Epson PictureMate manual

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1 Contents PictureMate U ser’s Guid e 6 Getting to Know Y our PictureM ate 7 Loading P aper 8 Supported Paper Types 9 Printing From Your Comput er 10 Printing From a Window s Computer 10 Printing From a Ma cintosh C omputer 13 Printing Photos U sing Film Fa ctory 18 Opening Y our Photos in F ilm Fact ory 18 Printing Your Ph otos in Fil m Factory [...]

2 Printing All Your Photo s From the PictureMa te Print W izard 38 Printing Some of Your Photo s From the Pict ureMate Print Wizard 39 Viewin g the Pictur eMate Mai n Men u 40 Selectin g the Phot os You Want t o Print 41 Setting the Number o f Copie s in the Ma in Menu 46 Choosi ng a L ayout 47 Confirming a nd Printin g 47 Doing More With Your Prin[...]

3 Software Installation Pro blems 90 Printing Problems 91 Memory Card Proble ms 92 Print Qual ity Pro blems 93 Problems Wi th Paper Feedin g 94 Miscellane ous Printout P roblems 95 Where T o Get Help 97 Uninstalling PictureMate Software 98 Uninstalling From a Windows Computer 98 Uninsta lling From a Ma cintosh U sing OS X 99 Uninstalling From a Mac[...]

4 AC Adapter 119 Built-in Card S lots 120 External Storage Devices 120 Stan da rds a nd Ap prov als 1 21 Notices 123 How many ph otos will I get fr om a Pi ctureMate Print Pack? 123 PictureMate Print Pack Sa tisfaction G uarantee: 124 Copyright Not ice 124 A Note C oncerni ng Resp onsib le Use o f Cop yrighte d Mater ials 1 25 Trademarks 125[...]

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6 PictureMate User’s Guide This User’s Guide tells you how to print from PictureMate, TM print fro m a computer, troubleshoot Pict ureMate, save your ph otos, and more . See th ese docu ments for additional informat ion: ■ To set up your PictureMate, see th e S tart Here sheet . ■ For a ha ndy, portab le ref erenc e to pr inti ng wi tho ut [...]

7 Getting to Kn ow Your Pictur eMate Paper support (load photo paper here) Turn PictureMate on or off Save you r photos to an external drive (CD-R, Zip disk, or thumb drive) Go back or stop printing Use these buttons to move through menu options Memory ca rd light (flashes when reading card; on when card is in printer) USB port fo r PictBridge came[...]

8 Loading Paper 1. Open the o utput tr ay. Note: Keep th e Pict ureMate handle t o the ba ck, unde r the pa per feeder and al l the way do wn, to a llow pap er to feed through. 2. Op en the pape r supp ort. 3. Pull up the t op of the pa per support. 4. Pla ce yo ur Pictur eMate Phot o Pape r agains t the ri ght ed ge, wi th the glos sy side up. Cau[...]

9 5. Slide the edge guide sn ug agains t the pape r, but not so tight th at the pa per is bent. Note: Alwa ys keep unuse d paper in the or iginal packa ge and s tore it flat to prevent c urling. Supported Pap er Type s PictureMate su pports th e following pape r type: PictureMate Photo Pape r: 100 sheets are included in the Pi ctureMate Print Pack [...]

10 Printing Fro m Your Comput er When you print from your computer, yo u can edit, enhance, and organiz e your photos, using your photo soft ware, such as Adobe ® Phot osho p. ® Before you start, ma ke sure your PictureMate software is installe d as describe d in the Using Pict ureMate Wit h a Comput er booklet. Follow th e instructions for your [...]

11 3. Make su re EPSON PictureMate is selected. 4. Click the Pr eferences or Prope rties but ton. (If you see a Setup , Print er , or Options button, click it. Then click Prefer ences or Properties on the nex t screen.) You see the Prin ting Pref erences or Propert ies win dow: 5. You can do the following : ■ Select Borderless to prin t a photo w[...]

12 ■ To bri ng out the fi ne de tail s of a p artic ularly intr icate photo , sele ct Enhance Fine Details ( printing may be slowe r). Tip: For more inform ation abo ut prin ter se ttings , click the ? or Help butt on. 6. Click OK . 7. At the Print window, cli ck OK or Print t o start printin g. During printi ng, this win dow appears and shows th[...]

13 Print ing From a M acint osh Computer Follo w the st eps be low f or the o pera ting s ystem you ar e pri nting from: ■ Macintosh O S X ■ Macintosh O S 9 Macin tosh O S X If you’re prin ting from an O S X compat ib le appli cation, follow t he steps below t o print a photo. (If you’re using an a pplicatio n that ’s compatible only with[...]

14 4. When you’re finish ed with the P age Setup s ettings, clic k OK . 5. Select Pri nt from the F ile men u. You se e a scre en like thi s: 6. Select Print S ettin gs from the pop-up menu. (In iPhoto, ™ click Advanc ed options to see th e pop-up men u.) You se e your printin g optio ns: 7. Select yo ur print se ttings as follows: ■ To bring[...]

15 ■ Layout , to sele ct page layout opt ions ■ Output Options , to save your prin t job as a PDF file ■ Summary , to view a li st of all y our selec tions 9. Click Print . 10. To mo nitor t he pr ogress o f your prin t job, cli ck the PictureMate or Prin t Center icon when it appears in the dock. If you cli cked the Prin t Center i con, doub[...]

16 Macin tosh O S 9 1. From the F ile menu , select Page Setup . You see the follo wing: 2. Make sure PictureMate is selected. If not, you nee d to select it i n the Chooser. 3. Select th ese p rint se tting s: ■ Select Borderless to prin t a photo witho ut any borders or choo se Borders to print with a white borde r all around. ■ If your photo[...]

17 ■ If you want to adjust your photo colo rs, you can change th e Color Opt ion. Select Auto Correction to automatically adjust colors, or Sep ia to change the colors to brown for an old-fashioned look, or Black & White to change a color photo to a black and white one . ■ To bring out t he fine deta ils in your photo, s elect Enhance Fi ne[...]

18 ■ To check your ink levels, click . Note: If you ’re not using ba ckgrou nd print ing and you n eed to canc el pri nting, hold down the J key and pr ess th e . (period) key . See Storin g and Displaying Your Printe d Photos fo r ste ps on pr operly storin g you r prin ted pho tos. Printing Photos Using Film Factory You can use F ilm Factory [...]

19 Note: If you need h elp wit h Film Fact ory, se lect i t from th e Help menu or chec k the on-s creen Ge tting Started Guide tha t wa s ins talle d wi th Fi lm Fact ory. 2. Select the folder o n your computer th at contai ns your p hot os. Thumbna ils of your ph otos ap pear on th e scree n. Note: Film F actor y can open th ese f il e type s: JP[...]

20 4. Click Standard Prints on the left side of the screen. You se e three buttons : Note: You can also sel ect other print opt ions on the left side of the scre en. But don’t c hoose Greeting Cards , Sticke rs or Calend ars; Pi ctureM ate do esn’t supp ort these op tions be cause they work on ly with larger pap er sizes . If yo u have an other[...]

21 2. To print the curre nt date with your photo, click th e Print Date box. 3. Windows and Macintosh 9.x : Select these opt ions in the Printer Se ttings bo x at the bott om of th e screen , in th is order: Macintosh OS X : Select these o ption s in th e Pri nter Setti ngs box at the botto m of the sc reen , in th is or der: 1 Make sure PictureMat[...]

22 4. Click the Pr int button o n the left si de of th e sc reen. Y ou see mor e option s: 5. If your photo doe sn’t look righ t in the p review, click th e Back button t o change your setti ngs. (Click t he Detailed Prev iew button fo r a closer look.) 6. Select the number of co pi es you want to print. Note: Leav e the PRINT Image Matching and/[...]

23 ■ Compat ible Memory Ca rds ■ Photo Im age Fi le Req uirement s ■ Inserti ng Yo ur Mem ory Card and Cop ying Ph otos ■ Configuring Pho toStarter ■ Preparing to Remove a Memory Ca rd Compatible Memory Cards You can insert a ny of these types of memo ry cards in to PictureMate : ■ Compact Flash TM ■ Microdrive TM ■ SD (Secure Digit[...]

24 Your PictureMate recognize s an d prints the firs t 999 photos on your memo ry card. Note: PictureMa te suppor ts P.I.M. (P RINT Image Matching ) and Exi f Print im age enhan cement fea tures . See yo ur camera manual to see i f these f eature s are include d on your camera. Inserting Yo ur Memory Card and Copying Pho tos 1. Make sure PictureMat[...]

25 3. Push the card in until it stops (it won’t go in all t he way). When the card is in, the card light com es on. 4. Close the me mory card door. Note: Insert j ust one c ard a t a time . Pictu reMate can ’t r ead mul tiple cards at on ce and yo u may not be ab le to te ll wh ich ca rd Pict ureMate is ta king the ima ges fr om. 5. What happen[...]

26 You can choose any of th e optio ns to copy, view, o r print your photos. To copy photo s to your computer, sele ct Copy pictures to a fold er on my computer and click OK . Follow t he on-screen instru ctions to select a folder for your photos and copy them. Then go to step 6. ■ In Windows 2000, Me, or 98, PhotoStart er opens and automatically[...]

27 Config uring P hotoStarter Follow th ese steps to set up Ph otoStarte r to copy p hotos to your co mputer: 1. When you see th is mess age, click Next . The Phot oStarte r setup a ssistan t open s: 2. Click Next again. The setup ass istant asks you a se ries of questi ons about how yo u want PhotoStarter to work. The defaul t setting s cause the [...]

28 You can go back and change setti ngs at any tim e by open ing Phot oStarte r: ■ In Windows, click Start , poin t to Progr ams (or All Progra ms ), Film F acto ry , and click EPSON PhotoStarter3.0 . Open the Settings menu and choo se Change Setti ngs . ■ On a Maci ntosh, o pen the EPSON Ph otoStarter folder, t hen double-click EPSON PhotoStar[...]

29 ■ For Windows 98 or Me, make sure the card light on PictureMate is not flashi ng. ■ On a Macintosh, drag the mem ory card icon from your desk top to th e trash. 2. To remove a card, pull it straight out o f the PictureMate slot. Saving Your P hotos to an Exter nal CD-R/RW, Zip, or Flash Memory Dr ive You can use your PictureMate to save phot[...]

30 ■ For a CD-R/RW or Zip drive, connect your drive’s USB cable to the EXT/IF port on the back of your PictureMate. Inse rt a CD-R or Zip disk in the drive. ■ For a flas h memory drive, plug it into the EXT/IF p ort on the back of PictureMate. Note: Pictu reMate c hecks to make sur e there i s enou gh free sp ace for your photos. If not, i ns[...]

31 7. When you r phot os are saved, y ou see the followi ng scre en. Pres s OK . Caution: Don’t remove th e drive or memory card while th e photos a re being saved, or you ma y lose photos o n your c ard or dr ive. If y ou need to stop t he backup , press th e Cance l button. You can save ph otos multi ple tim es to the sam e disk or drive until [...]

32 Storin g Unu sed Pap er Return unused pa per to the original p ackage. Store paper aw ay from extrem e temperat ures, hig h humid ity, and brigh t light.[...]

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34 Printing Witho ut a Computer PictureMate l ets you print ph otos quickly a nd easily wi thout a com puter. Just insert your digita l camera’s memory card, choo se sett ings fro m the cont rol pan el, and pres s Print. For detai ls, se e these sectio ns: ■ Compat ible Memory Ca rds ■ Photo Im age Fi le Req uirement s ■ Inserting Y our Mem[...]

35 ■ MMC TM (MultiMediaCard ™ ) ■ xD Picture Card TM ■ Sony Memory Stick ® ■ Memory Stick Duo TM (r equire s Memory Stick Duo A dapt er) ■ Memory Stick PRO TM ■ Memory Stick PRO Duo TM (requires Memory Stick Duo Adapter) ■ MagicGate TM Memory Stick ■ MagicGate Me mory Stick Duo TM (requires Memory Stick Duo Adapter) ■ SmartMedi[...]

36 Inserting Your Memory Card 1. Make sure PictureMate is on, then flip down the memo ry card door. 2. Insert the memory card into on e of th e three slot s, as sh own. 3. Push the card in until it stops (it won’t go in all t he way). When the card is in, the card light com es on. Com pact Fla sh or Microdrive (bottom) Memory Stick (middle) SD (S[...]

37 4. Close the me mory card door. Note: Insert ju st one ca rd at a time . Pict ureM ate can’t read multi ple car ds at once. Removing Your Memory Card To remove a card, pull it straight out o f the PictureMate slo t. Caution: Do not remov e a card while th e card ligh t is flashi ng, or yo u may lose data on the car d. Printing a Proof Sheet fr[...]

38 Press Cancel if you have already printed a proo f sheet for t he photos currently on your card or if you want to p rint all yo ur photos and don’t need to see a proof sheet. (To make sure you know which ph ot o s are on your card, you sh ould print a proof sh eet if you h ave taken new phot os or deleted ph otos s ince the last time you insert[...]

39 Tip: To start the Pi ctureMa te Wizard again, remove and re-i nser t your card (se e Inserting Y our Memory C ard ). Printing Some of Your Photos From the P ictureMate Print Wi zard To print on e or several of your pho tos, follow th ese ste ps: 1. After you print th e proof sheet, or cancel it in the PictureMate Print Wiza rd, you see this scre[...]

40 If yo u chose the w rong ph oto, y ou can de select it. Hig hlight t he select ed pho to and press OK to uncheck i t. If you n eed to ch ange th e numbe r of copi es, pre ss OK twice and chang e the number as described in step 3. 5. When you’re done se lect ing phot os, press Print . You see this screen: 6. Confirm yo ur photo se lections (pre[...]

41 Tip: You ca n also crop yo ur ph otos, prin t in black and whit e or sep ia, o r add the time or da te. (See Doi ng More With Y our Prin ts .) If th e Pictu reMat e Pri nt Wiza rd is on the screen , press Cancel twice. The Main Menu appe ars, as sho wn a bove . You will als o see the Mai n Menu aft er you finis h printin g from the Pict ureM ate[...]

42 All Photo s 1. Press or to high light Select Photo , then p ress OK . 2. Press or to high light All Photos , then press OK . 3. Go to Set ting the Nu mber of C opies in the Main Menu to continue. One Pho to 1. Press or to high light Select Photo , then p ress OK . 2. Press or to high light One Photo , then press OK . 3. Press or to high light th[...]

43 You see th e selected ph oto on th e Main Menu: 4. Go to Set ting the Nu mber of C opies in the Main Menu to continue. Several Photos You can choose any photos on your card to print. 1. Press or to choose Select Pho to , then pre ss OK . 2. Press or to high light Several , then press OK . 3. Press or to high light the photo number, then press OK[...]

44 5. Repeat steps 3 and 4 for each additional photo . The screen s hows se lected photos and a number of copies for each. (You may need to press or to scroll and see all your sele cted photo s.) Note: If you chose the wrong ph oto, you can d eselect it . Highligh t the sel ected photo a nd press OK to uncheck it . If you need to ch ange the number[...]

45 3. Pres s or to ch oose th e first phot o under From . Then p ress OK . Tip: Hold dow n or to scrol l quickly. 4. Pr ess or to c hoose the las t pho to und er To . Then press OK . 5. Go to Set ting the Nu mber of C opies in the Main Menu to continue. Camera-se lected DPOF Photos If your camera supports DPOF (Digital Print Order Format), you can [...]

46 If DPOF has been deselected and you want to select it again, follo w these steps: 1. On the Ma in Menu , press or to highlight Select Phot o , then press OK . 2. Press or to highlig ht DPOF , then pr es s OK . The phot os that you chos e fr om your ca mera to print ar e automat ically sel ected, including the number of copie s. Setting the Numbe[...]

47 2. Press or to highlight the number of copies you wa nt to print for ea ch photo ( 1 - 100 ), then pres s OK . 3. Continue with Choosing a Layout to choose a layout for your phot os. Choosing a Layout 1. On the Main Menu, pr ess or to choo se Layout , then press OK . 2. Press or to high light the layout se tting you want for yo ur photo(s ), the[...]

48 Before printing, y ou may want to select other opti ons for y our photos. See Doin g More With Your Prints for deta ils. 1. Press Pri nt . 2. Confirm yo ur photo se lections (press or to scroll a nd see all yo ur select ed phot os) ■ If the list i s okay , press Print again to pr int your pho to(s). ■ To make changes, press Cancel to go back[...]

49 All of these features are av aila ble under More Options on PictureMate’s Main Menu. Note: The fe atures descr ibed in t his se ctio n do no t affec t or repl ace the orig inal digital ph oto fil e; they cus tomize onl y the print (s) that y ou make at that one tim e. These settings do no t appear in the P rint Con firmat ion scree n. Printing[...]

50 Note: Th is se tting re mains in effect fo r all photos until yo u press and ho ld Cancel for 3 sec onds or turn y our Pictur eMate off. Cropping Your Photo If yo u want to pr int o nly p art of a ph oto, you can crop it to leave out the part y ou don’t wa nt. Choos e one ph oto to crop at a ti me. (See O ne Photo to choo se One Photo from the[...]

51 4. Choose the number for the area you want to print. 5. Press or to high light Crop , then press OK . 6. Press or to high light the number you ch ose from the t emplate, t hen press OK . 7. Confirm the crop number you have selected. 8. Continue wit h Confirmin g and Print ing to print yo ur photo. Note: Th is se tting re mains in effect fo r all[...]

52 2. Press or to high light Auto Correct , then p ress OK . 3. Pr ess or to c hoo se one o f the o ptio ns. ■ Enhance - automat icall y adjusts ph oto s using P.I .M. or Exi f Prin t features in your digita l photos (see y our camera manu al to se e if it su pports t hese feature s). This optio n is auto matically sele cted if your phot o conta [...]

53 2. To print th e date, press or to highlight Date St amp , then pr ess OK . 3. Press or to choose a setting: ■ None (default; turns o ff the da te stamp) ■ yyyy.mmm.dd (2004.May.09) ■ mmm.dd.yyyy (May.09.2004) ■ dd.mmm.yyyy (09.May.2004) 4. Press OK . 5. To print th e time, pres s or to highligh t Time Stamp , then pr ess OK . 6. Press o[...]

54 9. Continue wit h Confirmin g and Print ing to print yo ur photos. Note: Th is se tting re mains in effect fo r all photos until yo u press and ho ld Cancel for 3 sec onds or turn y our Pictur eMate off. Adjusting Printer Settings You can a djust these s ettin gs on your Picture Mate: ■ Resettin g PictureMate Pri nt Setting s ■ Turning the P[...]

55 Turning the PictureMate Pri nt Wizard Off or On When you first insert a memory card, the PictureMat e Prin t Wiza rd gu ides y ou to prin t a pr oof sh eet, t hen to p rint som e or a ll of your ph otos . You may turn th is feature o ff and print di rectly from t he Main Men u all th e time, or if you turned the Pictur eMate Print Wizard off and[...]

56 When th e Print Conf irmation i s On, you see a screen li ke this that let s you check settings before pri nting: When the Prin t Confirmatio n is Off, the pri nter prints without a fina l confirmation screen. 1. On the Main Menu, pr ess or to h ighli ght More Opti ons , then press OK . 2. Pr ess or to highli ght P rint C onfir matio n , then pr[...]

57 2. Pr ess or to highli ght Maintenance , then press OK . 3. Pr ess or to highli ght LCD Contrast , then press OK . 4. When you see th is mes sage, p ress OK to continue. 5. Press or to adjust the contr ast, then press OK . Printing Fro m a PictBr idge-enabled Digital Camera You can connect your Pict Bridge-enabled dig ita l camera to th e ba ck [...]

58 2. Connect your camera’s USB cable to th e po rt on the back of PictureMate. 3. Use your came ra’s contro ls to prin t photos on PictureMate. See your camera documentatio n for in struction s. Printing Fro m an External CD, Zip Disk, or Flash Memory Drive If you saved your photos to a CD, Zip di sk, or flash memory (thumb) dri ve (see Saving[...]

59 3. Co nnect your CD or Zi p drive ’s US B cable to the port on the back of PictureMate, or plug your flas h memory driv e into the USB port on th e back of PictureMate. 4. For a CD or Zip drive, insert a CD or Zip di sk with p hotos into the drive. If you used PictureMate to save pho tos on the same CD-R, Zip disk, or flash memory drive m ore [...]

60 ■ If you see th is screen, se e Vi ewing the PictureMate Main Menu to le arn more about printing from the Main Menu. Printing Wirelessly From a Blu etooth Device To send and prin t photos wi reles sly from Blueto oth-en able d devices, such as dig ital still came ras, dig ital video ca meras, PDA s, mobile p hones, an d computers, yo u can use[...]

61 Printing W ith Bluetooth 1. Make sure PictureMate is on but not printing. Caution: Do not con nect th e Bluetoot h Phot o Print a dapter w hile Pi cture Mate is printing; this may ca use Pict ureMa te to malf uncti on. 2. Fol d up th e top of th e Bluet oot h Phot o Prin t Ad apter. 3. Plug the adapter into the USB p ort on the back. Note: The B[...]

62 Note: To print fr om a device w ith encr yption, t o use pair ing, to use a passkey , or to adju st Blu etooth set tings , see C hoosing Blueto oth Set tings . Disconnecti ng the Bluetoo th Photo P rint A dapter Make sure Pict ureMate isn’ t printi ng, then pull the ada pter out from th e USB connector, as shown. Caution: Do not remo ve the a [...]

63 3. Choose s ettings in the B luetoot h option menus l isted below. Option Settings Description BT Device N ame PictureM ate-(num ber) (Default = 0) If mult iple Bl uetooth -enabled printers a re in the sa me communic ation rang e, you ca n disting uish the m by ass igning each a un ique n umber (from 0 through 9 ). To ma ke the De vice Name Sett[...]

64 BT Pass key Any four -digit numbe r (Default = 00 00) Bluetoot h PIN The Pas skey Set tin g allows you to set the fou r-digi t Passke y that must be entered i nto a devi ce befor e printing if Pa iring (Bon ding) is sele cted as t he Communi catio n Mode or if Encr yption i s On. BT Devi ce Ad dres s Set at t he fact ory (Example) 11-11-11-1 1-1[...]

65 Replacing the Pho to Cartridge Your Pict ureMat e will let yo u know wh en the ph oto car tridge is lo w or exp ended. When th e photo ca rtridge i s low, it’s a good idea to ge t a new Pict ureMat e Print P a ck, which includes a new PictureMate Phot o Ca rtridge (ink) and 100 sheets of PictureMate Photo Pape r. Visit www.MyPic t ureMate.com [...]

66 ■ PictureMate Statu s Monitor for Macintosh OS X ■ PictureMate Statu s Monitor for Macintosh OS 9 PictureMa te LCD Screen 1. On the Ma in Menu , press or to high light More Options , then pr ess OK . 2. Pres s or to hi ghlig ht Maintenance , then press OK . 3. Pres s or to hi ghlig ht Cartridge Status , th en press OK . 4. You see a screen w[...]

67 PictureMate Statu s Monit or for Wi ndows You can check th e amou nt of ink re maining in the ph oto cartridg e using EPSON Stat us Monit or 3 or the progres s meter. Open EPSON Stat us Monitor 3 in one o f the fol lowing ways. ■ Double-click th e printer ico n on your Windows taskbar. ■ Open the printer software (see Prin ting From a Window[...]

68 The progress meter dialog box a ppears autom atically wh en you send a pri nt job to the pr inter. Y ou can check the rem aining amount of ink from t his dial og box. PictureMate Statu s Monitor for Macint osh OS X 1. Double-click Macintosh HD (the default ha rd disk na me), double -click the Applicati ons folder, then double-cli ck the EPSON Pr[...]

69 3. Click the EPSON S tatu sM onit or button. The EPSON Sta tusMon ito r wind ow appea rs, showin g the app roximate amount of i nk left in the phot o cartridge. 4. Close the Ep son P rinter Ut ility. PictureMate Statu s Monitor for Macint osh OS 9 1. Access th e Print or Page Setup di alog bo x (see Printing From a Macintosh Compute r for instru[...]

70 The EPSO N Stat usMonit or wind ow appea rs, sh owing the appr oximat e amoun t of ink left in th e phot o ca rtridg e. Buyi ng a Pi ctur eMate Print Pa ck The PictureMate Print Pack (part# T5570) has everything you need to prin t in one box: 100 sheets of Pi ctureMate Photo Paper and a new Pi ctureMate Photo C artridge. Note: If yo u are o ut o[...]

71 You can also buy the Print Pack from the Epson Store at (800) 873-7766 or visit www.epsonstore.com (U.S. sales only). In Canada, please call (800) 463-7766 for dealer referral. Note: Use your photo c artridg e within six mon ths of ins talli ng it a nd befor e the expiration date on the pack age. Visit www.MyPictureMate.com fo r informatio n abo[...]

72 3. F lip th e han dle ov er to the f ront . 4. Open the cartridge door. 5. Move the lever to the Release position by sli ding i t in the directio n shown . This relea ses the ca rtr idge.[...]

73 6. Ca refu lly pu ll o ut th e car trid ge an d dispo se of it pr ope rly. Warning: Keep ink cart ridges out of the reach o f childre n and do no t drink t he ink. If ink ge ts on your h ands, wash the m thoroug hly wit h soap an d water. If ink gets in your eyes, flu sh them t horough ly with wa ter. If di scomfo rt or visi on probl ems contin [...]

74 3. Slide the cartri dge straig ht in to the sl ot, label s ide up, until i t is fully insert ed. Push in both sides evenly to make s ure it is not crooke d. If eithe r side is stic king out, rem ove th e cartridge and reinsert it so the cartridge is straig ht. Crooked Straight[...]

75 4. Move the lever rig ht to the Lock positio n. If it does no t lo ck in place, t he cartridge is crooked; you ne ed to push in whichever side is sticking out too far. (See step 3. ) Caution: If the ca rtridge is not inserted correc tly, ink may lea k out. 5. Cl ose th e ca rtridg e door . M ake sure it is c ompl etely clos ed. 6. Move the handl[...]

76 When P ictu reMat e reco gnizes the new photo c artri dge, it starts ch arging t he in k and you see a n ink char ging message. When charging is complete, you can begin prin tin g aga in. Taking PictureMate With You PictureMate’ s handle makes it ea sy to carry short dista nces. If Picture Mate is going to travel a longer distance, yo u should[...]

77 5. Disconnect the po wer cord and any co nnecte d USB cable from the back of PictureMate. 6. Pack both the PictureMate and its power cable in the box that PictureMate came in, or in th e op tiona l Carr yin g Case . Caution: Make su re the p hoto ca rtrid ge is in stalled b efore transp orting. Don’t place Pi ctureM ate on its side or upsi de [...]

78 Caution: Never use a hard or abrasi ve brus h, or alco hol or t hinner for cleaning ; they can damage t he co mponents an d case. Don’t get water on the comp onents a nd don ’t spr ay lubric ants o r oils in side Pictur eMate. Improving Print Quality If your prin t quali ty is n ot as g ood as it used to be, if your ph otos a re too light o [...]

79 2. Press or to high light Maintenance , th en press OK . 3. Press or to high light Clean Print Head , then press OK . 4. When you see th is mes sage, p ress OK to beg in cleani ng th e print hea d. The cleaning takes about 40 seco nds, during which the me ssage C leaning prin t head. Please wait . a ppears on the scree n and PictureMa te make s [...]

80 If you see any gaps (as shown below), yo u need to clean the print head again. 7. If ther e are ga ps, pres s OK to clea n the prin t hea d agai n. If th ere a re no g aps, pres s Cancel to go back to the PictureMate Main Menu. If you don’t see any improveme nt after cl eaning three or fo ur times, refe r to Solving Pro blems . You can also tu[...]

81 5. Press the Print button when you see the next me ssage. 6. When th e pattern p rints, l ook at the print and see which l ine patte rn is the straighte st. (You ma y need t o use a magn ifying glas s.) 7. Press or to highlight the number for the best p attern in set #1 (1 to 15), then p ress OK . 8. Press or to highlight the number for the best[...]

82 Macintosh OS X : Open th e Applicat ions folder and sel ect EPSO N P rint er Util ity . Sel ect PictureMate in the pri nter list, click OK , and select Nozz le Check . Macintosh OS 9 : Open the Fil e menu and c hoose Page Setup or Pri nt . Click the utility button, t hen click the Nozzle Check button. 4. Follow th e instructions on the s creen t[...]

83 3. Follow th e instructions on the s creen to cle an the pri nt head. Clean ing takes abo ut 40 seco nds. Picture Mate ma kes some noise a nd its sc reen displa ys prog ress m essages . Caution: Never tu rn off Picture Mate w hile it is cleani ng its print h ead, un less i t hasn’t moved or mad e nois e for more than 5 m inutes. 4. When cleani[...]

84 Examining the N ozzle Check Patter n Exam ine the n ozzle check p attern you p rinted. Each staggered li ne should be sol id, with no gaps, as shown. ■ If your printout looks oka y, you’re done. ■ If you see any gaps (as shown be low), clean the print head again. Aligning the P rint Head Using the Co mputer If your printo uts co ntain mi s[...]

85 4. Follow th e instructio ns on th e screen t o print a te st page . You se e a window li ke thi s one : 5. On the test pa ge, select the squ are wit hout an y visibl e band s. You m ay need t o use a magn ifying gla ss. Sele ct one square for each pattern (1 and 2). 6. Enter the num ber of th e best sq uare in each pat tern in the cor respon di[...]

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87 Solving Prob lems There ar e sever al ways to dia gnose p roblems: ■ To identify the m ost common proble m s, check for Control Panel Messages . ■ If your PictureMate is connecte d to your computer and you’re not sure whether the pr oblem is co ming fro m Picture Mate or the computer, run a printe r check as descr ibe d in Ru nnin g a Pr i[...]

88 Load or remove an d re load pape r in t he pa per s uppor t, and pre ss the OK button to clear t his mess age. Pictur eMate resu mes pr inti ng. See L oad ing Pa per fo r instruc tions. Care fully pull out the jamm ed paper , then r eload paper and c ontinue p rinti ng or try printi ng agai n. Don’t l oad wrink led she ets or pla in pape r. Se[...]

89 Runnin g a Pri nter Check You may nee d to run a p rinter chec k to see if a pro blem com es from PictureMate itself or some othe r source. 1. If PictureMate is connec ted to your co mputer or other USB device, make sure they are both turne d off. Then disconnect the USB cable from PictureMate. 2. On the Ma in Menu , press or to high light More [...]

90 6. PictureMate prin ts a pag e showing a nozzle che ck pattern. (If the pattern has gap s, you need t o clean the pri nt head; see Improvin g Print Quali ty .) ■ If the ch eck page p rinted, the problem isn’t with PictureMate. It may be your memory card, software set tings, interfac e cable, or computer, or your software may not be installed[...]

91 ■ Make sure Windows 98 SE, Me, 2000, or XP was preinstalled on your system. The USB Printer Device Dri ver may not insta ll correctly if you’ve upgraded from Windows 95. ■ Make sure the USB Controlle r is working properly in Device Manager. See your Windows help system for details. If it ’s not wo rking, contact your computer manufacture[...]

92 Printing is t oo slow. Because of Pi ctureMate’s high print quality, it m ay take a l ittle while to print yo ur photos. If yo u are printin g from a co mput er, c heck th e requ irem ents in Syste m Requ irem ents . If you’re prin ting a hi gh-resolut ion imag e, you nee d more than the minimum req uirem ents liste d. You ma y also ne ed to[...]

93 Print Quality Problems You see banding (light lines). ■ The pr int h ead ma y ne ed cl eaning ; see C l eaning the Print Head Directl y from PictureMate or C lea ning t he Pr int Head Usin g the C omp uter for instruction s. ■ Make sure the gl ossy, printa ble side of the paper is face up. ■ The phot o cartridg e may nee d replaci ng. See [...]

94 ■ The pho to cart ridge may be old or low on ink. See Replaci n g the P h oto Cartr idge for instructions on replacing it. ■ Make sure your paper isn ’t da maged, old , dirty, or loade d face down. If it is, reload a new stack of paper wit h the glossy, print able side up. Colors in yo ur photo are incorrect or missing. ■ Make sure your [...]

95 ■ Use new pa per, loaded p rintabl e side up. Don ’t load pa per abov e the arrow mark on the left edg e guide. Load a maximum of 20 sheets. ■ Place th e paper ag ainst th e right edg e and sli de the left edge g uide again st it, but not too tight . ■ Store p aper flat to preve nt curl ing. ■ Don’t lo ad plain paper, t his can dama [...]

96 ■ Your photo size may not matc h the width/he ight prop ortions (as pect ra tio) of the paper size or layo ut you’re us ing. Phot os may be cropped to fit th e paper a nd layout . The wrong ph oto is printed. The pho to number ing on t he proo f shee t may not ma tch the numbe ring in your camera. ■ If you’re prin ting witho ut a comp ut[...]

97 Where To Get Help Epson provi des techn ical as sistance 24 hours a day thro ugh th e electro nic su pport services an d automate d telep hone se rvices lis ted bel ow: To speak to a technical support repre sentative, dial: ■ U.S.: (562) 276-7282 , 6 AM to 8 PM , Pacific Time, Monday through Friday and 7 AM to 4 PM , Saturday. ■ Cana da: (90[...]

98 You can pu rchase a Picture Mate Print Pa ck with PictureMate Photo Paper and a photo cartridge, and other Pictur eMate accesso ries from the E pson Sto re at (800) 873-7766 or visit www.epsonstore.com (U.S. sales only). In C anada, please call (800) 463-7766 for dealer referral. Uninstalling PictureMate Software You may nee d to un instal l and[...]

99 8. Click EPSON CardMonitor i n the prog ram lis t and click the Add/ Remove button. Then follo w the on-scr een in structions. 9. Restart your compute r when you’re done. When you are ready to reinstall th e Pictur eMate software, follow the instructions for your opera ting s ystem in your Using PictureMate With a Compu ter boo k. Note: Rememb[...]

100 5. Double-click the Instal ler icon and click Conti nue . 6. In the Ins taller di alog box, sel ect Uninstall from the pull-do wn menu and click the Unin st all button. Follow the on-scr ee n instructio ns and click Quit whe n you’re done. 7. In the Drivers English folder, double-cl ick the CardMonitor folder, double-cl ick the OS 9 folder, [...]

101 Windows XP and 2000 First, you nee d to set up Pi ct ureMat e as a shared p rinter on th e computer tha t it is directly conne cted to. Then, you mu st in stall the PictureMate soft ware on each computer th at will access it through the netwo rk. Note: To in stall softwar e pro grams in Window s 2000, it is ne cessa ry to lo g on as a user with[...]

102 If you want Windows XP or 2000 to automatically dow nload printer drivers to computers that are running differe nt versions of Wi ndows, click Addi tional Drivers and selec t the e nviro nment an d th e opera ting sy stems for th e other computers. C lick OK , then insert the PictureMa te software CD i nto the CD-ROM drive. Select the fold er f[...]

103 4. Select Network printer , t hen click Next . 5. On the next screen, click Next . 6. Double-click th e icon of the co mputer that is d irectly connected to PictureMate. Then, click the icon for PictureMate. 7. Click Next and follow the on-screen instructions. Note: Depend ing on the ope rating sy stem and t he configur ation of t he compute r [...]

104 Note: If a di alog b ox appe ars ask ing yo u to ins e rt th e Window s Me or 9 8 CD-ROM , inse rt the CD into th e CD-ROM drive an d fol low the on-screen instruct ions. If you se e a messa ge askin g you to restart yo ur compu ter, re start it and contin ue with ste p 6. 6. In the Con trol Panel , double-click the P rinter s icon. 7. Right-cl[...]

105 4. Select Network printer , t hen click Next . 5. On the next screen, click Bro wse . 6. Double-click th e icon of the co mputer that PictureMate is dire ctly connected to. Then, click the icon for PictureMate. 7. Click OK and follow the on-s creen instru ctions. Macintosh OS X 10.2.x - 10.3.x This section tells you how to set up PictureMate so[...]

106 4. Click the checkbo x next to Print er Sharing , then close Syste m Preferences. Note: To share your pr inter w ith Win dows, cl ick th e Windows Fi le Sharing checkb ox. See your Ma c Help a nd Window s doc umentatio n for more info rma tion . Accessing a Networ ked Printer Follow th e steps in this se ction to a cce ss PictureMate from ot he[...]

107 Settin g Up a Shared Printer To share PictureM ate with othe r computer s on an AppleTa lk network, fo llow thes e steps to c onfigure the computer tha t it is directly co nnected to . 1. Turn on PictureMate . 2. Select Chooser from t he Apple menu and click the icon for PictureMate. Then, select the port that the printer is conn ected to. 3. C[...]

108 5. Select th e appropriate Bac kground Pr inting radio button to turn background prin tin g on o r of f. 6. Clo se th e Choos er.[...]

109 Syst em Requir ements To use PictureM ate with your computer, your system mus t meet the requiremen ts in these sectio ns: ■ Window s Syst em Re quirem ents ■ Macintos h System Requ iremen ts Windows System Requirements ■ A Microsoft ® Windows compatible PC with a Pent ium ® or be tter p rocessor, 233 MHz or faster processor ■ Windows[...]

110 ■ CD-ROM or DVD drive for i nsta lling the PictureMat e software ■ Built-in USB p ort and a shielded USB “AB” cable up to 6.5 feet (2 meters) long. Caution: Using an i mprop erly sh ielded US B cab le—espec ially a cabl e more th an 6.5 feet (2 meters) lon g—may caus e Picture Mate to mal function.[...]

111 Important Safety Instructions Before using Picture Mate, rea d the follow ing safety instructio ns to ma ke sure you us e it safely and effect ively: ■ PictureMate Safety Instructio ns ■ Photo Ca rtrid ge Safety In structio ns ■ PictureMate Screen (LC D) Safety Instructions PictureMate Safety Instructions Warning: This product contain s c[...]

112 ■ Place th e printer on a flat, stable surfac e that e xtends beyond the base of the printer in all dire ctions. The printer wi ll not ope rat e properly if it is tilted at an angle. If you place the p rinter by the wall, leave more t han 4 inches (10 cm) between t he back of the printe r and th e wall. ■ When st oring or t ransp orting the[...]

113 ■ Install t he photo cartridge i mmediate ly after y ou remove it from its packag e. If you leave a car tridge unpacke d for a long time be fore us ing it, no rmal pr inti ng may no t be possib le. ■ Do not use a pho to cartridge beyo nd the dat e printed on the cartridg e carton ; otherwi se, it may resu lt in reduce d prin t quali ty. For[...]

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115 Specifications ■ Printing ■ Paper ■ Photo Ca rtrid ge ■ Mechanical ■ Electrical ■ Envir onmental ■ AC Adapte r ■ Built-in Card S lots ■ External Storage Devices ■ Standards and Approvals Printing Paper Note: Since t he qual ity of an y part icula r brand or type o f paper ma y be c hanged by the manu factur er at any time, E[...]

116 PictureMate Ph oto Paper (Included in PictureMate Print Pack - T5570) Premium Glossy Photo Pa per (part# S041727 - 100 shee ts) Caution: Don’t load plai n paper , this may cause d amage t o PictureM ate . Note: Poor qu ality paper may reduce t he prin t quali ty and ca use pa per jams or other pro blems. To prevent print qua lity pr oblems, u[...]

117 (Included in PictureMate Print Pack - T5570) * Ink thaw s an d is usa ble after a pproxima tely 3 hours at 77 °F (25 °C). Caution: To ensu re good r esults, u se a genuin e Epson P ictureMa te Pho to Cartri dge and do not re fill it . Pictur eMat e calcula tes the a mount of ink remaini ng using a n IC chip on the ph oto ca rtridge, so ev en [...]

118 Electrical Note: Check the la bel on t he back of Pictur eMate fo r the v oltage informa tion. Dimensio ns Storag e Width: 10.0 inches (256 mm) Depth: 6. 0 inches (154 mm) Height: 6.4 inche s (163 mm) Printi ng (with paper s upport an d outp ut tray ex tended) Width: 10.0 inches (256 mm) Depth: 12 .0 inches (3 05 mm) Height: 6.4 inche s (163 mm[...]

119 Environmental * Sto re d in shi ppi ng co ntai ner ** Without c ondensa tion AC Adapter Temperature O peration : 50 to 95 °F (10 t o 35 °C) Storag e: –4 to 104 °F (–2 0 to 40 °C ) 1 month a t 104 °F (40 °C) Transit:* –4 to 140 °F (–20 t o 60 °C) 120 ho urs at 14 0 °F (60 °C) Humidity Operation : 20 to 80 % RH Storag e:*, ** 5 [...]

120 Built-in Card Slots External Storage D evices * Not al l USB dev ices are supp orted. Conta ct your reg ional customer support for detail s. Card Slo ts CF Typ e I and II card slot Compati ble with “C F+ and Compac tFlas h Speci ficati on 1.4” SmartM edia ca rd slot Compat ible wi th “SmartM edia Standa rd 2000” Sony ® Memory Stick/Mem[...]

121 Standa rds a nd App rovals Safety UL 60950 CSA C22.2 No. 609 50 EMC FCC pa rt 15 S ubpart B class B CSA C10 8.8 Cl ass B[...]

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123 Notices ■ How many ph otos will I get fr om a Pi ctureMate Print Pack? ■ PictureMate Pri nt Pack Satisfactio n Guara ntee: ■ Copyri ght Notice ■ A Note C oncerni ng Resp onsib le Use o f Cop yrighte d Mater ials ■ Trademarks How many photos will I g et from a PictureMate Print Pa ck? Epson has conveniently packag ed the PictureMate Ph[...]

124 PictureMate Print Pack Satisfaction Guarantee: If you are dissatisfied because you receive less than 100 prints pe r PictureMate Pri nt Pack, you can return th e remaini ng sheets of Picture Mate Photo Paper w ith the date d sales rece ipt and UP C code from the Picture Mate Prin t Pack packagi ng within one year of purch ase and Epso n will re[...]

125 Neither Sei ko Epson Corp oration n or its affiliat es shall be liable to the purchas er of this product or third pa rties for damages , losse s, costs, or ex penses incurre d by purchase r or thi rd part ies a s a result of: a ccide nt, misuse, or abuse of this product or unauthoriz ed modificat ions, repairs, or alte rations to this product, [...]