Printer User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Copyright and Trademarks
- Contents
- Safety Instructions
- Getting to Know Your Printer
- Printer Features and Various Printing Options
- Paper Handling
- Using the Printer Software with Windows
- About the Printer Software
- Making Changes to Printer Settings
- Making the print quality settings
- Duplex printing
- Displaying information about consumables with the printer driver
- Ordering Consumables
- Resizing printouts
- Modifying the print layout
- Using a watermark
- Using headers and footers
- Using an overlay
- Using storage form overlay
- Making Extended Settings
- Making Optional Settings
- Printing a status sheet
- Using the Reserve Job Function
- Monitoring Your Printer Using EPSON Status Monitor
- Setting Up the USB Connection
- Canceling Printing
- Uninstalling the Printer Software
- Sharing the Printer on a Network
- Using the Printer Software with Macintosh
- Using the PostScript Printer Driver
- Using the PCL6/PCL5 Printer Driver
- Using the Control Panel
- Installing Options
- Replacing Consumable Products
- Cleaning and Transporting the Printer
- Troubleshooting
- Clearing Jammed Paper
- Printing a Status Sheet
- Operational Problems
- Printout Problems
- Color Printing Problems
- Print Quality Problems
- Memory Problems
- Paper Handling Problems
- Problems Using Options
- Correcting USB Problems
- Status and Error Messages
- Canceling Printing
- Printing in the PostScript 3 Mode Problems
- The printer does not print correctly in the PostScript mode
- The printer does not print
- The printer driver or printer that you need to use does not appear in the Printer Setup Utility (Mac OS 10.3.x and 10.4.x), Print Center (Mac OS 10.2.x), or Chooser (Mac OS 9)
- The font on the printout is different from that on the screen
- The printer fonts cannot be installed
- The edges of texts and/or images are not smooth
- The printer does not print normally via the USB interface
- The printer does not print normally via the network interface
- An undefined error occurs (Macintosh only)
- Insufficient memory to print data (Macintosh only)
- Customer Support
- Technical Specifications
- Index
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EPSON AcuLaser C3800 User's Guide
Chapter 2
Printer Features and Various Printing Options
Printer Features
The printer comes with a full set of features that contributes to ease of use and consistent,
high-quality output. The main features are described below.
High-speed tandem printing engine
Your printer’s state-of-the-art tandem engine features 600 MHz image processing and
single-pass technology that delivers 20 ppm (pages per minute) at 4800 RIT* color printing
and 25 ppm black and white printing on A4 paper.
* Epson AcuLaser Resolution Improvement Technology
Pre-defined color settings in the printer driver
The printer driver offers many pre-defined settings for color printing, allowing you to
optimize print quality for various types of color documents.
For Windows, see "Making the print quality settings" on page 47 for more information.
For Macintosh, see "Making the print quality settings" on page 107 for more information.
Toner save mode
To reduce the amount of toner used in printing documents, you can print rough drafts using
the Toner Save mode.
Resolution Improvement Technology and Enhanced MicroGray
technology
Resolution Improvement Technology (RITech) is an original Epson printer technology that
works by smoothing out the jagged edges of diagonal and curved lines in both text and
graphics. Enhanced MicroGray improves the halftone quality of graphics.