Epson SureColor F7070 Guide

Epson® SureColor® F-Series Network Guide

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Safety Instructions

Warning, Caution, Important, and Note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Introduction

About Your Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

About This Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Operating Environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Features of the Network Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Network Interface Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Status light . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Network connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

About the Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

How To

Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Selecting a Printing Method. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Printing from Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Features of the Printing Methods. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Installing Components on Your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

About Installing Components on Your Computer. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Windows 8/7/Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

Windows XP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

Setting Up the Network Interface. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Connecting the Network Interface to the Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Configuring the Network Interface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Installing the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

About Installing the Printer Driver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Windows 8/7/Vista . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Windows XP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21

Network Software

EpsonNet Config for Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

About EpsonNet Config . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Installing EpsonNet Config. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

Accessing the EpsonNet Config User’s Guide. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

EpsonNet Config with Web Browser . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

About EpsonNet Config . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Configuring the Network Interface Using EpsonNet Config with Web Browser. . . . . . . 28

Opening Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Troubleshooting

General Problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Cannot configure the network interface or cannot print from the network. . . . . . . . . . . 31

Cannot print even if you have assigned the IP address to the computer and the printer.31

Unable to start EpsonNet Config. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

The message “EpsonNet Config cannot be used because no

network is installed.” appears when you start EpsonNet Config.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

The message “Could not complete communicating configuration

data” appears when you send settings to the network interface.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

Unable to start EpsonNet Config with Web Browser. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

The Model Name and IP Address do not appear in the EpsonNet Config dialog box. . 33

Printing a Network Status Sheet (Large Format Inkjet Printers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33

Tips for Administrator

Setting an IP Address on the Printer’s Control Panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Network Setup Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Software License Terms

Open Source Software Licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Bonjour. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Other Software Licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Info-ZIP copyright and license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

WPA supplicant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Safety Instructions

Warning, Caution, Important, and Note

Warning

must be followed carefully to avoid serious bodily injury.

Caution

must be followed carefully to avoid bodily injury.

Important

must be observed to avoid damage to your equipment.

Note

contains important information and useful tips on the operation of your printer.

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Introduction

About Your Printer

Your printer has a built-in Ethernet interface and can connect anywhere on your network using 10Base-T, 100Base-TX, and 1000Base-T Ethernet. The built-in Ethernet interface, which is called the network interface in this manual, automatically selects the correct standard when it connects to a network. In addition, it automatically selects appropriate network protocols.

Because the network interface supports multiple protocols and automatically detects protocols on your network, you can print from Microsoft® Windows® applications.

Use the Software Disc to easily configure the network interface for use on the TCP/IP network and install the printer driver. You can use the printer on the TCP/IP network at once.

If you want to configure the network interface for protocols such as TCP/IP, WSD, LLTD, IPP/IPPS, UPnP, Bonjour, MS Network, and SNMP, use EpsonNet Config, the configuration utility provided with your product, to quickly and easily configure the network interface to use those protocols.

Note:

The EpsonNet Config utility configures the network interface to work only with protocols that exist on your network. This does not imply that you can use all of the above-mentioned protocols on your network or operating system. The protocols that the network interface can use may vary depending on the operating system and the network configuration.

About This Guide

This Network Guide contains information about using the network interface on a network. It includes how to set up the network interface, install the configuration software, and modify network settings of your printer and computers.

For information about your printer, see your User’s Guide.

Note:

O To read the guide, you must have Adobe Reader or Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your

computer.

O This guide is written for network administrators, and many of the steps included here require

detailed network knowledge and administrator rights.

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O The term “network administrator” refers to the person responsible for maintaining the network.

“Administrator” is synonymous with “Supervisor” in this guide.

O The term “network interface” refers to the built-in Ethernet interface of the printer in this guide.

O Some screen shots in this guide may list a printer name other than your printer. This difference

does not alter the instructions.

O The supported operating systems are different depending on the printer. See your printer’s

User’s Guide for the supported operating systems.

Operating Environment

The network interface supports the following environments.

OS Protocol IPv4 IPv6

Windows 8

Windows 7

Windows Vista

Windows XP (Home, Professional)

TCP/IP (Standard TCP/IP port)

TCP/IP supported not supported

supported not supported

Features of the Network Interface

O Connects your Epson printer using a built-in Ethernet interface, which is called the

network interface in this manual, to the network.

O Supports multiple protocols, such as TCP/IP, WSD, LLTD, IPP/IPPS, UPnP, Bonjour,

MS Network, and SNMP.

O Supports 10Base-T, 100Base-TX, and 1000Base-T Ethernet.

Network Interface Operation

Status light

The indicator lights provide you with important information on the operations of the network interface.

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Large format inkjet printers (Models that do not support 1000 Mbps communication)

Status light Data light Network Status

Green Yellow Ready (10 M link)

Green Yellow (Flashing) Receiving packets (10 M link)

Red Yellow Ready (100 M link)

Red Yellow (Flashing) Receiving packets (100 M link)

Large format inkjet printers (Models that support 1000 Mbps communication)

Status light Data light Network Status

Red Yellow Ready (100 M link)

Red Yellow (Flashing) Receiving packets (100 M link)

Green Yellow Ready (1000 M link)

Green Yellow (Flashing) Receiving packets (1000 M link)

Network connector

RJ-45 connector: This connector is used to connect an Ethernet cable to a network. You can use this cable for 10Base-T, 100Base-TX, and 1000Base-T Ethernet.

Important:

You must use the following shielded twisted-pair cable to connect the network interface to a network.

O Category-5 or higher for the 10Base-T or 100Base-TX connection

O Category-6 or higher for the 1000Base-T connection

About the Software

The Software Disc provided with your printer includes the following network software.

Note:

The software provided varies depending on your printer model.

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O EpsonNet Config for Windows is a Windows-based configuration utility for

administrators that allows you to configure the network interface for various protocols such as TCP/IP, MS Network, AppleTalk, IPP, and SNMP. See “EpsonNet Config for Windows” on page 26.

O EpsonNet Config with Web Browser is a Web-based configuration utility programs that

allow you to configure a network interface for TCP/IP, MS Network, AppleTalk, IPP, and SNMP. See “EpsonNet Config with Web Browser” on page 27.

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How To

Overview

This section describes the general procedure on how to set up the network interface for use on a network.

1. Check the network interface operation.

Check the functions and operations of the network interface, such as status lights and RJ-45 connector. See “Network Interface Operation” on page 8 for details.

2. Select a printing method.

Select a printing method appropriate for your network environment and operating system. If you are not sure, see “Printing from Windows” on page 12 for details.

3. Install the necessary components on your computer.

Make sure the necessary components (such as TCP/IP) are installed on the computer, and network settings (such as IP address, subnet mask, etc.) of the computer is set. See “About Installing Components on Your Computer” on page 13 for details.

4. Connect the network interface to the network.

Connect the network interface to the network. See “Connecting the Network Interface to the Network” on page 16 for details.

5. Configure the network interface and install the printer driver.

See “Configuring the Network Interface” on page 17 or “Installing the Printer Driver” on page 17 for details.

6. If necessary, configure the network settings of the network interface using EpsonNet Config.

Configure the network interface for TCP/IP, AppleTalk, etc. using EpsonNet Config. For Windows users, see “About EpsonNet Config” on page 26.

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Selecting a Printing Method

Printing from Windows

Check if there is a Windows 8/7/Vista/XP print server on your network, and then use the suggestions below.

Note:

Only the recommended printing methods are introduced here. See “Features of the Printing Methods” on page 12 for information on additional methods.

If no Windows 8/7/Vista/XP print server exists

We recommend TCP/IP printing. See “Windows 8/7/Vista” on page 13, “Windows XP” on page 15, or “Setting Up the Network Interface” on page 16.

If a Windows 8/7/Vista/XP print server exists

On the server, set the printer to connect and turn it into a shared printer. Your clients can then print to this shared printer.

Features of the Printing Methods

This section describes features of the printing methods available for you to choose.

TCP/IP printing

Advantages

O Connects directly to the network; no USB cable required.

O No special utility for Windows 8/7/Vista/XP is required.

O You can see the printer status using EPSON Status Monitor.

O You can print via a router.

Disadvantages

O You need to set up TCP/IP.

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