Epson STYLUS 875DCS manual

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iii Contents Welcome! 1 About Your Documentation 1 Warnings, Cautions, Notes, and Tips 2 Viewing Your Elec tronic Printe r Manual 2 Accessing Yo ur Electron ic Printer Ma nual 3 Naviga ting Your E lectronic Prin ter Manual 4 Printing from Start to Fin ish 5 Printing with Windows 6 Loading P aper 6 Openi ng th e Prin ter So ftwa re 7 Selectin g Prin[...]

iv Usin g Speci al P apers 18 EPSON P remium Glo ssy Phot o Pape r 18 EPSON Photo Pape r 22 Matte Paper - H eavyweight 25 Envelo pes 25 Selecting Y our Paper Type 26 Taking Care of Y our Photographs 27 Working with Your Memo ry Stick 29 Inserting a nd Removing the Memo ry Stick 30 Inserting Y our Memory Stick 30 Removing the Memory Stick 31 If You [...]

v Problem Solving 59 Diagno sing Printer Problems 59 Chec king the Cont rol Pan el Lig hts 59 Runnin g a Prin ter C heck 61 Identifyi ng Print er Parts 62 Problems and Solutions 63 Problems S etting Up the Printer o r Install ing Soft ware 63 Problems with Printing 64 Problems G etting Go od Print Quality 65 Problems with the Memory Sti ck 68 Probl[...]

vi Limite d Warranty 83 Declaration of Conformity 84 FCC Com plianc e Stateme nt 84 Index 85[...]

1 Welcome! As the pe rfect pri nt part ner fo r your Sony ® Memory Stick ® products, the E PSON Stylus ® Photo 875DCS makes it qui ck and easy to go from digital i mage capture to brilliant digital i mage pr inting. Just i nsert your Memory Sti ck int o the PC ca rd adapte r includ ed with y our printer—your bonus ph oto soft ware st arts auto[...]

2 Warnings, Cautions, Notes, and Tips Please follow t hese guide lines: Viewing Your Electr onic Printer Manual Your printer software CD-ROM includes an electronic Reference Guide for your printer. The manual is in HTML format, so you nee d a browser—such as Internet Explorer 3.0 or later, or Netscape Navigator 3.0 or later—to view it. If y ou [...]

3 Accessing Your E lectronic Printer Manual You can view your elect ronic Reference Guide from the CD-ROM or copy it to your hard d rive a nd view i t from there . Follo w thes e step s: 1. Insert your printer software CD-ROM. 2. Windows : D ouble-click My Computer , double -click your CD-ROM or DVD drive icon , then double-click th e EPSON icon. M[...]

4 Navigating You r Electronic Printer Ma nual When you first open the Reference Guide , you see t his scr een: Althoug h the Welco me page i dentifies your elec tronic guid e as th e EPSON Stylu s Photo 87 5DC Refer ence Guide , the infor mation it contains also applies to the EPSON Stylus Photo 875 DCS printer. Click a to pic on the l eft to expan[...]

5 Printing from Start to Finish Here’s what to do to print a basic document —such as a photograph, newsletter, or memo—from loadin g the pa per to select ing pri nt setti ngs t o cont rolling the p rint jo b. Follow th e instructio ns in th ese sec tions : ■ “Printing with Windo ws” on page 6 ■ “Printing on a Macintosh” on page 11[...]

6 Printing wit h Windows This section describes the basic steps for printing with Windows. (To print on a Macintosh, see page 11.) Loading Pap er Make sure yo ur printer and computer are turned on. Place your pa per against th e right edge gu ide and slid e the left edge guide a gains t the pape r. Keep the fo llowing in mind when loa ding paper: ?[...]

7 Opening the Printer Software After you op en your appl ication pro gram and create your documen t, you’re ready to select your prin ter software setting s. From the F ile menu , click Print . You see your applicat ion’s Print windo w: Make the following sele ctions on the P rint window (yo ur window may look slig htly different): ■ Make sur[...]

8 Selecting Printer Software Settings Once you click Propert ies , you see your printer software Properties window. The most im portan t thing to remember is to select the type o f paper you’re us ing. If necessary, click the Main ta b to displ ay the setting s shown below: Make th e followin g settin gs on th e Prop erties window: ■ Choose the[...]

9 For more i nformati on about printer settings , click the Help button . Or you can ri ght -click a ny it em on the s creen a nd the n click Wh at’s This?. Select ing the Settings You Us e Most Often The print er settin gs you ma ke apply only t o the appl ication y ou’re curre ntly using. If you usually print one type of do cument in differen[...]

10 Controlling Printin g At the Print dialog box, click OK (or maybe Print ) to sta rt printing. After a m oment , the Progres s Meter ap pears and sho ws the progress of your p rint j ob. You can use the buttons to cancel, pause, or restart printing. You can also see ho w much ink you have left and view p rinting tips . For more advanced printe r [...]

11 Printing on a Macintosh This section describes the basic steps for printing on a Macintosh. (To print wi th Windows, see page 6.) Loading Pap er Make sure yo ur printer and computer are turned on. Place your pa per agai nst the ri ght edge gu ide and s lide th e left ed ge guide a gains t the pape r. Keep the following in mi nd when loading pape[...]

12 Opening the Printer Software After you op en your appl ication pro gram and create your documen t, you’re ready to select your pa ge setup a nd other printe r software settin gs. From the F ile menu , click Page Setup . Y ou see your appl ication’ s page s etup window: Make the following sele ctions on the pag e setup window (your window may[...]

13 Selecting Printer Software Settings Now open th e File men u and cli ck Print . Yo u see th e mai n printer se tting s window for your appli cation (your window may lo ok slightly di fferent): The most im portan t thing to remember is to select the type o f paper you’re us ing. Make the fo llowing sett ings: ■ Choose the pa per y ou’re pr [...]

14 Controlling Printin g Once you’ve clicked Print , yo ur document begins printing. If you turned on background printing i n the Chooser, you can select EPSON Monitor3 from the Applicat ion me nu at the right side o f the menu ba r to check the progre ss of your print job. You se e the EPSON Monitor3 dialog box: If you’re not using b ackgroun [...]

15 Using PhotoEnh ance, Custom, and Advanced Settings When you’ re printing special p rojects, yo u can customi ze your printer s oftware settings, as described in these sections: ■ “Using PhotoEnhance” below ■ “Using Custom Proj ect Type s” on th e next p age ■ “Using Advanced Sett ings” on th e next p age For add itiona l info[...]

16 Using Custom Project Types Your printer softwa re includes custom proj ect types with preset printi ng option s. This lets you quickl y select t he best setting s for yo ur part icular typ e of docum ent, or select a color-match ing met hod for your project. To a ccess the proj ect type s, click Custom , and click th e Custom Setti ngs list t o [...]

17 Using Advanced Colo r Management Here are s ome tips for us ing the a dvanced colo r mana gement fea tures of your prin ter software. For more information, visit t he EPSON web site at www.epson.com. I f you’re using an Adobe pr oduct , such as Phot oDel uxe or Ph otos hop, ® also check the Adobe Web site at www.adob e.com for more ti ps. Pri[...]

18 Using Special Papers How can you get the best-loo king photos, most vivid colors, and sharpest te xt? Always use EPSON’ s special ink jet papers. To show you how much di fference EPSON paper can make, we’ve included some free sample s. You always need to ch oose the rig ht Media Type setting for your paper. Th is ensure s that you’ ll get [...]

19 4-Inch Wide Ro ll Paper Follow th ese steps to load th e roll pap er: 1. Make sure yo ur printer and computer are turne d on. 2. Before loading the paper, make sure the edge is cut cleanly—at a 90 degree angle in each cor ner—to ens ure prope r loading. If n ecessar y, trim the ed ge usin g a straig ht-edg e tool or trian gle . 3. Remo ve th[...]

20 5. Load the e nd of the p aper into t he printer a s far as it wil l go, then slide the left edge guide agai nst the paper. 6. Gently hold t he paper in place o n the top as your press a nd relea se the E load /eject button to fe ed the pa per into th e printer. If the paper feeds incorrect ly, pull it out backward and reload it. If it won’t c[...]

21 Removing and Storing Ro ll Paper When you finish a print jo b on roll paper, yo u can position the pa per for anot her roll paper print j ob or remove it fro m the pri nter. Follow these step s: 1. Pres s th e E load/eject button. The printer prin ts a small l ine on th e roll pa per to sho w you wh ere to cut it an d feeds th e paper forward. 2[...]

22 Roll Paper Basics Whenever you print on roll paper, you must select o r deselect these basic options to use the paper correctly: ■ Alwa ys select the correct Media Typ e setting ( Premium Gl ossy Photo P aper for the 4-inch wide roll that came with the p rinter). ■ Never use th e PhotoEnhance setti ng; it may affect yo ur margins. ■ Never [...]

23 4 x 6-inch Photo Paper The EPSON 4 × 6-inch Photo Paper that cam e with your print er is micro- perforate d around the edges s o you can trim your printout s and “bl eed” the photo—exte nd it beyond th e perforatio ns—on all s ides. This p rocedure ex plains h ow to print your photos from most app lications so that they blee d a little [...]

24 4. Choo se Photo Paper 4 × 6 in as the Pape r S ize settin g. 5. After you prin t your picture , fold the pa per back and forth along the perfor ations and carefully tear off t he margins. If your p rintout d oesn’t exten d beyo nd the perf orations o n the paper, try set ting the pr int orie ntati on in you r printer driver. Choose Landsc ap[...]

25 Matte Paper - Heavyweight Matte Paper - Heavyweig ht has a professional-looking, flat mat t e finish for pri nting photos , graphics, and di gital fine art on a non-glos sy surface. Usin g genuine EP SON inks and this paper, your o utput has remarka ble ligh tfastness when stored in an a lbum or in normal indoor display conditi ons in a glass fr[...]

26 Selecting Your Paper Type Your printer a utomatically ad justs itself for the type of paper you select in your printer software. That’s why the Me dia Type setting is so import ant. It tel ls your printe r what kind of pape r you’re using an d adjusts th e ink coverage accordingly. Before you print, always check your Media Type setting, wh i[...]

27 Taking Care of Your Photographs With prope r care, photographs printed with the EPSON Stylus Photo 875DCS printer will preserve your memories for ma ny years. Th e special EPSON i nks design ed for your printer are spe cially formulated to achieve improved lightfa stness when used with EPSON papers for prints that are properly di s played or sto[...]

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29 Working with Your Memory Stick Image E xpert starts autom a tically wh en you insert your Memo ry Stick into the PC card adap ter in the printer’s PC card slot. This chapter expla ins how to use Ima ge Expert to view, co py, and print your photos. It also includes i nstructions for print i ng on your sa mple roll of 4-inch E PSON Premium G los[...]

30 Inserting and Removing the Memory Stick This section explains ho w to insert and remove your Memory S tick and adapter, and gives so me important gu idelines for usin g your Memory Stick. It also explains how to disable the automati c launch of Image Expert, if you prefer to us e a different applica tion. Inserting Your Memory Stick Turn the pri[...]

31 You see a sc reen simila r to the one below: Now you’re ready to view the pictures on your card. C ontinue with “Viewing Photo s on Your Me mory Stick” on page 34. Removing the Memory Stick You should eject you r Memory Stick before you u se EPSON USB R W Switcher to toggle between read-only and write-t o-disk mode (see page 46.) If yo u h[...]

32 You can pre ss the card e j ect le ver on the printer’s PC c a rd slot to eject both the Memory Stick and adapter, or press the Memory Stick eject leve r on the adapter itself to ejec t only the Memory Stick. F ollow the proced ure for your system: ■ If you’re running Windows 98, press one of the eje ct levers. ■ If you’re running Wind[...]

33 If you h ave a Ma cintosh a nd you s ee a messa ge that da ta may be damaged by improper disconne ction o f the USB ca ble, the n you: ■ Turned o ff the prin ter or dis connec ted the USB c able wit hout first ejecting the Memory St ick ■ Pressed one of the eject lev ers witho ut first cl icking the Memory Stick ico n on your d esktop and se[...]

34 Using Image Expert with Your Memory Stick The ea siest w ay to view an d prin t phot os on your Mem ory St ick is to use Ima ge Expert. You can correct your photos , add special effects, organize them on your hard drive, and prin t as many photos a t a time as you want. For complete details, see your Image E xpert online h elp or your e lectron [...]

35 Thumbnails of the pictures on your card appear in Image Expert’s work area. Now you’re ready to copy them to your hard drive. What to Do If You See an E rror Message When you try to vie w images on your Me mory Stick, you ma y see a m essage like th is: Follow these ste ps to correct it: 1. Click Connection . You see this scre en: You can al[...]

36 2. In the Connect Vi a box, select PC Ca rd . 3. Click OK . Copying Photos to Your Computer To correct or print phot os us ing Image Expe rt, you need to copy them to your hard drive. You can copy all the pictures on your Memory S tick, or just selected pict ur es. Follow th ese steps: 1. To copy all the pictures on your Memory Sti ck , click th[...]

37 A film strip of th e pictures in y our album appears i n the work area . (If you viewed the pict u res on your Memory Stick, the a lbum filmstrip appears over the PC Card filmstrip.) 4. Close the PC Card filmstri p, if necessary. Yo u see a message similar to th e following: Unless you’ve used EPSON USB R/W Switcher to e nable write-t o-disk m[...]

38 Printing Photos on 4-Inch Wide Ro ll Paper This section explains how to print continuous, edge-to-edge photos on your roll paper. Ma ke sure you’ve copie d your pictures to your hard dr ive before you be gin. Windows Instr uctions 1. Follow th e instructions on page 19 to load th e roll pap e r. Then star t Image Expert. 2. Open the a lbum wit[...]

39 10. Select 4 × 6 from the layout list in the Im a ge Expert toolbar. Your first image appea r s on the screen. (To view all of your images in th e sequence in which th ey’ll print, click the Next Page button.) 11. If your ph oto is no t already in land scape orie ntation, cli ck the Landsca pe button. The prev iew of yo ur image in the Image [...]

40 3. Make any corrections yo u wa nt to the photos. Remember to double-c lick eac h image t o open it b efore you make any edits . If you edit an image without op ening it , you can’t u ndo the changes . 4. If you only wa nt to prin t sele cted im ages, click th e thumbn ails fo r the ima ges you want while hol ding down the Option key. 5. Click[...]

41 Printing P hotos on 4 x 6-Inch Photo Paper This proced ure lets you p rint your phot os so they extend slight ly beyond th e perforation s on your paper. Be fore you begin, make sure you’ ve copied your images to your hard drive. Windows Instr uctions 1. Follow th e steps under “4 x 6-in ch Photo Paper” o n page 23 to load your paper. Then[...]

42 10. In the Image Expert to olbar, select EPSON Photo Paper 4 × 6 from the la yout lis t. Then click the Landsca pe button, if yo u r photo is not already in landscape orien tation. 11. Click the Print button. Then click OK to begin printi ng. After you print your pict ure, fold the paper back and forth alo n g the perforat ions and carefully te[...]

43 7. Click Options , and select Phot o Paper as th e Med ia Type. 8. Click OK , then click OK again to close your printer software. 9. In the Image Expert too lbar, s elect EPSON Photo Paper 4 × 6 i n from the la yout list. 10. Click the Print button. Then click Print to begin printing. After you print your pict ure, fold the paper back and forth[...]

44 Using Adobe PhotoDeluxe wit h Your Memory Stick You can also use PhotoDeluxe to a ccess your Memory Stick. You can print only one photo at a time, but you can print mu ltiple copies of the same photo. Follow th ese steps to access the images on your Me mory Stick: 1. Sta rt Phot oDel uxe. Windows: Double -click the Ado be PhotoDeluxe shortcut on[...]

45 2. Windows: Click the Get & Fix Photo tab, then click the Get Photo icon and select Open File . Macintosh: Click the Get Photo button, t h en click the Get Phot o tab a nd select Open File . 3. Window s applies the l abel Removable Disk to th e drive assign ed to your Mem ory Stick, and Macintosh l a bels it Unknown or Untitl ed . L ocate th[...]

46 Uploading Phot os to Your Memory Stick To upload photos from your com p uter to your Memo r y Stick, EPSON USB RW Switcher must be installed o n your computer. US B RW Switcher lets you toggle between read-on ly mode and write-to -disk mode on your Memory Stick. If you haven’t installed EPSON USB RW Switcher, follow the instr uction s in your [...]

47 4. Close Image Expe rt, if necessary. 5. Use Wi ndows Exp lorer or the Macintos h Find command to locate the photos yo u want to upload on yo ur hard drive. 6. Use Windows Explorer or search your Macintosh desktop for the drive assigned to your Memo ry Stick. (Windows identifies the Me mory Stick as a Rem ovable Disk ; your Macintosh may call it[...]

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49 Maintaining Your Printer This sect ion describes main tenance procedures to keep yo ur printer worki ng at its be st and prepar ation steps for mo ving your prin ter. Follow the instructi ons here for: ■ cleaning the print head (belo w) ■ replacing an ink cartridge (on page 52) ■ aligni ng the print hea d (on page 55) ■ cleaning the prin[...]

50 Follow th ese steps to run the Head Clea ning utility: 1. Make sure th e printer is turne d on but not printi ng, and both the B black and A color ink out lights are off. (If an ink out li ght is flashing, replace the ink cartridge instead.) 2. If you have an application running, access the printer sett ings window as described on page 7 (Window[...]

51 7. If the no zzle check pattern has n o gaps in its dots, cli ck Finish . If the patte rn is missing dots, cli ck Clean to clea n the print head again. If you don’t s e e an y improvement afte r cleaning thre e or four times, check t he soluti ons in “Problems Getting Good Print Qu ality” on page 65. You can also turn the printer off and w[...]

52 Replacing an Ink Cartridge When th e B bla ck or A color i nk out light flash es, the indica ted cartridge is lo w on ink. This is a good time to make sure you have a new cartridge. When the light stays on, the c artridge is empt y and you need t o replace it. When an installed ink cartridg e is more than six months old, you may a lso need to re[...]

53 Removing and Installin g Ink Cartridges Be sure you have a new ink cartridg e before you beg in. Once you start the ink cartri dge repl acem ent pro cedur e, you must com plete all th e step s in one sessi on. Follow th ese steps to repl ace ink cartridges: 1. Make sure the printer is turned on and not printing (the P power lig ht should be on, [...]

54 6. Unwrap the new ink cartridge. Then remove the yellow tape seal o n top. 7. Tilt the i nk cartridge forward slightly as you lowe r it into its h older . Hang the tabs at the back of the cartridge on the hooks on the h olde r clamp s. black cartridge color cartridge Don’t touch the green circuit boards on the back You must remove the yellow t[...]

55 8. Press down the ink cartridge clamp u ntil it locks in place. (The color clamp is a bi t harder to close t han the black clamp.) 9. If you n eed to re place the othe r ink cartridge, repeat steps 4 through 8 before continuing with step 10. 10. Press the ora nge ink cartridge replace ment button and close the pri n ter cover. The print e r move[...]

56 3. Windows : Click th e Uti lity tab. Macintosh : Click the Utility button. 4. You see the Utility menu. Click th e Print Head Alignment button. 5. Follow th e instructions on the screen to print a test pa ge. 6. Sele ct the mos t precise alignm ent patter n from th e choices on the test page. Enter t he nu mber o f the be st aligne d pattern fo[...]

57 Transportin g the Printer If you move your p r inter some distance , you need to prepare it for transportation in its or iginal bo x or one of a sim ilar size. Fol low these steps: To avoid damag e , always leave the ink ca rtridges installed w hen transp o rting the printer. Be sure to re mo ve the tap e used in step 4 after inst alling the pri[...]

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59 Problem Solving This secti o n gives y ou the basics for dia gnosing and so lving printer problems. ■ First se e “Diagnosin g Printer Prob lems” t o help determine wh at the ca use of the proble m may be. ■ Then see “Problems and Solutions” on page 63 for solutions to common setup, software, prin t quality, paper fe eding, or ot her [...]

60 Follow th e guidelines belo w when you che ck the contro l panel lights. P is on The P power light is on when the printer is ready to print. It flashes when the printer is receiving a print job, c harging ink, or cleaning the print head. S flashes a nd B and A are on When the S paper out light flashes and both ink out lights come on, you have a [...]

61 Running a Prin ter Check You can run a pri n ter che ck to dete rmine whether a probl em comes from the printe r itself o r some other s o urce. Fo llow these ste ps: 1. Make sure both the printer and computer are turned off. 2. Disconnect the interface cable from the printer. 3. Make sure lette r -size or larg er paper is l oaded in the prin te[...]

62 Identifying Pr inter Parts If you need h elp identifyi ng the parts of the p rinter, refer to t hese illustra tions: sheet feeder left edge guide output tray extensions output tray printer cover paper support right edge guide Memory St ick access light ink out lights ink cartridge holders (not removable) ink cartridge replacement button paper th[...]

63 Problems and Solutions Here are s ome troubleshoot ing tips if you h ave any pro blems se tting up your printer, installi ng software, getti ng good pri n t qual ity, feeding paper, or o ther problem s . Problems Settin g Up the Printer or Installing Software The printer star ted making noise after ink cartridge installation. ■ The firs t time[...]

64 Problems with Printing Only the P power light is on, but nothing p rints. ■ Make sure the interface cable is con necte d secure ly and that the c able meets th e system require ments on pa ge 79 or page 80. ■ Run a printer ch eck as described on page 61. If the check page print s , make sure your printer and applica tion sof t ware are ins t[...]

65 Problems Ge tting Good Print Quality You see horizontal banding. ■ Make sure the prin t head nozzles a re not clo gged. To clean the print head, see page 49. ■ Make sure the Medi a Type setting match es th e pape r you loade d. See page 26 for guidel ines. ■ Make sure the prin table side of th e paper is face up. It is usually whiter or sh[...]

66 Your printout is blurry or smeared. ■ Make sure your paper isn ’t damp or loaded face do wn. If it’s damp, reload a new stack of p aper. ■ Use a support sheet, o r loa d your paper o ne sh eet at a time. ■ Make sure your paper me ets the specificati ons listed in your electro nic Reference Guide . ■ Use EPS ON papers to ensure pro pe[...]

67 You see wrong or missi ng colors. ■ Make sure the In k setting is se t to Color for color images and your applicatio n is set for color printi ng. ■ Make sure the prin t head nozzles a re not clo gged. To clean the print head, see page 49. ■ Make sure a n ink cartridge isn’t low on ink. To replace an ink cartridge; see page 52. ■ If yo[...]

68 Problems with th e Memory Stick You get a message that t he camera connection failed, or you don’t see the View PC Card Images button on Image Expert’s toolbar. ■ Make sure yo ur connection is s et to PC C ard . Se lect Connection from Image Expert’s Camera menu, or click Connection on the message window. Then select PC Card in th e Conn[...]

69 The photo s on your Memory S tick appear in the Image Exper t work area, but you can’t p rint them. You have to copy the photo s to an album on your hard drive before you can print them (see page 36 for instructions). If PC Card appea rs on a filmstrip’ s titlebar, the imag es displa yed are on the Me mory Stick, not in an album on your hard[...]

70 Problems with P aper Feeding Paper doesn’t feed. Remove the pa per an d chec k that it: ■ Isn’t curled or creased ■ Isn’t too old ■ Isn’t loaded above the a rrow on the left edge guide ■ Isn’t jammed in side the printe r. (If the S paper o ut light is flashi ng, paper is jammed.) Reloa d the paper a nd don’t set the left edge[...]

71 Solving Miscellaneo us Printout Problems The ma rgins are i ncorrect . ■ Make sure the pa per settings i n your printer software are correct for your pa per size. See th e electr onic R eference Guide for instructions. ■ Check your s oftware documentatio n for instructions on selecting the correct margins for your pape r size. The ma rgins m[...]

72 Uninstalling Printer Software If you need to uninstall and then reinstall yo ur printer softw a re, such as when you upgrade your computer operating syst em, follow thes e steps : Uninstalling Win dows 98 Software 1. Right-click the PhotoStarter ico n on the Windo ws tas kbar, and click End on the men u that pops up. 2. If you have a Memory Stic[...]

73 Uninstalling Win dows 2000 Software 1. Right-click the PhotoStarter ico n on the Windo ws tas kbar, and click End on the men u that pops up. 2. Left-click the Eject Hardware icon on the Windo ws tas kbar, and click Stop EPSON SP 875DCS Storage . If you ha ve a Memory Stick and PC card adapte r in the p rinter’s PC card s lot, wait for the conf[...]

74 13. When you see this screen, click Show hidden devic es . Select EPSON SP 875DCS Storage and click Next . 14. In the next screen, select Yes, I want to uninstal l this devic e and click Next . 15. On the last screen, click Finish . The n restart your computer. Uninstalling Maci ntosh Software 1. If you have a Memory Stick and PC card adapter in[...]

75 7. Double-click the Disk 1 folder. Then d ouble-click the Installer icon to launch the i nstaller. 8. Click Continue on the installe r banner screen. 9. On the next scre en, select Uninstall from the Easy Install me nu and click Uninstal l . 10. Follow th e instructions on the s creen to uninstall your prin ter software. Whe n you’re finis hed[...]

76 Where To Get Help If you need help wit h your printer or its software, see the contact information bel o w. If you need h e lp using the bonus photo so ftware that came with your printer, see page 77. For hel p using any other so ftware o n your syst em, see t he docu mentation for that softwa re for te chnica l suppor t informati o n. EPSON Tec[...]

77 To speak to a technical support repre s entative, dial: ■ U.S.: (562) 276-7235 , 6 AM to 8 PM , Pacific Time, Monday through F r iday, and 7 AM to 4 PM , Saturday. Toll or long di s tance charges may apply. ■ Cana da: (905) 709-2567 , 6 AM to 6 PM , Pacific Time, Monday through Friday. Toll or lon g distance charg es may appl y. Before you c[...]

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79 Notices This chapter includes sy stem requirements, safety inst ructions, legal notices, and other important informa tion about yo ur EPSON S tylus Photo 875 DCS. Windows System Requirements To use your p rinter a nd i ts softwar e, your system should have: ■ A Microsoft Windows ® c ompatible PC wit h a Pentium ® processor (266 MHz or faster[...]

80 Macintosh System Requirements To use your p rinter a nd i ts softwar e, your system should have: ■ An Apple ® iMac ™ series computer or Po wer Macintosh ® G3 or G4 with USB port ■ Mac OS 8.6 or later (or OS 8.5 with Mac i ntos h ROM 1.2 or later ) Check th e Apple website for any updates to your operating system. ■ 64MB of available R [...]

81 Important Safety Instructions Before using your printe r, re ad the follow ing safety instr uction s to m ake sure yo u use t he pr inter s afely and effectively: ■ Be sure to follo w all warnings a nd instructions marked on the p rinter. ■ Do not place t he pri nter on an uns table surf ace or near a ra diat or or he ating vent o r in dir e[...]

82 Ink Cartridge Safety Instructions ■ Keep ink cartridges out of t h e reach of children and do not drink the i nk. ■ Do not sh ake an ink cartr i dge; this can cau se leakage. ■ If ink gets on your skin, wash the ar ea thoroughly with soap and water. If in k gets i n your eyes, flush them i mmediately with water . ■ Install t he ink cartr[...]

83 Epson America, Inc. Limited Warra nty What is Covered: Epson America, Inc . (“Epson”) warrants to th e first retail purchas er that the EPSON printer covered by this limited warranty state m ent, if purchased a nd used in the United States or Canada, conforms to the manufacturer’s specificat io ns and will be free f rom defects in wor kman[...]

84 Declaration of Conformity According to 47CF R, Part 2 and 15 for Class B Perso nal Computer s and Peripherals; and/or CPU Boards and Power Su pplies used with Clas s B Persona l Compute rs: We: EPSON AMERICA, INC. Loca ted at: MS: 6-43 3840 Kilro y Airport W ay Long Beac h, CA 908 06-2469 Telephone : (562) 2 90-525 4 Declare under sole respons i[...]

85 Index Numerics 360 dp i Ink Jet Pap er, 26 4 x 6-in ch Photo Paper, 22 to 24, 41 to 43 A Accessories, 52, 77 Adobe PhotoDeluxe, see P hotoDe luxe Advanced settings, 16 Alig ning print h ead, 55 to 56 Autom atic mo de, 8, 1 3 B Background printing, 14 Banding, 25 , 65 Blurry i mages, 66 Browser, 2 C Cable, p rinter, 79 to 80 Cancelling pri nt job[...]

86 H Head Cleaning utility, 49 to 51 Help , EPSO N, 76 to 77 High Qual ity Ink Jet Paper, 26 High Speed setting, 64 High-resolu tion images, 6 7 I ICM (Image Co lor Matching) setti ng, 16 Image Expert cancelli ng autolaunch, 3 3 copying phot os to comp uter, 36 to 37 printi ng on 4 x 6-inc h Phot o Pape r, 41 t o 43 print ing on roll paper, 38 to 4[...]

87 P Page S etup di alog box, 12 Panor ami c Photo Pape r, 24 Pape r EPSON, 18 to 26 feed ing prob lems, 70 loading , 6, 11, 19 to 20 , 22 to 25 purchasing, 77 size, 10 , 12, 14 thickness lever, 25, 65, 66 type, setting, s ee Media Type setting Photo Pape r, 22 to 24 , 26 Phot o Quality G lossy med i a, 26 Phot o Quality I nk Jet Pape r, 26 Phot o [...]

88 R Read -onl y mod e, 4 7 Reference Guide, 2 to 4 Reinstal ling softwar e, 75 Remo vin g a Mem ory S tick, 31 to 33 Remov ing roll pape r, 21 Roll pap er, 19 to 22, 26 load ing, 19 to 20 printing edge-to- ed ge, 38 to 40 remo vin g, 2 1 RW Sw itcher , EPS ON USB, 46 to 47 , 69 S Safety instructions , 81 to 82 Savi ng se tti ngs, 1 6 Service, 76 t[...]