Epson 10000 Series manual

COLOR INK JET PRINTER All ri ghts r eserved . N o pa r t o f thi s publi cati on may be r epr o duced, s to r ed in a ret r ieval syste m , or tr ans m itte d in a ny form or b y any m e a n s , e le c tro n ic, m ec h a n ical , p hoto c opyi n g, recording, or other w i se , withou t the prior writte n p ermis sion o f Seiko E pson Cor p oration.[...]

FCC Complia nce Statement For United States Users This equi pment has been tested and found to compl y with the limi ts for a Cla ss B digital devic e, pu rsua nt to Pa rt 15 of the FCC Rules. The se limi ts are desig ned to provide reasonable protection against h armful in terferenc e in a reside ntial insta llation. This equipment generates, uses[...]

Contents Getting S tarted Syste m Re qui re men ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2 Ene rg y S tar Co mpli ant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-2 Ener g y-sa v ing tip s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0-3 Whe re to Ge t H elp for U.S. an d Ca nadia n Us ers . . . . . . . . 0-3 Com puS erv e o n- line[...]

Chapter 2 Choosing and Loading Paper Choosing Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Spe cial pa pe rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2- 2 Thi ck p ap er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 Loadin g Pap er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 Loading [...]

Chapter 4 The Control Panel Using the C on tro l Pan el . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 Ligh ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 Button s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4 Using Spe cia l Po wer- On Fun ction s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6 Sele ct ing Fo nts . . .[...]

Appendix A Specifications Gen e ral S pe cif icat ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A- 2 Prin tin g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A- 2 Pape r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4 Ink cartr idge s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A- 7 Mech ani ca l .[...]

Printer Pa rts printer cover kno b control panel paper support shee t feed er cove r paper separators rear edge guid e (AC in le t) paralle l interface inte rfa ce card cover ink cartri dg e clamps paper thic kne ss lever Con trol P anel Operate button[...]

Getting Started The EPSO N ® Sty lus  COLOR printer gives you presentatio n- quality c olor and monochrom e printing with quiet operation. To get started with your EPSON Stylus COLOR printer, please: ❑ Make s ure y ou have the eq uipment you need to u se this printer as described be low in “Syst em Requirements .” ❑ Read about using ene[...]

System Requir ements To use your EPSON Stylus COLOR p rinter, you need Microsoft ® Windows 3.1 or higher or W indows for Workgroup s 3.1 or hig her , a s hiel ded, t wis ted-pai r par alle l cab le, an d: Minimum system Recommended system 80386 /16 M Hz p roc essor 8038 6/25 MH z or fast er p r oce ssor 4MB RAM 8MB RAM 10MB More than 10MB free har[...]

Energy-saving tips Here are a few additional tips you can use to be even more energy-wise: ❑ If your monitor isn’t Energy Star compl iant, turn it off when you’re not us ing it. ❑ Use the print preview option on your software before you print some thing. You’ll be able to catch formatting errors before y ou commit them to paper. ❑ If yo[...]

You can purchase supplies , parts, documentation , and accessories by calling EPSON Acces sories at (800) 873-7766 (U.S . sale s only) . In C ana da, ca ll (800 ) GO -EPS ON fo r s ales locations. When you call for technical assistance, be ready to identify your syste m and its configuration, and provide any error messa ges to the su pport staf f. [...]

Imp ort ant Sa fety Inst ru cti ons Read all of these instructions and save them for later reference. Follow all warnings and instructions marked on the printe r. ❑ Unplug the printer before cleaning . Clean with a dam p cloth only. Do not spill liquid on the p rinter. ❑ Do not place the printer on an unstab le surface or near a radiator or hea[...]

Chapter 1 Setting Up 1 Usin g Your Ink Jet Printe r Sa fely an d Efficie ntly . . . . . . . . 1-2 Unp ackin g th e Prin ter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 Attaching the paper support and the paper separators . . 1-4 Your W or k A re a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-5 Plugg ing in a nd T urn ing on th e Pr[...]

Using Your Ink Jet Printer Safely and Ef ficiently The EPSON Stylus COLOR use s two ink cartridges, one black and one color. Inside the print head, tiny spray unit s shoot ink from th e cartridge s onto the pa ge to form character s or grap hics. The printer will be damaged if you use ink or cartridges not manufactur ed by EPSON or which do not mee[...]

❑ Before you unplu g the p rinter, be sure to t urn it off by pressing the O perate button. Then wait until t he O perate light stops flashing before unplugging the power cord or turning off the power to the electrical outlet. ❑ Do not re move the ink cartridge s before transp orting the printer. Unpacking the Pr inter Your printer box sho uld [...]

Attaching the pape r support and the paper sepa rators 1. Place the paper support ’s right s ide hole over the mounting post as shown in bubble 1 below. Th en push the support’s left side notch onto the mounting post until it snaps in place as shown in bubble 2. 2. Hold th e wi re pap er se par ato r, mar ke d with a n R n ear its short est tip[...]

Your Work Area When choosing a location for your printer, follow these guide lin es : ❑ Place the printer on a flat, horizontal, st able surface. If the printer is tilted, it cannot operat e properly. ❑ Always l eave approximately 2 inches of cl ear area next to the knob on the printer’s right side. The print er will not print if anything is [...]

Plugging in and Turning on the Printer 1. Mak e su re yo u hav e rem ove d all prote ctiv e p ackin g materials as described in th e Notice Shee t. 2. Make su re that the Op erate button is turned off. It is off when its surface is eve n with th e button prote ctors on the left and right. 3. Plug the power cord i nto a properly grounded electrical [...]

Installing the Ink Cartridges c Caution: The ink cartridges a re self-contai ned units. Under ordinary use, ink will not leak from a ca rtridge. If ink does get on your hands, wash them thoro ughly with soap and water. If ink gets into your eyes, flush them imm ediately with water. Note: ❑ Do not open an ink cartridge pack age until just before y[...]

2. Hold down the Alt button for about 5 seconds until the print he ad mov es v ery sligh tl y to the le ft, whic h is the ink cartridge install p osition. 3. Pull each of the ink cartridge clamps toward you to op en them. 1-8 Setting Up[...]

4. Open the foil i nk cartridge packages and remove the cartridges from thei r protective cardb oard. Remove the tape seal from each ink cartridge. (Your pack aging may differ slightly from that shown below.) c Caution: You must remove the tape seal from the cartridges. Leaving the tape on will permanen tly damage them. 5. Lower the cartridges into[...]

6. Push the ink car tridge clam ps t oward t he back of the prin t er un til th ey lock in p lace . c Caution: Once you insta ll the ink ca rtridges, do not open the clamps or remove them except to replace them with new ones. Otherwise, cartridges may become unusable. 7. Press the Alt button again to return the print head to its home position. (Eve[...]

8. Close the printer cover. The firs t time you install ink cartridges, the printer automatically charge s the ink delivery sy stem. This t akes about one minut e. The printer mechanism moves while the syst em is cha rging . c Caution: During the ink charging process, the Pause light flashes. Never turn off the printer whi le the Pause light is fla[...]

Loading Plain Pape r The following procedure describes how to load plain paper (copie r-q uali ty or pap er spe cifically desig ned for ink jet printers), which works wel l for most color printing. To load coated papers for higher-qu ality output or to load transparen cies and othe r special papers, see Ch apter 2. 1. Open the sheet feeder cover by[...]

3. While aligning the pape r’s edge with the right edge guide, insert it w ith the printab le surf ace (the printab le surfac e is marked with an arrow on most plain paper packaging) face down into the sheet feeder until it me ets re sistance. Then adjust the left edge guide as sh own. 4. Adjust the rear edge g uide to match the leng th of your p[...]

Testing the Printer Use paper at least 8.27 inche s (210 mm) wide; otherwise the print head sp rays ink directly on the plate n, which could smudge your next document. 1. Make su re the printer is turned off. 2. Wh ile holdin g down the Load/Eject button, press the Operate ( ) button. The self test begins by printing on the first and last lines of [...]

Connecting the Printer to Your Computer You nee d a shiel ded, t wis ted-pa ir par alle l c able to c onn ect your computer to the printer’s built-in parallel interface. Note: The printer also has an RS-422 serial port, which is standard for the Apple ® Macintosh ® but is not often used for PCs. 1. Make sure both the p rinter and computer are t[...]

Calibrating the Pri nter Before calibrating the printer, make a backup copy of th e EPSON printe r driver disk. Th en put away the o riginal and use th e ba ckup f or c alibrat ion a nd p rint er driv er in stal lation . Use the print calibration utility to adjust y our printer so that th e v ert ica l line s in te xt a nd grap h ics ar e cor re ct[...]

Installing the EPSON Windows Printer Driver Now that you have calibrated y our printe r, you can install t he EPSON Windows printer driver. It allows your computer to communicate with the printer. Always use this print er driver when you print from Windows; it is specifically des igned to provide fast, sharp printing while optimizing all of the pri[...]

7. Clic k OK . Windows automatically copies the new printer driver to your hard disk and adds it to the list of installed pri nte rs . 8. Choose the Set As Def ault Print er button so that your printer is selected whenever you begin using your Windows soft ware. C lick Close . If you want to use the driver’s original factory setting s, simply cho[...]

Chapter 2 Choosing and Loading Paper 2 Choosing Paper . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Spe cial pa pe rs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-2 Thi ck p ap er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 Loadin g Pap er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-3 Loading pl ain [...]

Choosing Paper While most co rrespondence-qual ity plain paper works well in your printer, y ou should be sure the paper is suitable for ink jet pri nter s. For detai led p aper s pecif icatio ns , see Ap pe ndix A. Special pape rs For the hig hest qualit y print output and overhead presentations , EPSON offers the following special papers: ❑ EPS[...]

Make sure to se lect the ap propriate media type from the printer setup dialog box of your driver. See Chapter 3, “Printing with Windows,” for information about changing printer driver settings. Thick paper You can also print on some kinds of thick paper and envelopes. Note: If your printing becomes faint when you print on thick paper, you need[...]

Loading sp ecial coate d and glos sy paper To lo ad EPSON Special coated paper for 36 0 and 72 0 dpi a nd the EPSON High Quali ty Glossy pa per: 1. Make sure the printable surface of the paper is face down. For coated pape r, the printable side is whiter than the other side. For g lossy pape r, the printable side is face down when the cut corner is[...]

Loading transparen cies When printing on transp arencies, use only EPSON Transparency film S041030 (Letter). For best results, use transparencie s within six months of o pening the package . 1. Make su re the printable surface of t he t ransparencie s is face down. The printable side is face down when the cut corner is on th e bottom right as you h[...]

c Caution:  Do not print on transparencies using 720 dpi resolution.  Return unused sheets to the original packaging. Unfavorable stora ge conditions, especially high temperature, humidity , and direct sunlight, ca n damage transpa rencies. If you have paper feed or paper jam problems, see Chapter 6, “Troubleshooting.” When you need more [...]

2. Wh ile holdin g down the Alt button, press the Font button. The carriage move s to the lever-adjusting position. 3. Tur n th e le ve r cloc kwise as far a s it w ill go . 4. Press the Alt button. 5. Press the Pause button. Choosing and Loading Paper 2-7[...]

6. Remove the re ar edge g uide from the printer and re-install it as shown. 7. Insert up to 10 en velopes into t he printer as shown. 8. Adjust the rear and left edge guides care fully so that the envelopes fe ed straight into the paper path. 9. Choose the envelope s ize (called pap er type in y our printer driver) from the print er driver setup a[...]

No te : ❑ Do not use envelo pes that are too thin; they ma y curl during printing. ❑ Return unused envelopes to the original packaging. Unfavorable storage conditions, especially high temperature, humidity, an d direct sunlig ht, can damage en velopes. ❑ Do not choose 720 dpi resolution for envelope printing. 10. Re-adjust the paper-th icknes[...]

Chapter 3 Printing with Windo ws About the Printer Driver ...................... 3-2 Using the Printer Driver ...................... 3-3 Displaying the dialog boxes .................. 3-5 Choosing setting s ........................ 3-5 Saving settings ......................... . 3-6 Restoring prior settings ..................... 3-6 Getting help ..[...]

About the Printer Driver This chapter describes how to use the EPSON Windows (3.1 or higher) printer driver. You’ll also find on-line help throughout the driver. Note: If you are not using Windows, choose the LQ-2550 printer driver in your software. This lets you print in color but does not give you some EPSON Stylus COLOR features, such as 720-d[...]

Driver settings c Setting Dialog box Paper Paper size Using the Printer Driver Your printer driver settings are divided into six categories which display as tabs. This table shows you the printer driver settings, dialog boxes, and options. It also lists factory settings. Options Letter (8 l/2 x 11 in) Legal (8 1/2x 14 in) A4 (210 x 297 mm) A5(148x2[...]

Driver settings (continued) Setting 1 Dialog box Image Settings Red Strength* 1 Green strength* 1 Blue strength* 4 Options -5G% - 0% - 50% -504 6 - 0% - 50% H = on 0 = Off -5c% - 0% - 50% -50% - 0% - 50% -50% - 0% - 50% -50% 0% - 50% El = on cl = off Monochrome Color (CMYK) Super - 720 x 720 dpi Best - 360 x 360 dpi Draft - 180 x 180 dpi No halfton[...]

Displaying the dialog boxes You can display the driver setup screen in two ways: Q Double-click the Printers icon in the Control Panel dialog box. Then click Epson Stylus COLOR in the Installed Printers list box to highlight it and click the Setup button. 0 Choose Print Setup or a similar name from the File menu of your software. Highlight Epson St[...]

Saving settings When you have selected the settings you want and you’re ready to print, choose the OK button. This exits you from the driver setup and saves your selections. Your settings stay in effect until you make additional changes and choose the OK button again. Restoring prior settings If you decide you want to use the driver’s original [...]

Exiting the driver There are two ways to exit the setup screen: 0 Click the OK button to save all settings you made and exit the printer driver. 0 Click the Cancel button to ignore all changes you made during your current printer driver setup session and exit the printer driver. Before Printing for the First Time Before you start printing, there ar[...]

Choosing required settings Choose the following driver settings to match your document requirements: Paper size The size of the paper loaded in the printer. Orientation The direction of printing on the document. Resolution The number of dots per inch printed. Ink Monochrome (black) or color (CMYK) ink. Note: The following procedure assumes you are [...]

2. Select the paper size you have loaded in the printer from the Paper Size drop-down list box. The diagram on the screen changes the printable area according to the paper size you select. 3. Select Portrait or Landscape orientation. Portrait is up and down orientation, landscape is lengthwise. If you would like to print your document lengthwise, s[...]

7. Click the OK button at the bottom of the dialog box. Note: 0 To print with 720 dpi resolution or use special coated paper or transparencies, you need to change other settings. See “Setting Descriptions “ below. 0 The 360 x 360 dpi - Best option is suitable for most types of documents. 7’he 180 x 280 dpi - Draft option is useful forfaster p[...]

Click a tab to make your selection. The dialog box appears. These four command buttons appear at the bottom of the screen: OK Saves your settings and exits the driver setup. Any changes you made go into effect when you exit using this button. Cancel Cancels all setting changes you made during your current printer driver setup session and exits the [...]

Paper Select the paper size, orientation, paper source, and number of copies. Paper size This drop-down list box displays the available paper sizes. Select the paper size you loaded in the printer. The diagram changes according to the paper size you select and displays the printable area dimensions. Your choices are: Letter Legal A4 A5 B5 Statement[...]

Orientation You can select the direction of the print on a document. To change the orientation, click the appropriate option button. Portrait prints up and down, Landscape prints lengthwise. Portrait Landscape Paper Source Your printer has a built-in sheet feeder, so you do not need to change this setting. Auto sheet feeder Copies Note: In most cas[...]

Collate Reverse Page Order The Collate and Reverse Page Order options are factory-set to Off. Note: Because these settings often require additional system memory and hard disk space and may conflict with your software settings, keep them turned off. Use them only for special circumstances. o To print multiple-page documents in sets, set Collate to [...]

Media/Options Use the Media /Options tab to select paper type and printing options. For highest quality printing, always turn off High Speed in the Media/Options section of the printer driver. Media type Your Stylus COLOR can print on most types of paper. However, to get the best printing results, it is important to match the driver settings to you[...]

Plain paper Select this option for most types of documents. You can use either standard office copier paper or paper suitable for ink jet printers. Select this option if your paper is not a special coated paper or transparency film. Note: For highest quality printing with the media types below, always turn off High Speed in the Media/Options sectio[...]

Print Options These options allow you to select high speed printing or MicroWeave, which gives you higher quality output. High speed (IXI = on, Cl = off) MicroWeave (IXl = on, 0 = off) High Speed When you select this option, the printer prints in both directions. Bi-directional printing is fast, but for highest quality printing, always turn off Hig[...]

Image Settings You can modify a document’s color (or gray scale) settings using this setting. Note: lf you simply want to print high-quality color or black-and-white, do not change the original factory settings. To make adjustments in brightness, color, and other settings affecting printed output, use your computer software. However, if your soft[...]

Note: 0 An image will appear in the dialog box giving you an impression of how your setting changes will affect printed images. 0 You can replace the image by double-clicking the current image and using the dialog box to insert your own bitmap image. There are two setting categories within Image Settings: Image and Color. Image The Image settings i[...]

Color The color settings allow you to modify the five color options: Saturation, Red Strength, Green Strength, Blue Strength, and Enable Ink Color Correction. (These settings cannot be changed when Monochrome is selected in the Ink/Resolution setting.) Saturation You can adjust the saturation (vividness of a color) using the scroll bar. Negative sa[...]

Ink/Resolution When you select Ink/Resolution, the following appears: Use this tab to select the ink and resolution. Ink This setting lets you select either monochrome or color. Monochrome Color (CMYK) Printing with Windows 3-21[...]

Resolution Three resolutions are available, but 360 x 360 dpi - Best is suitable for the majority of your documents. Keep in mind that the higher the resolution,the longer the printing time. Super - 720 x 720 dpi Best - 360 x 360 dpi Draft - 180 x 180 dpi Note: 0 0 0 0 You’ll want to use 720 dpi resolution and MicroWeave for your highest-quality [...]

Halftoning When you select Halftoning, the following appears: Halftone The printer driver has seven halftoning settings-which you select according to the type of image you are printing-and a No halftoning selection. The halftoning image you select displays on the screen. You may need to experiment with different settings until your printed output i[...]

Use this chart to select the appropriate halftoning method for your image: Halftone method Use for... No halftoning Black text and no graphics. This is the fastest setting. Do not use with color. I Simple line art and computer graphics. Graphic images with significant detail but Graphic images with limited detail and Diffused (Pencil art) Art with [...]

Choosing the Best Settings for your Document Use the Settings guide table below to help you get the best results with your Stylus COLOR. Note: When printing speed is important, remember that the following settings take more time than standard black-and-white text printing: c;1 MicroWeave set to on with Monochrome o Color (CMYK) ~3 Diffused halftone[...]

Settinas auide table (continued) c Y ” . I Printing Minimum We Desired results media setting Suggested settings Grayscale Clear, low-detail Plain poper Monochrome graphics images Halftone Diffused (High speed) 360 dpi resolution High-quality, detailed diagrams or drawings High-quality photographic Images or equivalent ’ drawings Plain paper Spe[...]

Printing Color with Selected Windows Software You’re ready to use your Windows software to make color selections for your documents. Note: If you have not installed the EPSON Windows Printer Driver, see Chapter 1, “Setting Up.” Making color selection in your software The following table shows you how to locate color settings in some popular W[...]

Quick color selection locator for Windows (co n tinued) Software Action Name Desired Action(s) or Selections(s) Required Aldus Customize Choose Define Colors from Element PageMaker@ color palette menu 4.0 Use New .,,, Edit ,,,, Copy . . . . or Remove command buttons Select text and graphics color Choose Color Palette from Window menu Choose text to[...]

Printing your color Windows documents After you locate and make your color selections, you can: 0 Choose Print from your software to print the document using the current EPSON printer driver settings, or Cl Choose Print and then Setup to access the EPSON printer driver settings. Once you make your setting selections, choose OK three times to print.[...]

Quick color selection locator for DOS Software Action Name Desired Microsoft Select text Word 5.5 color Action(s) or Selections(s) Required Select text that you want to color Choose Format Character Select font name in Font box / Select point size in Point Size box Select color in Color box WordPerfect 5.1 Select paragraph shading Select new text c[...]

L R Sofhvare Name otus@ l-2-3@ ‘el. 2.3 i F I ( reelonce sraphics r tel. 4.0 Quick co/or selection locator for DOS (continued) Action Desired Action(s) or Selections(s) Required Add color to Press Shift : > for WYSIWYG menu text Select Format Select Color Select Text Select color Highlight range to color Press Enter Add color to Press Shift : [...]

Remember that printing in color takes longer than printing in monochrome. The EPSON Spool Manager When you print your document, the driver uses a print spool manager to send the data to your hard disk and then to the printer. Then it uses a despooler to print the data. The EPSON Spool Manager icon appears when you send data to the printer. If you d[...]

3. The spool manager window shows you the list of printers supported by the EPSON Stylus series printing system and a list of files currently printing or waiting to print. If you wish to make changes affecting print timing or location (if you are sending a file over a network for remote printing), choose the Help menu in the EPSON Spool Manager win[...]

Q A Help button to help you understand the EPSON Spool Manager. 0 Three icons: Cancel - to cancel print, Pause - to pause print, and Restart - to restart from the current page, reprint the whole document, or delay printing. If you want to keep the EPSON Despooler status box from appearing, use the View menu of the EPSON Spool Manager window. 3-34 P[...]

Chapter 4 The Control Panel Usin g th e Con t rol Pan el . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 Light s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2 Buttons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4 Usin g S pec ial Pow er-O n Func tions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6 Sel ect in g Fon ts . . [...]

Using the Control Panel The lights and buttons on the control panel give you easy control over most common printer operations. Note : Software usua lly overrides control panel selections. Use yo ur soft ware to select print f unctions whenever possible. Lights Operate On when the printer is on. Fl ashes when the printer is tur ned on or off. Data F[...]

Paper Out On when the printer runs out of paper. Rapid flashing indicates a paper jam. No Ink Cartridge On when eith er ink cartridge is not installe d. The printer will not work unless both cartridges are installed. Font Indicates the current font setting . For ins tructions on select ing fonts, see page 4-7. Econom y On when the economy printing [...]

Butto ns Operate Turns the p rinter on and off. c Caution: Always turn off the printer by pressing the Operate button. Then be sure to wait until the Operate light stops flashing before unplugging the printer. Font Press t his button t o cycle th rough th e font choices on the control panel font menu. The Font li ghts indic ate the cu rrent se lect[...]

The Alt button alte rs the functions of the othe r buttons. Hold down the Alt button and pre ss another button t o change the function s as follows: Rese t (Alt + Pa use) Clears the print er’s buffer and initializes the printer settings to their factory settings. See “Init ialization ” in Appendix A. Black print head clean ing (Alt + Load/Eje[...]

Using Special Power-On Functions These functions a re available when you hold dow n the following buttons when turning on the printer: Self test (Operate + Load/Eject ) Checks the pape r length and performs self-test printing. See Chapter 1, “Testi ng the Printer.” Hex dump (Operate + Font + Load/Eject) Prints the p rint data in hexade cimal co[...]

Selecting Fonts Your printer has seven buil t-in charac ter fonts includi ng two new EPSON fonts: EPSON Roman T and E PSON Sans Serif H. (Roman T is similar to the Times  font; Sans Serif H is simi lar to He lve tica  .) Note: Font selections you make with your software override your printer’s control panel selections. For best results, use[...]

Note: ❑ Roman T and Sans Serif H fonts are av ailable in pr oportional spacing only . ❑ Some of the character tables might not be able to print with EPSON Roman T and EPSON Sans Serif H f onts. In these cases, selected character tables are printed with EPSO N Roman. Scalable fonts The size of the Roman, Sans Serif, Roman T, and Sans Serif H fon[...]

Selecting Condensed Pri nting Condense d printing re duces the size o f characte rs to approximately 60 percent of their normal width, all owing more characters to fit on a line. T his is u seful for spreadsheets and other applications where you need to print the maximum amount of information on a page. You can condense the current font by pressing[...]

Using the Default-Setting Mode You can change several printer setting s that control a vari ety of function s such as print direction and loading pos ition. Because these setting s take effe ct each time you tu rn on the printer, the y are called default setting s. The factory default setting s are des igned to me et the ne eds of most use rs, so y[...]

Abou t the defa ult sett ings Print directio n Your printer has t hree dire ction se ttings: Uni-d, Bi-d, and Auto. Note: Most software co ntrols thi s setting. If your so ftware does, yo u may never need to set it with the contro l panel. Uni-d causes t he print head to print in one direct ion only. This provides ma ximum ali gnment for bo th grap[...]

Lo adi ng po si tio n When you want to print more lines on a page , set this feature to 3 mm. If you set the top margin with your software, that setting is add ed to the default-setting value. Interface mode The interface mode specifies whi ch interface port can receive print data. The EPSON Stylus COLOR has a parallel i nterface port and an RS-422[...]

Character table Characte r table s contain the charact ers and symbols used by different languages. T he printer prints text based on the sele cted characte r table . For the available character table s, see Appendix B. To change the character table, see the next section, “Changing the default settings.” Changing the defaul t settings To change[...]

After you press the Alt button, the printer prints the current default se ttings and the next instruction in the language you s electe d. 4. To move to the feature you want to chan ge, press the Font button until the Courier, Roman T (PS), and Sans Serif H (PS ) lights indicate the appropriate selection. Default- setting menu Cou ri er light Roman [...]

5. Then after t he font lights indicate y our selection, press the Alt button unt il the O perate , Data , and Paper Out lights match your de sired setting as shown in t he tables below and on the ne xt page. Defaul t-setting menu Settings Operate light Data light Pape r out light Prin t d ire ct ion Au to NO O Bi-d ON O Uni-d NN O Network inte rfa[...]

C haracter table setting table Character table Operate light Data light Paper out light Italic U.S.A OOO Italic France NOO Italic Germa ny FOO Italic U.K. ONO Italic Denmark NNO Italic Sweden FN O Italic Italy OFO Italic Spain 1 NFO PC 437 FFO PC 850 OON PC 860 NON PC 863 FON PC 865 ONN PC 861 NNN BRASCII FN N Abicomp OFN O n N O ff O Flashing F 6.[...]

Chapter 5 Maintenance Repl acing an In k C ar tridg e . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2 Clea nin g th e Prin t Hea ds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-6 Clea nin g th e Prin ter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-7 Tra nspor ting t he Pr int er . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5- 8 5 Maintena nce 5[...]

Replacing an Ink Cartridge When the printed image is faint, has many gaps, or nothing prints, eit her wait until the docume nt finishes printing o r pre ss the Paus e button and then the Load /Eject button to eject the page . Then clean one or bot h of t he print heads. If three cleanings do not improve print quality, replace one or both ink cartri[...]

6. Lift the cartridge out of the printer and dispose of it properly. Do not take the used cartridge apart or try to refill it. c Caution:  If ink gets on your hands, wash them thoroughly with soap a nd water. If ink gets into your eyes, fl ush them imm ediately with water.  Leave the old cartridge installed in the printer until you are ready [...]

7. Open the package containi ng the ink cartridg e and remove the cartridge s from their protective cardboard. Remove the tape seal from the cartridge . (Your packag ing may differ slig htly from tha t sh own b elow. ) c Caution: You must remove the tape seal from the cartridge. Leaving the tape on when you install the cartridge will permanently da[...]

9. Push the ink cartridge clamp toward t he back of the printer un til it lock s in pl ace. T he Pause light begins flashi ng. 10. Press the Alt button again. Th e printer mechanism move s while the Pause light continues to flash. c Caution: Never turn off the printer whi le the Pause light is flashing. 11. When th e Pause light quits flashing and [...]

Cleaning the Print Heads If print q uality diminish es, use the printer’s built-in print head cleaning c ycle to enable the nozz les to deliver i nk properly. You can clean the color and black print heads se parately . To a void w astin g in k, cle an th e prin t h ead only if pri nt q ualit y declines. 1. Make su re the printer is turned on and [...]

Cleaning the Printer To kee p your printer operating at its best, you sho uld clean it thoroughly s everal times a ye ar. 1. Make su re the printer is turned off. Th en unplug the powe r cord. 2. Remove any paper from the shee t feeder. 3. Use a soft brush to care fully brush away all dust and dirt. 4. If the ou ter case or the inside of the shee t[...]

Transporting the Pr inter If you need to transport your print er some distance, carefully repack it using the original box and packing materials as follows: 1. Open the printer cover and make sure that the print head is capped in the far right pos ition. If the print head is not capp ed, tur n on the pr inter t o cap i t. The n turn of f the pri nt[...]

Chapter 6 Troubleshooting Proble ms With Prin t ing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 Print Qu ality Proble ms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-2 Proble ms with Prin tin g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-5 Pape r Ha ndlin g Pr oble ms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6-8 Clear ing an d pr eve nt[...]

Problems With Printing This chapter describes what you can do if y ou are having proble ms pr intin g. It is divide d int o the foll owing sect ion s: ❑ Print qua lit y proble m s. Se e t his sect ion if the prin t q uality is not good or not what you e xpect. ❑ Problems with print ing. See this se ction if your printer is not printing. ❑ Pap[...]

❑ For color or complex grayscale images, turn on Micr oWeave and turn off High Speed. ❑ Use a higher-quality paper. ❑ For monochrome printing, check that Monochrome is selecte d. ❑ Make s ure the Media Type setting matches the type of paper loaded in the p rinter. Other problems may be caused by an incorrect driver setting. If you’re prin[...]

Check whether economy printing mode is on. To turn off this mode, press the Economy/Condens ed button unt il the Economy light goes off. You might not be printing on the righ t side of the paper. F lip th e pa per so th e side tha t was face dow n is up an d re load it . Your video driver might not be compatible with the printe r. Use the standard [...]

Hex dum p mo de Experienced users can use hex dump mode to pinpoint communication problems between the printer and a software program. To turn on hex dum p mode, hold dow n the Load/Eject an d Font buttons and t urn on the printer. Th en send a print job. The printe r prints the exact codes it receives from the computer in hexadecima l format. Prob[...]

3. Use th e File Manager t o open the System directory in the Windows directory. 4. Locate and double-click the EPSPLMGR.EXE file. 5. Double-click the entry for t he Stylus C OLOR. This brings up the Que ue Setup dialog box. 6. Select the Use Print Manager for this Port check box. 7. Choose OK . 8. Exit t he dialog b ox. T hen e xit th e F ile Mana[...]

The printer makes a grinding noise and do es not feed paper. Something is pressing against the knob on the printer’s right side. Turn off the printe r and reposition it, leaving approximat ely 2 inches of open area next to the prin ter’s right side. The printer will not work if anything is pressing against the knob. All lights except the Operat[...]

Paper Handling Problems This section describes how to clear paper jams inside your printer and how to ensure that pape r feeds properly. Clearing and preventing p aper jams If paper has jammed inside the printer, clear the paper as follows: 1. Turn off the printer. 2. Open the printer cover. 3. Rotate the knob on the right side of the printer while[...]

5. If paper is caught in the paper eject area, gently pull it out of the printer. 6. Close the printer cover. 7. Turn on the print er to move the print heads to the correct positions. 8. Adjust the left and rear paper edg e guides on t he paper support. If you have freq uent paper jams , try t he following corrective measures. ❑ Use a higher-qual[...]

❑ The edge guides are too tight or too loose. Adjust the edge guides for the size of the paper. If you still have pape r feeding probl ems, see the following: The printer loads more than one sheet at a time. The paper is too t hin or thick . For specifications , see Appendix A. Ejected paper is wrinkled. The paper is too t hin or damp . Do not st[...]

Chapter 7 Using Optional Inter faces 7 Optio n al In ter face s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2 Insta lling option al i nter fac es . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7-2 Using Optiona l Interfa ces 7-1[...]

Optional Interfaces You can use vario us interface cards to supp lement the capa bilit ies of your prin ter ’s bu ilt-in har dware inte rfa ces. Th e following EPSON int erface cards are compatible with y our pri nte r: Interface card Model number Serial Interface Card C823051 32KB Serial Interfa ce Card C823071 32KB Parallel Interf ace Card C823[...]

4. Use a cross-head screwdrive r to re move the two scre ws securing t he shield plate to the optional int erface slot; then lift off the pl ate. 5. Be sure to se t any swit ches and jumpers on the card. See the interface card ma nual for detail s. If your interfa ce card has a jumper named JG , make sure that you s et it to on, or the card will n [...]

7. Secure the in terface card in the slot wit h the two screws inc l uded wi th t he i nter fa ce c ard . 8. Connect the proper interface cable to the interface card and to your computer. Also, conne ct other interface cables if you are using more than one co mputer. 9. Make su re the printer is turned off. The n plug in the power cord. Before you [...]

Handshake timing When the vacant area for data in the input buffer drops to 256 bytes, the printer outputs an X-OFF code or sets t he D TR flag to 1 (M ARK) to indicate that it cannot receive dat a. Whe n the vacan t area for data in the buffer increases to 512 byt es, the printer outputs an X-ON code or sets t he D TR flag to 0 (SPACE) to in dicat[...]

Appendix A Specifications Gen e ral S pe cif icat ions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-2 Prin tin g . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A- 2 Pape r . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-4 Ink cartr idge s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-7 Mech ani ca l . . . .[...]

General Specifications Printing Print ing method : On-de mand ink je t Nozzle configur ation: Monochrome (black ) 64 n ozzles (16 × 4 stag gered) Color 48 nozzles (16 × 3, Cyan, Magenta, Ye llow) Print ab le column s an d print spee d (bla ck) : Character pitch (characters per inch) Printable col umns Printing speed * (characters per second) 10 8[...]

Line sp acing: 1/6 inc h, 1/8 inch, or p rogrammable in 1/360-inc h increments Paper feed speed : 89 mi lli seconds per 1/6-inc h li ne Input bu ffer : 6 4KB Bitmap fonts: Font 10 cpi 12 cpi 15 cpi Proportional EPSON Roman NNN N EPSON Sans Serif NNN N EPSON Co urier NNN — EPSON Prestige NNN — EPSON Script NNN — S ele ct ot he r fo n t/ pit ch[...]

Paper Note: Since the qual ity of an y particular brand or type of pa per may be changed by the manufacturer at any time, EPSON cannot guarantee the use o f any particular brand or type of paper. Always test samples of paper stock before purchasing large quantities or printing large jobs. Paper path: Sheet f eeder, fr ont entry Sing le sh eet s: AS[...]

Note: ❑ Use recycled paper under normal temperature and humidity conditions only. Poor qu ality paper ma y reduce print qu ality an d cause paper jams a nd other problems. If you encounter prob lems, switch to a higher grade of paper. ❑ Envelope and transparency printing are availa ble only under normal conditio ns: Temperature 15 to 25°C ( 59[...]

Printabl e area: Single s hee ts Envel opes A Th e min imum top mar gin is 3. 0 mm (0. 12 inc hes). B The mini mum left margin is 3.0 mm (0.12 inches). Th e ri ght m arg in is : 3.8 mm (0.15 inch es) for A4, B5 si ze paper, and N o. 6 envelope. 9.8 mm (0.38 inch es) for Letter and Legal size paper. 13.8 mm (0.54 inch es) for DL en velope. 33.8 mm ([...]

Ink cartridges Black ink cartr idge (S020034): Color Bl ack Print capacity* A pprox imately 1.5 mi lli on characte rs (840 sheets , A4, 5% dut y at 360 dpi) Cartr idge li fe* 2 years from produ ction date and within 6 months after openin g the packag e, at 25°C (77°F) Temperatur e Storage : − 30 to 40°C ( − 22 to 104°F) 1 month at 40°C (10[...]

c Caution: ❑ The printer will be dama ged if you use ink or cartridges not manufactu red by EPSON or t o EPSON’s specifica tions. Do n ot attempt to refill ink cartridg es manually . If you u se substand ard produc ts with y our EPSON p rinter, you will damage the p rint heads an d void your warrant y. ❑ Do not use an ink cartridge if the dat[...]

Environm ent al Temperatur e: Operation 10 to 35°C (50 to 95°F) Storag e* − 20 to 60°C (14 to 140°F) 1 month at 40°C (104°F) 120 hours at 60°C (140°F ) Humidity: Operation 20 to 80% RH Storage* ** 5 to 85% RH * S to re d in ship pin g co nt ain e r * * W i th ou t c on d ens a tion Safe ty appro vals Safety stand ards: UL 1950 with D3, CS[...]

Pin ass ign ments The parallel i nterface connector pin assig nments and a description of the inte rface sig nals are shown in the table below. Signal Pin Retur n Pin Signal Direction D escription 11 9 STROBE IN STR OBE pulse to rea d data. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 DATA 1 DATA 2 DATA 3 DATA 4 DATA 5 DATA 6 DATA 7 DATA 8 IN IN IN IN I[...]

Signal Pin Return Pin Signal Dir ection Description 17 - CH ASSIS GND - P rinter’s c hassis ground, which is connected to the logi c g rou nd . 18 - NC - Not used 19- 30 - GND - Twisted- pa ir r etur n sign al gro und leve l 31 16 I NIT IN When this signal goes LOW , the printer contro ller is reset to its state when the power is first turned on [...]

Timing c hart The figure below shows the ti ming chart for the paral lel interface. Transiti on time (both the rise and the fall) of every signal must be less than 0.2 µ s. Serial inte rface The printer’s built-in se rial inte rface is based on the RS-422 standard. This interface has the following characteristics: Standard : Based on RS-422 Sync[...]

Optional interfaces The available interfaces are liste d in Chapter 7. P lease refer to the s pecifications in the user’s guide packe d with the opt ional interface card. Initialization The printer can be initialized (returne d to a fixed set of conditions) in these wa ys: Hardware initializati on ∗ The p rin ter is turn ed on. ∗ The pr inter[...]

Default Settings The table below shows the default se ttings that take effect whe n t he p rinte r i s ini tializ ed . Item Default setti ng Top-of-form p osition Current paper po sition Page length Single sheet s: 65 lin es for A4 -siz e p ap er 61 lin es for let ter -size pa p er Left and right margins Cancell ed Line spacing 1/6-inch li ne spaci[...]

Appendix B Commands and Char acter Tables Co mma nd List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-2 Ch arac ter Tab le s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-3 Inter na tiona l ch arac ter se ts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B- 7 Cha ract ers av ailable wit h ES C ( ^ com man d: . . . . . . . . B-8 B Comm[...]

Command List This printer works with th e following ESC/ P 2 commands. If you need more information about using printer commands , you can purchase the ESC/P 2 R eference Manual (ESCP2REF) from EPSON Acce ssori es by ca lling (800) 873 -7766. Use on ly the commands liste d below: General operation: ESC @, ESC U 1 /0, ESC EM R Paper feedi ng CR, FF,[...]

Character Tables These character tables are selecte d with the default-s etting mode or by using software commands. All tables except the itali c are the same as the PC437 table for hex codes 00 through 7F, so on ly the PC437 table is s hown completely. T he re st of the tables show only the characters for hex codes 80 through FF. PC437 (U.S., Sta [...]

PC850 (Multilin gual) PC860 (Portuguese) PC861 (Iceland ic) PC863 (Can adian -French) B-4 Commands and Charac ter Tables[...]

PC865 (Nordic) Abicomp BRASCII Commands and Character Tables B-5[...]

Italic No characte rs are avail able for hex code 15 i n the ital ic ch aracter table . B-6 Commands and Charac ter Tables[...]

International character sets You can se lect one of t he following international character se ts with the default-set ting mode or the ESC R command. For exa mple , whe n you se lec t “Ital ic Fran ce,” the cha ract er s in the “France” row on the table below are used in the italic charact er tab le. The followi ng eight international chara[...]

Characters available with ESC (^ comm and: To print the characters in the table below, use the ESC ( ^ command. B-8 Commands and Charac ter Tables[...]

Glos sary Th e fo llo win g def init ions ap ply spe cific ally t o p rint er s un less oth erw ise stat ed. additive col ors Col ors th at a re pro duce d by adding tog eth er the vary ing i nten sitie s of three color s: red , green , and bl ue. See als o RGB . bidirect ional pri nting See high speed pri ntin g . brightness Th e ligh tnes s or da[...]

diffus ed A hal ftoning or d itheri ng method where dot p atterns are used to repr ese nt b len ded im age s in millio ns o f co lors. The prin ter drive r ha s fo ur diff used set tings: p enc il art , hig h spe ed, i mage s, a nd co mple x dia gra ms. dithering See hal fto nin g. dpi Dots per in ch. Th e dpi measu res th e resolu tion . See also [...]

ini tiali zat ion Retu rns the printe r to its de fau lts (fix ed set of c ondit ions ). ink col or correct ion A func tion of the d river that t akes in to account the charact eristi cs of the Stylu s COLOR prin ter when it d etermines the col ors of i nk used to print the text or i mage. ink density correctio n A func tion of the d river that t a[...]

printer driver A software p rogram that s ends commands for usi ng the featu res of a particul ar pri nter. resolutio n The number of dots per i nch used to repr esent an imag e. Your pr inter has three resol ution settin gs: 180 × 180, 360 × 360, and 720 by 720. RGB Re d, gree n, a nd blue. T he se c olors , in p hosp hor s ra diate d by the com[...]

Index A Acce ssori es, h ow to buy, 4 Additiv e col ors, Gl ossa ry-1 Adjus ting pa per th ickne ss le v er, 2-7–9 Alig ning pr inter , 1-16 Alignmen t problems , 6-4 Alt bu tton, 4-4–5 Auto int erface wait mode, 4-10, 4-11 Auto lin e feed, 4-10, 4-11 Auto prin t direct ion, 4-10 B Ban ding p ro ble ms, 6 -4 Bidire ctio n al p rint ing, 4- 11 ,[...]

E Economy/Con densed button, 4-4, 4-9 Economy l ight, 4-3 Economy pr intin g, 4-3, Gloss ary-2 Ejec ting a p age, 4- 4 Electr ical spec ifications , A-8 Enable In k Color Correc tion, 3-20 Enable Ink Densi ty Corr ection, 3-19 Energ y cons erva tion tips , 3 Ene rgy St ar Com plia nce , 2 Env elope s loadin g, 2-6–9 spe cific at ions, A -4 Env ir[...]

L Lands cape ori entation , 3-13 Languag e, sel ecting for c ontrol panel, 4-13 Lights , con tro l pane l, 4 -2– 3 Line art pat tern (halfton e), 3-24 Line spaci ng, A-14 Load/ Ejec t butt on, 4-4 Loadi ng envel opes, 2-6–9 plai n paper, 1-12–14 positi on, 4-10, 4-12 spe cial p ape r, 2- 4 trans parencies, 2-5–6 LQ-2550 printer d river, 1-1[...]

Printe r cali brating , 1-16 chang ing p rint er drive r se ttin gs, 3-3–8, 3-12–24 changi ng the res oluti on, 3-22 choosin g best setti ngs, 3-25 choosin g a work area, 1-5 cleani ng, 5- 7 conne cting to y our c omput er, 1- 15 init ializ ing, A -13 saf ety in stru ctio n s, 5 spe cific at ions, A -2– 3 testin g, 1-14–15 trans porti ng, 5[...]