Epson 8600 manual

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    Color Copy Station S etup G uide S etup G uide 4021300-00 EUL Color Cop y Station[...]

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    Where to Find Information Before usi ng the EPSON AcuL aser Color Cop y Station 8 600, be sure t o f ollow the in str uct ions in th e fol lowin g ma nua ls. EPSON AcuLaser Color C opy Station 8600 Setup Guide (this manu al) Explains how to assemble the copy station’s components and test basic copying operation. EPSON AcuLa ser Color Copy Station[...]

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    All rig hts rese rved . No p art of thi s public atio n may be repro duced , store d in a retr ieval syste m, or tra nsmitted in an y form o r by any mean s, mec hanical, photo copying, recordin g, or otherwis e, without t he prior w ritten permissi on of SEIKO EP SON CORPORATION. No pate nt lia bili ty is assume d wi th resp ect t o the use of th [...]

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    iii Content s Safety Instru ctions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Finding a Pla ce for the Copy Stat ion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Checking the Copy St ation Components . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Setting Up the Cabinet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .[...]

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    Safety In structions 1 Safety Instruct ions Important Safety Instructions Read all of these ins tructions and save the m for later reference. ❏ Foll ow a ll wa rning s an d inst ruc tion s ma rked o n the copy station. ❏ Do not blo ck or cover the o penings in t he printer o r the scanner. ❏ Do not insert objects through t he slots in the pri[...]

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    2 Safety Instruc tions If a p ower cor d or p lug is da mag ed; if liqu id ha s en tere d the copy stat ion ; if any c opy stat ion com pone nt has b een drop ped or the cab inet damaged; or if the copy station do es not operat e norm ally or exh ibi ts a dis tinc t c hang e i n pe rfor ma nce . Ad just only those co ntrols that ar e covered by t h[...]

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    Safety In structions 3 Warnings, Cautions, and Notes w Warni ngs must be follo wed carefu lly to avoid b odily injury. c Cautions must be observed to avoid damage to your equipment. Notes contain importan t information and useful tips on th e operation of your copy station.[...]

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    4 Finding a Place for the Copy Station Finding a Place for the Co py Statio n Before as sembling the co py station , find a place th at meets the follo wing req uire ments . ❏ Leave adequate roo m for easy op eration, mai ntenance, and ventilati on. The minimum space requirements are shown below . 1348 to 1 568 mm 596 mm 785 to 98 5 mm* 780 mm 92[...]

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    Checking the Cop y Station Components 5 ❏ Plac e t he co py s tat ion o n a fl at, sta ble surf ace . ❏ The copy stat ion will o perate pr operly und er the followi ng condition s: c Caution: ❏ Avoid locations that are subject to shock, direct sunlight, extreme variation in temperature or humidity, excessive heat, moisture, or dust. ❏ Do no[...]

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    6 Checking the Copy Station Components The copy stat ion accessories box contains t he items listed below. Confirm that no ne of these items is missing or d amaged. scann er inte rfa ce boar d rubber feet (2 types × 2) screws for control pane l shel f (5) screws with washers for EPSON Image Exp ress (2) control pan el cable scanner cable printe r [...]

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    Setting Up the Cabinet 7 Setting Up the Cab inet Mak e sur e th e cab inet b ox cont ain s all o f the part s lis ted b elo w. Then follow the steps in this section to assemble the cabinet and to in stal l the con tro l pane l. right frame top pa nel right suppo rt left suppo rt front panel cas ter f ixe r jo int A left frame sto pp ers (2) cable c[...]

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    8 Setting Up the Cabi net Assembling the Cabinet c Caution: The cabinet is bulky and requires two people for assembly or hand ling . 1. Place flat washers and spring washers onto four M8 × 35 bolts as shown below. Al ign the posi tioning marks on the right support an d the right fra me, then fasten t he support to t he frame with the bolts. 2. Ass[...]

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    Setting Up the Cabinet 9 3. Use M4 × 10 screws to fas ten joint A and the front panel to the frame in the orde r shown below. Fasten the jo int only loosel y in this step. It is to be f astened securely later in t he assemb ly procedure. 4. Fasten the cast er fixer and t he stoppers to the bottom of the frame with four M4 × 10 screws. join t A fr[...]

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    10 Setting Up the Cabi net 5. Fasten the t op panel ont o the frame with seven M4 × 10 screws. 6. Fasten j oint B to the frame with ei ght M4 × 10 scr ews. Then secu rel y fast en j oint A , wh ich w as in stal led in st ep 3 . top pane l 1 2 3 4 5 The s tand hei ght is a djust able to five posi tions. When t he stand is in positi on 3, 4 , or 5,[...]

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    Setting Up the Cabinet 11 7. Attach cable clip s to the cabinet as needed. Holes are provi ded for this pur pose in various posi tions around the cabinet. w Warni ng: Do not climb onto the cabinet. Doing so may result in injury, or may damage the cabin et. c Caution: This cabinet is designed for use exclusively with the EPSON AcuLaser Color Copy St[...]

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    12 Setting Up the Cabi net 1. Plug the shiel ded control panel cab le into the control pane l’s interfa ce connector, l ocated on the b ottom of the cont rol panel. Note: As the interface connector head is covered, discon nect the cable by pressing the spring on the side of the control panel. 2. If you pla n to attach the control panel to th e ca[...]

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    Setting Up the Cabinet 13 3. I nse rt t he co nt rol pane l sh elf st rai ght into the ope ning on the front of t he cabinet’ s top panel. Note: If you do not plan to attach the c ontrol panel to the cabi net, attach the panel cover included in the cabinet box to the opening on the cabinet’ s top panel. 4. Secure the co ntrol pan el shelf w ith[...]

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    14 Setting Up the Scanne r Setting U p the Sc anner To prepare the sc anner for use with the copy stat ion, you need to instal l the scann er inte rface boar d and p lace the scanner onto the cabinet , as exp lained below. 1. Unpack and set up the scanner as explaine d in the scanner’s Setup Guide . 2. T urn the tr ans por tatio n lock to th e un[...]

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    Settin g Up the Sca nner 15 c Caution: Static electricity can damage electronic compon ents. Discharge static electricity by touching the metal frame of your scanner before handling the interface board. 4. Insert the i nterface boar d along the sid e guide ra ils into th e expansion slot in the optional interface sl ot. 5. Secure the boa rd with th[...]

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    16 Setting Up the P rinter 6. Place the scann er onto the ca binet in t he direction show n below . Setting U p the Printer To prepare the pr inter for use with the copy stat ion, you need to instal l the prin ter interfa ce board, R OM module, and l arge capacity paper unit or 500-sheet p aper cassette u nit, then pl ace the print er into the cabi[...]

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    Setting Up th e Printer 17 1. Unpack th e printer a s explained i n the print er’s Unpa ckin g Sheet, then foll ow the inst ructions in t he printe r’s Setup Guide to carry ou t the follo wing proced ures. ❏ Instal ling the face-up t ray ❏ Install ing the to ner cart ridges ❏ Ins tal ling th e p hoto con duct or u nit 2. Make sure that th[...]

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    18 Setting Up the P rinter 4. Open the printer co ver and pu ll out the paper p ath unit a t least 10 cm (4 inches). 5. R emov e the scre ws o n the righ t cove r.[...]

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    Setting Up th e Printer 19 6. Slide the right co ver back ward and remove it as shown b elow. 7. Identify t he socket for th e printer int erface board. c Caution: You should not remove any modu les from the circuit board. Otherwise, the printer will not work. printe r interfac e board s ocke t[...]

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    20 Setting Up the P rinter 8. Insert the interf ace connector s through th e slot a t the back of the print er, then press the i nterface boar d firmly onto the socket. c Caution: Do not touch the surface of the printer interface board. Be sure to hold it at the edges. 9. Secure the in terface boar d with the screw i ncluded with t he copy station [...]

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    Setting Up th e Printer 21 10. Secure the pri nter inter face board wi th the two scr ews which you remo ved from t he sh ield plat e in step 3. 11. Identify the slots for the ROM module. ROM modu le slo t A[...]

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    22 Setting Up the P rinter 12. Insert the module all t he way in to slot A as shown below. 13. Make sure the ta b on the l eft of the slot shown below wil l stick out when the mod ule is inserted corr ectly. c Caution: ❏ Do not force the ROM module into the slot. ❏ Be sure to insert the module facing the correct way.[...]

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    Setting Up th e Printer 23 14. To reattach the rig ht cover, align the bo ttom of the cover with the right side of the printer, the n fit the pins on the top of the cover onto t he holes on the printer. 15. Secure the ri ght cover with the screws, then cl ose the front cover an d push the pa per pat h unit back into the p rinter. 16. Ins tal l the [...]

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    24 Setting Up the P rinter 17. Roll the l arge capa city pape r unit o r 500-sheet paper cassette unit and the pr int er in to the cabin et . 18. Lock all caster s on the b ottom of the larg e capacity paper un it or 500-shee t paper cassette u nit. w War ning : Make sure the casters are securely locked. Otherwise, the printer may move an d cause a[...]

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    Setting Up the Copy Stati on 25 Sett ing Up the Co py Statio n Once you have added each device to the cab inet, you are read y to set up the copy station. This process involves connecting the interface cab les and power cor ds. Follow the steps i n this sectio n. Connecting Interface Cables The copy stat ion devic es are connected as shown b elow. [...]

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    26 Setting Up the Copy Stati on 2. Plug th e control panel cabl e into the prin ter’s seri al interf ace connector. Make sure th e locks on both sides of the connector snap into place. 3. Plug the scanner cab le into the scanner’ s interface connector .[...]

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    Setting Up the Copy Stati on 27 4. Plug the ot her end of the cable i nto the connecto r on the print er. Plugging in the Printer and Scanner The pr inte r and sc anner power is supp lied t hrou gh separ ate p o w e r c o r d s . T a k e n o t e o f t h e W a r n i n g s a n d C a u t i o n s b e l o w , t h e n follo w the steps in th is sec tion [...]

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    28 Setting Up the Copy Stati on c Caution: ❏ Do not unplug a device when its power is on. ❏ When unplugging a power cord, grasp it by the plug—not the cord. Plugging in the printer 1. Check the lab el on the pr inter to mak e sure that t he voltage required by the pri nter matches that of t he electri cal outle t it will be plug ged in to. Al[...]

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    Setting Up the Copy Stati on 29 Plugging in the scanner 1. Check the labe l on the back of t he scanner to make sure that the volt age required by the scanner mat ches that of the electrical outlet it wi ll be plugged into. Al so, make sure that you have t he co rrec t po wer c ord for yo ur po we r sou rce. 2. Make sure the scanner is turned off. [...]

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    30 Testing the Copy Station Test ing the Copy Sta tion You can check the operat ion of the copy station by making a few test copies. You will need to prepare a d ocument to copy and a s t a c k o f p a p e r t h a t i s t h e s a m e s i z e a s y o u r d o c u m e n t , t h e n f o l l o w the steps in t his section t o make your cop ies. Getting [...]

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    Testing the Copy Station 31 2. P res s dow n on t he me tal p late in the cas sett e unt il it click s int o place. 3. Press on the side and back paper gu ides, then sli de them outward unt il they are wi de open enough to accommodate the size of pap er you want to l oad.[...]

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    32 Testing the Copy Station 4. Fan a stack of plain pape r and insert it i nto the cassette. Make sure that all the pap er is under t he retaining clip on the r ight side of the ca ssette. Note: Use papers with no creases or wrinkles. 5. Slide the paper guides un til they j ust touch th e edges of the paper.[...]

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    Testing the Copy Station 33 Note: Make s ure yo u adjus t the side paper g uide to the cor rect p osition, becau se th e copy st atio n autom ati cally s enses the size of paper loade d in t he ca ssette fro m the p osi tion of th is pap er gu ide. If the paper guide is not correctly aligned with the paper size indication (for example, A4 or LT), t[...]

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    34 Testing the Copy Station Copying Once yo u have lo aded pap er and t urned on t he copy s tation, you are ready to make test co pies. Follow the se steps. 1. Make sure the scanner ’s READY light is on. 2. O pe n t he d ocu men t co v er. 3. Place your document on the document tab le, with the side to be scanned facing down. Make sure that the [...]

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    Testing the Copy Station 35 Note: An area 2 ± 1.5 mm in from both horizontal and vertical rulers will not be scan ned. 4. Close the document cover gently so that the document does not move. Note: Make sure the document is flat against the glass surface, otherwise the image will appear fuzzy and out of focus. Also be sure to close the document cove[...]

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    36 Testing the Copy Station 6. Select the p aper size and ori entation t hat matches the siz e of the d ocum ent and the di rec tion in wh ich it is p lace d on the docum ent tab le. 7. Press the x start b utton on the c opy statio n’s control panel. The docume nt is scan ned and th en printe d. If the co py station does not wo rk, or if the copy[...]

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    Selecti ng a Langua ge 37 Selecting a Langua ge The default l anguage for the L CD touch screen i s English. However, German, Spanish, French, It alian, Por tuguese, and Chinese are also available. If you want to change the lan guage, follow the step s below. 1. Press the Admin bu tton o n th e co ntr ol pa nel. 2. Press the Admin. Set butt on on t[...]

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    38 Selecti ng a Language 3. Enter the administr ator password when the followi ng screen appears Note: ❏ The default password setting is “9999”. ❏ For more information on administrator password, see “ Making Administrator Mode Setti ngs” in Re fer ence Gui de . ❏ We recommend that you change the a dministrator password from the defaul[...]

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    Selecti ng a Langua ge 39 5. Press the Selec t Languag e butt on. 6. Choose a languag e and press the Exit butt on. Select Administrator Items Select Language Counter Cancel OK 3 / 3 Select Language English EXIT German Spanish F rench Italian P ortuguese Chinese[...]

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    40 Using Online Refere nce Guide Using Online Reference Guide System Requirements Your system must meet the following requir ements for you to use the online Reference Guide . For Wi ndow s Systems: Microso ft ® Wind ows ® Me/98/95/2000 Microso ft ® Win dows NT ® 4.0 CPU: i486/25 MHz (for Windows 95 , NT 4.0) (Pentium or bett er recommended) i4[...]

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    Using Online Reference Guide 41 For Macint osh Displa y: 640 × 480 p ixel or 800 × 600 pixel r esolution, with High C olor (16 bit) or True Co lor (32 bi t) set tin g Browser : Web bro wser Microsoft Internet E xplorer 4.0 or later recommended System: System 7.5.1 (System 7.6 or later reco mmended) Memory: 16 MB ( 32 MB or m ore recom mended) Har[...]

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    42 Using Online Refere nce Guide Viewing online Reference Guide The online R eference Guide al lows you to le arn more about you r copy stat ion. It includes detail ed informat ion o n making t he copy station, from general maint enance and troubleshooting to technic al specificati ons. You can view this guid e directly from the CD-ROM, or install [...]

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    Using Online Reference Guide 43 For Macint osh 1. Insert the Onl ine Guide CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive. 2. Double-cli ck the Online Gui de folder in the EP SON window. 3. Double- click EPSON Ac uLaser Color Copy S tation 8 600 in the EPSON win dow. The dialog box appear s. 4. To open the R eference Guide, cli ck the View Refe rence Gui de button. To[...]

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    EPSON OVERSEAS MARKETING LOCATIONS EPSON AMERICA, INC. 3840 Kilroy Airport Way Long Beach, CA 90806 Phone: (562) 981 - 3840 Fax: (562) 290 - 5220 EPSON UK LTD. Campus 100, Maylands Avenue, Hemel Hempstead, Herts, HP2 7TJ, U.K. Phone: (+44) 01442 261144 Fax: (+44) 01442 227227 EPSON DEUTSCHLAND GmbH Zülpicher Straße 6, 40549 Düsseldorf Germany Ph[...]

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    Color Copy Station S etup G uide S etup G uide 4021300-00 EUL Color Cop y Station[...]