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

Technical Specifications 290
EPSON AcuLaser C3800 User's Guide
Printable area
4-mm minimum margin on all sides. (The printable width should be 207.9 mm or less.)
Note:
❏ The printable area varies, depending on the emulation mode in use.
❏ When using ESC/Page language, there is 5-mm minimum margin on all sides.
❏ The print quality may be irregular depending on the paper you use. Print on one or two sheets
of paper to check the print quality.
Printer
General
Printing method: Laser beam scanning and dry electrophotographic
process
Print Quality: 4800 RIT
*1
Resolution: 600 × 600 dpi, 1200 × 1200 dpi
Continuous printing speed
*2
: A maximum of 25 pages per minute black and white
printing on A4 size paper
A maximum of 20 pages per minute color printing on A4
size paper
Paper feed: Automatic or manual feed
Paper feed alignment: Center alignment for all sizes
Input paper supply:
MP tray: Up to 150 sheets of plain paper (60~105 g/m²)
Up to a 15 mm thick stack of envelopes
Up to 75 sheets of transparencies
Up to a 15 mm thick stack of labels
Standard lower paper cassette: Up to 550 sheets of plain paper (60~105 g/m²)
Paper output: For all paper types and size
Paper output capacity: Up to 250 sheets of plain paper (60~105 g/m²)