Epson Stylus C62 Basic User Guide

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Welcome!

About Your Software 2 About Your Documentation 3 Using the EPSON Printer Information Center 4

Launching the Movies 4 Launching the Manual 5

Printing From Start to Finish

Loading Paper 8

Loading Envelopes 9

Basic Printing in Windows 10

Selecting the Settings You Use Most Often 12

Basic Printing on a Macintosh 12

Printing with OS 8.5.1 to 9.x 12 Printing with OS X 14

Customizing Your Print Settings 17

Customizing Windows Print Settings 17

Customizing Macintosh Print Settings 19

Selecting the Correct Media Type 21

Using Film Factory

Using Exif Print

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Maintaining Your Printer

Cleaning the Print Head 27

Running the Head Cleaning Utility 28 Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern 29

Replacing an Ink Cartridge 29

Checking the Ink Supply 29 Purchasing Ink Cartridges 30 Ink Cartridge Precautions 30

Removing and Installing Ink Cartridges 31 Aligning the Print Head 34 Cleaning the Printer 35 Transporting the Printer 36

Solving Problems

Printer Parts

Diagnosing Printer Problems

Running a Printer Check

Problems and Solutions

Setup and Software Installation Problems

Printer Problems

Print Quality Problems

Paper Feeding Problems

Miscellaneous Printout Problems Uninstalling and Reinstalling Printer Software 47 Where To Get Help 48

Installing Your Printer Software

Installing Printer Software on Mac OS X

Installing Printer Software for Mac OS 9.x

Installing Printer Software on Windows 2000

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49 52 53

Installing Printer Software on Windows 95

Contents

Requirements and Notices

Windows System Requirements 57 Macintosh System Requirements 58

NERGY STAR Compliance 58

E Important Safety Instructions 59

Ink Cartridge Safety Instructions 60 FCC Compliance Statement 61 Declaration of Conformity 62 Epson America, Inc. Limited Warranty 62

Index

Contents

Welcome!

Your EPSON Stylus® C62 printer is ideal for personal or home office use. It provides you with these great features:

Exceptionally high print quality for printing anything from reports and resumes

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to family photos and greeting cards.

Resolution Performance Management™ (RPM) technology, which optimizes the

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number and placement of ink droplets on a variety of paper types, and delivers

superior photo quality and performance with manageable print file sizes.

Versatile paper handling lets you print on a wide variety of media, from EPSON®

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Premium Bright White Paper to EPSON Matte Paper Heavyweight.

Genuine EPSON ink and papers deliver the highest quality prints.

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About Your Software

The CD-ROM that came with your printer includes all the software you need for printing. (You must have a CD-ROM or DVD drive installed in your computer.) See the Start Here sheet for installation instructions.

Your printer driver runs your printer and lets you control how your documents

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look. You can’t print without it.

Tip: It’s a good idea to check EPSON’s support web site periodically for free updates to your printer driver. Visit http://support.epson.com. Download instructions are posted for your convenience.

Your EPSON Printer Information Center gives you quick,

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on-screen access to information about your printer. It includes EPSON Print Show, animated tutorials on loading paper, improving print speed, and other tasks. It also includes your on-screen Reference Guide for complete information about your printer. (The desktop icon may be different on some Mac® OS X systems.)

EPSON Software™ Film Factory™ is a photo management

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program that lets you organize, beautify, and print your photos in a flash. Supports Exif Print. See page 22 for more information.

EPSON PhotoCenter is EPSON’s free photo-sharing web site

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where you can store, organize, and share your photos; print high-resolution photos straight from the web; and create free online postcards with your photos. Your printer software installer lets you add a link to the EPSON PhotoCenter on your desktop.

Welcome!

About Your Documentation

To set up your printer and install its software, see the Start Here sheet.

This book contains system requirements, important safety information, your warranty, and instructions on:

Using the EPSON Printer Information Center

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Printing with Windows® or on a Macintosh®

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Maintaining the printer

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Solving basic problems

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Please follow these guidelines throughout:

Warning: must be followed carefully to avoid bodily injury.

Caution: must be observed to avoid damage to your equipment.

Note: contains important information about your printer.

Tip: contains additional hints for better printing.

For more information on your printer, use your EPSON Printer Information Center, described on page 4.

Welcome!

Using the EPSON Printer Information Center

Need help loading paper, clearing a paper jam, or cleaning the print head? Use the EPSON Printer Information Center (EPIC) to view printer movies that quickly tell you how. EPIC also includes an on-screen Reference Guide with additional printer details. Follow the instructions on the Start Here sheet to install the EPSON Printer Information Center, if you haven’t already.

Note: You need a browser—such as Microsoft Netscape a different browser, the pages may not display correctly.

Navigator® 3.0 or later—to view the Reference Guide. If you are using

Launching the Movies

Internet Explorer 4.0 or later or

1. Double-click the

EPSON Printer Information Center

(The desktop icon may be different on some Mac OS X systems.)

2. Click

Print Show.

Click Print Show

icon on your desktop.

Welcome!

3. Click the appropriate topic, then click the title of the movie you want to watch.

Use the program tools to pause a movie, replay a step, or skip ahead.

Click a topic, to view a movie

4. Click

to exit Print Show.

Exit

Launching the Manual

1. Double-click the

2. Click

Reference Guide

Click here to expand the table of contents

3. Click a topic on the left to expand the table of contents.

EPSON Printer Information Center

. You see this screen:

icon on your desktop.

Welcome!

4. Click on the topic you want to view.

Click right arrows to view subtopics, then click on a topic.

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Click down arrows to close subtopic lists.

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Closed list, click to expand

Click to go to topic

Note: If you see an icon for a graphic when viewing your Reference Guide in Netscape Navigator, click the Reload button to load the graphic.

Welcome!

Printing From Start to Finish

Follow the instructions in these sections to print using all your printer’s features:

“Loading Paper” on page 8

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“Basic Printing in Windows” on page 10

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“Basic Printing on a Macintosh” on page 12

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“Customizing Your Print Settings” on page 17

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“Selecting the Correct Media Type” on page 21

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“Using Film Factory” on page 22

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“Using Exif Print” on page 22

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Tip: Whenever you print, make sure you:

Use the right paper.

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For the best-looking photos, most vivid colors, sharpest text, and greatest detail, always use genuine EPSON papers and EPSON ink.

Choose the right printer settings for the paper.

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Your printer automatically adjusts itself for each type of document and paper you’ve selected, so make sure your printer settings are correct for the document you’re printing and the paper you’ve loaded.

Loading Paper

1. Press in the locking tab on the left edge guide and slide it to the approximate width of your paper.

2. Place paper in your printer on the right side of the sheet feeder, behind the tab.

3. Slide the left edge guide lightly against the paper.

4. Pull out the output tray extension.

Load paper behind the tab

Press the locking tab and slide the left edge guide against the paper

Follow these guidelines when loading paper:

Always load the short edge first, even when you’re printing landscape-oriented

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documents.

Load the printable side face up. It’s usually whiter or brighter than the other side.

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Load letterhead or pre-printed paper into the printer top edge first.

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Don’t load paper above the arrow on the left edge guide.

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See your Print Show movies for additional instructions on loading paper. Double-click the

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EPSON Printer Information Center

icon on your desktop.

Loading Envelopes

1. Load up to 10 envelopes, short edge first and printable side up.

Tip: For best results, press each envelope flat before loading it, or load one envelope at a time.

2. Place the envelope’s flap edge against the right edge of the sheet feeder, behind the tab.

3. Press the locking tab on the left edge guide and slide it against the envelopes.

Load with the printable side up

Before you print, make sure you choose the correct envelope size as the paper (Windows) or

Paper Size

(Macintosh) setting and

Landscape

as the Orientation. See page 11 (Windows), page 12 (Macintosh OS 8.5.1 to 9.x), or page 14 (Macintosh OS X) for instructions.

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Basic Printing in Windows

After you create a document in a software program, follow these steps to print it:

1. From the File menu, click

2. Make sure

3. Click the

Options

EPSON Stylus C62 Series

Properties

Preferences

button, click it. Then click

screen.)

. You see a Print window like this one:

Select your printer here

Click here to open your printer software

is selected.

button. (If you see a

Properties

Preferences

Setup, Printer

on the next

, or

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4. Select the following settings on the Main tab in your printer settings window.

The most important thing to remember is to set the correct paper Type for the paper you’re using.

1Select the type of document you’re printing:

Draft: for rough drafts with reduced print quality

Text: For text-only documents with higher text quality

2 Select your paper

type (see page 21)

3 Select your paper

size

4 Select your

document or image orientation

5 Click OK

Tip: For more information about printer settings, click the or Help button.

Text & Image: For

documents with text and images with higher quality

Photo: For photos and graphics with good quality and speed

Best Photo: For photos or graphics with high print quality

5. You return to the Print window. Click OK or

to start printing.

After a moment, this window appears and shows the progress of your print job. You can use the buttons to cancel, pause, or resume printing. You can also see how much ink you have left.

Click to cancel printing

Click to pause or resume printing

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Selecting the Settings You Use Most Often

Your printer settings apply only to the program you’re currently using. If you want, you can change the default Windows printer settings for all your programs.

1. Right-click the printer icon in the lower right corner of your screen (taskbar).

2. Select

Printer Settings

3. Select the default settings you want for all your applications, then click

. You see the window shown on page 11.

OK.

You can always change the settings in your program, if necessary.

Basic Printing on a Macintosh

After you create a document in a software program, follow the steps in one of these sections to print it:

For Macintosh OS 8.5.1 to 9.x applications, see the next section.

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For Macintosh OS X applications, see page 14.

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Printing with OS 8.5.1 to 9.x

1. From the File menu, select

Page Setup

. Select the following settings:

1 Make sure you see C62 Series

2. Click OK to close the Page Setup window.

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2 Select your paper size

3 Select the orientation

of your document

3. From the File menu, select

Tip: For more information about printer settings, click the button.

. Select the following settings:

1 Select your paper type

2 Select Color (for color

3 Select Automatic mode

4 Select Quality or Speed

4. You can also do the following:

Click to reduce/enlarge, print multi-page layouts, or add a watermark.

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Click to turn on background printing.

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(see page 21)

documents and black and white photographs) or Black (for black text documents)

(for faster printing)

Click , then click

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Click to check your ink levels.

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5. Click

Preview

6. If you turned on background printing, you can select

to preview your printout.

EPSON Monitor3

Application menu in the right corner of the screen. You see the EPSON Monitor3 window:

Select your print job, then click here to cancel printing

Note: If you’re not using background printing and you need to cancel printing,

key and press the . (period) key.

hold down the

Click to check ink levels

from the

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Printing with OS X

If you’re using an OS X compatible printing application, follow the steps below to print a document. (If you’re using an application that’s compatible only with Macintosh Classic mode, follow the steps on page 12 instead.)

Before you begin, make sure you added your printer to Print Center as described in “Installing Printer Software on Mac OS X” on page 49.

1. From the File menu, select

Page Setup

2. Select the following Page Setup settings as necessary:

3. When you’re finished, click OK.

4. Select

from the File menu. You see a screen like this:

Select C62 Series (USB) from the Format for pop-up menu

Select the Paper Size, Orientation, and any other settings you want to use

5. Select

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Print Settings

Click here and select Print Settings

from the pull-down menu.

6. Select the following Print Settings as necessary:

1 Select your paper type

(see page 21)

2 Select Color (for color

documents and black and white photographs) or Black (for black text documents)

3 Select Automatic mode

4 Select Quality or Speed

Tip: For more information about printer settings, click Help. The OS X printer driver contains a subset of the settings available with the OS 8.5.1 to 9.x Macintosh printer driver described in this book.

7. You can also choose other print settings by selecting these options in the

pull-down menu:

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Copies & Pages

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Layout

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Output Options

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Color Management

, to select page layout options

, to select the number of copies or a page range

, to save your print job as a PDF file

, to select ColorSync,®adjust the color controls, change

the gamma setting, or turn off color adjustments by the printer software

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Summary

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Save Custom Setting

8. Click

, to view a list of all your selections

, to save your selections for future use.

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9. To monitor the progress of your print job, click the

Print Center

icon when it

appears in the dock on the bottom of your desktop. You see a screen like this:

10. Monitor the progress of your print job or do one of the following:

Click the print job, then click

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Click the print job then click

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Click a print job marked “Hold” and click

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If multiple print jobs are listed, click a print job, then click the

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Delete

to pause printing.

Hold

as necessary to reorder the jobs.

11. When you’re finished, close Print Center.

to delete the job.

Resume

to resume printing.

Priority

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Customizing Your Print Settings

You can use advanced settings for color matching, printing at higher resolutions, or selecting a variety of special effects and layouts.

Customizing Windows Print Settings

1. On the Main tab, click the

Advanced

button in the bottom right corner of the

window. The Basic settings change to the Advanced settings.

2. Select the following advanced settings:

1 Select Paper & Quality

Options as necessary

Click here to select Photo RPM for the best print quality on certain paper types

2 Select Print Options

as necessary

Click here to select

Black Ink Only

printing

3. Once you’ve finished selecting advanced settings, you can:

Click OK to save your settings, return to the Print dialog box, and print.

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3 Select a color

management method

To choose No Color

Adjustment, click ICM first

Click the

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Click the Page Layout tab and continue with step 4 to select layout options.

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Note: For more information about advanced settings, or instructions on saving them as a group so you can reuse them later, click the Help or button. If you want to use the Advanced screen each time you access your printer settings, select the Show this screen first checkbox.

button to return to the Basic settings.

Basic

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