Epson Stylus RX600 Owner's Manual

User’s Guide

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Contents

Welcome! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

Where You Can Find Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

About Your Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Warnings, Cautions, Notes, and Tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

About Your Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Loading Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Loading Single Sheets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Loading Envelopes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Loading Special Papers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Copying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Copying Without a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Changing the Copy Layout . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Lightening or Darkening Copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Restoring Color as You Copy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28

Saving and Reusing Copy Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Canceling Copies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Restoring Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29

Copying With a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Placing Your Document or Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Loading Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Copying With Epson Smart Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Printing From a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35

Printing in Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Selecting Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Customizing Windows Print Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Printing Borderless Photos in W indows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

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Printing on a Macintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Printing With OS X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

Printing With OS 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46

Customizing Macintosh Print Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Printing Borderless Photos on a M a cintosh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Selecting Your Paper Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55

Scanning to a Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Using Epson Smart Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57

Scanning to a File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59

Scanning From a Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Placing Your Document or Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62

Scanning Your Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63

Adjusting the Scan Area (Marquee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Restoring Color in Faded Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Placing Your Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68

Scanning Your Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69

Scanning 35 mm Slides and Film . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72

Removing th e F ilm Holder and Document M at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73

Loading 35 mm Film Strips in the Film Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74

Placing 35 mm Slides on the Film Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75

Scanning Film or Slides With Epson Scan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

Scanning Using the RX600 Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Scanning to Your Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Scanning to E-Mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

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Printing and Scanning Without a Computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Compatible Memory Cards and Images . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Inserting and Removing Memory Cards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

Viewing Photos from a Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Printing From a Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Selecting One Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Selecting a Set of Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Selecting a Range of Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Printing All Your Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Using DPOF to Select Your Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

Printing Your Selected Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Selecting the Type, Size, Layout, and Quality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90

Selecting the Correct Paper Type . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91

Selecting Special Print Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Saving and Reusing Print Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Restoring Default Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Printing From an Index Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Printing the Index Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Selecting Photos from the Index Sheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94

Using All Index Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96

Printing from Film or Slides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Removing th e F ilm Holder and Document M at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Loading 35 mm Film Strips in the Film Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98

Placing 35 mm Slides on the Film Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100

Printing Your Film or Slide Image . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101

Scanning a Photo to a Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103

Scanning Film or Slides to a Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106

Inserting Your Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107

Removing th e F ilm Holder and Document M at . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108

Loading 35 mm Film Strips in the Film Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109

Placing 35 mm Slides on the Film Holder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110

Scanning and Saving to Your Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111

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Cropping Your Photos . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Selecting Your Photo and Print Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112

Cropping Your Selected Photo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114

Transferring Photos from a Memory Card to Your Computer . . . . . . . . . 114

Configuring PhotoS tarter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115

Preparing Your Computer to Remove a Memory Card . . . . . . . . . . . 118

Printing From Other Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119

Printing From a Digital Camera . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120

Printing From a CD Drive or Zip Dis k . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121

Saving Photos to a CD or Zip Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122

Using a Bluetooth Device . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124

Connecting the Bluetooth Photo Print Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Disconnecting the Bluetooth Photo Print Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125

Printing With Bluetooth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126

Choosing Bluetooth Settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127

Maintaining the RX600 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Cleaning the Print Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129

Replacing Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131

Checking the Ink Supply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Purchasing Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132

Ink Cartridge Precautions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Removing and Installing Ink Cartridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133

Aligning the Print Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136

Transporting the Stylus Photo RX600 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137

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Solving Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Checking the RX600 Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139

Printing a Nozzle Check . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Problems and Solutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Setup and Software Installation Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142

Printing and Copying Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143

Scanning Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145

Paper Feed Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146

Print Quality Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147

Miscellaneous Printing Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150

Scan Quality Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151

RX600 Screen Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Uninstalling Your Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153

Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154

Macintosh OS X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155

Macintosh OS 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156

Where To Get Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Epson Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157

Other Software Tech nical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158

Requirements and Notices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Windows System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Macintosh System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159

Important Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 160

Ink Cartridge Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161

LCD Panel Safety Instructions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162

FCC Compliance Statement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163

Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

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NERGY STAR Compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164

Epson America, Inc. Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165

Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167

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8 Contents

Welcome!

The Epson Stylus® Photo RX600 combi nes the convenience of scanning and
stand-alone copying with true photo print quality. It includes these outstanding
features:

■ Built-in memory card slots that support CompactFlash

SD (Secure Digital), miniSD (adapter required), MMC (MultiMediaCard),

xD-Picture Card, SmartMedia,

™

Sony Memory Stick,® Memory Stick PRO,™
Memory Stick DUO (adapter required), MagicGate Memory Stick, and IBM
Microdrive.

■ Supports Epson

™

®

’s BorderFree® print technology, which lets you print without

borders on a variety of popular paper sizes.

■ Includes a built-in transparency unit and a film holder for scanning your

35 mm film or slides.

■ Includes a USB host port to connect a PictBridge

for printing. You can also connect a CD-ROM or Zip
from a memory card or to print from a Picture CD.

■ Includes photo restoration features to restore faded color photos to their

original brilliance.

■ Supports Epson ’s revolutionary PRINT Image Matching

Exif (Exchangeable Image File) Print format. With both technologies, your
digital camera saves specific printing information, such as gamma level and
color saturation, with each JPEG or Tiff image file.

™

Type I and II,

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or USB direct print came ra

®

drive to save photos

™

technology and the

®

You can print P.I.M. or Exif images directly from your memory card
using the Stylus Photo RX600’s control panel, or you can use ArcSoft
PhotoImpression,

™

included on th e software CD-ROM.

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Where You Can Find Information

You can do a lot with your Epson St ylus Phot o RX600! Look at the table belo w to
find information on many of the available features.

Original Equipment What you can do

Copy: Use the RX600 as a copy machine

to create duplicates of black and white or
color documents. See page 21.

Text document

- Print text

- Copy text

- Scan text

Text Documents

Photos

RX600

RX600 + computer

RX600

RX600 + computer

RX600

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Copy: Use the Epson Smart Panel

Copy

Center to create copies. See page 30.
Print: See page 36 (Windows) or

page 43 (Macintosh).
Scan: See page 57. To scan editable text,

see the Smart Panel Help.
Copy: Use the RX600 as a copy machine

to create duplicate photos. See page 21.
Scan to memory card: Scan photos and

save the image files on a memory card.
See page 103.

™

Copy: Use the Epson Smart Panel

Copy

Center to create copies. See page 30.
Print: See page 36 (Windows)

or page 51 (Macintosh).

Scan: See page 57.
Scan to computer or e-mail: Scan usin g

the RX600 buttons. See page 78.
Print photos: Print photos from film or

slides without a computer. See page 97.
Scan to memory card: Scan film or

slides and save the image f iles on a
memory card. See page106.

Film and Slides

10 Welcome!

RX600 + computer

Scan: Scan film or slides with Epson
Scan.
See page 72.

Print Photos: Scan and print photos from
film using the Reprint Photos option in
Epson Smart Panel. See the Smart Panel
Help.

Original Equipment What you can do

Print: See page 86.
Print and scan from an index sheet:

Print a form containing thumbnails of all
your photos, then fill in bubbles on the
sheet and scan it to print the selected
photos. See page 94.

RX600

Save photos to CD-R or Zip disk: Back
up memory card photos without a
computer. See page 122.

Memory Card

Photos

Use the RX600 as a card reader: Save
backups of memory card photos when
you insert a memory card in the RX600
and connect it to your computer. See
page 114.

RX600 + computer

Copy and re store color: Restore color
when copying 4 × 6-inch photo s using the
RX600 buttons. See page28.

Print and restore color: Restore color
when printing from faded film or slides.
See page 97.

RX600

Scan and restore color: Restore color
when scanning faded film or slides to a
memory card. See page106.

Scan and restore color: Restore color

Faded Photos,

Film, and Slides

and fix other flaws while scanning with
Epson Scan. See page68.

Print and restore color: Restore color
when scanning and printin g with the

RX600 + computer

Reprint Photos option in Epson Smart
Panel. See your Smart Panel Help.

FAX

555-1212
Important Fax

Message

Fax: Use Epson Smart Panel and your
own fax software. See the Smart Panel
Help.

Fax

RX600 + computer

Where You Can Find Information 11

About Your Documentation

To set up your RX600 and inst all its software, see th e Start Here sheet.
For basic do cument and phot o copying , and printing from a memory card or film

without using a computer, see the How to Copy and Print guide.
This book contains system requirements, important safety information, your

warranty, and instructions on:

■ Loading paper

■ Copying with and without a computer

■ Using the printer software for basic and advanced printing , including

instructions for creating borderless prints

■ Using Epson Scan to produce high-quality scans of all your photos and

documents

■ Using a memory card, including supported cards and the correct way to insert

and remove a card

■ Using other devices, including external USB and Bluetooth

■ Maintaining the Stylus Photo RX600

■ Solving basic problems

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devices

At the end of the book, you’ll find an index.
For specifications and more instructions on using and maintaining the Stylus

Photo RX600, see your on- sc r ee n Reference Guide. To view it, just double-click its
icon on your desktop.

Warnings, Cautions, No tes, and Tips

Please follow these guidelines throughout:

Warnings must be followed carefully to avoid bodily injury.
Cautions must be observed to avoid damage to your equipment.
Notes contain important information about your Stylus Photo RX600.
Tips contain hints for better copying, scanning, and printing.

12 Welcome!

About Your Software

Your software CD-ROM includes all of the software you need for printing,
scanning, and copying. See the Start Here sheet for installation instructions.

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

documents look. You can’t print from your computer without it.

Tip:

It’s a good idea to check Epson’s support website periodically for free updates to
your printer and scanner software. Visit http://support.epson.com. Download
instructions are posted for your convenience.

Your scanner software (Epson Scan) runs your scanner and lets you control

■

how your scans look . You can’t scan from your computer without it.

■ Your on-screen Reference Guide gives you complete information abou t

your StylusPhoto RX600. To view the on-screen Reference Guide, you need a
browser, such as Microsoft
Navigator

®

3.0 or later, or SafariTM 1.0 or later. If you’re using a different
browser, the pages may not display corr ectly . (A browser is not included on the
Epson software CD-ROM.)

Note:

You can view the Reference Guide by double-clicking the icon on your desktop.

Your software CD-ROM also includes these great tools:

■

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Internet Explorer® 4.0 or later, Netscape

■ Epson S mart P anel is an e asy, step-by-step pr ogram for scanning, cop ying,

printing, and more.

■ ArcSoft PhotoImpression is for editing, retouching, or enhancing images

and printing images with templates, frames, and borders.

About Your Software 13

14 Welcome!

Loading Paper

Follow the guidelines below to load paper in your Stylus Photo RX600. For a list
of Epson papers, see the inside back cover of this manual.

■ “Loading Single Sheets” below

■ “Loading Envelopes” on page 17

■ “Loading Special Papers” on page19

Loading Single Sheets

1. Open the output tray.

2. Flip the feeder guard forward.

Feeder guard

Output tray

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3. Press the sides of the left edge guide together and slide it all the way to the left.

4. Insert your paper—short edge first—against the right edge of the sheet feeder,
behind the tab.

5. Press the sides of the left edge guide together and slide it against the paper
(but not too tightly).

Letter-size paper Narrower paper widths

Note:

Do not place the paper in front of the feeder guard.

6. Flip the feeder guard back over the paper.

Feeder guard

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Also be sure to:

■ Load all paper with the printable side up. It’s usually brighter or whiter.

■ Always load the short edge fi rst, even when printing on 4 × 6 inch paper.

■ Do not load paper above the arrow on the left edge guide.

■ Load letterhead or preprinted p a per top edge first.

■ If you’re using special paper, follow the instructions that came with the paper.

Loading Envelopes

1. Open the output tray.

Output tray

2. Flip the feeder guard forward.

Feeder guard

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3. Load up to 10 envelopes at a time—short edge first, flap edge l e ft, and
printable side up. Place them against the right edge of the sheet feeder, behind
the tab.

Note:

Do not place the envelopes in front of the feeder guard.

4. Press the sides of the left edge guide together and slide it against the envelopes
(but not too tightly).

Load envelopes
short edge first,
printable side up,
and flap edge left

Note:

For best res ul ts, p r ess ea ch envelope flat befo re loa di ng, or load one envelope at a
time. Avoid envelopes that are too thin; they may curl during printing.

Select the following settings when printing on envelopes :

■ Plain paper as the Type (Windows

®

) or Media Type (Macintosh®) setting

■ The correct envelope size as the Size (Windows) or Paper Size (Macintosh)

setting

■ Landscape as the Orientation setting

For instructions on selecting th ese settings, see:

■ “Printing in Windows” on page 36

■ “Printing on a Macintosh” on page 43

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Loading Special Papers

Always load paper short edge first, no matter what the paper size, as shown below.

Load narrow paper
short edge first,
printable side up

Foll o w these loading guidel in e s:

■ Load all paper with the printable side up. It’s usually brighter or whiter.

■ Always load the short edge first.

■ Check the paper package for additional instructions on using special papers.

Load only the number of sheets or cards listed in this table:

Paper type Loading capacity

Epson Premium Bright White Paper
Epson Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper

Epson Photo Quality Ink Jet Cards 30 cards
Epson Ink Jet Transparencies 30 sheets
Epson Matte Paper Heavyweight

™

PremierArt
Epson Photo Paper
Epson All-Purpose Glossy Photo Paper
Epson Glossy Photo Paper
Epson Premium Glossy Photo Paper
Epson Premium Semigloss Photo Paper
Epson Semigloss Scrapbook Photo Paper

Matte Scrapbook Photo Paper for Epson

80 sheets

20 sheets

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Paper type Loading capacity

Epson Glossy Photo Greet ing Cards 10 cards
Epson Iron-On Transfer Paper

Epson Photo Quality Self Adhesive Sheets
Epson Double-Sided Matte Paper
Epson Premium Luster Photo Pape r
Epson ColorLife Photo Paper
Epson Photo Stickers

®

1 sheet

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Copying

You can make copies with your Stylus Photo RX600 all by itself, just like a
photocopier, or with a computer a nd the Epson S m art P ane l softwar e, as desc ribed
in these sections.

■ “Copying Without a Computer” below

■ “Copying With a Computer” on page 30

Copying Without a Computer

1. Press the P On button to turn on the Stylus Photo RX600.

2. Open the scanner lid.

3. Place your pho to o r do cument face down on the gl ass in the upper left cor ner
about 1/10 inch from the edges, as shown.

Move the photo
or document in
about 1/10 inch
from the edges

0.1 in

0.1 in

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4. Close the scanner li d.

Note:

If you place your photo or document against the edge of the glass, the edges of
your photo or document may not be copied.

To copy a thick docume nt, y ou can r emov e the scanner li d. Turn off
the RX600 and open the scanner lid completely. Disconnect the
cord from the TPU connector and pull the lid straight up. Turn on
the RX600 and gently press do wn the o rigina l to k e ep it flat o n the
glass as you copy. When you’re finished, turn off the RX600
before replacing the scanner lid and plugging in the connector.

5. Open the output tray.

6. Flip the feeder guard forward.

Feeder guard

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Output tray

7. Press the sides of the left edge guide together and slide it all the way to the left.

8. Insert your paper—short edge first—against the right edge of the sheet feeder,
behind the tab.

9. Press the sides of the left edge guide together and slide it against the paper
(but not too tightly).

Note:

Do not place the paper in front of the feeder guard.

10. Flip the feeder guard back over the paper.

11. Press the

Copy

Copy button to set the RX600 to Copy mode. You see Standard

at the top of the RX600 screen. This prints a photo or document with

borders.

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If you want to copy a photo that has no borders, see “Changing the Copy
Layout” on page26.

12. Use the u and d buttons to choose copy options listed below. Use the
l and r buttons to change settings.

■ Copies: Choose the number of copies you want to make (1 to 99).

■ Reduce/Enlarge: Choose from these options:

Setting Result

Actual Prints the image at its original size

(do not use for BorderFree copying)

Auto Fit Page Reduces or enlarges the image, as

needed, to fit the selected paper size
(always select for BorderFree copying)

! 4 × 6

Letter

! Letter

4 × 6
Letter

! 5 × 7

! Letter

5 × 7

! 8 × 10

4 × 6
8 × 10

! 5 × 7

■ Zoom In/Out: Manually adjust the size of your copies from 25% to

Converts the original document size (to
the left of the arrow) to the finished copy
size (to the right of the arrow); do not us e
for BorderFree copying

400%. Select a percentage to reduce or enlarge your copy.

■ Paper Type: Select the type of paper you’ve loaded in the sheet feeder

from these settings:

Paper Type setting Loaded paper

Plain Plain paper

Epson Premium Bright White Paper
Epson Photo Quality Ink Jet Paper
Epson Iron-On Transfer Paper
Epson Photo Quality Self Adhesive Sheets

Glossy Epson Glossy Photo Paper

Epson Photo Paper
Epson All-Purpose Glossy Paper
Epson Glossy Photo Greeting Cards

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Prem. Glossy Epson Premium Glossy Photo Paper

Epson Photo Stickers

Paper Type setting Loaded paper

Prem. Luster Epson Premium Luster Photo Paper
Matte Epson Matte Paper Heavyweight

Epson Double-Sided Matte Paper
PremierArt Matte Scrapbook Photo Paper for
Epson

ColorLife Epson ColorLife Photo Paper

Epson Semigloss Scrapbook Photo Paper

■ Paper Size: Choose the size of the paper you loaded in the sheet feeder.

(Not all sizes are available for all paper types.)

■ Quality: Choose Draft (rough draft copies), Text (optimum text and line

art copies),

Photo (high qual it y c opie s of pho tos ), or BestPhoto (highest

quality copies of ph otos).

13. Before you copy, check your settings on the RX600 screen. They should look
something like this:

14. Press the x

Color button (for color copies) or the x B&W button (for black

and white copi es). Your photo or docum ent is copied.

Note:

Never open the scanner lid while copying, or your copies may not look right.

To cancel a copy job in progress, press the y Stop button. Canceling appears on
the RX600 screen, and the page is ejected.

Note:

Depending on your copy settings, your copied image size may not be the exact same
size as your original.

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Changing the Copy Layout

Your Stylus Photo RX600 offers you several layouts for copying.

1. Press the

Note:

This menu is only available in Copy mode.

Menu button to display the Copy Menu on the RX600 screen.

2. Choose Copy Layout with the u and d buttons and use the l and r buttons
to select one of the options in the table below.

3. After you choose your copy layout, press

OK.

Copy Layout settings

Copy Layout setting Result
Standard

Copies your o riginal with a standard

0.12-inch (3 mm) margin

BorderFree*

Copies your original image to the
edges of 4 x 6-, 5 x 7-, or 8 x 10-inch
paper, slightly enlarging it as
necessary**

Small Margins

Copies your original with a

0.06-inch (1.5 mm) border
around the edges

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Copy Layout settings

Copy Layout setting Result
Repeat

Prints a photo multiple times on one
sheet; select 4, 9, or 16 photos per
sheet, or Auto to print a photo as
many times as will fit (full-size; best
for photos with small margins)

2-up

Copies two originals onto one sheet

4-up

Copies four originals onto one sheet

Poster

Prints the original image on separate
sheets (4, 9, or 16) that you ca n pa ste
together to make a large poster

Multi-Photo

Copies multiple photos at once and
makes a separate print for each one
(follow the instructions on the RX600
screen); also provides color
restoration (see page 28)

Mirror

Copies a mirror image of your photo
onto transfer paper so that you can
iron it onto a shirt or other cloth article

Wallet Photo

Prints nine wallet-size copies of the
photo on the page

*BorderFree is available only when you’re printing on selected Epson photo

papers.

**If you notice reduced print quality at the bottom of your copy, try using the

Standard setting.

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Lightening or Darkening Copies

1. Press the Menu button to display the Copy Menu on the RX600 screen.

2. Press the d button to choose C

opy Density.

3. Press the l button to lighten or the r button to darken your copies.

4. Press the

OK button to go back to the additional copy settings.

Restoring Color as You Copy

You can bring an old 4 × 6-inch photo back to life as you copy it onto Premium
Glossy Photo paper. (You can restore only 4 × 6-inch photos using this method.)

1. Press the

2. Choose
to select

3. Press the

4. Press the

5. Press the d button to choose

6. Press the l button to choose
automatically.

7. Press the x
copy and restore your photo.

Menu button to display the Copy Menu on the RX600 screen.

Copy Layout with the u and d buttons and use the l and r buttons

Multi-Photo.

OK button. You see a layout screen.
OK button again. You see the Multi-Photo menu.

Restoration.

On. Your photo paper type and size are selected

Color button and foll ow the instruc tio ns o n the RX600 s creen to

Note:

If you see an error message telling you the RX600 can’t detect your original photo,
make sure the photo size is 4 × 6 inches. If you placed more than one photo on the
scanner glass, make sure they are at least 1 inch apart.

To restore the color in an old film strip photo or slide as you copy it in Film Print mode,
see page 101. To restore colors to photos as you scan them, see page 68.

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Saving and Reus in g Co py Settings

You can save one set of cu stom copy settings so you can quickly reuse it for a
similar copying job (for example, 5 × 7-inch photos on Premium Glossy Photo
paper). You can then “reprint” photos by pressing a single button.

1. After selecting settings, press and hold the

The current setting has been saved on the LCD screen. Then press OK.

If you want to save a different group of settings, repeat step 1. This replaces
your previously saved settings.

2. To use your saved setting s, press the
the RX600 screen. Then press

OK.

Recall button until you see

Recall button until you see Recalled on

Canceling Copies

To cancel a job in progress, press the y Stop button. Canceling appears on the
RX600 screen and your page is ejected.

Restoring Default Sett ings

If you want to reset copy and print settings to their original default settings, follow
these steps:

1. Press the

2. Use the u and d buttons to choose

3. Press

Setup button.

Restore to Factory Settings.

OK, then press OK again to restore your set tings.

4. You s ee a confirmation message that settings have been restored. Press

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OK.

Copying With a Computer

Follow these steps to use EPSON Smart Panel to copy with your computer.

Note: Some features, such as PhotoEnhanceTM and Sepia, are only available when
copying from the computer.

Placing Your Document or Photo

1. Press the P On button to turn on the Stylus Photo RX600.

2. Open the scanner lid.

3. Place your photo o r do cu ment fac e down on the glass in the up p er left c or n er
about 1/10 inch from the edges, as shown.

0.1 in

0.1 in

Move the photo or
document in about
1/10 inch from the
edges

4. Close the scanner li d.

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