ppower light flashes briefly then goes out. Do not unplug the printer or turn off the power to the outlet until the Ppower light is off.
◗ Before transporting the printer, make sure the print head is
capped in the far right position and the ink cartridges are in place.
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Identifying Printer Parts

If you need help identifying the parts of the printer, refer to the following illustrations:
paper support
sheet feeder
left edge guide
right edge guide
printer cover
output tray
output t ray ext ension s
thickness lever
ink cartridge clamp
control panel
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Basic Printing

It’s easy to print with your new EPSON Stylus COLOR 440. First set up and install the printer software, following the instructions in the
Printer Basics
◗ Printing from Windows Applications ◗ Checking Printer Status

Printing from Windo ws Applications

To print from your Windows application, click the print icon or choose Print from the File menu. You can then choose which pages to print, the number of copies, and other options. The settings that describe your print job—whe ther you want to use color or black ink, for example—are part of your printer driver software.
The following sections tell you how to set printer options from Windows applications, how to change the default printer settings, and how to check your printer’s status.
guide. Then read this chapter to learn about:
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Note: The settings you select th rough your applicat ion usuall y apply only until you exit that application.

Setting Printer Options from Windows Applications

This section describes the settings you’ll need to make for all your everyday printouts. See Using Predefined Advanced Settings for information about special settings like PhotoEnhance3 (PhotoEnhance in Windows 3.1).
Follow these steps to check printer settings from your graphics application or other Windows software:
1 Choose Print, Print Setup, or Page Setup from the File menu .
You see a printing dialog box. If you choose Print, you first see a Print dialog box that
contains the settings you change most often, including the number of copies and the pages you want printed.
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2 Make sure your EPSON S tylus COL OR 440 p rinter is sel ected,
and then click the Printer, Setup, Properties, or Options button. (You may have to click a sequence of these buttons.) You see a dialog box like the following:
For more in fo rm ation about print er settings, click the Help button. You can right-click any item on the screen an d t hen click What’s Th is ? (N ot available in Windows 3.1.)
Note: Choose Automatic for your ever yd ay print jobs. If you want to print a special jo b, su c h as a photograph on special paper, ch oos e Custom.
Using Predefined
See
Advanced Settings
.
Main tab
Click for more information
If you don’t see the d ialog box show n above, click the Main tab. (The Windows 3.1 dialog box is slightly different.)
3 Make sure the Mode option is set to Automatic. This lets the
printer software determine the best settings for your print job and is the easiest way to get good printing results on all types of paper.
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4 Choose the M edi a T y pe you want to print on from the followin g
list. If you are not sure which setting to select, refer to Media
Loading and Handling Guidelines.
◗ Plain paper ◗ 360 dpi Ink Jet Paper ◗ Photo Qualit y Ink Je t Paper ◗ Photo Paper ◗ Photo Quality Glossy Film ◗ Ink Jet Transparencies
Your media choice may restrict the available range of settings such as print quality or resolution.
5 For the Ink setting, choose Color or Black.
If you’re printing grayscale images, choose Black as the Ink setting for faster output or choose Color for higher quality.
6 Set the slider in the Mode box to Quality or Speed. This lets
you choose between the highest resolution or the fastest printing for the media you’re using. (The slider only appears when Plain paper is selected.)
7 If necessary, click the Paper tab and choose your paper size,
number of copies, orientation, and printable area. See
Selecting Paper Size and Orientation for detailed instructions.
8 If you’re using Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT 4.0,
click the Layout tab and check the reduce/enlarge (proportional printing), print layout, and watermark options to make sure they’re cor rect fo r your prin t job. S ee Selecting Print
Layout Options for details.
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Note: Some application settings override default printer settings (such as Paper Size or Orientat ion), so it’s a good ide a t o c hec k the settin gs in y our application before you print.
9 Click OK when you’re finished checking your settings. 10 Click OK or Print in your application’s printing dialog box. You
may need to click a sequence of these buttons, depending on the application you are using.
While your document is printing, the EPSON Progress Meter (Windows 95 and Windows 98) or the EPSON Despooler dialog box (Windows 3.1) appears, showing the printing progress and the status of your printer. (See Checking Printer
Status for more information.)

Setting Default P ri n te r O p tions

When you change printer settings through your software application, the settings apply only to the application you’re using. To adjust the default setting s for all your Windows app lications, you can access the dialog box through the Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT 4.0 Printers utility or the Windows 3.1 Control Panel.
Make sure all your software applications are closed before you start. If not, you’ll have to close and then reopen them to have the new default settings take effect.
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Setting Default Options in Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows NT 4.0
Follow these steps:
Note: If you’re printing over a network, you can access the default Window s NT printer software settings only if you have the appropr iat e network access pr iv ileges, such as Administrator or Power U s er.
1 Click Start, point to Settings, and then select Printers. 2 Right-click the EPSON Stylus COLOR 440 icon in the Prin ter s
window.
3 Select Properties (Document Defaults in Windows NT). Then
click the Main tab.
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You see the Main dialog box, as shown below. Any changes you make will become the default settings for all your applications and documents. Click OK when finished.
Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT 4.0
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Setting Default Options in Windows 3.1
1 Double-click the Control Panel icon in the Main group. 2 Double-click the Printers icon. 3 Select EPSO N Styl us COLOR 44 0 from the list of installed
printers and click Setup. You see the dialog box, shown below.
4 Make any changes you want to become the def ault settings for
all your applications and documents, and click OK when you are finished.
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Checking Printer Status

While your document is printing, your printer software reports how the job is doing. See the section for your operating system below.
Windows 95, Windows 98 and Windows NT 4.0
After you send a pri nt job in Windows 95, Windows 98, or Window s NT 4.0, the Progress Meter dialog box appears on your screen:
The name of th e f ile you’re printing
This information appears only if you installed Status M onitor 2 and are not printing over a network
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Pages print ed/ pages in job
Click to cancel printing
Click to reprint the current pa ge
Click to pause and resume printing
Click to view the Print er Status Window
The Progress Meter shows the progress of your print job and the status of your printer. You can use the buttons to cancel, pause, and restart your print job, or to reprint a page. You can select whether to display the Progress Meter dialog box or not; see
Selecting the Speed & Progress Options for instructions.
If you installed Status Monitor 2, you also see information about how much ink you have left. See Using Status Monitor 2.
Windows 3.1
After you send your print job, the EPSON Despooler dialog box appears on your screen:
Click to pause and resume printing
Click to stop printing
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Click to re print or reque ue a document
This dialog box shows the progress of your print job and the status of your printer. If you run out of paper while printing, for example, the Despooler warns you. You can use the buttons to cancel, pause, and restart your print job, requeue your document for later printing, or reprint all or part of the document.
Windows NT 4.0
Windows NT 4.0 servers and workstations include a messenger service to ale rt yo u to pr inter er rors or let you know when a pr int job is finished. If you have appropriate network access privileges or you’re controlling printing from the server, you can also cancel, pause, or restart print jobs and set other options. See your Windows NT documentation for details.
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Advanced Printing

When your presentation graphics, photographs, or other projects have special printing requirements, you can use the custom settings in your EPSON Stylus COLOR 440 software. You can choose predefined settings or adjust individual options like brightness, contrast, sharpness, and halftoning.
Your printer software’s print layout options let you print almost any size image on your printer, print multiple pages on one sheet of paper, and add watermarks (not available with Windows 3.1).
This chapter includes the following information:
◗ Using Predefined Advanced Settings ◗ Customizing Print Quality and Special Effects ◗ Adjusting Color Settings ◗ Selecting Paper Size and Orientation ◗ Selecting Print Layout Options ◗ Saving Custom Settings
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Using Predefined Advanced Settings

Predefined settings provide an easy way to fine-tune your printer’s operation for special image types, such as graphics downloaded from the Internet or images produced by a digital camera. Follow these steps to print with predefined settings:
1 Create your image or document in your application software. 2 Access your printer software, as described in Printing from
Windows Applications. You see one of the following dialog
boxes:
Click Custom, then click here to see a list of p roject types
Windows 95, 98, NT
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Click Advanced, then click here to see a list of project types
Windows 3.1
Note: Choose your Media Type and Ink settings before you se lec t a project from t he Custom Settings list. Some settings may not be available with the Media Type or Ink setting you c hoose.
Printing with Advanced Photo, Ph ot oEnhance , or PhotoEnhance3 may take lo nger, dependin g on your computer system and image.
3 Choose the Media Type you want to print on. (If you’ re not sure
which setting to select, see Media Loading and Handling
Guidelines.)
4 Choose Color or Black ink. 5 Click Custom (in Windows 3.1, click Advanced), and the n click
Custom Settings. You see the list of project types.
6 Choose the right setting for your project and Medi a Typ e
following these guidelines:
◗ PhotoEnhance3 (Windows 95, 98, NT) or
PhotoEnhance (Windows 3.1)
For printing images captured using a video camera, digital camera, or scanner. Produces sharper images and more vivid colors by automatically adjusting the contrast, saturation, and brightness. Corrects for overall under- and over-exposure of the original image.
◗ Digital Camera (not available with Windows 3.1)
For printing images taken with a digital camera. Corrects noise or other flaws common to digital camera images.
◗ Text/Graph
For printing graphics-intensive documents like presentation pages with charts and graphs. Intensifies colors and lightens the midtones and highlights.
◗ Economy
For rough drafts of text only. Saves ink (only available when you set Media Type to Plain paper).
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