Printer User Manual
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
Chapter 9 About the PostScript Printer Driver
System Requirements.................................................................. 217
Printer hardware requirements...................................................... 217
Computer system requirements. .................................................... 217
Using the PostScript Printer Driver with Windows.......................................... 218
Installing the PostScript printer driver for the parallel interface........................... 218
Installing the PostScript printer driver for the USB interface.............................. 219
Installing the PostScript printer driver for the network interface.......................... 220
Accessing the PostScript printer driver. . . ............................................ 221
Using AppleTalk under Windows 2000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
Using the PostScript Printer Driver with Macintosh......................................... 221
Installing the PostScript printer driver................................................ 221
Selecting the printer............................................................... 222
Accessing the PostScript printer driver. . . ............................................ 224
Chapter 10 About the PCL Printer Driver
About the PCL Mode.................................................................. 226
Hardware requirements............................................................ 226
System requirements (only for Epson PCL6 printer driver)............................... 226
Using the PCL6 Printer Driver (Only for Epson PCL6 Printer Driver). ......................... 227
Installing the PCL6 printer driver.................................................... 227
Accessing the PCL6 printer driver................................................... 228
Appendix A Technical Specifications
Paper................................................................................ 229
Available paper types.............................................................. 229
Paper that should not be used....................................................... 229
Printable area.................................................................... 230
Printer.............................................................................. 231
General.......................................................................... 231
Environmental................................................................... 232
Mechanical...................................................................... 232
Electrical........................................................................ 233
Standard and approvals............................................................ 233
Interfaces............................................................................ 233
Parallel Interface.................................................................. 233
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