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

Troubleshooting 277
EPSON AcuLaser C3800 User's Guide
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 printer’s emulation mode setting for the
interface that you are using is incorrect.
The emulation mode can be set individually for each
interface which receives print job data. Set the
emulation mode for the interface you are using to
PS3.
Set the emulation mode through the SelecType
Emulation menu on the printer. See "Emulation
Menu" on page 173.
Cause What to do
The Print to file check box is selected in the
Print dialog box (except on Mac OS X).
Clear the Print to file check box in the Print dialog
box.
The Save as File check box is selected on the
Output Option sheet in the Print dialog box
(Mac OS X only).
Clear the Save as File check box on the Output
Option sheet in the Print dialog box.
An incorrect printer driver is selected. Make sure that the PostScript printer driver that you
are using to print is selected.
For Mac OS 9 users only
The Unlimited Downloadable Fonts check box
on the PostScript Options setup option page
in the Page Setup dialog box is selected.
Clear the Unlimited Downloadable Fonts check box.
The Emulation menu in the printer’s Control
Panel is set to a mode other than Auto or PS3
for the interface that you are using.
Change the mode setting to either Auto or PS3.
Cause What to do
QuickDraw GX is in use (Mac OS 9). This printer’s driver does not support QuickDraw GX.
Disable QuickDraw GX.
The printer name has been changed. Ask the network administrator for details, then select
the appropriate printer name.
The AppleTalk zone setting is incorrect. Open 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), then select the AppleTalk zone that the
printer is connected to.