front.book Page i Monday, October 12, 1998 11:08 AM EPSON® USB/Parallel Adapter User’s Guide EPSON Stylus COLOR 440 EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 EPSON Stylus COLOR 600 EPSON Stylus COLOR 850 EPSON Stylus COLOR 640 EPSON Stylus COLOR 1520 EPSON Stylus Photo EX EPSON Stylus COLOR 3000 EPSON Stylus Photo 700 IMPORTANT: To use the USB/Parallel Adapter with your Apple® iMac™, you must download and install the iMac Update 1.0 from Apple at http://swupdates.info.apple.com.
front.book Page ii Monday, October 12, 1998 11:08 AM EPSON and EPSON Stylus are registered trademarks of SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION. General Notice: Other product names used herein are for identification purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners. EPSON disclaims any and all rights in those marks. Copyright © 1998 by Epson America, Inc.
front.book Page iii Monday, October 12, 1998 11:08 AM FCC Compliance Statement For United States Users This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference in a residential installation.
front.book Page iv Monday, October 12, 1998 11:08 AM WARNING The connection of a non-shielded equipment interface cable to this equipment will invalidate the FCC Certification of this device and may cause interference levels which exceed the limits established by the FCC for this equipment. It is the responsibility of the user to obtain and use a shielded equipment interface cable with this device. If this equipment has more than one interface connector, do not leave cables connected to unused interfaces.
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front.book Page 7 Monday, October 12, 1998 11:08 AM Introduction The EPSON USB/Parallel Adapter allows you to use smart cable technology to connect your EPSON printer to your Apple iMac or Windows® 98 computer.
front.book Page 8 Monday, October 12, 1998 11:08 AM Setting Up the Printer If you’ve been using your EPSON printer with your computer, the printer 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 your system. If you’re setting up a new printer, see the documentation that came with your printer for instructions on unpacking, installing ink cartridges, and loading paper.
front.book Page 9 Monday, October 12, 1998 11:08 AM For instructions on using the printer software, see the following: ◗ If you have an EPSON Stylus COLOR 440 or EPSON Stylus COLOR 640, locate the electronic EPSON Stylus COLOR 440/640 Driver Software Guide for Macintosh in the Manual directory on your USB Printer Software CD-ROM. Copy the manual to your hard drive and view it using Adobe® Acrobat Reader 3.01.
front.book Page 10 Monday, October 12, 1998 11:08 AM Connecting the Cable You can connect the USB/Parallel Adapter directly to a USB port on your iMac or to a USB hub connected to a port on the iMac. If you have any printing problems when the printer is connected via a USB hub, try connecting the printer directly to the USB port on the iMac instead. 1 To connect the adapter to the USB port on the side of the iMac, first open the port door.
front.book Page 11 Monday, October 12, 1998 11:08 AM To connect the adapter to one of the USB ports on the iMac keyboard, hold the adapter’s USB connector so the icon faces away from you and connect it to the USB port. available USB port optional USB hub OR USB/Parallel adapter If you’re using a USB hub, plug it into the USB port on the iMac keyboard, then connect the adapter to an available USB port on the hub.
front.book Page 12 Monday, October 12, 1998 11:08 AM 2 Connect the adapter’s parallel connector to the parallel port on the back of the printer, then secure it with the wire clips. parallel connector 3 Now follow the instructions in the next section to install the printer driver software from the USB/Parallel Adapter CD-ROM.
front.book Page 13 Monday, October 12, 1998 11:08 AM Installing the USB Printer Software IMPORTANT: You can’t use the adapter with the printer driver software that came with your printer. You must use the printer driver software that came on the USB Printer Software CD-ROM. Before you begin this procedure, you must install the iMac Update 1.0 from Apple at http://swupdates.info.apple.com. Contact Apple Computer if you have any problems installing this update.
front.book Page 14 Monday, October 12, 1998 11:08 AM 8 9 Click the printer icon for your printer.
front.book Page 15 Monday, October 12, 1998 11:08 AM Getting Started on a Windows 98 System The instructions on the next few pages explain how to connect the USB/ Parallel Adapter cable to your Windows 98 system and how to install the printer software. If you’re connecting to an EPSON Stylus COLOR 600 or EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 printer, you’ll also find instructions on how to set up your system to use Windows Print Manager.
front.book Page 16 Monday, October 12, 1998 11:08 AM Connecting the Cable You can connect the USB/Parallel Adapter directly to a USB port on your computer, or you can connect it to a USB hub connected to a port on your computer. If you have any printing problems when the printer is connected via a USB hub, try connecting your printer directly to the USB port on the computer instead.
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front.book Page 18 Monday, October 12, 1998 11:08 AM 3 Connect the adapter’s parallel connector to the parallel port on the back of the printer, then secure it with the wire clips. parallel connector 4 Now follow the instructions in the next section to install the printer driver software.
front.book Page 19 Monday, October 12, 1998 11:08 AM Installing the USB Printer Software If you’ve already installed printer driver software for your printer, you need to delete the old printer driver’s INF file before you install the USB printer driver. Begin with the instructions on the next page, “Deleting the INF file for the old printer driver”. If you’re performing a new installation, begin with “Installing the USB printer driver software” on page 22.
front.book Page 20 Monday, October 12, 1998 11:08 AM 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 Hidden files, select Show all files.
front.book Page 21 Monday, October 12, 1998 11:08 AM 5 Open the Inf folder, then locate and select the INF file corresponding to your installed printer driver: EPSON Stylus Photo EX EPSON Stylus COLOR 600 EPSON Stylus COLOR 440 EPSON Stylus COLOR 640 EPSON Stylus Photo 700 EPSON Stylus COLOR 800 EPSON Stylus COLOR 850 EPSON Stylus COLOR 1520 6 EPSONEPIIFE2J.INF EPSONEPS600.INF EPSONEPIIFE3P.INF EPSONEPIIFE3O.INF EPSONEPIIFE3K.INF EPSONEPS800.INF EPSONEPIIFE2M.INF EPSONEPS152.
front.book Page 22 Monday, October 12, 1998 11:08 AM Installing the USB printer driver software Don’t install the printer driver software that came with your printer. You can’t use this driver software with your USB/Parallel adapter. However, you can use the USB printer software to connect the printer to your computer via the parallel port, if you want. Note: If you install the printer driver software by mistake, see page 20 for instructions on deleting the driver’s INF file. 1 Restart your computer.
front.book Page 23 Monday, October 12, 1998 11:08 AM 4 Select Specify a location, then click Browse to locate the USB printer software. The software is located in your printer’s folder on the CD-ROM.
front.book Page 24 Monday, October 12, 1998 11:08 AM 5 Click Next. The Add New Hardware Wizard now displays EPSON USB Conversion Cable. 6 Click Next. The installer copies the USB printer files to your system. At the final screen, click Finish.
front.book Page 25 Monday, October 12, 1998 11:08 AM Windows 98 detects your printer and displays a screen similar to the following: 7 Click Next to install your printer driver. At the next screen, select Search for the best driver for your device and click Next.
front.book Page 26 Monday, October 12, 1998 11:08 AM 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 default printer. At the last screen, click Finish. 9 When you see a message that installation is complete, click OK. If you want to install the creative software that came with your printer, continue with “Installing creative software” on page 27.
front.book Page 27 Monday, October 12, 1998 11:08 AM Installing creative software If your printer came with creative software, follow these steps to install it: 1 Locate the software installation instructions 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. When you see a screen similar to the following, click Cancel to cancel printer driver installation.
front.book Page 28 Monday, October 12, 1998 11:08 AM 3 Continue with the instructions to install your creative software applications. 4 When you’ve finished installing the creative software, restart your system. Checking your installation To verify that your USB software installed properly, check the Device Manager. Click Start, point to Settings, and click Control Panel. Then click System and click the Device Manager tab. You should see the device EPSON USB Conversion Cable Devices listed.
front.book Page 29 Monday, October 12, 1998 11:08 AM If the printer doesn’t work correctly, uninstall the USB printer driver software. (Use the procedure described in your printer documentation for uninstalling the printer driver.) Then reinstall the USB printer driver software as described in “Installing the USB printer driver software” on page 22 of this guide. If you still have problems, contact your EPSON dealer or EPSON technical support, as described in your printer documentation.
front.book Page 30 Monday, October 12, 1998 11:08 AM 4 Select Use Print Manager, then click OK to close the Queue Setup dialog box. 5 Close the Spool Manager window.
front.book Page 31 Monday, October 12, 1998 11:08 AM Appendix A: Using Monitor3 The Monitor3 utility lets you continue to work on your iMac while your document is printing (though printing and processing 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 background printing and increase the memory allocation for Monitor3.
front.book Page 32 Monday, October 12, 1998 11:08 AM Monitoring Print Jobs with Monitor3 While you’re printing, click the EPSON Monitor3 icon on the Application menu at the right end of the menu bar.
front.book Page 33 Monday, October 12, 1998 11:08 AM To set priorities for jobs waiting to print, click the job, then click the Show details arrow at the bottom of the window. Priority list box Settings selected for the highlighted print job Note: If you see a stop sign icon and the message “Print queue on hold” in the EPSON Monitor3 dialog box, select Start print queue from the Printer menu to release the queue and resume printing.
front.book Page 34 Monday, October 12, 1998 11:08 AM 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 moves the job before any Normal priority jobs in the print queue ◗ Hold holds the job in the print queue until you’re ready to release it for printing by clicking the restart icon ◗ Print Time opens this dialog box so you can set a specific day and time for printing.
front.book Page 35 Monday, October 12, 1998 11:08 AM Appendix B: Specifications USB/Parallel Adapter Specifications USB connector: USB series A; compliant with USB Specification Revision 1.
front.book Page 36 Monday, October 12, 1998 11:08 AM System Requirements Macintosh Computer: Apple iMac Operating system: Macintosh OS 8.1 with iMac Update 1.
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