Epson Stylus Color 850Ne Setup Guide

Setup Guide

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Setup Guide

This Setup Guide summarizes the process of setti ng up your printer and configuring it to work with most networks. For more information about your printer and printer software, see your User’s Guide. For more information about your printer’s Ethernet card and networking, see the Administrator’s Guide.

Using Your Software

Your printer comes with the following software:

◗ Printer driver for Windows ◗ EPSON Net!2 utility (for Windows

Windows NT configure your printer for protocols including Novell NetWare,

◗ EPSON Status Monitor 2 for Windows that allows you to

monitor your printer over the network and use TCP/IP for printing in Windows 98/Windows 95 peer- t o-peer networks.

4.0, and Macintosh) that allows you to

TCP/IP, and AppleTalk.

and Macintosh

98, Windows® 95,

◗ EPSON Driver Disk Creation Utility that lets you create

diskettes for systems that don’t have CD-ROM drives.

Setup Guide: Setup Overview

Setup Overview

Note: If you need to make dis kettes and use them to install any software programs, see Appendix A in your

Administrator’s Guide

Follow the steps in this guide to set up the printer, install the ink cartridges, and connect your Ethe rnet card to the network.

Install the Network Software

See page 3 to determine whether you should install EPSON Net!2 and EPSON Status Monitor 2 for your protocol and opera ting system.

Configure the Printer

See page 3 to determine where you should look in this Setup Guide and the Administator’s Guide to configure the printer and Ethernet card to work on your network.

Set Up the Workstations

For most networks, you need to install the printer driver on each Windows or Macintosh workstation that uses the printer. If you like, you can also install EPSON Status Monitor 2 on Windows workstations.

Print a Test Page

You can print a test page in Windows 98, Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0. This ensures that the network, printer, and printer driver are configured correctly and working.

Network Configurations

See the table below to find your network configuration (operating system and protocol), and determine what to install and where to find instructions for configuring your network.* For many operating systems, you can change configuration settings using the Ethernet card’s internal home page. See the

Administrator’s Guide for more information.

Available Network Configurations

Setup Guide: Network Configurations

Operating system

Windows NT 4.0 (Service Pack 3, or higher)

Network protocol What you need to install and configure

TCP/IP 1. EPSON Net!2 (p.11)

2. EPSON Status Monitor 2 (p. 13)

3. IP address for the Ethernet card (p. 28)

4. Printer driver on each workstation** (p. 36)

NetBEUI (TCP/IP must also be instal led)

Novell NetWare 1. EPSON Net!2 (p.11 and p. 16)

1. EPSON Net!2 (p.11)

2. EPSON Status Monitor 2 (p.13)

3. IP address for the Ethernet card (p. 28)

4. NetBEUI settings on the Ethernet card home page*** (p. 34)

5. Printer driver on each workstation** (p. 36)

2. EPSON Status Monitor 2 (p.13)

3. Setup using NwAdmin (p. 16) or PCONSOLE (

4. Printer driver on each workstation** (p. 36)

Administrator’s Guide

, Chapter 4)

Setup Guide: Network Configurations

Available Network Configurations

Operating system

Windows 98, Windows 95

Windows 3.1x Novell NetWare,

Macintosh AppleTalk 1. EPSON Net!2 (p. 13 and p. 32)

UNIX TCP/IP (lpr, ftp) 1. Install a printer driver and filter. (See your UNIX

IBM OS/2 Warp NetBEUI

Network protocol What you need to install and configure

TCP/IP 1. EPSON Net!2 (p.11)

2. EPSON Status Monitor 2 on each workstation (p. 13)

3. IP address for the Ethernet card (p. 28)

4. Printer driver on each workstation (p. 36)

NetBEUI (TCP/IP must also be instal led)

Novell NetWare 1. EPSON Net!2 (p.11 and p. 16)

Windows NT Server

1. EPSON Net!2 (p.11)

2. EPSON Status Monitor 2 (p.13)

3. IP address for the Ethernet card (p. 28)

4. NetBEUI settings on the Ethernet card home page*** (p. 34)

5. Printer driver on each workstation (p. 36)

2. EPSON Status Monitor 2 (p.13)

3. Setup using NwAdmin (p. 16) or PCONSOLE (

4. Printer driver on each workstation (p. 36) Windows 3.1x acts as a client only; you can’t use a Windows

3.1x workstation to conf igure the Ethernet card or monitor the printer. Install the printer driver on each workstation and change the printer’s port setting. (p. 36)

2. Printer driver on each system (p. 36)

documentation.)

2. Configure the printer for lpr or ftp.

Administrator’s Guide,

(

(Administrator’s Guide

Administrator’s Guide

Chapter 5. )

, Chapter 6.)

, Chapter 4)

TCP/IP

*If you need to create diskettes and install your software from them, see Appendix A in your

Administrator’s Guide

**If you have Windows NT 4.0 Server, you may only need to install the driver on the server. See your Windows NT documentation.

***To use the Ethernet card home page, you must have TCP/IP setup on your network, as well as one of the following Internet browsers: Microsoft Internet Explorer, version 4.0 or later; Netscape Navigator

, version 3 .0 or later.

(Administrator’s Guide

, Chapter 6)

Setup Guide: Set Up the Printer

Note: To connect your printer’s Ethernet card to the network, you need a twiste d pair (10BaseT) cable with an RJ-45 connector.

Set Up the Printer

Unpack the Printer

Remove any packing material from the printer. See the Notice Sheet in the box for details.

Make sure you’ve got all these items:

◗ Your printer and paper support ◗ One color and one black ink cartridge package ◗ The EPSON Stylus ◗ The EPSON Media Pak containing sample ink jet paper ◗ Your User’s Guide and Administrator’s Guide ◗ A network cable (not supplied)

COLOR 850Ne CD-ROM

paper support

color ink cartridge

black ink cartridge

CD-ROM

User’s Guide

Administrator’s Guide

Setup Guide: Set Up the Printer

Note: Follow all the safety instructions in the Introduction of your

Guide

User’s

Attach the Paper Support

Insert the paper support in th e top slot on the back of the printer.

Do not put the printer: ◗ In an area with high temperature or humidity

Caution: Always use the button to turn the printer on or off. Never use the external switch on a power strip.

Don’t use an o utlet controll ed by a wall switch or timer, or one that uses the same circuit as a large appliance. This may disrupt the power, which can erase memory or even damage the power supply.

P power

◗ In direct sunlight or dusty conditions ◗ Near sources of heat or electromagnetic interference, such

as loudspeakers or cordless telephone base units

Install the Ink Cartridges

1. Make sure the printer is turned off (the should be up). Then plug the printer’s power cord into a grounded outlet.

P power button

power button

Setup Guide: Set Up the Printer

2. Remove the ink cartridges from their foil packages. Then remove only the yellow part of the tape seal on the top of each one. Don’t pull off the white portion or try to

remove the clear seal underneath the cartridge.

Caution: To ensure the print heads charge correctly, install the ink cartridges that came with your printer.

You must remove the yellow tape from the top of the cartridge or you will permanently damage it. It’s okay if a small corner of the yellow tape stays on the cartridge.

Warning: If ink gets on your hands, wash them thoroughly with soap and water. If ink gets in your eyes, flush them immediately with water.

Remove the yellow tape seal

Don’t remove the white portion

3. Press the

P power light flashes and the

P power button to turn on the printer. The

B and

I ink out lights come

on. The black ink cartridge holder moves into loading position.

4. Open the printer cover and lift up the black ink cartridge clamp.

5. Place the black ink cartri dge in the holder as shown. Then close the clamp, making sure it clic k s into place.

black ink cartridge holder

Setup Guide: Set Up the Printer

Caution: If the ink cartridge holder moves back to the right before you install the cartridge, don’t try moving it back by hand. Press the

B black cleaning button and

hold it down for 3 seconds to move the holder back into position.

Never turn off the printer when the flashing, unless the printer hasn’t moved or made any noise for more than 10 minutes.

P power light is

6. Now press the

X color cleaning button to move the color

ink cartridge holder into loading position.

7. Repeat steps 4 and 5 to ins tall the colo r ink c artrid ge. Then press the

E load/eject button to begin charging the ink

delivery system.

The printer moves the print heads and begins charging the ink delivery system. The

P power light flashes, and the printer

makes various sounds.

Charging takes up to 4 minutes. Don’t turn off the printer or interrupt this important process or you’ll use up more ink than necessa ry.

When it’s finished, you can close the printer cover.

Load Paper

1. Open the output tray extensio ns and slide the left edge guide all the way to the left.

Setup Guide: Set Up the Printer

2. Load a stack of plain paper with the printable side up and place it against the right edge guide. Then slide the left edge guide to the paper’s left edge, making sure the stack is not higher than the arrow mark on the guide.

don’t load paper above the arrow

Setup Guide: Set Up the Printer

Connect the Printer to Your Network

Connect your printer to an Ethernet twisted-pair (10BaseT) network connection.

1. Attach the network cable to the connector on the card.

status sheet button

twisted-pair (10BaseT)

2. To initialize the card, turn on the printer while pressing down the status sheet button. Continue pressing the status sheet button for five seconds.

Printing a Status Sheet:

To print a status sheet, press the status sheet button and hold it for about three seconds. This sheet gives you important information, including the serial number and MAC address of the card. Keep the status sheet so you can use it when you configure the Ethernet card.

Setup Guide: Install the Network Software

Note: If you need to create diskettes to install t he software, see Appendix A in your

Administrator’s Guide

use this configuration instructions.

For TCP/IP networks, if you want to use the a rp com mand to set the card’s IP address instead of installing EPSON Net!2, see page 28.

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Install the Network Software

To configure the Ethernet card, you only need to install the network softwa re (EPSON Net !2) on one wo rkstati on or on the server, depending on your network.

If you have a TCP/IP network, you need to install EPSON Status Monitor 2 on all your Windows 98 and Windows 95 workstations to use the EPSON TCP/IP Printing protocol.

Log in as an Administrator (NT) or Supervisor (NetWare). Before you start, tur n off all ot her acti ve appl icati ons, inc ludi ng virus protection.

Installing EPSON Net!2

If you have the following network configurations and operating systems, you should install EPSON Net!2 to configure the card:

◗ Windows 98, Windows95, or Windows NT 4.0 with

Novell NetWare or TCP/IP

◗ Macintosh with AppleTalk

Installing EPSON Net!2 in Windows

1. Insert the EPSON Stylus COLOR 850Ne CD-ROM in your drive.

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