Epson CPD 9387 manual

Important I nformation for EPSON Stylus ® RIP Users P rinti ng wit h Mac int osh ® For optim al printing perform ance, ch eck these settings before you prin t: ❑ Make sure you set the Backgr ound Printing option to Ba ckg round in th e Adobe ® P os tScr ipt ™ 8.5.1 printer driv er. In ad dition, open the File m enu a nd sel ect Prefer ences [...]

iii Co nte nts About This Supplement 1 Macintosh Sy stem R equirements 2 Win dows Sys tem Req uiremen ts 3 Year 2000 Ready 4 Where To Get Help 4 Setting U p You r P rinter 6 EPSON USB/Pa rallel Ad apter 6 EPSON Stylus R IP 6 Aligning the Print H ead 7 Connectin g Your Printer wi th the EPSO N USB/Pa rallel Adapte r 8 Ins talli ng Y ou r S oftw are [...]

1 About Thi s Suppl ement This Su pp leme nt prov ides inform ation not included in the EPSON Stylus ® Pro 5000 Setu p Gu ide and Reference Guide . It contains: • New system requi rements for your compu ter • Wher e to get help if you nee d te chnical support • De scriptions of th e EPS ON ® US B/Pa ra llel A dap ter a n d EPSON Stylus R IP[...]

2 Macin tosh System Requi rements To u se you r prin ter with a Ma cintosh in eith er a sta ndalone or netw ork environment as a print server, your system should meet the f ollowing minimum requi rements: • Power Macintosh ® G3 seri es (System 8 .5.1 or later) o r iMac ™ seri es (S ystem 8 .1 or later) NO TE : If your iMac is runni ng O S 8.1,[...]

3 To set up a Macintosh as a client on a network using the EPS ON Stylus RI P, your system must h ave the fol lowing minimum co nfigurat ion: • Ma cintosh Centris, ® Macin tosh Q uad ra, ® Performa, ® Po we r Ma cintosh G3 series, or iMac se ries • Eth ernet AppleTa lk ® connection to t he M acintosh set up a s the EPS ON Stylus RIP print s[...]

4 Year 2000 Ready Y our printer is Year 2000 Rea dy . How ever, be sure the oth er parts of your computer system are also ready for t he year 2000. Where To G et Help EPS ON pr ovid es techni cal su pport a nd info rm ation on installati on, c onfigur ation, and operation of profess ional grap hics a rts produ cts th rough the EPSON Preferred ™ P[...]

5 EPS ON a lso p rovides c ustom er supp ort through the followin g service s: You can pu rchase ink ca rtridg es, paper , m anuals, an d acce ssor ies from EPSON Ac cessories a t (80 0) 8 73-77 66 (U .S. s ale s only) . In C ana da , p lea se ca ll (800) 873-7 766 for d eale r referra l. Electronic support services Service Acces s World W ide Web [...]

6 Setting U p Your Pri nter To u npack and set up your p rinter, see Ch apter 2, “G etting Sta rt ed, ” in your Set up G uid e . I n ad di tio n, y ou s ho uld al so ha v e the E PSON U SB/Para llel Ada pter and E PSO N Styl us R IP included in the box. EPSON US B/Parallel Adapter The EPSON US B/Paralle l Adapter a llows you to us e sma rt cabl[...]

7 Aligning t he Print Head After you have u npacked and set up your printer, you need to run a print check and align the print head. To use the utility from your printe r sof tware , see p ages 8-37 th rough 8- 41 in your Referenc e G uide . To use the contr ol panel, see pages 6-4 throug h 6-7 in your Reference Gui de . NOT E: If you expe rience b[...]

8 Conn ecting Y our Printer with the EPSON USB/Parallel Adapter To connect your printer to your PC with a pa r allel cable, see “C onnecting the Printer to Y our PC” on page 2-9 in you r Setu p Guide for i nstruc tions. T o connect you r com put er and printer with th e EPSON U SB /Parallel A dapter, f ollow th e step s below . You can co nnect[...]

9 Ins talling Your Sof tware To install your non-PostScript pri n ter d riv er in Windows 98, see “Installing th e Printer Softwar e in Yo ur P C” on pag e 2-1 0 in your Se tu p Gu ide for instructio ns. Th e instru ctions apply to both Windows 95 and 98. Follow the steps bel ow to install yo ur non-PostSc ript printer dri ver o n a Ma cintosh [...]

10 7. Cl ick Insta ll , then fo llow th e on-scr een instru ctions to instal l t he printer driver and s elect a default paper size. 8. After inst allation is complete, click Rest art to r es tar t you r com puter. 9. Open t he Cho o se r from the Ap ple menu. 10. Clic k the icon. 11. Sel ect t he USB Po rt icon (if you ’ve connected more th an o[...]

11 Uninstal ling Your Software To u ni n stal l you r no n-PostSc ript printer driver in Windows 98, follow the instru ctions in “Uninstalling the Printer So ftware (Windows 95) ” on pa ge 8-42 i n yo ur Reference Gui d e . Th e instru ctions apply to both Windows 95 and 98. For Ma cin to sh us ers, fo llo w t he se s teps : 1. Ins ert the prin[...]

12 Configuri ng for a Network This section contains informatio n not provided in your Set up Guide or Refer ence Gui de . B efore you ca n use yo ur printer on a netw ork, you mu st co nfigur e yo ur com puter as d escribed in this se ction. Ma cint os h Us er s To s et up the printer so tha t you c an us e it on a n A ppleTal k netw ork, you need [...]

13 5. If y ou are using Ap pleTa lk zones , selec t the z one you want to us e. A list of all the p rinters connected to the s elected zone a ppears o n th e rig ht. Click the na me as signed to the EPSON Stylus Pr o 5000. 6. Turn on backg round printing if you want, then clo se the Ch ooser. Windows 9 8 Users If your comp uter is on a Windows 98 n[...]

14 Setting Up the Host Syste m 1. Cl ick Star t , point to Settings , and s elect Co ntro l Pane l. 2. D ou ble- click Netw or k , th en click the File and Print Shari ng button. 3. Click th e I w an t to be ab le t o al lo w ot h er s to p ri nt to my pr in te r( s) che ckb ox a nd cl ic k OK . 4. In the Network window, click OK . NO TE: If a dial[...]

15 Setting Up Client Systems 1. Cl ick Star t , point to Settings , a nd se lect Print ers . 2. Rig ht -cl ick th e EP SON Sty lus Pro 5000 icon and choose Prop erties . 3. Click th e Details tab. 4. Click th e Ad d Po rt bu tt on , th en c li ck Br owse to spe cify the network pa th to the pri nter. NO TE: To print f rom DOS appl icatio ns as well[...]

16 Optio ns and Consumabl es This section describe s options not list ed in your Se tu p Gui de . EPS ON Type B IEEE-1 394 (FireWire ) Interfa ce Card This interfac e card (C823722 ) pro vides up to a 400 Mbps data transfer rate b etween you r Ma cintosh and h igh-speed dev ices . It als o feat ur es au toma tic co nfig ura tio n, and elimi nate s [...]

17 EPSON P rofessional Qua lity Media EPS ON pa pers are you r best ch oice f or eve ryday pr inting, including pres e nta tions, graphic art s comps and la yo uts, professiona l-level digita l photogra p hy, and fine art printing. Refer to t he Set up Gu ide and Refere nce Guide for a compl ete list. For use in p refilm pro ofing, th e best c hoic[...]

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