Epson Stylus Color 670 manual

EPSON Stylus ® COLOR 670 CPD-9992 EPSON Stylus ® COLOR 670 Printer Basics Pri nter Basics Printer Basics[...]

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iii Contents Welcome! 1 About Your Software 1 About Your Documentation 2 Warnings, Cautions, Notes, and Tips 2 Viewing Your Elec tronic Printe r Manual 3 View ing Fi x-it Fl ix Pr inte r Movies 4 Windo ws Syst em Re quirem ents 6 Macintos h System Requir emen ts 6 ENER GY STAR Comp lianc e 7 Import ant Sa fety Inst ruction s 7 Ink Cartridge Safety [...]

iv Usin g Spec ial P ape rs 22 EPSON Photo Q uality I nk Jet Paper 22 Matte Paper - Heavyweight 23 EPSON Photo Pape r 23 Envelo pes 25 Selectin g Your Paper 26 Maintaining Your Printer 27 Clean ing the Prin t Head 27 Using the Head Clean ing Utili ty 27 Usin g the C ontr ol P anel 29 Exam ining th e Nozzle Check Patte rn 30 Repl aci ng an In k Ca r[...]

1 Welcome! Y our EPSON S t ylus ® COLOR 67 0 pri nter is the ideal output device for home or small office. Y ou can print anything from reports and resum es to photo s and gre eting ca rds with g reat res ults. The printer comes with these features: ■ Reso lutions up to 1440 b y 720 dpi ( dots per i nch), e ven on p lain paper ■ EPS ON’ s ex[...]

2 ■ Yo u r E P S O N ® documentation, includi ng: ■ The EPSO N Guided Pr inting Exercise, a quic k step-by-step guide to changing your printer s oftwar e settings (s ee page 9) ■ Y ou r elec tr oni c Reference Gu ide , which give s you comp lete information about your printer (see the next page). Y ou need an HTM L browser —su ch as Micros[...]

3 Viewing Your E lectronic Printer Manua l Y our pri nter so ftwa re CD-R OM i ncludes an elect roni c Reference Guide for your printer . The manual is in HTML format, so you need a browser— such as Mic rosoft ® In tern et Ex plor er or N etsca pe ® Na v i g a t o r , ® versions 3.0 or later—to view it. If you are using a different bro wser [...]

4 When you firs t open the Re ference Guide , yo u see this sc reen: Click a topic o n the left to expand the table of contents. After expanding the table of contents, you can c lick on the topic you want to view . Viewing Fix -it Fl ix Print er Movie s The Fix-it F lix ™ printer movi es sho w you how to change i nk cartridg es, clean the print h[...]

5 3. C lick View EPSON Documentation , then click Watch Printer Movies . 4. Click th e poste r for the movie you ’ d like t o watch. As you watch the movie, you can turn the narration and music on or off, pause or play the movie, or mo ve forward or back to replay a scene . play pause back forward voice on/off music on/off Pbasics.book Page 5 Fri[...]

6 Windows System Requirements T o use your printer and its so ftware , your sys tem shoul d have: ■ An IBM ® compatible PC with at least a 486/66 MHz (for Win do ws 98) or 486/25 M Hz (for Wi ndo ws 95 o r Windows N T ® 4.0) pr oces sor (P entium ® proc esso r r ecommen ded ) ■ Microsoft Wi ndows 9 5, Windows 98, or Windows N T 4.0 ■ At le[...]

7 ENERGY STAR Complianc e As an E NERG Y S TAR P artner , EPSON has determined that this product mee ts the E NERGY S TAR guidelines for energy efficienc y . The EPA E NERGY S TAR office equipment program is a voluntary partner ship with the comput er and o ffice equipm ent ind ustr y to prom ote the i ntroduction of energ y-effic ient personal com[...]

8 ■ If you use an extension cord wit h the printer , ma ke sure the total ampere r ating of the devices pl ugged into the extension cor d does not exceed the cord ’ s ampere rating. Also, make sure the total ampere rating of all device s plugged into the wall outl et does not exceed the wall outlet’ s ampere rating. ■ Except as s pecificall[...]

9 Printing from Start to Finish Here ’ s how you print a basic document—such as a memo, newsletter , or photograph— from loading the paper to selecting pri nt settings to controlling the print job. Y ou can p ractice select ing settings usi ng the EPSON Guided P rinting Exercise, as described on the next page. F or step-by- step pr int ing in[...]

10 Using the EP SON Guided Printi ng Exercise Y our prin ter soft ware C D-ROM inclu des a Guided Printing Exercise with step- by-step pr inting instructi ons show ing you how to acce ss your pr inter software and make changes to the se ttings. T o r un the exercise, fo llow these steps : Windows : Double-click the EPSON Guided Printing Exercise ic[...]

11 Printing with Windows This se ction d escribes these b asic st eps for printi ng with W indow s: ■ loadi ng pap er ■ openi ng the pr inter so ftware ■ select ing print er soft ware se ttings ■ controlling p rinting (T o pr int on a Maci ntosh, see page 15.) Load ing Pape r Make sur e your printer and computer are turned on. Place y our p[...]

12 Openin g the P rinter Soft ware After you open your application pro gram and create your document, you ’ re ready to s elect yo ur printe r softw are sett ings. F rom the F ile menu, click Print . Y ou see your application ’ s P r int dialog box ( yours may look sli ghtly di ffer ent): Make the follow ing selecti ons: ■ Mak e s u re yo ur [...]

13 Sel ecting Prin ter S oftw are Setti ngs Once you cl ick Properties , you see your printer software Properties dialog box. The most important thing to remember is to set the correct Media T ype for the pa per you ’ re u sing. T he Media T ype settin g affe cts the other option s you can choose. If nece ssary , click the Main tab t o d ispl ay [...]

14 Selecting Windows Default Settings The printer settings you make apply o nly to the appl ication you ’ re curr ently using. I f you usually p rint one type of document i n differ ent applic ations—f or example, b lack ink o n legal si ze pape r—you ca n change the default prin ter settings for all your programs. Y ou do this using the Win [...]

15 After a moment, the Pr ogress M eter appears and shows the progress of your print job. Y o u can use the buttons to cancel, pause, or restart printing. Y o u can also see how much ink y ou have left and view printing tips. F or more advanced printer settings, see pages 19 through 22. Fo r more info rmat ion o n pr inti ng—f or exampl e, pr evi[...]

16 Load ing Pape r Make sur e your printer and com puter are turned on. Place your paper against the right edge g uide and slide the left edge guide against the paper . Keep the follo wing in mind when loading paper: ■ Load the prin table s ide fac e up. It ’ s u sually whiter o r brig hter th an the other sid e. ■ Load letterhe ad or preprin[...]

17 Make the followin g settings on the page setup dialo g box: ■ Mak e s ure yo ur p ri nt er ( SC 670 ) is se lected. ( If no t, you need to select your pr inter in t he Choose r; see the Start Here pos ter fo r instructi ons.) ■ Select the correct Paper Size , Orientati on , and Printable Area settings for your document. See your electronic R[...]

18 ■ S et the sl ider in the M ode box to Quality or Speed . This le ts you choo se betwee n a highe r resolu tion o r faste r printin g. ( The slid er is not available when certain media types are selected.) ■ When you ’ ve select ed your s ettings, click Print . Contro lling Printi ng Once y ou ’ ve clicked Print , your printer begins pri[...]

19 Printing with Photo Enhance Y ou can choose P hotoEnhance settings th at incre ase image bri ghtness and contrast to improve the appearance of lo w-resolution photos. Y ou can also add speci al effect s, such as S oft F ocus. Y ou can sele ct Phot oEnhance fr om the p rinter so ftware Main me nu: T o use PhotoEnhance, you must select Color ink. [...]

20 Using Custo m Project Types Your EPSO N Stylus CO LOR 670 p rinter so ftware incl udes custo m proj ect t ypes with p res et op tions for printi ng spec if ic ty pes of d ocume nts like chart s or drafts. Y ou can quickl y select t he best s ettings f or your particular type of document and paper, or select a color-matching method. T o access cu[...]

21 Choo se a projec t type fo llowin g these guide lines ( these s ettings a re restricted b y your M edia T ype and Ink settings): ■ Text/Graph : For printing graphics-intensive docume nts like presentations with charts and graphs. ■ Economy : For printing rough drafts of text on plain paper. Saves ink. ■ ICM (Image Color M atching; Window s[...]

22 Select any settings you need to change. Many of the settings ar e automatical ly selecte d by othe r settin gs you choo se. F or more details on the p rinter setti ngs, see your electroni c Refer ence Guide , as described on page 3, or online help . Using Special Papers Ho w can you get the best-lo oking photos, most vivid col ors, and sharpest [...]

23 Matte Pape r - Heavyweigh t Matte P aper - Heavyweight has a professional-looking, flat matte fini sh for printing photos and graphics on a non-glossy surface. Load up to 20 sheet s as des cribed on pa ge 11, i ncludi ng a sup por t shee t beneath the stack. Before printing, select Matte Paper - Heav yweight as the Media T yp e setting. EPSON Ph[...]

24 2. When you create the image in your application, size it to 4.25 × 6.25 inches. Or use your printe r soft war e ’ s Redu ce/Enlarge (Windows) or F it to P age (Macinto sh) set tings, as desc ribe d in yo ur el ectr onic Reference Guide . 3. Cho ose Photo Paper as the Med ia T yp e setting . 4. Cho ose Photo Paper 4 × 6 in as the P aper Size[...]

25 Enve lopes Y ou can load up to 10 envel opes at a time, flap edge first and printable side up . Place them against the right edge guide and slide the left edge guide against them. (Y o u ’ll get better results if yo u press eac h envelo pe flat be fore loa ding it, or load one envelope at a time.) Set the thickness lever to the + positi on whe[...]

26 Selecting Your Paper Y our printer automati cally adjust s itse lf for the t ype o f pape r yo u selec t in y our printer software. That ’ s why the Media T yp e setting is so im por tan t. It tells your prin ter what kind of paper you ’ re usi ng and adjusts the ink co verage accor dingly . Before you print, always check y our Media T ype s[...]

27 Maintaining Your Printer This sec tion descri bes the most co mmon maintenance pr ocedures to keep your printer working at its best and to prepare it to be mo ved. F ollow the instructi ons in this chapter for : ■ cleaning the print head (below) ■ replac ing an ink cartr idge (o n page 30) ■ aligning the print head (on page 35) ■ cleanin[...]

28 2. I f you have an applic ation running, open the p rinter settings dialog box as desc ribed on page 12 (Windo ws) or page 16 (Mac intosh). Or , with Win dows, cli ck Start , point to Settings , t hen select Printers . Right-clic k the EPSON Stylus C OLOR 670 printer icon, then se lect Properties ( Document Defaults in Windows NT ). 3. Windows :[...]

29 Using th e Cont rol Panel F ollow the s teps be lo w to clean the print head. (S ee page 38 for more control panel information.) 1. M ake sure the printe r is turned on but not pr inting, and both the B black and A color ink out lights are off. (If an ink out light is flash ing, repla ce the ink cartr idge b efore co ntinui ng.) 2. P ress the R [...]

30 7. I f the nozzle check pattern has no gaps, click Finish . If the patte rn is mis sing do ts, clic k Clean to clean the print he ad again. 8. I f you don ’ t see any impr ov ement af ter cl eaning fo ur or fi ve t imes, check the so lutio ns beg inn ing on page 4 2. Y o u can a lso tur n the printer off and wait ov ernight—this allows any d[...]

31 U se these EPSON i nk cartri dges wi thin s ix months of instal ling th em and before the ex piration date on the package: ■ Black ink cartr idge: S020187 ■ Color ink cartr idge: S02019 1 When you need new ink cart ridges, contact your dealer or call EPSON Ac cessorie s at (800) 873-7766 or visit our web si te at www .epso nsup plie s.c om ([...]

32 4. Lift the ca rtridg e out of the printer and dispos e of it carefully . 5. U nwrap the new ink cartridge. Then remove only t he y ello w part of the tape seal on top. 6. Lower the ne w ink ca rtr idge int o its ho lder with the l abel f acing up and toward the back of the printer . Then press down the ink ca rtridge clamp until it locks in pla[...]

33 Repla cing an Outd ated In k Ca rtrid ge When an installed ink cartridge is mor e than six months old, you may need to replace it if you notice that your printouts don ’ t look as good as they used to. If print quality doesn ’ t improve after cleaning and aligning the pr int head, you can r eplace one or bot h cartridg es. F ollow these step[...]

34 5. U nwrap the new ink cartridge. Then remove only t he y ello w part of the tape seal on top. 6. Lower the ne w ink ca rtr idge int o its ho lder with the l abel f acing up and toward the back of the printer . Then press down the ink ca rtridge clamp until it locks in place, but don ’ t press down on the cartridge itself. 7. If you need to re[...]

35 Aligning the Print Head If your printouts contain misali gned vertical lines, you may need to align the print head. Y our printer must be connected to a local port, not on a network, to use the Print Head Alignment utility . F ollow these steps: 1. M ake sure the printe r is turned on, but not pr inting, and letter-size paper is loaded. 2. I f y[...]

36 Cleaning th e Printer T o keep you r printer working at i ts best, yo u should clea n it seve ral times a year . F o llow these st eps: 1. T urn off the prin ter and wait for th e P power light to go out. Then unplug t he pow er cor d and disconnect t he print er cable . 2. Remo ve all the pap er from the shee t feeder . 3. Clean the exterior of[...]

37 Solving Problems This se ction gi ves yo u the basi cs for diagnosi ng and sol ving pri nter problems. ■ F irst se e “Di agnos ing P rinte r P roblems ” on the ne xt pa ge to help determine w hat the cause of the prob lem may be. ■ Then se e “P roblems and Soluti ons” on p age 41 for so lutions to common se tup and so ftwar e prob le[...]

38 Diagnosing Printer Problems Y ou can diagnose some problems by checking the printer’ s control panel lights, as described belo w , or running a printer check, as described on page 40. Checking the Contr ol Pa nel L ights F ollow the g uid elin es on the nex t page wh en y ou ch eck t he con tro l pa nel ligh ts. power button load/eject button [...]

39 P is on The P power light is on when the printer is on and ready to print. It flashes when the printer is receiving a p rint job, charging ink, or cle aning the print head. S flashes When the S paper out light flashes, you have a paper jam. Press the E load/eject button to try to c lear the jam. If that doesn’t work, turn off the printer and g[...]

40 Running a Pr inter Check Y ou can run a pr inter chec k to deter mine whether a p roblem co mes fr om the printer i tself or some oth er source. Follow these steps to ru n the printe r chec k: 1. M ake sure b oth the printer and compu ter are turne d off. 2. Disconnect th e printe r cabl e from the pri nter . 3. M ake sure le tter -siz e pape r [...]

41 Problems and Solutions He re ar e some basic tr ouble shooting t ips in case you have any problems setting up your print er , insta lling so ftwar e, feed ing paper , or getting good print quality . Proble ms Setting Up the Printer or Install ing Softwar e The printe r starte d making noise after i nk cartridge installation. ■ The fir st ti me[...]

42 Printing is too slow . Make su re your syst em meets t he r equir ement s listed on page 6. If you ’ re printing a high-resolution image, you need more than the minimum r equirements li sted. Y ou may also need to: ■ Clear space on your hard disk or run a defragmentation utility . ■ Close applications that you ’ re not using. ■ Increas[...]

43 ■ Run the Print Head Al ignm ent u tilit y using EPSON ink jet pape r . See page 35 for ins tructions. ■ T ry using A utomatic mode. See page 13 (Windows ) or page 1 7 (Macintosh ) for instruct ions. ■ Tu r n o f f High Speed prin ting in the Advanced dialog box. Your printout is blurry or smea red. ■ M a k e s u r e y o u r p a p e r i [...]

44 You see w rong or missing colors. ■ Make sure the Ink setting is set to Color for color imag es and your app licat ion i s set for co lor print ing. ■ Make sur e the print he ad nozzles are not clogged. T o clean the print head, see page 27. ■ Make sur e an ink cartridge isn ’ t low on ink. T o replace an ink cartridge; see page 30 ( if [...]

45 Too many copies are prin ting. Mak e s u re th e Copies settings in the printer software and your application aren ’ t both set for mult iple copi es. Paper does n’t feed. Remove the stack of paper f rom the sheet fee der . Chec k th at t he pa per : ■ Isn ’ t curled or creased ■ I sn ’ t too old ■ I sn ’ t loaded above the arrow[...]

46 The printe r prints bla nk pages. ■ Make sure the p aper set tings in the prin ter software are corr ect for your paper size. See your electronic Reference Guid e for instruct ions. ■ Make sur e the print head no zzles are not clogged. T o clean the print head, see page 27. Uninstalling a nd Reinst alling Printer Softwar e If yo u need to un[...]

47 Where To Get Help If you need help wi th your printer o r its sof tware (or EPSO N Software F ilm F a ctor y), see the conta ct infor matio n below . If you need h elp usin g the creati ve softw are that cam e with yo ur printer , see t he nex t page. F or hel p usi ng any othe r soft ware on y our sy stem, se e th e docume ntation for t hat sof[...]

48 EPSON Accessories Y ou can purc hase ink cartrid ges, paper , manuals, and access ories f rom EPSON Acce ssories at (800) 873-7766 o r visit our w eb site at w ww .epsonsupplies.co m (U.S. sales on ly). I n Canada, please call (800) 873- 7766 for dealer refer ral. Creative Software Technical Support If y ou need help w ith the cr eative sof twar[...]

49 Index Numerics 360 dp i In k Jet Pap er, 26 4 x 6-in ch Ph oto Paper, 23 to 24 A Accessories, 31, 48 Advanced settings, 21 t o 22 Aligning pr int head, 35 Automatic m ode, 13, 17 B Background printing, 1 8 Banding, 25 , 42 Blurry i mages, 43 Browser, 3 C Cable, p rinter , 6 Checking pr inte r, 40 Cleaning print h ead, 27 to 30 printer , 36 sheet[...]

50 I ICM (Image Co lor Matc hing) setti ng, 21 Incorr ect c hara cters, 44 Incorrec t colors, 44 Ink ca rtridg e repl acin g, 30 to 32 repla ci ng out dat ed, 30 , 33 to 34 safety instruct ions, 8 Ink Jet Tr ansparenc ies, 26 Ink level, 15, 18 Ink setting, 1 3, 17, 19 Iron-On Coo l Peel Transfer Paper, 26 , 45 L Layout pr oblems , 45 Lever, thickne[...]

51 Pri ntin g advan ced , 21 to 2 2 contro llin g, 14 to 15, 18 Macint osh, 15 to 18 Windows, 11 to 15 with custom proje ct type s, 20 to 21 with PhotoE nhance, 19 Probl ems install ing sof tware, 41 miscellaneous, 45 paper feeding, 44 print q uali ty, 42 to 44 print ing, 41 to 42 setting up print er, 41 Progress Meter , 15 Projec t types, custom, [...]

52 FCC Co mpliance Sta tement For Unit ed States Users This equipment has been tested and fo und to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuan t to Part 15 of the FC C Rules . Thes e limi ts ar e design ed to provide reason able protecti on against harmful interference i n a residential install ation. This equipment ge nerates, us[...]

How To Order EPSON Ink and Paper T o order EPSON ink cartridges and paper , contact your dealer or call EPSON Ac cessories at (800) 873-7766 or visi t our web site at ww w .epsonsuppl ies.com (U.S . sales only) . In Canada, pl ease call (800) 873- 7766 for dealer refer ral. In k Ca r t r i d g e s : Blac k S020187 Color S02019 1 EPSON Papers Paper [...]

EPSON Ink Jet Papers U se EPSON paper and inks to get the same photo quality results that earn EPSON printers all of their awards! EPSON papers are special ly coated to work with EPSON quick drying inks. Y ou ’ll notice that when prints come out of your printer , you can immediately handle them. There is no drying time, no smearing or smudging, a[...]