Epson 440, 600, 640, 700, 800, 850, 1520, 3000, EX manual

EPSON ® USB/Parallel Adapter User’s Guide IMPORT ANT : T o use the USB/P arallel Adapter with your Apple ® iMa c ™ , y ou must do wnload and install the iMac Update 1.0 from Apple at http://swupdates.inf o.apple .com. CPD 7424R1 EPSON Stylus COLOR 440 EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 EPSON Stylus COLOR 600 EPSON Stylus COLOR 850 EPSON Stylus COLOR 640 [...]

ii EPSON and EPSON Stylus are regist ered trademarks of SEIKO EPSON CORPORA TION. General Notice: Other produc t names used herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners . EPSON disclaims any and all ri ghts in th ose mar ks. Cop yright © 1998 by Epson America, Inc. 10/98 front.book Page ii Monday, Oc[...]

iii FCC Compliance Statement For United States Users This equipment h as been teste d and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to P ar t 15 o f the FCC Rules. These limi ts are designed t o provide reasonable protection aga inst har mful interference in a residential i nstallation . This equipme nt generates, uses,[...]

iv WARNING The connection o f a non-shield ed equipment i nterface cable to this equipment wi ll inv alid ate the FCC Certification of this de vic e and ma y cause interference lev el s which exceed the limits established by the FCC for this equipment. It is the responsibilit y of the user to obtain and us e a shielded equipment interf ace cable wi[...]

v Contents Introduction 7 Setting Up the Printer 8 Getting Started on an iMac 8 Connecting the Cable 10 Installing the USB Printer Software 13 Getting Started on a Windows 98 System 15 Connecting the Cable 16 Installing the USB Printer Software 19 Setting Up Your System to Print 29 Appendix A: Using Monitor3 31 Setting Up Monitor3 31 Monitoring Pri[...]

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7 Introduction The EPSON USB/P arallel Adapter allows you to use smart cable technology to connect y our EPSON pr inter to your Apple iMac or Windows ® 98 computer . I t suppor ts the following printers: Note: The USB/P arallel Adapter suppor ts the EPSON Stylus COLOR 3000 for Macintosh only . T o use the EPSON USB/Par allel Adapter , you’ll nee[...]

8 Setting Up the Printer If you’v e been using your EPSON printer with your computer , the pr inter is probably set up already . If so , turn it off and disconnect it from the computer . Then go to the section explaining how to connect the cable to y our system. If you’ re setting up a new printer, see the documentation that came with your prin[...]

9 F or instructions on using the printer software, see the follo wing: ◗ If you ha ve an EPSON Stylus COLOR 440 or EPSON Stylus COLOR 640, locate the electronic EPSON Stylus COLOR 440/640 Driver Software Guide f or Macintosh in the Manual directory on your USB Printer Software CD-ROM. Cop y the manual to your hard driv e and view it using Adobe ?[...]

10 Connecting the Cable Y ou can connect the USB/P arallel Adapter directly to a USB por t on your iMac or to a USB hub connected to a por t on the iMac. If you hav e any printing problems when the pr inter is connected via a USB hub , tr y connecting the printer direct ly to the USB por t on the iM ac instead. 1 To connect the adapter to the USB p[...]

11 T o connect the adapter to one of the USB por ts on the iMac keyboard, hold the adapter’ s USB connector so the icon faces aw ay from y ou and connect it to the US B por t. If you’ re using a USB hub, plug it into the USB por t on the iMac ke yboard, then connect the adapter to an av ailable USB por t on the hub. OR optional USB hub USB/Para[...]

12 2 Connect the adapter’s parallel connector to the para llel port on the back of the printer, then secure it with th e wire clips. 3 Now follow the instru ctions in the next section to install the printer driver software from the USB/Parallel Adapter CD-ROM. parallel connector front.book Page 12 Monday, October 12, 1998 1 1:08 AM[...]

13 Installing the USB Printer Software IMPORT ANT: Y ou can’t use the adapter with the printer driver software that came with your printer . Y ou must use the printer driver software that came on the USB Printer Software CD-ROM. Before y ou begin this pr ocedure, you m ust install the iMac Update 1.0 from Apple at http://s wupdates.info.apple.com[...]

14 8 Click the printer icon for your printer. Printer icons are labeled as follows: ◗ SC 440 (EPSON Stylus COLOR 440) ◗ SC 600 (EPSON Stylus COLOR 600) ◗ SC 640 (EPSON Stylus COLOR 640) ◗ SPEX (EPSON Stylus Photo EX) ◗ SP 700 (EPSON Stylus Photo 700) ◗ SC 800 (EPSON Stylus COLOR 800) ◗ SC 850 (EPSON Stylus COLOR 850) ◗ SC 1520 (EPSO[...]

15 Getting Started on a Windows 98 System The instructions on the next f ew pages e xplain how to connect the USB/ P arallel Adapter cable to your Windows 98 system and how to install the printer software. If you’ re connecting to an EPSON Stylus COLO R 600 or EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 printer, y ou’ll also find instructions on how to set up your [...]

16 Connecting the Cable Y ou can connect the USB/P arallel Adapter directly to a USB por t on your computer , or you can connect it to a USB hub connected to a por t on your computer . If you ha ve an y pr inting problems when the printer is connected via a USB hub , tr y connectin g your printer directly to the USB por t o n the computer instead. [...]

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18 3 Connect the adapter’s parallel connector to the para llel port on the back of the printer, then secure it with th e wire clips. 4 Now follow the instru ctions in the next section to install the printer driver softw are. parallel connector front.book Page 18 Monday, October 12, 1998 1 1:08 AM[...]

19 Installing the USB Printer Software If you’v e already installed printer dr iver softw are f or your printer , you need to delete the old pr inter dr iver’ s INF file bef ore you install the USB printer driver . Begin with the instructions on the next page, “Deleting the INF file f or the old printer dr iver”. If you’ re performing a n[...]

20 Deleting the INF file for the old printer driver 1 Click Start , point to Programs , and select Windows Explorer . 2 Open your Windows directory. If you see an Inf folder, go to step 5. Otherwise, continue with step 3. 3 From the Windows Explorer View menu, select Folder Options . The Folder Options dialog box opens. 4 Click the View tab. Under [...]

21 5 Open the Inf folder, then locate and select the INF file corresponding to your installed printer driver: 6 Click Del ete to delete the old printer d river’s INF file. Close Windows Explorer. Now y ou’ re ready to install the USB pr inter dr iver softw are. Continue with “Installing the USB printer dr iver software” on page 22. EPSON St[...]

22 Installing the USB printer driver software Don’t install the printer driver software that came with y our printer . Yo u can’t use this driver software with y our USB/Par allel adapter. Howe ver , you can use the USB printer software to connect the prin ter to your computer via the parallel por t, if you w ant. Note: If you install the print[...]

23 4 Select Specify a loca tion , then click Browse to locate the USB printe r software. The softwa re is located in yo ur printer’s folder on th e CD-ROM . front.book Page 23 Monday, October 12, 1998 1 1:08 AM[...]

24 5 Click Next . The Add New Ha rdware Wizard now displays EPSON USB Conversion Cable . 6 Click Next . The installer copies th e USB printer files to your system. At the final screen, click Finish . front.book Page 24 Monday, October 12, 1998 1 1:08 AM[...]

25 Windows 98 detects your printer and displays a screen similar to the follo wing: 7 Click Nex t to install your printer driver. At the next screen, select Search for the best driver for your device and click Next . front.book Page 25 Monday, October 12, 1998 1 1:08 AM[...]

26 8 Follow the on-screen instructions to install your printer driver. Be sure to click the Yes radio button to set your printer as the Windows d efault printer. At the last scree n, click Finish . 9 When you see a message that installation is complete, click OK . If you want to install the creativ e software that came with your printe r , continue[...]

27 Installing creative software If your printer came with creative software, f ollow these steps to install it: 1 Locate the software installation inst ructions that came with your printer. (They may be in a document called Start Here , Getting Started , or Quick Setup .) 2 Follow the instructions to begin installation of your printer software. Whe[...]

28 3 Continue with the instructi ons to install your crea tive software applications. 4 When you’ve finished in stalling the creative softw are, restart your system. Checking your installation T o verify that your USB softw are installed proper ly , check the Device Manager . Click Start , point to Settings , and click Contr ol Pa n e l . Then cl[...]

29 If the printer do esn’t work correctly , uninstall the USB p rinter dr iver software. (Use the procedure described in your printer documentation for uninstalling the printer dr iver .) Then reinstall the USB printer dr iver software as described in “Installing the USB printer dr iver software” on page 22 of this guide. If you still hav e p[...]

30 4 Select Use Print Manager , then cli ck OK to close the Queue Setup dialog box. 5 Close the Spool Manager window. front.book Page 30 Monday, October 12, 1998 1 1:08 AM[...]

31 Appendix A: Using Monitor3 The Monitor3 utility lets you continue to work on your iMac while your document is printing (though printing and processin g may be slower). The Monitor3 dialog box lets you check on your print jobs and cancel, pause, or restart them. See the next section to turn on backgrou nd printing and increase the memory allocati[...]

32 Monitoring Print Jobs with Mon itor3 While you’re printing, click th e EPSON Monitor3 icon on the Application menu at the right end of the menu bar. You see the following dialog box: You can track the printer’s progress with th e current job, or double- click a job and use these command buttons: ◗ click to delete ◗ click to restar t ◗ [...]

33 To set priorities for jobs waiti ng to print, click the job, the n click the Show details arrow at the bottom of the window. Note: If you see a stop sign icon and the message “Print queue on hold” in the EPSON Monitor3 dialo g box, select Start print queue from the Printer menu to release the queue and resume p rinting. Priority list box Set[...]

34 The Priority list becomes active. Click the arrow and select one of the following settings: ◗ Normal prints the job in the order it is received ◗ Urgent mo ves the job bef ore any Normal pr iority jobs in the print queue ◗ Hold holds the job in the pr int queue until you’ re ready to release it f or printing by clicking the restar t icon[...]

35 Appendix B: Specifications USB/Parallel Adapter Specifications USB connector : USB series A; compl iant with USB Specification Revision 1.0 P arallel connector : IEEE-1284-B; Compatibility , Nibble , and ECP mode suppor ted Cable: 2-meter , 5-conductor , insulated, shielded, USB compliant T emperature: Operating: 32 to 158 °F (0 to 70 °C) Non-[...]

36 System Requirements Macintosh Computer : Apple iMac Operating system: Macintosh OS 8.1 with iMac Update 1.0 Memor y: 32MB RAM Storage: At least 50MB of free hard disk s pace for storing images (100MB or more recommended) Display: 13-inch RGB displa y or better CD-ROM drive: 24-speed CD-R OM drive Printer cable: EPSON USB/P arallel Adapter cable [...]

37 Windows Computer : An IBM ® compatible PC with at least a 486/ 66 MHZ processor (P entium ® processor recommended) Operating system: Windows 98 Memor y: At least 16MB of RAM (32MB recommended) Storage: At least 50MB or fre e hard disk space for storing images (100MB recommended) Display: V GA, Super V GA, or better display adapter and monitor [...]

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