Epson Stylus Photo Product Information Guide

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edge guides

paper supp ort extension

paper support

output tray extensions

ink cartri dge clamp

thickness lever

printer cover

paper light

control panel

output tray

load/eject button

Nozzle configuration

32 nozzles × 6 (black, cyan, magenta, yellow, light cyan, light magenta)

Printable columns and printing speeds

20 inches per second (printable area 8.26 inches)

Print qual ity Available do ts

180 dp i 1488 360 dp i 2976 720 dp i 5952

Resolution

Maximum 720 dpi × 720 dpi

Print direction

Bidirectional with logic seeking

Control code

ESC/P Raster

Line spacing

™

1/6 inch, programma ble in 1/36 0-inc h in cremen ts

Paper feed speed

66.6 milliseconds per 1/6-inch line

black ink out light

Printer Specifications

Printing

Printing method

EPSON’

technology

s exclusive drop-on-d e man d Micro P iezo ink je t

color ink out light

cleaning button

power button

Input buffer

64KB

Character tabl es

The characters for P C437 ( US , Sta ndard Europe) an d PC850 (Multilingu al) ca n be selecte d using the fo llowing procedure:

When the printer is off, hold down the

power button. T hen re lea se bo th button s.

and press the

cleaning button

This changes the character table to PC850. Repeat the procedure to change it back to PC437. You can run a printer check as described on page 5 to verify the current character table.

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Paper

Paper type Size Paper types Thickness Weight

Single sheets

Transparencies, Glossy film, Glossy paper

Adhesive sheets

Envelopes

Index cards

Lette r (8.5 × 11 inches) Legal (8.5 × 14 inches) Statement (5.5 × 8.5 inches)

Plain bo nd paper and special ink jet papers distri buted by EPSON

Executive (7.5 × 10 inches) A4 (210 × 297 mm) A5 (148 × 210 mm) B5 (182 × 257 mm)

Lette r (8.5 × 11 inches) A4 (210 × 297 mm) A6 (105 × 148 mm, glossy film only)

Transparencies, glossy paper, and glossy film distri buted by EPSON

Photo pape r (4 × 6 inches) A4 (210 × 297 mm) Self adhe s ive sheets

distri buted by EPSON

No. 10 9.5 × 4.1 inches

(240 × 104 mm)

Plain bond paper or air mail paper

DL 8.7 × 4.3 inches

(220 × 110 mm)

C6 4.4 × 6.4 inches

(114 × 162 mm)

A6 (105 × 148 mm) 5 × 8 inches (127 × 203 mm)

Ink jet cards distributed by EPSON

10 × 8 inches (254 × 203 mm)

0.003 to 0.004 inch (0.08 to

0.11 mm)

0.006 to 0.017 inch (0.16 to

0.43 mm)

17 to 24 lb (64 to 90 g/m

12 to 20 lb (45 to 75 g/m

)

Note: Since the qu ality of any particular brand or type of paper may be changed by th e manufacturer at any time, attest to the quality of any non-

brand or ty pe of pa p er.

EPSON

cannot

Always test samples of paper stock be fo re purchasing large quantities or printing large jobs.

Poor qua li ty pape r ma y re du ce print qua l ity and ca u s e pa p e r jams and othe r p roble ms. I f you enc oun ter probl ems, s witch to a higher grade of paper.

Do not load curled or folded paper.

EPSON ink jet papers and other special media are only usable under normal conditions:

Temperatur e: 59 to 77°F (15 to 25°C) Humi di t y: 40 to 60% RH

Printouts on

Photo Quality Glossy Film should be

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stored under the follow ing conditions :

Temperatur e: 59 to 86°F (15 to 30°C) Humi di t y: 20 to 60% RH

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Printable area

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B-L

B-R

A: The minimum top margin is 0.12 inch (3.0 mm) .

When loading multiple sheets of EPSON Photo Quality Glossy Film, the minimum top mar gi n is 1. 2 inches (30 mm).

B: The minimum left margin is 0.12 inch (3.0 mm).

The minimum right margin for letter and legal size paper is 0.35 inch (9.0 mm). The minimum right margin for other sizes of paper is 0.12 inch (3.0 mm).

The minimum right margin for envelopes is as follows:

0.28 inch (7 mm) for DL envelopes.

1.10 inches (28 mm) for No. 10 envelopes.

0.12 inch (3 mm) for C6 envelopes.

C: The minimum bottom margin is 0.54 inch (14.0 mm).

B-L

B-R

EnvelopeSingle sheet

Note: Always load paper into the sheet feeder short edge first. However, envelopes should be loaded long edge first.

Ink Cartridge

Specification Black ink cartri dge (S020093) Color ink car tridge (S020110)

Color(s) Black Cyan, Magen ta, Yellow, Light Magenta, Light Cyan Print capac it y* 540 pages/A4 (ISO/IEC 10561 Letter Pa tt er n at 360 dpi) 190 pages ( A 4, 360 dpi, 5% duty each color) Cartridge li fe 2 years from pro duction date (if unopened)

(within 6 months after opening package, at 77 °F ( 25 °C))

Storage tem perature –4 to 104 °F (–20 t o 40 °C)

1 month at 104 °F (40 °C)

Transit temperature –22 to 140 °F (–30 to 60 °C)

1 month at 104 °F (40 °C) 120 hours at 140 °F (60 °C)

Freezing te mperature** 3.2 °F (–16 °C) –0.4 °F (–18 °C) Dimensions 0.7 (W) × 2.1(D) × 1.5 (H) inches

19.8 (W) × 52.7(D) × 38.5 (H) mm

2.0 (W) × 2.1(D) × 1.5 (H) inches

51.4 (W) × 52.7 (D) × 38.5 (H) mm

* T he print capaci ty may vary, depending on how oft en you use the

print head cleaning function.

** It thaws and i s us able after app r oximately 3 hour s at 77 °F

(25 °C).

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Caution: To ensure good results, us e genuine EPSON ink car tridges. Other products may cause damage to your printer not covere d by EPSON’s warr anty.

Don’t use an i nk cartridge if the date on the package has expired.

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Mechanical

Paper feed method

Friction

Paper path

Shee t f e e d er, r e ar en t r y

Sheet feeder capacity

100 sheets at 17 lb (64 g/m2) paper

Dimensions

Storage Width: 16.9 inches (429 m m )

Depth: 10.8 inch es (2 75 m m ) Height: 6.6 inches (168 mm)

Printing Width: 16.9 inches (429 m m )

Depth: 24.1 inch es (6 13 m m )

27.4 inches (695 mm) when printing transparencies

Height: 12.2 inches (309 m m )

7.7 inches (196 mm) whe n pr inting transparencies

Weight

11.5 pounds (5.2 kg ) witho ut the ink ca rtrid ges

Electrical

Specification

Input voltage range 103.5 to 132V 198 to 264V Rated frequency range 50 to 60 Hz Input frequ ency range 49.5 to 60.5 Hz Rated current 0.4A 0.2A Power consumption Approx. 15W (ISO/IEC 1056 1 Letter Patte r n)

Note Check the label on the back of the printer for the voltage rating of your printer.

120V Model 220-240V Model

Humidity

Operation: 20 to 80% RH (witho ut condens ation) Storage: 5 to 85% RH (stored in ship ping

container, without condensation)

Safety Approvals

Safety standards

UL 1950 with D3, CSA C22.2 N o.950 with D3

EMC

FCC part 15 subpart B class B , CSA C1 08.8 cl ass B

Interface

Your printer is equipped with an 8-bit parallel interface and

a Macintosh

Parallel interf ace

serial interface.

The built-in parallel interface has the following characteristics:

Forward channel

Data format: 8-bit parallel, IEEE-1284 compatibility mode Synchronization:

STROBE

Handshake timing: BUSY and

pulse

ACKNLG

signals Signal level: TTL compatible Connector: 57-3036 0 Am phenol connector or equivale nt

Reverse channel

Transmission mode: IEEE-1284 Nibble mode Adaptable connec tor: 5 7-30 360 Amphenol Conne ctor or

equivalent Synchronization: Re fer to th e I EEE-1 284 s pe cifica tion Handshaking: Refer to the IEEE-1284 s peci fication Signal level: IEEE-1284 L evel 1 de v ice Data transmission timing: Refer to the IEEE-1284

specification

Environmental

Temperature

Operation: 50 to 95 °F (10 to 35 °C)

–

Storage:

4 to 140 °F (–20 to 60 °C), stored in

shipping contain er 1 month at 104 °F (4 0 °C) 120 hours at 140 °F (60 °C)

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Serial interface

The printer’s built-in serial interface is based on the RS-423 standard. This interface has the following characteristics:

Standard: Based on RS -423 Synchronization: Sy nc hro nous Bit rate: Approx. 900 Kbps Handshaking: X- ON /X-O FF , DT R pr otocol

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Word form a t:

Data bit: 8 bits

Parity bit: None

Start bit: 1 bit

Stop bit: 1 bit

Connector: 8-pin mini-circular connector Recommended cable: Apple System Peripheral-8 cable

Initialization

The printer can be initialized (returned to a fixed set of conditions) in these ways:

Hardware initialization

Software initialization

The printer is turned on.

∗

The printer recei ves an INIT

∗

interface.

Software sends the ESC @ (initialize the printer)

∗

command.

signal from the parallel

Hardware initialization

When the printer is turned on, the printer mechanism is initialized, the input and print buffers are cleared, and all settings return to their default values. However, the printer mechanism is not initialized if the printer is turned on within 10 seconds after being turned off. In this case, the printer caps the print head, and ejects any paper in the paper path.

Software initialization

Software initialization clears the print buffer and returns all settings to their default values. However, software initialization does not initialize the printer mechanism or clear the data buffer.

The four lights on your printe r’ s con trol pane l show the printer’s status and alert you to proble ms like pa per jam s.

When the paper light comes on, your paper ran out or is incorrectly loaded. Load paper

load/eject

in the feeder and then press the

button.

When an ink light comes on, you need to replace the ink cartridge.

When an ink light flashes, your ink supply is low. Make sure you ha ve a re placeme nt cartridge.

SBA

When the paper light

flashes

and the ink out lights are on, you have a pap er jam. T urn off the printer and gently pull out all

load/eject

jammed paper. Then press the

button.

The power light is on when the printer is

flashes

on. The power light

when the printer is receiving a print job or pe rf orm ing a maintenance operatio n.

PSBA

When the power and pape r lights

flash

and

the ink out lights are on, your printer has a

button twice to

carriage error. Press the

reset the printer.

PSBA

When all the lights

flash

, your printer may

have an internal error.

Running a Printer Check

Control Panel

black ink out light

color ink out light

paper li g ht

cleaning button

load/eject button

power button

power light

You can run a printer check to determine whether a problem comes from the printer its e lf or som e other s our ce.

❏ If the results are satisfact ory, the problem lies in software

settings, the interfac e ca ble, or your computer.

❏ If the printer check does not pr int correctly, you have a

problem with your pri nter.

Follow these steps to check the printer:

1. Make sure both the print er a nd computer are turned off.

2. Disconnect the interface cable from the printer.

3. Make sure paper is loaded in the printer. load/eject button and press the Ppower

4. Hold down the

button. Hold down the buttons until the

power light

starts to flash. Then release both buttons. The printer prin ts one page containing a nozzle check

pattern, the printer’s ROM version, ink counter code, and character table.

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