Epson P320A manual

Printer Basics[...]

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iii Contents WELCOME! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 About Your Software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 About Your Documentation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Warnings, Cautions, Notes, [...]

iv Removing and Installing Ink C artridges . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Aligning the Print Head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Cleaning the Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Transporting the Printer [...]

1 Welcome! Your EPSON Stylus ® C60 is the ideal printer for personal or home office use. With resolutions up to 2880 by 720 d pi, you can print anything from reports and resumes to famil y photos and greeti ng cards. About Your S oftware The CD-ROM that came with yo ur printer includes all the software you ne ed for printing. (You mu st have a CD-[...]

2 Welc om e! About Your Docu mentation To set up y our printer and install its software, see the Start Here sheet. This book contain s syst em requirem ents, imp ortant sa fety inform ation, an d instructio ns on: ■ Viewing your EPSON Print Sh ow movies and Reference Guide ■ Printing with Windows ® or on a Macintosh ® ■ Maintai ning the pri[...]

Welcome! 3 Installing Your EPSON Print Show Movies and Reference Guide Need he lp loadin g special pa per, repla cing ink cartridg es, or clean ing the pr int head? Your printer CD-R OM includes anima ted printer m ovies and an on -screen Referenc e Guid e . You need a browser — such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 o r later or Netscape Naviga[...]

4 Welc om e! Viewing Yo ur EPSON P rint Show Mov ies and Reference Guide 1. Once your printer mo vies and referen ce guide a re insta lled, simpl y do uble- click the EP SO N Printer Information Center ico n on your desktop to l aunch the movi es and manu al. Yo u se e this sc reen: 2. Click Print Sho w or Ref erenc e Guide. If you click Print Show[...]

Welcome! 5 The mov ie opens a nd plays a utoma tically on your sc reen: As you watch the movie, you can turn the narration off, pause, replay a step, o r skip ah ead. When you o pen the Reference Guide , you se e this screen : Click a to pic on the l eft to expan d the t able of con tents. After e xpanding t he tab le of content s, you can click on[...]

6 Welc om e! ■ If there ’ s a right arr ow , clic k it to v iew su btop ics, then cl ick o n a topic to go to it. ■ Click the d own arrow to close a subtopic li st. If you s ee an icon for a g raphic when vi ewing your Refe ren ce Gu ide in Netscape Navi gator, click the Rel oad button to l oad the g raphic . Closed list, cli ck to expand Cli[...]

7 Printing From Start to Finish Before you star t, make sure your pr inter softwa re is installed as described on the Sta rt Here shee t. No matt er w hat yo u pr int, y ou nee d to rememb er t wo thi ngs: ■ Use the righ t pa per. For the best-looking photos, most vivid colors, and sharpest text, always use EPSON ink jet p ape rs. ■ Choose t he[...]

8 Printing From Start to Finish Loading Paper Make sure yo ur printer and computer are tu rned on . 1. Place your pa per agai nst the ri ght edg e of the she et feeder , behind the tab. 2. Press in the lockin g tab on the l eft edge guide and s lide it ag ains t the pap er. 3. Pull out t he output tray extens ion. Follow th ese guide lines whe n lo[...]

Printing From Start to Finish 9 Loading En velopes You can load up to 1 0 envelopes at a ti me, flap edge first and printable sid e up. Place the env elopes against t he righ t edge of th e sheet feeder, beh ind th e tab. Press the lockin g tab on th e left edge guide a nd slide it agai nst the enve lopes . Before you pri nt, make sure you choo se [...]

10 Printing From Start to Finish Basic Print ing in Windows Here ’ s what to do to print a basic document — such as a newsletter or school project. Make sure yo u have pa per in the printer, a s described on page 8. After yo u create your document in a software program, follow t hese steps to print. 1. From the Fi le menu, cl ick Print . You se[...]

Printing From Start to Finish 11 You see y our pri nter Pr oper ties (or Pr eferen ces ) wind ow. The most im portant th ing to reme mber is to set the co rrect Medi a Type for the paper y ou ’ re using. 4. Make th e followin g settings on the Pr operties (or Prefer ences) win dow: ■ Choose the pape r you ’ re prin tin g on (c lic k the arrow[...]

12 Printing From Start to Finish 5. Click the Paper tab at the to p of the window if yo u need to chang e the paper size, numbe r of copies, p age orienta tion, or printable a rea. 6. Click the Layout tab if you want to reduce or enlarge your printed image, pri nt multiple l ayouts, or add a watermark. 7. Click OK unti l you see th e Print windo w [...]

Printing From Start to Finish 13 After a m oment, thi s window a ppears an d shows t he progres s of your p rint job. Yo u can use the buttons to cancel, pause, or restart printing. You can also see how much ink you have left. For more informati on on printing — fo r example , previewing y our printout or addin g a watermark — see your on -scre[...]

14 Printing From Start to Finish Basic Print ing on a Macintosh Here ’ s what to do to print a basic document — such as a newsletter or school project. Make sure yo u have pa per in the printer, a s described on page 8. After yo u create your document, fo llow these s teps to pr int. 1. From the F ile men u, select Pa ge Setup . You see th e fo[...]

Printing From Start to Finish 15 5. Make the fo llowing sett ings: ■ Choose the pape r you ’ re printin g on (click the arro w to scroll th rough the Media Type list). If you ’ re not sure which setting to select, see p age 18. ■ Set the I nk option t o Colo r to print a col or document. To print a bl ack text document, click Bla ck . ■ S[...]

16 Printing From Start to Finish For more in formation o n printing — for e xample, print ing posters or a dding a watermark — see your on-screen Reference Guide (as described on page 3). When you ’ re f inish ed using your prin ter, ma ke su re you p ress t he P power button t o turn it off. N eve r use a po wer s trip or e xterna l swit ch [...]

Printing From Start to Finish 17 ■ ICM (Image Color Matching; Windows only): For matching colors as closel y as poss ible with IC M-compatible monitors or scanne rs. ■ sRGB (standard Red Green Blue; Windows onl y): For color mat ching with other sRGB devices, or for i mages designed for the Web. Se e your Windows hel p for details . ■ ColorSy[...]

18 Printing From Start to Finish Selecting t he Correct Med ia Type Your printer a utoma tically ad justs itse lf for the type of paper you select i n your print settin gs. That ’ s wh y the Media Type s etting is so important . It tells your prin ter what kind of paper you ’ re u sing an d adju sts the ink coverage accordingly. Here are th e s[...]

Printing From Start to Finish 19 Printi ng Photos You can use s pecial EPSON papers t o print pho tographs that loo k almost a s good as the one s you get from fil m processing . Followin g are som e of the way s to get pho tos you can prin t: ■ When you have your pictures developed, g et them on a disk or CD-ROM. ■ Import photos fro m a scanne[...]

20 Printing From Start to Finish ■ Load plain pa per or EPSO N Photo Quality Ink J et Paper up to th e arrow ma rk inside the left ed ge. ■ Load up t o 30 EPSON Ph oto Quali ty Ink Je t Cards or Gloss y Photo Gree ting Cards ■ Load up to 20 sheets of EPSON 4 × 6-inch P hoto Pape r or Matte Pa per - Heavywei ght. ■ Load EPSO N Premium Gloss[...]

Printing From Start to Finish 21 2. Click a butto n to pick o ne of the Print Optio ns list ed on the left side of the screen. For example, click the Standard P rints button. You see but tons for each step you need to follow, as shown. 3. Select a “ rol l of film ” or click the New Roll button to crea te a new one. This lets yo u choose from ph[...]

22 Printing From Start to Finish Setting Up Your Print Job 1. When you ’ re ready t o print your phot o, click N ext Step , or click the Pr int Assignment butto n. You see the P rin t A ssign men t window: 2. Sele ct the size ph oto yo u want to print , or click Fit to Media S ize if you want the photo to fill the whole pa ge. 3. In the H eight /[...]

Printing From Start to Finish 23 7. Select t he Media T ype for t he paper yo u ’ re using. If you ’ re not s ure which o ne to choose, see page 18. 8. Click Portra it or Landscape to select the orient ation of y our picture . 9. If you ’ re using Wind ows, continue with the steps in the next sect ion. If you ’ re using a Macintosh, skip to[...]

24 Printing From Start to Finish PhotoEn han ce  do es not ch ange y our ori ginal im age ; it onl y affect s your printo ut. You may want to ex periment to see which se ttings wo rk be st for your ph otos. 3. Click OK . You return to th e Prin t Assignmen ts screen . 4. Click Next Step . You see ad dition al printin g optio ns: 5. Chec k th e p[...]

25 Maintaining Your Printer This chapter describes main tenance proce dures to kee p your printer working at its best, and preparation steps for moving your print er. Follow the instructions he re for: ■ Clean ing the Prin t Head bel ow ■ Rep laci ng an Ink C art rid ge on page 27 ■ Aligning the Print H ead on pa ge 32 ■ Clean ing the Prin [...]

26 Maintaining Your Printer When you don ’ t turn on you r pr inte r fo r a lon g t ime, th e p rint qual ity can decline. It ’ s a goo d idea to turn o n your p rinter at leas t once a month t o maintain good pr int qua lity. Running the H ead Cleaning Utility 1. Make sure th e printer is turne d on but no t printing , and the red b error ligh[...]

Maintaining Your Printer 27 Examining the Nozzle Check Pattern Exam ine the n ozzle chec k pat tern you p rint. Each colored square should be soli d, with no gaps or line s, as shown : ■ If your printout looks okay, y ou ’ re done. ■ If you see any white lines or ga ps (as shown), clean the print head again; see page 26 for instructions. Repl[...]

28 Maintaining Your Printer ■ Macintosh: Open the File me nu and choose Print . Cl ick the in k icon . You se e a wind ow like th e one on the right: When a cartridge is more than six m onths old, you may need to replac e it if printout s don ’ t look the ir best. If the qua lity doesn ’ t impro ve after cleanin g and align ing the print h ea[...]

Maintaining Your Printer 29 Removing and Installing In k Cartridges Be sure you have a new ink cartridge be fore you begin. Onc e you start the ink cartri dge re place ment p roc edure, you must co mple te all the s teps in one sessi on. 1. Make sure th e printer is turne d on and no t printing (the green P power li ght should be on, but no t flash[...]

30 Maintaining Your Printer 4. Lift the cartri dge out o f the printe r and dispose of it carefull y. 5. Unwrap the new ink cartridge. Then remove only the yellow tape se al on top. 6. Tilt the new c artridge toward you slight ly as y ou inse rt it . Lower the cartridge so that the tabs rest on the hooks. Don ’ t place the ca rtrid ge tabs un der[...]

Maintaining Your Printer 31 7. Press down firmly o n the ink cartridge clamp unt il it sna ps in place. 8. If you need to re place the other ink cartridge, repeat steps 3 thro ugh 7 before continuing wi th step 9. 9. Press the e ink replacem ent button a nd close th e print er cover. T he pr inter beg ins charging the ink delive ry system. The gr e[...]

32 Maintaining Your Printer Aligning the Prin t Head If your printo uts cont ain mi salign ed vertica l lines, yo u may need t o align t he print head. Your p rinter must be con nected directly to your comp uter (n ot over a netwo rk) to use the Prin t Head A lignmen t utility . Load pl ain pa per that ’ s at least 8.27 inc hes (210 mm) wide t o [...]

Maintaining Your Printer 33 Cleaning the Printer To keep your printe r working at its best, you sho uld clean it several tim es a year. 1. Turn off the printer, unpl ug the power cord, and disconnect t he printer cable. 2. Remove all paper, then use a soft brush to clean any dust or dirt from t he sheet feeder. 3. Clean the exterior o f the printe [...]

34 Maintaining Your Printer Transportin g the Printer If you move your p rinter some distance, you need to prepare it for transportation i n its origina l box or one o f a simila r size. To avoi d damage, alwa ys lea ve the i nk cart ridges insta lled w hen transp orting the pri nter. Be su re to remo ve th e tape u sed i n step 4 after insta lling[...]

35 Solving Problems This secti on gives y ou the basics fo r diagnosing a nd solving prin ter problems. First see “ Diagnosin g Printer Proble ms ” on page 37 to help determi ne what the ca use of the pro blem may be. R efer to the pict ures on pag e 36 if you need hel p identifyi ng parts of the prin ter. It ’ s a g ood id ea to c heck EPSON[...]

36 Solving Problems Printer Part s power button and light maintenance button and error light ink replacement button paper support printer cover output tray extension output tray left edge guide ink cartridges and print head[...]

Solving Problems 37 Diagnosing Printer Problems First, chec k th e pri nte r ’ s lights a s described below, o r run a printer check as described on pa ge 38 . Lights Explanation Green P power light flashes The printer is receiving a print job, replacing an i nk cartridge, charging ink, or cleaning the print head. Red b error light is on Your pap[...]

38 Solving Problems Runnin g a Printe r Check You can run a pri nter check t o determ ine wheth er a problem come s from the pri nter itself or some other source. The printer check also shows how much black and color ink you h ave lef t. 1. Make sure both the printer and compute r are turned off. Then disconnect the interface cable from th e printe[...]

Solving Problems 39 Problems and Soluti ons Setup and Sof tware Install ation P roblems The pri nter make s nois e aft er ink cartridge installation. ■ The first tim e you in stall ink cartridges, the print er must charge its print head for a few minutes. Wait until charging finishes (the green P power light stops flashing ) before you turn off t[...]

40 Solving Problems ■ In Windows 2000 or XP, don ’ t select Block under Control Panel> System> Hardware> Driver Signing ; select Ignore or Warn in stea d. ■ If you ’ re using Windows 98, Me, 2000, or XP, make sure your system was not upgraded from Wind ows 95. The USB Printer Device Driver may not in stall co rrectly if yo u upgrad[...]

Solving Problems 41 Your printer makes noise when you turn it on or after it has been sitting for a while. Your pri nter is pe rforming ro utin e mainten ance. Printing i s too slow . Make sure your system mee ts the requirements listed on page s 49 and 50. If you ’ re printi ng a hig h-resolutio n image, you n eed more than th e minimum requi re[...]

42 Solving Problems Your printout is blurry or smeared. ■ Make sure your pape r isn ’ t damp or curled, or loaded face down (the printable side should be face up). If it ’ s damp or curled, reload a new stack of pa per. ■ Use a sup port sh eet wit h specia l paper, or try loading your pa per one sheet a t a tim e. ■ Make sure your pape r [...]

Solving Problems 43 You see wrong or missi ng colors. ■ Make sure the Ink option is set to Color for color images and your software is s et for color printin g. ■ The print he ad no zzles ma y need cleaning; see page 25 fo r instruction s. ■ The ink cartridges may be old or low on ink. To replace a n ink cartridge, see page 27. ■ Try turnin[...]

44 Solving Problems Paper Feedin g Problems Too many copies are printin g. Make sure tha t the Copi es op tion in your printer so ftware or pro gram is no t set for m ultip le copies . Paper doesn ’ t eject fully or is wrinkled. ■ If the paper doe sn ’ t ejec t fu lly, you may have set the wrong p aper size. Press th e b main tena nce b utt o[...]

Solving Problems 45 Misce llaneous Prin tout Problem s The image is inverted, as if vi ewed in a mirror. Turn off Flip Horizontal in the Ad vanc ed window or th e mirror setting in your program. (If you ’ re printing on EPSON Iron-On Co ol Peel Transfe r Paper, the image shou ld be inverted.) The printer pri nts blank pages. ■ Make sure your pr[...]

46 Solving Problems Uninstalling and Reinstalling Printer Software You may nee d to un instal l and the n reinstall your printer dri ver and util ities. Fo r example, this might be necess ary when you up grade y our Windows oper ating s ystem. You don ’ t need to unins tall Fil m Factory or yo ur EPSON P rint Sho w movies an d Reference Guide . W[...]

Solving Problems 47 Where To Get Help If you need help wit h your printer or Film Fact ory, see the contact info rmation below. If you need he lp using other so ftware with your prin ter, see the documen tation for that software for technical suppo rt information. EPSON provides technical assistance 24 hours a day through the ele ctronic support se[...]

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49 Requirements and Notices This chapter i ncludes system req uirements, safet y instructions, legal noti ces, and other important inform atio n. Windows System Requirements To use your printer and its software, y our system sho uld have: ■ A Micr osoft W ind ows co mpatib le PC with a Pentiu m ® or b ette r proc essor (for Wi ndow s 98 o r 95),[...]

50 Requirements a nd Notices Macintosh System Requirements To use your printer and its software, y our system sho uld have: ■ An Apple ® iMac ™ series or Power Macintos h ® G3 or G4 with built- in USB port ■ Mac ® OS 8.5.1 through 9.1. (Mac OS 9.0 or lat er reco mmended) Check EPSON ’ s web site for information a bout support for Mac OS [...]

Requirement s and Notices 51 Important Safety Instructions Before using your pri nter, rea d the follow ing safety inst ructio ns to make su re you use the pri nter safel y and effectively: ■ Be sure to foll ow all warn ings an d inst ructio ns m arked on the printer . ■ Use onl y the type of power so urce indica ted on the prin ter ’ s label[...]

52 Requirements a nd Notices Ink Cartridge Safety Instructions ■ Keep ink cartridges out of t he reach of children and do not drink the ink. ■ Be careful when you handle used in k cartridges; there may be ink remaining arou nd the ink supply port. If ink gets on your skin , wash it off with soap and water. If it gets in your eyes, flu sh them i[...]

Requirement s and Notices 53 FCC Compliance Statement For United Sta tes Users This equipment has been tested and foun d to comply with t he limits for a Cl ass B digital device, pursuant t o Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These li mits are designed to provide reas onable pr otection agai nst h armf ul inte rfer enc e in a r esiden tia l inst alla tio n[...]

54 Requirements a nd Notices Declaration of Con formity According to 47CFR, Part 2 and 15 for Cl ass B Pers onal Com puters and Per ipherals; and/or CPU Boards a nd Power Su pplies used with Cl ass B Person al Computers : We: EPSON AMERICA, INC. Located at: MS: 3- 13 3840 K ilroy Ai rport W ay Long Beach, CA 9 0806 Telep ho ne: ( 562) 290- 525 4 De[...]

Requirement s and Notices 55 packagin g the d efectiv e unit a nd ret urnin g it to Ep son within fi ve (5 ) work ing days of recei pt of the replacement. Epson r equires a debit or credit card number to secure t he cost of the replacement pri nter in the event tha t you fail to return the defective one. If you choose not to give this informat ion,[...]

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57 Index Numerics 360 dp i Ink Jet Paper, 18 4 × 6-in ch Phot o Pa per, 22 A Accessories, 47 Advanced settings, 1 7 Aligning print head, 32 Animated tutori als, 3 to 5 Automat ic mod e Macint osh, 14 to 15 Windows, 11 B Backg round pri nting, 1 5 Banding, 41 Blank pages, 45 Blurry im ages, 42 Browser, 3 Button s, 36 C Cable, printer , 49 to 50 Can[...]

58 Index F Faint i mages , 42 Film Fa ctory, 2 0 to 24 Filters, 23 Flip Ho rizont al setti ng, 45 G Glossy paper, 18 to 20 Grainy print s, 43 H Head Cleani ng utility , 25 to 26 Help , E PSO N, 47 High Speed setting, 41 High- qua lity (res olut ion) im age s, 1 7 I ICM (Image Colo r Matchi ng) setting, 17 Incorrec t charact ers, 45 Incorrec t color[...]

Index 59 P Page Setup, Maci ntosh, 14 Pape r EPSON, 18 to 20 feedin g problems, 44 loading , 8 to 9, 19 t o 20 settings, 12, 14 Phot o Paper, 1 8 to 20 Phot o Quali ty I nk Jet Pa per , 18 Phot oEnhance , 23 Photos, printi ng, 19 to 24 Premium Glossy Photo Pape r, 18 to 20 Preprinted paper, 8 Previe wing p rint out, 1 5 Print d ialog box, 14 Pri nt[...]

60 Index U Uninstalli ng software, 46 USB problems , 40 require ments, 49, 50 Util itie s Head Cleaning, 2 5 to 26 Nozzle Check, 27 Prin t Head Al ignme nt, 32 W Watermar k, 12, 16 Windows defaul t setti ngs, 13 printi ng wi th, 1 0 to 1 3 system requirem ents, 49 uninstalli ng software, 4 6 World Wid e Web, 47[...]