Epson Stylus Color 800 User Guide

Where to Find Information

This User’s Guide

Provides you with all the information you need to use your EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 and consumable products, from setting up to troubleshooting. If you use Microsoft

, see the Windows NT-based software users guide.

If you use DOS, see Appendix A to get information on installing the printer software, changing the print settings, and maintaining the printer using the control panel. Appendix A also may be useful for Windows and Macintosh users.

If you encounter problems with the printer, see Chapter 10, “Troubleshooting.”

Online Help

Provides you with detailed information and instructions on the Windows printer software that controls your printer. See Chapter 4 for information on accessing online help.

Windows

Color Guide

Explains the ABC’s of color printing and shows you how to get impressive results from your printer.

Customer Support

Contact Customer Support if your printer is not operating properly and you cannot solve the problem with the troubleshooting information in this guide and online help. See “Contacting Customer Support” in Chapter 10.

Color Ink Jet Printer

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User’s Guide

Declaration of Conformity

According to ISO/IEC Guide 22 an d EN 45014

Manufacturer: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION Address: 3-5, Owa 3-chome, Su wa-shi,

Nagano-ken 392 Japan

Repres e n tative: EPSON EUROP E B.V . Address: Prof. J. H. Bavincklaan 5 11 83

AT Amstelveen The Netherlands

Declares that the Prod uc t:

Product Name: Ink Jet Printer Type Name: EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 Model: P930A

Conforms to the following Directive(s) and Norm(s):

Directive 89/336/ EEC:

EN 55022 Class B EN 50082-1 IEC 801-2 IEC 801-3 IEC 801-4 EN 61000-3-2 EN 61000-3-3

Directive 73/23/EEC:

EN 60950

October 1996

M. Hamamoto President of EPSON EU ROPE B.V.

Safety Instructions

Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-1

A few precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2

ENERGY STAR Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-3

For United Kingdom Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-4

Warnings, Cautions, and Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-5

Chapter 1

Printer Parts and Control Panel Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

When using your printer with a PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

When using your printer with a Macintosh . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Options and Consumable Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Consumable products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

Chapter 2

Unpacking the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2

Attaching the Paper Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Choosing a Place for the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3

Using a printer stand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-4

Plugging in the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5

Installing the Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6

Connecting the Printer to Your PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-12

Installing the Printer Software in Your PC . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-13

Installing in Windows 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-14

Installing in Windows 95 (using plug-and-play) . . . . . . 2-16

Installing in Windows 3.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-20

Getting to Know Your Printer

Getting Started

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Connecting the Printer to Your Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22

Using the built-in serial interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-22

Using an optional EPSON interface card . . . . . . . . . . . 2-23

Installing the Printer Software in Your Macintosh . . . . . . . . 2-24

Installing the printer software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-24

Printer software components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-26

Assigning a name to the printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28

Using the Chooser to select your printer . . . . . . . . . . . 2-28

Using the AppleTalk connection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-31

Chapter 3

Loading Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-2

Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-5

Chapter 4

Introducing the Printer Software Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

Accessing the Printer Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2

From Windows applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

From Windows 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-3

From Windows 3.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4

Using the Automatic Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5

Using the Predefined Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6

Customizing the Print Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-8

Making the Media Type Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-10

Using EPSON Printer Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-12

EPSON Status Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-13

Nozzle Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14

Head Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14

Print Head Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-14

Starting to Print with Windows

Using the Printer Software for Windows

Checking Printer Status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-15

Understanding the EPSON Spool Manager . . . . . . . . . 4-15

Understanding the Despooler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-16

Getting Information Through Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17

From Windows applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17

From Windows 95 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17

From Windows 3.1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-17

Chapter 5

Starting to Print with Macintosh

Loading Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2

Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-5

Chapter 6

Using the Printer Software for Macintosh

Introducing the Printer Software Functions . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

Using the Automatic Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2

Using the Predefined Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5

Customizing the Print Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8

Making your settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8

Saving your settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-9

Choosing your settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10

Modifying visual effects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-10

Controlling the printing quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-14

Making the Color and Halftoning settings . . . . . . . . . 6-17

Changing the Paper Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-18

Defining a Custom Paper Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-19

Using EPSON Printer Utilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-21

EPSON StatusMonitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-22

Nozzle Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-23

Head Cleaning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-24

Print Head Alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-24

Using the EPSON Monitor2 Utility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-25

Chapter 7

Loading Special Paper and Other Media . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2

About special media cleaning sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-5

Loading Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-6

Loading Transparencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-7

Using EPSON Photo Paper (S041134) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8

Loading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-8

Removing the perforated margins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10

Storing EPSON Photo Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-10

Printing on Special Paper

Chapter 8

Available Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-2

Installing Optional Interfaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8-3

Using the serial interface card (C82305✽/C82306✽) . . . . . 8-5

Chapter 9

Replacing an Ink Cartridge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-2

Printing with an empty color ink cartridge . . . . . . . . . . 9-8

Cleaning the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-9

Transporting the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9-10

Using Optional Interfaces

Maintenance and Transportation

Chapter 10

Troubleshooting

Diagnosing the Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2

Error indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-2

Status Monitor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-4

Self testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-5

Hex dump mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-7

Problems and Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-8

Power supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-8

Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-9

Paper handling . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-16

Printing quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-19

Increasing the Print Speed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-27

Cleaning the Print Heads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-29

Aligning the Print Heads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-32

Ink Cartridge Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-33

Contacting Customer Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-35

For United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland users . . 10-35

For Australian users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-38

For Hong Kong and Singapore users . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-40

For Philippines users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-41

Appendix A

Using the Printer with DOS

Installing the Printer Software for DOS Programs . . . . . . . A-2

Changing the Print Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2

Using the default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4

Changing the default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7

Selecting fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-8

Cleaning the Print Heads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-10

Aligning the Print Heads . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-11

Using the print head alignment utility . . . . . . . . . . . . A-12

Using the printer’s control panel buttons . . . . . . . . . . A-13

Using Power-On Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-14

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Appendix B

Basics of Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2

Image Resolution and Image Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-5

Basics of Color Documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-7

Tips for Color Printing

Appendix C

Technical Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2

Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2

Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4

Ink cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-7

Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-8

Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-9

Environmental . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-9

Safety approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-10

Interface Specifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-10

Parallel interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-10

Serial interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-11

Initialization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-12

Default settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-13

Command List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-14

ESC/P 2 control codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-14

IBM X24E emulation control codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-15

Character Tables . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-16

International character sets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-20

Characters available with ESC ( ^ command . . . . . . . . . C-21

Glossary

Specifications

Index

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Safety Instructions

Important Safety Instructions

Read all of these instructions and save them for later reference. Follow all wa rnin g s and ins tru cti on s mark ed o n the prin te r.

Do not place the printer on an unstable surface or near a

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radiator or heat source.

Place the printer on a flat surface. The printer will not

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operate properly if it is tilted or at an angle.

Do not block or cover the openings in the printer’s cabinet.

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Do not insert objects through the slots.

Use only the type of power source indicated on the printer’s

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label.

Connect all equipment to properly grounded power

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outlets. Avoid using outlets on the same circuit as photocopiers or air control systems that regularly switch on and off.

Do not use a damaged or frayed power cord.

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If you use an extension cord with the printer, make sure

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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 ampere rating of all devices plugged into the wall outlet does not exceed the wall outlet’s ampere rating.

Unplug the printer before cleaning. Clean with a damp

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cloth only. Do not spill liquid on the printer.

Except as specifically explained in this guide, do not

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attempt to service the printer yourself.

Safety Instructions

Unplug the printer and refer servicing to qualified service

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personnel under the following conditions:

If the power cord or plug is damaged; if liquid has entered the printer; if the printer has been dropped or the cabinet damaged; 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.

If you plan to use the printer in Germany, observe the

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following:

To provide adequate short-circuit protection and over-current protection for this printer, the building installation must be protected by a 16 Amp circuit breaker.

Bei Anschluß des Druckers an die Stromversorgung muß sichergestellt werden, daß die Gebäudeinstallation mit einem 16 A-Überstromschalter abgesichert ist.

A few precautions

Even if you are familiar with other types of printers, be sure to read through the following list of precautions before operating your ink jet printer.

Do not put your hand inside the printer or touch the

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cartridge during printing.

Under normal circumstances, ink will not come out of the

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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.

Keep ink cartridges out of the reach of children.

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Do not dismantle the ink cartridges or try to refill them.

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This could result in damage to the print heads.

Safety Instructions

Once you install an ink cartridge, do not open the clamp or

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remove the cartridge except to replace it with a new one. The cartridge may be come unu sa ble other w ise.

Install the ink cartridge immediately after you remove it

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from its 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

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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.

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Always turn the printer off using the P power button.

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When this button is pressed, the briefly then goes out. Do not unplug the printer or turn off the power to the outlet until the

Before transporting the printer, make sure the print heads

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are capped in the far right position and the ink cartridges are in place.

power light flashes

power light is off.

NERGY STAR Compliance

As an ENERGY STAR Partner, EPSON has determined that this product meets the ENERGY

TAR guidelines for energy efficiency.

The International is a voluntary 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.

NERGY STAR Office Equipment Program

Safety Instructions

For United Kingdom Users

Use of options

Epson (UK) Limited shall not be liable against any damages or problems arising from the use of any options or consumable products other than those designated as Original EPSON Products or EPSON Approved Products by Epson (UK) Limited.

Safety information

Warning:

for voltage and check that the appliance voltage corresponds to

the supply voltage.

Important:

are coloured in accordance with the following code:

Green and yellow — Earth Blue — Neutral Brown — Live

If you have to fit a plug:

As the colours of the mains lead of this appliance may not match coloured markings used to identify the terminals in a plug, please proceed as follows:

The green and yellow wire must be connected to the terminal in the plug which is marked with the letter E or the Earth symbol (

The blue wire must be connected to the terminal in the plug marked with the letter N.

The brown wire must be connected to the terminal in the plug marked with the letter L.

This appliance must be earthed. Refer to rating plate

The wires in the mains lead fitted to this appliance

Safety Instructions

If damage occurs to the plug, replace the cord set or consult a qualified electrician.

Replace fuses only with a fuse of the correct size and rating.

Warnings, Cautions, and Notes

Warnings

must be followed carefully to avoid bodily injury.

Cautions

must be observed to avoid damage to your equipment.

Notes

contain important information and useful tips on the operation

of your printer.

Safety Instructions

Chapter 1

Getting to Know You r Printer

Printer Parts and Control Panel Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2

System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

When using your printer with a PC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-4

When using your printer with a Macintosh . . . . . . . . . 1-5

Options and Consumable Products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-6

Consumable products . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-8

Getting to Know Your Printer

1-1

Printer Parts and Control Panel Functions

paper support extension

sheet feeder

output tray

ink cartridge clamps

paper support

edge guides

printer cover

tab

output tray extension

black print head cleaning button

load/eject button

adjust lever

1-2

Getting to Kno w Your Printer

power button

control panel

color print head cleaning button

Buttons

Buttons Function

Loads and eject s paper. Star t s c har ging in k (aft er y o u

load/eject

power

black print

head cleaning

color print

head cleaning

finish the ink cartridge replacement procedure).

Turns the printe r on and off. C le ar s the prin t bu ffer if pressed twice while the power is on.

Cleans the black prin t head if pressed for about three seconds. S tarts the black ink ca r t r id g e replac ement procedure if presse d whil e the B ink out light is flashing or on. Thi s button is l ocated inside the prin ter c over .

Cleans the col or pr int head if pr esse d for about three seconds. Starts the color ink cartridge replacement procedure if presse d whil e the A ink out light is flashing or on. Thi s button is l ocated inside the prin ter c over .

Lights

The lights on the front of the printer indicate the printer status, such as receiving data, paper jam, or ink is low. The following table describes what the lights mean.

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FOO

= on, O = off, F = flashing, - = irrelevant

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Printer Sta tus

Receiving data, replacing an ink cartridge,

charging ink, or cle ani ng pri nt heads. Paper out. Load paper in the sheet feeder; then

press the E load/ej ec t button to resum e pr inting. Paper jam. T ur n off the pri n t er and gently pull all

the paper out of the pr inter. Ink low. The black ink cartridge is nearly empty.

Obtain a re pl ac em e n t bl ac k i n k ca r tr i dg e (S020108).

Ink out. The blac k in k cart r i dg e i s em pty . Replace the bl ac k in k cartridge (S 020108).

Ink low. The color ink cartridge is nearly empty.

Obtain a replacement color ink cartridge (S020089).

Ink out. The color ink cartridge is empty.

Replace the c ol or ink cartridg e (S020089).

Getting to Know Your Printer

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System Requ irements

When using your printer with a PC

To use your printer, you need Microsoft Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups, Windows 95, Windows NT, or DOS; a shielded, twisted-pair parallel cable. For system requirements and details on using the printer software with Windows NT, see the

User’s Guide.

To install and use the printer software (printer driver and utilities) included on the CD-ROM or floppy disk packed with your printer, the following is required:

Minimum system Recommended system

80386/16 MHz processor Pentium processor 16MB RAM 32MB RAM 20MB hard disk space More than 50MB free disk space VGA monitor VGA or better monitor

Your computer dealer can help you update your system if it does not meet these requireme nts .

Windows NT 3.51/4.0 Printer software

1-4

Getting to Kno w Your Printer

When using your printer with a Macintosh

The following are the hardware and system requirements that must be met to use this printer with a Macintosh.

Applicable computer models (as of July 1, 1996)

Macintosh LC II, LC III, LC475, LC520, LC575, LC630 Macintosh IIcx, IIci, IIsi, IIvi, IIvx Macintosh Quadra Series Macintosh Centris Series Macintosh PowerBook Series (excluding PowerBook 100) Macintosh PowerBook Duo Series Macintosh Performa Series Power Macintosh Series

Interface cables

To use your printer with a Macintosh, you need a standard Apple System Peripheral-8 cable (8-pin mini-circular connector) or equivalent.

Environment

Minimum system Recommended system

System 7.1 System 7.5 or late r 3MB of available memory 8MB or more of available memory

Getting to Know Your Printer

1-5

Note:

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The amount of available memory varies according to the number and kind of applications that are open. To see how much memory is available, choose About This Macintosh from the Apple menu and refer to the memory size (listed in kilobytes) under “Largest Unused Block” (1,024K=1MB).

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The memory requirements above are for printing on Letter size paper. These requirem ents may vary depend ing on the size of the paper, the type of application you are using, and the complexity of the document you want to print.

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You need an additional 1MB of available memory when background printing is turned on.

In addition to these system and memory requirements, you also need 6MB of free hard disk space to install your printer software. To print, you need extra hard disk space amounting to about double the size of the file you want to print.

Options and Consumable Produc ts

Options

The following options are available for use with your printer.

Interface cards

A number of optional interfaces are available to supplement the printer’s built-in parallel and serial interfaces. See Chapter 8 for more information.

If you are not sure whether you need an optional interface or if you want to know more about interfaces, contact your dealer.

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Serial Interface Card C82305✽/C82306 32KB Serial Interface Card C82307✽/C82308 32KB Parallel Interface Card C82310 32KB IEEE-488 Interface Card C82313 Twinax Interface Card C82315 Coax Interface Card C82314 LocalTalk In ter face Card C8231 2 Ethernet Inter face Card C8233 1 Type B Bi-directional Parallel Interface Card C82345

Note:

The asterisk is a substitute for the last digit of the product number, which varies by country.

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Interface cables

EPSON supplies several types of interface cables. You can use any interface cable that meets the specifications listed below. See your computer manual for any additional requirements.

Parallel Interface Cable (shielded) C83602✽ from

D-SUB 25-pin (computer) to Amphenol 57 (printer)

Serial Interface Cable C83603✽/C83604✽ from

D-SUB 25-pin (computer) to D-SUB 25-pin (printer)

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Serial Interface Cable C83605✽/C83606✽ from D-SUB 9-pin (computer) to D-SUB 25-pin (printer)

Note:

The asterisk is a substitute for the last digit of the product number, which varies by country.

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Consumable products

Ink cartridg e s

Black ink cartridge S020108 Color ink cartridge S020089

EPSON special media

Most plain paper works well in your printer. In addition, paper specifically designed for ink jet printers such as EPSON’s

dpi Ink Jet Paper

EPSON 360 dpi Ink Jet Paper (A4) S041059

EPSON 360 dpi Ink Jet Paper (Letter) S041060 EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper (A4) S041061

EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper (Letter) S041062 EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper (Legal) S041067 EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet Card (A6) S041054 EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet Card (5 × 8 in.) S041121 EPSON Photo Quality Ink Jet Card (8 × 10 in.) S041122 EPSON Photo Quality Glossy Film (A4) S041071 EPSON Photo Quality Glossy Film (Letter) S041072 EPSON Photo Quality Glossy Film (A6) S041107 EPSON Photo Quality Glossy Paper (A4) S041126 EPSON Photo Quality Glossy Paper (Letter) S041124 EPSON Ink Jet Transparencies (A4) S041063 EPSON Ink Jet Transparencies (Letter) S041064 EPSON Photo Quality Self Adhesive Sheet (A4) S041106 EPSON Photo Paper (4 × 6 in.) S041134

will meet mos t hi gh- qu ali ty prin t in g ne eds .

S041025

S041026

360

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The availability of special media varies by country.

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Ink jet printers are particularly sensitive to the condition of your paper. Keep unused paper in its original packaging and store it in a cool, dry place.

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