Epson Stylus CX3800 Quick Guide

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Epson Stylus CX3800 Series

Quick Guide

Basic Copying, Printing, and Scanning

Maintaining Your Epson Stylus CX3800 Series

Solving Problems

Loading Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Copying a Photo or Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Placing the Original on the Glass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Copying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Copying a Letter-size Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Copying a Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Speeding Up Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Printing From Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Printing in Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Using Special Papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Scanning a Photo or Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Basic Scanning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Restoring Color in Faded Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Maintaining Your Epson Stylus CX3800 Series. . . . . . . . . . . 18

Checking the Print Head Nozzles and Ink . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Cleaning the Print Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Replacing Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Solving Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Error Indicators . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Problems and Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Copying Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Paper Feeding Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Print Quality Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Where To Get Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

2 Contents

Notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Ink Cartridge Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

ENERGY STAR Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

FCC Compliance Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Epson America, Inc., Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Contents 3

Introduction

After you have set up your Epson Stylus® CX3800 Series all-in-one as described on the Start Here sheet, turn here to:

■ Load paper

■ Make a quick copy of a document or photo

■ Get the basic steps for printing from your computer

■ Start scanning a document or photo

■ Perform routine maintenance

■ Solve simple problems

This book tells you how to do most of these things without ever turning on your computer! Of course your Epson Stylus CX can do lots more when you connect it to your Windows prints and scanned images, or producing double-sided documents.

For complete instructions on everything your Epson Stylus CX can do, see the onscreen User’s Guide. An icon for the manual was automatically placed on your desktop when you installed the software.

computer—such as improving the color and quality of your

Please follow these guidelines as you read your Epson Stylus CX3800 Series instructions:

Warning:

Warnings must be followed carefully to avoid bodily injury.

Caution:

Cautions must be observed to avoid damage to your equipment.

Note:

Notes contain important information about your Epson Stylus CX.

Tip:

Tips contain hints for better copying, scanning, and printing.

4 Introduction

Loading Paper

Follow the steps here to load paper in your Epson Stylus CX.

1. Open the paper support and output

tray, then slide out the extensions.

2. Flip the feeder guard forward. Then

slide the left edge guide to the left.

Paper support

Output tray

3. Insert the paper, printable side up, against the right edge guide. Always load it

short edge first, even for landscape printing.

Letter-size paper

Place paper beneath the tabs. The paper’s printable side is often whiter or brighter than the other side.

4 × 6, 5 × 7 paper

Loading Paper 5

You can load up to 100 sheets of plain paper and up to 20 sheets of photo

paper. (See the User’s Guide for capacity guidelines on other paper types.)

Note:

The type of paper you choose affects the way your printout looks, so be sure to

select the correct paper for your job. If you are just making a copy or printing a

rough draft of an image, plain paper is fine. However, for the best results, you’ll

want to use one of Epson’s special ink jet papers designed for your printer. For

example, your photos will look great printed on Epson Premium Glossy Photo

Paper. See page 13 for more information.

4. Slide the left edge guide against the left edge of the paper (but not too tightly).

5. Flip the feeder guard back.

6 Loading Paper

Copying a Photo or Document

Follow the instructions in this section to:

■ Position your photo or document correctly on the glass (see below)

■ Make copies of a photo or document (on page 8)

Placing the Original on the Glass

1. Open the document cover and place your original face-down on the glass, in

the upper left corner. Move your original about 0.04 inch (1 mm) away from

the top and left edges so all of it will be copied.

Move the original about 0.04 inch (1 mm) away from the top and left edges to avoid cropping

2. Close the cover gently so you don’t move the original.

Caution:

Never open the document cover beyond where it stops and do not place heavy

objects on top of the Epson Stylus CX.

Copying a Photo or Document 7

Copying

You can make copies using letter-size (8.5 × 11-inch) paper as described below.

Copying a Letter-size Document

1. Make sure the Epson Stylus CX is turned on.

2. Place the document on the glass as described on

page 7. Be sure to close the document cover.

3. Load letter-size paper. (See page 5 for instructions.)

4. Press the paper size button to select

5. If you want your copies automatically reduced or enlarged to fit the loaded

paper size, press the

6. To make a color copy, press the x

To make a black and white copy, press the x

The P

If you need to stop copying at any time, just press the y out paper that is being printed; it will be ejected automatically to the output tray.

Note:

The copies may not be exactly the same size as the original.

On light flashes and after a moment the Epson Stylus CX starts printing.

Fit to Page button.

Letter.

Start Color button.

Start B&W button.

Stop button. Do not pull

Copying a Photo

1. Make sure the Epson Stylus CX is turned on.

2. Place the photo on the glass as described on page 7.

Be sure to close the document cover.

8 Copying a Photo or Document

3. Load up to 20 sheets of 4 × 6-inch or letter-size

(8.5 × 11-inch) photo paper. (See page 5 if you

need instructions.)

4. Press the paper size button to select

Letter.

4”x 6” or

5. If you want your photos printed without a white

border, press the

Fit to Page button. (Otherwise,

they are printed with a 0.06-inch [1.5 mm]

margin.)

6. To make a color copy, press the x

Start Color

button.

To make a black and white copy, press the

Start B&W button.

The P

On light flashes and after a moment the Epson

Stylus CX starts printing.

If you need to stop copying at any time, just press the y

Stop button. Do not pull

out paper that is being printed; it will be ejected automatically to the output tray.

Note:

The copies may not be exactly the same size as the original.

Speeding Up Printing

If you want to make a copy quickly and do not need high quality, you can print a “draft” copy. The print quality is reduced, but the copy is printed faster.

When you are ready to copy, press and hold down the y the x

Start Color button (to copy in color) or the x Start B&W button (to copy

in black and white). When the P

On light starts flashing, release both buttons.

Copying a Photo or Document 9

Stop button, then press

Printing From Your Computer

This section describes the basic steps for printing a photo or document stored on your Windows computer.

Note:

For detailed instructions on printing, see the on-screen User’s Guide.

Before you start, make sure you’ve installed your printer software and connected the Epson Stylus CX3800 Series to your computer as described on the Start Here sheet. Also be sure to use the right paper and select the correct paper type setting in the printer driver. (See page 13 for more information.)

Follow the instructions in these sections:

■ “Printing in Windows” (below)

■ “Using Special Papers” on page 13

Printing in Windows

1. Load paper (see page 5).

2. Open the photo or document in your application program.

3. Open the File menu and select

Select EPSON Stylus CX3800 Series

10 Printing From Your Computer

Print. You see a window like this one:

Click here to open your printer software

4. Make sure

EPSON Stylus CX3800 Series is selected, then click the

Preferences or Properties button.

(If you see a

Setup, Printer, or Options button, click it. Then click

Preferences or Properties on the next screen.)

5. On the Main tab, select the basic print settings:

Select the type of document you’re printing (choose Photo or Best Photo for pictures)

Select your paper Type

Select your paper Size

Click here for borderless photos, after choosing paper Type

Select your document

Orientation

Click here for more options

Make sure you choose the correct paper

Type setting for the paper you are

using. See page 13 for details.

Note:

For more information about print settings, click the ? or Help button.

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