User guide
Table Of Contents
- Copyright and Trademarks
- Operating System Versions
- Contents
- Safety Instructions
- Getting to Know Your Printer
- Printing Tasks
- Using the Control Panel
- Installing Options
- Replacing Consumable Products
- Cleaning and Transporting the Printer
- Troubleshooting
- Clearing Jammed Paper
- Printing a Configuration Status Sheet
- Operational Problems
- Printout Problems
- Print Quality Problems
- The background is dark or dirty
- White dots appear in the printout
- Print quality or tone is uneven
- Half-tone images print unevenly
- Toner smudges
- Areas are missing in the printed image
- Completely blank pages are output
- The printed image is light or faint
- The non-printed side of the page is dirty
- Print quality decreased
- 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 or its driver does not appear in utilities in the printer configuration (Macintosh only)
- 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)
- Printing in the PCL6/5 Mode Problems
- The printer does not print
- The printer does not print correctly in the PCL mode (only for Epson PCL6 printer driver)
- The printer does not start manual duplex printing (only for Epson PCL6 printer driver)
- The font on the printout is different from that on the screen
- The edges of texts and/or images are not smooth (only for Epson PCL6 printer driver)
- Cannot print from Citrix Presentation Server 4.5 (only for Epson PCL6 printer driver)
- About the Printer Software for Windows
- About the PostScript Printer Driver
- About the PCL Printer Driver
- Technical Specifications
- Where To Get Help
- Index

Restores the control panel menu settings to their default values.
Reset Transfer Counter
Reset the transfer life counter when you replace the transfer.
Reset Fuser Counter
Reset the fuser unit life counter when you replace the fuser unit.
Reset Feed Roller C2/C3/C4 Counter
Reset the feed roller C2/C3/C4 life counter when you replace the feed roller C2/C3/C4.
Quick Print Job Menu
This menu allows you to print or delete print jobs that were stored in the printer’s memory using the
Quick Print Job feature (Re-Print Job, Verify Job, Stored Job) of the printer driver’s Reserve Job
function. For instructions on using this menu, see “Using the Quick Print Job Menu” on page 104.
Confidential Job Menu
This menu allows you to print or delete print jobs stored in the printer’s memory using the
Confidential Job feature of the printer driver’s Reserve Job function. You need to enter the correct
password to access this data. For instructions on using this menu, see “Using the Confidential Job
Menu” on page 105.
Clock Menu
Item Settings (default in bold)
Local Time Diff.
-13:59 … 0:00 … +13:59
Time Setting 2000/ 01/01 00:00 to 2099/12/31 23:59
Date Format
DD/MM/YY, MM/DD/YY, YY/MM/DD
Local Time Diff.
Specifies the current date and time by entering the time difference from Greenwich Mean time.
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